Saint-Onge
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| Motto: Laissez les bontemps rouler' | |
| Subdivision of: | Louisianne |
| Cities: | |
| Capital: | Baton Rouge |
| Largest: | New Orleans |
| Other: | Vienne-le-Port, Hammond, Natchitoches, Shrèveport |
| Languages: | |
| Official: | Francien, Narbonosc |
| Others: | English, Castilian, Swedish |
| Préfet: | Jerôme Baldi |
| Area: | 154,382 km2 |
| Population: | 3,675,976 |
| Established: | 1820-40, de facto |
Saint-Onge was once Nouvelle Orleans, but changed names once returned to Louisianne from the North American League following the 1828 War.
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Administration
Administrative Divisions
The Prefecture of Saint-Onge is divided into four départements; Loire-Neuf, Côte de Châtaigne, Pont-Chartrain, La Salle.
History
Originally the name-sake of her nation, after St. Onge was taken from Louisianne forcibly by the NAL in the War of 1828, it was decided that a clean break from past embarassments was needed. Upon recession by NAL was thus given the name St. Onge in honor of one of the original settlers of the region.
La Salle was originally the popular choice, but after an ad campaign by amerindians against the 'amerindian killer,' the name was dropped in favor of Michel St. Onge, catholic father, beneficiary to the amerind peoples.
The prefecture resides in Baton Rouge, where the capital was rebuilt after the prefectoral buildings of Nouvelle Orléans were destroyed in the war of 1828.
Geography
Topography
Borders
Saint-Onge is limited by:
- North: Les Ozarques,Saint-Louis
- West: Tejas
- South: Gulf of Mexico
- East: Mobile Province, NAL-SLC.
The surface of Saint-Onge may properly be divided into two parts, the uplands, and the alluvial coast and swamp regions. The alluvial regions, including the low swamps and coast lands, cover an area of about 52,000 km²; laying principally along the Mississippi River, which traverses from north to south for a distance of about 1,000 km and ultimately emptying into the Gulf of Mexico, the Loire Neuf, the Ouatchita River and its branches, and other minor streams. The breadth of the alluvial region along the Mississippi is from 15 to 100 km, and along the other streams it averages about 15 km. The Mississippi flows upon a ridge formed by its own deposits, from which the lands incline toward the low swamps beyond at an average fall of 3 m/km. The alluvial lands along other streams present very similar features. These alluvial lands are never inundated save when breaks occur in the levees by which they are protected against the floods of the Mississippi and its tributaries. These floods, however, do not occur annually, and they may be said to be exceptional. With the maintenance of strong levees these alluvial lands would enjoy perpetual immunity from inundation.
The uplands and contiguous hill lands of the north and northwestern part of the state have an area of more than 65,000 km², and they consist of prairie and woodlands. The elevations above sea-level range from 3 metres at the coast and swamp lands to 15-18 metres at the prairie and alluvial lands.
Economy
The total gross prefectoral product in 2003 for Saint-Onge was L€875 million, equating to a per capita L€5240, ranking it among the lower third of Louisiannan income brackets.
The principal agricultural outputs include seafood, being the largest producer of crawfish in the world, and if one were to include the Pays-Lointains, would rank several percentage points above the next largest producer. Also produced are cotton, soybeans, cattle, sugarcane, poultry and eggs, dairy products, rice, and the wines of the Loire valley. Its industrial outputs include chemical products, petroleum and coal products, offering a cheaper production costs than NAL refineries and competitive rates against Tejan refineries, and due to the more politically stable environment in Louisianne, Saint-Onge holds a large percentage of the refinery market-share. Food processing, transportation equipment, paper products, and tourism round out the major industries. These have all been affected since the detonation of the Floridian nuclear device, however, clean-up is ongoing and the effects are expected to be mitigated in the next 10 years.
Culture
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| Préfectures of Louisianne | |||
| Nouvelle Cournouaille | Nouvelle Gaulle | Nouvelle Navarre | Osage | Saint-Louis | Saint-Onge | |||
| Départements of Louisianne | |||
| Alpes-Argentés | Alpes-Rocheuses | Aurillac | Bretagne | Côte de Châtaigne | Côte d'Or | Daquota | Dordogne | Garonne-Neuve | Gascogne | La Salle | Les Ozarques | Loire-Neuf | Mississippi | Mizouri | Nyobrara | Omara | Oto | Paris-sur-Mizouri | Pays-Lointains | Pont-Chartrain | Rocheuses | Saint-Louis | Terre Platte |
