Patagonia (Triangles and Crosses)

Commonwealth of Patagonia Cymanwlad Patagonia Patagonia Timeline: Triangles and Crosses OTL equivalent: Patagonia, Falkland Islands, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Flag Coat of arms
Motto:  Desire the Right!
Anthem:  Song of the Falklands
Localization of Patagonia.
Capital		Rawson
Largest city		Nywncen
Other cities		Sant Siôr Melipullee Sandy Point
Official languages		English Welsh (most spoken)
Regional languages		Mapudungun Spanish
Religion		Secular state
Demonym		Patagonian
Government		Federal constitutional parliamentary monarchy
-	Monarch	Ferdinand II
-	Governor-General	Lillian Kusanović
-	Prime Minister	Richard Buryaile
Legislature		Parliament
-	Upper house	Senate
-	Lower house	House of Commons
Establishment
-	Colony of Patagonia	23 May 1865
-	War of the Deserts	1871–78
-	Dominion	11 December 1931
-	Independence referendum	16 June 1993
Area
-	Total	1,076,352 km2  415,582 sq mi
Population
-	2019 estimate	6,275,302
Gini (2018)		29.8 (low)
HDI (2018)		0.929 (high)
Currency		Patagonian dollar (Pg$) (PTG)
Time zone		UTC-5
Date formats		dd/mm/yyyy
Drives on the		left
Internet TLD		.pg

The Commonwealth of Patagonia (Welsh: Cymanwlad Patagonia), or simply Patagonia, is a country localized in the extreme of South America. It is the only Anglophone, although it can be categorized as an Cambrophone, country in South America, one of the most developed ones. The capital of Patagonia is Rawson, but the largest city is Nywncen, localized in the northwest.

Patagonia shares borders with the Atlantic Ocean by the east; with Chile and the Pacific Ocean by the west; and Argentina by the north. Due to the localization, Patagonia's climate and biome became an obstacle to populate the country, with only 6 million people. Due to the late colonization of the country and the later independence, Patagonia is often called the "youngest child" of South America.

Due to the late colonization, Patagonia became a point of interest in Chile, Argentina, and the United Kingdom. Welsh immigrants began settling in 1865, while the British acquired control of the territory in 1875, amidst the war against Argentina and Chile, creating the Colony of Patagonia, expending in the colonization, settlement, and development of the country, being recognized in 1878. The new land was dominated by Welsh immigrants, which even surpassed English and Scots in numbers. In 1993, following the dissolution of the United Commonwealth, Patagonia voted to retain the British monarch as their head of state.

Being one of the most well-developed countries in South America, the economy of Patagonia alternates between tourism in the Andes and Woriloch, and the mining industry. Despite being considered an Anglophone country, the Patagonian population mostly identifies Welsh as their primary language, usually the most spoken in the country, although English is still used for international relations and is still spoken by 41.6% of the population as their primary language. 70% of the population resides in the northern portions of the country. The country is a founding member of the Society of Nations, part of the Pan American League, Cone Sur (along with Argentina, Chile, and Brazil), and the Commonwealth.

Government

Patagonia is a federation, a representative democracy, and a constitutional monarchy. The monarch is Ferdinand II, who is the monarch of also three other nations (Great Britain, Ireland and Columbia). He is represented by the Governor-General. The seat of the government is in the city of Rawson, in the District of Patagonia. The government is subject to the Constitution, which is defined as the country's most important document. As a federation, Patagonia is divided into 16 departments, the District of Patagonia, 538 shires, and two islands.

Legislature

The Patagonian legislature is embodied by the Parliament, a bicameral structure divided into the Senate (upper house) and the House of Commons (lower house). Patagonia is one of three countries that use the Westminster system, along with Columbia, Ireland and Great Britain. There are 157 and 34 senators. The seat of the legislature is in Rawson.

The voting system in Patagonia is defined as the first-past-the-post system for both houses, but the House of Commons uses an electoral district system similar to the Columbian system while the senators represent their respective departments. The deputies are elected to the National Assembly for a three-year term, while the senators are elected for a six-year term.

Administrative divisions

A federal state, Patagonia is divided into 16 departments, the District of Patagonia, and two islands (South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands). The islands are subordinate to the legislature of the department of Falklands. According to the Patagonian Constitution, the departments have the plenary legislative power to legislate on every subject except for health and military affairs.

Every Patagonian department has a unicameral parliament. The majority of the parliaments are based on the Westminster system, except for six departments (Trelew, Saint Julian, Llynnoedd, Gallegos, and Arenosa), in which they are based in the Columbian system. They have autonomous administrations, collect their own taxes, and receive a share of taxes collected by the National and department government. The departments are divided into shires (similar to Columbian counties), with a loose governmental authority (similar to a unitary state), ranging between two to seven municipalities in the same shire.

Foreign relations

In early years, the Dominion of Patagonia had shaky diplomatic relations with its neighbors due to the war, and was mostly avoided and ignored by South American nations (except for the Andine Confederation and Brazil). The relations with Chile and Argentina would stabilize around 1930, after the Convention of Valdivia, when the three nations set the borders between them.

The independence of Patagonia from the British crown was considered by South Americans as the last remnant of the European influence in the continent. The late 20th century and early 21st century were considered an age of formal integration between the rest of the South Americans and Patagonia.