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The Kanem Empire is a formable for 
Chad. To form it, you need 2 cities in 
Cameroon, 6 in 
Nigeria and 1 in 
Niger. Additionally, you do not need the cities of Sarh and Am Timan inside of Chad itself.
Background[]
The Kanem Empire was located in middle of the Saharan Desert. At the empire's peak, it encompassed an area covering not just most of Chad, but also several parts of southern 
Libya (or the Fezzan region) as well as eastern Niger, northeastern Nigeria and northern Cameroon. The Bornu Empire was a state in what is now northeastern Nigeria, in time becoming even larger than the Kanem Empire, incorporating areas that are today parts of[Chad, Niger, 
Sudan, and Cameroon. The early history of the Empire is mainly known from the Royal Chronicle or Girgam discovered in 1851 by the German traveler Heinrich Barth.
Economy and Manpower[]
The Kanem Empire has an income $2,465,330 and a base manpower cap of 988,811.
Cities[]
The Kanem Empire has 55 cities, and 10 square cities with a city per square city ratio of 5,5.
Geography[]
The Terrain.
Terrain[]
Southern Chad, Northern and Eastern Cameroon and Eastern Nigeria are Hilly. The rest is flat.
Biome[]
The south of Nigeria and Cameroon is comprised out of the Jungle biome, while northern Chad is part of the Sahara Desert, and therefore Arid. The rest of the country's biome is normal.
The Biomes.
Borders[]
The Kanem Empire borders: 
Central African Republic, Niger, Libya, Sudan, 
Gabon, 
Equatorial Guinea, 
Republic of Congo and 
Benin.
Threats[]
- Nigeria is your biggest threat, as they need you and Cameroon for the
Sokoto Caliphate. - France will need Cameroon, Niger, and you for the French Empire.
- Germany will need Cameroon for the German Empire.
- The United Kingdom will need Cameroon and Nigeria to form the British Empire.
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo might expand to Central Africa.
- Any other African Nation trying to form African Union.
- Any other African Nation that can have access the the United States of Latin Africa formable.
- Libya trying to form Senusiyya.
Strategy[]
Playing as Chad isn't always easy, you start off with quite a few enemies and are landlocked in the middle of a desert and jungle. Make sure that you turn your ideology to Socialism, in order to increase your manpower. Next, try building lots of Electronic Factories and selling them to AI nations anywhere. If the DRC is a player, try allying them against Nigeria if they are a player. If Nigeria isn't a player, then you may have less trouble forming this.
First, justify Cameroon and with your buffed up army, lure the AI to you and destroy them, this will now allow you to split your soldiers into different units and capture all of Cameroon's cities. Now that you have two cities with over 1 million population from Cameroon, you can start building tanks. First, you'll need to build motor and steel factories or get into the trading business with other nations. Once you have enough resources, start preparing a lot of tanks for your invasion of Nigeria.
If Nigeria is a player, you're going to need to prepare a lot and also fortify your key cities. Say, it's not a player for this example; With your tank divisions and infantry, declare war on Nigeria and begin capturing their big cities. Once the AI is overwhelmed, they'll fall to one or two of your divisions. With the other units, capture the rest of Nigeria's cities and now you can form this.
Now, let's say that Nigeria is a player. Here's what to do in this scenario; If you are allied to the DRC in this playthrough and they are a player, you'll need to bring them into the war to assure your victory. Send your tanks to wherever their soldiers are located and begin encircling them, if you are outnumbered, continue to build more tanks in Douglas and sending them over to fend against Nigeria. Once you beat them and the Nigeria player rages, they'll probably leave, leaving the rest of Nigeria open for you to take. Now that Nigeria has fallen, you can form the Kanem Empire.
Trivia[]
- Kanem is also known as Kanem-Borno.
- Kanem Empire used to have the same borders as the Sokoto Caliphate
