Dominica (The Maxorata Empire)

Cotufa, officially the Commonwealth of Cotufa, is an unincorporated U.S. territory with self-government status. It is located, specifically, between the French overseas territory of Guadalupe to the north and the Republic of Martinique to the south; forming part of the denominated smaller Antilles.

It is an island with a tropical climate and, despite its size, it has a diversity of ecosystems: dry and rainy forests, karst areas, mountainous areas, coastal and marine ecosystems, etc.

Discovery and conquest by the Maxos
With the beginning of the reign of  Gara I  (1861-1872), a new nationalist sentiment emerged in the Maxo people. The majority longed for the old days of the great empire that controlled almost all of West Africa, and they wanted to be more than a nation of two simple small islands. Gara I, pressed by the insistence of almost the entire Tagoror, sent a fleet to conquer some small territories, this time west of Maxorata in the Atlantic Ocean.

Maxorata explorers discovered an uninhabited island in the Caribbean that they called Cotufa, and for its enormous natural abundance of fruit and raw materials and for its beauty; they conquered it and declared it part of the Empire. As it was uninhabited, they sent volunteer citizens in boats to populate the new colony, and were offered a much larger salary than in the mother country. This attracted many majoreros to populate the island of Cotufa.

As American territory (1945 - present)
Once World War II was over, the United States, now a global superpower, promised to respect the State of Maxorata and leave them alone; under the condition that freedom of expression be allowed throughout the nation, and that Maxorata leave its overseas territories of Bermuda, Martinique and Cotufa. This was known as the  Freedom of Expression Act of 1945. Emperor Eraoranhan, without any other option, accepted and ceded Cotufa Island to the United States.

Today it is not a US state, but it uses the dollar as its currency and has a representative in Congress in Washington DC.