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The West Indies Federation is a formable located in the Caribbean.
Background[]
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The West Indies Federation, also known as the West Indies, the Federation of the West Indies or the West Indian Federation, was a short-lived political union that existed from 3 January 1958 to 31 May 1962. Various islands in the Caribbean that were colonies of the United Kingdom, including
Trinidad and Tobago,
Barbados,
Jamaica, and those on the Leeward and Windward Islands, came together to form the Federation, with its capital in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
The expressed intention of the Federation was to create a political unit that would become independent from The territories that would have become part of the Federation eventually became the nine contemporary sovereign states of |
Economy and Manpower[]
The West Indies Federation, at its base, gains roughly $225k in income and gains around 800 manpower daily. It also has a base manpower cap of 60,000.
Geography[]
Terrain[]
The terrain is almost all flat, except for Jamaica, with it being Hilly.
Biome[]
Just like its terrain, the only geographical features the formable contains is in Jamaica, which is Jungle.
Cities[]
There are 21 cities in the formable, the largest city being Kingston. The capital varies on the country you form it as.
Resources[]
The only resources the Federation produces is aluminum and oil. in Jamaica makes 2.1 aluminum, and for
Trinidad and Tobago, 1 unit of oil.
Strategy[]
- The best nation to form this will be
Jamaica. Convert all of your manpower to infantry.
- Justify on the islands you need as fast as possible, one after the other. Pretty simple.
- Constantly naval invade islands (make sure to reinforce your troops and make ships and artillery, ships and artillery will be vital to getting as little losses as possible). Utilizing the Massed Attack military doctrine helps somewhat in manpower replenishment.
Threats[]
United Kingdom might form the
British Empire, However it is not likely to occur. (RARE)
United States players may rush the Caribbean for more lands or to dominate the entire North American region. (RARE)
- Most
Mexico players colonize the Caribbean to get resources/population to build up their military. (UNCOMMON)
Latvia or
Estonia wanting to form
Courland-Livonia (which requires
Trinidad and Tobago). (VERY RARE)
Confederate States of America wanting to form
Golden Circle. (Rare)
Netherlands trying to form
Dutch Empire. (VERY RARE)
Unsure what country to form it as?[]
We've provided a random nation generator down here, send a screenshot in the comments after you've formed it as the country below
Barbados
Trivia[]
- It is one of the weakest formables in the game. just behind
Pirate Republic.
- It is the eighth formable that wouldn't border anything, the first being
Pirate Republic.