Luxembourg (1983: Doomsday)

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a small landlocked country located in Western Europe. Luxembourg is a parliamentary representative democracy with a constitutional monarch; it is ruled by a Grand Duke. It is the worlds only remaining sovereign Grand Duchy.

History
During the Third World War, Luxembourg was the only NATO nation not to be attacked. Despite its steadfast support of the West during the Cold War the tiny country was militarily and strategically insignificant, with less than 1000 men in its army. Still the country suffered from nuclear fallout blowing in from nearby Belgium and France. With the government fully functioning however it was able to withstand the chaotic conditions that gripped most of the rest of Europe.

In the years following Luxembourg has expanded its borders into parts of Belgium, France, and West Germany. It came in contact with and ; later establishing diplomatic relations with these survivor states.

The country is now thought to have grown to around 3 times the size of its pre-1983 borders (though with fallout and lower birth rates it retains around the same population). Radio contact was restored with Switzerland in the early 90's and the country was visited by a Prussian expedition in 2003. Despite this the country remains very isolated from the rest of the world, as it is almost completely surrounded by lawless regions and irradiated wastelands.

Economy
Luxembourg maintains a small survivalist economy. Although it maintains good agriculture as well as metallurgy the loss of tourism, banking, and telecommunications came as a huge blow to the country. The country currently lacks any oil and natural gas. Though hydroelectric and wind power plants have been set up it is only enough to supply Luxembourg's minimum energy requirements. To prevent an overflow of refugees, much of the countries transportation systems were intentionally destroyed in the years after 1983. Luxembourg still maintains a small airport though it hasn't seen much activity post doomsday. Luxembourg is currently in negotiations with the Alpine Confederation and the to get transport and cargo flights restarted here.

Goverment
Luxembourg is a parliamentary democracy headed by a constitutional monarch who holds the title of Grand Duke. The political system of Luxembourg is almost identical to the one used before Doomsday. However with new territory added onto the country a few changes have been made. Most notable is that the administrative divisions of Luxembourg have greatly grown. The country is now divided into 7 districts which are further divided into 39 cantons and then 322 communes. This is up from a pre-nuclear war 3 districts, 12 cantons, and 116 communes. Also a few political parties from France, Germany, and Belgium have established a presence in the country.

Military
With numerous raiding parties harassing the country as well as increased influx of refugees, the national army had to be quickly enlarged. Despite its unpopularity Luxembourg had no choice but to enact forced conscription. Since 1983 the military has quickly grown from about 800 men to over 40,000 today. Most of these forces are simply foot solders set up to patrol the border as well as put down any unrest. In recent years Luxembourg has been trying to replace its conscript army with a professional one, but this has been a long and troublesome process. Luxembourg is able to produce its own weapons, but lack of petroleum limits use of armored vehicles to emergencies only.