Trinidad And Tobago

Flag of Trinidad And Tobago

**Trinidad and Tobago** Officially the **Republic of Trinidad and Tobago,** is the southern most country of the Caribbean Isles and is still technically part of the British Empire. Trinidad and Tobago is a Unitary Parliamentary Republic with the current executive being appointed but some changes are being made to allow for more representation from the local populace. Trinidad and Tobago was formed out of the Collapse of the West Indies Federation, an event recognized as a sub-theater of the Second Weltkrieg. Trinidad and Tobago was formed on March 5th 1946 the date when Kingston fell to Syndicalist revolutionaries and Jamaica declared independence from the federation, thusly destroying it. Trinidad and Tobago would send troops to the *Homecoming* however compared to the rest of the Entente it basically sent nothing. Trinidad and Tobago is a member of the British Empire and thus is a member of the Entente.

## History

In 1936 Trinidad and Tobago was a part of the West Indies Federation. Trinidad and Tobago along with the rest of the Carribean islands were struggling with slavery in a different form in many areas, prostitution in Jamaica, and fruit barons controlling most of the local governments. The Black Monday Crisis exacerbated these issues witch would spread from Jamaica to the other islands and this cause the government of the West Indies to desperately try and fix these, beginning with the Moyne commission witch would try and categorize these issues and find ways to solve them. This would end up forcing a lot of reforms witch would end up going to the far left wing government and a new Social democracy was put in power within the West indies Federation. However this was still not enough for the people of the colonies and as part of the wider "Caribbean Revolution" the Federation would end up getting hit with a wave of protests witch would end up hurting the Federation in the long run. Eventually the outbreak of large regional wars and others would see tourism plummet causing even more issues for the federation. The outbreak of the Second Weltkrieg would solidify this chain of events and Trinidad along with the rest of the Caribbean would struggle with the aftershocks of this economic impact on the entire federation. However the Entente's entry into the Second Weltkrieg would cause a "Rally round the flag" effect witch would see the federation sends its troops across lake Heron and liberate Detroit. The Federation would continue being used for localized amphibious operations with the landings in Genoa only being possible thanks to the brave actions of the Guyana division breaking out the Sardinian soldiers out of their predicament. However the fall of France in 1945 would end up seeing the Federation troops head back onto the Azores were plans were made for the landings on Ireland. But then the revolutionaries in Fleeing France had an amazing idea. They knew that the people of the W.I.F were poor and seeking liberation from their poverty. AKA perfect material to start a revolution. So they would go to Jamaica where they would start agitating the population and after several weeks of tension on the Island things finally exploded as a Violent protest broke out heading for the local government offices. This would see the entire island of Jamaica fall to the "Jamacian Commune" who wished for the revolution to spread across the federation. But this would not be the case a a new provisional government would be formed in Nassau where it remains to this day. Trinidad and Tobago would end up not joining this federation due to distance and also the fact that Tobago would fall to the "Tobago Commune" witch tried to land in Trinidad thus cutting the lines of communication. The Local government on Trinidad would organize its own government assuming most of the islands had fallen to socialism and declared independence from the Federation but still a part of the British Empire. Communications would be restored via Jamaica after it fell to a republican insurrection witch rejoined the Entente, however the news that Trinidad had declared independence from the Federation was shocking but it was decided to keep it like this due to the Tobago commune. This commune would fall in 1947 and then a plebiscite was held on wether or not Trinidad and Tobago should rejoin the union. And after a close election it was decided by 3% that they should not rejoin. Thus formed the "Republic" of Trinidad and Tobago. Recently tourism is coming back to the islands and it looks to have a bright future ahead, however the Shadow of the Second Weltkrieg hangs over all of the world as people look towards a murky future.

## Military

Trinidad and Tobago has a very small army witch while well equipped currently, it is not on the highest priority of the British Government. And that is about it military wise as the Air force and Naval fronts are taken care of by Canada and Bahamas.