United States of Columbia (Purged History-Verse)

The United States of Columbia(USC), or Columbia, also referred to as the ​Columbian States (Mostly so people wouldn't be confused with the "United States" portion of its name, which is used mostly to refer to the United States of America, the USC's "Sister Nation") is a Federal Republic that consists of 72 States, a single Federal District and various possessions and territories. This superstate encompasses all of South America, where 52 of its Contiguous Mainland States lie. It also encompasses all of Central America excluding Mexico united into a single State called Tierra Liberada. The other 20 States are found in the Lesser Antilles of the Carribean Sea. Apart from its territories in the Atlantic, they also have claims in the Pacific Ocean and Oceania along with their "Sister" - The United States of America.

With a total land area covering 18,464,374 km², the USC stands as the second biggest nation in the world behind the USA(which engulfs all of North America). With a total population of 513,368,799 it is the fourth most populous nation in the world following closely behind it's sister, the USA. It is also the only nation apart from America to encompass an entire continent, and is one of the most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations in the world due to it being the product of immigration from many other countries in the world. The geography and climate of the nation is extremely diverse, and is home to a massive variety of wildlife. The free movement of Citizens between the USA and USC is almost unrestricted, with both nations maintaning very close relations with each other.

Around 20,000 years ago many Indians migrated from Eurasia to what is now the USA, and upon Colonization from European powers in the 16th century further migrated Southwards into South America in an effort to escape European aggression. For much of the 16th century, the Spanish and the British would fight to gain territory in Columbia as the British dominated South America along with the Spanish, just like they did with the French in North America. The United States of Columbia emerged from the British colonies along the North Western Coast. Like their northern counterpart, their disputes with Great Britain would lead to the "Columbian Revolution" led by Miles Lexington, inspired by the American Revolutionary War which was still happening in North America. On June 6, 1779 as the Columbian Conflict for Liberty and Independence against the British Empire was still ongoing, delegates of Columbia would unanimously decide to free themselves from Great Britain's oppression with the Declaration of Autonomy in what is today modern '''St. Liberty. '''The war with Great Britain would end in 28 March,1786 with the defeat of the British Empire and it's withdrawal from the conflict due to the inability to reassert colonial control in Columbia. However the British Empire would refuse to recognize the nation's autonomy until 1811, after massive pressure from the USA. The Columbian Conflict for Liberty would become the second successful conflict against a European colonial Empire.

The loss of the Columbian Colony would also signal an end to British and Spanish dominance in South America. The "Columbian Constitution" would stand as an equivalence of the "American Constitution" which would be adopted in 15 August, 1787 almost a month before the adoption of the US Constitution due to both the leaders from the two recently independent nations writing the Democratic Constitution together, although they disagreed on certain matters. The first 9 Amendments of the constitution, named the "Amendments for the Rights of Men" would be ratified in 1790 (a year before those of the USA) and like those of America were designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties and human rights.

Due to the drastic similarities in policy,ideology and style of governance as well mutual interests in ensuring the mantainance of their independence against the British Empire as well as all of Europe, both the United States of America and the United States of Columbia would sign the "Emalgamation Treaty of the Americas(ETA)" in 1795, which was an Economic,Industrial and Military alliance between the two nations. It was here where both nations would be referred to as "Sister Nations" by the world, with America being the bigger sister and Columbia being the younger.

Inspired by their Northern counterpart's "Manifest Destiny", the Columbians would adopt their very own "Augmentory Creed", a belief that it was the duty of Columbia to safeguard the entire South American continent and thus was used as justification for Columbian Expansion in South America, which like the USA involved the displacements of the Amazonian tribes. By 1850, the nation had spanned the entire South American continent, eventually becoming larger than the United States of America, and overtaking Canada as the largest nation in the Americas at the time before Canada joined the USA. Unlike it's Northern counterpart, upon it's conception in 1789 the USC outlawed slavery in all it's forms as articulated by the Amendments for the Rights of Men. Slavery was the biggest reason why both countries had disputes whilst writing the Constitution and the issue of the enslavement of blacks would cause decades of minor tensions between the two Sisters, although they would continue to keep the best diplomatic relations. Although African-Columbians were free from slavery, this didn't mean segragation was non-existent in Columbian society and after the death of President Miles Lexington(First USC President), Columbian segragation would slowly surface(although a majority of Columbian States didn't adopt such race laws, a handful amount still did).

During American Civil War in 1861, the USC would use this as an opportunity to end slavery in America by fighting on the side of the USA against the CSA. The Columbians would help their US allies by invading from Florida so as to force the already outnumbered Confederacy to fight a brutal two front war. The American Civil War would come to an end in 1865, around the same time the USC Union Congress would officially ban segragation in any and all States in the USC after the long and influential "Civil Liberties Initiative"(of which was a movement for the Rights of Black people)by declaring segragation as being against the Columbian Constitution. The Americans on the other hand would pass the "13th Amendment", officially abolishing slavery under Abraham Lincoln, but still would mantain segragation policies for an entire century. This would lead to many Columbians believing that American democracy was not as matured as theirs and that America was not fully satisfying the philosophies of their "Autarky Doctrine" (which America also used) due to economic restrictions and prievilages based on race being imposed onto its citizens. Many blacks thus preferred Columbia than America.

By the end of the 19th Century the USC had extended all the way to the Cape Horn, and its economy, driven largely by the Industrial Revolution began to soar. The Spanish-American War, French-Columbian War and WWI fully established the United States of Columbia's status as a global military power. The USC along with it's Northern counterparts the USA would engage both Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan during WW2. After the devastating conflict of WW2, the USC would along with the USA and USSR emerge as a global Superpower, the second country in the world to develop a Nuclear Bomb almost immediately after the USA, and a permanent member of the UNSC(United Nations Security Council). The USC would also engage the Soviet Union in the Cold War as an ally of the USA and one of the two main enemies of the USSR. This Cold War would end with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and would leave the USC and USA as the world's only two remaining Superpowers.

Etymology
Lexington is a British name, thus being of English descent. Due to South America having been heavily colonized by Spain and Britain, the dominant languages in most of the regions of Columbia are Spanish and English. For this reason, they are the only two official languages of the USC.

Although languages are spoken in the USC e.g. French,Italian,Portuguese,Latin American etc. the medium of instruction is mostly English, which is easily comprehendable thus more appealing to all the different ethnicities that make up the nation. The name Columbia comes from Christopher Columbus, and was considered the most desirable name for the nation by its founders.

The main reason for the country's diverse ￼dialects apart from it's colonial past is due to the fact that from its inception to it's economic boom years, the nation is a product of different ethnicities from all over the world, many apart from those born there came to Columbia seeking riches in the "Land of Opportunity". This linguistics diversity is also a reason why many Columbians have vastly differing names, with this pattern also applying to the nation's regions.

Geography
The mainland territory of the United States of Columbia is approximately 18,464,374 km² where it's 52 Contigous mainland States, including it's Federal District are found. The USC encompasses the entire South American mainland where a staggering majority of it's massive population live. The Union also administers territories in the Lesser Antilles of the Carribean Sea as well as some in the Pacific ocean's Oceania.

The ecology of the USC is very diverse, from it's deserts to a wide variety of flora and fauna as well as a vast amount of animal and plant species of different ecological niches, although the nation has a lot of nature, due to the Industrial Revolution and the deforestration of entire rainforests for the purpose of the building new infrastructure, providing residence for it's growing populous and urbanizing Columbian society.

Mainland States

 * 1) Alexandria
 * 2) Aragon
 * 3) Valkyrie
 * 4) Noah
 * 5) Trinity
 * 6) Britannia
 * 7) Equator
 * 8) New Spain
 * 9) Amazon
 * 10) Brazilera
 * 11) New Virginia
 * 12) Transylvania
 * 13) Victoria
 * 14) Paragon
 * 15) Argentia
 * 16) Catarina
 * 17) Dixie
 * 18) New Washington
 * 19) Liberty
 * 20) New Africa
 * 21) Atlantia
 * 22) Nova Greacia
 * 23) San Para
 * 1) San Para