Kingsland
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The Province of Kingsland is a colony of the kingdom of Scotland which currently enjoy a great degree of autonomy in relation to both the motherland as a component of the Commonwealth of Australasia.
Its revenue comes mainly from agricultural practices including cattle ranching, tobaco growing as well as some of the largest sugar cane fields in this part of the world.
Whummlin is extraordinarily popular.
No visit to the province would be complete without having a picture taken of oneselves in front of the traditional houses on stilts which can be found all over the land.
The province can be reach by using its airship service Kagctas, world famous for being the only such service to have never suffered a crash.
Follows a small list of important dates:
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1824
Foundation of the Scotish penal colony of Moreton Bay
1859
The penal colony never becomes self-sufficient and to re-coup some of its investment, the Scotish government open the land to settlement by freemen.
1863-1900
Local workforce size proves insufficient for the demand of sugar can fields owner. Transportations of convicts and natives islanders (the arrangement was refered to officialy as "Labour Contracts") is authorised. Few actualy understood the agreements and ended up spending the rest of their lives working under horrendous conditions in the sugar fields.
1883
A few kingslanders adventurer manage to stage a coup on the island of papua and demand annexion by kingsland which was granted.
1900
The practice of "labour contracts" is considered tantamount to serfdom by a growing number of civil groups and presure is applied to the government until it is finaly ended
1941
The military bases at townsville and torres island are attacked by chinese forces.
1943
the city of Brisbane becomes the headquarter for allies operation in the pacific leading to an economical boom.
1949
Papua-New-Guinea is granted independence
1957
At the war's end, military forces left or were scaled down. The province experience a mini-recession. Blaming many of their curent problems on the Australasian and Scotish government, the Countrymen Party is elected on a platform of self-sufficience and protectionism. The party would stay in power until 1989.
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| Bombay | East Caribbean Province | Kingsland | Scotland | |||
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| Alyaska | Armorica | Bharatij Samrazj | Bengal | Ireland (including Guereintia) | Oregon | Thiruvithankur | Xrivizaja |
