Glen
Moderator
Just a single outright state? also what is the Capital?
The capital of Hispaniola, Port Prince (or Port-au-Prince as many still know it), was not necessarily the most obvious choice for the island. However, the geopolitics of the Caribbean Theatre of the Napoleonic Wars dictated that Port Prince would be a vital target and supply point for the British forces who took the island. Later, as the city was transformed from military to civil capital, it's position gave easy access to fellow British island colonies Jamaica and Cuba, and the Gulf port of New Orleans in British Louisiana. There were several times that a move of the capital to Santo Domingo was considered, but in the end, when Hispaniola was named a Dominion, its capital was Port Prince.