Alternative History
Alternative History
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French Community
Communauté du Peuple Français
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OTL equivalent: Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint Martin, French Guiana
Flag Coat of Arms
Flag Coat of Arms
Location of French Caribbean
Map of the Community
Motto
Liberté, égalité, fraternité
("Liberty, Equality, Fraternity")
Anthem "La Marseille"
Capital
(and largest city)
Cayenne
Other cities Basse-Terre, Fort-de-France, Gustavia and Marigot
Language
  official
 
French
  others French Creol, others
Religion
  main
 
Catholic Christianity
  others Atheism, Protenstantism and others
Ethnic Groups
  main
 
French European
  others Creol, African, other race
Demonym French
Government Unitary semi‑presidential constitutional republic
  Legislature Parliament
President Serge Patient
Prime Minister Camille Petit
Area 89.308 km²
Population 1.095.563 
Established 1st December 1962
Annexation to France
  date 1st December 1979
Currency Franc

The French Community (French: Communauté du Peuple Français, literally Community of the French People). It is a loose federation of the former French possessions, which share an over-arching political structure and military.

History[]

After contact had been made with mainland France for several months, the five overseas departments of France located in the Caribbean met in Cayenne to discuss their future. They quickly agreed that co-operation was vital. However, with insistences from Guiana for the capital to be located there, and the reluctance of the others to be swallowed by it, led to the federation taking a very weak form. Whilst elections are made overall, and the military and foreign relations are coordinated, each state has highly devolved parliaments and powers, including taxation and other domestic affairs. In the 1971 a French ship of the Navy reach the Caribbean in a expedition in America, with this expedition France was able of retake control of the French Antilles, with the annexation of the French Community. 

International Relations[]

The French Community experiences close links with the West Indies Federation and the Dutch Antilles, though some tensions have been caused over the FC wishing control over the French-Speaking WIF states of Dominica and Saint Lucia. It also experiences tense relations with Hispaniola, which it claims is illegally occupying Haiti.

Member States[]

The Community has five states, which have control over internal affairs.

Flag of Guadeloupe (local) variant Guadeloupe

Flag of French Guiana Guiana

Flag of Martinique Martinique

Flag of Saint Barthélemy (local) Saint-Barthélemy

Flag of Saint-Martin (fictional) Saint Martin