The Caribbean Treaty Organization is a geopolitical military alliance formed by multiple nations in May of 2011. Cuba released the news of the formation of the alliance in a press conference in 2011. It was formed in the Third World War to prevent the victory of STOP and was allied with the United Pacific Aligned Coalition. It was likened as the "UPAC of the East". It used multiple economic systems, although all states were partly socialist. It is known to some as the successer to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. After the war, Deltoran forces returned control back to the islands, making sure new governments were democratic. CTO then formed a Military Alliance insuring protection over the Carribean while they rebuild and to eliminate poverty in these areas.