Île d'Émeraude
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Republic of Île d'Émeraude République de l’Île d’Émeraude | |
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| Motto: Vers la prospérité Towards Prosperity | |
| Anthem: Hymne de l’île d’Émeraude | |
| Capital and largest city | Port-au-Grégoire |
| Official languages | Gaullican |
| Recognised regional languages | Emeraudian Creole |
| Ethnic groups | Bahian-Emeraudian or Mixed (88%)
Gowsan-Emeraudian (5%) White Emeraudian (3%) Other (3%) Narapanese Emeraudian (<1%) |
| Demonym(s) | Emeraudian |
| Government | Unitary presidential republic |
• President | Benjamin Claude |
| Legislature | Le Sénat |
| Independence | |
• Granted | 1952 |
| Area | |
• | 122,554.88 km2 (47,318.70 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2021 estimate | 1,546,923 |
• Density | 12.62/km2 (32.7/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2021 estimate |
• Total | $25.123 billion |
• Per capita | $16,241 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2021 estimate |
• Total | $19.888 billion |
• Per capita | $12,857 |
| Gini (2021) |  32.5medium |
| HDI |  0.75691high |
| Currency | Arucian Shilling |
| Date format | dd-mm-yy |
| Driving side | right |
Île d'Émeraude (Gaullican: Île d'Émeraude, Emeraudian Creole: Zile Emeraude), formally known as the Republic of Île d'Émeraude (Gaullican: République de l’Île d’Émeraude, Emeraudian Creole: Repiblik de Zile Emeraude), is a small island nation located in the Emerald Isles of the East Arucian Sea. It shares maritime borders with TBD to the east, Gapolania to the southeast, Satucin to the south, Vinalia to the west, and Chistovodia to the northwest.
The first humans arrived on the island around 4000 BC, believed to have originated from Asteria Inferior. These natives, known as the Narapanese, spread and populated the island, living in isolation on the island until it's discovery by Gaullican explorer TBD in 1517 AD. The Narapanese tribes would unite to from a single tribal kingdom in 1535, but Gaullica began to conquer the island, which fell by 1542.
The island would be named Île d'Émeraude by the Gaullicans, called as such for the emerald-green waters that surrounded the island, and as disease spread and killed a majority of the native Narapanese population, white Gaullican settlers and Bahian slaves were imported, and the descendents of the slaves ended up forming a strong majority of the population that persists to this day.
After the Great War, Île d'Émeraude would become a part of the Arucian Federation, a trusteeship of the Community of Nations. After an independence referendum, and a subsequent 5-year transitonal period, Île d'Émeraude would be granted independence on September 21, 1952. In the modern day, Île d'Émeraude is an upper-middle income country with an economy dependent on finances, manufacturing, agriculture, and tourism; it has an average of 4.3 million tourists a year. Île d'Émeraude performs favorably in measurements of press freedom and democratic governance. It ranked first in the Arucians on the World Happiness Report for 2020. As Île d'Émeraude steps into the future, it is hoped that Île d'Émeraude's relative prosperity will be able to continue for years to come.