Macau (1983: Doomsday)

Macau is a small state in the Pearl River Delta. Before Doomsday, it was an overseas province of Portugal, although it has since gained independence, it retains relations with the now island-based nation of Portugal.

Pre-Doomsday
Prior to Doomsday, the area was one of Portugal's Overseas Provinces. While it was slowly entering the tranfer of sovereignty to the PRC, Doomsday halted that.

Doomsday
On Doomsday, there were no strikes in the region, but they lost contact with Portugal, their mother nation, causing unrest. However, all civil services continued to function after Doomsday, so they suffered not one casualty from starvation, loss of electricty, etc.

Post-Doomsday
Macau was not hit on Doomsday, but nearby strikes in Hong Kong had deeply affected it. It also felt the economic loss and loss of control from Portugal, so the immediate creation of an emergency council was put into place. The rationing of food, and the placement of martial law by the Portugese police stationed there was put into effect immediately.

Expanding into China
Several weeks after Doomsday, the surrounding areas were explored in hopes of finding some functional farms. While many farms had been abandoned, several fish farms and rice farms were found intact. In desperate need of food, Macau gave the residents of the area a choice: join Macau or die. Obviously, every farming community chose to join Macau.

Government
The government of Macau is a presidential democracy. The people elect the president, vice president, and other officials. Right now the political parties are:

Democratic Socialist Party - Free Market Socialism

Unification Party (Centre-left) - Proposes to expand throughout much of China, and then reunify with Portugal

Economy
Macau, a mainly tourist-based and port city-state, thrives from those businesses. Textiles and garment manufacturing are other large businesses.

Military
The Macanese military is armed with the left-behind remains of nearby parts of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. The Macanese Army is armed with the Type 56 Assault rifle, and utilizes the Type 69 main battle tank. The Macanese Navy uses ships left over from the PLA Navy which include both vessals that were in Macau's harbor, and vessals that fled to Macau after China was destroyed. The Macanese Air Force uses a handful of the various planes the PLA Air Force used.

International Relations
The Macanese have established relations with nearby Chinese survivor states Yunnan and Hainan. They have established relations with the nations of the ASEAN, and are an applicant to join that organization. They have also applied to join the League of Nations.