| Territory of Formosa | |||||
| Territoire de Formose (French) 福爾摩沙領土 (Taiwanese) | |||||
| Colony of Antarctica | |||||
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| Capital | Leonie (1869-1907) Taipei (1907-1953) | ||||
| Languages | Taiwanese, French, native languages | ||||
| Political structure | Colony of Antarctica | ||||
| Legislature | Territorial Assembly | ||||
| History | |||||
| • | Establishment of Fort Lucien | 1861 | |||
| • | Invasion of Taiwan | 1869 | |||
| • | Asian-Formosan suffrage granted | 1915 | |||
| • | Independence | 1953 | |||
Between 1869 and 1953, The entire island of Formosa was an Antarctic colony, organized as the Territory of Formosa.
History[]
Early Antarctic influence in the Pacific[]
Following the Great Southern War, the Colombian government would cede a small town in Chile to Antarctica, and allow the building of a railway and a road to it that would connect it to Antarctica through Lusitania within a region that was under Antarctic control but Colombian sovereignty, known as the Pacific corridor. This was done due to the failure to gain any territory on the Pacific by the Antarctic government. As the Antarctic government followed the "Expansion céleste" policy, which stated that as Antarctica was the most enlightened, developed and democratic country in South America and the western hemisphere, it should expand westward as much as possible, gain a pacific coast and establish democracies aligned with it, and this along with many other reasons, like the lack of any real means to reach the Pacific easily before the Panama canal, would be a reason for the start of the war. As the war came to an end, it was obvious that the goal of establishing a Pacific foothold isn't possible, the government looked for other ways to expand it's influence in the Pacific, and this would cause Grégory Barthet, a senior Antarctic diplomat, to suggest this idea instead. The town would be renamed Port Liberté and would become the main and would open the door to pacific trade and colonialization.