Varieta, New England (Vegetarian World)

Varieta is the southernmost province in New England. It borders one other province, namely Virginia to the north. It also borders the to its southeast,  to its southwest, and  to its west. Its largest city, Charlotte (in Mecklenburg County), is along major trade routes extending from the CSP and Muskogee, and is the largest city of "the South" (that is, south of ).

About Varieta
Varieta was named by Europeans precisely because it was so varied in so many respects. Most Aboriginal groups of other provinces of New England are almost invariably Algonquian, along with some Iroquoian areas further west. However, in Varieta, there are Siouan, Iroquoian, and Algonquian people, with some small regions containing all three groups. Furthermore, the landscape and environments are also quite varied for one state. There are beaches and swamps near the Atlantic seaboard, hills in the piedmont, and mountains further west. Pine trees are predominant in the coastal plain area, but broadleaf deciduous trees take over in the western two-thirds of the state. Fir trees and other trees that grow in cold climates can be found at the tops of tall mountains. Indeed, the mountains have a climate that is more like Massachusetts Province than Varieta's lowlands, where it rarely even snows.

Divisions
Varieta has 101 divisions, including the counties, Semi-Autonomous Areas (SAAs), and Nature Preservation Areas (NPAs). As in most New England provinces, the national and state governments have the rights to put highways, train lines, and other infrastructure in the SAAs and NPAs to serve the state. In fact, the national and state governments own 100% of the land in NPAs and most of the land in SAAs (sometimes including joint ownership with semi-autonomous entities), and the land can not be sold...only leased...unless there is some ammendment to the agreement, which in practice is difficult to pass. Thus, there are few private residences in NPAs. Vehicle charging stations, convenience stores, small markets, and such are situated on leased land from the government. As for SAAs, the laws make the buying of property by members of nonafilliated groups difficult.

Of course, in addition to the SAAs and NPAs, Aboriginal groups can and do buy property for their tribes outside of these designated areas, and a good proportion of Aboriginal people live elsewhere. In the same way, counties themselves have nature parks and recreation areas that are not affiliated with NPAs but often serve similar purposes.

Vegetarianism

 * 53% Vegetarian
 * 47% Non-Vegetarian

Ethnic Groups

 * 62% European
 * 23% Pemhakamik Aboriginal
 * 11% Southeastern Siouan
 * 05% Southeastern Iroquoian
 * 04% Southeastern Algonquian
 * 03% others (Muskogean, Mexican, etc)
 * 03% Oriental
 * 03% Sub-Saharan African
 * 01% Indian
 * 07% mixed race
 * 01% others

Languages

 * 75% English
 * 08% Siouan languages
 * 04% Iroquoian languages
 * 03% Algonquian languages
 * 03% Scots
 * 02% Gaelic languages
 * 02% other Germanic languages
 * 01% Romance languages (Spanish, Catalan, French, etc)
 * 02% others

Religions
New England is a religiously diverse country as well. This is what New Englanders professed to be (as of 2006):
 * 33% Nonreligious
 * 13% atheist
 * 20% agnostic
 * 24% Christian
 * 11% Catholic
 * 07% Quaker
 * 06% other Christian
 * 23% Cathar
 * 04% Jewish
 * 02% Hindu
 * 01% Buddhist
 * 01% Jain
 * 10% various Aboriginal beliefs
 * 02% other