Papua New Guinea (1983: Doomsday)

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Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Timeline: 1983: Doomsday
OTL equivalent: New Guinea

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Capital	Port Moresby
Largest city	Port Moresby
Other cities	Jayapura
Language   official	Tok Pisin
others	over 850 indigenous languages
Government	Presidental Republic
President
Prime Minister	Peter O'Neill
Area	786,000 km² (303,500 mi sq) km²
Population	7.5 million (as of 2005)
Independence	1975
Currency	ANZC Commonwealth dollar ($)
Calling Code	+675

Papua New Guinea (Tok Pisin: Papua Niugini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands. It is located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in a region defined since the early 19th century as Melanesia. Its capital, and its biggest city, is Port Moresby. It is one of the most diverse countries on Earth, with over 850 indigenous languages and at least as many traditional societies, out of a population of just under 8 million. The country is also one of the world's least explored, culturally and geographically, and many undiscovered species of plants and animals are thought to exist in the interior of Papua New Guinea.

The country became independent from Australia in 1975. However only the eastern half of the island was part of this country. During the Indonesian Civil War, West Papua became an independent nation from Indonesia. It agreed to be absorbed into Papua New Guinea on April 4th 2003.

International relations

Papua New Guinea is a member of the League of Nations.