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Bahamas (officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas) is a Tier II nation located in the Caribbean region of North America 
. It is the fifth most powerful country in the region and is rarely played compared to other countries in the area such as 
Cuba.
Background[]
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The Bahamas, known officially as the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is a country within the Lucayan Archipelago in the West Indies. It is a member of the Commonwealth Realms under the monarchy of King Charles III of the United Kingdom. The archipelagic state consists of fewer than 700 islands, cays, and islets in the Atlantic Ocean, and is located north of Cuba and Hispaniola Island (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, southeast of the US state of Florida, and east of the Florida Keys. The capital city is Nassau on the island of New Providence. The Bahamas were inhabited by the Lucayans, a branch of the Arawakan-speaking Taíno people, for many centuries. Columbus was the first European to see the islands, making his first landfall in the 'New World' in 1492. Later, the Spanish shipped the native Lucayans to slavery on Hispaniola, after which the Bahama islands were mostly deserted from 1513 until 1648, when English colonists from Bermuda settled on the island of Eleuthera. The Bahamas became a British crown colony in 1718, when the British clamped down on piracy. After the American Revolutionary War, the Crown resettled thousands of American Loyalists to The Bahamas; they took their slaves with them and established plantations on land grants. African slaves and their descendants constituted the majority of the population from this period on. The slave trade was abolished by the British in 1807; slavery in The Bahamas was abolished in 1834. Subsequently, The Bahamas became a haven for freed African slaves. Africans liberated from illegal slave ships were resettled on the islands by the Royal Navy, while some North American slaves and Seminoles escaped to The Bahamas from Florida. The Bahamas gained governmental independence in 1973 led by Sir Lynden O. Pindling, with Elizabeth II as its queen. In terms of gross domestic product per capita, The Bahamas is one of the richest countries in the Americas (following the United States and Canada), with an economy based on tourism and offshore finance. |
Base Statistics[]
Economy[]
The economy of The Bahamas produces an income of $118,317 at the beginning of the game, all of which comes from taxes. Due to the starting home guard unit, the base income is penalized down to $78,317.
Resources[]
The Bahamas does not produce any resources.
Military[]
The Bahamas starts with the Volunteer conscription law, with a base manpower capacity of 60,000 and an increase of 315 every 5 days. 60,000 remains the maximum capacity unless the conscription law is set to Required, where it then becomes 76,493. The Bahamas only has one home guard division comprised of 20,000 infantry, located in Nassau.
| Base Manpower Capacity of Bahamas per Conscription Law | |
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| The following columns below present the manpower capacity from lowest (Disarmed) to highest (Required). RP stands for "Recruitable Population". | |
| Disarmed [1% RP] |
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| Volunteer [2% RP] |
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| Limited [5% RP] |
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| Extensive [10% RP] |
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| Required [25% RP] |
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Geography[]
Terrain and Biome[]
The Bahamas spans across many islands, all made entirely of flat terrain with no biome.
Borders[]
Being an island nation, The Bahamas borders no other nations. Its closest neighbors are 
Turks and Caicos Islands, 
United States and Cuba.
Cities[]
The Bahamas consists of 11 cities. The largest one is Nassau, which is the capital of the country. The four other largest cities in order are Freeport, Marsh Harbour, Rock Sound, and Andros Town. The Bahamas has a starting in-game population of 305,973, with a growth of 87 per 5 days.
Politics[]
Ideology[]
The Bahamas starts off with the Non-Aligned Ideology.
Formables[]
The Bahamas has two formables, these being 
Pirate Republic and 
Lucayan Federation. It was previously able to form 
Caribbean Federation before its removal.
Releasables[]
The Bahamas has no releasables.
Threats[]
- Any Caribbean nation wanting to take control over the area. The most common threat from the region is
Cuba, though Haiti, and Dominican Republic could also be threats if they are players. - The United States and/or Mexico may look into expanding into the Caribbean.
- Though rare, Turks and Caicos Islands may try to form Lucayan Federation.
- The United Kingdom may try to form the British Empire, which requires your territory.
Strategy[]
Starting Moves[]
- Begin by constructing your factories. You should first begin by constructing one for electronics as soon as possible, with any others being relatively optional at this point unless you wish to produce your own consumer goods immediately. It is recommended at some point that you become self-sufficient and produce everything yourself. Nonetheless, make sure you have the resources necessary to maintain any factory you create.
- Both formables for The Bahamas require only one other island nation, and thus it will likely not take long to complete both. As the two are not exclusive with one another, both can be formed in succession for +15 stability.
- Though not required, you should heavily consider building a navy of as many units that your economy can handle.Destroyers and or submarines will be the most useful. With a navy, your expansion will be far easier and you will be able to defend yourself from attacks.
Expansion and Military[]
The Caribbean region rarely has players (save for the occasional Cuba player) and thus expansion into the region should be easy. Be sure you also have consumer goods by this point before beginning any further expansion.
- Unless other nations threaten you first, Cuba is your #1 threat and should be dealt with immediately. As Cuba starts off Communist, its player will likely have an advantage in production and manpower. To prevent it from getting too powerful, declare war as soon as you have the manpower and resources to take it on. If you have constructed a navy, bombard its home guard in Havana. If it attempts to make a move towards your home islands or if the war goes against your favor, sink the units with a submarine. If you are attacked by a nation such as the United States before this step, use your submarines and hope for the best.
- After conquering Cuba, you now own the most powerful territory in the Caribbean and everything else in the region will likely not be a threat to you. After resistance in the area goes down, you can now use Havana, a "square city", to create tanks. If you do not have factories required to make them by this point, construct them immediately.
- After conquering Cuba, you should expand into Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic, as these three are the only other regional powers in the Caribbean and conquering both will provide you with three additional cities capable of producing tanks, four if you count Kingston, Jamaica's capability of becoming a square city by 2023.
After conquering those three nations, you are now a decent regional power and you have several options on what you can do. You could annex 
Colombia and/or 
Venezuela to take control of their oil production and produce a vastly larger navy, which can be used to defend against future threats. You could be bold and conquer a nation such as 
Panama to further expand into Latin America. You could even go crazy and try to colonize Africa, but by this point you've built yourself up to where you can make your own decisions and strategies.
Trivia[]
- The Bahamas is one of the newer countries in the Americas, gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1973.
- It is generally believed that the first part of North America that Christopher Columbus reached, the island of "San Salvador" is located in The Bahamas. This has however been disputed.
- The Bahamas was a haven for pirates, and was briefly ruled by them.
- The economy of The Bahamas is mostly dependent on tourism, and it is one of the most popular nations for it.
