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Commonwealth of Josephinia 𐒿𐓂͘𐓄𐒰 𐓀𐒰͘𐓓𐒰͘ 𐓁𐒻 𐓓𐓎𐓊𐒷 Sopʼa Mąžą Ni Žucʼe (Ínts’o) | |
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| Motto: Ex Unitate Vires (Hernician) "Unity is Strength" | |
Anthem: "Land of Old and Plenty"
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 Location of Josephinia in Elia Borealis (dark green) | |
| Capital | Haliburt 48°06'N 106°30'E |
| Largest city | Port Royal |
| Official languages | Fallish |
| Recognised regional languages | Ínts’o Polhetan |
| Ethnic groups | 54.6% Native 28.5% White 9.1% Mixed 2.0% Yinese 5.8% others |
| Religion |
1.2% Tahir 4.5% others |
| Demonym(s) | Josephinian Josephine |
| Government | Unitary presidential constitutional republic |
| Lloyd Gladstone | |
| Trygve Kapal | |
| Gwen Youngkin | |
| Legislature | National Parliament |
| Independence from Falland | |
| 15 June 1759 | |
| 2 August 1776 | |
| 27 October 1884 | |
| 12 September 1889 | |
| 5 January 1893 | |
| 9 February 1977 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 101,827 km2 (39,316 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | 3.3% |
| Population | |
• December 2023 estimate | 6,395,096 |
• 2022 census | 6,378,935 (14th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2023 estimate |
• Total |  $320.1 billion (12th) |
• Per capita | $50,182 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2023 estimate |
• Total | $231.4 billion (12th) |
• Per capita | $36,277 |
| Gini (2023) |  24.4low |
| HDI (2021) | 0.860 very high |
| Currency | Josephinian guilder (ƒ, JSG) |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (Eastern Elian Time, EET) |
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy (CE) |
| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | +76 |
| Internet TLD | .js |
Josephinia, officially the Commonwealth of Josephinia (Ínts’o: 𐒿𐓂͘𐓄𐒰 𐓀𐒰͘𐓓𐒰͘ 𐓁𐒻 𐓓𐓎𐓊𐒷, hernicized: Sopʼa Mąžą Ni Žucʼe), is a sovereign state in Elia Borealis. It is bounded to the north by X, to the west and southwest by Kahneska, to the southeast by Siskiyou, and to the east by the Alconian Ocean. Its capital is Haliburt while its largest city is Port Royal; other major population centers include Delamore, Gracebridge, Sequaneake, Providence, Fairview, Hamill, Pembroke, and Springfield. With a population of approximately 6.3 million, it is the fifth-most and least populous country in Elia Borealis, but its most densely populated. Josephinia spans 101,827 km2 (39,316 sq mi), making it the single-smallest country on the continent and among the smallest in the Elias.
Josephinia is located on the middle section of the Elian Alconian Plain, the foothill region of the Abaroskine Mountains which crosses the country diagonally from north-west to south-east; the adjacent Big Misty Mountains form the natural boundary to Kahneska. The centrally located Golden Valley is the country's breadbasket and most fertile region. The densely populated coastal areas around Sequaneake Bay are largely shaped by drowned river valleys, low firths, and tidal marshes known as the Tidewash.
Various native Elian tribes have inhabited the territory of modern-day Josephinia for at least 11,000 years, including the Polhetan and the eastern Ama. In 1515, Fallish explorer Francis Edward Barpfylde became the first known Calesian to make landfall in the region. Subsequently, in 1608, the United Wixdon Company created the Colony of Cisylvania around the trading posts of Port Royal and Delamore as the second permanent Fallish colony in the New World after Fastings in X. Renamed in 1702, the inhabitants of now Josephinia fought for independence in the Elian Revolution of Nations in 1759 and became part of the Grand Federation in 1776.
Dissatisfied with Fallish authority in Calesia, religiously prosecuted Cowerers and other minorities flocked to Josephinia en masse in the late 18th century, nearly quadrupling the state's population in the span of 20 years. By 1800, the so-called Steaders had repeatedly violated the Proclaimed Demarcation Line of 1750 and began to settle and colonize the continent's interior from the eastern frontier; the native populations were displaced. Following an armed rebellion in the 1880s, the weakening Grand Federation recognized the approximately 90,000 Steaders' independence beyond the Big Misty Mountains through the 1889 Casper Convention. The Elian Civil War coincided with a final attempt by the Free States to seize back control over Josephinia, before such desires permanently ceased.
Over the course of the 20th century, Josephinia was subject to an alternating series of civil and democratic governments and military juntas; the near century-long one-party rule of the National Party dominated Josephinian politics, gradually strengthening racial segregation and rapidly industrializing the formerly protectionist economy. In 1920 and 1944, the military repeatedly seized control. Amidst mounting sanctions by its continental neighbors, Josephinia's amended constitution formally abolished racially motivated hindrances for the native population in 1977.
A developed country, Josephinia ranks highly in international measures of quality of life, human rights, and suppressed corruption, but still retains a significant economic inequality between the white and native populations. Nationally, legislative power is vested in the unicameral National Parliament, while executive power is exercised by the President heading the Government. Josephinia is a member state of the United Congress, Organization of Elian States, Fallish Community, Alconian Forum, and the X, and it enjoys particularly close relations with Falland and with the Free States.