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THE WORLD - NORTH AMERICA
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This page is divided into the following sections:
Click on the country names to return to the top of the page. Map of the World | Europe | Asia | Africa | Central America | South America | Australasia | Antarctica The Alyesko-Siberian FederationSee the entry on the page of Asian nations. ColumbiaColumbia is the equivalent of the USA in this world. It is more agrarian than the real-world USA, but still the Land of the Free. Lots of immigrants go there from all over the world. Columbia is a Jeffersonian democracy, a 'republic of smallholders' [see the Bentham AH] rather than a centralised state. The basis of their government is essentially moderate democratic Physiocracy, though they are not strongly allied with France. The central government really only handles foreign affairs. The Territories into which Columbia is divided handle everything else, and vary a great deal from one another. The Colombian government is very weak. There is no Constitution as in the USA, but instead the nation is founded on a modified version of the Articles of Confederation, and run by the Continental Congress. Central government can do almost nothing without the unanimous agreement of the Territories. There are no Federal taxes. The Colombian President serves a one-year term, and can only serve for a single year in any three year period. Columbia has a small military mostly used for guarding the borders. But the Colombian people are, themselves, generally armed and this has stopped several invaders in the past. Columbia keeps an armed populace because both they see themselves as surrounded by foreign - and oftentimes hostile - states, and because the people have not wanted to put a dictatorial government over themselves. Colombian scientists are among the best and brightest in the world, but in many cases their social set-up has prevented them making the most of inventions, and other nations have reaped the rewards from them. Upon independence Columbia lacked cash, industry and resources in the territory it had. Since then it has relied on farming and food exports, and continues that way despite some later attempts to build industry. Columbia and Quebec have developed a relationship of mutual interest over the years; Columbia provides food and raw materials to Quebec, while Quebecois industry exports a great deal of manufactured goods to Columbia. The capital of Columbia was originally in Charlotte, North Carolina. However, in 1802 it was moved to the more central city of Chicago, where it has remained ever since. Despite its lack of heavy industry, Columbia is the place where some of the most radical agricultural practises - the use of genetically modified crops and so on - have taken root. There have been problems with this, though. There are several areas where pesticide-resistant weeds and crops are a problem, and they are spreading. The Colombian currency is the Dollar, which is divided into one hundred cents. Louisiana has the same currency. The Colombian flag was originally the 'Grand Union' flag, as used in the real world in 1776 at George Washington's headquarters. The Union Jack was kept in the top left corner of the flag as a sign that they were fighting for the true Britain.
This flag later evolved into one with just the horizontal red and white stripes alone. In the real world this is known as the Sons of Liberty flag.
FloridaA former Spanish colony, now independent. It was never taken over by the British because Spain did not become involved in the Six Years War [Seven Years War]. Florida is a democratic republic with its capital at Pensacola, which is one of its main ports, along with St Augustine on the east coast. Florida is a source of illegal immigrants into Louisiana. HudsoniaHudsonia consists of what is in the real world New York, New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania to Lake Ontario, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. A parliamentary democracy and full member of the Union, Hudsonia is one of the more industrialised parts of the Union. Its capital is the city of Boston. Hudsonia's flag is the Blue Ensign with "The full-rigged ship Half Moon all proper" added to it. [The Half Moon was the flagship of Henry Hudson, first European explorer of New York; (see the Flags of the World site).]
IsraelA Jewish state on the border between Mexico and Louisiana founded in 1831 by Liron ben Aviram, a Jewish immigrant from Europe. Heavily settled by Jews fleeing persecution in Europe, particularly during the Great Expulsion in Russia, it has also suffered persecution itself, fighting two Pogrom Wars with Mexico and Louisiana in 1862 and 1961, and surviving them both. It is an industrialised, heavily militarised, and somewhat paranoid state. The capital of Israel is the city of New Jerusalem (formerly San Antonio). Since the Second Pogrom War there has been an increasing friendliness between Israel and New Israel. There has also been increasing emigration from Israel to New Israel, which is perceived to be a safer nation, despite efforts on the part of the Israeli government to stop this. The Israeli flag consists of a white field with a vertical dark blue stripe down each side and a dark blue Star of David in the centre.
Kaliforniya [California]Kaliforniya is a nation that includes real world California and Baja California as well as large areas of real world Nevada, Arizona and Oregon. It has a mixed Russian-Spanish culture derived from close links established in the early nineteenth century following inter-marriage between the Spanish and Russians moving southwards from Alyeska [Alaska]. [This was unlike the case in the real world where Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov, the first Russian nobleman to want to marry a Spanish noblewoman, died in 1807 on the long trip to obtain permission to marry a Catholic from the Russian Orthodox Church.] Because Kaliforniya was never part of the Russian Empire, it was not abandoned by Russia due to the UER de-colonisation, and so remains closer to Russia than (for example) the Alyesko-Siberian Federation. It is a benevolent monarchy with an advisory council, ruled by the House of Habsburg-Romanov. Its capital is the city of Yerba Buena [real world San Francisco]. LouisianaLouisiana split off from Columbia over the Colombian governments handling of the Kaliforniyan secession. Kaliforniyan-Louisianan relations are thus better than those between Louisiana and Columbia. Like Columbia, Louisiana is divided up into Territories. Its capital is the city of New Orleans. The Louisianan government is a delegative democracy, with lots of recalls of delegates. This form of government was instituted to cure perceived problems with the Colombian system, but means that the Louisianan government does not do much. Because of this corporations and so on are powerful there. However, like Columbia, Louisiana keeps an armed populace because it sees itself as surrounded by foreign - and oftentimes hostile - states, and because its people have not wanted to put a dictatorial government over themselves. A few other parts (such as Israel) have seceded from Louisiana over the years, but most have had problems and many have rejoined their parent state after a while. The Louisianan currency is the Dollar, which is divided into one hundred cents. Colombia has the same currency. The flag of Louisiana is quite different to that of Columbia. Its design is based on the geography of the country - a white strip on the left hand edge represents the Rocky Mountains while a broad blue stripe down the centre represents the Mississippi River. The remainder of the flag is divided into a green lower half and a brown upper half, representing the landscapes of those areas of Louisiana.
New EnglandNew England consists of In the real world New Hampshire, Maine, New Brunswick and all the land north of them to the southern shore of the St Lawrence River. New England is a parliamentary democracy and full member of the Union. Its capital is the city of Coussinoc [Augusta, Maine]. New England's flag is the Blue Ensign with a green tree added to it.
NewfoundlandThe Newfoundland peninsula is a parliamentary democracy and full member of the Union. Its capital is the city of St Johns. Newfoundland's flag is the Blue Ensign with the symbol of the former colony of Newfoundland added to it.
Nova ScotiaNova Scotia is a parliamentary democracy and full member of the Union. Its capital is the city of Halifax. Nova Scotia's flag is the Blue Ensign with a Scottish shield added to it.
QuebecThe Kingdom of Quebec extends west to just past Toronto and north from there to James Bay. Niagara Falls is Quebec's western land border with Hudsonia. Everything east of that line on the mainland, including real world Labrador, is part of Quebec, as is Baffin Island, Prince Charles Island and the islands of Hudson Bay and the Hudson strait. An absolutist monarchy, Quebec is ruled by a branch of the French House of Bourbon. Its capital is the city of Montreal. French is its official language. Quebec has a large Native American population, derived from Native Americans forced out of what became Columbia during its war of independence. It also has one of the most extensive and extreme eugenics programmes of any nation in the world, and is known to be involved in research much of the rest of the world considers extremely unethical. Quebec is quite pro-French, but is physically isolated from France by the Union. It is much more industrialised than Columbia, with a great deal of exports to it. In return it imports large amounts of Colombian food and raw materials. Quebec uses a currency based on the French system, with Livres divided into twenty Sols, each of which is divided into twelve Denier. The flag of Quebec is similar to that used in the real world but with gold fleur-de-lis and cross rather than white ones.
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