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« on: November 07, 2007, 05:17:07 PM »

I figure it's best to have everything we have on one page rather than spread over several.  I don't know if you want to actually move the posts into one thread, Bacon King, but you can if you wish Smiley



Overview (Author: Colin Wixted)

Name: Antillia, Federal Commonwealth of

Size: 17,089 square kilometers, slightly larger than New Caledonia

Dimensions: From its southernmost tip on the LeGran Peninsula to the northernmost point on Cape Girard at the end of the Essex Peninsula is 168 kilometers. From Cape San Martin in the east to the tip of the LeGran Peninsula in the west is 107 kilometers.

Location: Northern Atlantic, 1,122 kilometers NNW of the Azores

Capital: Alberton, population 103,000, located on the Southeast coast of Antillia.

Demographics:
Population: 516,724 (2005 census)
Ethnicity: 90% White, 7% Indian, 2% Black, 1% Other
Languages: English (official), French (Official), Portuguese, Hindi, Chinese, Malay

Brief Description of Demographics:

Antillia is a country that has several different ethnic and cultural groupings that have to do with its history. White people of European descent make up a vast majority of the population but they are divided into three groupings. Roughly 70% of the white population is made up of English-speakers who are descendents of those who immigrated after the British takeover of Antillia in 1783. They number 224,512 people, according to the last census, and are the largest group on the island. The second largest division is French-speakers, called Mountaineers or Montagnieres in French, who are the descendents of unassimilated French settlers from the period of French rule. Most of these settlers were driven into the two mountainous, or really more rugged, regions of Antillia where they kept their culture and their distinct seperate identity. They make up 22% of the white population and number, 73,768 people. The third major European group are Portuguese, most of whom settled in Antillia in the 1970s from former Portuguese colonies in Africa, while they are integrating into Antillian society they still form a quite distinct identity. They make up 7% of the white population and number 22,451 people.

The non-European ethnicities make up a total of 9% of Antillia's population, most are located in the LeGran Peninsula and the southern lowlands around Alberton. The most populous are the descendents of Indian indentured servants who make up 7% of the population, or 22,896 people. The African descent population is mostly made up of former slaves and constitutes another 7100 people. Others include a small Chinese and Malay community which is mostly found in Alberton.

Geography: Antillia is an island in the middle of the Atlantic. It is a volcanic island and is situated over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, making it the only other part of the ridge above water besides Iceland. It is dominated by two mountain ranges, one in the west called the Gros Pitons Range and one on the Western half of the island called the Nieves Mountains. The island also contains two peninsulas, both the last extensions of the Gros Pitons Range before they go beneath the Atlantic, the southern being LeGran and the northern being the Essex Peninsula. Both are mostly flat with a rolling hills near their centres. Along the east coast is a small flat coastal strip which rises quickly to the Gros Pitons. Most of the population is concentrated in this area. In the centre of the island, bounded by the Gros Pitons to the east, the Nieves to the west, and the Limer River to the north, is the Arcadia valley, home to the French minority and some of the best farming land in Antillia. The west coast is quite rough and most of the northwest coast is lined with cliffs as the Nieves Mountains descend fall off into the ocean.



Provinces:

Antillia is divided into 11 provinces.

1. Robera
2. New Wales
3. Carnarvon
4. Reginia
5. LeGran
6. New Ulster
7. Hesperia
8. North Antillia
9. Arcadia
10. Limeria
11. Clairive

Political Parties:

It seems that most people are pretty much set on player created parties, which is fine by me. I would most likely create a French-speaking party Rassemblement pour la Francophonie which would support French-speaking interests but be a very loosely organized coalition of French-speaking groups at the national level.



Province-by-Province Information (Author: Colin Wixted)

1. Robera

Population: 10455
Capital: Whitecliff (pop. 4280)
Demographics:
White 98% (55% Francophone, 44% English-speaking, 1% Other (inc. Portuguese)
Others 2% (1% Indian, all others under 1%)
Economy: Fishing, small-scale agriculture, logging
Description: Robera is one of the least populated states in Antillia. Robera includes some of the harshest terrain on Antillia including the highest peak in the Nieves Mountains, Mount Drexel (4,154 ft.). Most of its coastline is rough and cliffs run along the entire shore from Whitecliff to the border with New Wales. Most of the population lives in Whitecliff and the small coastal strip from there to the border with Limeria. In the interior of Robera a new geothermal power plant has been comissioned over one of the more active fissures caused by the Mid-Atlantic Trench, this is the second power plant of this type in Antillia after the Yarruch Facility in North Antillia. Politically Robera is very traditionalist and socially conservative, with a strong independent streak. Some logging and fishing areas have a slight social democratic edge to them. It is also home of a very linguistically based political system. While Francophones and English-speakers no longer actually fight each other here, elections are often decided on language.

2. New Wales

Population: 21214
Capital: Wellington (pop. 10,033
Demographics:
White 97% (English-speaking 63%, Francophone 35%, Portuguese 2%)
Others 3% (2% Indian, all others under 1%)
Economy: Mining, Fishing, Brewing, other light industry
Description: New Wales is less rugged than Robera but still much less inhabited than the Arcadia valley or the east coast. Wellington is the service centre for the entire western coast and is the major hub for transport for the western coast. Wellington is also known as the home of Governor-General, the number one brewery in Antillia. The state's lifeblood, much like its namesake, is mining as New Wales has rather substantial deposits of iron ore and sulphur. Politically areas outside of the mining towns are rather traditionalist and conservative with some populist elements. Wellington has a mix of working class areas and more middle-class liberal areas. Francophone politics also has a toehold on this province though Francophone populations are rather evenly distributed in this province as opposed to many others throughout Antillia, where Francophones are often concentrated in one area.

3. Carnarvon

Population: 44,937
Capital: Richmond (pop. 22,014)
Demographics:
White 94% (78% English-speaking, 19% Francophone, 3% Portuguese)
Indian 5%
Other 1%
Economy: Manufacturing, farming, services
Description: Carnarvon is divided between the populous English-speaking coastal plains and the less populous Francophone mountains. Situated at the very southern end of the Nieves Mountains Carnarvon has recently developed into a rather significant manufacturing centre in Richmond and several surrounding towns. Richmond is home to the largest aluminum smelter in Antillia. The mountainous north mostly remains rural and farming oriented with a nearly 100% Francophone population. Politically Carnarvon is split between rural agrarian populism and conservatism in Southern rural areas and in the North Francophone politics dominate. Most areas of the South are quite social democratic and some areas are quite far-left and bastions on democratic socialism and communism. Richmond also includes some well off suburbs and middle class areas which give support to liberals and conservatives.

4. Reginia

Population: 40,582
Capital: Lorient (pop. 21,214
Demographics:
White 88% (English-speaking 94%, Francophone 4%, Portuguese 2%)
Indian 10%
Black 1%
Other 1%
Economy: Services, farming
Description: Reginia is one of the breadbaskets of Antillia and a region known for its vineyards and wineries. Over time eastern Reginia has turned into a grouping of bedroom communities to the growing Alberton metropolitan area. Reginia is also known as a local centre for the South and the LeGran peninsula, with banking and healthcare being major areas of employment. Politically Reginia is a very moderate state. With none of the agrarian radicalism/populism of the west coast or the labour movement of the manufacturing areas. While it does get some immigration from poorer LeGran many bypass Reginia in order to try their luck in Alberton and New Ulster. The bedroom communities of the east are mostly a mixture of social liberalism with some moderate conservatism. The rural areas are moderately conservative but can easily go for a liberal or moderate social democrat. Lorient is a stridently middle class city that prides itself on being the most liveable city in Antillia. It is a bastion of liberalism but many of the working-class Indian areas provide a base for leftist support.
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« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2007, 05:18:54 PM »

5. LeGran

Population: 22,909
Capital: Presque Isle (pop. 6578)
Demographics:
Indian 70%
White 17% (English-speaking 90%, Francophone 1%, Portuguese 9%)
Black 11%
Chinese 1%
Other 1%
Economy: Tourism, Fishing, Farming
Description: LeGran is the only province in Antillia with a non-White majority, it was also the only province to ever develop a plantation economy. The Indian, Chinese, and Black populations are the result of forced migration, either as slaves or indentured servants, to work on fruit plantations on the LeGran peninsula. During the years of dictatorship the government gave incentives for English-speaking whites and Portuguese immigrants from the newly independent colonies of Angola and Mozambique to move to LeGran in the hope of making the province more "loyal" to the government. The main moneymaker in LeGran is tourism. As it has the mildest climate and rather good beaches many from northern Antillia flock to LeGran for holiday. Plantation agriculture has waned in recent years due to reduced trade to the EU. Politcally LeGran is quite left-wing and often very supportive of socialists in elections. The white population tends to be very conservative. English-speakers are mostly concentrated in the far north and Presque Isle. The Portuguese are evenly spread throughout the province.


6. New Ulster

Population: 142,322
Capital: Alberton (pop. 103,982)
Demographics:
White 93% (English-speaking 82%, Francophone 13%, Portuguese 5%)
Indian 4%
Black 1%
Other 2%
Economy: Services, Manufacturing, Finance, Transportation, Light Industry
Description: New Ulster is really almost nothing more, nowadays, than Alberton and its environs. Except for small areas of the Gros Pitons Range, New Ulster is mostly flat and developed. As the economic centre of Antillia it is home to most of the major banks, hospitals, and corporations that are headquartered in Antillia. It also has a rather large manufacturing sector including steel, ship building, electronics, and pharmaceuticals. Politically the bedroom communities near the borders are moderately conservative, with the few rural areas being leaning towards populist. The suburbs themselves are mostly liberal with a few conservative pockets and more social democratic tendencies the closer to Alberton that you get, as well as a strong socialist current in the majority Indian suburb of Wurthington. The city of Alberton itself is a mix of middle-class liberal areas in the south and west and working-class social democratic and socialist areas in the north, depending on the militancy of the area. South Central Alberton is very rich and has both a large social liberal and conservative element. Central Alberton proper is mostly social democratic.

7. Hesperia

Population: 34,042
Capital: Victoria (pop. 18,750)
Demographics:
White 97% (English-speaking 94%, Francophone 4%, Portuguese 2%)
Others 3% (Indian 1%, all others <1%)
Economy: Services, light manufacturing, logging, agriculture
Description: Hesperia, for being so close to the eastern coastline, is quite mountainous and is known for its scenic beauty. Victoria, its capital, rests in a bowl-shaped valley between the Gros Pitons Range and the Coastal Hills. Hesperia is known as the home of Antillian dairy farming and Victoria has become a medical service centre in recent years, hosting both a good number of hospitals as well as medical research and pharmaceutical companies. Hesperia is a rather homogenous province with only a small Francophone minority and an almost non-existant Indian community. Politically Hesperia is diverse politically but leans more the right than the other "neutral" province, Reginia. In fact it's rural areas are probably some of the most conservative in Antillia however they are balanced out by moderate liberal Victoria and socialist tendencies in many logging areas. The second "city" of Hesperia, Coldwater, is a small manufacturing centre that is moderately social democratic.

8. North Antillia

Population: 20,446
Capital: Capehaven (pop. 9,578)
Demographics:
White 98% (English-speaking 93%, Francophone 6%, Portuguese 1%)
Others 2%
Economy: Fishing, farming, logging
Description: Another rural, nothern province with a big independent streak. Considered by many to be the most conservative province in Antillia, not without reason either, North Antillia contains the Essex Peninsula and its long sandy shoreline. The main economic activities in North Antilia are logging and fishing with farming also providing some income. The only major "plant" of any type is the Yarruch Power Station, a geothermal power station in the Southwestern corner of the province. Politically this is a very rural, very conservative place. Lack of unionization and strong traditionalist tendencies have kept the left at bay in this province, even in more developed areas. There is a slight liberal tendency in a few of the small market towns and a few bedroom communities have popped up in the west, spilling over from Limmeria.

9. Arcadia

Population: 88,674
Capital: Fort Rochier (pop. 12,328)
Demographics:
White 98% (87% Francophone, 10% English-speaking, 3% Portuguese)
Others 2%
Economy: Manufacturing, Finance, Services, Agriculture, Mining
Description: The largest Francophone majority province Arcadia is the centre of the Antillian Mountaineer community. Surrounded by the two mountain ranges of Antillia, the Arcadia Valley provided the safe haven for French settlers and French culture from English influence. Fiercly independent and considering itself the opposition to the English eastern elite Arcadia's influence is felt throughout the Antillian Mountaineer/Francophone population. Arcadia's economy is diverse and hold together as the second largest in the country. It includes manufacturing, services, the second largest financial and service centre in Antillia in the largest city, Charlesville, and agriculture in the fertile valley. There is a small English-speaking minority, mostly on the Charlevoix River, which forms the border between Arcadia and Limeria. It's western border is the Limer River. Politically Arcadia is diverse with rural areas vascillating between conservatism and rural populism, socialism in manufacturing areas, social democracy in many city centres, and liberalism reigning supreme in many suburban and wealthy areas. All Mountaineers, which means most Arcadians, are stauch supporters of La Francophonie and maintaining a unique culture and language.

10. Limeria

Population: 55,653
Capital: Port Valjean (pop. 30,794)
Demographics:
White 98% (English-speakers 63%, Francophone 36%, Portuguese 1%)
Others 2%
Economy: Services, transportation, manufacturing
Description: Limeria has always been the divding line between French and English. Originally a bastion of the Francophones, and one of the first French settlements on the island, it slowly became English-speaking after the 1850s. The Francophone population steadily declined until the 1970s when many Mountaineers from rural Arcadia came to Port Valjean looking for work. The English and French populations are now interspersed throughout the province and many areas are quite mixed. Economically Port Valjean is the largest port in Antillia and is a major transportation hub for the country. Manufacturing used to be a big economic producer in Limeria but most plants were closed because of third world competition, dwindling local iron ore supplies, and focus by the government on Carnarvon and the mining industry in Clairive and New Wales. Politically Limeria is leftist, with a strong socialist element in Port Valjean proper. Social democrats often battle with socialists in many poor and working class districts of the city. The outer suburbs are more liberal but nowhere in the state approaches the conservatism seen in many surrounding areas. There is some rural populism in the far west near the Robera border.

11. Clairive

Population: 35,490
Capital: Rocheport (pop. 8,928)
Demographics:
White 97% (Francophone 83%, Portuguese 14%, English-speaking 3%)
Economy: Mining, Logging
Description: The boomtown province, Clairive has exploded in population based on mineral finds made there in the early 70's, including bauxite, cobalt, and manganese deposits. This mountainous province was a bastion of the Mountaineer and was a backwater before mining. The discovery of these deposits happened around the same time as the first dictatorship granted incentives to Portuguese immigrants fleeing from newly independent colonies in Africa. Many made there way to Clairive in order to find good work and high pay. Many also felt more comfortable around the Catholic French than the mostly Protestant English. Politically Clairive is very odd as the size of its Portuguese population gives it a different ethnic divide than most of Antillia. Many of the mining areas are social democratic or socialist but there is also a strong undercurrent of liberalism in many of the towns and centres, a product of the merchant class who came into the province to capitalize on the extrordinary growth. Some rural areas maintain a strain of radical populism that is also apparent among the Francophone population of Carnarvon and rural southern Arcadia. The shine has mostly come off of the boom and some mines are beginning to close though Clairive's economy still continues to grow it has mostly stabilized into normal economic activity.

New Total Population: 516,724
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« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2007, 05:26:28 PM »

Fancier Map (author: Afleitch)





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Commentary (author: Colin Wixted)

The Gros Pitons, the eastern range, are actually higher than the wester Nieves range. The highest mountain in Arcadia, Mount Hannover, is 5,340 feet and is located on the border between Hesperia and Arcadia. Other than that it pretty much fits with my description of it. One other thing, Rocheport is right on the border with Arcadia, its on the Limer River, which forms the border with Arcadia.

You may also want to add in Charlesville in the valley to the east of Fort Rochier. It has a population of 38,429.



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Pre-British History of Antillia (author: Colin Wixted)

Basque fishermen were most likely the first people to sight and land on Antillia, as its location on the route to the Grand Banks cannot be overlooked. However it was officially discovered by a Portuguese captain named Luis Pires in 1504 and named Antillia, since it was thought to be the actual mythical island that was supposedly settled by seven Iberian bishops in the 8th century though no remains of the so-called "Seven Cities of Antillia" was ever found. The Portuguese never had a real interest in the island though it did become a battleground between the Spanish and Portuguese in the 16th century as both nations thought they had a claim on the island through the Treaty of Tordesillas. In 1625, as part of the Thirty Years War, France made claim on the island and set up the first permanent settlement on the island at Port Valjean. This led to a time of French immigration and development of Antillia.

Antillia remained in French hands after the Seven Years War, along with many of the French Caribbean posessions, but would be taken by the British in 1803, at the very outbreak of the Napoleanic Wars. The British government was very concerned about its use by the French to disrupt trade with the Americas and act as a base for the French Navy in the Atlantic. While the French tried to retake the islands in 1805, they were unable to suceed. France officially recognized the British claim on the island at the Congress of Vienna in 1815.

So that's a short overview of pre-British Antillian history.

More History (authors: Afleitch and Colin Wixted)

The Portuguese who settled here are white Portuguese, really I don't know any other type. Many are from Africa but they were white settlers in places like Angola or Mozambique, like Tereza Heinz Kerry's family actually.

Given it's location it's unlikely to be as settled from the African continent as the Caribbean. Though of course the exception to the rule is Bermuda, which also has a significant Portuguese population. Climate wise, Antillia would be peloarctic/temperate in nature, not unlike Western Europe and warmed by the Gulf Stream which should give it a mild winter. It would be ideal for sheep, dairy farming etc.

The southern peninsula, LeGran, extends down to about 38 degrees North, about the same latitude as the Azores, and has a pseudo-Mediterranean climate. Most of the North has a martime climate, with pockets of temperate and alpine in higher areas. Both the Gros Pitons and the Nieves ranges would most likely be snow covered in the winter.

As for the Portuguese, prior to 1975 only .4% of the island's population was Portuguese. In 1975 Angola and Mozambique acquired independence. Both colonies had large white settler populations. In order to attract immigration, and to project government control on certain areas like LeGran province, the first military regime gave incentives for these "refugees" to come to Antillia. Roughly 50,000 or so heeded this call and mostly settled in LeGran and Clairive.
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« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2007, 11:11:54 PM »

For debate over regional MP's and such, Antillians might be interested in a listing of provinces by population (rounded to the nearest thousand):

1. New Ulster (142,000)
2. Arcadia (89,000)
3. Limeria (56,000)
4. Carnavon (45,000)
5. Reginia (41,000)
6. Clairive (35,000)
7. Hisperia (34,000)
8. LeGran (23,000)
9. New Wales (21,000)
10. North Antillia (20,000)
11. Robera (10,000)

Provinces by Francophoneoscity (as % of total population):
1. Arcadia (85%)
2. Clairive (80.5%)
3. Robera (54%)
4. Limeria (35%)
5. New Wales (34%)
6. Carnavon (18%)
7. New Ulster (12%)
8. North Antillia (6%)
9. Hisperia (4%)
10. Reginia (3.5%)
11. LeGran (0%)
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« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2010, 06:29:48 PM »

Should we create a separate thread recognizing Political Parties?
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