Cuba (1983: Doomsday)

The Republic of Cuba is an island country in the Caribbean.

Post-Doomsday Aftermath
Cuba was one of the few Communist nations to survive Doomsday. Although Havana and Santiago were hit by nuclear missiles, strategic plans in the USA did not target massive destruction on the island, partly because they did not wish to set off nuclear devices so close to their border, and partly because Cuba did not harbor nukes of their own. However because Miami was a major target for the USSR, Cuba was expecting major effects from fallout.

Fidel Castro was assumed dead, as well as Raul and other top officials, but the Cuba communist system was build from the bases of society important military personnel were overseas, particularly in Angola, so the chain of command could soon be established once communications could be set up again. However, they expected some massive fallout so the government decreed that any Cuban was free to leave the island, suggesting people to migrate to Central or South America but did not provide any means of evacuation. Refugees found what transportation they could and headed for places like and. Meanwhile the provisional government established a new capitol at Nueva Gerona on the Isla de la Juventud. Attempts by refugees to settle on the island was limited only to those who had special skills and their families. Those who remained on Cuba proper became embroiled in the fighting between various factions who wished to take control of the island.

Meanwhile the remnants of the Cuban government ended all support to the Communist guerrillas in Colombia.

Reconquista
By 1988 the Cuban government had managed to evacuate most of its military forces remaining in Africa using merchant ships in Cuban waters that were impressed into service. Using these battle-hardened soldiers, the Cuban government began to reestablish control of Cuba proper, hunting down the warlords who had grown to power there. By 1996 the island was once again under government control. Cuban refugees in Central and South America were encouraged to resettle the island through generous aide packages.

Meanwhile the area around Havana and Santiago are put under quaratine and only those who have permission from the government are allowed to set foot in the ruined cities and their surroundings.

Today
Cuba has become a major economic powerhouse in the Carribean. The financial upswing has led the Cuban government relaxing some of the restrictions placed on ownership.

The Cuban government has also sponsored expeditions along the southern coast of the former United States, however, there is little interest in colonization. One expedition in 2007 was successful in discovering the secret formula of Coca-Cola and the carbonated soft drink has become a popular export of Cuba.

Foreign relations
Cuba has close relations with, since contact between the two was reestablished in 1997. Both governments are the last remaining communist governments in the world currently.