Oceanian Sarnia

The Royal Crown Colony of Sarnia, alternatively – and more popularly – styled Oceanian Sarnia, is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. Oceanian Sarnia, historically, is a settler colony where the bulk of the population arrived from other territories within the United Kingdom or its other colonies and territories.

History

Most history of the island is recent, having only been opened for settlement to world powers starting in 2005; however, since then, Sarnia has seen large scale investment from UK companies, particularly in the locales of Atherton, Port Royal, and St. Ives. The first for its central location near centres of mining operations for titanium and aluminium, the second for its use as the colony’s main port, and the third for its development as an oil terminal and oil port for the colony and the continent.

Economy

Largely underdeveloped at the moment, the significant mineral resources of Sarnia coupled with the current high levels of sanctioned immigration from the Home Islands seems indicative of a greatly important financial and economic resource for the United Kingdom. Current economic activity is largely limited to primary and secondary sector industries centred upon Atherton in the west and Port Royal in the east.

The Colonial Office subsidised the parallel construction of both a rail and canal network that would connect Atherton, situated on the River Selby to the colony’s capital of Avalon-on-Avon located on the River Avon, which empties into the ocean at Port Royal. As of 2006, the rail connection remains completed while the canal is slated for opening in mid 2007, the site location of both seem to indicate the eventual growth of the colonial capital as a regional centre for transportation and shipping.

In the south, in the fertile headlands of the Rivers Avon and Selby, tea cultivation provides a significant portion of the colony’s economic output. Given the high demand for tea in UK markets, the average Oceanian consuming upwards of 3.5 kg/year, the growing of tea as a cashcrop has proven financially viable and rather successful, one of the more reputable investors being the Marquess of Salisbury, whose plantation reportedly provides him with a modest supplemental income in addition to high quality black teas for his own private collection.

Politics

As a developing colony, Oceanian Sarnia has no true representative administration, its House of Assembly not planned to come into existence until late 2007. In the interim, the island is governed directly by Parliament in Imperium whose will is exercised by the Royal Governor of Sarnia, currently Sir Basil Ashford.