Division of New Canaan

Statistics

Name - Division of New Canaan (English)

Country - Columbia-Alaska Confederation

Capital - New Jerusalem [Victoria]

Administration

Head of state and government - Shoffet ------

Legislature - Canesset

President of the Canesset -

Judiciary - Sanhedrin

Nassee -

Form of government - Constituent state of the Columbia-Alaska Confederation under a democratic presidential triramic constitution

Form of law - Brougham Code

Demonym - Vancouverite

Geography

Area - 32,100 km^2

Largest city - New Jerusalem

Time zone -

Demography

Language - English

Population - 1,284,000

Density - 40.0 /km^2

Symbols

Anthem -

Motto -

History

-in OTL known as Vancouver Island

-on the former frontier of Russia and British territory

-and as such, a sort of middle ground between them


-the Swedenborgian movement attracts a lot of converts in the era of the Second Great Awakening

-as well as in British Isles itself

-and converts from British Isles moving to the US form new movement

-they seek to establish their own society independent of everything

-in part because of desire to be independent, in part because they face persecution for their practice of keeping concubines

-sees Vancouver-Quadra Island as a place to do this

-sees settlement, centered around new town of New Jerusalem


-only solidly captured by British forces during Russia's Wars > Second Circassian War (1872-5)