Statistics
Name - République Laurentienne (French) / Laurentian Republic (English)
Continent - Americas
Capital - Montreal
Administration
Head of state - Grand Elector François Aldini
Head of government - President of the Council of State Antoine Fitzgerald
Legislature - National Assembly
President of the National Assembly - Laurent Bouchard
Judiciary - Supreme Court
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court - Claude Faucher
Form of government - Unitary republic under a democratic presidential confidential constitution
Form of law - Brougham Code (commercial), Cambacérès Code (civil, criminal, procedure)
Demonym - Laurentian, Laurentien
Geography
Area - 865,639 km^2
Largest cities
-Montreal - 4,213,000 (city), 7,031,000 (metro)
-Quebec - 625,000 (city, 1,251,000 (metro)
-Prevostville [Sherbrooke]- 267,000 (city), 623,000 (metro)
Time zone: TMP-06:00
Currency - Laurentian aigle
Demography
Language - French, English (co-official)
Population - 13,401,000
Density - 15.48/km^2
Symbols
National festival - Citadelle Day (April 12) - commemorating the Declaration of the Citadel (1888) and the Declaration of Independence (1937)
Anthem - La Marseillaise Occidentale
Motto - En avant
Notes
-less migration into US due to more industry
-plus more immigration due to Montreal being world city
-and also because US locked to Irish migration for a while due to US's Wars > Luisiana War (1825-8) being contemporaneous, resulting in many more Irish into Lower Canada
-also no cholera quarantine mean way fewer people die
-and less birthrate collapse due to less ultramontanism resulting in less powerful reaction
Flag
Government structure
-head of state is Grand Elector
-practically powerless
-run by a President of Council of State, nicknamed President, in clear Amerophilia
-elected by National Assembly
-manages a Council of State
-legislature is a unicameral National Assembly
-elected by multi-member districts
History
Laurentian Crisis (1886-8)
-longstanding resent of British Empire throwing Metis under the bus
-when Heads of Laurentia > 1886-1888 François Mercier (Société des Laurentiens Unis) comes to power he seeks to secede from British Empire
-brings together convention dominated by the Société
-St. Lawrence is blocked for a time
-which brings US over to resolve it
-and causes huge trade crisis
-in the end resolved by agreement of giving Laurentia virtual independence
-and only nominally still within the British Empire
Largest cities
| Rank | City | Department | City proper | Metropolitan population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montreal | Montréal | 4,213,000 | 7,031,000 |
| 2 | Chomedey[1] Laval | Montréal | 819,000 | 7,031,000[2] Part of Montreal Metro Area |
| 3 | Quebec | Saint-Charles | 625,000 | 1,251,000 |
| 4 | Longueuil | Montréal | 432,000 | 7,031,000[2] Part of Montreal Metro Area |
| 5 | Prevostville[3] Sherbrooke | Saint-François et Magog | 417,000 | 623,000 |
| 6 | Repentigny | Montréal | 318,000 | 7,031,000[2] Part of Montreal Metro Area |
| 7 | Mercier[4] Labrador City | 211,000 | 323,000 |