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The West Indies Federation was a union of Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, Grenada and various other British holdings in the Leeward Islands, Windward Islands. It was meant to be a single political unit that would gain independence afrom Britain like Canada or Australia. It fell apart quickly after forming due to differences on how it would be administered and run.

Challenge is to make it survive and also ponder on how a surviving WI Federation would affect regional politics in the Caribbean and Americas. What would be it's role in the Cold War, what would it's economy be like?

Bonus points if you throw in the Bahamas as well. Guyana and Belize also had observer status in the Federation so they would be candidates to join it as well.
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