Socialist State of Puerto Rico

## Socialist State of Puetro Rico

The Socialist State of Puetro Rico is a country located in the Caribbean. It is a client State of the Republic of Cuba.

## History

### Early History

The Commonwealth is an archipelago among the Greater Antilles located between the Dominican Republic and the U.S. Virgin Islands; it includes the eponymous main island and several smaller islands, such as Mona, Culebra, and Vieques. The capital and most populous city is San Juan. Puerto Rico has roughly 3.2 million residents, exceeding over 20 U.S. states. Spanish and English are the official languages of the executive branch of government, though Spanish predominates.

Originally populated by the indigenous Taíno people, Puerto Rico was colonized by Spain following the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1493. It was contested by other European powers, but remained a Spanish possession for the next four centuries. Spanish rule led to the displacement and assimilation of the native population, the forced migration of African slaves, and settlement primarily from the Canary Islands and Andalusia. Within the Spanish Empire, Puerto Rico played a secondary but strategic role compared to wealthier colonies like Peru and New Spain. By the late 19th century, a distinct Puerto Rican identity began to emerge, centered around a fusion of indigenous, African, and European elements. In 1898, following the Spanish–American War, the United States acquired Puerto Rico.

Puerto Ricans have been U.S. citizens since 1917, and can move freely between the island and the mainland. However, as residents of an unincorporated territory, American citizens of Puerto Rico are disenfranchised at the national level, do not vote for the president or vice president, and generally do not pay federal income tax. However, in addition to the other 4 territories which send non-voting representatives to Congress, they do participate in presidential primaries. As it is not a state, Puerto Rico does not have a vote in the U.S. Congress, which governs it under the Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act of 1950. Puerto Rico is represented federally solely by one non-voting member of the House called a "Resident Commissioner." Congress approved a local constitution in 1952, allowing U.S. citizens residing on the Island to elect a governor. Puerto Rico's future political status has consistently been a matter of significant debate.

Beginning in the mid 20th century, the U.S. government, together with the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company, launched a series of economic projects to develop Puerto Rico into an industrial high-income economy. It is classified by the International Monetary Fund as a developed jurisdiction with an advanced, high-income economy; it ranks 40th on the Human Development Index.

### Blackout

When the Blackout happened, Puerto Rico lost all the progress that helped them develop into an industrial high-income economy and it turned into a rural country. Socialists rose to power in Puerto Rico and turned it into a Socialist Country as a way to restore that progress and give popularity to Socialists. Cuba then decided to keep them in power and use Puetro Rico to expand east into the Atlantic.

### Post Blackout

The US's annexation of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and the US about to return causing trouble for the master state weakened the Socialist Party of Puerto Rico's grip over the economy as Cuba had gained more control over it's Satellite States including Puerto Rico to have them wage war on the Bay to wipe out the Patriots in the bay as Cuba itself is Unstable.

## Government

Puerto Rico is a Socialist Far Left One Party State ruled by multiple Socialist, Far-Left and Social Justice Parties who are proxies of the ruling Party. The Current Ruling Party is the Popular Democratic Party, a political party in Puerto Rico that advocates to continue as a Commonwealth of the United States with self-government. The party was founded in 1938 by dissidents from the Puerto Rican Liberal Party and the Unionist Party and originally promoted policies on the center-left. In recent years, however, its leaders have described the party as centrist.

## Military

Puerto Rico only has an army large enough to defend the Island, sadly it's master state has command over the Army and the army is weak enough not to mutiny against the Cuban Puppet Government.