East Caribbean Federation (1983: Doomsday)

The East Caribbean Federation is a federation of the Anglophone Caribbean states created on 24 August, 1987, 4 years after Doomsday.

History
Before Doomsday, most of these islands in the Caribbean were either independent states or dependent territories of the USA and Britain. These islands were heavily dependent on wealthier nations for tourism and sugarcane, both of which made up most of there respective economies. However, after Doomsday, these industries collapsed after the destruction of the USA, Canada, and most of the European states.

The economies of these islands were essentially cut in half, plunging them into a massive economic depression. With the South American countries fairing little better at the time these islands were left with no choice but to seek help from each other. Within months regional government in the Caribbean had overpowered local ones. Eventually, they began to create a loose federation to unite these islands through there hardships.

A similar confederation of the West Indies had been proposed some years ago but failed due to nationalist tensions between the islands, these were soon forgotten thanks to the apparent success in this new federation. Soon most of the islands in the Caribbean had been absorbed into the East Caribbean, with the flag and symbols of the old West Indies Federation becoming the ones used by the present day country.

While nationalist movements in Jamaica and Trinidad have again threatened to tear apart the union on several occasions, so far these movements have been unsuccessful, and kept under control by the regional government. In recent years the situation has begun to normalize, with tourism and trade increasing from South America and ANZC. Most people on the smaller islands have come to appreciate there new country, and in any case there appears to be little chance of returning to the status quo of independent countries.

The young nation has also been active in exploring the former US state of Florida. They discovered a survivor nation on the southwest side of the former state called, the Republic of South Florida. On the south-eastern side a small group of survivors were found in the Boynton Beach-Plam Beach area. They soon opted to join the East Caribbean Federation.

Territories
The territories controlled by the East Caribbean Federation quickly spread. Within months the federation had absorbed the following territories.


 * Anguilla
 * Antigua and Barbuda
 * Bahamas
 * Barbados
 * Belize
 * Cayman Islands
 * Dominica
 * Jamaica
 * Montserrat
 * Saint Kitts and Nevis
 * St. Lucia
 * Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 * Turks and Caicos Islands
 * British Virgin Islands
 * (autonomous)
 * (autonomous)

Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico were much more self-sufficient and dominate by Spanish-speaking population however, and opted to stay out of the federation. Haiti's economy was extremely weak to begin with, and became so dependent on East Caribbean aid that it became little more than a puppet state for some time.

Potential New Territories
The South-Eastern Floridian survivor state has opted to join the East Caribbean Federation however this is potentially in doubt with talks of Florida unification. The is considering joining the East Caribbean Federation. There have occasionally been calls within the English speaking islands of the Netherlands Antilles to join the federation.

Politics
The East Carribean Federation is a Federated Commonwealth Realm, with a Prime Minister and a Governer-General. There are two main political parties in the ECF, these being the Republican Party, which is a centre-right party and the Liberal Party, which is a centre-left part. Minor parties include the Carribean Communist Party (CCP) and the One Nation Party, which advocates annexing all the Carribean Islands and instituting a constitutional monarchy to replace the current system of a federal republic.

International Relations
The East Carribean Federation has been wary of both the increasing importance of and the widespread socialist influence in Central America and the Caribbean Sea. Due to these worries the ECF has maintained strong ties with the main Anglophone power, the.

The ECF is a member of the.

Military
The East Carribean military is known as the East Carribean Defence Force (ECDF). Originally, the mainstay of the military was provided by the Jamaican Defence Force, the British contingent in Belieze and remnants of American Armed Forces who did not join the USAR. In comtempary times, the ECDF equipment is mostly purchased from the SAC. However the United States Atlantic Remnant continues to operate remnants of the US Navy, Army, and Air Force as an independent military.