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[[Category:Countries|New England (RSA)]]
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| conventional_long_name   = Confederacy of New England
| native_name              = 
| common_name              = New England
| image_flag               = Flag of the Confederacy of New England.svg
| image_coat               = Seal of New England.png
| symbol_type              = Seal
| image_map                = [[File:New England ortho.png|220px]]
| image_map2               = 
| national_motto           = "Nunquam libertas gratior extat"
| anthem                   = "{{wp|An Appeal to Heaven}}" 
| official_languages       = ''{{wp|De jure}}'': none <br/> ''{{wp|De facto}}'': {{wp|English language|English}}
| regional_languages       = {{wp|French language|French}} ({{wp|Maine}})
| demonym                  = [[Demographics of New England|New English]]
| capital                  = {{wp|Boston}}
| largest_city             = capital
| government_type          = {{wp|Federal presidential republic}}
| leader_title1            = [[President of New England|President]]
| leader_name1             = [[Dustin Tyler]]
| leader_title2            = [[Vice President of New England|Vice President]]
| leader_name2             = [[Nicole Theriault]]
| leader_title3            = [[Speaker of the New England House of Representatives|House Speaker]]
| leader_name3             = [[Peter Goodrow]]
| leader_title4            = [[Chief Justice of New England|Chief Justice]]
| leader_name4             = [[Kimberly S. Budd]]
| legislature              = [[Congress of New England|Congress]]
| upper_house              = [[Senate of New England|Senate]]
| lower_house              = [[New England House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
| area_rank                = 90th 
| area_sq_mi               = auto
| area_km2                 = 186,447
| population_estimate      = 17,792,413
| population_estimate_rank = 74th
| population_estimate_year = 2048
| population_density_km2   = 95.43
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
| population_density_rank  = 122nd
| population_census        = 17,457,898
| population_census_year   = 2040
| ethnic_groups            = {{plainlist|''By race:''
* 74.7% White
* 6.0% Asian
* 2.9% Black
* 2.7% Hispanic/Latino
* 1.7% Native American
* 0.6% Pacific Islander
* 3.8% other
* 7.6% mixed race/multi-racial
}}
| ethnic_groups_year       = 2040
| religion                 = {{ublist|item_style=white-space:nowrap;
|{{Tree list}}
* 51.9% {{wp|Christianity}}
** 18.1% {{wp|Protestantism}}
** 32.5% {{wp|Catholicism}}
** 1% {{wp|Mormons|Mormonism}}
**.3% other {{wp|List of Christian denominations|Christian}}
{{Tree list/end}}
|38.5% unaffiliated
|1.3% {{wp|Judaism}}
|5.8% other religion
|2.5% unanswered/don't know
}}
| religion_year            = 2044
| GDP_nominal              = $2.2 trillion
| GDP_nominal_year         = 2040
| GDP_nominal_per_capita   = $48,051.83
| sovereignty_type         = Independence from [[Reformed States of America|United States]]
| established_event1       = [[Declaration of Independence of New England|Declaration]]
| established_date1        = {{Start date|2031|11|18}}
| established_event2       = [[Constitution of New England|Constitution]]
| established_date2        = {{Start date|2032|03|08}}
| established_event3       = [[Treaty of Carson City|Recognized]]
| established_date3        = {{Start date|2037|09|03}}
| established_event4       = [[Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of New England|Last Amendment]]
| established_date4        = {{Start date|2041|09|22}}
| Gini_year                = 2040
| Gini_change              = decrease
| Gini                     = 12.9
| HDI_year                 = 2040
| HDI_change               = increase
| HDI                      = 0.951
| HDI_rank                 = 5th
| currency                 = [[New England Dollar]]
| currency_code            = NED
| time_zone                = {{wp|UTC}}-5
| utc_offset               = 
| drives_on                = {{wp|Right- and left-hand traffic|right}}
| calling_code             = {{wp|Calling code number 1|+1}}
| cctld                    = [[.nw]]
|iso3166code               = NW
}}

'''New England''', officially the '''Confederacy of New England''', is a country located in eastern {{wp|North America}}, bordered by {{wp|Canada}} to the north, the [[Reformed States of America]] to the west,and the {{wp|Atlantic Ocean}} to the south and the east. It is a {{wp|confederation}} of six {{wp|autonomy|semi-autonomous}} states{{efn|{{wp|Connecticut}}, {{wp|Maine}}, {{wp|Massachusetts}}, {{wp|New Hampshire}}, {{wp|Rhode Island}}, {{wp|Vermont}}}} and 67 counties. It has a population of over 17 million people, an area of over 180,000 km<sup>2</sup>, and one of the world's highest {{wp|human development index}} scores. Its capital and largest population center is {{wp|Boston}}.

In 1620, the {{wp|Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)|Pilgrims}} established {{wp|Plymouth Colony}}, the second successful settlement in {{wp|British America}} after the {{wp|Jamestown Settlement}} in {{wp|Virginia}}, founded in 1607. Ten years later, {{wp|Puritans}} established {{wp|Massachusetts Bay Colony}} north of Plymouth Colony. Over the next 126 years, people in the region fought in four {{wp|French and Indian Wars}} until the English colonists and their Iroquois allies defeated the French and their Algonquian allies.

In the late 18th century, political leaders from the New England colonies initiated resistance to Britain's {{wp|No taxation without representation|taxes without the consent of the colonists}}. Residents of {{wp|Rhode Island}} captured and burned a British ship which was enforcing unpopular trade restrictions, and residents of Boston {{wp|Boston Tea Party|threw British tea}} into the harbor. Britain responded with a series of punitive laws stripping Massachusetts of self-government which the colonists called the "{{wp|Intolerable Acts}}". These confrontations led to the first battles of the {{wp|American Revolutionary War}} in 1775 and the expulsion of the British authorities from the region in spring 1776. The region played a prominent role in the movement to abolish {{wp|slavery in the United States}}, and it was the first region of the U.S. transformed by the {{wp|Industrial Revolution}}, initially centered on the Blackstone and Merrimack river valleys. New England declared its independence in 2031 from the [[Reformed States|United States]] after the [[United States Term Limits Act]], joining [[New California]] in seceding from the U.S., which was formally recognized by the Reformed States in 2037 with the [[Treaty of Carson City]].

The physical geography of New England is diverse. Southeastern New England is covered by a narrow coastal plain, while the western and northern regions are dominated by the rolling hills and worn-down peaks of the northern end of the {{wp|Appalachian Mountains}}. The Atlantic fall line lies close to the coast, which enabled numerous cities to take advantage of water power along the many rivers, such as the {{wp|Connecticut River}}, which bisects the region from north to south.

Aside from counties, each state is generally subdivided into small municipalities known as towns, many of which are governed by town meetings. Unincorporated areas are practically nonexistent outside of Maine, and village-style governments common in other areas are limited to Vermont and Connecticut. New England maintains a strong sense of cultural identity, although the terms of this identity are often contrasted, combining Puritanism with liberalism, agrarian life with industry, and isolation with immigration.









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