Mansa Guillaume's great Empire has receded across the desert. Its trade routes have shrivelled away, and the great Cocoa Road that supplied the chocolatiers of Switzerland has run dry. The reason for their sudden withdrawal is unknown to the people of Europe, but undoubtedly related to the secession of Malian Egypt. The former oppressors may now heave a huge sigh of relief at the knowledge that their reckoning has been, at the very least, pushed forward to a later date.

The people of Mali know what happened, of course. Their great Dowager Empress, Elizabeth I, passed away at a ripe old age. It is unknown what djinn or demon slew her ; for as she was in her royal quarters, her head was suddenly punctured by an invisible implement, as her throat was slit in a similarly unaccountable fashion. No trace of a weapon or of intruders was found.

Elizabeth's loss has greatly impacted her grandson, Mansa Guillaume. Without her guidance, he is unable to control the Berber tribes and has withdrawn from the Sahara. Her naval expertise is what kept Mali together, despite the disparate internal elements - the Francophones, the Anglophones, the Christians, the Muslims, all the different clans and tribes. Now that she is gone, the core lands of Mali are on the brink of destruction, and all foreign ventures have had to be aborted in order to look after the security of the realm itself. The fate of Mali proper is yet uncertain.

Mali loses all their on-map land.

Swiss get a massive econ decrease from the collape of the chocolate trade.

Mali loses its 5 AP