Haiti (600 Kilometres)

Haiti, officially known as the Kingdom of Haiti (French: Royaume d'Haïti; Haitian Creole: Ini an Ayiti) is a soverign state and island located in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea. Haiti was formerly an absolute monarchy and is currently the smallest monarchy in the Americas. Haiti's neighbouring countries include The United States (Purto Rico), Cuba, and the Bahamas, as well as the nearest mainland country being Colombia.

Haiti was previously a colony of Spain, but was acquired by Louis XIV of France in the Treaty of Ryswick that ended the Nine Years War.

Haiti was the only nation in history to be colonised and then own a colony, acquiring Jamaique in 1820 from the Spanish and land in southern Cuba from 1871 to 1959.

Colonial times
Spain began colonising the island of Haiti in 1492. Due to the success of finding gold in New South Spain (now Cortezia), not many Spanish citizens sought new opportunities in the Americas.

The island had been a series of disappointments for the empire, not yielding as much resources as other colonies in the Americas and citizens that refused to stop trading with the Dutch. The island was ceded to the French in 1697 as part of the Treaty of Ryswick.

The French saw major success with the island, with the island being nicknamed "The Pearl of the Antilles" for how much wealth it generated. The colony's economy has heavily reliant on the slave trade, accounting for nearly half of the Atlantic slave trade by the late 1780's.

The Empire of Haiti
Haiti became independent in 1804 and was the first American based monarchy, delcaring themselves the Empire of Haiti.

Haiti's imperial ambitions came to light in 1819, when the Haitian Empire sparked slave revolts in the Spanish colony of Jamaique, pushing out the Spanish by 1820 and annexing the island into their claims. Haiti also assited Latin American nations seeking independence from European powers, including Colombia.

Haiti attempted to invade Puerto Rico multiple times before instead turning their sights towards Cuba in 1868 after their declaration of independence. This sparked a three way war between Cuba, Haiti, and Spain, until in 1870 when the Cubans and Haitians allied to push the Spanish out of Cuba, successfully doing so by 1880. For assisting in the conflict, Haiti was given the land in the Oriente Province, south of the Isthmus of Oriente. Haiti had two more wars with Cuba, both being liberation wars that Haiti won, giving Haiti more land to annex.

The Empire of Haiti also went to war with Britain in 1894, started over unknown reasons. They captured the southern islands from the Bahamas in 1898 and held onto them for six years until the British bought them back in what became known as the "Caribbean Ransom".

The Empire remained neutral in the first World War, but was sympathetic to the Central Powers. In World War II, Emperor Jocelyn I condemned the Allies for allowing the Soviets in, as Haiti was currently having communist revolutionary movements sparking up. Haiti joined the war in 1942 on the side of the Allies, sending only troops who were arrested for being supportive to the communist parties, and denied them entry back into the country at the end of the war, leaving them stuck in Franglia or heading to Quebec in Canada. Many of those who were denied were Cuban.

In the 1950's, the nation of Cuba was starting to see communist rebellions. US President Eisenhower turned to Haiti for assistance, but Haiti didn't want to work with the United States due to their anti-imperial attitude. Allegedly, being reminded of America's anti-imperial attitude gave Eisenhower the idea to instead turn to Cuba, and crush the Haitian Empire for them so they remain loyal to the US. The Cuban War in 1952 saw many Haitian losses, finally coming to an end in 1954 with the Haitians capituating. Cuba annexed Jamaique, Cayman, and the whole of their island, leaving Haiti with their original 1804 borders.

The Kingdom of Haiti
Following the decolonisation of the Franglican Empire, demands for Emperor Marcus III to lessen his power grew. In 1968, Haiti stepped as an empire and became a constitutional monarchy. Emperor Marcus III adopted the regnal name of King Marcus of Haiti, and handed off power to an elected prime minister. US President Lyndon B. Johnson made a diplomatic visit to Marcus July 8th that year to congratulate him on his reign.

Following King Marcus' death in 2007, his eldest daughter Marie became Queen of Haiti, who has become a feminist icon for the western world. This had lead to serious criticism of her reign as she gives talks on news programs, participates in charity work, and owns several homeless shelters in the US, but not in Haiti. Her opponents are pressuring her to abdicate and pass the crown to her sister, Rose. Her proponents suggest that she is the number one source of donations to Haiti by being the face of the country to the world's largest economy.

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