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[Nation] The NBC Republic
Topic Started: Jan 7 2009, 04:33 AM (81 Views)
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Nation Name
The New British Columbia Republic

Common Name
NBC

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Government
Republic (Democratic Republic)

President
Ivrine Howard

Ministers
Finance Minister - John Chasey
Defence Minister - Wayne Devlin
Foreign Affairs Minister - Scott Macgra

Economic System
Market Economy (Capitalist)

Currency
Canadian dollar

Economic Tier
1st Tier

Geography
Most of the country is dominated by mountain ranges and coast line, as a result most of the population live on the pacific coast with very few living in the mountains.

Major Cities
Vancouver (C)
Victoria
Kelowna
Abbotsford
Kamloops
Nanaimo
Prince George
Chilliwack
Vernon
Courtenay

History
As recently as 220 years ago the northwest coast of North America was one of the least explored areas in the world. The geography of the land presented many formidable natural barriers to European explorers. To the east the soaring Rocky Mountains blocked the way, and the huge Pacific Ocean separated distant land masses off the west coast. The desire to explore and discover new land and natural resources prevailed in the second half of the 18th century, with expeditions mounted by the Russians, American, Spanish and British explorers and traders.

Both explorers made the trip to Tahsis to resolve years of Spanish/English rivalry that had played out on this Island, and commenced working together at the task of mapping and exploring the coast. A Treaty in 1793 gave the two countries joint ownership of Nootka, but it was not long after the signing that Spain's dominance in North America began to wane. The last Spanish ship was ordered out of the area in 1795, marking the end of the Spanish influence In British Columbia.

In 1794 the first white settlement in British Columbia was established at what is now Fort St, John. In 1805, the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) opened their first trading post in the region at Hudson's Hope in the north. In 1808, when Simon Fraser visited the communities along the mouth of the Fraser River, he thought he had found the Columbia River. After Simon Fraser came the equally famous explorer David Thompson, who followed the Columbia River through British Columbia, into Washington and on to its mouth at Astoria, Oregon. The names of these two explorers are indelibly printed in the history of British Columbia, adorning hotels, rivers and street signs. The two major fur trading companies, the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company amalgamated under the HBC in 1821.

The Hudson's Bay Company built Fort Victoria in 1843, and the colony of Vancouver Island was established in 1849 when the entire island was leased to the HBC. In 1858, over 20,000 determined prospectors (many from California, where the gold rush of 1849 had petered out) came from the HBC stockade of Fort Victoria and up the Fraser River in search of recently discovered gold on the Fraser River. Soon, instant towns sprang up and grew to become flourishing boomtowns. The legacy of these prospectors can be found in the many Ghost Towns that dot the Interior today.

In response to the frenzied discovery and mining of gold, the British Government quickly created the mainland colony of British Columbia in 1858. Governor James Douglas, chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company and governor of Vancouver Island, became the new governor of British Columbia. In 1866 the colony of Vancouver Island was combined with the colony of British Columbia, with Victoria becoming the provincial capital of British Columbia on April 2 1868. In 1871, with the promise of completing the Canadian Pacific Railway by 1885, British Columbia was lead into confederation, rather than join the United States to the south, with Victoria as the seat of Government.

Gold discoveries continued, with gold being found in the Peace River in 1861. The Cariboo Wagon Road was constructed from the town of Yale to the boomtown of Barkerville, which in in its heyday was the largest city west of Chicago and north of San Fransisco. Completed in 1865, the Cariboo Wagon Road opened up the British Columbia Interior, with mule trains and stagecoaches plying the route, and roadhouses and boomtowns dotting the roadside. Gold was discovered further north, placing Dawson Creek on the brink of the huge Klondike Gold Rush of 1898.

The mining industry, the railway, and the geology of the land have all contributed to the history and development of British Columbia. The rise and fall of many settlements can be attributed to the route of the railway, while natural features, such as the abundance of hot springs in the BC Rockies, have been responsible for the eventual growth of resort towns. To this day mining and tourism keep the county going, with mining and resort towns growing and becoming big icon the world over.

Population
4,381,603

Military

Army
30,000 Troops

1st Marine Corps
15,000 Troops
200 Artillery

Armour
120 Tanks

Air Force
25 Fighters
20 Bombers
3 B-Copters
10 T-Copters
20 Transport Planes

Navy
1 Air Craft Carrier
8 Cruisers
5 Frigates
3 Destroyers
3 Submarine
140 Patrol Boats
Edited by Loopy Legend, Mar 6 2009, 03:50 PM.
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I pimped your population and military stats. You are approved for take-off. :teach:
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Entropic Duke

You do know you have to send PMs to me concerning troops and other build times, right?
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Air craft carrier - Done
30,000 Troops - Done
20 Fighters - Done
10 Bombers - Done
2 Subs - Done
Edited by Loopy Legend, Mar 6 2009, 03:49 PM.
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