Cygnia (Joan of What?)

Cygnia, officially known as the Empire of the United Cygnian States, is a sovereign state in Oceania. Cygnia occupies the western third of the Australasian mainland. Cygnia shares its only land border with the Republic of Estibordo to the east. With an area of 2,529,875km2, Cygnia is the second-largest state in Oceania.

Habitation of Cygnian lands stretches back to around 40,000 years ago when Aboriginal Cygnians (also known as the Nyungar people) migrated from Asia. Colonies were first established by XXX on 26 January 1788, when the Swanstone Colony was proclaimed by [insert name here]. This was followed by five other colonies along the coast of modern-day Cygnia. These were Augusta, Kilburn, Gascoyne, Pilbara and Kimberley. Collectively, the colonies became known as the Cygnias, named after the Black Swans discovered and observed by XXX explorers.

Cygnia moved one step closer to unity and independence when a coup d'état in 1810 toppled the ruling dynasty of XXX, forming the Republic of XXX. Fearing for his life, King Alexander I of XXX chose to flee to the strongly royalist Cygnian colonies to wait for the crisis to end, in the hope that loyalists would be able to defeat the coup. Alexander I created a government-in-exile, proclaiming the elevation of the Cygnian colonies to the status of a Kingdom and establishing the United Kingdoms of XXX and Cygnia.

By 1812, the King had lost nearly all hope of regaining control of his former lands in Europe. In a last-ditch effort to salvage his prestige and power, he issued a second proclamation, abolishing the United Kingdoms and founding in its place the Empire of Cygnia. On February 2 1812, the King announced his intention to crown himself Emperor of Cygnia, much to the delight of the population. He called for elections to an Imperial Constituent Assembly, to draft the newborn Empire's constitution. A Declaration of Independence was published on April 3, which has since been celebrated in Cygnia as Independence Day. Alexander I was crowned Emperor of Cygnia on May 5, and all XXX military units were ordered to Cygnia to join the new Cygnian Imperial Armed Forces.

The Imperial Constitution was drafted by August 1812, and the final version published, ratified and proclaimed in February 1813, coming into force on April 3 1813, a year after the Declaration of Independence.

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Administrative divisions
Cygnia is divided into 18 states and 6 territories. Each has a state/territorial capital.


 * States
 * Alexis (AL) — Campbell
 * Augusta (AG) — Augusta City
 * Auralia (AR) — Esperance
 * North Gascoyne (NG) — Carnarvon
 * South Gascoyne (SG)
 * East Java (EJ)
 * South Java (SJ)
 * West Java (WJ)
 * Jayakarta (JA)
 * Kaleep (KA)
 * Kimberley (KI) — Broome
 * West Kimberley (WK)
 * Inner Pilbara (IP)
 * Outer Pilbara (OP) — Theodora
 * Samudra (SA)
 * Solonia (SO)
 * Swanstone (SW) — Swanstone City
 * Yogyakarta (YO)
 * Territories
 * Empress Alexis Land
 * Flores
 * Moluccas
 * Sumba
 * Sumbawa
 * Sunda-Bali