British Overseas Territories (The Empire Survives)

There are currently 20 overseas territories. There are 3 in Europe, 1 in the Middle East, 1 in Asia, 1 in the Pacific, 4 in the South Atlantic Ocean, 1 in Africa, 1 in the Indian Ocean and 8 in North America and the Caribbean.

Aden
Aden is a British Overseas Territory in the Middle East. It has a BP oilfield, an airfield used by the RAF and commercial aircraft and a port which is the second busiest in the world just behind New York.

Administration
The Aden Parliament is a devolved parliament which can decide on matters from parts of Economy to Social Security (Defence and a bit of Economy are reserved). There are 4 parties which are, Aden Conservatives, Aden Labour, Aden Liberal Democrats and Aden National Party. The Aden Conservatives are in power at the moment.

West Aden (formerly Little Aden)
West Aden is still dominated by the oil refinery built for British Petroleum. West Aden is well known to seafarers for its tanker port with a very welcoming seaman's mission near to the BP Aden tugs' jetties, complete with swimming pool and air conditioned bar. The accommodation areas for the refinery personnel were known by the original Arabic names of Bureika and Ghadir.

Bureika was wooden housing bunkhouses built to accommodate the thousands of skilled men and labourers imported to build the refinery, It has since been converted to family housing, plus imported prefabricated houses "the Riley-Newsums" that are also to be found in parts of Australia (Woomera). Bureika also has a protected bathing area and Beach Club.

Ghadir housing was stone built, largely from the local granite quarry; much of this housing still stands today, now occupied by wealthier locals from Aden. West Aden also has a local township and numerous picturesque fishing villages, including the Lobster Pots of Ghadir. During the Aden Emergency, The British Army had extensive camps in Bureika and through Silent Valley in Falaise Camp, these successfully protected the refinery staff and facilities throughout the troubles, with only a very few exceptions. Schooling is provided for children from kindergarten age through to primary school, after that, children were bussed to The Isthmus School in Khormaksar, though this had to be stopped during the Aden Emergency.

Anguilla
Anguilla is a British overseas territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin. The territory consists of the main island of Anguilla itself, approximately 16 miles (26 km) long by 3 miles (5 km) wide at its widest point, together with a number of much smaller islands and cays with no permanent population. The island's capital is The Valley. The total land area of the territory is 35 square miles (90 km2), with a population of approximately 13,500 (2006 estimate).

Administration
Anguilla is an internally self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom. Its politics take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic dependency, whereby the Chief Minister is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.

The United Nations Committee on Decolonization includes Anguilla on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories. The territory's constitution is Anguilla Constitutional Order 1 April 1982 (amended 1990). Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the House of Assembly. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. There are 3 parties which are Anguilla United Movement (governing), Anguilla United Front and Anguilla Progressive Party.

Belize
Belize is the name of a British Overseas Territory on the east coast of Central America, south of Mexico. At the moment, Guatemala claims the Overseas Territory as part of Guatemala. This has restricted several independence attempts in 1981 (Yes 35% No 65%), 1990 (Yes 43% No 57%), 2002 (Yes 40% No 60%) and 2010 (Yes 45% No 55%).

Administration
Belize is an internally self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom. Its politics take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic dependency, whereby the Prime Minister is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. There are two parties which are the center-left People's United Party and the center-right United Democratic Party.