Portugal (1983: Doomsday)

Portugal Interim government on Azores Islands + Funchal

Portugal was like so many other countries widely devastated by the nuclear bombs falling everywhere and the consecutive fallout poisoning vast areas. With nowhere else to go, the few surviving parliament members, along with a handful of navy generals, in June 1984 decided to relocate the capital and government to the intact Azores Islands provincial capital Ponta Delgada.

The highest - ranking surviving politician, the Vice Parliament President was named provisional head of state. The Interim government worked hard to maintain a certain degree of stability. After having re-established governmental authority over all Azores Islands and Madeira within 3 years, a great relief was the first official aid transport arriving from the former Portuguese colony in Brazil.

In 1993, the Interim Government had reestablished diplomatic contact with a similar-fated neighbour - the new "Pais del Oro" de facto Spanish government residing on the Canary Islands.

Up to 2002, all tries to reclaim and resettle continental Portugal proved fruitless except a joint Portuguese WCRB Base near the old harbour of Porto established that year.

There is currently a political dispute within the Interim Government whether to remain independent or associating/becoming a member of the SAC. Until a solution is found, the government will not appeaal for membership in the soon-to-befounden NUN.