Confederation of Nicaragua

The Confederation of Nicaragua, generally referred to simply as Nicaragua, is a client state of the Confederacy in Central America. Along with Panama, Costa Rica and El Salvador, it is one of the four Southern Confederacies.

Introduction
The former Republic of Nicaragua obtained its independence in 1821, but in 1897, William Bedford Forrest - son of the Confederate war hero, Nathan Bedford Forrest - launched a successful coup, and then invited Confederate occupation of the country. The Confederacy, still reluctant to consent to an expensive occupation and smarting from the Honduras Incident, instead decided to acknowledge Forrest's presidency and support him with materiel.

In 1908, Forrest died of illness, and his son Nathan Bedford Forrest II became President of Nicaragua.

In-Game
In the wake of William Forrest's death, Nathan Bedford Forrest II's control over Nicaragua is still quite shaky. Even among the affluent, slaveholding planter community, support for "Lil' Nathan" is by no means overwhelming.

In any case, while William Forrest was able to play off the local planters against the Confederacy's advisors, this decrease in support means Nathan II has become more and more dependent on Confederate agents and their resources to command power in Nicaragua. It is said that the Secretary of the Treasury, Lt. Col. Wyatt Earl Grover, is the real power within Nicaragua, as he is both the head of the Confederate contingent in the country, and commands the loyalty of a couple of the large militias based in the country - forces that could threaten even the small Nicaraguan standing army.