Ciguayan Republic
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Ciguayan Republic of Florida, Cuba, and the Lucayans República Ciguaya de Florida, Cuba, y las Lucayas (Spanish) | |
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| Motto: "Salus populi suprema lex" Let the welfare of the people be the highest law | |
| Anthem: "¡Venceremos!" (Spanish) "We shall overcome!" | |
| Location of Ciguaya (green) in North America (light grey) Location of Ciguaya (green) in North America (light grey) | |
| Capital | Cayo Hueso |
| Largest | Havana |
| Official languages | Spanish |
| Recognised national languages | English |
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| Demonym(s) | Ciguayan |
| Government | Federal presidential constitutional republic |
• President | Marco Rubio García |
• Vice-President | Felipe Pérez Roque |
• Speaker of the Assembly | Eduardo José Padrón |
| Legislature | Congress |
| Senate | |
| Chamber of Deputies | |
| Independence from the Spain | |
| 17 March 1812 | |
• Declared by Cuba | 26 January 1816 |
• Independence Recognized | 2 December 1820 |
• Unification | 14 May 1822 |
• Accession of the Lucayans | 17 April 1862 |
| Population | |
• 2017 estimate | 32,700,000 |
• 2012 census | 32,639,532 |
| Currency | Ciguayan peso (₱) (CIP) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (CST) |
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +46 |
| Internet TLD | .cg |
The Ciguayan Republic of Florida, Cuba, and the Lucayans (Spanish: República Ciguaya de Florida, Cuba, y las Lucayas), commonly known as the Ciguayan Republic (abbreviated as the CR), is a sovereign state in Inbivio. It is made up of the Florida Peninsula on the North American continent, as well as the islands of Cuba and of the Lucayan Archipelago in the Ciguayan Sea. Apart from a land border with the Commonwealth of Virginia, it shares maritime borders with Haiti and Louisiana, being bounded roughly by the Gulf of Mexique, the Ciguayan Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean.
The territory of the Ciguayan Republic was settled by various Amerindian tribes at varying dates, with several tribes settling Florida as early as 12,000 BC and the Ciboney arriving in Cuba as late as 4000 BC. Christopher Columbus first made landfall in the New World in the Lucayans in 1492, opening the door for domination by European colonial powers such as Spain and Britain; Spain in particular made Cuba the center of its activities in the New World throughout the 16th century. The Latin American Wars of Independence in the early 1800s saw separate successful independence movements in Cuba and in north Florida, which consolidated to found the Ciguayan Republic in 1825. The short Anglo-Ciguayan War of 1898 saw the annexation of the Lucayans from the faltering power of Great Britain, however, the fragile republic struggled to maintain its democracy and fell to political unrest, fiscal crisis, and military dictatorship, becoming the prototypical "sugar republic". The Ciguayan Revolution of the 1980s led to the reformation into a representative democratic republic that has lasted until this day.
The Ciguayan Republic is a multiethnic country with a diverse mixture of cultural traditions, influenced by its aboriginal peoples, Spanish and British colonial history, African diaspora, and unique geography. The country's economy is dominated by agriculture, with exports of sugar, coffee, and citrus, as well as, in recent years, tourism. It is a founding member of the North American League as well as X international organization and Y international organization. According to the Human Development Index, the CR has a high level of human development, first achieving this level in 2010. Despite it's status as a rapidly-developing emerging market, it features an abundance of biologically significant and unique ecosystems, encompassing the tropical Pajoquí wetlands, the Sierra Maestra mountains, and the tropical savannas of the Lucayan islands. For this reason, it has been labeled by many as a biodiversity hotspot.