Colchester Landing
The Republic of Colchester Landing | |
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 Flag | |
| Capital and largest city | Colchester Landing |
| Official languages | English |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Demonym(s) | Colchester |
| Government | Republic |
• President | Andrew Woodward |
| Founding | |
• First trading post | 1794 |
• | ??? |
| Population | |
• 2014 census | 41,873 |
| Currency | Colchester credit |
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy AD |
| Driving side | right |
| Internet TLD | .col |
Colchester Landing is a sovereign city-state in Eastern Hesperidesia.
The nation is surrounded on three sides by Jafala, and is goverened as a Republic with free elections every four years. There are no term limits mandated for the head of the Colchester government, and as such the nation has been presided over by President Andrew Woodward since 2008.
The state's sovereignty was officially recognised by the Praetonian-Exponential Treaty, during which the nation was granted autonomy with joint Praetonian-Exponential administration. When the Empire of Exponent collapsed in 1996, Colchester Landing was given a referendum in which they proclaimed full independence from both Praetonia and the Exponential successor state, the Blackhelm Confederacy. The nation subsequently joined the East Astyrian Treaty Alliance in 2004, which provides for the defence of the city-state.
History
Colchester Landing was initially settled by the Praetonian explorer Henry Colchester on December 2, 1763. The location on a remote piece of land on the far eastern tip of Hesperidesia did not attract the attention of the government of the Empire of Exponent for some time. The area was officially declared a Praetonian trading post in 1765, and was leased to the Praetonian government indefinitely.
During the Hesperidesian Revolutions, Colchester Landing became home to a full-time Praetonian military garrison, reinforcing the smaller garrison that was traditionally on duty in the city, to prevent both Jafalan and Imperial forces from entering into the city. On January 1, 1999, Praetonian forces vacated Colchester landing for the first time in more than 200 years, after the city voted in favor of independence the previous year.
