British Indian Ocean Territory (1983: Doomsday)

History
In 1966, the British Government purchased the privately owned copra plantations and closed them down. Over the next five years, the British authorities forcibly and clandestinely removed the entire population of about 2,000 people.

In 1971, the United Kingdom and the United States signed a treaty, leasing the island of Diego Garcia to the American Military for the purposes of building a large air and naval base on the Island, The strategic location of the island was also significant at the centre of the Indian Ocean, and to counter any Soviet threat in the region.

Pre-Doomsday
The military base was at its usal defcon, no activity was seen before the attacks.

Doomsday
Diego Garcia did not fire any type of warheads at USSR due to not having any at the time. The base was spared from the Soviet missles.

Post-Doomsday
After the attacks, the base lost all communications with the world. It soon formed a Military type of goverment. The military began to do all it could to keep the base alive.

Economy
Agricultural and Fishing became the main jobs of the nation. Due to no supplies the islands airforce is useless.

Goverment
The Goverment is ran by a Military Junta, Alexander Bennet is the highest ranking officer in the B.I.O.T, he controls the Goverment with his advisors.

Global Positioning System
The goverment still runs its GPS.

Space Shuttle
The island is one of 33 emergency landing sites worldwide for the NASA space shuttle. None of these facilities has been used for a Shuttle landing.