User:Sapphire Williams/Caribbean Empire (Caribbean Empire)

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The Caribbean Empire is a imperial diarchy containing 36 future developed countries; Florida, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, Yucatán, Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti, Central Hispaniola and Dominican Republic (then renamed Santo Domingo)), Jamaica, Cayman Island, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Marten, Sint Maarten, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guinea and North Brazil.

The Caribbean Empire was respected by almost every country (exept United States of America) and had a reputation of being supportive, respectful and helpful to other nations instead of being warlike and to create conflict like the United States Out of any country it's number 1 in the Human Development Index and the Enviornmental Performance Index.

Pre-imperial era
See History of the Caribbean.

Imperial era
During the early 2030's, Ismael was elected to be the president of Dominican Republic. Later he successfully took control of Haiti and established Hispaniola throughout voting. Then he established Central Hipaniola to move the capital there the same way he control Haiti ans started to control surrounding nation to establish the Caribbean Empire. Since then, they lived in peace and equality for the next millennium.

Post-imperal era
After the Caribbean-American War the US took control of the Caribbean from the 4th millennium to the 5th millennium.

Dark ages
For almost a century and a half after the war, the Caribbean was destroyed. Then a plague spreader through the Caribbean, killing Caribbeans and Americans that lived there. Then this epidemic spread to the whole of the United States, killing millions of people.

Light ages
After the epidemic ended, Americans rebuilt buildings and cities to claim it their own. The American culture now became the norm in the Caribbean and this continued until the early 5th millennium.

Re-imperial era
A descendant of Ismael and Yamalis with his wife hosted an election whenever the Caribbean was liberated. Most people said to liberate the Caribbean, this the User:Sapphire Williams/Second Caribbean Empire (Caribbean Empire) was born.

Central Hispaniola
Central Hispaniola is a territory between Haiti and Dominican Republic in the country Hispaniola that contains Centre, Elías Piñas, and San Juan.

Belladère-Comendador
Belladère-Comendador is a city containing the Royal District. The Royal District contains a castle shaped like a hexagon with a 6-pointed star in the middle built with the parts of the hospital both rulers were born that is built on a hill, surrounded by a moat with sprinklers and it's fortified that has the main court to hold concerts, gatherings and trials on the first floor, 6 classrooms of each political party on the second floor, 6 rooms were betas of each province in each political party passes laws to the alphas on the third floor and offices where secretaries work on the fourth floor. There's a maze on the basement and bellow it is the house where the alphas live and work. It also contains the CSS headquarters (Lobby on the first floor and offices and factories on the basement) The Perez-Valera International Airport, The Perez-Valera Hospital, The Central Bank of the Caribbean Empire, The Caribbean Broadcasting Department (along with the Caribbean Broadcasting Filtering Tower), The Perez-Valera School and College, The Royal Fire Department, few buildings containing King Ismael Perez I's companies, apartment buildings and hotels, the Belladére-Comendador stock exchange market, the Grand Ginkgo tree, a big dog (Caribbean Collie) statue, and a golden statue of King Ismael I and Queen Yamalis I kissing each other and crying (tears made out of diamond) with their family grave underground. Below The neighborhood is a high-tech supercomputer accessible via the castle and the CSS headquarters. A secret train system that goes through all the important landmarks in the Caribbean are located there.

Caribbeanism
Caribbeanism are group of ideas Caribbeans normally follow.

Pacifism
Pacifism is the opposition to violence. It is a crime to threaten, touch, strike and kill plants, animals and human beings according to the Pacifist Act. It's anti-militarist, having no military. For protection a group, called the Caribbean Security Service (CSS) will place cameras and sensors within the empire and around the empire in all streets and corners, in all vehicles, in all rooms in buildings (except bedrooms and bathrooms) for visualizing activities. In order for the empire to have control of other territories outside the imperial border, for a territory to separate from the empire or for territories within the empire want to take control of another territory or create a new territory within the empire citizens from both territories whenever or not the idea should or should not be made. If 50% or more of the citizens agree on an idea, then that idea should be made, otherwise, it's aborted.

Doveism
The Caribbean Empire will try not to bother and create conflict with foreign countries with the absence of espionage teams and try to help them.

Vegetarianism
Caribbeans are lacto-vegetarians because eating meat from animals is considered an offense, since the killing of any animals is illegal.

Anti-discrimination and Anti-bullying
The first amendment of the Caribbean constitution doesn't allows anyone to use discriminate or insulting words, as well as profanity, or else they are subjected to a fine.

Gender Interdependency
The Caribbeans believe that males and females are under a interdependency, not just in sexual reproduction. A law states that no facility shall be segregated by gender except public bathrooms, change rooms, non-marital bedrooms and other places requiring privacy.

Marriage
Caribbeans believe that both the husband and the wife must agree on a decision in order to be made. If on or both couples disagree with a decision, it's aborted. They also have to share bank accounts. This also goes to homosexual or polygamist matrimonies and relationships as the LGBT people are a supportive part of gender dependency.

Equalism
Caribbeans believe anyone, black or white, male or female, should have equal rights, follow the same laws and go through the same consequences.

Masculism and Feminism
In the empire, both men and women had equal power. A group called the International Ambisexual Rights Union are masculists and feminists around the world working together to fight against sexism and gender inequality all around the world. In the IARU headquarters, they will be a gender scale that measures gender equality in the Caribbean Society.

Democracy
Though Caribbeans cannot choose their leaders, they have the right to vote on laws, and decisions in the empire or with other countries because the people need to be comfortable with the laws and decisions of the empire. This is called a direct democracy.
 * see also Caribbean democracy (Caribbean Empire)

Influence
The Caribbean Empire was so powerful and so well developed, that it influenced every country on earth, even The United States of America, bringing people the idea of peace and equality

Neo-puritanism
The Caribbean Empire was somewhat neo-puritainistic. It was against the law to curse or verbally discriminate, use of sex and extreme violence as entertainment, air real footage of murders and sexual assault, alcohol, tobacco and drugs.

Demographic
The Caribbean Empire has its own language, currency and culture.

Language
The Caribbean language is a language in the Caribbean. It has no gender-specific pronouns. All pronouns are gender-neutral. It's alphabet is shared with the Greek alphabet.

Religion
As long as the religion is not satanist or unholy, all other holy religions, as well as atheism are allowed.

Food
Because Caribbeans are strictly lacto-vegetarians, they can only eat non-meat and non-egg products, like salads, rice and beans, brown rice, fruits and other foods. Foods Caribbeans are legally allowed to consume are called Epitrepst (literally means allowed). If you go to a fast food restraint in the empire that sell meat product in other countries (eg McDonalds, Burger King etc.) the food will be vegetarian. It will sell veggie bugles (burgers with Fake beef patty made out of vegetable matter.) and veggie chicken nuggets (made out of false chicken meat).

Most city trees bare fruit for pedestrians to eat for free.

Music
Apalimousiki (literally means soft music) is a genre of music originated from the Caribbean Empire and it's played on the ukulele and the genre is usually romantic. Reggae, Salsa, Merengue and other pre-imperial Caribbean music is part of the empire's musical culture.

Currency
Caribos are the main currency of the empire. It's nearly 50% more the value than the American dollar. It also accepts other currencies.

Health
The life expectancy of the Caribbean Empire is 388.9 years. Three years higher than the US. Obesity is very rare, as meat is illegal and there's a legal limit of how much fat sugar, salt and cholesterol should be on a serving of food. Alcoholism is also rare as alcoholic drinks are illegal. Tobacco products are also illegal so less chance of lung cancer. Fossil fuel and gas-powered cars are not allowed to enter the empire, so less people get asthma and thus the Environment Performance Index is 99.9. There's also a ban to nuclear and biological products to lower the risks of sickness and radiation exposure. There would be refillable disinfecting sprays in all areas of all walls, spraying mist of disinfecting substances over the streets and hallways. The spray also has a sensor so it won't accidentally spray at pedestrian, animals and objects. Hand sanitizers will be available on every corner of the street and hallways for pedestrians to wash their hands. It's illegal to urinate or defecate on trees and other plants and city trees are protected by a fence around it. Fortunately, bathrooms and litter houses are located at the corner of the street, so as drinking fountains and a drinking pool for pets. Daily at 7:00 AM, 12:00 PM and 6:30 PM, the government will give food to people, animals and plants in the empire and developing countries.

Energy production
Oil has been drilled in small amounts of the coast of Cuba since 2017. This and the 2021 solar power project has helped replace some coal imports.

Education
People are required to go to school at the age of 1 or 2 (must finish prekindergarten at the age of 2 and a half) all up to the age of 21. From the age of 22 onward, they go to universities. There are 18 grades. They have to go to school 4 days a week in the Caribbean calendar (Note: In the Caribbean calendar, 5 days makes 1 week.) from 7:30 AM to 6:30 PM (Diurnal services) and from 7:30 PM to 6:30 AM (Nocturnal services). They won't be any holiday breaks or summer vacation and have only 1 day of their weekly weekend and people graduate grades annually on January 1st. If the minor's parents doesn't take their child to school and are not in an emergency or have a medical appointment, the parents or the minor must pay a fine. Teachers, counselors and therapists of schools and colleges are required to be adults, have doctorates of education, psychology and for the subject they teach and must be parents, whenever having adoptive children or biological children. The government will pay money for private and religious schools for students below the poverty line. If they have school in foreign areas, the Caribbean Foreign Service (CFS) will give programs in certain schools so they can learn the imperial laws, The Caribbean, English, Spanish and French language (depending on the country inside the empire your living on) and Caribbean philosophy from the start of school to 6:30 PM, 4 days a week.

Crime and Law Enforcement
Before anyone enters the empire for the first time (whenever if it's an ancestral citizen or a complete foreigner) must know and recognize all of the imperial laws. All citizens must have a book of all the imperial laws. Specific laws will sometimes be displayed on some billboards. Cameras will be placed on every area of the street, every vehicle and every house, except bathrooms and bedrooms. Watch people will guard each building and having access to all cameras within and around the house as they live in a room near the lobby. The CSS will take control of all crimes against imperial laws, investigations of a crime and incoming terrorist vehicles coming into the empire. Visitors must have a visa and they can only stay for two months and they will get deported and banned from entering the empire if they break an imperial law. Another thing is that all Caribbean citizens must follow most (not all) of the imperial laws and fill taxes. If they break an imperial law resulting a fine, the fine will be sent to them, but it results prison, the citizen will be repatriated and sent to jail in the empire. If a citizen got deported from another country due to breaking their national crime, they will pay the consequences in the empire according to their jail time if the crime was also an offense in the Caribbean, the empire's jail time will be added. CSS officer will also patrol other countries for arresting all residents that break their national, state/provincial or city law and Caribbean citizens that break the imperial law.

Street Security
They will be police officers on the corners of side walks. They will also be inspection robots that will keep vigilance of every street. They will also be "roam around" police drivers.

Home and Business Security
Caribbean homes and foreign homes were Caribbean citizens live have a police officer, a fire fighter and a nurse with a service dog in a room where they live, sleep and guard the rest of the building or house they live. They have monitors of the cameras in each home there patrolling. If one is in an emergency, there's three emergency buttons in each room; a blue button with a badge (police officer), a red button with flame (fire fighter), and a green button with a cross (nurse).

Border Control
They will be a big, long wall around the empire marking its border called the Diamond Ring of the Caribbean. It will have cameras looking around all areas and sensors on the side of gates and the top of the walls control intruders and incoming planes and boats. Some patrols will be in charge of the gates while others will look around at the top. Since citizens can easily cross the empire, visitors first they need a passport, attend a class of Caribbean law to take a test and get Caribbean pass. For citizens that want to go to other countries, they first have to know there law, do a test and follow their requirements for entering. When entering the Caribbean, they will be a screen of the recent laws and bills under debate. The language varies depending on what country you're coming from (English if entering from the US, Spanish if entering from Mexico, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia and Portugal if entering from Brazil.) when leaving the empire, there will be screens showing the recent laws and laws under debate in countries displayed in Caribbean you're about to enter.

Prisons
Prisons were very comfortable. In each cell, the living room is at the front. Back of the living room is a very short hallway. Left of the hallway is the bathroom and right of the hallway is the kitchen. At the back is the bedroom. A prison also contains a garage with cars of prisoners and staff. The prisoners have to pay bills for the cells and can only leave with permission. When they leave, they must walk with a guard. There not allowed to leave the empire or rent or buy houses and apartments. Prisoners have the rights do drive (if the divers license isn't temporarily suspended) to visit others and to vote on laws. They will also be rehabilitated.

Animal Deliquesce
A special prison similar to a pound that are for domesticated nonhuman animals that had attacked people and other animals or are stray, abandoned or lost. Owners can pick up or adopt their pets there.

Flag
The Caribbean flag will have 6 colors of the rainbow from top to bottom; red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. In the center of the flag, there's a peace sign in form of a hexagon with 36 hexagrams representing the countries within the empire surrounding it. The star at the top will be gold with three dots resembling a equilateral triangle inside (representing Hispaniola), while other stars would be white. (Note: The flag is not exactly as described here, but I picked the best one there is.)

Great Seal
The great seal will be a color star with a hexagonal peace sign in the middle. It is placed in a ring that says "Caribbean Empire - The Land of the Rainbow". (Note: I haven't selected or design a Great Seal,but I will try to find or make one as soon as possible,)

Economy
The Caribbean currency, the Caribo is worth 3.61357 US dollars which is the highest-valued currency. It is a capitalist-mixed economy. The empire is the largest exporter and the third largest importer. The common exports are agricultural goods, machinery, vehicles, security systems, metals, medicine, and electricity. Some major companies are own by King Ismael Perez I as he earns lots of money for his empire. The largest corporation are the International Eco-Electricity Company (IEEC), Telecom International and and the International Transit System (ITS) all own by the Caribbean government.

Children spend money since there about 5 years old. When kids do the right thing, their parents and teachers often pay them and they take away the child's money each time he's or she's doing the wrong thing, which prepares them for adulthood.

Infrastructure
As th roads improve, they had been wider than before. On every road, there's arrows pointed at the direction of the legal direction and there's a strip of LED lights at the edges of the side walks that turns green when it's okay to walk, flashes red when the time is running out and stays red when it's not ok to walk. There are still spotlights though. The time to walk and stop is about 30 minutes.There are also signs and there are also words labeled on the road to indicate the speed limit, the stop sign, where bikes are allowed and if there's a school near by. You may see a wide green area near sidewalks that indicates the area where parking is allowed. There are bridges connecting to islands throughout the Caribbean Highway System. The transit system is the International Transit Service (ITS) own by the Caribbean government.

Age restriction
There are restrictions set to 3 major age groups, infant (ages 0-1) toddler (ages 2-4), child (ages 5-11), younger teenager (ages 12-14), older teenager (ages 15-16) and adult (ages 17+).

Minors
Minors are most protected by law after señior citizens.

Infants
Infants are citizens aged 0 and 1. All the crimes they had committed are not the responsibility of the person nor their parents. For minors ages 6 to 17, if they disrespect an adult, they will be fined.

Toddlers
Toddlers are citizens from ages 2 to 4. They are required to go to school from this age until they reach the 12th grade. All the crimes they had committed are the responsibility of their parents.

Children
Children are citizens from ages 5 to 8. There are punishable by their parents if they commit any crime (If it's a crime that results in life in prison, then the government will punish them.) It's against the law for parents to not punish their kids after they commit a crime. They also have to respect adults by law, or else they get fine. It also goes to teenagers.

Preteens
Preteens are citizens ages 9 to 11. They are old enough to vote and choose schools under the permission of their parents. They still get punished by their parents

Younger Teenagers
Younger teenagers are citizens from ages 12 to 14. They are allowed to do typical adult activities (eg. get married, have sex) under parental permission. They old enough be punished by the government. They can choose schools without parental permission.

Older Teens
Older teenagers are citizens ages 15 and 16. They are allowed to go to adult jobs (police officer, firefighter, construction worker, etc.) and drive under parents permission. Their penalty is twice the penalty younger teens receive.

Adults
Adults are citizens from ages 17 and up. When citizens turn to that age, they must hold their birthday at the castle and be automatically proclaimed an adult. This ceremony is known as Mighty Seventeen. They are old enough to be independent and marry and have sex without permission of their parents. If they commit any crimes, their penalty is twice the penalty receives a older teenagers for the same crime (For ages 17 to 299.). For a minor to be proclaim an adult, their parents must declare a document that the minor is responsible enough have the rights of an adult. They must show written proof that the minor is responsible and both parents and the minor must sign the document.

Señior Citizens
Señior Citizens are citizens ages 300+. There are more protected than minors and their penalty is half the penalty younger teenagers receive for the same crime.

Caribbean Media Rating System
The Caribbean Media Rating System (CMRS) is a very strict 6-tier rating system used to control content of video games, TV shows, books, images, videos, websites and movies produced in and imported into the empire. According to the Caribbean Media Rating System Act, it is required that this information to be present in commercials, before a movie or video game starts and at the first page of a book or magazine. If anyone sells level 4 medias to minors, the seller will be fined. Another thing is that all consoles, computers and cable/satellite boxes have an ID scanner to ensure if the user is a minor or an adult. They will also be ID scanners in level 3 and level 4 books and magazines. Level 4 books and magazines can't have details on the front and back cover.

Legend

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Watersheds
During 10:00 PM to 12:29 AM and 4:30 AM to 5:29 AM shows and movies on level 3 can be aired. 12:30 AM to 4:29 PM, it is allow to air level 4 shows and movies only in programs that doesn't have shows for children. From 4:30 PM to 12:29 AM, no shows and movies at level 4 and level 3 can be aired.

Banned Content
War-based games or use of sex or level 3 and level 4 violence and use of tobacco alcohol and drugs for entertainment is ban for import and production in the empire.

Relationships with other empires

 * see also: The Four Superpowers

United Stated of America
The Caribbean Empire was allied with The United Sates of America, though the empire was worried about the US on its display of violence. That's until United States of America destroyed the empire and by force became part of there country.

European Empire
The Caribbean Empire had a closer relationship with The European Empire than the US, as it was more pacifist.

Calendar
The empire uses a Cosmic-Solar calendar. The year starts at the June solstice. There are thirty days in a moths and 10 months in a year.

Internet Use
In the Caribbean Empire ".ce" is the only domain Caribbeans should use.

System of Government
The Emperors, also known as the alphas, consist of two or more people married to each other. There are the ones that signs bills into laws, pay for citizens and construction within and outside the empire and give money to other governments of developing countries. Power is usually passed down to a family member in a lower generation and his or her spouse(s) that is first to marry when one or both of the the current couple dies or divorces. This imperial system of government is known as a constitutional User:Sapphire Williams/Gamyarchy (Caribbean Empire)/gamyarchy or a constitutional matrimonial polyarchy.

Rulers of a country or states, also known as betas, can be a president or a king depending on their system of government. They are responsible of the laws in their country. They decide whenever or not a law should be passed to the alphas. If even one beta disagrees on the law, then the law is aborted. Rulers of a division of a country (or a territory in Hispaniola) are called gammas and rulers of divisions of those divisions are called deltas and so on. Every divisions and subdivisions have a ruler, even a neighborhood, the smallest division, has a ruler.

Citizens, including prisoners, called omegas, are people either born in the empire (true citizens), born outside the empire but decedent from a Caribbean-born kin (ancestral citizens) and residents (foreigners that don't have Caribbean decent that live within the empire). All true and ancestral citizens must be officially initiated in the castle at the Royal District in Belladère-Comendador immediately after birth. Citizens that grow up in other countries must attend a school with teachers to teach them the Caribbean law and languages. All citizens must have an identification card (ID) and must follow the laws in or out of the empire. They have the rights to vote for laws before passed to betas.

Parties
There are 6 political parties, each represented by the colors in a rainbow, hence the flag and coat of arms. King Ismael Perez I and Queen Valera I were both part of the Yellow-Green party, or economic liberals.

Laws
The laws must comply with the constitution and the law is outlined very neatly and descriptively. For each statement, there's the statement number, the statement itself and the reason. At the bottom, there's a space that both the king and the Queen must sign in.

Fall of The Empire

 * Caribbean-American War As the US was expanding their territory, they wanted to annex the empire as there state. There was a debate, but most people chose for the empire to stay independent. As the US grew impatient, American soldiers invade the empire, destroying buildings, including the castle causing the death of the last of the two emperors ruling and by force, becoming the state of the US. The event is known as the Caribbean-American War. CSS soldiers didn't use warfare to attack soldiers. Instead, they shielded themselves and try to arrest American soldiers without violence.

Revival

 * see also:User:Sapphire Williams/Second Caribbean Empire (Caribbean Empire)|Second Caribbean Empire]] A thousandth-generation descendant of the first matrimony revived the Caribbean Empire (Named the Second Caribbean Empire).

Opinions
1.Would you like to live in The Caribbean Empire? Yes. Somewhat. No. Not sure. 2. What would you if The Caribbean Empire came into existence? Be proud to be a citizen. Protest peacefully. Rebel violently. Renounce my citizenship and move elsewhere. Marry a prince/princess to become emperor. Destroy the empire. Other. 3.What do do you like about the Caribbean Empire? Peace and anti-military. Hospitality. Cleanness. Other. Neither. 4.What you don't like about the Caribbean Empire? Restrictions. Other. Neither. 5.What do you want from the Caribbean Empire? Military. Peace. Cleanness. Freedom. Anarchy. Communism. Democracy. Restrictions. Equality. Other. Neither. 6.Which is better? Caribbean Empire. Europe. USA. Other. 7.Do you agree on the idea of Caribbeanism? Yes. Somewhat. No. Not sure. 8.What idea you mostly agree Pacifism. Vegetarianism. Equalism. Indirect democracy (select laws, not leaders). Neither.

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