Bioko (1983: Doomsday)

Bioko is an island in the Gulf of Guinea. It once formed the most populated portion of Equatorial Guinea. It is currently occupied by {{1983DD|

History
Bioko was settled by the Bubi people before the year 1000. The Bubi were in the process of forming a new kingdom when Portuguese, Dutch, and English sailors began to partially colonize the island. Spain gained possession of the entire island in 1778 together with the rest of Equitorial Guinea.

Equatorial Guinea became independent in 1968. Its first dictator, Francisco Macías, drove the country into the ground. He abrogated the constitution and drove as much as a third of the population into exile, including most of the people with education and technical knowledge. When he destroyed a large part of the fishing fleet in a vain attempt to keep people from fleeing the country, the little island of Ambô was largely cut off from the rest of the country. A Spanish-backed coup in 1979 put Macías' nephew Teodoro Obiang in charge, but Obiang's policies were not noticeably different from his uncle's.

Doomsday
The war did deprive Obiang of his access to foreign products. Arms were still available from international dealers, but their cost skyrocketed, as did the cost of fuel. Obiang had to find ways of administering his fiefdom with a dwindling supply of modern technology. Obiang was killed in a coup in 1985 and replaced by Lt. Col. Fructuoso Mbá Oñana - but this was strictly a family affair. Mbá, like Macías, was Obiang's uncle, and his administration was no less dictatorial.

WAU intervention
The WAU nations were never comfortable with this unstable island just off their coasts. But military action had always been out of the question. In the 2000s, however, it became clear that Bioko was surrounded by some of the richest oil deposits on earth. The WAU Defense Council finally gave in to the economic temptation and invaded Bioko in 2006, forcing the Equatoguinean regime to flee to mainland Rio Muni.