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Where is it?

The Afar region on the map is an “zone” in Ethiopia. This zone on the northern border of the country. Is elongated and juts down into the center of the country at a point, like a big triangle.

East African Federation is in the middle of Africa’s eastern seaboard facing the Indian ocean. It includes five states Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.  

WHY is it there?

Afars in that region are mad because the Ethiopian government tried to arrest the political leader in the region. The Afars Revolted after their leader fled and they began to kill off people that were not afars. They also closed off Ethiopia's only highway to the red sea.

On the other hand the East African Federation is proposing their new country on the thought of political and economic gain. The states already have a free trade act as well as some other economic contracts with each other so, why not become a new country?

Why is it THERE?

The boundaries Constructed for the Afar region are cultural boundaries because the makeup of the region is 90% Afar and only a couple of other ethnic groups boxed in with them.

The East African Federation Made up of geometric boundaries that were created by the Europeans during colonial times. Because they used the boundaries that the Europeans gave them, they are considered geometric.

What difference does it make?

The Afar region may make devolutionary forces because of the new government that would be put in place(if a dictatorship is installed). Pressures will also exist if the economy is Failing.

The East African Federation may have devolutionary issues with spatial forces because of the size of the new country. It may also have ethnocultural problems with all the new people together that have never been exposed to each other before.