Saint Jean-Baptiste

Saint Jean-Baptiste is a small, pretty island located in the Eastern Caribbean sea, about 190 km2in size.

The island is owned by La Union Nacional, although as opposed to the typical Spanish of the Union, the vast majority of the residents of Saint Jean-Baptiste speak English, French, or a creole of both. This is due to the fact that the island was only handed over to La Union Nacional in the 2030's - being held by the British government since the 1970's, and before that being owned by France.

The trade of the island was monumental - the island itself being used as a bartering chip to convince La Union Nacional to lend their soldiers and equipment to the Western Federation to assist in The Bolivian War. As it was, this was one of the few friendly interactions between the two superpowers.

Saint Jean-Baptiste was mostly spared in the Great War of 2041, with no nuclear weapons being detonated over or on the island. Despite this, in the weeks following the war, the island was set upon by thousands of refugees, who took to the sea to escape the chaos on land - bringing it with them.

The oysters of the bay were eaten, the coconuts and plantains were harvested and consumed, and the locals were beaten and raped. The "Gem of the Tropics" was slowly becoming a hell on Earth. It took a couple months, but a local police officer named Dwayne Bourgine managed to assemble a militia, and drive off the refugees from the Western Federation and La Union Nacional alike.

Today, Dwayne Bourgine still runs the island, 23 years after he was first needed, with the government resembling one of Democratic Socialism. Saint Jean-Baptiste is slowly recovering from the damage done in those hellish months. In pure terms of order, the island is probably one of the most established places to be Post War, with mutants being a disgusting and rare oddity, and a reminder of those dark times. In truth, one could almost forget that the world was scorched while staying at Saint Jean-Baptiste.