History of the Atlantic Federation

Greater Veratlantea 1801 to 1913
= Atlantic Federation 1913 - Present =

Early Years 1913 - 1922
The period between the year 1913 and 1922 in Veratlantean History is referred to as the Early Years, which were the first 9 years after the foundation of the Union of the Veratlantean States as we know it. In the city of Alianta, Friday September 26 1913, it was signed the treaty to confederate the Veratlantean States. Leonard Coinns was appointed by a council to be the provisional president until the 1913 December elections. Leonard Coinns won the election with a majority of 81% of the votes and became the first Federal President of the Union of the Veratlantean States, and served a second term. He was followed by Jefferson Williams, who was also democratically elected, confirming the nation's tendency to become a fair, democratic nation.

Coinns Era and World War I (1913 - 1922)
The period known as Coinns Era is that between 1913 and 1922, in which the U.V.S. was ruled by its first president ever. He'd also have to conduct the country at the time the World War I threatened the peace in Europe. President Leonard N. Coinns Coinns was a Veratlantian candidate ruled provisionally during the year of 1913 and was democratically appointed to be the Federal President from 1914 until the end of his second term in 1922. Coinns played an important role as a negotiator. He had the challenge to prove such federal system would work.

Choice of a Capital President Coinns was also responsible to establish a forum to decide which would be the capital of the Atlantic Federation. The provisional government had its base in the city of Alianta, but that was already the capital of the Veratlantian Republic, and the Veratlantians were not wiling give up their capital as an specially administered federal land. At the same time, the idea of having Alianta as a capital faced large opposition from Northern Veratlantia, which accused the Veratlantian Republic of being power-hungry. The Iberian Republic also shown concern, and their president at the time Joaquim Souza stated that "which ever city becomes the new capital, it has to be one to represent all of regions, struggles, cultures and interests, one city to affirm our goal to become united". President Souza suggested the city of Galiston, home to some many thought revolutions in the 1800's, to be the new capital, but the northern states, specially New Aquitaine strongly opposed, as it was too far southeast. In times of imminent danger coming from the World War I in Europe, building, thus funding, a whole new city from scratch was out of question.

Engineer Gordon Birraw suggested the capital should be "somewhere safe and strategical", but also "central to the nation's structuration support". President Coinns then suggested the city of Veratlantiana, not very far from Alianta, to be transformed into the new capital. It was the Veratlantian Republic's second largest city situated in the wide margins of the Lions River. It didn't take more than a few days for negative responses to be sent from all other states. It was still too Veratlantian and "did not represent the newly born Veratlantean ideals" as worded by Pierre Mataine. In a bold move, the Federal President summoned congress to pass the proposal anyways, but also to rename the city to City of All Liberators. The name choice was a desperate move to have that highly safe and unique location as the new capital, like Gordon Birraw had suggested. President Coinns started a campaign of flattery on the radio praising the independence histories of each of the Veratlantean States and the name soon began to gain popular affection. Soon, everyone wanted to live in the city of the free and the overhauling of the city was a success. Over 100 years later, Liberators City, short for the original name, became one of the largest cities in the World and the Alliance of Independent Nations.

Williams Era 1922 - 1926
Jefferson Williams 1922 - 1926

G. Silva Era 1926 - 1934
Roberto G. Silva 1926 - 1930 Roberto G. Silva 1930 - 1934

De Salles Era 1934 - 1938
Jacques de Salles 1934 - 1938

Winston Era & World War II (1938 - 1946)
Harry Winston 1938 - 1942 Harry Winston 1942 - 1946



General Harry Winston elected president Harry Winston was one of the most prominent Veratlantean leaders to ever govern the Federation. Born in the city of Illiana, some 14Km north of Galiston, Mr. Winston, commonly referred to as "General Harry", was the only Federal President to have integrated the Federal Military Forces at the same time he held a governmental office. When the United Kingdom and France sent their ultimatum ordering Germany to retreat from Poland on September 2nd 1939, the Federal Congress emitted the Letter of Worries to the British Parliament, a warning of the tensions it could end up causing. Harry Winston called for a convention in the Palace of Conciliation the next day, but the Congress came to no solid conclusion about the happenings in Europe. There were fears the Atlantic Federation could, futurely be affected by the rising tensions in the continent northeast of there. Veratlantean politicians and military officials initially believed the that the ongoing happenings in Europe would not spread if the tensions between the United Kingdom, France and Germany were controlled early on. A Federal Commission studied the political complications implied in the decisions taken by various European leaderships and warned France and the United Kingdom: "If Hitler wants to have Poland, let him. We cannot stop the pounding might of the German war machine without first admitting this will be a conflict with potential to expand into global proportions. We need proper funding and planning before we shout at Germany what they can or cannot do." Bitter Response Despite successive letters, both the specialized Federal Commission and General Harry failed redundantly to ease and retard the entrance of the United Kingdom in what would become the World War II. "It is shameful how much we've been ignored by Westminster." General Harry also stated that "these emerging conflicts could have higher rates of success if fought wisely, after a necessary, extensive preparation." In what was known as the "Bitter Response", British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain sent a letter to the Federal Congress saying "Britain does not have the time for such preparation, mister." Putting an end to all hopes of convincing the U.K. not to take part in the conflicts just yet, in October 10th 1939, the United Kingdom officially declined Hitler's peace treaty proposal. Fearing the Atlantic Federation would be dragged into the conflict too early, General Harry rushes to pass the Motherland Preservation Act in Congress and succeeds on November 6th 1939, roughly 48 hours after the United States passes another of its Neutrality Acts. However, various politicians, from mixed parties, knew that being in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean would sooner or later force the Federation to pick a side. To further alarm the Veratlantean leaderships, the Embassy of the Atlantic Federation in Oslo would notify the Federal Government of a letter, reportedly sent by an anonymous, reportedly German, Siemens worker, containing sensitive information on how to build a working atomic bomb on November 8th 1939. The British Embassy in Oslo had received a very similar letter 6 days earlier. Early Steps of Mobilization Alarmed by the contents of the secret letter, senior members of the University of Galiston - which were carefully picked to access the letter by the Federal Government - met with the chief officers of the Veratlantean military and the Federal President, as well as with the British ambassador to the Atlantic Federation. Richard Smith, who then, authorized by Westminster, confirmed a similar document had also been sent to the British embassy in Oslo. General Harry, and other senior members of the Veratlantean Government and Military were instructed to remain in absolute secrecy about also having received the letter. While keeping the letter a secret, General Harry then started, along with several trusted senators, the "Unified Veratlantean War Plan", on December 1st 1939. It virtually aimed to instaure a war economy regime on the Federation and heavily fund primary industry, such as coal, fuel, electricity, steel, aluminium and other components necessary to the makings of war machines. Initially, dozens of factories and new harbours were opened in the west coast. The objective was to establish a solid assembly line which would guarantee the Atlantic Federation could replace vessels, airplanes and vehicles at the same rate they'd be destroyed in a possible war. The country saw a large growth in its industry, and several railways and roads were built aiming to connect the east and west coast. It was later labelled as the Federal Defense Strategy launched by Gen. Harry 10 days after he just initiated the Unified Veratlantean War Plan. With such a dense amount of direct government investment and very limited private participation (once the key convincing explanations for all this project could not be exposed) the Atlantic Federation saw its public debt soar dangerously high. To help balance the government income and the economy, General Harry initiated the Federal Economic Strategy & passed the Charter of Exportation-oriented Policies on December 22nd 1939. Gen. Harry's economic strategy basically consisted in focusing the production based on the "Veratlantean Geographic Gift" - a term coined by Mr. Winston to oppose the media-created term the "Veratlantean Geographic Curse" - which fueled growing popular fear and rioting based on the theory the Veratlantean Archipelago would be attacked and doomed to destruction in no time.

Preparation Plans & Economic Security Gen. Harry's plan was 'simple', according to him: "Leisure to the South, Weapons for the North - tax them all." The Charter of Exportation-oriented Policies established that the southern parts of the Veratlantean mainland would focus on the production of fish, toys, domestic appliances, cars, cigarettes, beer, wheat, and all kinds of cheap, low-quality (that includes the cars exported) and non-resource-consuming paraphernalia. The industries producing those goods would increase the taxation revenue of the Federal Government and direct their sales to Latin American countries and European colonies in Africa, illegally if necessary. This would guarantee the mid-term survival of the domestic industry, at the pace it retarded industrial development in Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia and Mexico. By selling low quality but much desired and necessary products, the Veratlanteans guaranteed an influx of cash coming from the south. At the same time, in the northern regions of the Atlantic Federation, the Libraëritan, Northern Veratlantian and Willemnian governments were in charge of producing weapons, trucks, tanks and airplanes in large scale, arming the Federation's northern coast. In January 1940, Brazil and the Atlantic Federation signed the Vero-Brazilian Food Compromise, in which Veratlanteans would exchange food and key minerals such as iron ore and gold in exchange for better prices for Veratlantean manufactured products bought by Brazilians. This deal was part of a scheme elaborated by the populist Brazilian government at the time as a propaganda maneuver, directed to artificially raising the country's industrial goods in the market to insinuate Brazilian industry was developing very fast under the current administration. Argentina signed a similar deal to ensure meat supplies to the Veratlantean mainland, as Britain was already speaking of rationing food, especially meat. With the South feeding the Atlantic Federation with food and finance, the Veratlantean Government could focus in the Northern Atlantic and prepare for an almost certain fate, that would be joining the war. Einschränkung Letter: Germans in the Atlantic Though officially under a "neutrality" position, the Atlantic Federation started to concern German strategists. Its deals with South American nations and its sudden boost to industrialisation in the North alarmed Germany and culminated in to the "Einschränkung Letter", or the "German Restriction" in 20 February 1940. Nazi Germany commanded the Atlantic Federation to "refrain from naval activity in the Northern portions of the Atlantic Ocean". This was aimed to cut the trade routes between the Atlantic Federation and the United States. U-Boats were stationed in the northern coast of the Veratlantean mainland, and even dared to conduct casual patrols of the Veratlantean west coast, sinking civilian and military ships at will. U-boats represented a major challenge for the Veratlantean Navy and for General Harry's strategic plans. He could no longer assemble a powerful navy and trade with the United States the fundamental pieces of military research nor continue the projects of prototypes in joint development with the U.S. The Veratlantean Military needed the contact and the bridge it maintained with the U.S., because it was getting worryingly outdated during the 1920's and 1930's. During the World War I, the country built massive, numerous ships it never used, as to build from scratch its first federal military force. Though disposing of a highly efficient industry for domestic goods and industrial-age apparels, Veratlantean academic progress, now as a Federation, was slow - such was the complications of the many different languages and norms used by each of the member-states. The Atlantic Federation had the resources, the money, and the manpower to build a military capable of defending its mainland. But it couldn't match German engineering. All the attempts the Veratlanteans made at developing their own submarine detection systems were greatly inefficient. The Veratlantean RDP209 System was expensive, antenna dependent and not stable enough to be boarded to ships, nor could it possibly fit any aircraft. To overcome the threat of German U-boats, the Federal Government installed a new strategy. It used the railroads and motorways linking the east and west coast to move most of the personnel and industries it had placed on the west coast, to the east coast, facing the Straight of Alianta. The Treaty of Veratlantic Stability was signed with Galbadia, which was undergoing a Socialist Revolution at the time, with strong links to the Soviet Union. The treaty was intended to allow large military industries to be situated facing the Galbadian mainland. The idea was to close the Alianta Straight and patrol the entrances to it with RDP209 Radio Systems placed on the coast line, so to detect U-Boats which eventually tried to enter the Straight. Luckly for the Veratlantean war effort, the Germans did not dare to enter the narrow strip of sea between Galbadia and the Atlantic Federation. With the industry now relocated to the east coast, using already existing urban infrastructure and shielded by Galbadia on the east and the rest of the mainland to the west, General Harry's plans to further arm the Federation could proceed. Identity Crisis of a Young Federation General Harry priority was to unify the academic research of the Federation, and install norms common to everyone so that work could get done faster to supply the Federation with the technology needed to upgrade its military. Fourteen large frigates and 3 aircraft carriers began construction in March 1940, at the pace academics, engineers and military experts from all nation-states gathered in the city and University of Galiston, to join the now "semi-secret" projects of militarisation. From March to May of that same year, thousands of tanks, dozens of battleships and hundreds of airplanes would be produced along the east coast and northern portions of the mainland. However, like many things in the Atlantic Federation, the concept of a Federal Military, Federal Academic Organisation and a Federal War Strategy was still somewhat fragile. The Veratlanteans certainly made remarkable advancements in the process known was "Federalization" during the Early Years, but still, the process was not quite concluded. Words such as "national" and "nation" were rarely used to refer to the whole, and the usage of "Federal" as a replacer for "National" or "Federation" as a replacer for "Nation" were deeply incentivated by the Veratlantean Board of Home Communications. The media received generous incentives to promote the sense of Veratlantea instead of focusing on 'national' affairs. Though Veratlanteans saw the Atlantic Federation as necessary and the public opinion was highly

Abigail Administration
Abigail Q. Hillensen 1946 - 1950

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Pilternernay Era
Martin Pilternay 1950 - 1954 Martin Pilternay 1958 - 1962

Winssemper Era 1962 - 1974
Daniel Winssemper 1962 - 1974

First Marianne Richard Administration 1974 - 1978
Marianne Richard 1974 - 1978

Lerrovid Administration (Lerrovid Intervention) 1978 - 1982
Maxwell Lerrovid 1978 - 1982

Second Marianne Era 1978 - 1982
Marianne Richard 1982 - 1986 Marianne Richard 1986 - 1990

Dunkair Administration 1990 - 1994
Willem Dunkair 1990 - 1994 Wilson Arling 1994 - 1998

Hattford Reforms 1998 - 2002
Anderson Hattford 1998 - 2002

Modern Atlantic Federation
Marcus Iroi 2002 - 2006

Sartren Administration 1998 - 2002
Michael Sartren 2006 - 2010

Elisian Era 2010 - present
Sophia A. Elisian 2010 - 2014