Federal Union of Arcadia
Federal Union of Arcadia | |
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| Motto: He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat | |
| Anthem: Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory! official | |
| Capital | Providence |
| Largest city | Salem |
| Official languages | Arcadian Estarian |
| Recognised national languages | Mahican, Kanienʼkéha, Siouan, Niimi'ipuutímt, Numic |
| Ethnic groups (2020) | White(67.4%) Native Arcadians(22.6%) Other(10%) |
| Religion | Beaconerism |
| Demonym(s) | official Arcadian |
| Government | Federal presidential constitutional republic |
| President Mitchell J. Cole | |
| Vice President Tony W. Red Horse | |
| Legislature | Senate |
| Establishment | |
• Estarian Arcadian Colonies | 1603 |
• Arcadian Free States | 1795 |
• Confederacy of Arcadia | 1799 |
• Federal Union of Arcadia | 1809 |
• Water (%) | 2% |
| Population | |
• 2020 census | 305,150,700 |
| GDP (PPP) | 2021 estimate |
• Total | $14,577,048,939,000 |
• Per capita | $47,770 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2021 estimate |
• Total | $14,577,048,939,000 |
• Per capita | $47,770 |
| Gini (2021) | 34.5 medium |
| HDI (2021) | 0.932 very high |
| Currency | Federal Dollar (FUD) |
| Date format | mm/dd/yyyy (AD) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +777 |
| ISO 3166 code | FUA |
| Internet TLD | .arc |
The Federal Union of Arcadia (FUA, F.U.A.) commonly known as Arcadia, the Union, or the Federal Union is a country located in !North America. It consists of 11 Commonwealths, 2 Semi-Autonomous Republics, and numerous Federal Territories. The Union spreads across TBD square kilometers and comprises 305 million citizens, making it one of the largest in the world by size and population. While its largest city is Salem, the capital of the Union is Providence.
Evidence of Native Arcadian settlement within the FUA dates back to almost 18,000 years ago, while colonization began in the 15th and 16th centuries. The current Federal Union originated as the colonies of Estaria in the New World before they fought a short independence war in the early 1790s. By 1795 the Arcadian Free States had formed a loose alliance that rapidly broke down. In 1799 the Confederacy of Arcadia was formed by the Free State of Alexandria, the Republic of Western Freemen, and the Mahican Tribe. Two years later in 1801, the White Crow Mahican Band and Free State of New Jordan joined the Confederacy. 1807 saw the Federal War erupt between the Confederacy and the remaining three Free States (Salem, Rochester, and New Estaria) followed by their annexation.
In 1809, the first Confederate Congress met and agreed upon the Federal Constitution, thereby establishing the Federal Union of Arcadia and its first two subjects, the Free State Commonwealth and the New Estarian Commonwealth. Throughout the early and mid 19th century, the Union expanded across the continent through land purchases, diplomatic maneuvering, and rare military actions with failing colonial powers and Native Arcadian tribes and nations. The most recently admitted territory was the Siouan Republic in 1866, joining shortly after the Numic Republic.
Starting in the late 19th century, Arcadia was no longer seen as a backwater but as a modern economic powerhouse; fueled by mass immigration and plentiful natural resources, Arcadia had surpassed most Old World economies by 1900. With a surplus of economic power and diplomatic weight, the Union established its place at the international table and built a sphere of influence in its continental neighborhood. While neutral, the horrors of the !Great War convinced a generation of Arcadians that a neutral isolation in their hemisphere would be preferable to violent engagement with the Old World. Armed neutrality became the state policy for decades afterwards.
It wasn't until the end of the !Second Great War that public opinion began to shift. The declining power of Beaconerism over the electorate shifted pacifism and neutrality farther and farther out of the spotlight. In 1950 the policy of Pax Arcadia became the driving foreign policy strategy of the nation- an attempt to build an international order centered on free trade, human rights, liberal democracy, and the containment of communism and fascism.
The Federal Union is a representative democracy and federal republic and the headquarters of numerous international organizations, most founded in and by the Union. Arcadia ranks very highly in development, economic freedom, human rights, education, healthcare, and social equality but has stagnated in economic equality.
From its founding, Arcadia has had a significant Beaconer religious majority, especially the Grand Lodge of the Brotherly Beaconers. This led to a rather uniform and conservative religious-political establishment for 150 years before the decline in Beaconer religiosity and influx of non-Beaconer immigrants resulted in the modern political landscape.