Newfoundland (Immune Americas)

The United Republic of Newfoundland, Labrador, and Maine or Newfoundland is a parliamentary republic in north america bordered by the USA to the south, Quebec to the west, and shares maritime borders with France (through overseas territories) and Nunavut. Newfoundland is the only country outside of Ireland to have Irish as its first language. It was inhabited by algonquin and beothuk peoples who were visited by the Norse in 1000 AD who established colonies there, trading guns and spreading disease to the native people. By ~1500 AD, the beothuk peoples were wiped out and the algonquin peoples had adapted to the diseases and were growing in population. The formation of the catholic kingdom of Iceland-Norway brought the viking colonies under their jurisdiction along with greenland. These colonies were very multicultural and mainly used by the scandinavians for profit and not to scandinavianize them. In 1583, England bought the Colony of Vinland from the Scandinavians and began turning it into a true colony. Newfoundland was later merged with the colonies of Maine and Labrador. Newfoundland became the sight of wars between england and france over supremacy in Canada, none of which were conclusive as the american revolution began in 1776. During the revolution, Patriots attempted to invade Newfoundland but were fought back by algonquin, british soldiers, and the Irish Legion. In later years, more and more irish people would immigrate from Ireland to Newfoundland as Irish became a more commonly spoken language. Irish was supressed by the British but eventually the Newfoundland Irish were given more autonomy. During the war of 1812, the USA again tried to invade Newfoundland but were unsuccessful. In 1867,  Canada, and Quebec would form the shortlived Federation of Canada until Quebec seceded. Newfoundland remained an autonomous British colony. This was, until the Great War, when a french backed rebellion began in Newfoundland and the dominion was put under a harsh condiminium of England and Canada known as Anglo-Canadian Newfoundland. Newfoundland was placed under full control by Canada in 1975 which triggered the Newfoundland Independence War. Newfoundland finally gained independence in 1981, which is celebrated in Ireland and Newfoundland as Newfoundland Freedom Day. Since then, Newfoundland has strengthened its relationship with Ireland and allied with the Francophone Alliance to keep its independence. It is considered an industrializing country with a fast growing economy. It is still claimed by the State of Canada as part of it, though this is largely unrecognized.