Acadiana

Acadiana is an island country located in the far-western Esportiva. It consists of two major islands - the Garigal Island on north and the Riverina Island on the south - as well as several hundred, semi-inhabited islands on the south. With about 450,000 square kilometres, it is considered to be the largest nation of the Quebecois Commonwealth by area. Acadiana is about 300 to 400 kilometres south of Sylestone, its nearest and largest neighbour, and about 1,000 kilometres east of Paripana, the easternmost and the nearest nation of Atlantian Oceania from Esportiva.

The country's contrasting topography, with the north island's heavy, mountainous ranges contrasting to that of the south island's flatter, more agriculturally-prosperous grasslands, is due to the ancient, continuous history of tectonic shifts and climate change over the course of past millennia in Wester Esportiva. Garigal is the capital city and the most populous city, which is then followed by the cities of Murranbulla, Baie-Saint-Germain and Brolga Ridge.

The Indigenous Acadianans' ancestors were the first to arrive in Acadiana over 40,000 years ago. Settling into what is now considered the contemporary Acadiana and its northern neighbours of Sylestone, indigenous Acadianans would evolve a clear, distinct identity and culture as the Acadianan people of several dozen distinctive, language-separate tribes. Over time, they would establish a quiet but strong footing across southwestern Esportiva, establishing settlements on the islands to its south and west. In 1701, the Quebecois settler Kim Shim-Ran would be the first non-Esportivan settler to record the islands. In the subsequent decades the Quebecois fishing settlements would be established, and the settlements' population limited to hundreds.

In 1802, a young warrior, Butu Wargun (Wallace) united Acadiana into a kingdom. Around this time, a series of conflicts between the Acadianan Kingdom and the Quebecois settlements, then under increasing encroachment, would occur, and would only be resolved forty years later under the Treaty of Karagi (also known as Sandcastle). The Treaty were signed by both the Quebecois and the Acadianan representatives with promise that there would be no permanent representative on the Acadianan soil past the Quebecois Consul (eventually renamed and reformed into High Commissioner position, which continues to this day) on the Quebecois front, while the Acadianans would adopt western code of law and land rights.

Over the subsequent decades would follow the gradual Westernisation of Acadiana, with Acadiana's strategic location used to expand its agricultural sectors. The 1864 marriage between Elisabeth of Quebec, and King Harold, the grand-son of aforementioned Butu Wargun, would ensure its strategic significance and Acadiana maintained its sovereignty. In 1897, Kingdom of Acadiana was declared, fully transitioning into a constitutional monarchy after a gradual process that had begun in the days of Butu Wargun, and remains to this day.

Today, Acadiana has a population of 28 million people, and is considered a home to diverse culture, languages and influences from all across the Quebecois Commonwealth and Esportiva. About 40% of the population are the Indigenous Acadianans, who come from dozens of different tribes across the island nation, while the remaining population consists of the Quebecois (usually standing for the Koreanophone-Quebecois who immigrated in the mid-1700s to mid-1900s) and Caucasian (white Acadianans), and multiracial background. It is a highly pluralistic country driven by its culture and symbols coming from the Indigenous peoples and the Koreanophone settlers. Korean and English are used as official languages, while local vernacular tongues are used for public life and broadcasting.

A developed country with a long, complicated history, Acadiana has an advanced economy led by agricultural and service industries. The quality of life in the country, while varying between the regions, has stayed relatively high, and the cohesiveness between the ethnic and cultural groups is stable, encouraged by the centuries of political isolation from the rest of Esportiva, while being considered a major Commonwealth nation. Acadiana is a member of the Quebecois Commonwealth of Nations, and has served under various advisory, and mediatory capacity of the Commonwealth that is dominated by member nations from Atlantian Oceania and Rushmore. In following the examples set by its northern neighbour of Sylestone Acadiana has, at various points, considered joining the Esportivan Community and remains open to such a possibility.