| United Provinces of BataviaTimeline: Le pays du salut
OTL equivalent: New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Parts of Minnesota, Quebec, Ontario, Parts of Northeastern canada | ||||
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| Motto: "Fortitudo in Unitate" (Strength in Unity) |
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 Location of Batavia
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| Capital (and largest city) | Nieuw Amsterdam | |||
| Other cities | Montreal, Wilhelmus, Bloemfontein, Meifort, Sint Josef, Quebec | |||
| Official languages | Dutch • French | |||
| Government | Federal parliamentary constitutional republic with an executive Head of State | |||
| - | Stadtholder | Adriaan Grijshof | ||
| - | Vice Stadtholder | Kasper Kruiders | ||
| - | President of the Assembly of Provinces | Jan de Vries | ||
| - | Speaker of the House of Representative | Angélique Robiquet | ||
| Legislature | Congress of Batavia | |||
| - | Upper house | Assembly of Provinces | ||
| - | Lower house | House of Representatives | ||
| Population | ||||
| - | 2021 estimate | 297,650,000 | ||
| Currency | Batavian Guilder (BTG) |
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Batavia, officially the United Provinces of Batavia, is a country located in north-earstern parts of north america. It is the largest country by land and population in the western hemisphere, as well as being 2nd in the world by landmass and 3rd by population. It is a highly developed nation, with the largest GDP in the world and the 6th highest GDP per capita, that has great influence in world politics, global economics and international culture, thus it is widely regarded as the strongest superpower in ther world. Batavia has a large tech sector and many hi-tech innovations have their origins in the country. It is also a millitary superpower, with the Batavian Armed Forces (Dutch: Bataafse krijgsmacht) being the strongest millitary of the modern era, uncontested even by larger countries (especially since the collapse of the Frankish State and end of the Cold War), largely due to it's high military spending and high tech weaponry.
Batavia is a Federal State that is divided into many provinces, that each maintains an autonomus government. The federal government is headed by the Stadtholder (Dutch: Stadhouder) that is, uniquely for a parliamentary country, both the Head of State and Head of Government. The capital of Batavia, New Amsterdam, has a population of 8.6 million residents with a metropolitan area of 23 million people, making it the 2nd largest city in the Americas as well as one of the largest in the world.
Batavia has a unique culture and Heritage, being initially colonized by the Dutch, whomst would maintain and grow their colony of New Netherland, whilst the modern province of Canada as well as the great lakes region, were a part of the New France colony of France. In 1750s a european war broke out involving the French on one side, and the Anglo-Dutch Alliance on the other, resulting in the Dutch Conquest of Canada and Pays d'en Haut.thus, over the years, a new Batavian Identity was created, being a mix of Dutch, French, Native and Immigrant cultures.
The official languages of Batavia are Both Dutch and French and all road sign, government forums and websites, laws etc. are written in both languages, this is mainly due to the largre Francophone population in the province of Canada, being the only one to have a Francophone majority.
Batavia is a member of the Belgosphere (the nations that speak Dutch), the Francophonie, Congress of Nations (CoN), the Alliance of Democratic Nations (ADN) and the American Union (AU), as well as the North American Compact (NAC), and it maintains great relationships with all nations in the americas, as well as with many other nations worldwide.