Confederate States of America (Cinco De Mayo)

The Confederate States of America, (also known as the CSA, Dixie or the Confederacy) is a federal constitutional republic consisting of fifteen states. Along with the United States and Canada, it is one of three Anglophone nations located on the North American continent.

The CSA was originally part of the United States, which gained independence from Britain in 1781. However, due to a dispute over the legality of slavery, the power of the federal government, and a wholly unique and distinct culture and economy separate from that of the northern states, the Confederacy seceded from the United States in 1861, and the War of Southern Independence began with the shelling of Fort Sumter in April of that year. In 1862, the French Empire and Mexican Empire both recognized the Confederacy, and in 1863 the Confederacy was officially granted independence by a war-weary north.

Since 1863, the agrarian Confederacy has relied heavily on foreign support, with the bulk of its heavy industry located in Texas, Florida and Cuba.