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Republic of Coast of Saints République du Côte des Saints
Flag Coat of arms
Motto:  «By reason or by force» "Par la raison ou par la force"
Anthem: «L'hymne du Côte des Saints»
Capital and largest city	Saint Ferdinand de la Vallée de la Providence
Religion	See Religion in Côte des Saints
Demonym(s)	Tico/a
Government	Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic
• President	Déborah Genet
• Premier	Edouard Lecoubarry
Legislature	Sénat
Population
• Estimate	7,652,362
• 2012 census	7,301,712
GDP (PPP)	2022 estimate
• Total	$181.35 billion
• Per capita	$24,837
GDP (nominal)	2022 estimate
• Total	$95.579 billion
• Per capita	$13,090
Gini (2022)	41.5 medium
HDI (2022)	0.801 very high
Currency	CdS Asteris (/AST) (AST)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+582
Internet TLD	.cs

Côte des Saints (Estmerish: Coast of Saints), officially Republic of Côte des Saints (Gaullican: République du Côte des Saints) is a republic in Asteria Inferior. It shares borders with Satucin to the west, the East Arucian Sea to the north, and Gapolania to the east; the south of the territory is covered by the Serra Bianca mountain range. Its capital and largest city is Saint Ferdinand de la Vallée de la Providence, located in the country's central plateau.

The territory was inhabited by indigenous peoples for many years before colonization by Eucleans. During its initial years, Côte des Saints was discovered by Vespasian merchants and colonisers, who settled a small port colony on what was later called Montsinéry-Tonnegrande; the closeness between the Viceroyalty of New Povelia and the Viceroyalty General of Satucin soon made of Côte des Saints a zone of contention between the colonial empires with limited Euclean settlements. Fearing Vespasian's expansion to Satucin, Gaullicans led the incursion in the territory of Côte des Saints, expelling Vespasians through subsequent battles which concluded with the territory being handed to Gaullican authorities, remaining during most of its colonial period as a province of the Viceroyalty General of Satucin. The power in the island, however, saw the particularity of being shared between the Gaullican crown and the Solarian Catholic Church. Between the 17th and the 18th centuries, ecclesial orders would capitalise their power through the creation of "indian reductions", missions established inland that gathered native communities to live in relative freedom. Priests were in charge of the education and labour of the local population, and reductions served as independent economic units that diminished the crown's influence in the island. The communities proved crucial for those escaping from enslavement and the encomiendas labour system; with the establishment of slavery market, reductions would also provide protection to freed slaves.

During the 18th and early 19th centuries, the territory of Côte des Saints remained lagged behind the more prosperous Satucin; the isolation from the rest of the Viceroyalty and different power and labour dynamics were crucial in the development of a sense of own idiosyncrasy, soon leading to differences between the two provinces. An independence struggle commenced during the 19th century, first against Gaullican and Vespasian domination, concluding with the Gaullican surrender after the Great War and later against Satucine centralism.

Following independence, Côte des Saints saw a growing tension between newborn political forces (Party of National Integration and the Civic Radical Union), which, after a short period of civil conflicts, were solved by several political reforms under the governments of Jean-Pascal Chagnon (UCR). Under successive UCR governments, the country saw a level of development, with the expansion of labour, healthcare and education across the nation. However, it was also the period of an increase in the use of an export based economic model, which boosted the influence of major Asterian companies in the country; this situation saw an algid moment when, entering a financial crisis in the 1970s, the population lived under a red scare promoted from the political establishment aimed to oppose to Chistovodian influence in the region. In 1974, the three main political parties, PDIN-UCR-USC, joined in the Accord of Camp-Perrin to grant governability and stability, as well as political participation, isolating the recently founded and popular SRAE and PVP. During the 1980s and 1990s, governments were forced to implement several neoliberal reforms under the Morwall Consensus, of which Côte des Saints rapidly became a strong advocate until the early 2000s. Côte des Saints was hit by the 2005 financial crisis, following that event, the left-wing coalition, FPP reached power for the first time, arising current political dynamics between urban centres and the agribusiness elites.

Côte des Saints is a Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic; it is considered a full democracy in the region and has performed favourably in metrics such as Human Development Index and press freedom. However, the country deals with a high inequality and a growing problem of insecurity. Côte des Saints is a full member of the Community of Nations, the Arucian Cooperation Organization, the Organization of Asterian Nations, the International Council for Democracy, the Global Institute for Fiscal Affairs and the International Trade Organisation.

Geography

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  Banana plantations with the Turrialba Volcano on the background.

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  Jungle near the southern coast of the island.

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  The Ara Rouge, an endangered symbol of the island.

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  Gauchos and cattle in the central plateau.

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  Landscape and architectural remains of an "indian reduction".

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  View of Providence in the Central Valley.

Politics and government

Déborah Genet

Edouard Lecoubarry

Demographics

View of the coast of Camp-Ferrin, part of a larger conurbation along the coast.

Culture

The Indian (1879) by local artist Jean-Loup Laframboise.