Equatorial Amerigonna
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Republic of Américona Ecuatorial
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| Capital | Velacará |
| Largest | Guyersoquil |
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| Government | Unitary presidential republic |
• President | Octavia Seong |
• Vice President | Thiago González |
| Legislature | National Congress |
Equatorial Amerigonna, also known as Américona Ecuatorial (Joyonghean: 적도 아메리카노; Jeogdo Amelikano), officialy known as the Republic of Américona Ecuatorial, is a country situated in northwestern South Amerigonna. The equator lies in the northern part of the country, which gave the nation its namesake. It borders the Archadian Federation to the east and Ilari to the south, and with Estharian being its national language, the nation constitutes the northern part of the group of countries known as the Estharic Region of South Amerigonna. Its capital is Velacará, and its largest city is Guyersoquil.
The lands of Equatorial Amerigonna were once inhabited by numerous native groups that were gradually integrated into the Inco Empire in the late 15th century. Before the arrival of the Incos, Joyonghean explorers of the Josong dynasty discovered the land in 1463, and King Deokjong of Josong ordered a settlement named Gyersong to be constructed on the coastline to trade with the natives and serve as a penal colony alongside, which was to be the future location of Guyersoquil. In 1502, the Incos conquered most of the lands, with the exception of Gyersong and indigenous groups aligned, and trade flourished between the two nations. In the early 16th century, the Estharian conquistadors under Jose Francisco Sáenz de Gramartos subjugated most of the area with the exception of Gyersong, and most of the area was integrated into the Viceroyalty of Ilari. Trade flourished between Gyersong and the Estharian Empire, until Estharian encroachments into Micronesia and Gyersong sparked the Josong-Estharian War which observed Gyersong being integrated into the Viceroyalty. Equatorial Amerigonna achieved independence from the Estharian Empire in 1820, and formed a part of the Occidental Confederation against Archadia. It lost its claims to Archadia as a consequence of the latter's victory in the War of the Occidental Confederation. A long-running territorial dispute against Ilari concerning their Amazonian territories raged, ending in 1929 as a result of the Naranmanga War. During the War of Lorican Aggression, a military dictatorship under Juan Manuel Fonseca ran through 1952 to 1979, which spared the country from Archadian conquest, but its legacy was marred with oppressive political measures against its civilians. Democracy was restored under Miguel Ángel Bienvenida in late 1979 and the country enjoyed an economic boom with its resumed trade and foreign investments with and from Ilari, Secadia, Joyonghea, Concordia, the United Kingdom, Esthar and Balamb, and Pergamon.
Equatorial Amerigonna possesses the third largest economy in South Amerigonna, and the sixth in Amerigonna, with its largest export being petroleum. The country also has the 5th best healthcare in Amerigonna. It is also diverse in culture and endemic species. It's variation of Estharian, namely Ecuatorial Estharian, is considered the most difficult dialect by most Estharian-speaking countries, just as with Ecuatorial Joyonghean by Joyongheans.