Fiction:Federation of the Caribbean

"Whores, tyrants, and warmongers run rampant across our world. All of which seeking to undermine Caribbean sovereignty through manipulation or outright warfare. They will be relentless in their pursuits, yes, but as long as I breath I will not allow them to set foot on one of our Islands. We are a proud nation; a superior nation in every way. They shall not overcome us!"

- President Ignacio Piñeiro

The Sovereign Caribbean Federation is a republic oscillating between fascism and communism in the Caribbean formed around former Cuba where it's capital, Santiago de Cuba, and it's most populous and important city, La Havana, are situated. The Federation is noted for having develop large industrial and military capabilities after it's unification, despite it's small size. This is mostly due to it's severe overpopulation; which helps provide more workers and more soldiers for the military (which is compulsory.) The Caribbean also has a reputation for human rights issues, often ordering police to open fire on protest and ruthlessly stomping out rival political movements.

Formation and Early History
The ancestor of the Sovereign Federation was the Greater Antilles Union (GAU), formed on May 1 2089, when the governments of Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti united (Jamaica faced large revolts in 2026 leading to a presidential dictatorship) to have a better grip on the rich commerce passing through the Antilles' waters. Facing economical difficulties since the Oil Crisis of 2084 and the European Civil War emblazing rebellious spirits among the colonies, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands gave independence to the Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Bonaire, Curacao Montserrat, Saba, St. Eustatius, the Cayman Islands, Aruba and all territory they hold in the Caribbeans in 2091. These new independent states hold election and joined the Greater Antilles Union, even though some observers pointed out "irregularity" during the votes counting. For the occasion, the capital was moved from La Havana to Santiago de Cuba, to the south, safer from American invasion threat.

In 2096 taking advantages of the new strength of the GAU, several Haitian slaves in Dominican Republic raised the flag of rebellion to overthrow the segregationist government in place since the 2000'. Both POTATO and Rorenia refused to intervene, busy with their already ongoing conflicts. The Antilles' government, sent weapons and proceeded to airstrikes, leading to the fall of the Dominican government on July 26 2097. The installation of the revolutionary Dominican government was the occasion to reorganize the Greater Antilles Union, who changed for the Sovereign Caribbean Federation (SCF) the same day. The Dominican Republic was voluntarily annexed a week later.

Early Space Age
The SCF did not took part in the initial space colonization rush with Euraspact, POTATO, the Europeans, Rorenia, the Est Asia Coalition and the Yamato Empire.


 * July 3rd, 2237: The Martinique Launch Center is operational;
 * October 4th, 2237: First Caribbean satellite in orbit, officially opening the space race for the Sovereign Caribbean Federation for the historians;
 * September 23th, 2249: The Port-Au-Prince Orbital Launcher (Cannon) is online;
 * April 12th, 2257: First Caribbean in space, Sansa Virana;
 * July 3rd, 2270: First Caribbean on the moon, Estéban Ramirèz;
 * August 11th, 2362: The Curacao Orbital Launcher (Cannon) is online;
 * August 9th, 2370: The Tortuga Spatial Platform is operational;

Economy
Both the GAU and the SCF relied on the rich cargoes and maritime commerce passing through their waters, toward South America, the east coast of North America and going to the Panama Canal to reach Asia. The islands were critical point for resupplying the cargo ships in fuel and supplies. The ports of the Federation can also host thousands of ships and protect them from storm and hurricanes. The industrial complexes of Cuba and Jamaica, along the installations built in Haiti, after the formation of the Greater Antilles Union, and the agricultural activities, favoured by one of the best climates on Earth, saw a great expansion with the funds obtained from the trade flux. Sugar. coffee and pineapple plantations appeared everywhere, supplying the transformation factories with more and more quantities every years. The price of sugar, coffee and fruits produced by the region jumped dramatically with the industrialization of China and India, contributing to fuelling the Caribbean's exportation.

The booming plantations and transformation factories opened several job opportunities, attracting immigrants in the Antilles. Immigrants went from everywhere in the world, fleeing total poverty or war and wanting a job. Major cities, like La Havana, Santiago de Cuba, Port-au-Prince and Santo Dominigo doubled and eventually tripled their population.

The Caribbeans mineral resources are scare, but they do benefit from both very large oil reserves and good position to exploit wind turbines with the strong wind of the sea and tidal power plants. The Caribbeans are leaders in green energy production since the 2000'. The sea is also rich in shoals of fishes.

Demography
The Caribbean's population is probably the most diversified among Earth's empires. The major ethnicity are Afro-American, Hispanic and Caucasian and the proportions of these ethnicity can great vary between two islands. For example, the Dominican island are in majority Afro-American (excluding the tourists), inherited from centuries of slavery, while the islands the Europeans ceded in 2084 are in majority Caucasians. The population was deeply marked by the practice of slavery, used for the sugar, tobacco, fruits and other exotic plants plantations. That said, the Hispanics still compose the majority of the population for most of the islands. It is also good to note that some Amerindian groups still exists, but their existence is endangered and their number are shrinking.

Linguistically, Spanish is the predominant language, while French, English and Dutch are the second, third and fourth most speak languages, respectively. Other indigenous languages, either mixes between Europeans languages and indigenous ones exists, but aren't spoke by a large part of the population.

Military
Being mainly a collection of larger and smaller islands, sometime very far apart from each other, the Sovereign Federation and it's predecessor (GAU) heavily invested both in their marine to monitor the abundant trade passing through the region and on their aviation to allow their bases to cover as much ground as possible.

Allies
You're a true friend to the Caribbean people.

Liked
You have proven worthy of our trust.

Neutral
...

Disliked
*spit*

Enemies
''You hear that? That's the sound of Caribbean domination marching into your borders.''