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The Republic of Atlantica

The Republic of Atlantica is a fictional country on the Eurasian continent created as a learning object for students and faculty in the Consortium for Humanitarian Service and Education (CHSE). The Consortium is an informal group of colleges and universities in the United States and Europe including the Citadel, Indian River State College, Northwest Missouri State University, Jacksonville University, the University of Florida, the University of Sts. Cyril and Methodious, and the United States Military Academy that studies humanitarian operations, emergency management, and disaster relief.

The fiction provides enough detail about the political, historical, demographic and economic situation in Atlantica to permit participants to analyze a simulated complex emergency unfolding in the country. This analysis provides a basis for humanitarian action including negotiation and mediation of the conflict, the promotion of human rights and International Humanitarian Law, and the provision of humanitarian aid.

Since 2007 the fictional crisis in Atlantica has served as the scenario for two full scale humanitarian training exercises conducted each year, one four day-long event in Fort Pierce, Florida, called ATLANTIC HOPE and other, fourteen day long event, called SVETLINA, held at the Krivolak Training Center in Macedonia.