Nuovatoscana

Republic of Nuovatoscana Repubblica della Nuovatoscana
Flag Coat of arms
Capital	Caiena
Calling code	+592
Internet TLD	.nt

Nuovatoscana, officially called the Republic of Nuovatoscana, is a country in northern South America, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the north, Brazil in the south, and Venezuela in the west. It's capital and largest city is Caiena. It is the only Italian-speaking country in the Western Hemisphere.

Nuovatoscana was first settled in 1609 under the aegis of Ferdinand, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Despite repeated attacks by the Dutch, English, and French navies, Spain and Portugal recognized Tuscany's right to the colony. Heavy settlement by Tuscan and other Italian people followed despite the difficulties in settling the country. In 1801, it passed under the rule of the Napoleonic Italian Republic, but in 1805, France declared the annexation of Nuovatoscana along with the now captured Dutch colonies in the west, triggering a war of independence that lasted until 1815, when the Congress of Vienna recognized the loss of the country and the annexation of Dutch Guiana to the Nuovatuscan independence movement and despite border clashes with Venezuela and Brazil it was recognized as independent ever since. Like the other Latin American countries, it has experienced military coups, the most recent in 1989.

The country is a founding member of the United Nations and MERCOSUR.

Politics and government

The country is a unitary presidential republic.