Tamil Nadu (1983: Doomsday)

The Republic of Tamil Nadu is a breakoff state from pre-dd India. One of the first states to leave the union in the chaos, it is an autocracy. It has the largest population and strongest military of all the remanants outside the UIP. It also has close ties to the SAC.

Post-Doomsday
After Doomsday, as India took a turn for the worse, nationalists in Tamil Nadu saw their chance and broke away from India within a few weeks after the assassination of Indira Gandhi. The new country was not in the best of positions as food imports dropped off with most of the outside world in chaos.

Although Tamil Nadu was mainly an agriculturial state, as food imports dropped and fertilizer ran out, it found it could not support its vast population amidst the fighting. Starvation began to set in many parts of the new country. Civil unrest swiftly followed, but all attempts to break away were violently put down by the government.

The population began to decline as people died in the desperate times that followed. For the first 2 years, the population plummeted, decreasing by a bit more than 8 million people. The population then grew by practically nothing for the next few years, until around 1989, when outside contact led to increased imports of fertilizers, medicines, and foodstuffs, and the conflicts began to die down.

Government
The country is still ruled by the nationalists who first declared independence on behalf of Tamil Nadu. It can only be described as a dictatorship, despite their claims to the contrary. There are no actual elections, as the country has been in a state of 'emergency' due to the constant precence of the UIP. All officials are appointed by the self proclaimed 'Great Leader'.

International Relations
Tamil Nadu has very good relations with the SAC, who is also their chief donor of military equipment and aid in general. Their aid has helped to provide fertilizer to Tamilian farms and arms the national army. This has led Tamil Nadu to become heavily reliant on their aid.

Tamil Nadu also has good relations with the Eelam, whom they helped to withhold their independence in the second Sri Lankan civil war. They are currently trading partners. Tamil Nadu also has good relations with Sri Lanka but ever since 1985, the relations have been damaged, because of the second Sri Lankan civil war.

Relations with the UIP are hostile, as should be expected. However, there are elements among the non-Tamil populace in general that demand reunion with the UIP, and these have rebelled periodically. However, their small size has meant that they have been easily crushed each time. This has also led a greater percentage of the Tamil populace to oppose unification and although no rebellions have occured in a long time, there are rumours of a huge rebellion being planned, which has made some of the majority Tamils somewhat fearful. The general populace, however, is as a whole not very concerned.