New Quebec (Venusian Haven)

New Quebec is a Venusian nation made up of Quebec Seperatists.

History
Canada as a nation has always been on very friendly terms with both the United States of America and Great Britian. Canada often supplies astronaughts (or, in Britian, "Aethernaughts") to the space programs of its allies. One of Canada's contribution to NASA was the Canada Arm, a large robotic arm placed inside NASA ships to aid with astronaughts work.

In 1995, the Quebec province of Canada held a referrendum on whether or not to seccede from Canada. The secessionists where defeated by a narrow margin of roughly 1%. A guerilla organization, the Front du Liberation du Quebec, or FLQ, threatened violence unless Quebec was allowed to seccede. Canada's solution was to offer the seperatists land on Venus. Canada negotiated with the US and UK, and subsidized the private space industry, in return for these parties ferrying Quebec colonists to Venus. The first ships landed in 1996, although the Federal Republic of New Quebec was first declared the previous year.

The colony of New Quebec has expanded relatively fast. Although initially supplies where scarce, several large farm complexes, encased in domes to comply with internations regulations forbidding mingling Venusian and Earth life forms, made the colony completely self sufficient in 1999. New Quebec would later establish several towns, including their capital of New Montreal, along with efficiently maintained infastructure. Controversy arose, both on Earth and on Venus, when New Quebec announced it's intentions to construct the first Nuclear Reactor on Venus, a decision influenced by New Quebec discovering Uranium deposits within its territory. Environmentalists complained that the reactor would produce nuclear waste and could be destroyed in a catastrophic melt-down due to poor building conditions. Others claimed that it was a step towards nuclear weapons arriving on Mars. New Quebec, as of 2010, is only half done constructing the reactor, as the international community has yet to sell it crucial parts which can not be produced within the colony itself. The effect of this controversy has led to some tensions between New Quebec and its allies and neighbors, Kennedia and New Swindon.