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The United States Atlantic Remnant  is an organization in the Caribbean that was created to serve the the citizens of the US Territories of the United States of America after Doomsday. It is run by the remnants of the US Navy which had left Guantanamo Bay after Doomsday. The military structure has helped maintain the American spirit in the region. The actual land under sovereign USAR control includes the US Virgin Islands, Navassa Island, and Culebra (by treaty with Puerto Rico). However, Americans all over the Caribbean are included under its care. The American consulates in all the islands of the ECF are under the authority of the USAR.

Doomsday
The Americans in the East Caribbean were affected by two nuclear blasts - one near Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (by an American strike against Santiago) and one at the eastern tip of the main island of Puerto Rico). The strike near the Naval Base - a facility under "perpetual lease" from the Cuban government. The Castro regime, though, had rejected this lease as illegal and had only left the base alone due to international pressure. With the destruction of the government in Havana, this animosity did not go away.

Crisis at Guantanamo Bay
Already on high alert with word of a nuclear exchange, the US forces at Guantanamo Bay Naval base had been shocked that the US had actually bombed Santiago. This act signaled to local Communist troops that the treaty of 1903 was considered void. Cuba was now at war with the USA, making Guantanamo Bay fair game. However, the perimeter of the US Naval Station was impenetrable to their meager attempts by land. The local forces nearby had no other choice but to call Havana for instructions. Havana, of course, had also been bombed.

In the meantime, the US forces began an orderly withdrawal of their troops and supplies from the now useless stronghold. It was known that it would be only a matter of time before the remnant governments of the US and Cuba would be in negotiations, and that the base would have to be closed. Before the end of November, 1983, nothing was left at the base but empty buildings. Shortly thereafter, Cuban forces occupied the base during their campaign to restore order to Cuba. The US forces had relocated to Jamaica, with a small contingency having made it to Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands by way of the Dominican Republic.

Organizing the Remnant
In May of 1984 communications officers of the Atlantic Fleet recieved what many thought to be a bizarre message said to be from George Bush, president of what had become the acting government of Americans around the world. The American Provisional Government, set up by the late president Ronald Reagan (who died at sea on the way to Australia), had decided that it needed to protect the assets of the US armed forces. General Order 0001-1984 called all forces to gather in Australia.

Most of the Atlantic Fleet which had been stationed in the Caribbean, however, had known that this order was unconstitutional. Without a sitting Supreme Court to appeal to, however, they had no choice but to mutiny. Whole units decided by agreement to stay "in America" to support the survivors. Most of that "America" was the diaspora in the Caribbean. Concentrated in the United States Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, the units made contact throughout the Caribbean and Atlantic islands - from Bermuda to Belize. Negotiations with the various independent nations that arose when European "motherlands" were destroyed helped to smooth the transition of the Americans to life in involuntary exile.

When the troops from Guantanamo Bay had reached San Juan, they found that the nationalism on the main island of Puerto Rico was intense. There was little interest in fighting fellow Americans to uphold the US government's "claim" on the territory, so the commanding officers moved on to Charlotte Amalie. There they found that the governor of the US Virgin Islands was very much in favor of setting up a provisional government in the capital. After negotiations with the new government in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands acquired the minor island of Culebra(the "last Virgin island, aka the "Spanish Virgin Islands.") and the eastern half of Vieques. Finally, on July 4, 1989, the American flag was once again raised in Charlotte Amalie, in what had been the capital of the US Virgin Islands. From there, Americans throughout the Caribbean and Western Atlantic were represented by the new government known as the United States Atlantic Remnant. In agreement with the government of the ECF the Americans living among the Caribbeans would send representatives to St. Thomas and would live as "foreign nationals" among the populations of the young Federation.

From the beginning, relations had been shaky with the APA due to the gathering order, with the government on St. Thomas vehemently proclaiming that America was alive and well in the Atlantic. Political pundits argued that the USAR would not survive, but it outlasted the APA. In 2010, word would arrive from Torrington, DA, that the United States of America was not dead. And George Bush, now in retirement, would learn that the American spirit was still alive and well.

Military
Though under the authority of the ECF Armed Forces, the American troops are afforded the autonomy to protect and defend Americans as their first duty. The government in Charlotte Amalie has maintained mandatory conscription of all citizens from the age of 18 (or 22 for those in school) to 35 since its inception. This conscription, though, is only valid in actual American islands. All others, in order to enjoy American citizenship, must register for a draft in case of any major crisis that might arise.

Economy
The economy of the East Caribbean Federation is greatly enhanced by the presence of the American diaspora and its government on St. Thomas. The capital of Charlotte Amalie was the premier port city of the Caribbean and has remained a hub for a thriving import of foreign goods from all over the world. As contact in recent years has increased, the former US Virgin Islands, along with their neighboring "British" Virgin Islands, have seen an increase in tourism to what remains a tropical "paradise" unmatched by anything outside of the ANZC. In addition to the imports, the exports in abundant tropical fruits and cane sugar have made the American islands the richest among those of the Caribbean. The fishing industry also exports some of the best seafood available in the Atlantic.

International Relations
By the time that the League of Nations had formed in 2008, the Remnant was the only known American body left apart from those associated with the ANZC. And so, against the advice of former US President Bush, the USAR was granted observer status. This status, however, will be absorbed into the foreseen membership of the USA, assuming that the USAR joins the USA as a new state. As the only remaining American territory under an American government, the USAR has seen tension with the continuing Communist government of Cuba. They still do claim Guantanamo Bay, similar as how Cuba claimed it before Doomsday. However, relations with Puerto Rico have remained strong, as many of the Puerto Ricans have taken dual citizenship in order to remain in the new nation. Relations with the SAC vary with the individual nations, but overall the political climate remains cool as the USAR sees the growing power of South America.