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1. The Cape Kingdom roughly corresponds to the Cape Colony IOW, except that East Griqualand in the FANTL is part of Natal. The Cape never came under British rule, and thus remained a predominantly Dutch colony (with a little French flavoring) until the Bloody Eighties. The colony was made a kingdom in dynastic union with the Dutch crown in 1879, just in time for an influx of immigrants from throughout Europe and Mexico. The kingdom's constitution was modified in 1923 to grant a greater measure of self-government; this charter, albeit with amendments, is still in force today. In 1941, after the German conquest of the Netherlands, the Cape declared independence with the help of the British garrison in Natal; it succeeded in remaining neutral through the Global War and thereafter, but has historically been neutral on Britain's side.

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