Haiti

Flag of Haiti

**Haiti** Officially the **Republic of Haiti** is a small, poor, and mostly rural country on the Caribbean Islands. Haiti like most of Latin America is a Unitary Presidential Republic with the president having more authority than most other executives, thus allowing for longer stretches of time to be controlled by said presidents with the predecessor to Dumarsais Estimé having ruled from 1933-1946. Haiti did not fight in any regional wars but it like its neighbors was hit harder than most by the Black Monday Crisis witch caused a similar attempt at revolution to occur in Haiti has part of the "Caribbean Revolution". Haiti was granted independence on new years day of 1804 and was the first country in all of Latin America to gain independence having formed from a successful slave revolt (Being the only country to do so). Haiti did not fight in the Second Weltkrieg but it has been effected by its aftermath as a prime location for revolution in the eyes of Syndicalist agitators as Haiti has a very poor working class that could easily be riled up. Haiti is a member of the D.A.C and thus is allied with Mexico, and thus via proxy it is aligned with the Entente, however its far-right wing neighbor of the Dominican Republic has expressed interest in remaining neutral in the Entente-Reichspakt conflict.

## History

In 1936 Haiti was in the aftermath of a large scale coup within the nation as Haiti had ben forced into becoming essentially an American puppet state throughout the 1920s and 30s. Haiti was under the control of a left wing government trying to pass many reforms to lift the nation out of abject poverty, however Haiti was unable to do so due to the Republican government in the United States forbidding such changes. When the Black Monday Crisis occurred, Haiti was thrown into chaos as workers continued to protest and they knew full well that the government could not negotiate with them given that the United States would forbid changes to the Haitian system. And while yes the United States was not in the best of positions it could still carry out a foreign intervention in the Caribbean if the need arose. Thus around May of 1936 Haiti would fall into a temporary chaos occasional called the "Haitian Civil War", but given a lack of organized front lines and also due to other factors it is more commonly known as the "Haitian Revolution". The Republican government in the US despite massive backlash from the S.P.A would stage an intervention within Haiti, enforcing the current government while crushing the socialist rebellion. Haiti would remain in a state of near-revolution until November of the same year as the United States began its slow decent into chaos, Haiti would pass its reforms and with the U.S not bothering to stop them Haiti would finally stabilize once again. But this stability would be negated when the Second American Civil War began, sending the region into chaos once again as nations tried to figure out what to do. Haiti and the Dominican Republic would nearly fall into war as incursions by the two would end up causing border skirmishes. However the Entente would step in and try and mediate between the two at the Conference of San Juan. Haiti for the next few years would slowly begin to recover but the hit in trade would make Haiti very weak as its populace were still restless. The outbreak of the Second Weltkrieg would exacerbate this as Demosthènes would desperately try and keep the nation stable. He was able to keep the ship of state stable until 1942 when it became clear that Haiti could not do this on its own. But then came the news of the founding of the D.A.C and Haiti, desperate for survival, would end up joining the alliance. This would end up being a very smart decision as Mexico and the Central American Federation would end up allowing Haiti to get to a very cheap export market. However this came a the cost of making its own economy weaker and making it reliant on Mexico for food imports. However with the trade disruptions mostly ending by 1946 Haiti was able to mostly recover. In 1946 another election was called to take place and this time the independent leader Dumarsais tried his hand against Demosthènes. After a very close election Dumarsais would win and become the president of Haiti. He would end up becoming a more centrist candidate hoping to bring the agitated right wing with the left wing whom had been dethroned. This was due to the fact that. Haiti needed and still needs the stability of a unifed government. This is due to the fact that storm clouds are gathering across the Caribbean as Syndidcalist agitators try and use the popularity of the Left wing movmens here against them to cause a massive syndicalist revolution across the region. And as the Kalterkrieg begins the area is sure to see potential for military coups as they become mearly pawns in a greater game. And Haiti will not be an exception.

## Military

Haiti's military is one of the weakest in the region with even Jamaica having a larger force than Haiti. The overwhelming majority of Haiti's military budget is to the military and despite this, the army is under equipped and far out of date. And to add insult to injury it is one of the smaller armies in the Caribbean. Haiti while having a naval force only has a few patrol boats that won't stop much in the event of war. Haiti does not have an air force due to expense.