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The Empire of Haiti is a formable of 
Haiti which owns 39 cities and has its capital as Port-au-Prince.
Background[]
The Empire of Haiti ingame might be based on the First Empire of Haiti in real life. On 8 October 1804. Dessalines is crowned Emperor under the name of Jacques I of Haiti, in Cap-Haïtien under the title: His Majesty Jacques I, Emperor.
History[]
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At the end of February 1805, Jean-Jacques Dessalines and his troops left in two directions: one part towards the north (Dajabón-Santiago-La Vega-Saint Domingue) commanded by Henri Christophe, and another towards the south (Hinche-San Juan de la Maguana-Azua-Baní-Saint-Domingue) commanded by Dessalines himself. On 25 February 1805, Dessalines at the head of 30,000 men captured Santiago. On the southern road, the Haitian emperor realizes that the inhabitants of San Juan de la Maguana and Baní evacuated their city to protect themselves, so he considers that the indigenous population does not deserve his clemency. On March 6, while approaching the capital, he ordered to set fire to the city of San Carlos on the outskirts of Santo Domingo and to begin the siege of the city. On March 25, Dessalines ordered the total extermination of the population under his control. These populations are then deported to the large cities of Haiti where they are killed in public places by being crushed (by horses or beasts of burden) and quartered. Three days later, three frigates and two French brigantines arrived in Santo Domingo. Dessalines abandoned the siege of Santo Domingo and retreated to Haiti. In April 1805, Dessalines, Christophe and their troops razed Santiago, Moca, La Vega, Azua, San Juan de la Maguana, Baní, among others, and massacred the inhabitants who had not fled to the Central Cordillera. Approximately 10,000 people were thus killed. These massacres laid the foundation for two centuries of animosity between the two countries. The French kept the eastern part until the Spanish victory at Palo Hincado on 7 November 1808, and the surrender of Santo Domingo on 9 July 1809; the Spanish emerged victorious thanks to assistance from the British. At the same time, Dessalines officialized the French language, even though the vast majority of the population spoke only Creole. It confiscates the settlers' lands and gives the best to its officers. To revive the economy, he decrees forced labor for farmers with a regulation harder than that of Toussaint. The people took up arms again against this dictatorship. It was in Marchand, on 16 October 1806, that Dessalines learned of the revolt. Unaware that Christophe had been proclaimed head of the insurrection, he wrote to him to be ready to enter the countryside. To General Pétion, who was also in the conspiracy, he gave the order to march on Les Cayes at the head of the troops of the Second Western Division. On 17 October 1806, Jean-Jacques Dessalines was assassinated in Pont-Rouge, north of Port-au-Prince, by his collaborators, Alexandre Pétion, Jean-Pierre Boyer, André Rigaud and Bruno Blanchet. After Dessalines' assassination, the country split in two under the authority of his former generals: Henri Christophe, elected president with limited powers, tried to impose himself, but clashed with Alexandre Pétion, who defended the capital Port-au-Prince. Christophe returned to Cap-Haïtien, in the north, where he became president for life. In the south, the senate elected Pétion as president of the Republic. |
Economy and Manpower[]
Empire of Haiti has a maximum manpower of 168,241 and an increase of around 870 Comparing this to regular Haiti, the formable has 108,241 more max manpower.
Once formed, the income of the empire is $599,522. This can change depending on your stability, policies, taxes and ideology. The rankings for this country can be around 49th place, above Tanzania
Resources[]
Sadly the island empire doesn't have resources. meaning that resources have to be obtained by either trade or further conquest
Terrain[]
Most of the Empire of Haiti is made up of flat territory, with a strip of hilly terrain in the center of the island. Water surrounds the island with a short strait in between it and Cuba towards the west, and a small sea to the east separating it from Puerto Rico.
Strategy[]
Forming the empire is easy because you only need Dominican Republic, which is not commonly played. If Dominican Republic is AI, the simplest way to conquer the nation is bait their Home Guard into your entrenched forces and take over the rest of the nation with infantry. Alternatively, you can cut down on military losses by baiting them into transporting their Home Guard across the water, and sinking their transport with a Frigate, or deploy Artillery.
If Dominican Republic is player, then you may need to beat them to the production of Tanks because they have more manpower and square cities. Support your tanks with Artillery and either wait for them to try and attack your defense, or take the offense and strategically take their square cities.
Threats[]
Cuba may want to take the rest of the Caribbean for the Caribbean Federation.
The USA may take the Caribbean because it's there.
Mexico may expand into the islands, including Hispaniola.
Spain, or just about any European country, South America, and even sometimes African powers, could colonize the Caribbean, but it usually happens in the later stages of the game.
Canada, if it actually survives and is a player, will rarely take Haiti and/or Dominican Republic if looking to expand.
Confederate States of America may want to form 
Golden Circle or just expand.
