Nouveau Bretagne
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| Motto: Ça Plane Pour Moi! | |
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| Region | The East Pacific |
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| Capital | Côte Midi |
| Official Language(s) | English, French, German, Mandarin |
| Leader | President Stephen Goss |
| Population | 126 million |
| Currency | Shell |
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Nouveau Bretagne is one of the emerging nations in the East Pacific region. Following many years of isolation, the current Unity-Green/Social Democrats coalition government decided in 2004 to join the East Pacific community. While still a "newbie" nation, NB has gained some respect and has good relations with most of EP Oldbies.
History
Nouveau Bretagne was originally founded by French settlers in 1633 after an eccenctric priest in Rennes told his followers that the Garden of Eden would be found "somewhere in the East". These first settlers didn't find the garden, which led to the famous agonistic outlook that most Nouveau Bretagians have today, but they found whales. Which led to a whaler settlement where the capital Côte Midi is situated today, much to the amusement of the local Chinese.
The whaling industry caught the attention of the English, who formed their own settlement at Southport. Which led to James Thompson discovering gold at Dai Gum San (New Gold Mountain), which caused an influx of more French, English and Scottish settlers, as well as Cornish, Irish, German and Italian settlers. The local Chinese were bolstered by a wave of settlers from the southern regions.
After the chaos of the first few years of the Gold Rush, where French and English authorities tried to force, Nicholas Paterson formed a rebellion on the Strathdale goldfields which soon spread throughout NB. After many famous incidents, including the famed Red Ribbon Rebellion, Nicholas led the miners to liberation. Both the French and British authorities fleeded as Nicholas and his New Army marched on Côte Midi.
Nicholas was popularly decided to become the King of this new nation, King Nicholas I, and a Democratic Monarchy was formed. Recoginizing the original French whalers, Côte Midi was to become the capital of the New Kingdom. Nicholas honoured the native Chinese by making them equal citizens despite protests from his miner comrades and formed the Royal Guard, his chief protectors, using only Chinese soliders.
The Monarchy was replaced with a Republic in 1992 following the scandals of King Colin II. The country remained Democratic and the King was replaced by a President, the first being Peter Xjiang. In 2004, a new debate has erupted with some factions calling for a restoration of the Monarchy under the previous Crown Prince Phillip, pointing out that Xijang and current President Stephen Goss have almost as been as bad as Colin II.
