Kingdom of Cuba

The Kingdom of Cuba, simply known as Cuba, is an island country located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean meet. It is an absolute monarchy led by King Joel Gallego of Cuba, who rules as the nation’s autocratic ruler. The capital is the city of Havana.
Cuba is a fiercely anti-communist nation, something that it expressed through its foreign policy when the King ordered the execution of two Soviet diplomats. Similarly to most nations in the west, Cuba is a reactionary state resistant to the revolutionary reforms of the east, aligning itself mostly with the rest of the existing monarchies.
== History ==
=== Reign of King Joel Gallego and the Cuban War ===
Not much is known about Cuba prior to the events presented in the comic, but it is implied that Cuba had been a long-existing monarchy under a vast lineage of rulers. With King Gallego taking over the Cuban throne, his domestic policy did not differ much from that of his forefathers. Under the reign of King Gallego, the vast majority of the population would continue to live under the poverty line as privileges extended only to the nation’s wealthy nobles and top officials, a state similar to that which had existed in the island for long.
However, the King’s reign would face issues in both the ever-growing global financial crash and the rise of revolutionary socialist ideas in the Soviet Union. These two events would damage Cuba in both its economy, as the already fledgling Cuban economy was struck even harder, and in its foreign policy, as its new aggressive stance towards communism would ultimately lead to the events of the Cuban war and the nation’s handout of nuclear documents to the Soviets after they had won. After the events of Volume 2 it is assumed that the status quo in Cuba remained.
== Flag and Emblem ==
The national flag of Cuba consists of five alternating stripes (three blue and two white) and a red equilateral triangle at the hoist, within which is a white five-pointed star.
The country uses no official emblem.
== Politics ==
Cuba is an autocratic absolute monarchy where all power is centred around the Monarch, who has total control over his actions and policies. In the case of Cuba and King Joel Gallego, the Monarch essentially has unregulated power and is surrounded only by a close circle of loyalist officials and guards. The Monarch’s absolute unregulated control over the nation can sometimes have devastating effects over the nation itself, something that can be seen through Cuba’s high poverty and radical aggressive foreign policy.
In its economy, Cuba is largely agricultural but the majority of the populace is impoverished. Food shortages and unregulated economic conditions are also factors that lead to Cuba’s failing economic state. Most funds go for projects in the capital, such as the Gallego Airport, and anything in relation to the royal family. Besides that, the vast rural regions of the island are largely underdeveloped and poor.
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