In the East, through the semi-autonomous Vilayet of Armenia, it borders Azerbaijan.
Through its puppet, the Emirate of Cyrenaica, and through its Tripolitanian Vilayet, it also borders the French Republic. The Ottoman Empire borders Bulgaria to the northwest, Georgia to the northeast, Persia to the east, Jabal Shammar, Nejd and Hasa and it's puppet Yemen to the south and Egypt to the southwest via the autonomous zone of the Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem.
Once one of the greatest empires in history - spanning three continents and ruling over a multi-ethnic multi-religious populace in the hundreds of thousands - the Ottoman Empire saw its decline commence in the late 18th century, up to the point of being known as the 'sick man of Europe' by the early 20th century.Īfter a phyrric victory in the Weltkrieg, which left the "Eternal State" destabilized, almost bankrupt, overstretched and betrayed by its allies, vast reforms were introduced by the reformed CUP (now known as OHF/OPP) under Mustafa Kemal Pasha, emphazising Turkish nationalism, secularism, westernization, modernization and industrialization While this would prevent the Ottoman Empire from completely collapsing, it would anger traditionalists and ethnic minorities - With tensions rising along the Suez Canal and opportunists lurking in the shadows to depose the reformist Young Turks, only the future will show if the Ottoman Empire is capable of surviving the radically changing political developments of the mid-20th century or if it will disappear in the history books forever. The Ottoman Empire, officially the Sublime Ottoman State, is a Middle Eastern country with a rich history and is widely considered to be the vanguard of order in the Orient and the protector of Islam all around the globe.
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