Victoria (APSIA)

Empire of Victoria Victoriaans Keizerrijk Kosashi Teikoku
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Motto: Ad Victoriam
Anthem: The Southern Cross
Capital	Buckingham
Largest city	Geldhaven
Official languages	Anglish
Recognised national languages	Neder, Kosashijin
Ethnic groups (1994)	70.2% Anglo-Neder 15.6% Kosashijin 2.9% Panjaapi 2.5% Jinnese 2% Aboriginal 2.3% Other
Demonym(s)	Victorian
Government	Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• Emperor	Rikkert I
• Chancellor	Percival of Geraldton
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	House of Dukes
• Lower house	House of Representatives
Independence from Hoosier
• Yamatoese landings	1567
• Neder Southern Ocean Company establishes settlement	1721
• Hoosierian settlement	1765
• Victorian Independence War	1841
• Royal Proclaimation	1859
• Imperial Proclaimation	1993
Population
• 1994 estimate	98,182,000
GDP (nominal)	1994 estimate
• Total	$2.488 trillion
• Per capita	$25349.66
HDI (1990)	0.938 very high
Currency	Victorian pound sterling

Victoria, officially the Empire of Victoria, is a country compromised the entirety of the Oceanian mainland, the islands of North Wellington, South Wellington, the Sundanese archipelago and Moresby, as well as colonial possessions in Jin and Southern Africa. It is the world's fourth largest nation, made up of more than 8,745,798 km2. Victoria's population of 98,182,000 is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard. Buckingham is the nation's capital, while the largest city is Buckingham. Other metropolitan areas include Trafalgar, Sundorne, New Flanders and Dufyken, with regional centres being Azakei, Grootezuidberg, Den Einden and Port William.

Aboriginal Victorians, referred to natively as Gimuy, came to the land of modern Victoria 40,000 years ago. The first outsiders to discover the land were Yamatoese pirates, who, led by Goro Akechi, established Yamatoese settlement's on the nation's northern coast. In the 17th century, the Neder South Sea Company established commerical settlements along the Southern Coast. Both the Yamatoese settlers, now known as Kosashijin, and the Neder settlers were subjugated by Stagnia in 1740 when the nation claimed the entirety of the continent for the Kingdom. Stagnia readily used the Colony, which it named "Australis," as a location to deport its local Anglian minority. Many Anglians voluntarily emigrated, seeing Victoria as a new homeland for the Anglian race. This immediately led to uniquely Victorian culture as both Anglians, Neder and Kosashijin yearned for independence from Stagnia. These sentiments culminated in the Victorian Independence War, which saw Victoria become independent and conquer all of Stagnia's colonies in the Southern Hemisphere in 1841. Victoria experienced a great rise in power from 1900 onwards and in 1994 is one of the world's major powers. In 1993, Victoria became an Empire under Emperor Rikkert I to avoid a civil war after the Victorian succession crisis.

Victoria is the oldest and flattest continent. It is a megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with deserts in the centre, tropical rainforests in the north-east, and mountain ranges in the south-east. Australia generates its income from various sources, including mining-related exports, telecommunications, banking, manufacturing, and international education.

The Empire is an extremely wealthy nation, boasting the highest GDP per capita of any independent nation. Victoria has the world's second largest gross domestic product, only behind Yamato. The world's second largest military spender, Victoria is a major power with the ability to project military influence over the entire globe. Being arguably the most developed nation on the planet, Victoria is in the Geldhaven Pact, a military and trade alliance between Victoria, Yamato, Tuvo and the Hoser Confederation. Victoria's cities are ranked as some of the most liveable on the planet.

Etymology

The first non-Aboriginal settlers were Yamatoese pirates, prisoners and social outcasts who followed legendary criminal Goro Akechi during his flight from Shikoku. Originally bound for the island of Formosa, the Akechites continually misnavigated the thousands of islands between Yamato and the Victorian continent. The settlers eventually used the stars to sail south, and upon landing on the coast of what is now Yagichi, Goro Akechi dubbed the land, "Kosashi", or essentially land of the stars. When the Yamatoese settlers eventually spread across the Northeastern coast, the name Kosashi came to refer to the entire world itself, with new, individual names for the individual clanlands that the settlers established. The Kazi Clan, the original settlers of Rockhampton, dubbed their land "Shoriji", or Land of Victory.

When the Neder Southern Ocean Company arrived on the Southern Coast of Victoria, their name for the land was originally New Holland. Once the Neder trading posts were conquered by Stagnia, most Neder settlers quickly adopted the Anglish name for the country - Victoria.

The name "Victoria" was the direct translation of "Shoriji" by Explorer Cynehelm of Godwin. The Kazi Clan were the first non-Indigenous peoples he encountered on the continent, and the name was quickly adopted by the hundreds of thousands of Anglians being deported from Stagnia and leaving voluntarily.