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The United States of Quincy Les États-Unis de Quincey (French)
The Quincois States (Colloquial Use) | |
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 Flag | |
| Motto: God Save Quincy, Our Homeland | |
| Anthem: When Johnny Comes Marching Home | |
| Status | Sovereign State |
| Capital | Boston 42.3601° N, 71.0589° W |
| Largest city | Boston |
| Official languages | None |
| Recognised national languages | English, French |
| Recognised regional languages | Haudenosaunee |
| Ethnic groups | Quincois, Quebecois, Canadian, Haudenosaunee, etc |
| Demonym(s) | Quincois |
| Government | Federal Republic |
• President | Arnold Landon |
• Vice President | Pense Wells |
• Speaker of the House | Miranda Huron |
• Chief Justice | Tim Gerald |
| Legislature | Congress of the United States of Quincy (Congress) |
| Senate | |
| House of Representatives | |
| Independence from the United States of America | |
• Independence and dissolution of the United States of America | July 2nd, 1786 |
• Quinque-Publica Pax | 1796-1860 |
• Continental War | 1860-1865 |
• First Quintus Postbellum | 1865-1916 |
• World War I involvement | 1916-1918 |
• Second Quintus Postbellum | 1919-1931 |
• Jacques Street Crash | October 25th-December 15th, 1931 |
• August 17th Bombings | August 17th, 1940 |
• Entry into World War II | August 17th, 1940, 9:30 A.M. Eastern Standard Time |
• Cold War | 1945-1990 |
• Reclassification to United States | September 29, 2033 |
| Population | |
• 2030 estimate | 9.6 million (122nd) |
• 1790 census | 1.45 million |
| Currency | Quincois Dollar |
| Time zone | UTC -05:00/Eastern Standard Time |
| Date format | mm/dd/yyyy |
| Driving side | right (side of road) |
Quincy, officially the United States of Quincy (Kwin-zee) [French: Les États-Unis de Quincey] [Colloquial: The Quincois States], is a nation comprised of 5 states in New England. It is bordered to the north and northeast by the Commonwealth of Canada and to the south and southwest by Connecticut and the Haudenosaunee Confederation.
Etymology
Potential Ideas for Origin
It is unknown exactly where the name Quincy originated, but the most commonly and historically accepted origin is that it comes from the former French North American colony of Quincey, an archaic form of the word. The area applied to the word, however, has shifted much more southwards than it originally was intended, as it once meant the area around Montreal and Quebec City, whereas post-Revolutionary War it was applied to Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhodes. The word fell out of use from 1763-1785, but it picked up relevance again that year and was adopted as the name of the now world-renowned United States of Quincy.
Theories Around Its Original Meaning
Quincy as a name originates in the Latin term "Quintus", or Fifth-Born. The connection to this meaning is rather hotly debated among Quincois etymologists, but no concrete or overall opinion exists as to how the connection could play into any majorly significant meaning. Despite this, some persist with theories, a few of which, delve into more conspiratorial elements.
Conspiracies
There are two very well known conspiracies that have circulated around the origin of the name of Quincy, one being that the name originates from a Viking name, "Fimmtibarn", or Fifth-born, a literal translation of the name of Quincy from Latin. This suggestion has, however, received no genuine trend since the mid-1800s, as it lacks virtually any holding in historical truth.
The second theory, however, has a much higher number of proponents. The theory goes that, during the Crusades, Emperor Henry VI (April 14 1191-September 28 1197) of the Holy Roman Empire, in a conversation with his advisors, spoke the words "Vunf naht, vunf naht har din geben tau werdan." ("Five nights, five nights you have to born."), of which many attribute the portmanteau Vunfwerdan as an incredibly early form of the word Quincy. However, in recent years, fact checks and genuine delves into historical records of Henry VI have turned up nothing of this quote ever having been attributed to him.