Delamaria

The Commonwealth of Delamaria
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Veritas, Deignitas Truth and Dignity
Capital	Labrador
Largest	Yorkerdam
Official languages	Anglish, Lysian, Variot
Recognised regional languages	Idahan, Wiscan, Jonjava
Ethnic groups (2020)	67% Western Europan, 14% Afropan Delamarian, 12.6% Native Delamarian
Demonym(s)	Delamaric
Government	Federal Semi-Presidential Commonwealth
• President	Deborah Van Roose
• Vice President	William Patton
• Governor-General	Angelina Hudson
• Speaker of the House	Edward Kingsland
Legislature	Commonwealth Congress
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	House of Delegates
Independant Colonies unified in 1825
• Formation of the Four Colonies	1640-1702
• Colonies Gain Independence	1798
• Treaty of Yorkerdam	1801
• Confederation	1819
• Treaty and Constitutional conference of Alberta	1825
• Annexation of Nassaua	1852
Population
• 2018 estimate	19,570,000
GDP (nominal)	2018 estimate
• Total	808 Billion (16th)
• Per capita	40,110 (11th)
Gini	55.9 high
HDI (2018)	0.82 very high
Currency	Labrador Franc (LRF)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+11

Delamaria is a country located in North America. Made up of 35 Million Delamarians it comprises of both colonial and native people groups, primarily from England and France, with areas of both Dutch and native majorities. Colonies first were founded in the late 1400s to 1500s, by England, France and the Netherlands, disregarding the current native populations who migrated to the central regions of the nation. The first colony, Henrytown, is located near present day Cape Hope, Providence , but the settlers would later move to the new colony of Rhodeport as their crops failed. The remains of the colony are now a UNESCO world heritage site, and is one of the first colonial settlements in the new world.

Delamaria's capital is the city of Labrador, though in order it's three largest settlements are Yorkerdam, Labrador and Alberta. Delamaria is a Federal Semi-Presidential Commonwealth, having its head of state being President Deborah Van Roose, an official elected directly by the people along with members of the Senate and the House of Delegates. The current controlling party is the United Party of Delamaria, Which currently holds a government trifecta.

Etymology

Delamaria is thought to have been named after Georges LaMaria an explorer who wrote about the coastline of Delamaria prior to proper settlement. The scholar John Paul Jacques, one of the founders of Cape Hope, declared the land Delamaria in the memory of Lamaria, who was a family friend.

History

Indigenous Population

The indigenous population of Delamaria consists of the Idaha and Jonjava nations as well as the Wiscan tribe. The shared identity of native delamarians formed in the 18th century as treaties were first signed with major tribe groups by Europan colonies. First indigenous groups in Delamaria arrived in around 2500-2000 BCE. Initial contact between certain coastal tribes and Europan explorers and settlers was peaceful and trading relationships between small colonies and tribes were common. However as settlements became larger and more populous, settlers began expanding outwards constructing farms on land claimed by tribes, this lead to the Kartha War of 1699, which lead to the extinction of the Kartha people.

Europan Settlement

When Delamaria was first discovered by Europan explorers it was named Lysian Columbia by the Lysian explorer Louis Boneparte, though a few years later Anglish settlers declared the land Labradoria. The first

In the early days of colonization, many Europan settlers were subject to food shortages, disease, and attacks from Native tribes. Native Delamarians were also often at war with neighboring tribes and Europan settlers. In many cases, however, the natives and settlers came to depend on one another. Settlers traded for food and animal pelts; natives for guns, tools and other European goods. Natives taught many settlers to cultivate their crops. Europan missionaries and others felt it was important to "civilize" the Native Delamarians and urged them to adopt Europan agricultural practices and lifestyles. However, with the increased Europan colonization of Delamaria, the Native peoples were displaced and often killed. The native population of Delamaria declined after Europan arrival for various reasons, primarily diseases such as smallpox and measles, of which the Europans had built resistance to the diseases, whilst they were new to the native people.

Five Colonies

The "Five Colonies" is a term for the five major colonies in Delamaria, these include Lysian Columbia and Labradoria, as well as the Variot colonies such as Yorker and Nassaua and the small Cristinese colony of Porta, which acted more of a trading post. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries the colonies, with the exception of Nassaua and Porta, gained independance, and immediately formed seperate governments, though conflicts were rare, the Delamarian War of 1804, between Labradoria and Lysian Columbia, was the bloodiest conflict in Delamarian history. The Act of Union of 1810 united Yorker and Labradoria into the 1st Federation of Delamaria, and as economic and social problems embroiled Lysian Columbia, the King decided to become part of the new Federation.

Confederation

In 1819 Lysian Columbia joined the Federation, into the 2nd Federation of Delamaria. With this King Charles of Lysian Columbia abdicated and ended the monarchy, in return for keeping his possessions. In 1825 the Constitutional conference of Alberta took place, officially forming the Commonwealth, and establishing elections, though only male landowners could vote initially. Albert Pritchett was the first President of Delamaria, though he was chosen to be the president at the conference, he won the first election with 89% of the electorate.