Singapore (1983: Doomsday)

The Republic of Singapore is a city-state in Southeast, on the titular island located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It is one of the smallest nations in the world, but the largest known city-state. Despite its strategic and economic importance, it was not targeted during Doomsday.

Doomsday
The citystate was not hit on Doomsday, but over the next several weeks afterwards DD's effects were felt. The loss of major global markets led to a meltdown in the financial sector as funds evaporated and major and minor corporations either ceased to exist or lost the funding to keep them going.

The ruling Workers Party determined that the top priority was the defense of the nation and the care of its people, primarily by making sure they would continue to receive the basics of food, clothing and shelter, along with electricity and water for their homes. The WP passed a series of laws that were intended to accomplish these goals, but only some of them worked. A series of minor and more major events one legislator described as a "chain reaction" cumulated in rioting in various parts of the city in late 1983 and early 1984.

The country decided to go ahead with its general election in 1984, spurred in large part by the opposition PAP (which governed Singapore from 1966-1981 and was looking to get back in power). The PAP won the election, restoring its position as the majority party, but two spots in parliament as Non-Constituency members were created for members of opposition parties. Three female MPs, all from the PAP, were elected, ending a 16-year stretch of women being absent from representation in Parliament.

Singapore also upgraded its Army weaponry and based its defense on a policy of defending the country on five fronts: economic, civil (including hospitals), social, psychological and military.

1983-1986: Ties with Australia and Malaysia
The government ordered military expeditions to area nations in late 1983 to ascertain what had happened to the world. All that was known was that contact had been lost with Europe, the United States, the Soviet Union and much of Asia.

One expedition reported the destruction of the capital city of Taiwan (a.k.a. Chinese Taipei). Others reported stable situations, with increasing unrest, in Malaysia and Indonesia. An expedition sent to Australia reported the destruction of the nation's three largest cities, but that the government had survived and the nation was stable.

Singapore decided to strengthen its ties to the other nations in its immediate region the best it could. The Singaporean President met with Indonesia's President Suharto in March 1984, leading to both nations agreeing on mutual defense and aid for each other and for other neighboring nations. Singapore also considered signing a similar agreement with Australia, but rejected it in 1984, as that nation was too far away for a defense pact to be very beneficial. But it did sign an agreement with Australia pledging to stand with it in case of any future invasion of either nation by China or the USSR. That agreement was extended to trade with Australia, as well as an "agreement of friendship" with the U.S. provisional government (American Provisional Administration) based in Canberra. President George H.W. Bush in fact visited Singapore in 1986.

1987-1993
In 1987, the Malaysian government was overthrown by Islamic revolutionaries. The Singapore government declared martial law and set troops along the border, including the two bridges connecting the city-state to Indonesia. By this time, telephone service had been restored to Australia, and so the President made an urgent call to Australian Prime Minister John Howard and U.S. President Bush requesting military aid in case of invasion. Over the next five days troops loyal to the new Malaysian regime increasingly amassed along their side of the border, but did nothing more; still, Singaporean troops continued to amass. When ANZUS ships showed up in Singapore harbor on August 8, Singapore sent a message to the new Malaysian government stating that "Singapore is a free and sovereign state and is asserting its independence." The ANZUS ships stayed in Singapore until 1995; the Malaysian Islamic government, perhaps fearful of a war with the ANZUS, never made any threatening gestures towards Singapore.

The relationship between Singapore and ANZUS was good until the mid-1990s.

Conflict with ANZC
In 1994, an incident involving a Singapore teenager and several students of the Singapore International school - all either Australian natives of sons and daughters of American refugees - led to strained ties with both the American Provisional Administration and the Australian government.

The daughter of an American businessman and son of an Australian senator were caned for their alleged role in the incident. A letter of protest from the American embassy in Singapore met with an official government response addressed to "former American citizens and refugees in Australia." A subsequent letter of protest from Canberra led to a reply from the Singapore government, reminding Canberra of the "consequences of ignoring Singapore laws broken on sovereign Singapore territory".

APA President George Bush debated with Australian prime minister John Howard on whether to send troops to Singapore to rescue the American and Australian students; ultimately, backdoor negotations swayed Bush and Howard and other APA/Australian leaders that any military action would not only lead to a war the USANZ could not easily win, but also seal an extended jail or prison term for the students.

1995-2002: Relations with South America
The Singapore government became increasingly angry with the ANZUS over matters of policy.

At this time, ties between the ANZUS, and South America, were becoming increasingly strained. Chile and the new United Republics of South America (also known as former Argentina and Uruguay, and as the United American Republics) sent emissaries to Singapore ostensibly to build closer cultural and economic ties; the actual purpose of this remains unclear. Chile claims it was trying to gain allies in a "dystopic" world without offending the ANZC; but over the past several years, ANZC officials and commentators have accused Chile of using the ANZC/South America split to not only open a new economic market for South America, but to gain allies for itself in the ANZC's back yard, and further isolate the ANZC politically and economically.

To allay public concerns over Islamist extremists possibly taking advantage of the departed ANZC military presence, Brazilian and Chilean ships and troops were given the former ANZUS base in 1997. In 2002, Singapore and Chile signed a trade agreement, followed by a similar agreements with the URSA and Brazil.

Fearful of the weak Islamist government in Malaysia gaining enough power to threaten Singapore's security, Singapore's President and military leaders decided to covertly fund rebel forces there. Ultimately, the government fell to rebel forces in 1999, and Singapore stepped in ("rather conveniently" according to one commentator) to assist the new coalition government rebuild Malaysia.

2003-2010: Modern day
Singapore strengthened ties with neighboring Indonesia and Singapore and its South American trading partners Chile and United American Republic, and established ties with Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines and Brunei-Sarawak.

Economic ties to the ANZC were maintained, even as Singapore's foreign policy gradually reflected a South American-friendly perspective.

Singapore became the regional headquarters in southeast Asia for businesses in all major industries.

Singapore came into contact with the Celtic Alliance and Mexico in 1999 through the United American Republic, and by 2005 had established relations with most of the then-known nations throughout the world.

In 2008, Singapore eagerly joined the League of Nations and offered its territory for the headquarters of the organization, a bid that was backed by its South American allies and rejected by the ANZC.

Singapore signed trade agreements in 2006 with Siberia; 2007 with Mexico; 2008 with the Philippines and in 2009 with Japan.

International relations
Singapore is a member of the.

Languages
SIngapore is a multilingual nation, owing to the various cultures and groups in the city-state. English, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Malay and Tamil are the five official languages of the state.

English was promoted as the country's main language after its independence until recent years. It is still the most widely used by the populace, with Mandarin Chinese the second language of most citizens. Spanish has become important in the past decade, owing largely to Singapore's trade and business dealings with South American countries and the corporations headquartered on the South American continent. Malay is the national language of Singapore and is used primarily by the Malay community and in official documents. Tamil is spoken by most of Singapore's Indian community. Portuguese is not an official language but has been used in some business and diplomatic dealings involving Brazil.