Guyana

Flag of Guyana

**Guyana** officially the **Co-Operative Republic of Guyana** is a member of the British Empire on the continent of South America. Guyana is a Unitary Assembly Parliamentary Republic underneath the authority of the British Monarchy, thus Guyana is indirectly ruled by the House of Windsor. Guyana was formed in the aftermath of the Collapse of the West Indies Federation in a similar set of circumstances to its Northern Neighbor leading to a strange series of events leading to its "Independence". Thus Guyana was formed on the same day that Trinidad and Tobago and The Bahamas were formed. Guyana did fight in the Second Weltkrieg and was well known for the heroic actions of the elite "Guyana Division" well known for its ability to fight in rough terrain witch allowed them to cross the Alps to free the Sardinian divisions. Guyana due to being part of the British Empire is a member of the Entente and is its main representative in Latin America.

## History

Guyana like the rest of the British and French empires in the Caribbean were part of the West Indies Federation witch had a whole host of issues. Guyana was relatively out of the way of the rest of the Federation and was considered autonomous by the rest lading to Guyana being able to mostly administer itself and not share the same issues that Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago would face. However this was not to say that Guyana did not have issues of its own, especially after the Black Monday Crisis. Guyana was a very trade based economy via lumber and sugar and given that it needed exports to stay profitable, suffice to say that Guyana was going to struggle after global trade took a hit. And soon the issues that had popped up in Jamaica would hit Guyana as well and the "Slavery in a different form" would end up becoming more prevalent here than anywhere else in the federation. Guyana would be the last place visited by the Moyne Commission and they found that aside from the previously mentioned issue, that Guyana did relatively well on most metrics and wouldn't require much aside from subsides to make sure the wood didn't go to waste and that the workers got paid. This would work into the 1940s as Guyana would continue to become a beacon for the other islands and soon it would become the blueprint for the Bahamas, St. Lucia, and a whole host of other islands. However the entry of the Entente into the Second Weltkrieg would see Guyana shine with it sending its own division over to Corsica for preparations of the landings in Nice. And here is where one of the best stories of the Second Weltkrieg comes from. As the landings occurred the Sardinian divisions were caught in a trap as they tried to take Genoa, and so within the span of a day the Guyana division was tasked with going through the alps undetected and to try and sabatoge the siege to get the Sardinians out. And after several twists and turns they successfully did it and in the process became one of the most celebrated military units in the Entente war effort. Only being surpassed buy the units that landed at Swansea a few years later. However at home things were not stable and Jamaica was becoming quite uppity compared to the rest of the federation. When it fell into all out revolution, the Tobago Commune would end up cutting communications between the new government and the southern members. Guyana would, like Trinidad and Tobago, declare itself no longer a part of the W.I.F and rather part of its own colonial administration. However the Tobago Commune would keep Guyana in the dark until it was cleared by the rest of the Entente witch had already discovered Trinidad's declaration. When Guyana's was discovered it was decided that Guyana was on a separate continent and thus should be its own colonial administration. Thus unlike in Trinidad and Tobago, no plebiscite was held to see if Guyana should rejoin. The last few years have been relatively good for the nation with Trade routes being restored, Guyana is now turning a profit again. Should this progress continue Guyana could outshine Bahamas despite being around the same size.

## Military

Guyana is known for one specific unit during the Second Weltkrieg and its trying to use it as a template to form the rest of its army around. However this has mostly failed with its army still relatively small and in need of training, however the elite division is still there and will provide its services should the need arise. Guyana also has a small naval force, however much of its naval protection is provided by Canada. Guyana does not have its own air force, but it does have an airfield for the Entente.