Antioquia (Triunfa, España!)

The Republic of Antioquia (Spanish: República de Antioquia) is a nation located on the northwestern edge of the South American continent. The Antioquian Republic was formed after the outlawal of slavery by the United States of Colombia in 1850 and the Colombian Civil War in 1861-1863, when, with and  aid, it was able to declare independence from Colombia. The intervention of this two countries was partly caused due to the fact both were interested in the establishment of a canal zone in the Ithsmus of Panama (the Vaasans and the Ibero-Irish, however, were more interested in Nicaragua in the USCA) which would cut short the long route across the Cape of Magellan across the South American continent.

The political state was originally pro-conservative and pro-slavery; it was one of the last states to grant rights to the slaves (1920) and the last to outlaw slavery completely (2006; the slavery at that point was by definition a worker who gains no money by working, but instead gains housing and food directly from his or her employer). However, César Gaviria, new president, created a new liberal constitution in 2006, with the establishment of complete freedom, minimum wages and trade unions, universal healthcare and education, and secularism between other things.

History
Antioquian movements for independence began after the Colombian outlawal of slavery in the 1840s. The Antioquians were mostly conservative, who felt the Cundinamarcans, who according to the Antioquians heavily depended on Antioquia's industry and commerce, were removing all rights from the Antioquian populace.

However, real calls for independence began after the Panamá Affair in 1852, when the Republic of California attempted to build a canal in Colombian soil. The treaty insisted the land would be leased to California for 20 years; after that, California and Colombia would share the profits from the Canal. The proposal was favourable to Antioquians; however, the Colombian government, in the midst of civil war, rejected. This angered the Antioquians even more; they felt the Colombian government was trying to weaken the Antioquian people by causing its impovrishment.

The Antioquian government finally declared independence after the signing of the Treaty of Cali with the Mosquera government from the Republic of Cauca and Tolima. Realizing this was a proof of the Colombian government's weakness, the Republic of Antioquia was established with its capital in Jericó.

The Colombian army, tired and not being able to fight the Antioquians in the west, was defeated soundly in the battles of Manizales, Medellín and Santa Fé before being forced to retreat. Eventually, the Camacho-Ospina Treaty was signed and the Republic of Antioquia was established.

Antioquia then leased the land to the Californian Republic in 1877 and construction started; the Canal wasn't done until 1905 and required the doubling of the original leasing terms.