Croatia (1983: Doomsday)

Post-Doomsday
In the wake of Doomsday it became all too clear that the Yugoslavian government was incapable to deal with the pressure. The nation was begining to fall apart as the Yugoslavian government's already weak control began to slip. On October 8th, 1985 the Croatian community's leaders gathered in Zagreb to declare the independance of Croatia from Yugoslavia. They were the second country to do so. The first was Slovenia, two days before Croatia had declared its independence.

The collapse of Yugoslavia came after it proved incapable of dealing with nationalistic sentiment in both Slovenia and Croatia, which would later lead to an all out war with the Serbian-led JNA forces.

Yugoslav war
The war officially started soon after both Croatia and Slovenia had declared their independence, as Montenegrin and Serbian leaders opted to stop Yugoslavia from crumbling. During this perid, Macedonia was allowed to leave the joint state, while Vojvodina and Kosovo were annexed into Serbia proper.

Croatia was fortunate enough that the Yugoslav forces were mostly focused on their eastern borders, as refugees were still a major problem, together with the loss of Belgrade to a 100KT bomb. The first push of the JNA came in Eastern Slavonia, where they were fierce fighting ensued in Vukovar. This would prove to be a great boost to moral for Croatian forces, as they had time to organize defenses elsewhere since the siege draged on for months slowing the JNA advance .Although

Slovenia had declared independence days before the Croatians, JNA forces opted not to declare war on it, as it was not in the agenda of JNA leaders. The lack of help from Slovenia after it had declared indepence was viewed with great anger by the Croatian people, which is a great point of friction between the two countries to this day.

The fighting in East Slavonia would continue throughout much of 1986, while the second front in Dalmatia almost cut the country in half. Through this period, help was received from the Alpine Confederation, as it was appalled by the Serbian armies conduct in occupied territories, especially in neighbouring Bosnia. It was not until two years later, in 1988, when Croatia, together with Bosnian Croats fighting in Bosnia and Herzegovina, managed to push the Serbs back into Bosnia, as well as occupy almost the entirety of Herzegovina.

Seeing that the war was going nowhere, the Alpine Confederation, together with Slovenia, brokered a peace deal between the warring parties. The Peace of Ljubljana officially ended the war in March of 1989, ceeding much of Herzegovina to Croatia, as well as giving territorial concessions to Serbia in Bosnia. What was left of the country was named simply as Bosnia and was put under the AC's protection. The rest of Yugoslavia officially renamed itself into the Federation of Serbia and Montenegro on June 16th, 1989.

Post-Yugoslav war
Aftere the war Croatia gaind its independence from the desintegraiting Yugoslav state with the help of the Alpine Confederation. It also gaind territory in Bosnia with the Peace of Ljubljana. The country faced continued pressure from abroad, however, as the city-state of Venice was demanding that Croatia should relinquish its control over Istria. This had come after increased expansion had brought Venice to the border with Croatia. It had already annexed Slovenian-controlled parts of Istria in 1994 and since then has demanded Croatian Istria as well.

Croatia, still exhausted by the war, was in no position to militarily rebuff the claims. Once again, the Alpine Confederation was asked to mediated the crisis and in 1998, in a controversial move, north Croatian Istria was handed over to Venice, in a "show of good faith" as the Confederation's leadership has called it. This has caused significant anger in the Croatian populace and both Slovenian and Croatian officials have continuously demanded the return of lost territories, which has continued to this day.

Croatia today
Croatia has continued with its peaceful, albeit strained, policy towards its neighbours and has set its sights on membership in the League of Nations, as well as the ADC. It has been busy with rebuilding its nation from not only the war with Yugoslavia but also from the events of the nuclear war coupled with the refugee crisis, fallout and diseases caused by the cataclysm.

Government
Since the adoption of the 1986 Constitution in early February, Croatia has been a democracy. It has had a semi-presidential system of rule which has helped keep the country stable in post-nuclear war Europe.

Economy
The economy of Croatia is mostly based on sustaining its growin population, but has also seen a steady rise economic output. Currently it is unable to export much of its agricultural produce, although blue water fish, wines, olive oils and lavander are in particular high demand. Tourism has been on the rise, almost exclusively from the Alpine Confederation, but a steady rise has been seen from ex-Yugoslavian countries as well.

Trade has also begun to play a major role in the economy, as the main Balkan trade route runs through Croatia. Unemployment has been a considerable problem but nevertheless, Croatia has still maintained the fastest growing economy of any ex-Yugoslavian state.

Military
Croatian military is officially called Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Oružane snage Republike Hrvatske - OSRH) and it consists of these branches: the Croatian Army (Hrvatska kopnena vojska),Croatian Navy (Hrvatska ratna mornarica), Croatian Air Force and Defense (Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo i protuzračna obrana).

Total active duty members of the armed forces (professional army) number is 80,000. Reserves number 40,000 of which 20,000 are on high alert. Available males aged 16–49 number 1,235,712, of which 971,323 are technically fit for military service. Male citizens are still subject to compulsory military service and have been subject since the Yugoslav war. The army accounts for 4% of Croatia's Gross Domestic Product. Most of the equipment that the military uses is ex-JNA equipment, with new military hardware coming mostly from the Alpine Confederation, although current ADC members have offered help in modernizing Croatia's armed forces.

International Relations
The Croatians have established relations with the states formed from the collapse of Yugoslavia, although relations with Serbia have been strained in the past, since the early 2000s the relationship has substantially improved. They have also sent representatives to Venice and the Alpine Confederation. They have applied for League of Nations membership.