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{{Infobox country
|conventional_long_name = Atlantic Commonwealth
|native_name = ''Mancomunidad Atlántica'' ({{W|Spanish language|Spanish}})
|common_name = Atlantica
|image_flag = Flag of Atlantica.svg
|image_coat = Coat of Arms of Atlantica.svg
|national_motto = "Labor, God, Strength"
|national_anthem = "[[Our Blessed Commonwealth]]" [[File:I Vow to Thee, My Country.mid]]
|royal_anthem = "{{W|God Save the King}}" [[File:United States Navy Band - God Save the Queen.oga]]
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|capital = [[Charleston Capital District|Charleston]]
|largest_city = {{W|New Orleans}}
|official_languages = {{W|American English|English}} {{*}} {{W|Spanish language|Spanish}}
|regional_languages = {{W|French language|French}} ({{W|Haitian French|Haitian}}) {{*}} {{W|Haitian Creole}} {{*}} {{W|Louisiana Creole}} {{*}} {{W|German language|German}} ({{W|Texas German language|Texan}})
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|demonym = [[Atlanticans|Atlantican]]
|government_type = {{W|Federation|Federal}} {{W|Westminster system|parliamentary constitutional monarchy}}
|leader_title1 = [[Monarchy of Atlantica|Monarch]]
|leader_name1 = {{W|Charles III}}
|leader_title2 = [[Governor General of Atlantica|Governor General]]
|leader_name2 = [[Michelle Levitt]]
|leader_title3 = [[Prime Minister of Atlantica|Prime Minister]]
|leader_name3 = [[Joseph McMaster]]
|legislature = [[Parliament of Atlantica|Parliament]]
|upper_house = [[Senate of Atlantica|Senate]]
|lower_house = [[House of Commons of Atlantica|House of Commons]]
|sovereignty_type = [[History of Atlantica|Formation]]
|established_event1 = {{W|Province of Carolina}}
|established_date1 = 24 March 1663
|established_event2 = [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]]
|established_date2 = 3 April 1783
|established_event3 = [[Treaty of Ghent (Makerverse)|Treaty of Ghent]]
|established_date3 = 10 February 1815
|established_event4 = [[Texas Cession]]
|established_date4 = 12 February 1848
|established_event5 = [[Caribbean Cession]]
|established_date5 = 13 August 1898
|established_event6 = [[Constitution of Atlantica|Current constitution]]
|established_date6 = 10 August 1918
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'''Atlantica''', officially the '''Atlantic Commonwealth''' ({{w|Spanish language|Spanish}}: ''Mancomunidad Atlántica''), is a country located in {{W|North America}} centered in the {{W|Southeastern United States|southeastern region}} that comprises its mainland with additional territories located in the {{W|Caribbean}}. Its [[Provinces of Atlantica|twenty-one provinces]] stretch from the {{W|North Atlantic}} in the east to the {{W|Rio Grande}} river in the west within its continental mainland and comprises the majority of the island territories making up the Caribbean. Atlantica shares land borders with the {{MV|United States}} to the north and {{MV|California}} to the west while sharing maritime borders with {{MV|Colombia}}, {{MV|Mexico}}, and the {{MV|United Kingdom}}. The [[Atlantica–United States border|international border]] between Atlantica and the United States is one of the longest in the world. The {{W|capital city}} is the [[Charleston Capital District]] in {{MV|South Carolina}} while {{W|New Orleans}} is the country's largest city.

[[Native Atlanticans|Indigenous peoples]] have continuously inhabited the region that now makes up Atlantica for thousands of years prior to the arrival of the first Europeans. Beginning in the 17th century, the {{W|Kingdom of England}} and later the {{W|Kingdom of Great Britain}} engaged in {{W|British colonization of the Americas|widespread colonization}} across the Americas with the {{W|Province of Carolina}} becoming the first colony created in Atlantica's modern borders, first chartered in 1608 and later formally established in 1663 before being partitioned in 1712 into {{W|Province of North Carolina|North}} and {{W|Province of South Carolina|South Carolina}} as separate colonial provinces. The Carolinas would makeup part of the {{W|Southern Colonies|southern half}} of the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}}. The Southern Colonies would have their territory expanded following Britain's victory over the {{W|Kingdom of France}} at the end of the {{W|Seven Years' War}} in 1763 with the {{W|Royal Proclamation of 1763}} issued by {{W|George III|King George III}} being the cutoff point between the colonies and native tribes in the region. The {{W|American Revolution}} saw the colonies fall into upheaval between the pro-independence {{W|Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots}} and {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists}} with open war breaking out in 1775 following the {{W|Battles of Lexington and Concord}}. Following the {{W|United States Declaration of Independence|American declaration of independence}} on 4 July 1776, the British military deployed sizable forces to suppress the rebellions with an expeditionary force lead by {{W|Lord Charles Cornwallis}} sent to secure the Southern Colonies to contain the revolution and keep it confined to the Northern Colonies.

The subsequent {{W|American Revolutionary War}} would see British and Loyalist forces clash with Patriot rebels and ended in 1783 in a stalemate with the [[Treaty of Paris (Makerverse)|Treaty of Paris]] that year concluded the war with the northern colonies being legally recognized as the United States and as a sovereign state while the southern colonies remained under the British crown and were reorganized as Atlantica, becoming one of the "[[Loyal Nations]]" alongside {{MV|Canada}} due to their continued loyalty to the {{W|British Empire}} and crown. The demarcation line between the United States and Atlantica was based off of a modified version of the {{W|Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665}} with all land south of {{MV|Virginia}} being recognized as remaining part of the British Empire as their remaining colonies eastern North America. Both Atlantica and the United States came into conflict during the {{MV|War of 1812}} as part of war between the U.S. and Britain with fighting taking place along the Atlantican–American border and in {{W|French Louisiana}} with Atlantican forces capturing the strategically important port city of {{W|New Orleans}}. The subsequent {{MV|Treaty of Ghent}} divided the Louisiana territory among a north–south line with the latter being given to Atlantica and the north being given to the United States.

The 19th century saw a period of [[Territorial evolution of Atlantica|major territorial expansion]] both westward on the mainland and down south into the Caribbean. The [[Anglo-Mexican War]] (1846–1848) saw Atlantica [[Texas Cession|acquire]] the region of {{W|Texas}} and annex it into the commonwealth where it was reorganized into three provinces. Further expansion came in the [[Anglo-Spanish War (1898)|1898 Anglo-Spanish War]] where Atlantica acquired {{MV|Cuba}} and the other islands of the {{W|Greater Antilles}} region and would annex most of the Caribbean by the start of the 20th century in what is now known as the [[Caribbean Cession]].

==Etymology==
The name of Atlantica comes from the {{W|Atlantic Ocean}}, one of the five official oceans in the world and the main ocean that Atlantica borders, the latter being first mentioned in {{W|Stesichorus}} from {{W|Ancient Greece}}. Early name proposals for Atlantic included Carolina or the Carolina Commonwealth in reference to the southern colonies of the same name due to their loyalist sentiments and Britain managing to lock down the North and South Carolina colonies during the American Revolutionary War. The usage of the term {{W|Commonwealth|commonwealth}} as part of the country's official name was added to reference Atlantica as a shared political community among the {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|American Loyalists}} who helped form the nation and was created for them and in honor of their continued support for the British Empire and crown. Atlantica is often nicknamed the "pond nation" or the "pond commonwealth" in reference to the Atlantic being humorously referred to as "the pond" by the those in both North America and in the UK in reference to the Atlantic itself.
==History==
{{Main|History of Atlantica}}
===Early human settlement===
The first recorded case of human settlement in modern day Atlantica occurred around 9500 BCE with the arrival of the first human settlers into the region, such settlers now being known as {{W|Paleo-Indians}}. The Paleoindians lived as hunter-gatherers where they roamed in bands and hunted {{W|megafauna}} for food and survival. Several cultural stages occurred in the region from Archaic (c.8000–1000 BCE) and the later Woodland (c.1000 BCE – 1000 CE), preceded the first discovery in the region by Europeans in the 15 century, all of which are collectively referred to as the {{W|Mississippian period|Mississippian culture}}.

The Mississippian culture was a complex [[Native Americans in Atlantica|Native American]] {{W|Mound Builders|mound building}} culture that emerged and flourished within what is now Atlantica between 800 AD and 1500 AD prior to European colonization. During this period, the natives established elaborate and lengthy trade routes that connected their residential areas to their ceremonial centers and extended through the river valleys from the Great Lakes all the way to the East Coast of North America. Some notable explorers who encountered and later described the Mississippian culture, by that point in decline, included {{W|Pánfilo de Narváez}} (1528) and {{W|Hernando de Soto}} (1540) of Spain and {{W|Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville}} (1699) of France.

Native American tribes that are descendants of the mound builders include the {{W|Alabama people|Alabama}}, {{W|Apalachee}}, {{W|Caddo}}, {{W|Cherokee}}, {{W|Chickasaw}}, {{W|Choctaw}}, {{W|Creek people|Creek}}, {{W|Guale}}, {{W|Hitchiti}}, {{W|Houma}}, and the {{W|Seminole}} peoples. All of these groups still reside in Atlantica to this day. There are other peoples who lived in the region prior to the arrival of the first European colonists such as the {{W|Catawba}} and the {{W|Powhatan}}, however their ancestral links to the Mississippian culture are less clear.

===European colonization===
{{Main|Colonial history of Atlantica}}
The 16th century saw the arrival of the first European colonists as part of the broader {{W|European colonization of the Americas}} with both the French and Spanish being first ones to establish colonies in present day Atlantica. Due to them coming in large numbers, they unknowingly spread {{W|Disease|diseases}} among them that the natives lacked any immunity and thus lead to {{W|Population history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas|widespread population decline}} alongside violent conflicts and forceful relocations against the native tribes.

The Spanish and French established various settlements and whole colonies in {{W|Spanish Florida|Florida}}, {{W|Spanish Texas|Texas}}, and {{W|French Louisiana|Louisiana}}. The Spanish would settle Florida with {{W|St. Augustine, Florida|St. Augustine}} being the first permanent settlement established by the Spanish. The Spanish colonies were established in the 16th century and peaked population-wise by the 17th century, however the population remained small regardless due to the Spanish colonists lacking interest in agriculture and Florida lacking valuable minerals.

The predominant ethnocultural group of the original Southern colonies were the [[English Atlanticans|English]] who established the largest colonies and saw the region ultimately come under English and later British rule. First arriving in the 17th century, most of the English colonists were voluntary migrant settlers and chiefly settled the eastern coast of the region before pushing more inland and later settling the {{W|Appalachian Mountains}} by the 18th century. The majority of the English settlers were {{W|Indentured servitude|indentured servants}} who after their passage worked to pay off their debts and ultimately gain freedom. By contrast wealthier settlers, typically members of the English {{W|land gentry}}, who paid their way to receive land grants in the {{W|New World}} and were known as {{W|headrights}} who encouraged settlement of the continent.
[[File:Gacolony.png|right|thumb|240px|Map of the Southern Colonies with the {{W|Royal Proclamation of 1763|Proclamation Line of 1763}} marked in red.]]
The Southern Colonies were divided into three main regions which also came with their own respective differences: the {{W|Tidewater}}, the {{W|Deep South}}, and {{W|Appalachia}}. The Tidewater was the first of these regions to be settled by Europeans, consisting of the low-lying plains of southeastern {{MV|Virginia}} and the {{W|Inner Banks}} in northeastern {{MV|North Carolina}} alongside southeastern {{MV|Maryland}} and the {{W|Chesapeake Bay}}. The Deep South was settled next with the establishment of the {{W|Province of Carolina}} in 1663 and later followed up by the {{W|Province of Georgia}} as the next separate colony to be established. Appalachia was the last of the three main regions to be settled which was primarily done by {{W|Ulster Scots|Scotch-Irish}} settlers. In 1663, King {{W|Charles II of England}} granted the Charter of Carolina which granted land south of the {{W|Colony of Virginia}} and north of the colony of {{W|Spanish Florida}}. Said land was granted by King Charles II to eight {{W|Lord proprietor|lords proprietor}} and was granted to them in exchange for financial and political assistance in {{W|Stuart Restoration|restoring him to the throne}} in 1660. The land granted as part of the charter included land in the present-day provinces of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Yazoo, West Florida, and East Florida.

Within the British colonies, officially the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}}, immigration to them began in 1607 and lasted until 1775 with the outbreak of the American Revolution. These settlers would clear land, build houses, other outbuildings, and their own farms on the land they acquired. The rich settlers of the Southern Colonies owned large {{W|Plantation complexes in the Southern United States|plantations}} that dominated export agriculture in the colonies and frequently uses slaves which were involved in labor-intensive work cultivating {{W|Cash crop|cash crops}} such as tobacco, the first of these crops, followed up other cash crops later on. Tobacco would exhaust the soil quickly and forced farmers to clear new fields. They would use old fields for pasture and for crops such as corn or wheat or allowed them to grow into woodlots.

During to the mid-to-late 18th century, large groups of {{W|Ulster Scots}} (later called the [[Scotch-Irish Atlanticans|Scotch-Irsh]]) and other British migrants from the region around the {{W|Anglo-Scottish border}} immigrated to and settled in the American colonies and would settle in the regions of {{W|Appalachia}} and {{W|Piedmont (plateau)|Piedmont}}. These settlers were the largest immigrants of non-English origin from the {{W|British Isles}} prior to the outbreak of the {{MV|American Revolution}}. The early colonies would engage in {{W|Ritual warfare|warfare}}, trade, and cultural exchanges with settlers living the backcountry would encounter the {{W|Creek Indians}}, {{W|Cherokee}}, and the {{W|Choctaws}} among other regional native groups these settlers were the most likely to encounter.

===Instituting slavery===
{{Main|Slavery in Atlantica}}
[[File:Slavery in the 13 colonies.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Map of the number of proportion of slaves across the Thirteen Colonies in 1770.]]
Prior to the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1776, {{W|Slavery in the colonial history of the United States|slavery was legal}} throughout the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}} with the British Empire having {{W|Slavery in the British and French Caribbean|slave island colonies}} in the {{W|Caribbean}}, including the islands of {{MV|Antigua}}, {{MV|Barbados}}, {{MV|Jamaica}}, and {{MV|Nevis}}, with said islands having provided a steady flow of profits from the slave labour used to produce sugar in the region. While slavery was a legal institution across the entire Thirteen Colonies, it was in the {{W|Southern Colonies}} that slavery was the most prevalent with the region possessing the largest number of slave plantations and the largest number of African American slaves in proportion to their overall populations compared to the {{W|Middle Colonies}} and the {{W|New England Colonies}}.

According to Atlantican historian {{W|Bertram Wyatt-Brown}}, "Bondage was an answer to an economic need. The South was not founded to create slavery; slavery was recruited to perpetuate the South." The {{W|Barbados Slave Code}} of 1661 served as the legal basis for the slave codes that were adopted throughout the {{W|Province of the Carolinas}} and thew {{W|Province of Georgia}} in the Thirteen Colonies. In other parts of British America where the slave codes weren't an exact copy of the Barbados one, such as in the {{W|Province of Virginia}} and the {{W|Province of Maryland}}, the slave code's influence could still be felt and traced through various provisions.

Behind Virginia, the future provinces of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina possessed the largest number of slaves and proportion to each colony's population within the Southern Colonies prior to the outbreak of the American Revolution and were the basis of the plantation-based agricultural economy and system that would dominated the economics of the region both before and after the revolution. Nearby {{W|Spanish Florida}} proved to be a thorn in Britain's side as the colony had served as a refuge for fugitive slaves since 1687 under the Spanish colonial code with Spain intentionally implementing this as a policy in hopes of undermining British colonial rule in North America.
===American Revolution===
{{Main|American Revolutionary War (Makerverse)}}
[[File:Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis.png|thumb|right|210px|{{W|Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Lord Charles Cornwallis}}, the main British Army general in the Southern theater of the American War.]]
During the {{MV|American Revolutionary War}}, the Southern Colonies became a battleground between the {{W|Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots}} and the {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists}} as was the case throughout the rest of the Thirteen Colonies. Early battles and campaigns were largely concentrated in the Northern Colonies around {{MV|New York}} and New England along with nearby Canada as well. Among the Southern Colonies, Virginia would provide major Patriot leaders such as political leader and Declaration of Independence author {{W|Thomas Jefferson}} and {{W|Continental Army}} Commander-in-Chief {{W|George Washington}}, though a large Loyalist presence still remained.

By 1777, the British political and military leadership was fully aware that the rebellion was more formidable than expected and conflict began spreading down south. Seeking to contain the Continental Army in the Northern Colonies and prevent them and their momentum from spreading down south, additional British reinforcements were sent down to reinforce the south and prevent the spread of the Patriot momentum and cause from encouraging their sympathizers in the region. {{W|Charles Cornwalls, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Lord Charles Cornwallis}} would ultimately be chosen to lead the British expedition which landed on August 23rd in the port cities of {{W|Charleston, South Carolina}} that would be the basis for future British military campaigns and efforts against the Patriot rebels in the region and were backed by Loyalist sympathizers, much of which were concentrated in the major port cities and similar areas.

Battles had already token place in the Southern Colonies prior to the arrival of British reinforcements in 1777 such as Patriot forces capturing the port city of {{W|Wilmington, North Carolina}} in the previous year with the port eventually being recaptured in January 1778. Several skirmishes and battles had occurred beforehand between Patriot militias in the countryside and Loyalist militias organized in cities and other communities with pro-Loyalist leanings. {{W|Savannah, Georgia}} was another notable city in the South that was also captured by British and Loyalist forces as well with organizing Loyalist militias and support being difficult due to Patriot sympathies being higher than expected, but was somewhat remedied by the cause mainly being higher in the Northern Colonies where the main Continental Army and Patriot forces were successfully contained there.

Having largely contained the revolution to the northern colonies and locked down the south early on. 1780 saw major battles break out as seen with the {{W|Battle of Monck's Corner}} and the {{W|Battle of Lenud's Ferry}}. These battles consisted entirely of Loyalist soldiers with the exception of the commanding officer, {{W|Banastre Tarleton}}, who helped secure British control in South Carolina at the {{W|Battle of Waxhawks}}. The British Army had been recruiting {{W|Black Loyalists}} into their forces since the start of the revolution, offering freedom and emancipation in exchange for service in the army and found thousands of volunteers, primarily slaves who were owned by Patriot supports and/or soldiers. Said Black Loyalists fought alongside their white counterparts since 1775 as seen at the {{W|Battle of Kemp's Landing}} in Virginia. By 1781, British and Loyalist forces had successfully managed to retain control over South Carolina and Georgia as well as preventing further spread of Patriot activity into these and other nearby areas with North Carolina remaining a contested battleground with Continental Army forces being lead by general {{W|Nathaniel Greene}} within the Southern theater.
[[File:Battle of Guiliford Courthouse 15 March 1781.jpg|thumb|left|240px|1st Maryland Regiment at the {{W|Battle of Guilford Courthouse}}, 15 March 1781.]]
1781 would see the largest battle of the war in the Southern theater in North Carolina at the {{W|Battle of Guilford's Courthouse}}, which took place on March 15 in {{W|Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro}}, where General Cornwallis lead a force of 3,100 men against a Patriot force of 4,500 lead by General Greene. Despite being outnumbered, the British managed to push back the Continental Army and resulted in the latter forming a defensive circle in a costly last stand against the British and Loyalist forces. Despite taking high losses, the British forces successfully forced the Patriot rebels to retreat and routed them, many of the rebels eventually dropping their weapons and {{W|Desertion|deserting}} back to their homes. The battle was seen as a victory for the British and had weakened Patriot activity in the South as a result of Britain's containment strategy and keeping enough pressure up in the north to prevent the Continental Army from sending ample reinforcements to the Southern Colonies.

By the summer of 1781, the British political and military leadership had come to the conclusion that the American War was becoming a costly quagmire and should pursue a diplomatic conclusion to end the conflict, viewing holding onto the Southern Colonies in exchange for recognizing American independence and the United States in the north as more worthwhile decision in favor of prolonged conflict which they feared would possibly lead to the undermining of British control in the south and the loss of the remaining colonies under their control.

Negotiations began in 1782 between the British and American delegations where they eventually ended up signing the {{MV|Treaty of Paris}} in 1783 which formally ended the American War. As part of the treaty, Great Britain officially recognized the United States as a {{W|Political legitimacy|legitimate sovereign state}} while the {{W|Continental Congress}} officially recognized British sovereignty over the Southern Colonies and recognized them as remaining part of the British Empire while the Northern Colonies were recognized as part of the new United States along with the Acadian territories being recognized as part of the U.S. as well due to them having sided with the Patriots during the revolution and were the only territories in Canada that actually sided with the Patriots while the rest remained part of the British Empire. The treaty came into effect in 1783 and officially ended hostilities between the British, Americans, and their allies. For the Loyalists, the treaty was bittersweet in that while half of the colonies broke off, the other half remained part of the British realm and as such there remained an area in North America outside of Canada they can move to and remain part of the British crown.

===Post-revolution developments===
{{Main|History of Atlantica (1784–1815)}}
Following the signing of the Treaty of Paris, the partition was formalized with all land south of Virginia being recognized as being part of British America while the United States was officially recognized as a legitimate sovereign state by the British government. Migration occurred between Atlantica and the United States with any remaining Loyalists and Loyalist-leaning sympathizers moving down south to Atlantica while Patriot-leaning people moved to the United States, said migration being a term within the Treaty of Paris as a condition for peace between the United States and Great Britain and American recognition of continued British sovereignty over the Southern Colonies. Many of these Loyalist migrants would later form the [[Legion of American Loyalists]], a chivalric order comprised of those who fought to remain part of the British Empire during the American War and were rewarded for their loyalty by the British crown and government.
[[File:James Wright (governor).jpg|thumb|right|210px|{{W|James Wright (governor)|James Wright}} served as the first prime minister of Atlantica.]]
The Southern Colonies would be officially reorganized as the [[Atlantic Colonies]] in 1784 as the new name for the colony now that the Thirteen Colonies were defunct and the original name was inapplicable, though the original colonial political systems from before 1775 remained in effect in the colonies. The Atlantic Commonwealth was chosen as the official name due to their proximity to the Atlantic Ocean and having won out over other names during the official convention for the establishment of the new polity. While the Treaty of Paris had ensured peace between Atlantica and the United States, tensions still remained between both polities with many in Atlantica viewing the United States as a rogue break-away entity that Atlantica must remain wary of as loyal subjects of the British Empire while many in the U.S. viewed the revolution as incomplete and wanted Atlantica to be annexed into the republic under the {{W|Irredentism|irredentist}} [[Finish the Revolution]] movement.

The first years after the American War were spent building the new political system and structure of the Atlantic Colonies. While the original colonial arrangements and government systems remained in place, new institutions had to be created and the creation of a governing body to administer all of the colonies akin to a federated government was also established as a means of ensuring continued British sovereignty over the colonies while being decentralized to ensure autonomy for the colonies to prevent a resurgence in pro-Patriot sentiment. Shortly after the Atlantic Colonies were created, {{W|James Wright (governor)|James Wright}} was made Minister of State for the Atlantic Colonies, becoming the first [[Prime Minister of Atlantica|prime minister]] in Atlantican history, due to his political experience as the {{W|List of governors of Georgia|colonial governor}} of Georgia and role as a major loyalist during the American War. Wright was reaffirmed as minister of state following the [[1784 Atlantican general election|first general election]] held later that year. Wright oversaw the adoption of the first constitution of Atlantica, the resettlement of Loyalist refugees fleeing from the United States in the north, solidifying the colonies' ties to the British Empire, and negotiating with the new American government to ensure a mutually recognized and stable border was established between the two polities.

Early [[Atlantica–United States relations|diplomatic relations]] between Atlantica and the United States were tense as a result of both tense early relations between the United States and Great Britain and the context of Atlantica existing due to the Southern Colonies remaining under the British due to their early deployment and successful containment strategy. Many Patriot rebels viewed Atlantica as an illegitimate polity and rightful American land due to it being part of the Thirteen Colonies that declared independence in 1776 with some adopting irredentism in response. Such views were reflected by [[Garvan Paine]] whose writings popularized the idea of annexing Atlantica under the guise of "completing" the American Revolution. The Atlantican government, now located in Charleston as its official capital, and the British government in {{W|London}} were fully aware of these feelings and intentionally stationed sizable British military forces and helped train and grow a sizable [[Armed Forces of Atlantica|Atlantican military]] to defend the colonies from potential American military aggression in the near future due to these sentiments along with disputes over the border and enforcement of it.
[[File:British Burning Washington.jpg|thumb|left|240px|Atlantican and British troops during the {{W|Burning of Washington}}, 1814.]]
Tensions between Atlantica and the United States began rising in the mid 1800s in response to British restrictions on American trade with {{W|First French Empire|Napoleonic France}} as part of {{W|Napoleonic Wars|wars against France}} during this time, {{W|Impressment|impressment}} of American sailors and citizens into the {{MV|Royal Navy}}, American exports to Atlantica being regulated as part of an effort to prevent them from going to France, and desires by many in the U.S. to annex both Atlantica and nearby Canada. After American forces invaded nearby Canada, the {{MV|War of 1812}} had begun which was also followed up by attacks by state and civilian militias against North Carolina, also dragging Atlantica into the conflict. Atlantica was the only belligerent that was remotely prepared for war when the War of 1812, alternatively called the Second American War or Atlantican-American War, had begun with the Atlantican military maintaining the bulk of its forces within the country and having been preparing for possible armed conflict with the United States in contrast to both the U.S., possessing a small regular army at the war's onset and relying on state militias, and Great Britain committing the bulk of its forces to fighting against Napoleonic France and its allies in Europe. Raids into Atlantican territory were carried out by American militiamen and in response Atlantica assisted various {{W|Tribe (Native American)|Native American tribes}} and nations who were in conflict with the United States and supported their armed efforts against the latter in retribution. The war saw heavy fighting along the border between Atlantic and the United States while the [[Atlantican Navy]] clashed with the {{MV|United States Navy}} along nearby waters and rivers.

Prior to the outbreak of the war, France had been negotiating with the United States to sell the {{W|Louisiana (New France)|Colony of Louisiana}} for money following the high financial cost of the unsuccessful {{W|Saint-Domingue expedition}} to suppress the {{W|Haitian Revolution}}. This caused concern for Atlantica who feared the United States would use the land to surround the colonies and then use it to attack it from all directions by land. Not long after the War of 1812 had broken out, both Atlantican and American forces rushed to capture as much of the colony as possible with Atlantican forces marching onto {{W|New Orleans}} and capturing the city and the wider region of Louisiana itself along with southern parts of the colony while the northern parts were taken by American forces. Fighting along the border was intense and was fought between both the regular armies of both countries as well as American state and Atlantican provincial militias as well. The intense combat on the border was cited by many historians as receiving pressure in Canada and allowing Canadian forces to push into some of the northernmost parts of the U.S. such as {{MV|Michigan}} and modern-day {{MV|Wisconsin}}. By 1814, the British and American governments began negotiations for peace to end the war with Atlantica being represented by London as part of the British Empire. The treaty came into effect in 1815 and ended the war with the Louisiana colony being evenly divided between the U.S. and Atlantica based upon the pre-existing border agreement signed decades earlier in the 1783 Treaty of Paris. The war was viewed as a victory in Atlantica due to it successfully repulsing American invasion forces and preventing attempts by the U.S. to annex the Atlantic Colonies.

===Great Race West===
{{Main|History of Atlantica (1815–1848)|Great Race West}}
{{See also|Territorial evolution of Atlantica}}
===Caribbean expansion===
{{Main|Caribbean Cession}}
===20th century===
===Modern history===

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WorldMaker18:

{{Infobox country
|conventional_long_name = Atlantic Commonwealth
|native_name = ''Mancomunidad Atlántica'' ({{W|Spanish language|Spanish}})
|common_name = Atlantica
|image_flag = Flag of Atlantica.svg
|image_coat = Coat of Arms of Atlantica.svg
|national_motto = "Labor, God, Strength"
|national_anthem = "[[Our Blessed Commonwealth]]" [[File:I Vow to Thee, My Country.mid]]
|royal_anthem = "{{W|God Save the King}}" [[File:United States Navy Band - God Save the Queen.oga]]
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|largest_city = {{W|New Orleans}}
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|leader_name1 = {{W|Charles III}}
|leader_title2 = [[Governor General of Atlantica|Governor General]]
|leader_name2 = [[Michelle Levitt]]
|leader_title3 = [[Prime Minister of Atlantica|Prime Minister]]
|leader_name3 = [[Joseph McMaster]]
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|upper_house = [[Senate of Atlantica|Senate]]
|lower_house = [[House of Commons of Atlantica|House of Commons]]
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|established_date1 = 24 March 1663
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|established_date2 = 3 April 1783
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|established_date3 = 10 February 1815
|established_event4 = [[Texas Cession]]
|established_date4 = 12 February 1848
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|established_date5 = 13 August 1898
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|established_date6 = 10 August 1918
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'''Atlantica''', officially the '''Atlantic Commonwealth''' ({{w|Spanish language|Spanish}}: ''Mancomunidad Atlántica''), is a country located in {{W|North America}} centered in the {{W|Southeastern United States|southeastern region}} that comprises its mainland with additional territories located in the {{W|Caribbean}}. Its [[Provinces of Atlantica|twenty-one provinces]] stretch from the {{W|North Atlantic}} in the east to the {{W|Rio Grande}} river in the west within its continental mainland and comprises the majority of the island territories making up the Caribbean. Atlantica shares land borders with the {{MV|United States}} to the north and {{MV|California}} to the west while sharing maritime borders with {{MV|Colombia}}, {{MV|Mexico}}, and the {{MV|United Kingdom}}. The [[Atlantica–United States border|international border]] between Atlantica and the United States is one of the longest in the world. The {{W|capital city}} is the [[Charleston Capital District]] in {{MV|South Carolina}} while {{W|New Orleans}} is the country's largest city.

[[Native Atlanticans|Indigenous peoples]] have continuously inhabited the region that now makes up Atlantica for thousands of years prior to the arrival of the first Europeans. Beginning in the 17th century, the {{W|Kingdom of England}} and later the {{W|Kingdom of Great Britain}} engaged in {{W|British colonization of the Americas|widespread colonization}} across the Americas with the {{W|Province of Carolina}} becoming the first colony created in Atlantica's modern borders, first chartered in 1608 and later formally established in 1663 before being partitioned in 1712 into {{W|Province of North Carolina|North}} and {{W|Province of South Carolina|South Carolina}} as separate colonial provinces. The Carolinas would makeup part of the {{W|Southern Colonies|southern half}} of the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}}. The Southern Colonies would have their territory expanded following Britain's victory over the {{W|Kingdom of France}} at the end of the {{W|Seven Years' War}} in 1763 with the {{W|Royal Proclamation of 1763}} issued by {{W|George III|King George III}} being the cutoff point between the colonies and native tribes in the region. The {{W|American Revolution}} saw the colonies fall into upheaval between the pro-independence {{W|Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots}} and {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists}} with open war breaking out in 1775 following the {{W|Battles of Lexington and Concord}}. Following the {{W|United States Declaration of Independence|American declaration of independence}} on 4 July 1776, the British military deployed sizable forces to suppress the rebellions with an expeditionary force lead by {{W|Lord Charles Cornwallis}} sent to secure the Southern Colonies to contain the revolution and keep it confined to the Northern Colonies.

The subsequent {{W|American Revolutionary War}} would see British and Loyalist forces clash with Patriot rebels and ended in 1783 in a stalemate with the [[Treaty of Paris (Makerverse)|Treaty of Paris]] that year concluded the war with the northern colonies being legally recognized as the United States and as a sovereign state while the southern colonies remained under the British crown and were reorganized as Atlantica, becoming one of the "[[Loyal Nations]]" alongside {{MV|Canada}} due to their continued loyalty to the {{W|British Empire}} and crown. The demarcation line between the United States and Atlantica was based off of a modified version of the {{W|Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665}} with all land south of {{MV|Virginia}} being recognized as remaining part of the British Empire as their remaining colonies eastern North America. Both Atlantica and the United States came into conflict during the {{MV|War of 1812}} as part of war between the U.S. and Britain with fighting taking place along the Atlantican–American border and in {{W|French Louisiana}} with Atlantican forces capturing the strategically important port city of {{W|New Orleans}}. The subsequent {{MV|Treaty of Ghent}} divided the Louisiana territory among a north–south line with the latter being given to Atlantica and the north being given to the United States.

The 19th century saw a period of [[Territorial evolution of Atlantica|major territorial expansion]] both westward on the mainland and down south into the Caribbean. The [[Anglo-Mexican War]] (1846–1848) saw Atlantica [[Texas Cession|acquire]] the region of {{W|Texas}} and annex it into the commonwealth where it was reorganized into three provinces. Further expansion came in the [[Anglo-Spanish War (1898)|1898 Anglo-Spanish War]] where Atlantica acquired {{MV|Cuba}} and the other islands of the {{W|Greater Antilles}} region and would annex most of the Caribbean by the start of the 20th century in what is now known as the [[Caribbean Cession]].

==Etymology==
The name of Atlantica comes from the {{W|Atlantic Ocean}}, one of the five official oceans in the world and the main ocean that Atlantica borders, the latter being first mentioned in {{W|Stesichorus}} from {{W|Ancient Greece}}. Early name proposals for Atlantic included Carolina or the Carolina Commonwealth in reference to the southern colonies of the same name due to their loyalist sentiments and Britain managing to lock down the North and South Carolina colonies during the American Revolutionary War. The usage of the term {{W|Commonwealth|commonwealth}} as part of the country's official name was added to reference Atlantica as a shared political community among the {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|American Loyalists}} who helped form the nation and was created for them and in honor of their continued support for the British Empire and crown. Atlantica is often nicknamed the "pond nation" or the "pond commonwealth" in reference to the Atlantic being humorously referred to as "the pond" by the those in both North America and in the UK in reference to the Atlantic itself.
==History==
{{Main|History of Atlantica}}
===Early human settlement===
The first recorded case of human settlement in modern day Atlantica occurred around 9500 BCE with the arrival of the first human settlers into the region, such settlers now being known as {{W|Paleo-Indians}}. The Paleoindians lived as hunter-gatherers where they roamed in bands and hunted {{W|megafauna}} for food and survival. Several cultural stages occurred in the region from Archaic (c.8000–1000 BCE) and the later Woodland (c.1000 BCE – 1000 CE), preceded the first discovery in the region by Europeans in the 15 century, all of which are collectively referred to as the {{W|Mississippian period|Mississippian culture}}.

The Mississippian culture was a complex [[Native Americans in Atlantica|Native American]] {{W|Mound Builders|mound building}} culture that emerged and flourished within what is now Atlantica between 800 AD and 1500 AD prior to European colonization. During this period, the natives established elaborate and lengthy trade routes that connected their residential areas to their ceremonial centers and extended through the river valleys from the Great Lakes all the way to the East Coast of North America. Some notable explorers who encountered and later described the Mississippian culture, by that point in decline, included {{W|Pánfilo de Narváez}} (1528) and {{W|Hernando de Soto}} (1540) of Spain and {{W|Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville}} (1699) of France.

Native American tribes that are descendants of the mound builders include the {{W|Alabama people|Alabama}}, {{W|Apalachee}}, {{W|Caddo}}, {{W|Cherokee}}, {{W|Chickasaw}}, {{W|Choctaw}}, {{W|Creek people|Creek}}, {{W|Guale}}, {{W|Hitchiti}}, {{W|Houma}}, and the {{W|Seminole}} peoples. All of these groups still reside in Atlantica to this day. There are other peoples who lived in the region prior to the arrival of the first European colonists such as the {{W|Catawba}} and the {{W|Powhatan}}, however their ancestral links to the Mississippian culture are less clear.

===European colonization===
{{Main|Colonial history of Atlantica}}
The 16th century saw the arrival of the first European colonists as part of the broader {{W|European colonization of the Americas}} with both the French and Spanish being first ones to establish colonies in present day Atlantica. Due to them coming in large numbers, they unknowingly spread {{W|Disease|diseases}} among them that the natives lacked any immunity and thus lead to {{W|Population history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas|widespread population decline}} alongside violent conflicts and forceful relocations against the native tribes.

The Spanish and French established various settlements and whole colonies in {{W|Spanish Florida|Florida}}, {{W|Spanish Texas|Texas}}, and {{W|French Louisiana|Louisiana}}. The Spanish would settle Florida with {{W|St. Augustine, Florida|St. Augustine}} being the first permanent settlement established by the Spanish. The Spanish colonies were established in the 16th century and peaked population-wise by the 17th century, however the population remained small regardless due to the Spanish colonists lacking interest in agriculture and Florida lacking valuable minerals.

The predominant ethnocultural group of the original Southern colonies were the [[English Atlanticans|English]] who established the largest colonies and saw the region ultimately come under English and later British rule. First arriving in the 17th century, most of the English colonists were voluntary migrant settlers and chiefly settled the eastern coast of the region before pushing more inland and later settling the {{W|Appalachian Mountains}} by the 18th century. The majority of the English settlers were {{W|Indentured servitude|indentured servants}} who after their passage worked to pay off their debts and ultimately gain freedom. By contrast wealthier settlers, typically members of the English {{W|land gentry}}, who paid their way to receive land grants in the {{W|New World}} and were known as {{W|headrights}} who encouraged settlement of the continent.
[[File:Gacolony.png|right|thumb|240px|Map of the Southern Colonies with the {{W|Royal Proclamation of 1763|Proclamation Line of 1763}} marked in red.]]
The Southern Colonies were divided into three main regions which also came with their own respective differences: the {{W|Tidewater}}, the {{W|Deep South}}, and {{W|Appalachia}}. The Tidewater was the first of these regions to be settled by Europeans, consisting of the low-lying plains of southeastern {{MV|Virginia}} and the {{W|Inner Banks}} in northeastern {{MV|North Carolina}} alongside southeastern {{MV|Maryland}} and the {{W|Chesapeake Bay}}. The Deep South was settled next with the establishment of the {{W|Province of Carolina}} in 1663 and later followed up by the {{W|Province of Georgia}} as the next separate colony to be established. Appalachia was the last of the three main regions to be settled which was primarily done by {{W|Ulster Scots|Scotch-Irish}} settlers. In 1663, King {{W|Charles II of England}} granted the Charter of Carolina which granted land south of the {{W|Colony of Virginia}} and north of the colony of {{W|Spanish Florida}}. Said land was granted by King Charles II to eight {{W|Lord proprietor|lords proprietor}} and was granted to them in exchange for financial and political assistance in {{W|Stuart Restoration|restoring him to the throne}} in 1660. The land granted as part of the charter included land in the present-day provinces of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Yazoo, West Florida, and East Florida.

Within the British colonies, officially the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}}, immigration to them began in 1607 and lasted until 1775 with the outbreak of the American Revolution. These settlers would clear land, build houses, other outbuildings, and their own farms on the land they acquired. The rich settlers of the Southern Colonies owned large {{W|Plantation complexes in the Southern United States|plantations}} that dominated export agriculture in the colonies and frequently uses slaves which were involved in labor-intensive work cultivating {{W|Cash crop|cash crops}} such as tobacco, the first of these crops, followed up other cash crops later on. Tobacco would exhaust the soil quickly and forced farmers to clear new fields. They would use old fields for pasture and for crops such as corn or wheat or allowed them to grow into woodlots.

During to the mid-to-late 18th century, large groups of {{W|Ulster Scots}} (later called the [[Scotch-Irish Atlanticans|Scotch-Irsh]]) and other British migrants from the region around the {{W|Anglo-Scottish border}} immigrated to and settled in the American colonies and would settle in the regions of {{W|Appalachia}} and {{W|Piedmont (plateau)|Piedmont}}. These settlers were the largest immigrants of non-English origin from the {{W|British Isles}} prior to the outbreak of the {{MV|American Revolution}}. The early colonies would engage in {{W|Ritual warfare|warfare}}, trade, and cultural exchanges with settlers living the backcountry would encounter the {{W|Creek Indians}}, {{W|Cherokee}}, and the {{W|Choctaws}} among other regional native groups these settlers were the most likely to encounter.

===Instituting slavery===
{{Main|Slavery in Atlantica}}
[[File:Slavery in the 13 colonies.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Map of the number of proportion of slaves across the Thirteen Colonies in 1770.]]
Prior to the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1776, {{W|Slavery in the colonial history of the United States|slavery was legal}} throughout the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}} with the British Empire having {{W|Slavery in the British and French Caribbean|slave island colonies}} in the {{W|Caribbean}}, including the islands of {{MV|Antigua}}, {{MV|Barbados}}, {{MV|Jamaica}}, and {{MV|Nevis}}, with said islands having provided a steady flow of profits from the slave labour used to produce sugar in the region. While slavery was a legal institution across the entire Thirteen Colonies, it was in the {{W|Southern Colonies}} that slavery was the most prevalent with the region possessing the largest number of slave plantations and the largest number of African American slaves in proportion to their overall populations compared to the {{W|Middle Colonies}} and the {{W|New England Colonies}}.

According to Atlantican historian {{W|Bertram Wyatt-Brown}}, "Bondage was an answer to an economic need. The South was not founded to create slavery; slavery was recruited to perpetuate the South." The {{W|Barbados Slave Code}} of 1661 served as the legal basis for the slave codes that were adopted throughout the {{W|Province of the Carolinas}} and thew {{W|Province of Georgia}} in the Thirteen Colonies. In other parts of British America where the slave codes weren't an exact copy of the Barbados one, such as in the {{W|Province of Virginia}} and the {{W|Province of Maryland}}, the slave code's influence could still be felt and traced through various provisions.

Behind Virginia, the future provinces of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina possessed the largest number of slaves and proportion to each colony's population within the Southern Colonies prior to the outbreak of the American Revolution and were the basis of the plantation-based agricultural economy and system that would dominated the economics of the region both before and after the revolution. Nearby {{W|Spanish Florida}} proved to be a thorn in Britain's side as the colony had served as a refuge for fugitive slaves since 1687 under the Spanish colonial code with Spain intentionally implementing this as a policy in hopes of undermining British colonial rule in North America.
===American Revolution===
{{Main|American Revolutionary War (Makerverse)}}
[[File:Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis.png|thumb|right|210px|{{W|Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Lord Charles Cornwallis}}, the main British Army general in the Southern theater of the American War.]]
During the {{MV|American Revolutionary War}}, the Southern Colonies became a battleground between the {{W|Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots}} and the {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists}} as was the case throughout the rest of the Thirteen Colonies. Early battles and campaigns were largely concentrated in the Northern Colonies around {{MV|New York}} and New England along with nearby Canada as well. Among the Southern Colonies, Virginia would provide major Patriot leaders such as political leader and Declaration of Independence author {{W|Thomas Jefferson}} and {{W|Continental Army}} Commander-in-Chief {{W|George Washington}}, though a large Loyalist presence still remained.

By 1777, the British political and military leadership was fully aware that the rebellion was more formidable than expected and conflict began spreading down south. Seeking to contain the Continental Army in the Northern Colonies and prevent them and their momentum from spreading down south, additional British reinforcements were sent down to reinforce the south and prevent the spread of the Patriot momentum and cause from encouraging their sympathizers in the region. {{W|Charles Cornwalls, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Lord Charles Cornwallis}} would ultimately be chosen to lead the British expedition which landed on August 23rd in the port cities of {{W|Charleston, South Carolina}} that would be the basis for future British military campaigns and efforts against the Patriot rebels in the region and were backed by Loyalist sympathizers, much of which were concentrated in the major port cities and similar areas.

Battles had already token place in the Southern Colonies prior to the arrival of British reinforcements in 1777 such as Patriot forces capturing the port city of {{W|Wilmington, North Carolina}} in the previous year with the port eventually being recaptured in January 1778. Several skirmishes and battles had occurred beforehand between Patriot militias in the countryside and Loyalist militias organized in cities and other communities with pro-Loyalist leanings. {{W|Savannah, Georgia}} was another notable city in the South that was also captured by British and Loyalist forces as well with organizing Loyalist militias and support being difficult due to Patriot sympathies being higher than expected, but was somewhat remedied by the cause mainly being higher in the Northern Colonies where the main Continental Army and Patriot forces were successfully contained there.

Having largely contained the revolution to the northern colonies and locked down the south early on. 1780 saw major battles break out as seen with the {{W|Battle of Monck's Corner}} and the {{W|Battle of Lenud's Ferry}}. These battles consisted entirely of Loyalist soldiers with the exception of the commanding officer, {{W|Banastre Tarleton}}, who helped secure British control in South Carolina at the {{W|Battle of Waxhawks}}. The British Army had been recruiting {{W|Black Loyalists}} into their forces since the start of the revolution, offering freedom and emancipation in exchange for service in the army and found thousands of volunteers, primarily slaves who were owned by Patriot supports and/or soldiers. Said Black Loyalists fought alongside their white counterparts since 1775 as seen at the {{W|Battle of Kemp's Landing}} in Virginia. By 1781, British and Loyalist forces had successfully managed to retain control over South Carolina and Georgia as well as preventing further spread of Patriot activity into these and other nearby areas with North Carolina remaining a contested battleground with Continental Army forces being lead by general {{W|Nathaniel Greene}} within the Southern theater.
[[File:Battle of Guiliford Courthouse 15 March 1781.jpg|thumb|left|240px|1st Maryland Regiment at the {{W|Battle of Guilford Courthouse}}, 15 March 1781.]]
1781 would see the largest battle of the war in the Southern theater in North Carolina at the {{W|Battle of Guilford's Courthouse}}, which took place on March 15 in {{W|Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro}}, where General Cornwallis lead a force of 3,100 men against a Patriot force of 4,500 lead by General Greene. Despite being outnumbered, the British managed to push back the Continental Army and resulted in the latter forming a defensive circle in a costly last stand against the British and Loyalist forces. Despite taking high losses, the British forces successfully forced the Patriot rebels to retreat and routed them, many of the rebels eventually dropping their weapons and {{W|Desertion|deserting}} back to their homes. The battle was seen as a victory for the British and had weakened Patriot activity in the South as a result of Britain's containment strategy and keeping enough pressure up in the north to prevent the Continental Army from sending ample reinforcements to the Southern Colonies.

By the summer of 1781, the British political and military leadership had come to the conclusion that the American War was becoming a costly quagmire and should pursue a diplomatic conclusion to end the conflict, viewing holding onto the Southern Colonies in exchange for recognizing American independence and the United States in the north as more worthwhile decision in favor of prolonged conflict which they feared would possibly lead to the undermining of British control in the south and the loss of the remaining colonies under their control.

Negotiations began in 1782 between the British and American delegations where they eventually ended up signing the {{MV|Treaty of Paris}} in 1783 which formally ended the American War. As part of the treaty, Great Britain officially recognized the United States as a {{W|Political legitimacy|legitimate sovereign state}} while the {{W|Continental Congress}} officially recognized British sovereignty over the Southern Colonies and recognized them as remaining part of the British Empire while the Northern Colonies were recognized as part of the new United States along with the Acadian territories being recognized as part of the U.S. as well due to them having sided with the Patriots during the revolution and were the only territories in Canada that actually sided with the Patriots while the rest remained part of the British Empire. The treaty came into effect in 1783 and officially ended hostilities between the British, Americans, and their allies. For the Loyalists, the treaty was bittersweet in that while half of the colonies broke off, the other half remained part of the British realm and as such there remained an area in North America outside of Canada they can move to and remain part of the British crown.

===Post-revolution developments===
{{Main|History of Atlantica (1784–1815)}}
Following the signing of the Treaty of Paris, the partition was formalized with all land south of Virginia being recognized as being part of British America while the United States was officially recognized as a legitimate sovereign state by the British government. Migration occurred between Atlantica and the United States with any remaining Loyalists and Loyalist-leaning sympathizers moving down south to Atlantica while Patriot-leaning people moved to the United States, said migration being a term within the Treaty of Paris as a condition for peace between the United States and Great Britain and American recognition of continued British sovereignty over the Southern Colonies. Many of these Loyalist migrants would later form the [[Legion of American Loyalists]], a chivalric order comprised of those who fought to remain part of the British Empire during the American War and were rewarded for their loyalty by the British crown and government.
[[File:James Wright (governor).jpg|thumb|right|210px|{{W|James Wright (governor)|James Wright}} served as the first prime minister of Atlantica.]]
The Southern Colonies would be officially reorganized as the [[Atlantic Colonies]] in 1784 as the new name for the colony now that the Thirteen Colonies were defunct and the original name was inapplicable, though the original colonial political systems from before 1775 remained in effect in the colonies. The Atlantic Commonwealth was chosen as the official name due to their proximity to the Atlantic Ocean and having won out over other names during the official convention for the establishment of the new polity. While the Treaty of Paris had ensured peace between Atlantica and the United States, tensions still remained between both polities with many in Atlantica viewing the United States as a rogue break-away entity that Atlantica must remain wary of as loyal subjects of the British Empire while many in the U.S. viewed the revolution as incomplete and wanted Atlantica to be annexed into the republic under the {{W|Irredentism|irredentist}} [[Finish the Revolution]] movement.

The first years after the American War were spent building the new political system and structure of the Atlantic Colonies. While the original colonial arrangements and government systems remained in place, new institutions had to be created and the creation of a governing body to administer all of the colonies akin to a federated government was also established as a means of ensuring continued British sovereignty over the colonies while being decentralized to ensure autonomy for the colonies to prevent a resurgence in pro-Patriot sentiment. Shortly after the Atlantic Colonies were created, {{W|James Wright (governor)|James Wright}} was made Minister of State for the Atlantic Colonies, becoming the first [[Prime Minister of Atlantica|prime minister]] in Atlantican history, due to his political experience as the {{W|List of governors of Georgia|colonial governor}} of Georgia and role as a major loyalist during the American War. Wright was reaffirmed as minister of state following the [[1784 Atlantican general election|first general election]] held later that year. Wright oversaw the adoption of the first constitution of Atlantica, the resettlement of Loyalist refugees fleeing from the United States in the north, solidifying the colonies' ties to the British Empire, and negotiating with the new American government to ensure a mutually recognized and stable border was established between the two polities.

Early [[Atlantica–United States relations|diplomatic relations]] between Atlantica and the United States were tense as a result of both tense early relations between the United States and Great Britain and the context of Atlantica existing due to the Southern Colonies remaining under the British due to their early deployment and successful containment strategy. Many Patriot rebels viewed Atlantica as an illegitimate polity and rightful American land due to it being part of the Thirteen Colonies that declared independence in 1776 with some adopting irredentism in response. Such views were reflected by [[Garvan Paine]] whose writings popularized the idea of annexing Atlantica under the guise of "completing" the American Revolution. The Atlantican government, now located in Charleston as its official capital, and the British government in {{W|London}} were fully aware of these feelings and intentionally stationed sizable British military forces and helped train and grow a sizable [[Armed Forces of Atlantica|Atlantican military]] to defend the colonies from potential American military aggression in the near future due to these sentiments along with disputes over the border and enforcement of it.
[[File:British Burning Washington.jpg|thumb|left|240px|Atlantican and British troops during the {{W|Burning of Washington}}, 1814.]]
Tensions between Atlantica and the United States began rising in the mid 1800s in response to British restrictions on American trade with {{W|First French Empire|Napoleonic France}} as part of {{W|Napoleonic Wars|wars against France}} during this time, {{W|Impressment|impressment}} of American sailors and citizens into the {{MV|Royal Navy}}, American exports to Atlantica being regulated as part of an effort to prevent them from going to France, and desires by many in the U.S. to annex both Atlantica and nearby Canada. After American forces invaded nearby Canada, the {{MV|War of 1812}} had begun which was also followed up by attacks by state and civilian militias against North Carolina, also dragging Atlantica into the conflict. Atlantica was the only belligerent that was remotely prepared for war when the War of 1812, alternatively called the Second American War or Atlantican-American War, had begun with the Atlantican military maintaining the bulk of its forces within the country and having been preparing for possible armed conflict with the United States in contrast to both the U.S., possessing a small regular army at the war's onset and relying on state militias, and Great Britain committing the bulk of its forces to fighting against Napoleonic France and its allies in Europe. Raids into Atlantican territory were carried out by American militiamen and in response Atlantica assisted various {{W|Tribe (Native American)|Native American tribes}} and nations who were in conflict with the United States and supported their armed efforts against the latter in retribution. The war saw heavy fighting along the border between Atlantic and the United States while the [[Atlantican Navy]] clashed with the {{MV|United States Navy}} along nearby waters and rivers.
===Great Race West===
{{Main|History of Atlantica (1815–1848)|Great Race West}}
{{See also|Territorial evolution of Atlantica}}
===Caribbean expansion===
{{Main|Caribbean Cession}}
===20th century===
===Modern history===

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'''Atlantica''', officially the '''Atlantic Commonwealth''' ({{w|Spanish language|Spanish}}: ''Mancomunidad Atlántica''), is a country located in {{W|North America}} centered in the {{W|Southeastern United States|southeastern region}} that comprises its mainland with additional territories located in the {{W|Caribbean}}. Its [[Provinces of Atlantica|twenty-one provinces]] stretch from the {{W|North Atlantic}} in the east to the {{W|Rio Grande}} river in the west within its continental mainland and comprises the majority of the island territories making up the Caribbean. Atlantica shares land borders with the {{MV|United States}} to the north and {{MV|California}} to the west while sharing maritime borders with {{MV|Colombia}}, {{MV|Mexico}}, and the {{MV|United Kingdom}}. The [[Atlantica–United States border|international border]] between Atlantica and the United States is one of the longest in the world. The {{W|capital city}} is the [[Charleston Capital District]] in {{MV|South Carolina}} while {{W|New Orleans}} is the country's largest city.

[[Native Atlanticans|Indigenous peoples]] have continuously inhabited the region that now makes up Atlantica for thousands of years prior to the arrival of the first Europeans. Beginning in the 17th century, the {{W|Kingdom of England}} and later the {{W|Kingdom of Great Britain}} engaged in {{W|British colonization of the Americas|widespread colonization}} across the Americas with the {{W|Province of Carolina}} becoming the first colony created in Atlantica's modern borders, first chartered in 1608 and later formally established in 1663 before being partitioned in 1712 into {{W|Province of North Carolina|North}} and {{W|Province of South Carolina|South Carolina}} as separate colonial provinces. The Carolinas would makeup part of the {{W|Southern Colonies|southern half}} of the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}}. The Southern Colonies would have their territory expanded following Britain's victory over the {{W|Kingdom of France}} at the end of the {{W|Seven Years' War}} in 1763 with the {{W|Royal Proclamation of 1763}} issued by {{W|George III|King George III}} being the cutoff point between the colonies and native tribes in the region. The {{W|American Revolution}} saw the colonies fall into upheaval between the pro-independence {{W|Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots}} and {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists}} with open war breaking out in 1775 following the {{W|Battles of Lexington and Concord}}. Following the {{W|United States Declaration of Independence|American declaration of independence}} on 4 July 1776, the British military deployed sizable forces to suppress the rebellions with an expeditionary force lead by {{W|Lord Charles Cornwallis}} sent to secure the Southern Colonies to contain the revolution and keep it confined to the Northern Colonies.

The subsequent {{W|American Revolutionary War}} would see British and Loyalist forces clash with Patriot rebels and ended in 1783 in a stalemate with the [[Treaty of Paris (Makerverse)|Treaty of Paris]] that year concluded the war with the northern colonies being legally recognized as the United States and as a sovereign state while the southern colonies remained under the British crown and were reorganized as Atlantica, becoming one of the "[[Loyal Nations]]" alongside {{MV|Canada}} due to their continued loyalty to the {{W|British Empire}} and crown. The demarcation line between the United States and Atlantica was based off of a modified version of the {{W|Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665}} with all land south of {{MV|Virginia}} being recognized as remaining part of the British Empire as their remaining colonies eastern North America. Both Atlantica and the United States came into conflict during the {{MV|War of 1812}} as part of war between the U.S. and Britain with fighting taking place along the Atlantican–American border and in {{W|French Louisiana}} with Atlantican forces capturing the strategically important port city of {{W|New Orleans}}. The subsequent {{MV|Treaty of Ghent}} divided the Louisiana territory among a north–south line with the latter being given to Atlantica and the north being given to the United States.

The 19th century saw a period of [[Territorial evolution of Atlantica|major territorial expansion]] both westward on the mainland and down south into the Caribbean. The [[Anglo-Mexican War]] (1846–1848) saw Atlantica [[Texas Cession|acquire]] the region of {{W|Texas}} and annex it into the commonwealth where it was reorganized into three provinces. Further expansion came in the [[Anglo-Spanish War (1898)|1898 Anglo-Spanish War]] where Atlantica acquired {{MV|Cuba}} and the other islands of the {{W|Greater Antilles}} region and would annex most of the Caribbean by the start of the 20th century in what is now known as the [[Caribbean Cession]].

==Etymology==
The name of Atlantica comes from the {{W|Atlantic Ocean}}, one of the five official oceans in the world and the main ocean that Atlantica borders, the latter being first mentioned in {{W|Stesichorus}} from {{W|Ancient Greece}}. Early name proposals for Atlantic included Carolina or the Carolina Commonwealth in reference to the southern colonies of the same name due to their loyalist sentiments and Britain managing to lock down the North and South Carolina colonies during the American Revolutionary War. The usage of the term {{W|Commonwealth|commonwealth}} as part of the country's official name was added to reference Atlantica as a shared political community among the {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|American Loyalists}} who helped form the nation and was created for them and in honor of their continued support for the British Empire and crown. Atlantica is often nicknamed the "pond nation" or the "pond commonwealth" in reference to the Atlantic being humorously referred to as "the pond" by the those in both North America and in the UK in reference to the Atlantic itself.
==History==
{{Main|History of Atlantica}}
===Early human settlement===
The first recorded case of human settlement in modern day Atlantica occurred around 9500 BCE with the arrival of the first human settlers into the region, such settlers now being known as {{W|Paleo-Indians}}. The Paleoindians lived as hunter-gatherers where they roamed in bands and hunted {{W|megafauna}} for food and survival. Several cultural stages occurred in the region from Archaic (c.8000–1000 BCE) and the later Woodland (c.1000 BCE – 1000 CE), preceded the first discovery in the region by Europeans in the 15 century, all of which are collectively referred to as the {{W|Mississippian period|Mississippian culture}}.

The Mississippian culture was a complex [[Native Americans in Atlantica|Native American]] {{W|Mound Builders|mound building}} culture that emerged and flourished within what is now Atlantica between 800 AD and 1500 AD prior to European colonization. During this period, the natives established elaborate and lengthy trade routes that connected their residential areas to their ceremonial centers and extended through the river valleys from the Great Lakes all the way to the East Coast of North America. Some notable explorers who encountered and later described the Mississippian culture, by that point in decline, included {{W|Pánfilo de Narváez}} (1528) and {{W|Hernando de Soto}} (1540) of Spain and {{W|Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville}} (1699) of France.

Native American tribes that are descendants of the mound builders include the {{W|Alabama people|Alabama}}, {{W|Apalachee}}, {{W|Caddo}}, {{W|Cherokee}}, {{W|Chickasaw}}, {{W|Choctaw}}, {{W|Creek people|Creek}}, {{W|Guale}}, {{W|Hitchiti}}, {{W|Houma}}, and the {{W|Seminole}} peoples. All of these groups still reside in Atlantica to this day. There are other peoples who lived in the region prior to the arrival of the first European colonists such as the {{W|Catawba}} and the {{W|Powhatan}}, however their ancestral links to the Mississippian culture are less clear.

===European colonization===
{{Main|Colonial history of Atlantica}}
The 16th century saw the arrival of the first European colonists as part of the broader {{W|European colonization of the Americas}} with both the French and Spanish being first ones to establish colonies in present day Atlantica. Due to them coming in large numbers, they unknowingly spread {{W|Disease|diseases}} among them that the natives lacked any immunity and thus lead to {{W|Population history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas|widespread population decline}} alongside violent conflicts and forceful relocations against the native tribes.

The Spanish and French established various settlements and whole colonies in {{W|Spanish Florida|Florida}}, {{W|Spanish Texas|Texas}}, and {{W|French Louisiana|Louisiana}}. The Spanish would settle Florida with {{W|St. Augustine, Florida|St. Augustine}} being the first permanent settlement established by the Spanish. The Spanish colonies were established in the 16th century and peaked population-wise by the 17th century, however the population remained small regardless due to the Spanish colonists lacking interest in agriculture and Florida lacking valuable minerals.

The predominant ethnocultural group of the original Southern colonies were the [[English Atlanticans|English]] who established the largest colonies and saw the region ultimately come under English and later British rule. First arriving in the 17th century, most of the English colonists were voluntary migrant settlers and chiefly settled the eastern coast of the region before pushing more inland and later settling the {{W|Appalachian Mountains}} by the 18th century. The majority of the English settlers were {{W|Indentured servitude|indentured servants}} who after their passage worked to pay off their debts and ultimately gain freedom. By contrast wealthier settlers, typically members of the English {{W|land gentry}}, who paid their way to receive land grants in the {{W|New World}} and were known as {{W|headrights}} who encouraged settlement of the continent.
[[File:Gacolony.png|right|thumb|240px|Map of the Southern Colonies with the {{W|Royal Proclamation of 1763|Proclamation Line of 1763}} marked in red.]]
The Southern Colonies were divided into three main regions which also came with their own respective differences: the {{W|Tidewater}}, the {{W|Deep South}}, and {{W|Appalachia}}. The Tidewater was the first of these regions to be settled by Europeans, consisting of the low-lying plains of southeastern {{MV|Virginia}} and the {{W|Inner Banks}} in northeastern {{MV|North Carolina}} alongside southeastern {{MV|Maryland}} and the {{W|Chesapeake Bay}}. The Deep South was settled next with the establishment of the {{W|Province of Carolina}} in 1663 and later followed up by the {{W|Province of Georgia}} as the next separate colony to be established. Appalachia was the last of the three main regions to be settled which was primarily done by {{W|Ulster Scots|Scotch-Irish}} settlers. In 1663, King {{W|Charles II of England}} granted the Charter of Carolina which granted land south of the {{W|Colony of Virginia}} and north of the colony of {{W|Spanish Florida}}. Said land was granted by King Charles II to eight {{W|Lord proprietor|lords proprietor}} and was granted to them in exchange for financial and political assistance in {{W|Stuart Restoration|restoring him to the throne}} in 1660. The land granted as part of the charter included land in the present-day provinces of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Yazoo, West Florida, and East Florida.

Within the British colonies, officially the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}}, immigration to them began in 1607 and lasted until 1775 with the outbreak of the American Revolution. These settlers would clear land, build houses, other outbuildings, and their own farms on the land they acquired. The rich settlers of the Southern Colonies owned large {{W|Plantation complexes in the Southern United States|plantations}} that dominated export agriculture in the colonies and frequently uses slaves which were involved in labor-intensive work cultivating {{W|Cash crop|cash crops}} such as tobacco, the first of these crops, followed up other cash crops later on. Tobacco would exhaust the soil quickly and forced farmers to clear new fields. They would use old fields for pasture and for crops such as corn or wheat or allowed them to grow into woodlots.

During to the mid-to-late 18th century, large groups of {{W|Ulster Scots}} (later called the [[Scotch-Irish Atlanticans|Scotch-Irsh]]) and other British migrants from the region around the {{W|Anglo-Scottish border}} immigrated to and settled in the American colonies and would settle in the regions of {{W|Appalachia}} and {{W|Piedmont (plateau)|Piedmont}}. These settlers were the largest immigrants of non-English origin from the {{W|British Isles}} prior to the outbreak of the {{MV|American Revolution}}. The early colonies would engage in {{W|Ritual warfare|warfare}}, trade, and cultural exchanges with settlers living the backcountry would encounter the {{W|Creek Indians}}, {{W|Cherokee}}, and the {{W|Choctaws}} among other regional native groups these settlers were the most likely to encounter.

===Instituting slavery===
{{Main|Slavery in Atlantica}}
[[File:Slavery in the 13 colonies.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Map of the number of proportion of slaves across the Thirteen Colonies in 1770.]]
Prior to the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1776, {{W|Slavery in the colonial history of the United States|slavery was legal}} throughout the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}} with the British Empire having {{W|Slavery in the British and French Caribbean|slave island colonies}} in the {{W|Caribbean}}, including the islands of {{MV|Antigua}}, {{MV|Barbados}}, {{MV|Jamaica}}, and {{MV|Nevis}}, with said islands having provided a steady flow of profits from the slave labour used to produce sugar in the region. While slavery was a legal institution across the entire Thirteen Colonies, it was in the {{W|Southern Colonies}} that slavery was the most prevalent with the region possessing the largest number of slave plantations and the largest number of African American slaves in proportion to their overall populations compared to the {{W|Middle Colonies}} and the {{W|New England Colonies}}.

According to Atlantican historian {{W|Bertram Wyatt-Brown}}, "Bondage was an answer to an economic need. The South was not founded to create slavery; slavery was recruited to perpetuate the South." The {{W|Barbados Slave Code}} of 1661 served as the legal basis for the slave codes that were adopted throughout the {{W|Province of the Carolinas}} and thew {{W|Province of Georgia}} in the Thirteen Colonies. In other parts of British America where the slave codes weren't an exact copy of the Barbados one, such as in the {{W|Province of Virginia}} and the {{W|Province of Maryland}}, the slave code's influence could still be felt and traced through various provisions.

Behind Virginia, the future provinces of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina possessed the largest number of slaves and proportion to each colony's population within the Southern Colonies prior to the outbreak of the American Revolution and were the basis of the plantation-based agricultural economy and system that would dominated the economics of the region both before and after the revolution. Nearby {{W|Spanish Florida}} proved to be a thorn in Britain's side as the colony had served as a refuge for fugitive slaves since 1687 under the Spanish colonial code with Spain intentionally implementing this as a policy in hopes of undermining British colonial rule in North America.
===American Revolution===
{{Main|American Revolutionary War (Makerverse)}}
[[File:Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis.png|thumb|right|210px|{{W|Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Lord Charles Cornwallis}}, the main British Army general in the Southern theater of the American War.]]
During the {{MV|American Revolutionary War}}, the Southern Colonies became a battleground between the {{W|Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots}} and the {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists}} as was the case throughout the rest of the Thirteen Colonies. Early battles and campaigns were largely concentrated in the Northern Colonies around {{MV|New York}} and New England along with nearby Canada as well. Among the Southern Colonies, Virginia would provide major Patriot leaders such as political leader and Declaration of Independence author {{W|Thomas Jefferson}} and {{W|Continental Army}} Commander-in-Chief {{W|George Washington}}, though a large Loyalist presence still remained.

By 1777, the British political and military leadership was fully aware that the rebellion was more formidable than expected and conflict began spreading down south. Seeking to contain the Continental Army in the Northern Colonies and prevent them and their momentum from spreading down south, additional British reinforcements were sent down to reinforce the south and prevent the spread of the Patriot momentum and cause from encouraging their sympathizers in the region. {{W|Charles Cornwalls, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Lord Charles Cornwallis}} would ultimately be chosen to lead the British expedition which landed on August 23rd in the port cities of {{W|Charleston, South Carolina}} that would be the basis for future British military campaigns and efforts against the Patriot rebels in the region and were backed by Loyalist sympathizers, much of which were concentrated in the major port cities and similar areas.

Battles had already token place in the Southern Colonies prior to the arrival of British reinforcements in 1777 such as Patriot forces capturing the port city of {{W|Wilmington, North Carolina}} in the previous year with the port eventually being recaptured in January 1778. Several skirmishes and battles had occurred beforehand between Patriot militias in the countryside and Loyalist militias organized in cities and other communities with pro-Loyalist leanings. {{W|Savannah, Georgia}} was another notable city in the South that was also captured by British and Loyalist forces as well with organizing Loyalist militias and support being difficult due to Patriot sympathies being higher than expected, but was somewhat remedied by the cause mainly being higher in the Northern Colonies where the main Continental Army and Patriot forces were successfully contained there.

Having largely contained the revolution to the northern colonies and locked down the south early on. 1780 saw major battles break out as seen with the {{W|Battle of Monck's Corner}} and the {{W|Battle of Lenud's Ferry}}. These battles consisted entirely of Loyalist soldiers with the exception of the commanding officer, {{W|Banastre Tarleton}}, who helped secure British control in South Carolina at the {{W|Battle of Waxhawks}}. The British Army had been recruiting {{W|Black Loyalists}} into their forces since the start of the revolution, offering freedom and emancipation in exchange for service in the army and found thousands of volunteers, primarily slaves who were owned by Patriot supports and/or soldiers. Said Black Loyalists fought alongside their white counterparts since 1775 as seen at the {{W|Battle of Kemp's Landing}} in Virginia. By 1781, British and Loyalist forces had successfully managed to retain control over South Carolina and Georgia as well as preventing further spread of Patriot activity into these and other nearby areas with North Carolina remaining a contested battleground with Continental Army forces being lead by general {{W|Nathaniel Greene}} within the Southern theater.
[[File:Battle of Guiliford Courthouse 15 March 1781.jpg|thumb|left|240px|1st Maryland Regiment at the {{W|Battle of Guilford Courthouse}}, 15 March 1781.]]
1781 would see the largest battle of the war in the Southern theater in North Carolina at the {{W|Battle of Guilford's Courthouse}}, which took place on March 15 in {{W|Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro}}, where General Cornwallis lead a force of 3,100 men against a Patriot force of 4,500 lead by General Greene. Despite being outnumbered, the British managed to push back the Continental Army and resulted in the latter forming a defensive circle in a costly last stand against the British and Loyalist forces. Despite taking high losses, the British forces successfully forced the Patriot rebels to retreat and routed them, many of the rebels eventually dropping their weapons and {{W|Desertion|deserting}} back to their homes. The battle was seen as a victory for the British and had weakened Patriot activity in the South as a result of Britain's containment strategy and keeping enough pressure up in the north to prevent the Continental Army from sending ample reinforcements to the Southern Colonies.

By the summer of 1781, the British political and military leadership had come to the conclusion that the American War was becoming a costly quagmire and should pursue a diplomatic conclusion to end the conflict, viewing holding onto the Southern Colonies in exchange for recognizing American independence and the United States in the north as more worthwhile decision in favor of prolonged conflict which they feared would possibly lead to the undermining of British control in the south and the loss of the remaining colonies under their control.

Negotiations began in 1782 between the British and American delegations where they eventually ended up signing the {{MV|Treaty of Paris}} in 1783 which formally ended the American War. As part of the treaty, Great Britain officially recognized the United States as a {{W|Political legitimacy|legitimate sovereign state}} while the {{W|Continental Congress}} officially recognized British sovereignty over the Southern Colonies and recognized them as remaining part of the British Empire while the Northern Colonies were recognized as part of the new United States along with the Acadian territories being recognized as part of the U.S. as well due to them having sided with the Patriots during the revolution and were the only territories in Canada that actually sided with the Patriots while the rest remained part of the British Empire. The treaty came into effect in 1783 and officially ended hostilities between the British, Americans, and their allies. For the Loyalists, the treaty was bittersweet in that while half of the colonies broke off, the other half remained part of the British realm and as such there remained an area in North America outside of Canada they can move to and remain part of the British crown.

===Post-revolution developments===
{{Main|History of Atlantica (1784–1815)}}
Following the signing of the Treaty of Paris, the partition was formalized with all land south of Virginia being recognized as being part of British America while the United States was officially recognized as a legitimate sovereign state by the British government. Migration occurred between Atlantica and the United States with any remaining Loyalists and Loyalist-leaning sympathizers moving down south to Atlantica while Patriot-leaning people moved to the United States, said migration being a term within the Treaty of Paris as a condition for peace between the United States and Great Britain and American recognition of continued British sovereignty over the Southern Colonies. Many of these Loyalist migrants would later form the [[Legion of American Loyalists]], a chivalric order comprised of those who fought to remain part of the British Empire during the American War and were rewarded for their loyalty by the British crown and government.
[[File:James Wright (governor).jpg|thumb|right|210px|{{W|James Wright (governor)|James Wright}} served as the first prime minister of Atlantica.]]
The Southern Colonies would be officially reorganized as the [[Atlantic Colonies]] in 1784 as the new name for the colony now that the Thirteen Colonies were defunct and the original name was inapplicable, though the original colonial political systems from before 1775 remained in effect in the colonies. The Atlantic Commonwealth was chosen as the official name due to their proximity to the Atlantic Ocean and having won out over other names during the official convention for the establishment of the new polity. While the Treaty of Paris had ensured peace between Atlantica and the United States, tensions still remained between both polities with many in Atlantica viewing the United States as a rogue break-away entity that Atlantica must remain wary of as loyal subjects of the British Empire while many in the U.S. viewed the revolution as incomplete and wanted Atlantica to be annexed into the republic under the {{W|Irredentism|irredentist}} [[Finish the Revolution]] movement.

The first years after the American War were spent building the new political system and structure of the Atlantic Colonies. While the original colonial arrangements and government systems remained in place, new institutions had to be created and the creation of a governing body to administer all of the colonies akin to a federated government was also established as a means of ensuring continued British sovereignty over the colonies while being decentralized to ensure autonomy for the colonies to prevent a resurgence in pro-Patriot sentiment. Shortly after the Atlantic Colonies were created, {{W|James Wright (governor)|James Wright}} was made Minister of State for the Atlantic Colonies, becoming the first [[Prime Minister of Atlantica|prime minister]] in Atlantican history, due to his political experience as the {{W|List of governors of Georgia|colonial governor}} of Georgia and role as a major loyalist during the American War. Wright was reaffirmed as minister of state following the [[1784 Atlantican general election|first general election]] held later that year. Wright oversaw the adoption of the first constitution of Atlantica, the resettlement of Loyalist refugees fleeing from the United States in the north, solidifying the colonies' ties to the British Empire, and negotiating with the new American government to ensure a mutually recognized and stable border was established between the two polities.

Early [[Atlantica–United States relations|diplomatic relations]] between Atlantica and the United States were tense as a result of both tense early relations between the United States and Great Britain and the context of Atlantica existing due to the Southern Colonies remaining under the British due to their early deployment and successful containment strategy. Many Patriot rebels viewed Atlantica as an illegitimate polity and rightful American land due to it being part of the Thirteen Colonies that declared independence in 1776 with some adopting irredentism in response. Such views were reflected by [[Garvan Paine]] whose writings popularized the idea of annexing Atlantica under the guise of "completing" the American Revolution. The Atlantican government, now located in Charleston as its official capital, and the British government in {{W|London}} were fully aware of these feelings and intentionally stationed sizable British military forces and helped train and grow a sizable [[Armed Forces of Atlantica|Atlantican military]] to defend the colonies from potential American military aggression in the near future due to these sentiments along with disputes over the border and enforcement of it.
===Great Race West===
{{Main|History of Atlantica (1815–1848)|Great Race West}}
{{See also|Territorial evolution of Atlantica}}
===Caribbean expansion===
{{Main|Caribbean Cession}}
===20th century===
===Modern history===

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'''Atlantica''', officially the '''Atlantic Commonwealth''' ({{w|Spanish language|Spanish}}: ''Mancomunidad Atlántica''), is a country located in {{W|North America}} centered in the {{W|Southeastern United States|southeastern region}} that comprises its mainland with additional territories located in the {{W|Caribbean}}. Its [[Provinces of Atlantica|twenty-one provinces]] stretch from the {{W|North Atlantic}} in the east to the {{W|Rio Grande}} river in the west within its continental mainland and comprises the majority of the island territories making up the Caribbean. Atlantica shares land borders with the {{MV|United States}} to the north and {{MV|California}} to the west while sharing maritime borders with {{MV|Colombia}}, {{MV|Mexico}}, and the {{MV|United Kingdom}}. The [[Atlantica–United States border|international border]] between Atlantica and the United States is one of the longest in the world. The {{W|capital city}} is the [[Charleston Capital District]] in {{MV|South Carolina}} while {{W|New Orleans}} is the country's largest city.

[[Native Atlanticans|Indigenous peoples]] have continuously inhabited the region that now makes up Atlantica for thousands of years prior to the arrival of the first Europeans. Beginning in the 17th century, the {{W|Kingdom of England}} and later the {{W|Kingdom of Great Britain}} engaged in {{W|British colonization of the Americas|widespread colonization}} across the Americas with the {{W|Province of Carolina}} becoming the first colony created in Atlantica's modern borders, first chartered in 1608 and later formally established in 1663 before being partitioned in 1712 into {{W|Province of North Carolina|North}} and {{W|Province of South Carolina|South Carolina}} as separate colonial provinces. The Carolinas would makeup part of the {{W|Southern Colonies|southern half}} of the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}}. The Southern Colonies would have their territory expanded following Britain's victory over the {{W|Kingdom of France}} at the end of the {{W|Seven Years' War}} in 1763 with the {{W|Royal Proclamation of 1763}} issued by {{W|George III|King George III}} being the cutoff point between the colonies and native tribes in the region. The {{W|American Revolution}} saw the colonies fall into upheaval between the pro-independence {{W|Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots}} and {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists}} with open war breaking out in 1775 following the {{W|Battles of Lexington and Concord}}. Following the {{W|United States Declaration of Independence|American declaration of independence}} on 4 July 1776, the British military deployed sizable forces to suppress the rebellions with an expeditionary force lead by {{W|Lord Charles Cornwallis}} sent to secure the Southern Colonies to contain the revolution and keep it confined to the Northern Colonies.

The subsequent {{W|American Revolutionary War}} would see British and Loyalist forces clash with Patriot rebels and ended in 1783 in a stalemate with the [[Treaty of Paris (Makerverse)|Treaty of Paris]] that year concluded the war with the northern colonies being legally recognized as the United States and as a sovereign state while the southern colonies remained under the British crown and were reorganized as Atlantica, becoming one of the "[[Loyal Nations]]" alongside {{MV|Canada}} due to their continued loyalty to the {{W|British Empire}} and crown. The demarcation line between the United States and Atlantica was based off of a modified version of the {{W|Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665}} with all land south of {{MV|Virginia}} being recognized as remaining part of the British Empire as their remaining colonies eastern North America. Both Atlantica and the United States came into conflict during the {{MV|War of 1812}} as part of war between the U.S. and Britain with fighting taking place along the Atlantican–American border and in {{W|French Louisiana}} with Atlantican forces capturing the strategically important port city of {{W|New Orleans}}. The subsequent {{MV|Treaty of Ghent}} divided the Louisiana territory among a north–south line with the latter being given to Atlantica and the north being given to the United States.

The 19th century saw a period of [[Territorial evolution of Atlantica|major territorial expansion]] both westward on the mainland and down south into the Caribbean. The [[Anglo-Mexican War]] (1846–1848) saw Atlantica [[Texas Cession|acquire]] the region of {{W|Texas}} and annex it into the commonwealth where it was reorganized into three provinces. Further expansion came in the [[Anglo-Spanish War (1898)|1898 Anglo-Spanish War]] where Atlantica acquired {{MV|Cuba}} and the other islands of the {{W|Greater Antilles}} region and would annex most of the Caribbean by the start of the 20th century in what is now known as the [[Caribbean Cession]].

==Etymology==
The name of Atlantica comes from the {{W|Atlantic Ocean}}, one of the five official oceans in the world and the main ocean that Atlantica borders, the latter being first mentioned in {{W|Stesichorus}} from {{W|Ancient Greece}}. Early name proposals for Atlantic included Carolina or the Carolina Commonwealth in reference to the southern colonies of the same name due to their loyalist sentiments and Britain managing to lock down the North and South Carolina colonies during the American Revolutionary War. The usage of the term {{W|Commonwealth|commonwealth}} as part of the country's official name was added to reference Atlantica as a shared political community among the {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|American Loyalists}} who helped form the nation and was created for them and in honor of their continued support for the British Empire and crown. Atlantica is often nicknamed the "pond nation" or the "pond commonwealth" in reference to the Atlantic being humorously referred to as "the pond" by the those in both North America and in the UK in reference to the Atlantic itself.
==History==
{{Main|History of Atlantica}}
===Early human settlement===
The first recorded case of human settlement in modern day Atlantica occurred around 9500 BCE with the arrival of the first human settlers into the region, such settlers now being known as {{W|Paleo-Indians}}. The Paleoindians lived as hunter-gatherers where they roamed in bands and hunted {{W|megafauna}} for food and survival. Several cultural stages occurred in the region from Archaic (c.8000–1000 BCE) and the later Woodland (c.1000 BCE – 1000 CE), preceded the first discovery in the region by Europeans in the 15 century, all of which are collectively referred to as the {{W|Mississippian period|Mississippian culture}}.

The Mississippian culture was a complex [[Native Americans in Atlantica|Native American]] {{W|Mound Builders|mound building}} culture that emerged and flourished within what is now Atlantica between 800 AD and 1500 AD prior to European colonization. During this period, the natives established elaborate and lengthy trade routes that connected their residential areas to their ceremonial centers and extended through the river valleys from the Great Lakes all the way to the East Coast of North America. Some notable explorers who encountered and later described the Mississippian culture, by that point in decline, included {{W|Pánfilo de Narváez}} (1528) and {{W|Hernando de Soto}} (1540) of Spain and {{W|Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville}} (1699) of France.

Native American tribes that are descendants of the mound builders include the {{W|Alabama people|Alabama}}, {{W|Apalachee}}, {{W|Caddo}}, {{W|Cherokee}}, {{W|Chickasaw}}, {{W|Choctaw}}, {{W|Creek people|Creek}}, {{W|Guale}}, {{W|Hitchiti}}, {{W|Houma}}, and the {{W|Seminole}} peoples. All of these groups still reside in Atlantica to this day. There are other peoples who lived in the region prior to the arrival of the first European colonists such as the {{W|Catawba}} and the {{W|Powhatan}}, however their ancestral links to the Mississippian culture are less clear.

===European colonization===
{{Main|Colonial history of Atlantica}}
The 16th century saw the arrival of the first European colonists as part of the broader {{W|European colonization of the Americas}} with both the French and Spanish being first ones to establish colonies in present day Atlantica. Due to them coming in large numbers, they unknowingly spread {{W|Disease|diseases}} among them that the natives lacked any immunity and thus lead to {{W|Population history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas|widespread population decline}} alongside violent conflicts and forceful relocations against the native tribes.

The Spanish and French established various settlements and whole colonies in {{W|Spanish Florida|Florida}}, {{W|Spanish Texas|Texas}}, and {{W|French Louisiana|Louisiana}}. The Spanish would settle Florida with {{W|St. Augustine, Florida|St. Augustine}} being the first permanent settlement established by the Spanish. The Spanish colonies were established in the 16th century and peaked population-wise by the 17th century, however the population remained small regardless due to the Spanish colonists lacking interest in agriculture and Florida lacking valuable minerals.

The predominant ethnocultural group of the original Southern colonies were the [[English Atlanticans|English]] who established the largest colonies and saw the region ultimately come under English and later British rule. First arriving in the 17th century, most of the English colonists were voluntary migrant settlers and chiefly settled the eastern coast of the region before pushing more inland and later settling the {{W|Appalachian Mountains}} by the 18th century. The majority of the English settlers were {{W|Indentured servitude|indentured servants}} who after their passage worked to pay off their debts and ultimately gain freedom. By contrast wealthier settlers, typically members of the English {{W|land gentry}}, who paid their way to receive land grants in the {{W|New World}} and were known as {{W|headrights}} who encouraged settlement of the continent.
[[File:Gacolony.png|right|thumb|240px|Map of the Southern Colonies with the {{W|Royal Proclamation of 1763|Proclamation Line of 1763}} marked in red.]]
The Southern Colonies were divided into three main regions which also came with their own respective differences: the {{W|Tidewater}}, the {{W|Deep South}}, and {{W|Appalachia}}. The Tidewater was the first of these regions to be settled by Europeans, consisting of the low-lying plains of southeastern {{MV|Virginia}} and the {{W|Inner Banks}} in northeastern {{MV|North Carolina}} alongside southeastern {{MV|Maryland}} and the {{W|Chesapeake Bay}}. The Deep South was settled next with the establishment of the {{W|Province of Carolina}} in 1663 and later followed up by the {{W|Province of Georgia}} as the next separate colony to be established. Appalachia was the last of the three main regions to be settled which was primarily done by {{W|Ulster Scots|Scotch-Irish}} settlers. In 1663, King {{W|Charles II of England}} granted the Charter of Carolina which granted land south of the {{W|Colony of Virginia}} and north of the colony of {{W|Spanish Florida}}. Said land was granted by King Charles II to eight {{W|Lord proprietor|lords proprietor}} and was granted to them in exchange for financial and political assistance in {{W|Stuart Restoration|restoring him to the throne}} in 1660. The land granted as part of the charter included land in the present-day provinces of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Yazoo, West Florida, and East Florida.

Within the British colonies, officially the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}}, immigration to them began in 1607 and lasted until 1775 with the outbreak of the American Revolution. These settlers would clear land, build houses, other outbuildings, and their own farms on the land they acquired. The rich settlers of the Southern Colonies owned large {{W|Plantation complexes in the Southern United States|plantations}} that dominated export agriculture in the colonies and frequently uses slaves which were involved in labor-intensive work cultivating {{W|Cash crop|cash crops}} such as tobacco, the first of these crops, followed up other cash crops later on. Tobacco would exhaust the soil quickly and forced farmers to clear new fields. They would use old fields for pasture and for crops such as corn or wheat or allowed them to grow into woodlots.

During to the mid-to-late 18th century, large groups of {{W|Ulster Scots}} (later called the [[Scotch-Irish Atlanticans|Scotch-Irsh]]) and other British migrants from the region around the {{W|Anglo-Scottish border}} immigrated to and settled in the American colonies and would settle in the regions of {{W|Appalachia}} and {{W|Piedmont (plateau)|Piedmont}}. These settlers were the largest immigrants of non-English origin from the {{W|British Isles}} prior to the outbreak of the {{MV|American Revolution}}. The early colonies would engage in {{W|Ritual warfare|warfare}}, trade, and cultural exchanges with settlers living the backcountry would encounter the {{W|Creek Indians}}, {{W|Cherokee}}, and the {{W|Choctaws}} among other regional native groups these settlers were the most likely to encounter.

===Instituting slavery===
{{Main|Slavery in Atlantica}}
[[File:Slavery in the 13 colonies.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Map of the number of proportion of slaves across the Thirteen Colonies in 1770.]]
Prior to the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1776, {{W|Slavery in the colonial history of the United States|slavery was legal}} throughout the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}} with the British Empire having {{W|Slavery in the British and French Caribbean|slave island colonies}} in the {{W|Caribbean}}, including the islands of {{MV|Antigua}}, {{MV|Barbados}}, {{MV|Jamaica}}, and {{MV|Nevis}}, with said islands having provided a steady flow of profits from the slave labour used to produce sugar in the region. While slavery was a legal institution across the entire Thirteen Colonies, it was in the {{W|Southern Colonies}} that slavery was the most prevalent with the region possessing the largest number of slave plantations and the largest number of African American slaves in proportion to their overall populations compared to the {{W|Middle Colonies}} and the {{W|New England Colonies}}.

According to Atlantican historian {{W|Bertram Wyatt-Brown}}, "Bondage was an answer to an economic need. The South was not founded to create slavery; slavery was recruited to perpetuate the South." The {{W|Barbados Slave Code}} of 1661 served as the legal basis for the slave codes that were adopted throughout the {{W|Province of the Carolinas}} and thew {{W|Province of Georgia}} in the Thirteen Colonies. In other parts of British America where the slave codes weren't an exact copy of the Barbados one, such as in the {{W|Province of Virginia}} and the {{W|Province of Maryland}}, the slave code's influence could still be felt and traced through various provisions.

Behind Virginia, the future provinces of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina possessed the largest number of slaves and proportion to each colony's population within the Southern Colonies prior to the outbreak of the American Revolution and were the basis of the plantation-based agricultural economy and system that would dominated the economics of the region both before and after the revolution. Nearby {{W|Spanish Florida}} proved to be a thorn in Britain's side as the colony had served as a refuge for fugitive slaves since 1687 under the Spanish colonial code with Spain intentionally implementing this as a policy in hopes of undermining British colonial rule in North America.
===American Revolution===
{{Main|American Revolutionary War (Makerverse)}}
[[File:Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis.png|thumb|right|210px|{{W|Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Lord Charles Cornwallis}}, the main British Army general in the Southern theater of the American War.]]
During the {{MV|American Revolutionary War}}, the Southern Colonies became a battleground between the {{W|Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots}} and the {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists}} as was the case throughout the rest of the Thirteen Colonies. Early battles and campaigns were largely concentrated in the Northern Colonies around {{MV|New York}} and New England along with nearby Canada as well. Among the Southern Colonies, Virginia would provide major Patriot leaders such as political leader and Declaration of Independence author {{W|Thomas Jefferson}} and {{W|Continental Army}} Commander-in-Chief {{W|George Washington}}, though a large Loyalist presence still remained.

By 1777, the British political and military leadership was fully aware that the rebellion was more formidable than expected and conflict began spreading down south. Seeking to contain the Continental Army in the Northern Colonies and prevent them and their momentum from spreading down south, additional British reinforcements were sent down to reinforce the south and prevent the spread of the Patriot momentum and cause from encouraging their sympathizers in the region. {{W|Charles Cornwalls, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Lord Charles Cornwallis}} would ultimately be chosen to lead the British expedition which landed on August 23rd in the port cities of {{W|Charleston, South Carolina}} that would be the basis for future British military campaigns and efforts against the Patriot rebels in the region and were backed by Loyalist sympathizers, much of which were concentrated in the major port cities and similar areas.

Battles had already token place in the Southern Colonies prior to the arrival of British reinforcements in 1777 such as Patriot forces capturing the port city of {{W|Wilmington, North Carolina}} in the previous year with the port eventually being recaptured in January 1778. Several skirmishes and battles had occurred beforehand between Patriot militias in the countryside and Loyalist militias organized in cities and other communities with pro-Loyalist leanings. {{W|Savannah, Georgia}} was another notable city in the South that was also captured by British and Loyalist forces as well with organizing Loyalist militias and support being difficult due to Patriot sympathies being higher than expected, but was somewhat remedied by the cause mainly being higher in the Northern Colonies where the main Continental Army and Patriot forces were successfully contained there.

Having largely contained the revolution to the northern colonies and locked down the south early on. 1780 saw major battles break out as seen with the {{W|Battle of Monck's Corner}} and the {{W|Battle of Lenud's Ferry}}. These battles consisted entirely of Loyalist soldiers with the exception of the commanding officer, {{W|Banastre Tarleton}}, who helped secure British control in South Carolina at the {{W|Battle of Waxhawks}}. The British Army had been recruiting {{W|Black Loyalists}} into their forces since the start of the revolution, offering freedom and emancipation in exchange for service in the army and found thousands of volunteers, primarily slaves who were owned by Patriot supports and/or soldiers. Said Black Loyalists fought alongside their white counterparts since 1775 as seen at the {{W|Battle of Kemp's Landing}} in Virginia. By 1781, British and Loyalist forces had successfully managed to retain control over South Carolina and Georgia as well as preventing further spread of Patriot activity into these and other nearby areas with North Carolina remaining a contested battleground with Continental Army forces being lead by general {{W|Nathaniel Greene}} within the Southern theater.
[[File:Battle of Guiliford Courthouse 15 March 1781.jpg|thumb|left|240px|1st Maryland Regiment at the {{W|Battle of Guilford Courthouse}}, 15 March 1781.]]
1781 would see the largest battle of the war in the Southern theater in North Carolina at the {{W|Battle of Guilford's Courthouse}}, which took place on March 15 in {{W|Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro}}, where General Cornwallis lead a force of 3,100 men against a Patriot force of 4,500 lead by General Greene. Despite being outnumbered, the British managed to push back the Continental Army and resulted in the latter forming a defensive circle in a costly last stand against the British and Loyalist forces. Despite taking high losses, the British forces successfully forced the Patriot rebels to retreat and routed them, many of the rebels eventually dropping their weapons and {{W|Desertion|deserting}} back to their homes. The battle was seen as a victory for the British and had weakened Patriot activity in the South as a result of Britain's containment strategy and keeping enough pressure up in the north to prevent the Continental Army from sending ample reinforcements to the Southern Colonies.

By the summer of 1781, the British political and military leadership had come to the conclusion that the American War was becoming a costly quagmire and should pursue a diplomatic conclusion to end the conflict, viewing holding onto the Southern Colonies in exchange for recognizing American independence and the United States in the north as more worthwhile decision in favor of prolonged conflict which they feared would possibly lead to the undermining of British control in the south and the loss of the remaining colonies under their control.

Negotiations began in 1782 between the British and American delegations where they eventually ended up signing the {{MV|Treaty of Paris}} in 1783 which formally ended the American War. As part of the treaty, Great Britain officially recognized the United States as a {{W|Political legitimacy|legitimate sovereign state}} while the {{W|Continental Congress}} officially recognized British sovereignty over the Southern Colonies and recognized them as remaining part of the British Empire while the Northern Colonies were recognized as part of the new United States along with the Acadian territories being recognized as part of the U.S. as well due to them having sided with the Patriots during the revolution and were the only territories in Canada that actually sided with the Patriots while the rest remained part of the British Empire. The treaty came into effect in 1783 and officially ended hostilities between the British, Americans, and their allies. For the Loyalists, the treaty was bittersweet in that while half of the colonies broke off, the other half remained part of the British realm and as such there remained an area in North America outside of Canada they can move to and remain part of the British crown.

===Post-revolution politics===
{{Main|History of Atlantica (1784–1815)}}
Following the signing of the Treaty of Paris, the partition was formalized with all land south of Virginia being recognized as being part of British America while the United States was officially recognized as a legitimate sovereign state by the British government. Migration occurred between Atlantica and the United States with any remaining Loyalists and Loyalist-leaning sympathizers moving down south to Atlantica while Patriot-leaning people moved to the United States, said migration being a term within the Treaty of Paris as a condition for peace between the United States and Great Britain and American recognition of continued British sovereignty over the Southern Colonies. Many of these Loyalist migrants would later form the [[Legion of American Loyalists]], a chivalric order comprised of those who fought to remain part of the British Empire during the American War and were rewarded for their loyalty by the British crown and government.
[[File:James Wright (governor).jpg|thumb|right|210px|{{W|James Wright (governor)|James Wright}} served as the first prime minister of Atlantica.]]
The Southern Colonies would be officially reorganized as the [[Atlantic Colonies]] in 1784 as the new name for the colony now that the Thirteen Colonies were defunct and the original name was inapplicable, though the original colonial political systems from before 1775 remained in effect in the colonies. The Atlantic Commonwealth was chosen as the official name due to their proximity to the Atlantic Ocean and having won out over other names during the official convention for the establishment of the new polity. While the Treaty of Paris had ensured peace between Atlantica and the United States, tensions still remained between both polities with many in Atlantica viewing the United States as a rogue break-away entity that Atlantica must remain wary of as loyal subjects of the British Empire while many in the U.S. viewed the revolution as incomplete and wanted Atlantica to be annexed into the republic under the {{W|Irredentism|irredentist}} [[Finish the Revolution]] movement.

The first years after the American War were spent building the new political system and structure of the Atlantic Colonies. While the original colonial arrangements and government systems remained in place, new institutions had to be created and the creation of a governing body to administer all of the colonies akin to a federated government was also established as a means of ensuring continued British sovereignty over the colonies while being decentralized to ensure autonomy for the colonies to prevent a resurgence in pro-Patriot sentiment. Shortly after the Atlantic Colonies were created, {{W|James Wright (governor)|James Wright}} was made Minister of State for the Atlantic Colonies, becoming the first [[Prime Minister of Atlantica|prime minister]] in Atlantican history, due to his political experience as the {{W|List of governors of Georgia|colonial governor}} of Georgia and role as a major loyalist during the American War. Wright was reaffirmed as minister of state following the [[1784 Atlantican general election|first general election]] held later that year. Wright oversaw the adoption of the first constitution of Atlantica, the resettlement of Loyalist refugees fleeing from the United States in the north, solidifying the colonies' ties to the British Empire, and negotiating with the new American government to ensure a mutually recognized and stable border was established between the two polities.

Early [[Atlantica–United States relations|diplomatic relations]] between Atlantica and the United States were tense as a result of both tense early relations between the United States and Great Britain and the context of Atlantica existing due to the Southern Colonies remaining under the British due to their early deployment and successful containment strategy. Many Patriot rebels viewed Atlantica as an illegitimate polity and rightful American land due to it being part of the Thirteen Colonies that declared independence in 1776 with some adopting irredentism in response. Such views were reflected by [[Garvan Paine]] whose writings popularized the idea of annexing Atlantica under the guise of "completing" the American Revolution. The Atlantican government, now located in Charleston as its official capital, and the British government in {{W|London}} were fully aware of these feelings and intentionally stationed sizable British military forces and helped train and grow a sizable [[Armed Forces of Atlantica|Atlantican military]] to defend the colonies from potential American military aggression in the near future due to these sentiments along with disputes over the border and enforcement of it.
===19th century expansion===
{{Main|History of Atlantica (1815–1848)|Great Race West}}
{{See also|Territorial evolution of Atlantica}}
===20th century===
===Modern history===

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'''Atlantica''', officially the '''Atlantic Commonwealth''' ({{w|Spanish language|Spanish}}: ''Mancomunidad Atlántica''), is a country located in {{W|North America}} centered in the {{W|Southeastern United States|southeastern region}} that comprises its mainland with additional territories located in the {{W|Caribbean}}. Its [[Provinces of Atlantica|twenty-one provinces]] stretch from the {{W|North Atlantic}} in the east to the {{W|Rio Grande}} river in the west within its continental mainland and comprises the majority of the island territories making up the Caribbean. Atlantica shares land borders with the {{MV|United States}} to the north and {{MV|California}} to the west while sharing maritime borders with {{MV|Colombia}}, {{MV|Mexico}}, and the {{MV|United Kingdom}}. The [[Atlantica–United States border|international border]] between Atlantica and the United States is one of the longest in the world. The {{W|capital city}} is the [[Charleston Capital District]] in {{MV|South Carolina}} while {{W|New Orleans}} is the country's largest city.

[[Native Atlanticans|Indigenous peoples]] have continuously inhabited the region that now makes up Atlantica for thousands of years prior to the arrival of the first Europeans. Beginning in the 17th century, the {{W|Kingdom of England}} and later the {{W|Kingdom of Great Britain}} engaged in {{W|British colonization of the Americas|widespread colonization}} across the Americas with the {{W|Province of Carolina}} becoming the first colony created in Atlantica's modern borders, first chartered in 1608 and later formally established in 1663 before being partitioned in 1712 into {{W|Province of North Carolina|North}} and {{W|Province of South Carolina|South Carolina}} as separate colonial provinces. The Carolinas would makeup part of the {{W|Southern Colonies|southern half}} of the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}}. The Southern Colonies would have their territory expanded following Britain's victory over the {{W|Kingdom of France}} at the end of the {{W|Seven Years' War}} in 1763 with the {{W|Royal Proclamation of 1763}} issued by {{W|George III|King George III}} being the cutoff point between the colonies and native tribes in the region. The {{W|American Revolution}} saw the colonies fall into upheaval between the pro-independence {{W|Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots}} and {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists}} with open war breaking out in 1775 following the {{W|Battles of Lexington and Concord}}. Following the {{W|United States Declaration of Independence|American declaration of independence}} on 4 July 1776, the British military deployed sizable forces to suppress the rebellions with an expeditionary force lead by {{W|Lord Charles Cornwallis}} sent to secure the Southern Colonies to contain the revolution and keep it confined to the Northern Colonies.

The subsequent {{W|American Revolutionary War}} would see British and Loyalist forces clash with Patriot rebels and ended in 1783 in a stalemate with the [[Treaty of Paris (Makerverse)|Treaty of Paris]] that year concluded the war with the northern colonies being legally recognized as the United States and as a sovereign state while the southern colonies remained under the British crown and were reorganized as Atlantica, becoming one of the "[[Loyal Nations]]" alongside {{MV|Canada}} due to their continued loyalty to the {{W|British Empire}} and crown. The demarcation line between the United States and Atlantica was based off of a modified version of the {{W|Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665}} with all land south of {{MV|Virginia}} being recognized as remaining part of the British Empire as their remaining colonies eastern North America. Both Atlantica and the United States came into conflict during the {{MV|War of 1812}} as part of war between the U.S. and Britain with fighting taking place along the Atlantican–American border and in {{W|French Louisiana}} with Atlantican forces capturing the strategically important port city of {{W|New Orleans}}. The subsequent {{MV|Treaty of Ghent}} divided the Louisiana territory among a north–south line with the latter being given to Atlantica and the north being given to the United States.

The 19th century saw a period of [[Territorial evolution of Atlantica|major territorial expansion]] both westward on the mainland and down south into the Caribbean. The [[Anglo-Mexican War]] (1846–1848) saw Atlantica [[Texas Cession|acquire]] the region of {{W|Texas}} and annex it into the commonwealth where it was reorganized into three provinces. Further expansion came in the [[Anglo-Spanish War (1898)|1898 Anglo-Spanish War]] where Atlantica acquired {{MV|Cuba}} and the other islands of the {{W|Greater Antilles}} region and would annex most of the Caribbean by the start of the 20th century in what is now known as the [[Caribbean Cession]].

==Etymology==
The name of Atlantica comes from the {{W|Atlantic Ocean}}, one of the five official oceans in the world and the main ocean that Atlantica borders, the latter being first mentioned in {{W|Stesichorus}} from {{W|Ancient Greece}}. Early name proposals for Atlantic included Carolina or the Carolina Commonwealth in reference to the southern colonies of the same name due to their loyalist sentiments and Britain managing to lock down the North and South Carolina colonies during the American Revolutionary War. The usage of the term {{W|Commonwealth|commonwealth}} as part of the country's official name was added to reference Atlantica as a shared political community among the {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|American Loyalists}} who helped form the nation and was created for them and in honor of their continued support for the British Empire and crown. Atlantica is often nicknamed the "pond nation" or the "pond commonwealth" in reference to the Atlantic being humorously referred to as "the pond" by the those in both North America and in the UK in reference to the Atlantic itself.
==History==
{{Main|History of Atlantica}}
===Early human settlement===
The first recorded case of human settlement in modern day Atlantica occurred around 9500 BCE with the arrival of the first human settlers into the region, such settlers now being known as {{W|Paleo-Indians}}. The Paleoindians lived as hunter-gatherers where they roamed in bands and hunted {{W|megafauna}} for food and survival. Several cultural stages occurred in the region from Archaic (c.8000–1000 BCE) and the later Woodland (c.1000 BCE – 1000 CE), preceded the first discovery in the region by Europeans in the 15 century, all of which are collectively referred to as the {{W|Mississippian period|Mississippian culture}}.

The Mississippian culture was a complex [[Native Americans in Atlantica|Native American]] {{W|Mound Builders|mound building}} culture that emerged and flourished within what is now Atlantica between 800 AD and 1500 AD prior to European colonization. During this period, the natives established elaborate and lengthy trade routes that connected their residential areas to their ceremonial centers and extended through the river valleys from the Great Lakes all the way to the East Coast of North America. Some notable explorers who encountered and later described the Mississippian culture, by that point in decline, included {{W|Pánfilo de Narváez}} (1528) and {{W|Hernando de Soto}} (1540) of Spain and {{W|Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville}} (1699) of France.

Native American tribes that are descendants of the mound builders include the {{W|Alabama people|Alabama}}, {{W|Apalachee}}, {{W|Caddo}}, {{W|Cherokee}}, {{W|Chickasaw}}, {{W|Choctaw}}, {{W|Creek people|Creek}}, {{W|Guale}}, {{W|Hitchiti}}, {{W|Houma}}, and the {{W|Seminole}} peoples. All of these groups still reside in Atlantica to this day. There are other peoples who lived in the region prior to the arrival of the first European colonists such as the {{W|Catawba}} and the {{W|Powhatan}}, however their ancestral links to the Mississippian culture are less clear.

===European colonization===
{{Main|Colonial history of Atlantica}}
The 16th century saw the arrival of the first European colonists as part of the broader {{W|European colonization of the Americas}} with both the French and Spanish being first ones to establish colonies in present day Atlantica. Due to them coming in large numbers, they unknowingly spread {{W|Disease|diseases}} among them that the natives lacked any immunity and thus lead to {{W|Population history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas|widespread population decline}} alongside violent conflicts and forceful relocations against the native tribes.

The Spanish and French established various settlements and whole colonies in {{W|Spanish Florida|Florida}}, {{W|Spanish Texas|Texas}}, and {{W|French Louisiana|Louisiana}}. The Spanish would settle Florida with {{W|St. Augustine, Florida|St. Augustine}} being the first permanent settlement established by the Spanish. The Spanish colonies were established in the 16th century and peaked population-wise by the 17th century, however the population remained small regardless due to the Spanish colonists lacking interest in agriculture and Florida lacking valuable minerals.

The predominant ethnocultural group of the original Southern colonies were the [[English Atlanticans|English]] who established the largest colonies and saw the region ultimately come under English and later British rule. First arriving in the 17th century, most of the English colonists were voluntary migrant settlers and chiefly settled the eastern coast of the region before pushing more inland and later settling the {{W|Appalachian Mountains}} by the 18th century. The majority of the English settlers were {{W|Indentured servitude|indentured servants}} who after their passage worked to pay off their debts and ultimately gain freedom. By contrast wealthier settlers, typically members of the English {{W|land gentry}}, who paid their way to receive land grants in the {{W|New World}} and were known as {{W|headrights}} who encouraged settlement of the continent.
[[File:Gacolony.png|right|thumb|240px|Map of the Southern Colonies with the {{W|Royal Proclamation of 1763|Proclamation Line of 1763}} marked in red.]]
The Southern Colonies were divided into three main regions which also came with their own respective differences: the {{W|Tidewater}}, the {{W|Deep South}}, and {{W|Appalachia}}. The Tidewater was the first of these regions to be settled by Europeans, consisting of the low-lying plains of southeastern {{MV|Virginia}} and the {{W|Inner Banks}} in northeastern {{MV|North Carolina}} alongside southeastern {{MV|Maryland}} and the {{W|Chesapeake Bay}}. The Deep South was settled next with the establishment of the {{W|Province of Carolina}} in 1663 and later followed up by the {{W|Province of Georgia}} as the next separate colony to be established. Appalachia was the last of the three main regions to be settled which was primarily done by {{W|Ulster Scots|Scotch-Irish}} settlers. In 1663, King {{W|Charles II of England}} granted the Charter of Carolina which granted land south of the {{W|Colony of Virginia}} and north of the colony of {{W|Spanish Florida}}. Said land was granted by King Charles II to eight {{W|Lord proprietor|lords proprietor}} and was granted to them in exchange for financial and political assistance in {{W|Stuart Restoration|restoring him to the throne}} in 1660. The land granted as part of the charter included land in the present-day provinces of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Yazoo, West Florida, and East Florida.

Within the British colonies, officially the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}}, immigration to them began in 1607 and lasted until 1775 with the outbreak of the American Revolution. These settlers would clear land, build houses, other outbuildings, and their own farms on the land they acquired. The rich settlers of the Southern Colonies owned large {{W|Plantation complexes in the Southern United States|plantations}} that dominated export agriculture in the colonies and frequently uses slaves which were involved in labor-intensive work cultivating {{W|Cash crop|cash crops}} such as tobacco, the first of these crops, followed up other cash crops later on. Tobacco would exhaust the soil quickly and forced farmers to clear new fields. They would use old fields for pasture and for crops such as corn or wheat or allowed them to grow into woodlots.

During to the mid-to-late 18th century, large groups of {{W|Ulster Scots}} (later called the [[Scotch-Irish Atlanticans|Scotch-Irsh]]) and other British migrants from the region around the {{W|Anglo-Scottish border}} immigrated to and settled in the American colonies and would settle in the regions of {{W|Appalachia}} and {{W|Piedmont (plateau)|Piedmont}}. These settlers were the largest immigrants of non-English origin from the {{W|British Isles}} prior to the outbreak of the {{MV|American Revolution}}. The early colonies would engage in {{W|Ritual warfare|warfare}}, trade, and cultural exchanges with settlers living the backcountry would encounter the {{W|Creek Indians}}, {{W|Cherokee}}, and the {{W|Choctaws}} among other regional native groups these settlers were the most likely to encounter.

===Instituting slavery===
{{Main|Slavery in Atlantica}}
[[File:Slavery in the 13 colonies.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Map of the number of proportion of slaves across the Thirteen Colonies in 1770.]]
Prior to the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1776, {{W|Slavery in the colonial history of the United States|slavery was legal}} throughout the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}} with the British Empire having {{W|Slavery in the British and French Caribbean|slave island colonies}} in the {{W|Caribbean}}, including the islands of {{MV|Antigua}}, {{MV|Barbados}}, {{MV|Jamaica}}, and {{MV|Nevis}}, with said islands having provided a steady flow of profits from the slave labour used to produce sugar in the region. While slavery was a legal institution across the entire Thirteen Colonies, it was in the {{W|Southern Colonies}} that slavery was the most prevalent with the region possessing the largest number of slave plantations and the largest number of African American slaves in proportion to their overall populations compared to the {{W|Middle Colonies}} and the {{W|New England Colonies}}.

According to Atlantican historian {{W|Bertram Wyatt-Brown}}, "Bondage was an answer to an economic need. The South was not founded to create slavery; slavery was recruited to perpetuate the South." The {{W|Barbados Slave Code}} of 1661 served as the legal basis for the slave codes that were adopted throughout the {{W|Province of the Carolinas}} and thew {{W|Province of Georgia}} in the Thirteen Colonies. In other parts of British America where the slave codes weren't an exact copy of the Barbados one, such as in the {{W|Province of Virginia}} and the {{W|Province of Maryland}}, the slave code's influence could still be felt and traced through various provisions.

Behind Virginia, the future provinces of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina possessed the largest number of slaves and proportion to each colony's population within the Southern Colonies prior to the outbreak of the American Revolution and were the basis of the plantation-based agricultural economy and system that would dominated the economics of the region both before and after the revolution. Nearby {{W|Spanish Florida}} proved to be a thorn in Britain's side as the colony had served as a refuge for fugitive slaves since 1687 under the Spanish colonial code with Spain intentionally implementing this as a policy in hopes of undermining British colonial rule in North America.
===American Revolution===
{{Main|American Revolutionary War (Makerverse)}}
[[File:Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis.png|thumb|right|210px|{{W|Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Lord Charles Cornwallis}}, the main British Army general in the Southern theater of the American War.]]
During the {{MV|American Revolutionary War}}, the Southern Colonies became a battleground between the {{W|Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots}} and the {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists}} as was the case throughout the rest of the Thirteen Colonies. Early battles and campaigns were largely concentrated in the Northern Colonies around {{MV|New York}} and New England along with nearby Canada as well. Among the Southern Colonies, Virginia would provide major Patriot leaders such as political leader and Declaration of Independence author {{W|Thomas Jefferson}} and {{W|Continental Army}} Commander-in-Chief {{W|George Washington}}, though a large Loyalist presence still remained.

By 1777, the British political and military leadership was fully aware that the rebellion was more formidable than expected and conflict began spreading down south. Seeking to contain the Continental Army in the Northern Colonies and prevent them and their momentum from spreading down south, additional British reinforcements were sent down to reinforce the south and prevent the spread of the Patriot momentum and cause from encouraging their sympathizers in the region. {{W|Charles Cornwalls, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Lord Charles Cornwallis}} would ultimately be chosen to lead the British expedition which landed on August 23rd in the port cities of {{W|Charleston, South Carolina}} that would be the basis for future British military campaigns and efforts against the Patriot rebels in the region and were backed by Loyalist sympathizers, much of which were concentrated in the major port cities and similar areas.

Battles had already token place in the Southern Colonies prior to the arrival of British reinforcements in 1777 such as Patriot forces capturing the port city of {{W|Wilmington, North Carolina}} in the previous year with the port eventually being recaptured in January 1778. Several skirmishes and battles had occurred beforehand between Patriot militias in the countryside and Loyalist militias organized in cities and other communities with pro-Loyalist leanings. {{W|Savannah, Georgia}} was another notable city in the South that was also captured by British and Loyalist forces as well with organizing Loyalist militias and support being difficult due to Patriot sympathies being higher than expected, but was somewhat remedied by the cause mainly being higher in the Northern Colonies where the main Continental Army and Patriot forces were successfully contained there.

Having largely contained the revolution to the northern colonies and locked down the south early on. 1780 saw major battles break out as seen with the {{W|Battle of Monck's Corner}} and the {{W|Battle of Lenud's Ferry}}. These battles consisted entirely of Loyalist soldiers with the exception of the commanding officer, {{W|Banastre Tarleton}}, who helped secure British control in South Carolina at the {{W|Battle of Waxhawks}}. The British Army had been recruiting {{W|Black Loyalists}} into their forces since the start of the revolution, offering freedom and emancipation in exchange for service in the army and found thousands of volunteers, primarily slaves who were owned by Patriot supports and/or soldiers. Said Black Loyalists fought alongside their white counterparts since 1775 as seen at the {{W|Battle of Kemp's Landing}} in Virginia. By 1781, British and Loyalist forces had successfully managed to retain control over South Carolina and Georgia as well as preventing further spread of Patriot activity into these and other nearby areas with North Carolina remaining a contested battleground with Continental Army forces being lead by general {{W|Nathaniel Greene}} within the Southern theater.
[[File:Battle of Guiliford Courthouse 15 March 1781.jpg|thumb|left|240px|1st Maryland Regiment at the {{W|Battle of Guilford Courthouse}}, 15 March 1781.]]
1781 would see the largest battle of the war in the Southern theater in North Carolina at the {{W|Battle of Guilford's Courthouse}}, which took place on March 15 in {{W|Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro}}, where General Cornwallis lead a force of 3,100 men against a Patriot force of 4,500 lead by General Greene. Despite being outnumbered, the British managed to push back the Continental Army and resulted in the latter forming a defensive circle in a costly last stand against the British and Loyalist forces. Despite taking high losses, the British forces successfully forced the Patriot rebels to retreat and routed them, many of the rebels eventually dropping their weapons and {{W|Desertion|deserting}} back to their homes. The battle was seen as a victory for the British and had weakened Patriot activity in the South as a result of Britain's containment strategy and keeping enough pressure up in the north to prevent the Continental Army from sending ample reinforcements to the Southern Colonies.

By the summer of 1781, the British political and military leadership had come to the conclusion that the American War was becoming a costly quagmire and should pursue a diplomatic conclusion to end the conflict, viewing holding onto the Southern Colonies in exchange for recognizing American independence and the United States in the north as more worthwhile decision in favor of prolonged conflict which they feared would possibly lead to the undermining of British control in the south and the loss of the remaining colonies under their control.

Negotiations began in 1782 between the British and American delegations where they eventually ended up signing the {{MV|Treaty of Paris}} in 1783 which formally ended the American War. As part of the treaty, Great Britain officially recognized the United States as a {{W|Political legitimacy|legitimate sovereign state}} while the {{W|Continental Congress}} officially recognized British sovereignty over the Southern Colonies and recognized them as remaining part of the British Empire while the Northern Colonies were recognized as part of the new United States along with the Acadian territories being recognized as part of the U.S. as well due to them having sided with the Patriots during the revolution and were the only territories in Canada that actually sided with the Patriots while the rest remained part of the British Empire. The treaty came into effect in 1783 and officially ended hostilities between the British, Americans, and their allies. For the Loyalists, the treaty was bittersweet in that while half of the colonies broke off, the other half remained part of the British realm and as such there remained an area in North America outside of Canada they can move to and remain part of the British crown.

===Post-revolution politics===
Following the signing of the Treaty of Paris, the partition was formalized with all land south of Virginia being recognized as being part of British America while the United States was officially recognized as a legitimate sovereign state by the British government. Migration occurred between Atlantica and the United States with any remaining Loyalists and Loyalist-leaning sympathizers moving down south to Atlantica while Patriot-leaning people moved to the United States, said migration being a term within the Treaty of Paris as a condition for peace between the United States and Great Britain and American recognition of continued British sovereignty over the Southern Colonies. Many of these Loyalist migrants would later form the [[Legion of American Loyalists]], a chivalric order comprised of those who fought to remain part of the British Empire during the American War and were rewarded for their loyalty by the British crown and government.
[[File:James Wright (governor).jpg|thumb|right|210px|{{W|James Wright (governor)|James Wright}} served as the first prime minister of Atlantica.]]
The Southern Colonies would be officially reorganized as the [[Atlantic Colonies]] in 1784 as the new name for the colony now that the Thirteen Colonies were defunct and the original name was inapplicable, though the original colonial political systems from before 1775 remained in effect in the colonies. The Atlantic Commonwealth was chosen as the official name due to their proximity to the Atlantic Ocean and having won out over other names during the official convention for the establishment of the new polity. While the Treaty of Paris had ensured peace between Atlantica and the United States, tensions still remained between both polities with many in Atlantica viewing the United States as a rogue break-away entity that Atlantica must remain wary of as loyal subjects of the British Empire while many in the U.S. viewed the revolution as incomplete and wanted Atlantica to be annexed into the republic under the {{W|Irredentism|irredentist}} [[Finish the Revolution]] movement.

The first years after the American War were spent building the new political system and structure of the Atlantic Colonies. While the original colonial arrangements and government systems remained in place, new institutions had to be created and the creation of a governing body to administer all of the colonies akin to a federated government was also established as a means of ensuring continued British sovereignty over the colonies while being decentralized to ensure autonomy for the colonies to prevent a resurgence in pro-Patriot sentiment. Shortly after the Atlantic Colonies were created, {{W|James Wright (governor)|James Wright}} was made Minister of State for the Atlantic Colonies, becoming the first [[Prime Minister of Atlantica|prime minister]] in Atlantican history, due to his political experience as the {{W|List of governors of Georgia|colonial governor}} of Georgia and role as a major loyalist during the American War. Wright was reaffirmed as minister of state following the [[1784 Atlantican general election|first general election]] held later that year. Wright oversaw the adoption of the first constitution of Atlantica, the resettlement of Loyalist refugees fleeing from the United States in the north, solidifying the colonies' ties to the British Empire, and negotiating with the new American government to ensure a mutually recognized and stable border was established between the two polities.

Early [[Atlantica–United States relations|diplomatic relations]] between Atlantica and the United States were tense as a result of both tense early relations between the United States and Great Britain and the context of Atlantica existing due to the Southern Colonies remaining under the British due to their early deployment and successful containment strategy. Many Patriot rebels viewed Atlantica as an illegitimate polity and rightful American land due to it being part of the Thirteen Colonies that declared independence in 1776 with some adopting irredentism in response. Such views were reflected by [[Garvan Paine]] whose writings popularized the idea of annexing Atlantica under the guise of "completing" the American Revolution. The Atlantican government, now located in Charleston as its official capital, and the British government in {{W|London}} were fully aware of these feelings and intentionally stationed sizable British military forces and helped train and grow a sizable [[Armed Forces of Atlantica|Atlantican military]] to defend the colonies from potential American military aggression in the near future due to these sentiments along with disputes over the border and enforcement of it.
===19th century expansion===
{{Main|Territorial evolution of Atlantica}}
===20th century===
===Modern history===

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'''Atlantica''', officially the '''Atlantic Commonwealth''' ({{w|Spanish language|Spanish}}: ''Mancomunidad Atlántica''), is a country located in {{W|North America}} centered in the {{W|Southeastern United States|southeastern region}} that comprises its mainland with additional territories located in the {{W|Caribbean}}. Its [[Provinces of Atlantica|twenty-one provinces]] stretch from the {{W|North Atlantic}} in the east to the {{W|Rio Grande}} river in the west within its continental mainland and comprises the majority of the island territories making up the Caribbean. Atlantica shares land borders with the {{MV|United States}} to the north and {{MV|California}} to the west while sharing maritime borders with {{MV|Colombia}}, {{MV|Mexico}}, and the {{MV|United Kingdom}}. The [[Atlantica–United States border|international border]] between Atlantica and the United States is one of the longest in the world. The {{W|capital city}} is the [[Charleston Capital District]] in {{MV|South Carolina}} while {{W|New Orleans}} is the country's largest city.

[[Native Atlanticans|Indigenous peoples]] have continuously inhabited the region that now makes up Atlantica for thousands of years prior to the arrival of the first Europeans. Beginning in the 17th century, the {{W|Kingdom of England}} and later the {{W|Kingdom of Great Britain}} engaged in {{W|British colonization of the Americas|widespread colonization}} across the Americas with the {{W|Province of Carolina}} becoming the first colony created in Atlantica's modern borders, first chartered in 1608 and later formally established in 1663 before being partitioned in 1712 into {{W|Province of North Carolina|North}} and {{W|Province of South Carolina|South Carolina}} as separate colonial provinces. The Carolinas would makeup part of the {{W|Southern Colonies|southern half}} of the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}}. The Southern Colonies would have their territory expanded following Britain's victory over the {{W|Kingdom of France}} at the end of the {{W|Seven Years' War}} in 1763 with the {{W|Royal Proclamation of 1763}} issued by {{W|George III|King George III}} being the cutoff point between the colonies and native tribes in the region. The {{W|American Revolution}} saw the colonies fall into upheaval between the pro-independence {{W|Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots}} and {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists}} with open war breaking out in 1775 following the {{W|Battles of Lexington and Concord}}. Following the {{W|United States Declaration of Independence|American declaration of independence}} on 4 July 1776, the British military deployed sizable forces to suppress the rebellions with an expeditionary force lead by {{W|Lord Charles Cornwallis}} sent to secure the Southern Colonies to contain the revolution and keep it confined to the Northern Colonies.

The subsequent {{W|American Revolutionary War}} would see British and Loyalist forces clash with Patriot rebels and ended in 1783 in a stalemate with the [[Treaty of Paris (Makerverse)|Treaty of Paris]] that year concluded the war with the northern colonies being legally recognized as the United States and as a sovereign state while the southern colonies remained under the British crown and were reorganized as Atlantica, becoming one of the "[[Loyal Nations]]" alongside {{MV|Canada}} due to their continued loyalty to the {{W|British Empire}} and crown. The demarcation line between the United States and Atlantica was based off of a modified version of the {{W|Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665}} with all land south of {{MV|Virginia}} being recognized as remaining part of the British Empire as their remaining colonies eastern North America. Both Atlantica and the United States came into conflict during the {{MV|War of 1812}} as part of war between the U.S. and Britain with fighting taking place along the Atlantican–American border and in {{W|French Louisiana}} with Atlantican forces capturing the strategically important port city of {{W|New Orleans}}. The subsequent {{MV|Treaty of Ghent}} divided the Louisiana territory among a north–south line with the latter being given to Atlantica and the north being given to the United States.

The 19th century saw a period of [[Territorial evolution of Atlantica|major territorial expansion]] both westward on the mainland and down south into the Caribbean. The [[Anglo-Mexican War]] (1846–1848) saw Atlantica [[Texas Cession|acquire]] the region of {{W|Texas}} and annex it into the commonwealth where it was reorganized into three provinces. Further expansion came in the [[Anglo-Spanish War (1898)|1898 Anglo-Spanish War]] where Atlantica acquired {{MV|Cuba}} and the other islands of the {{W|Greater Antilles}} region and would annex most of the Caribbean by the start of the 20th century in what is now known as the [[Caribbean Cession]].

==Etymology==
The name of Atlantica comes from the {{W|Atlantic Ocean}}, one of the five official oceans in the world and the main ocean that Atlantica borders, the latter being first mentioned in {{W|Stesichorus}} from {{W|Ancient Greece}}. Early name proposals for Atlantic included Carolina or the Carolina Commonwealth in reference to the southern colonies of the same name due to their loyalist sentiments and Britain managing to lock down the North and South Carolina colonies during the American Revolutionary War. The usage of the term {{W|Commonwealth|commonwealth}} as part of the country's official name was added to reference Atlantica as a shared political community among the {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|American Loyalists}} who helped form the nation and was created for them and in honor of their continued support for the British Empire and crown. Atlantica is often nicknamed the "pond nation" or the "pond commonwealth" in reference to the Atlantic being humorously referred to as "the pond" by the those in both North America and in the UK in reference to the Atlantic itself.
==History==
{{Main|History of Atlantica}}
===Early human settlement===
The first recorded case of human settlement in modern day Atlantica occurred around 9500 BCE with the arrival of the first human settlers into the region, such settlers now being known as {{W|Paleo-Indians}}. The Paleoindians lived as hunter-gatherers where they roamed in bands and hunted {{W|megafauna}} for food and survival. Several cultural stages occurred in the region from Archaic (c.8000–1000 BCE) and the later Woodland (c.1000 BCE – 1000 CE), preceded the first discovery in the region by Europeans in the 15 century, all of which are collectively referred to as the {{W|Mississippian period|Mississippian culture}}.

The Mississippian culture was a complex [[Native Americans in Atlantica|Native American]] {{W|Mound Builders|mound building}} culture that emerged and flourished within what is now Atlantica between 800 AD and 1500 AD prior to European colonization. During this period, the natives established elaborate and lengthy trade routes that connected their residential areas to their ceremonial centers and extended through the river valleys from the Great Lakes all the way to the East Coast of North America. Some notable explorers who encountered and later described the Mississippian culture, by that point in decline, included {{W|Pánfilo de Narváez}} (1528) and {{W|Hernando de Soto}} (1540) of Spain and {{W|Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville}} (1699) of France.

Native American tribes that are descendants of the mound builders include the {{W|Alabama people|Alabama}}, {{W|Apalachee}}, {{W|Caddo}}, {{W|Cherokee}}, {{W|Chickasaw}}, {{W|Choctaw}}, {{W|Creek people|Creek}}, {{W|Guale}}, {{W|Hitchiti}}, {{W|Houma}}, and the {{W|Seminole}} peoples. All of these groups still reside in Atlantica to this day. There are other peoples who lived in the region prior to the arrival of the first European colonists such as the {{W|Catawba}} and the {{W|Powhatan}}, however their ancestral links to the Mississippian culture are less clear.

===European colonization===
{{Main|Colonial history of Atlantica}}
The 16th century saw the arrival of the first European colonists as part of the broader {{W|European colonization of the Americas}} with both the French and Spanish being first ones to establish colonies in present day Atlantica. Due to them coming in large numbers, they unknowingly spread {{W|Disease|diseases}} among them that the natives lacked any immunity and thus lead to {{W|Population history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas|widespread population decline}} alongside violent conflicts and forceful relocations against the native tribes.

The Spanish and French established various settlements and whole colonies in {{W|Spanish Florida|Florida}}, {{W|Spanish Texas|Texas}}, and {{W|French Louisiana|Louisiana}}. The Spanish would settle Florida with {{W|St. Augustine, Florida|St. Augustine}} being the first permanent settlement established by the Spanish. The Spanish colonies were established in the 16th century and peaked population-wise by the 17th century, however the population remained small regardless due to the Spanish colonists lacking interest in agriculture and Florida lacking valuable minerals.

The predominant ethnocultural group of the original Southern colonies were the [[English Atlanticans|English]] who established the largest colonies and saw the region ultimately come under English and later British rule. First arriving in the 17th century, most of the English colonists were voluntary migrant settlers and chiefly settled the eastern coast of the region before pushing more inland and later settling the {{W|Appalachian Mountains}} by the 18th century. The majority of the English settlers were {{W|Indentured servitude|indentured servants}} who after their passage worked to pay off their debts and ultimately gain freedom. By contrast wealthier settlers, typically members of the English {{W|land gentry}}, who paid their way to receive land grants in the {{W|New World}} and were known as {{W|headrights}} who encouraged settlement of the continent.
[[File:Gacolony.png|right|thumb|240px|Map of the Southern Colonies with the {{W|Royal Proclamation of 1763|Proclamation Line of 1763}} marked in red.]]
The Southern Colonies were divided into three main regions which also came with their own respective differences: the {{W|Tidewater}}, the {{W|Deep South}}, and {{W|Appalachia}}. The Tidewater was the first of these regions to be settled by Europeans, consisting of the low-lying plains of southeastern {{MV|Virginia}} and the {{W|Inner Banks}} in northeastern {{MV|North Carolina}} alongside southeastern {{MV|Maryland}} and the {{W|Chesapeake Bay}}. The Deep South was settled next with the establishment of the {{W|Province of Carolina}} in 1663 and later followed up by the {{W|Province of Georgia}} as the next separate colony to be established. Appalachia was the last of the three main regions to be settled which was primarily done by {{W|Ulster Scots|Scotch-Irish}} settlers. In 1663, King {{W|Charles II of England}} granted the Charter of Carolina which granted land south of the {{W|Colony of Virginia}} and north of the colony of {{W|Spanish Florida}}. Said land was granted by King Charles II to eight {{W|Lord proprietor|lords proprietor}} and was granted to them in exchange for financial and political assistance in {{W|Stuart Restoration|restoring him to the throne}} in 1660. The land granted as part of the charter included land in the present-day provinces of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Yazoo, West Florida, and East Florida.

Within the British colonies, officially the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}}, immigration to them began in 1607 and lasted until 1775 with the outbreak of the American Revolution. These settlers would clear land, build houses, other outbuildings, and their own farms on the land they acquired. The rich settlers of the Southern Colonies owned large {{W|Plantation complexes in the Southern United States|plantations}} that dominated export agriculture in the colonies and frequently uses slaves which were involved in labor-intensive work cultivating {{W|Cash crop|cash crops}} such as tobacco, the first of these crops, followed up other cash crops later on. Tobacco would exhaust the soil quickly and forced farmers to clear new fields. They would use old fields for pasture and for crops such as corn or wheat or allowed them to grow into woodlots.

During to the mid-to-late 18th century, large groups of {{W|Ulster Scots}} (later called the [[Scotch-Irish Atlanticans|Scotch-Irsh]]) and other British migrants from the region around the {{W|Anglo-Scottish border}} immigrated to and settled in the American colonies and would settle in the regions of {{W|Appalachia}} and {{W|Piedmont (plateau)|Piedmont}}. These settlers were the largest immigrants of non-English origin from the {{W|British Isles}} prior to the outbreak of the {{MV|American Revolution}}. The early colonies would engage in {{W|Ritual warfare|warfare}}, trade, and cultural exchanges with settlers living the backcountry would encounter the {{W|Creek Indians}}, {{W|Cherokee}}, and the {{W|Choctaws}} among other regional native groups these settlers were the most likely to encounter.

===Instituting slavery===
{{Main|Slavery in Atlantica}}
[[File:Slavery in the 13 colonies.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Map of the number of proportion of slaves across the Thirteen Colonies in 1770.]]
Prior to the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1776, {{W|Slavery in the colonial history of the United States|slavery was legal}} throughout the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}} with the British Empire having {{W|Slavery in the British and French Caribbean|slave island colonies}} in the {{W|Caribbean}}, including the islands of {{MV|Antigua}}, {{MV|Barbados}}, {{MV|Jamaica}}, and {{MV|Nevis}}, with said islands having provided a steady flow of profits from the slave labour used to produce sugar in the region. While slavery was a legal institution across the entire Thirteen Colonies, it was in the {{W|Southern Colonies}} that slavery was the most prevalent with the region possessing the largest number of slave plantations and the largest number of African American slaves in proportion to their overall populations compared to the {{W|Middle Colonies}} and the {{W|New England Colonies}}.

According to Atlantican historian {{W|Bertram Wyatt-Brown}}, "Bondage was an answer to an economic need. The South was not founded to create slavery; slavery was recruited to perpetuate the South." The {{W|Barbados Slave Code}} of 1661 served as the legal basis for the slave codes that were adopted throughout the {{W|Province of the Carolinas}} and thew {{W|Province of Georgia}} in the Thirteen Colonies. In other parts of British America where the slave codes weren't an exact copy of the Barbados one, such as in the {{W|Province of Virginia}} and the {{W|Province of Maryland}}, the slave code's influence could still be felt and traced through various provisions.

Behind Virginia, the future provinces of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina possessed the largest number of slaves and proportion to each colony's population within the Southern Colonies prior to the outbreak of the American Revolution and were the basis of the plantation-based agricultural economy and system that would dominated the economics of the region both before and after the revolution. Nearby {{W|Spanish Florida}} proved to be a thorn in Britain's side as the colony had served as a refuge for fugitive slaves since 1687 under the Spanish colonial code with Spain intentionally implementing this as a policy in hopes of undermining British colonial rule in North America.
===American Revolution===
{{Main|American Revolutionary War (Makerverse)}}
[[File:Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis.png|thumb|right|210px|{{W|Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Lord Charles Cornwallis}}, the main British Army general in the Southern theater of the American War.]]
During the {{MV|American Revolutionary War}}, the Southern Colonies became a battleground between the {{W|Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots}} and the {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists}} as was the case throughout the rest of the Thirteen Colonies. Early battles and campaigns were largely concentrated in the Northern Colonies around {{MV|New York}} and New England along with nearby Canada as well. Among the Southern Colonies, Virginia would provide major Patriot leaders such as political leader and Declaration of Independence author {{W|Thomas Jefferson}} and {{W|Continental Army}} Commander-in-Chief {{W|George Washington}}, though a large Loyalist presence still remained.

By 1777, the British political and military leadership was fully aware that the rebellion was more formidable than expected and conflict began spreading down south. Seeking to contain the Continental Army in the Northern Colonies and prevent them and their momentum from spreading down south, additional British reinforcements were sent down to reinforce the south and prevent the spread of the Patriot momentum and cause from encouraging their sympathizers in the region. {{W|Charles Cornwalls, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Lord Charles Cornwallis}} would ultimately be chosen to lead the British expedition which landed on August 23rd in the port cities of {{W|Charleston, South Carolina}} that would be the basis for future British military campaigns and efforts against the Patriot rebels in the region and were backed by Loyalist sympathizers, much of which were concentrated in the major port cities and similar areas.

Battles had already token place in the Southern Colonies prior to the arrival of British reinforcements in 1777 such as Patriot forces capturing the port city of {{W|Wilmington, North Carolina}} in the previous year with the port eventually being recaptured in January 1778. Several skirmishes and battles had occurred beforehand between Patriot militias in the countryside and Loyalist militias organized in cities and other communities with pro-Loyalist leanings. {{W|Savannah, Georgia}} was another notable city in the South that was also captured by British and Loyalist forces as well with organizing Loyalist militias and support being difficult due to Patriot sympathies being higher than expected, but was somewhat remedied by the cause mainly being higher in the Northern Colonies where the main Continental Army and Patriot forces were successfully contained there.

Having largely contained the revolution to the northern colonies and locked down the south early on. 1780 saw major battles break out as seen with the {{W|Battle of Monck's Corner}} and the {{W|Battle of Lenud's Ferry}}. These battles consisted entirely of Loyalist soldiers with the exception of the commanding officer, {{W|Banastre Tarleton}}, who helped secure British control in South Carolina at the {{W|Battle of Waxhawks}}. The British Army had been recruiting {{W|Black Loyalists}} into their forces since the start of the revolution, offering freedom and emancipation in exchange for service in the army and found thousands of volunteers, primarily slaves who were owned by Patriot supports and/or soldiers. Said Black Loyalists fought alongside their white counterparts since 1775 as seen at the {{W|Battle of Kemp's Landing}} in Virginia. By 1781, British and Loyalist forces had successfully managed to retain control over South Carolina and Georgia as well as preventing further spread of Patriot activity into these and other nearby areas with North Carolina remaining a contested battleground with Continental Army forces being lead by general {{W|Nathaniel Greene}} within the Southern theater.
[[File:Battle of Guiliford Courthouse 15 March 1781.jpg|thumb|left|240px|1st Maryland Regiment at the {{W|Battle of Guilford Courthouse}}, 15 March 1781.]]
1781 would see the largest battle of the war in the Southern theater in North Carolina at the {{W|Battle of Guilford's Courthouse}}, which took place on March 15 in {{W|Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro}}, where General Cornwallis lead a force of 3,100 men against a Patriot force of 4,500 lead by General Greene. Despite being outnumbered, the British managed to push back the Continental Army and resulted in the latter forming a defensive circle in a costly last stand against the British and Loyalist forces. Despite taking high losses, the British forces successfully forced the Patriot rebels to retreat and routed them, many of the rebels eventually dropping their weapons and {{W|Desertion|deserting}} back to their homes. The battle was seen as a victory for the British and had weakened Patriot activity in the South as a result of Britain's containment strategy and keeping enough pressure up in the north to prevent the Continental Army from sending ample reinforcements to the Southern Colonies.

By the summer of 1781, the British political and military leadership had come to the conclusion that the American War was becoming a costly quagmire and should pursue a diplomatic conclusion to end the conflict, viewing holding onto the Southern Colonies in exchange for recognizing American independence and the United States in the north as more worthwhile decision in favor of prolonged conflict which they feared would possibly lead to the undermining of British control in the south and the loss of the remaining colonies under their control.

Negotiations began in 1782 between the British and American delegations where they eventually ended up signing the {{MV|Treaty of Paris}} in 1783 which formally ended the American War. As part of the treaty, Great Britain officially recognized the United States as a {{W|Political legitimacy|legitimate sovereign state}} while the {{W|Continental Congress}} officially recognized British sovereignty over the Southern Colonies and recognized them as remaining part of the British Empire while the Northern Colonies were recognized as part of the new United States along with the Acadian territories being recognized as part of the U.S. as well due to them having sided with the Patriots during the revolution and were the only territories in Canada that actually sided with the Patriots while the rest remained part of the British Empire. The treaty came into effect in 1783 and officially ended hostilities between the British, Americans, and their allies. For the Loyalists, the treaty was bittersweet in that while half of the colonies broke off, the other half remained part of the British realm and as such there remained an area in North America outside of Canada they can move to and remain part of the British crown.

===Post-revolution politics===
Following the signing of the Treaty of Paris, the partition was formalized with all land south of Virginia being recognized as being part of British America while the United States was officially recognized as a legitimate sovereign state by the British government. Migration occurred between Atlantica and the United States with any remaining Loyalists and Loyalist-leaning sympathizers moving down south to Atlantica while Patriot-leaning people moved to the United States, said migration being a term within the Treaty of Paris as a condition for peace between the United States and Great Britain and American recognition of continued British sovereignty over the Southern Colonies. Many of these Loyalist migrants would later form the [[Legion of American Loyalists]], a chivalric order comprised of those who fought to remain part of the British Empire during the American War and were rewarded for their loyalty by the British crown and government.
[[File:James Wright (governor).jpg|thumb|right|210px|{{W|James Wright (governor)|James Wright}} served as the first prime minister of Atlantica.]]
The Southern Colonies would be officially reorganized as the [[Atlantic Colonies]] in 1784 as the new name for the colony now that the Thirteen Colonies were defunct and the original name was inapplicable, though the original colonial political systems from before 1775 remained in effect in the colonies. The Atlantic Commonwealth was chosen as the official name due to their proximity to the Atlantic Ocean and having won out over other names during the official convention for the establishment of the new polity. While the Treaty of Paris had ensured peace between Atlantica and the United States, tensions still remained between both polities with many in Atlantica viewing the United States as a rogue break-away entity that Atlantica must remain wary of as loyal subjects of the British Empire while many in the U.S. viewed the revolution as incomplete and wanted Atlantica to be annexed into the republic under the {{W|Irredentism|irredentist}} [[Finish the Revolution]] movement.

The first years after the American War were spent building the new political system and structure of the Atlantic Colonies. While the original colonial arrangements and government systems remained in place, new institutions had to be created and the creation of a governing body to administer all of the colonies akin to a federated government was also established as a means of ensuring continued British sovereignty over the colonies while being decentralized to ensure autonomy for the colonies to prevent a resurgence in pro-Patriot sentiment. Shortly after the Atlantic Colonies were created, {{W|James Wright (governor)|James Wright}} was made Minister of State for the Atlantic Colonies, becoming the first [[Prime Minister of Atlantica|prime minister]] in Atlantican history, due to his political experience as the {{W|List of governors of Georgia|colonial governor}} of Georgia and role as a major loyalist during the American War. Wright was reaffirmed as minister of state following the [[1784 Atlantican general election|first general election]] held later that year. Wright oversaw the adoption of the first constitution of Atlantica, the resettlement of Loyalist refugees fleeing from the United States in the north, solidifying the colonies' ties to the British Empire, and negotiating with the new American government to ensure a mutually recognized and stable border was established between the two polities.
===19th century expansion===
{{Main|Territorial evolution of Atlantica}}
===20th century===
===Modern history===

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'''Atlantica''', officially the '''Atlantic Commonwealth''' ({{w|Spanish language|Spanish}}: ''Mancomunidad Atlántica''), is a country located in {{W|North America}} centered in the {{W|Southeastern United States|southeastern region}} that comprises its mainland with additional territories located in the {{W|Caribbean}}. Its [[Provinces of Atlantica|twenty-one provinces]] stretch from the {{W|North Atlantic}} in the east to the {{W|Rio Grande}} river in the west within its continental mainland and comprises the majority of the island territories making up the Caribbean. Atlantica shares land borders with the {{MV|United States}} to the north and {{MV|California}} to the west while sharing maritime borders with {{MV|Colombia}}, {{MV|Mexico}}, and the {{MV|United Kingdom}}. The [[Atlantica–United States border|international border]] between Atlantica and the United States is one of the longest in the world. The {{W|capital city}} is the [[Charleston Capital District]] in {{MV|South Carolina}} while {{W|New Orleans}} is the country's largest city.

[[Native Atlanticans|Indigenous peoples]] have continuously inhabited the region that now makes up Atlantica for thousands of years prior to the arrival of the first Europeans. Beginning in the 17th century, the {{W|Kingdom of England}} and later the {{W|Kingdom of Great Britain}} engaged in {{W|British colonization of the Americas|widespread colonization}} across the Americas with the {{W|Province of Carolina}} becoming the first colony created in Atlantica's modern borders, first chartered in 1608 and later formally established in 1663 before being partitioned in 1712 into {{W|Province of North Carolina|North}} and {{W|Province of South Carolina|South Carolina}} as separate colonial provinces. The Carolinas would makeup part of the {{W|Southern Colonies|southern half}} of the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}}. The Southern Colonies would have their territory expanded following Britain's victory over the {{W|Kingdom of France}} at the end of the {{W|Seven Years' War}} in 1763 with the {{W|Royal Proclamation of 1763}} issued by {{W|George III|King George III}} being the cutoff point between the colonies and native tribes in the region. The {{W|American Revolution}} saw the colonies fall into upheaval between the pro-independence {{W|Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots}} and {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists}} with open war breaking out in 1775 following the {{W|Battles of Lexington and Concord}}. Following the {{W|United States Declaration of Independence|American declaration of independence}} on 4 July 1776, the British military deployed sizable forces to suppress the rebellions with an expeditionary force lead by {{W|Lord Charles Cornwallis}} sent to secure the Southern Colonies to contain the revolution and keep it confined to the Northern Colonies.

The subsequent {{W|American Revolutionary War}} would see British and Loyalist forces clash with Patriot rebels and ended in 1783 in a stalemate with the [[Treaty of Paris (Makerverse)|Treaty of Paris]] that year concluded the war with the northern colonies being legally recognized as the United States and as a sovereign state while the southern colonies remained under the British crown and were reorganized as Atlantica, becoming one of the "[[Loyal Nations]]" alongside {{MV|Canada}} due to their continued loyalty to the {{W|British Empire}} and crown. The demarcation line between the United States and Atlantica was based off of a modified version of the {{W|Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665}} with all land south of {{MV|Virginia}} being recognized as remaining part of the British Empire as their remaining colonies eastern North America. Both Atlantica and the United States came into conflict during the {{MV|War of 1812}} as part of war between the U.S. and Britain with fighting taking place along the Atlantican–American border and in {{W|French Louisiana}} with Atlantican forces capturing the strategically important port city of {{W|New Orleans}}. The subsequent {{MV|Treaty of Ghent}} divided the Louisiana territory among a north–south line with the latter being given to Atlantica and the north being given to the United States.

The 19th century saw a period of [[Territorial evolution of Atlantica|major territorial expansion]] both westward on the mainland and down south into the Caribbean. The [[Anglo-Mexican War]] (1846–1848) saw Atlantica [[Texas Cession|acquire]] the region of {{W|Texas}} and annex it into the commonwealth where it was reorganized into three provinces. Further expansion came in the [[Anglo-Spanish War (1898)|1898 Anglo-Spanish War]] where Atlantica acquired {{MV|Cuba}} and the other islands of the {{W|Greater Antilles}} region and would annex most of the Caribbean by the start of the 20th century in what is now known as the [[Caribbean Cession]].

==Etymology==
The name of Atlantica comes from the {{W|Atlantic Ocean}}, one of the five official oceans in the world and the main ocean that Atlantica borders, the latter being first mentioned in {{W|Stesichorus}} from {{W|Ancient Greece}}. Early name proposals for Atlantic included Carolina or the Carolina Commonwealth in reference to the southern colonies of the same name due to their loyalist sentiments and Britain managing to lock down the North and South Carolina colonies during the American Revolutionary War. The usage of the term {{W|Commonwealth|commonwealth}} as part of the country's official name was added to reference Atlantica as a shared political community among the {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|American Loyalists}} who helped form the nation and was created for them and in honor of their continued support for the British Empire and crown. Atlantica is often nicknamed the "pond nation" or the "pond commonwealth" in reference to the Atlantic being humorously referred to as "the pond" by the those in both North America and in the UK in reference to the Atlantic itself.
==History==
{{Main|History of Atlantica}}
===Early human settlement===
The first recorded case of human settlement in modern day Atlantica occurred around 9500 BCE with the arrival of the first human settlers into the region, such settlers now being known as {{W|Paleo-Indians}}. The Paleoindians lived as hunter-gatherers where they roamed in bands and hunted {{W|megafauna}} for food and survival. Several cultural stages occurred in the region from Archaic (c.8000–1000 BCE) and the later Woodland (c.1000 BCE – 1000 CE), preceded the first discovery in the region by Europeans in the 15 century, all of which are collectively referred to as the {{W|Mississippian period|Mississippian culture}}.

The Mississippian culture was a complex [[Native Americans in Atlantica|Native American]] {{W|Mound Builders|mound building}} culture that emerged and flourished within what is now Atlantica between 800 AD and 1500 AD prior to European colonization. During this period, the natives established elaborate and lengthy trade routes that connected their residential areas to their ceremonial centers and extended through the river valleys from the Great Lakes all the way to the East Coast of North America. Some notable explorers who encountered and later described the Mississippian culture, by that point in decline, included {{W|Pánfilo de Narváez}} (1528) and {{W|Hernando de Soto}} (1540) of Spain and {{W|Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville}} (1699) of France.

Native American tribes that are descendants of the mound builders include the {{W|Alabama people|Alabama}}, {{W|Apalachee}}, {{W|Caddo}}, {{W|Cherokee}}, {{W|Chickasaw}}, {{W|Choctaw}}, {{W|Creek people|Creek}}, {{W|Guale}}, {{W|Hitchiti}}, {{W|Houma}}, and the {{W|Seminole}} peoples. All of these groups still reside in Atlantica to this day. There are other peoples who lived in the region prior to the arrival of the first European colonists such as the {{W|Catawba}} and the {{W|Powhatan}}, however their ancestral links to the Mississippian culture are less clear.

===European colonization===
{{Main|Colonial history of Atlantica}}
The 16th century saw the arrival of the first European colonists as part of the broader {{W|European colonization of the Americas}} with both the French and Spanish being first ones to establish colonies in present day Atlantica. Due to them coming in large numbers, they unknowingly spread {{W|Disease|diseases}} among them that the natives lacked any immunity and thus lead to {{W|Population history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas|widespread population decline}} alongside violent conflicts and forceful relocations against the native tribes.

The Spanish and French established various settlements and whole colonies in {{W|Spanish Florida|Florida}}, {{W|Spanish Texas|Texas}}, and {{W|French Louisiana|Louisiana}}. The Spanish would settle Florida with {{W|St. Augustine, Florida|St. Augustine}} being the first permanent settlement established by the Spanish. The Spanish colonies were established in the 16th century and peaked population-wise by the 17th century, however the population remained small regardless due to the Spanish colonists lacking interest in agriculture and Florida lacking valuable minerals.

The predominant ethnocultural group of the original Southern colonies were the [[English Atlanticans|English]] who established the largest colonies and saw the region ultimately come under English and later British rule. First arriving in the 17th century, most of the English colonists were voluntary migrant settlers and chiefly settled the eastern coast of the region before pushing more inland and later settling the {{W|Appalachian Mountains}} by the 18th century. The majority of the English settlers were {{W|Indentured servitude|indentured servants}} who after their passage worked to pay off their debts and ultimately gain freedom. By contrast wealthier settlers, typically members of the English {{W|land gentry}}, who paid their way to receive land grants in the {{W|New World}} and were known as {{W|headrights}} who encouraged settlement of the continent.
[[File:Gacolony.png|right|thumb|240px|Map of the Southern Colonies with the {{W|Royal Proclamation of 1763|Proclamation Line of 1763}} marked in red.]]
The Southern Colonies were divided into three main regions which also came with their own respective differences: the {{W|Tidewater}}, the {{W|Deep South}}, and {{W|Appalachia}}. The Tidewater was the first of these regions to be settled by Europeans, consisting of the low-lying plains of southeastern {{MV|Virginia}} and the {{W|Inner Banks}} in northeastern {{MV|North Carolina}} alongside southeastern {{MV|Maryland}} and the {{W|Chesapeake Bay}}. The Deep South was settled next with the establishment of the {{W|Province of Carolina}} in 1663 and later followed up by the {{W|Province of Georgia}} as the next separate colony to be established. Appalachia was the last of the three main regions to be settled which was primarily done by {{W|Ulster Scots|Scotch-Irish}} settlers. In 1663, King {{W|Charles II of England}} granted the Charter of Carolina which granted land south of the {{W|Colony of Virginia}} and north of the colony of {{W|Spanish Florida}}. Said land was granted by King Charles II to eight {{W|Lord proprietor|lords proprietor}} and was granted to them in exchange for financial and political assistance in {{W|Stuart Restoration|restoring him to the throne}} in 1660. The land granted as part of the charter included land in the present-day provinces of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Yazoo, West Florida, and East Florida.

Within the British colonies, officially the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}}, immigration to them began in 1607 and lasted until 1775 with the outbreak of the American Revolution. These settlers would clear land, build houses, other outbuildings, and their own farms on the land they acquired. The rich settlers of the Southern Colonies owned large {{W|Plantation complexes in the Southern United States|plantations}} that dominated export agriculture in the colonies and frequently uses slaves which were involved in labor-intensive work cultivating {{W|Cash crop|cash crops}} such as tobacco, the first of these crops, followed up other cash crops later on. Tobacco would exhaust the soil quickly and forced farmers to clear new fields. They would use old fields for pasture and for crops such as corn or wheat or allowed them to grow into woodlots.

During to the mid-to-late 18th century, large groups of {{W|Ulster Scots}} (later called the [[Scotch-Irish Atlanticans|Scotch-Irsh]]) and other British migrants from the region around the {{W|Anglo-Scottish border}} immigrated to and settled in the American colonies and would settle in the regions of {{W|Appalachia}} and {{W|Piedmont (plateau)|Piedmont}}. These settlers were the largest immigrants of non-English origin from the {{W|British Isles}} prior to the outbreak of the {{MV|American Revolution}}. The early colonies would engage in {{W|Ritual warfare|warfare}}, trade, and cultural exchanges with settlers living the backcountry would encounter the {{W|Creek Indians}}, {{W|Cherokee}}, and the {{W|Choctaws}} among other regional native groups these settlers were the most likely to encounter.

===Instituting slavery===
{{Main|Slavery in Atlantica}}
[[File:Slavery in the 13 colonies.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Map of the number of proportion of slaves across the Thirteen Colonies in 1770.]]
Prior to the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1776, {{W|Slavery in the colonial history of the United States|slavery was legal}} throughout the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}} with the British Empire having {{W|Slavery in the British and French Caribbean|slave island colonies}} in the {{W|Caribbean}}, including the islands of {{MV|Antigua}}, {{MV|Barbados}}, {{MV|Jamaica}}, and {{MV|Nevis}}, with said islands having provided a steady flow of profits from the slave labour used to produce sugar in the region. While slavery was a legal institution across the entire Thirteen Colonies, it was in the {{W|Southern Colonies}} that slavery was the most prevalent with the region possessing the largest number of slave plantations and the largest number of African American slaves in proportion to their overall populations compared to the {{W|Middle Colonies}} and the {{W|New England Colonies}}.

According to Atlantican historian {{W|Bertram Wyatt-Brown}}, "Bondage was an answer to an economic need. The South was not founded to create slavery; slavery was recruited to perpetuate the South." The {{W|Barbados Slave Code}} of 1661 served as the legal basis for the slave codes that were adopted throughout the {{W|Province of the Carolinas}} and thew {{W|Province of Georgia}} in the Thirteen Colonies. In other parts of British America where the slave codes weren't an exact copy of the Barbados one, such as in the {{W|Province of Virginia}} and the {{W|Province of Maryland}}, the slave code's influence could still be felt and traced through various provisions.

Behind Virginia, the future provinces of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina possessed the largest number of slaves and proportion to each colony's population within the Southern Colonies prior to the outbreak of the American Revolution and were the basis of the plantation-based agricultural economy and system that would dominated the economics of the region both before and after the revolution. Nearby {{W|Spanish Florida}} proved to be a thorn in Britain's side as the colony had served as a refuge for fugitive slaves since 1687 under the Spanish colonial code with Spain intentionally implementing this as a policy in hopes of undermining British colonial rule in North America.
===American Revolution===
{{Main|American Revolutionary War (Makerverse)}}
[[File:Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis.png|thumb|right|210px|{{W|Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Lord Charles Cornwallis}}, the main British Army general in the Southern theater of the American War.]]
During the {{MV|American Revolutionary War}}, the Southern Colonies became a battleground between the {{W|Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots}} and the {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists}} as was the case throughout the rest of the Thirteen Colonies. Early battles and campaigns were largely concentrated in the Northern Colonies around {{MV|New York}} and New England along with nearby Canada as well. Among the Southern Colonies, Virginia would provide major Patriot leaders such as political leader and Declaration of Independence author {{W|Thomas Jefferson}} and {{W|Continental Army}} Commander-in-Chief {{W|George Washington}}, though a large Loyalist presence still remained.

By 1777, the British political and military leadership was fully aware that the rebellion was more formidable than expected and conflict began spreading down south. Seeking to contain the Continental Army in the Northern Colonies and prevent them and their momentum from spreading down south, additional British reinforcements were sent down to reinforce the south and prevent the spread of the Patriot momentum and cause from encouraging their sympathizers in the region. {{W|Charles Cornwalls, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Lord Charles Cornwallis}} would ultimately be chosen to lead the British expedition which landed on August 23rd in the port cities of {{W|Charleston, South Carolina}} that would be the basis for future British military campaigns and efforts against the Patriot rebels in the region and were backed by Loyalist sympathizers, much of which were concentrated in the major port cities and similar areas.

Battles had already token place in the Southern Colonies prior to the arrival of British reinforcements in 1777 such as Patriot forces capturing the port city of {{W|Wilmington, North Carolina}} in the previous year with the port eventually being recaptured in January 1778. Several skirmishes and battles had occurred beforehand between Patriot militias in the countryside and Loyalist militias organized in cities and other communities with pro-Loyalist leanings. {{W|Savannah, Georgia}} was another notable city in the South that was also captured by British and Loyalist forces as well with organizing Loyalist militias and support being difficult due to Patriot sympathies being higher than expected, but was somewhat remedied by the cause mainly being higher in the Northern Colonies where the main Continental Army and Patriot forces were successfully contained there.

Having largely contained the revolution to the northern colonies and locked down the south early on. 1780 saw major battles break out as seen with the {{W|Battle of Monck's Corner}} and the {{W|Battle of Lenud's Ferry}}. These battles consisted entirely of Loyalist soldiers with the exception of the commanding officer, {{W|Banastre Tarleton}}, who helped secure British control in South Carolina at the {{W|Battle of Waxhawks}}. The British Army had been recruiting {{W|Black Loyalists}} into their forces since the start of the revolution, offering freedom and emancipation in exchange for service in the army and found thousands of volunteers, primarily slaves who were owned by Patriot supports and/or soldiers. Said Black Loyalists fought alongside their white counterparts since 1775 as seen at the {{W|Battle of Kemp's Landing}} in Virginia. By 1781, British and Loyalist forces had successfully managed to retain control over South Carolina and Georgia as well as preventing further spread of Patriot activity into these and other nearby areas with North Carolina remaining a contested battleground with Continental Army forces being lead by general {{W|Nathaniel Greene}} within the Southern theater.
[[File:Battle of Guiliford Courthouse 15 March 1781.jpg|thumb|left|240px|1st Maryland Regiment at the {{W|Battle of Guilford Courthouse}}, 15 March 1781.]]
1781 would see the largest battle of the war in the Southern theater in North Carolina at the {{W|Battle of Guilford's Courthouse}}, which took place on March 15 in {{W|Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro}}, where General Cornwallis lead a force of 3,100 men against a Patriot force of 4,500 lead by General Greene. Despite being outnumbered, the British managed to push back the Continental Army and resulted in the latter forming a defensive circle in a costly last stand against the British and Loyalist forces. Despite taking high losses, the British forces successfully forced the Patriot rebels to retreat and routed them, many of the rebels eventually dropping their weapons and {{W|Desertion|deserting}} back to their homes. The battle was seen as a victory for the British and had weakened Patriot activity in the South as a result of Britain's containment strategy and keeping enough pressure up in the north to prevent the Continental Army from sending ample reinforcements to the Southern Colonies.

By the summer of 1781, the British political and military leadership had come to the conclusion that the American War was becoming a costly quagmire and should pursue a diplomatic conclusion to end the conflict, viewing holding onto the Southern Colonies in exchange for recognizing American independence and the United States in the north as more worthwhile decision in favor of prolonged conflict which they feared would possibly lead to the undermining of British control in the south and the loss of the remaining colonies under their control.

Negotiations began in 1782 between the British and American delegations where they eventually ended up signing the {{MV|Treaty of Paris}} in 1783 which formally ended the American War. As part of the treaty, Great Britain officially recognized the United States as a {{W|Political legitimacy|legitimate sovereign state}} while the {{W|Continental Congress}} officially recognized British sovereignty over the Southern Colonies and recognized them as remaining part of the British Empire while the Northern Colonies were recognized as part of the new United States along with the Acadian territories being recognized as part of the U.S. as well due to them having sided with the Patriots during the revolution and were the only territories in Canada that actually sided with the Patriots while the rest remained part of the British Empire. The treaty came into effect in 1783 and officially ended hostilities between the British, Americans, and their allies. For the Loyalists, the treaty was bittersweet in that while half of the colonies broke off, the other half remained part of the British realm and as such there remained an area in North America outside of Canada they can move to and remain part of the British crown.

===Post-revolution politics===
Following the signing of the Treaty of Paris, the partition was formalized with all land south of Virginia being recognized as being part of British America while the United States was officially recognized as a legitimate sovereign state by the British government. Migration occurred between Atlantica and the United States with any remaining Loyalists and Loyalist-leaning sympathizers moving down south to Atlantica while Patriot-leaning people moved to the United States, said migration being a term within the Treaty of Paris as a condition for peace between the United States and Great Britain and American recognition of continued British sovereignty over the Southern Colonies. Many of these Loyalist migrants would later form the [[Legion of American Loyalists]], a chivalric order comprised of those who fought to remain part of the British Empire during the American War and were rewarded for their loyalty by the British crown and government.

The Southern Colonies would be officially declared as Atlantica in 1784 as the new name for the colony now that the Thirteen Colonies were defunct and the original name was inapplicable, though the original colonial political system from before 1775 remained in effect in the colonies. The Atlantic Commonwealth was chosen as the official name due to their proximity to the Atlantic Ocean and having won out over other names during the official convention for the establishment of the new polity. While the Treaty of Paris had ensured peace between Atlantica and the United States, tensions still remained between both polities with many in Atlantica viewing the United States as a rogue break-away entity that Atlantica must remain wary of as loyal subjects of the British Empire while many in the U.S. viewed the revolution as incomplete and wanted Atlantica to be annexed into the republic under the {{W|Irredentism|irredentist}} [[Finish the Revolution]] movement.
===19th century expansion===
{{Main|Territorial evolution of Atlantica}}
===20th century===
===Modern history===

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'''Atlantica''', officially the '''Atlantic Commonwealth''' ({{w|Spanish language|Spanish}}: ''Mancomunidad Atlántica''), is a country located in {{W|North America}} centered in the {{W|Southeastern United States|southeastern region}} that comprises its mainland with additional territories located in the {{W|Caribbean}}. Its [[Provinces of Atlantica|twenty-one provinces]] stretch from the {{W|North Atlantic}} in the east to the {{W|Rio Grande}} river in the west within its continental mainland and comprises the majority of the island territories making up the Caribbean. Atlantica shares land borders with the {{MV|United States}} to the north and {{MV|California}} to the west while sharing maritime borders with {{MV|Colombia}}, {{MV|Mexico}}, and the {{MV|United Kingdom}}. The [[Atlantica–United States border|international border]] between Atlantica and the United States is one of the longest in the world. The {{W|capital city}} is the [[Charleston Capital District]] in {{MV|South Carolina}} while {{W|New Orleans}} is the country's largest city.

[[Native Atlanticans|Indigenous peoples]] have continuously inhabited the region that now makes up Atlantica for thousands of years prior to the arrival of the first Europeans. Beginning in the 17th century, the {{W|Kingdom of England}} and later the {{W|Kingdom of Great Britain}} engaged in {{W|British colonization of the Americas|widespread colonization}} across the Americas with the {{W|Province of Carolina}} becoming the first colony created in Atlantica's modern borders, first chartered in 1608 and later formally established in 1663 before being partitioned in 1712 into {{W|Province of North Carolina|North}} and {{W|Province of South Carolina|South Carolina}} as separate colonial provinces. The Carolinas would makeup part of the {{W|Southern Colonies|southern half}} of the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}}. The Southern Colonies would have their territory expanded following Britain's victory over the {{W|Kingdom of France}} at the end of the {{W|Seven Years' War}} in 1763 with the {{W|Royal Proclamation of 1763}} issued by {{W|George III|King George III}} being the cutoff point between the colonies and native tribes in the region. The {{W|American Revolution}} saw the colonies fall into upheaval between the pro-independence {{W|Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots}} and {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists}} with open war breaking out in 1775 following the {{W|Battles of Lexington and Concord}}. Following the {{W|United States Declaration of Independence|American declaration of independence}} on 4 July 1776, the British military deployed sizable forces to suppress the rebellions with an expeditionary force lead by {{W|Lord Charles Cornwallis}} sent to secure the Southern Colonies to contain the revolution and keep it confined to the Northern Colonies.

The subsequent {{W|American Revolutionary War}} would see British and Loyalist forces clash with Patriot rebels and ended in 1783 in a stalemate with the [[Treaty of Paris (Makerverse)|Treaty of Paris]] that year concluded the war with the northern colonies being legally recognized as the United States and as a sovereign state while the southern colonies remained under the British crown and were reorganized as Atlantica, becoming one of the "[[Loyal Nations]]" alongside {{MV|Canada}} due to their continued loyalty to the {{W|British Empire}} and crown. The demarcation line between the United States and Atlantica was based off of a modified version of the {{W|Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665}} with all land south of {{MV|Virginia}} being recognized as remaining part of the British Empire as their remaining colonies eastern North America. Both Atlantica and the United States came into conflict during the {{MV|War of 1812}} as part of war between the U.S. and Britain with fighting taking place along the Atlantican–American border and in {{W|French Louisiana}} with Atlantican forces capturing the strategically important port city of {{W|New Orleans}}. The subsequent {{MV|Treaty of Ghent}} divided the Louisiana territory among a north–south line with the latter being given to Atlantica and the north being given to the United States.

The 19th century saw a period of [[Territorial evolution of Atlantica|major territorial expansion]] both westward on the mainland and down south into the Caribbean. The [[Anglo-Mexican War]] (1846–1848) saw Atlantica [[Texas Cession|acquire]] the region of {{W|Texas}} and annex it into the commonwealth where it was reorganized into three provinces. Further expansion came in the [[Anglo-Spanish War (1898)|1898 Anglo-Spanish War]] where Atlantica acquired {{MV|Cuba}} and the other islands of the {{W|Greater Antilles}} region and would annex most of the Caribbean by the start of the 20th century in what is now known as the [[Caribbean Cession]].

==Etymology==
The name of Atlantica comes from the {{W|Atlantic Ocean}}, one of the five official oceans in the world and the main ocean that Atlantica borders, the latter being first mentioned in {{W|Stesichorus}} from {{W|Ancient Greece}}. Early name proposals for Atlantic included Carolina or the Carolina Commonwealth in reference to the southern colonies of the same name due to their loyalist sentiments and Britain managing to lock down the North and South Carolina colonies during the American Revolutionary War. The usage of the term {{W|Commonwealth|commonwealth}} as part of the country's official name was added to reference Atlantica as a shared political community among the {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|American Loyalists}} who helped form the nation and was created for them and in honor of their continued support for the British Empire and crown. Atlantica is often nicknamed the "pond nation" or the "pond commonwealth" in reference to the Atlantic being humorously referred to as "the pond" by the those in both North America and in the UK in reference to the Atlantic itself.
==History==
{{Main|History of Atlantica}}
===Early human settlement===
The first recorded case of human settlement in modern day Atlantica occurred around 9500 BCE with the arrival of the first human settlers into the region, such settlers now being known as {{W|Paleo-Indians}}. The Paleoindians lived as hunter-gatherers where they roamed in bands and hunted {{W|megafauna}} for food and survival. Several cultural stages occurred in the region from Archaic (c.8000–1000 BCE) and the later Woodland (c.1000 BCE – 1000 CE), preceded the first discovery in the region by Europeans in the 15 century, all of which are collectively referred to as the {{W|Mississippian period|Mississippian culture}}.

The Mississippian culture was a complex [[Native Americans in Atlantica|Native American]] {{W|Mound Builders|mound building}} culture that emerged and flourished within what is now Atlantica between 800 AD and 1500 AD prior to European colonization. During this period, the natives established elaborate and lengthy trade routes that connected their residential areas to their ceremonial centers and extended through the river valleys from the Great Lakes all the way to the East Coast of North America. Some notable explorers who encountered and later described the Mississippian culture, by that point in decline, included {{W|Pánfilo de Narváez}} (1528) and {{W|Hernando de Soto}} (1540) of Spain and {{W|Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville}} (1699) of France.

Native American tribes that are descendants of the mound builders include the {{W|Alabama people|Alabama}}, {{W|Apalachee}}, {{W|Caddo}}, {{W|Cherokee}}, {{W|Chickasaw}}, {{W|Choctaw}}, {{W|Creek people|Creek}}, {{W|Guale}}, {{W|Hitchiti}}, {{W|Houma}}, and the {{W|Seminole}} peoples. All of these groups still reside in Atlantica to this day. There are other peoples who lived in the region prior to the arrival of the first European colonists such as the {{W|Catawba}} and the {{W|Powhatan}}, however their ancestral links to the Mississippian culture are less clear.

===European colonization===
{{Main|Colonial history of Atlantica}}
The 16th century saw the arrival of the first European colonists as part of the broader {{W|European colonization of the Americas}} with both the French and Spanish being first ones to establish colonies in present day Atlantica. Due to them coming in large numbers, they unknowingly spread {{W|Disease|diseases}} among them that the natives lacked any immunity and thus lead to {{W|Population history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas|widespread population decline}} alongside violent conflicts and forceful relocations against the native tribes.

The Spanish and French established various settlements and whole colonies in {{W|Spanish Florida|Florida}}, {{W|Spanish Texas|Texas}}, and {{W|French Louisiana|Louisiana}}. The Spanish would settle Florida with {{W|St. Augustine, Florida|St. Augustine}} being the first permanent settlement established by the Spanish. The Spanish colonies were established in the 16th century and peaked population-wise by the 17th century, however the population remained small regardless due to the Spanish colonists lacking interest in agriculture and Florida lacking valuable minerals.

The predominant ethnocultural group of the original Southern colonies were the [[English Atlanticans|English]] who established the largest colonies and saw the region ultimately come under English and later British rule. First arriving in the 17th century, most of the English colonists were voluntary migrant settlers and chiefly settled the eastern coast of the region before pushing more inland and later settling the {{W|Appalachian Mountains}} by the 18th century. The majority of the English settlers were {{W|Indentured servitude|indentured servants}} who after their passage worked to pay off their debts and ultimately gain freedom. By contrast wealthier settlers, typically members of the English {{W|land gentry}}, who paid their way to receive land grants in the {{W|New World}} and were known as {{W|headrights}} who encouraged settlement of the continent.
[[File:Gacolony.png|right|thumb|240px|Map of the Southern Colonies with the {{W|Royal Proclamation of 1763|Proclamation Line of 1763}} marked in red.]]
The Southern Colonies were divided into three main regions which also came with their own respective differences: the {{W|Tidewater}}, the {{W|Deep South}}, and {{W|Appalachia}}. The Tidewater was the first of these regions to be settled by Europeans, consisting of the low-lying plains of southeastern {{MV|Virginia}} and the {{W|Inner Banks}} in northeastern {{MV|North Carolina}} alongside southeastern {{MV|Maryland}} and the {{W|Chesapeake Bay}}. The Deep South was settled next with the establishment of the {{W|Province of Carolina}} in 1663 and later followed up by the {{W|Province of Georgia}} as the next separate colony to be established. Appalachia was the last of the three main regions to be settled which was primarily done by {{W|Ulster Scots|Scotch-Irish}} settlers. In 1663, King {{W|Charles II of England}} granted the Charter of Carolina which granted land south of the {{W|Colony of Virginia}} and north of the colony of {{W|Spanish Florida}}. Said land was granted by King Charles II to eight {{W|Lord proprietor|lords proprietor}} and was granted to them in exchange for financial and political assistance in {{W|Stuart Restoration|restoring him to the throne}} in 1660. The land granted as part of the charter included land in the present-day provinces of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Yazoo, West Florida, and East Florida.

Within the British colonies, officially the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}}, immigration to them began in 1607 and lasted until 1775 with the outbreak of the American Revolution. These settlers would clear land, build houses, other outbuildings, and their own farms on the land they acquired. The rich settlers of the Southern Colonies owned large {{W|Plantation complexes in the Southern United States|plantations}} that dominated export agriculture in the colonies and frequently uses slaves which were involved in labor-intensive work cultivating {{W|Cash crop|cash crops}} such as tobacco, the first of these crops, followed up other cash crops later on. Tobacco would exhaust the soil quickly and forced farmers to clear new fields. They would use old fields for pasture and for crops such as corn or wheat or allowed them to grow into woodlots.

During to the mid-to-late 18th century, large groups of {{W|Ulster Scots}} (later called the [[Scotch-Irish Atlanticans|Scotch-Irsh]]) and other British migrants from the region around the {{W|Anglo-Scottish border}} immigrated to and settled in the American colonies and would settle in the regions of {{W|Appalachia}} and {{W|Piedmont (plateau)|Piedmont}}. These settlers were the largest immigrants of non-English origin from the {{W|British Isles}} prior to the outbreak of the {{MV|American Revolution}}. The early colonies would engage in {{W|Ritual warfare|warfare}}, trade, and cultural exchanges with settlers living the backcountry would encounter the {{W|Creek Indians}}, {{W|Cherokee}}, and the {{W|Choctaws}} among other regional native groups these settlers were the most likely to encounter.

===Instituting slavery===
{{Main|Slavery in Atlantica}}
[[File:Slavery in the 13 colonies.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Map of the number of proportion of slaves across the Thirteen Colonies in 1770.]]
Prior to the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1776, {{W|Slavery in the colonial history of the United States|slavery was legal}} throughout the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}} with the British Empire having {{W|Slavery in the British and French Caribbean|slave island colonies}} in the {{W|Caribbean}}, including the islands of {{MV|Antigua}}, {{MV|Barbados}}, {{MV|Jamaica}}, and {{MV|Nevis}}, with said islands having provided a steady flow of profits from the slave labour used to produce sugar in the region. While slavery was a legal institution across the entire Thirteen Colonies, it was in the {{W|Southern Colonies}} that slavery was the most prevalent with the region possessing the largest number of slave plantations and the largest number of African American slaves in proportion to their overall populations compared to the {{W|Middle Colonies}} and the {{W|New England Colonies}}.

According to Atlantican historian {{W|Bertram Wyatt-Brown}}, "Bondage was an answer to an economic need. The South was not founded to create slavery; slavery was recruited to perpetuate the South." The {{W|Barbados Slave Code}} of 1661 served as the legal basis for the slave codes that were adopted throughout the {{W|Province of the Carolinas}} and thew {{W|Province of Georgia}} in the Thirteen Colonies. In other parts of British America where the slave codes weren't an exact copy of the Barbados one, such as in the {{W|Province of Virginia}} and the {{W|Province of Maryland}}, the slave code's influence could still be felt and traced through various provisions.

Behind Virginia, the future provinces of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina possessed the largest number of slaves and proportion to each colony's population within the Southern Colonies prior to the outbreak of the American Revolution and were the basis of the plantation-based agricultural economy and system that would dominated the economics of the region both before and after the revolution. Nearby {{W|Spanish Florida}} proved to be a thorn in Britain's side as the colony had served as a refuge for fugitive slaves since 1687 under the Spanish colonial code with Spain intentionally implementing this as a policy in hopes of undermining British colonial rule in North America.
===American Revolution===
{{Main|American Revolutionary War (Makerverse)}}
[[File:Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis.png|thumb|right|210px|{{W|Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Lord Charles Cornwallis}}, the main British Army general in the Southern theater of the American War.]]
During the {{MV|American Revolutionary War}}, the Southern Colonies became a battleground between the {{W|Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots}} and the {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists}} as was the case throughout the rest of the Thirteen Colonies. Early battles and campaigns were largely concentrated in the Northern Colonies around {{MV|New York}} and New England along with nearby Canada as well. Among the Southern Colonies, Virginia would provide major Patriot leaders such as political leader and Declaration of Independence author {{W|Thomas Jefferson}} and {{W|Continental Army}} Commander-in-Chief {{W|George Washington}}, though a large Loyalist presence still remained.

By 1777, the British political and military leadership was fully aware that the rebellion was more formidable than expected and conflict began spreading down south. Seeking to contain the Continental Army in the Northern Colonies and prevent them and their momentum from spreading down south, additional British reinforcements were sent down to reinforce the south and prevent the spread of the Patriot momentum and cause from encouraging their sympathizers in the region. {{W|Charles Cornwalls, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Lord Charles Cornwallis}} would ultimately be chosen to lead the British expedition which landed on August 23rd in the port cities of {{W|Charleston, South Carolina}} that would be the basis for future British military campaigns and efforts against the Patriot rebels in the region and were backed by Loyalist sympathizers, much of which were concentrated in the major port cities and similar areas.

Battles had already token place in the Southern Colonies prior to the arrival of British reinforcements in 1777 such as Patriot forces capturing the port city of {{W|Wilmington, North Carolina}} in the previous year with the port eventually being recaptured in January 1778. Several skirmishes and battles had occurred beforehand between Patriot militias in the countryside and Loyalist militias organized in cities and other communities with pro-Loyalist leanings. {{W|Savannah, Georgia}} was another notable city in the South that was also captured by British and Loyalist forces as well with organizing Loyalist militias and support being difficult due to Patriot sympathies being higher than expected, but was somewhat remedied by the cause mainly being higher in the Northern Colonies where the main Continental Army and Patriot forces were successfully contained there.

Having largely contained the revolution to the northern colonies and locked down the south early on. 1780 saw major battles break out as seen with the {{W|Battle of Monck's Corner}} and the {{W|Battle of Lenud's Ferry}}. These battles consisted entirely of Loyalist soldiers with the exception of the commanding officer, {{W|Banastre Tarleton}}, who helped secure British control in South Carolina at the {{W|Battle of Waxhawks}}. The British Army had been recruiting {{W|Black Loyalists}} into their forces since the start of the revolution, offering freedom and emancipation in exchange for service in the army and found thousands of volunteers, primarily slaves who were owned by Patriot supports and/or soldiers. Said Black Loyalists fought alongside their white counterparts since 1775 as seen at the {{W|Battle of Kemp's Landing}} in Virginia. By 1781, British and Loyalist forces had successfully managed to retain control over South Carolina and Georgia as well as preventing further spread of Patriot activity into these and other nearby areas with North Carolina remaining a contested battleground with Continental Army forces being lead by general {{W|Nathaniel Greene}} within the Southern theater.
[[File:Battle of Guiliford Courthouse 15 March 1781.jpg|thumb|left|240px|1st Maryland Regiment at the {{W|Battle of Guilford Courthouse}}, 15 March 1781.]]
1781 would see the largest battle of the war in the Southern theater in North Carolina at the {{W|Battle of Guilford's Courthouse}}, which took place on March 15 in {{W|Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro}}, where General Cornwallis lead a force of 3,100 men against a Patriot force of 4,500 lead by General Greene. Despite being outnumbered, the British managed to push back the Continental Army and resulted in the latter forming a defensive circle in a costly last stand against the British and Loyalist forces. Despite taking high losses, the British forces successfully forced the Patriot rebels to retreat and routed them, many of the rebels eventually dropping their weapons and {{W|Desertion|deserting}} back to their homes. The battle was seen as a victory for the British and had weakened Patriot activity in the South as a result of Britain's containment strategy and keeping enough pressure up in the north to prevent the Continental Army from sending ample reinforcements to the Southern Colonies.

By the summer of 1781, the British political and military leadership had come to the conclusion that the American War was becoming a costly quagmire and should pursue a diplomatic conclusion to end the conflict, viewing holding onto the Southern Colonies in exchange for recognizing American independence and the United States in the north as more worthwhile decision in favor of prolonged conflict which they feared would possibly lead to the undermining of British control in the south and the loss of the remaining colonies under their control.

===Post-revolution politics===
Following the signing of the Treaty of Paris, the partition was formalized with all land south of Virginia being recognized as being part of British America while the United States was officially recognized as a legitimate sovereign state by the British government. Migration occurred between Atlantica and the United States with any remaining Loyalists and Loyalist-leaning sympathizers moving down south to Atlantica while Patriot-leaning people moved to the United States, said migration being a term within the Treaty of Paris as a condition for peace between the United States and Great Britain and American recognition of continued British sovereignty over the Southern Colonies. Many of these Loyalist migrants would later form the [[Legion of American Loyalists]], a chivalric order comprised of those who fought to remain part of the British Empire during the American War and were rewarded for their loyalty by the British crown and government.

The Southern Colonies would be officially declared as Atlantica in 1784 as the new name for the colony now that the Thirteen Colonies were defunct and the original name was inapplicable, though the original colonial political system from before 1775 remained in effect in the colonies. The Atlantic Commonwealth was chosen as the official name due to their proximity to the Atlantic Ocean and having won out over other names during the official convention for the establishment of the new polity. While the Treaty of Paris had ensured peace between Atlantica and the United States, tensions still remained between both polities with many in Atlantica viewing the United States as a rogue break-away entity that Atlantica must remain wary of as loyal subjects of the British Empire while many in the U.S. viewed the revolution as incomplete and wanted Atlantica to be annexed into the republic under the {{W|Irredentism|irredentist}} [[Finish the Revolution]] movement.
===19th century expansion===
{{Main|Territorial evolution of Atlantica}}
===20th century===
===Modern history===

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'''Atlantica''', officially the '''Atlantic Commonwealth''' ({{w|Spanish language|Spanish}}: ''Mancomunidad Atlántica''), is a country located in {{W|North America}} centered in the {{W|Southeastern United States|southeastern region}} that comprises its mainland with additional territories located in the {{W|Caribbean}}. Its [[Provinces of Atlantica|twenty-one provinces]] stretch from the {{W|North Atlantic}} in the east to the {{W|Rio Grande}} river in the west within its continental mainland and comprises the majority of the island territories making up the Caribbean. Atlantica shares land borders with the {{MV|United States}} to the north and {{MV|California}} to the west while sharing maritime borders with {{MV|Colombia}}, {{MV|Mexico}}, and the {{MV|United Kingdom}}. The [[Atlantica–United States border|international border]] between Atlantica and the United States is one of the longest in the world. The {{W|capital city}} is the [[Charleston Capital District]] in {{MV|South Carolina}} while {{W|New Orleans}} is the country's largest city.

[[Native Atlanticans|Indigenous peoples]] have continuously inhabited the region that now makes up Atlantica for thousands of years prior to the arrival of the first Europeans. Beginning in the 17th century, the {{W|Kingdom of England}} and later the {{W|Kingdom of Great Britain}} engaged in {{W|British colonization of the Americas|widespread colonization}} across the Americas with the {{W|Province of Carolina}} becoming the first colony created in Atlantica's modern borders, first chartered in 1608 and later formally established in 1663 before being partitioned in 1712 into {{W|Province of North Carolina|North}} and {{W|Province of South Carolina|South Carolina}} as separate colonial provinces. The Carolinas would makeup part of the {{W|Southern Colonies|southern half}} of the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}}. The Southern Colonies would have their territory expanded following Britain's victory over the {{W|Kingdom of France}} at the end of the {{W|Seven Years' War}} in 1763 with the {{W|Royal Proclamation of 1763}} issued by {{W|George III|King George III}} being the cutoff point between the colonies and native tribes in the region. The {{W|American Revolution}} saw the colonies fall into upheaval between the pro-independence {{W|Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots}} and {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists}} with open war breaking out in 1775 following the {{W|Battles of Lexington and Concord}}. Following the {{W|United States Declaration of Independence|American declaration of independence}} on 4 July 1776, the British military deployed sizable forces to suppress the rebellions with an expeditionary force lead by {{W|Lord Charles Cornwallis}} sent to secure the Southern Colonies to contain the revolution and keep it confined to the Northern Colonies.

The subsequent {{W|American Revolutionary War}} would see British and Loyalist forces clash with Patriot rebels and ended in 1783 in a stalemate with the [[Treaty of Paris (Makerverse)|Treaty of Paris]] that year concluded the war with the northern colonies being legally recognized as the United States and as a sovereign state while the southern colonies remained under the British crown and were reorganized as Atlantica, becoming one of the "[[Loyal Nations]]" alongside {{MV|Canada}} due to their continued loyalty to the {{W|British Empire}} and crown. The demarcation line between the United States and Atlantica was based off of a modified version of the {{W|Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665}} with all land south of {{MV|Virginia}} being recognized as remaining part of the British Empire as their remaining colonies eastern North America. Both Atlantica and the United States came into conflict during the {{MV|War of 1812}} as part of war between the U.S. and Britain with fighting taking place along the Atlantican–American border and in {{W|French Louisiana}} with Atlantican forces capturing the strategically important port city of {{W|New Orleans}}. The subsequent {{MV|Treaty of Ghent}} divided the Louisiana territory among a north–south line with the latter being given to Atlantica and the north being given to the United States.

The 19th century saw a period of [[Territorial evolution of Atlantica|major territorial expansion]] both westward on the mainland and down south into the Caribbean. The [[Anglo-Mexican War]] (1846–1848) saw Atlantica [[Texas Cession|acquire]] the region of {{W|Texas}} and annex it into the commonwealth where it was reorganized into three provinces. Further expansion came in the [[Anglo-Spanish War (1898)|1898 Anglo-Spanish War]] where Atlantica acquired {{MV|Cuba}} and the other islands of the {{W|Greater Antilles}} region and would annex most of the Caribbean by the start of the 20th century in what is now known as the [[Caribbean Cession]].

==Etymology==
The name of Atlantica comes from the {{W|Atlantic Ocean}}, one of the five official oceans in the world and the main ocean that Atlantica borders, the latter being first mentioned in {{W|Stesichorus}} from {{W|Ancient Greece}}. Early name proposals for Atlantic included Carolina or the Carolina Commonwealth in reference to the southern colonies of the same name due to their loyalist sentiments and Britain managing to lock down the North and South Carolina colonies during the American Revolutionary War. The usage of the term {{W|Commonwealth|commonwealth}} as part of the country's official name was added to reference Atlantica as a shared political community among the {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|American Loyalists}} who helped form the nation and was created for them and in honor of their continued support for the British Empire and crown. Atlantica is often nicknamed the "pond nation" or the "pond commonwealth" in reference to the Atlantic being humorously referred to as "the pond" by the those in both North America and in the UK in reference to the Atlantic itself.
==History==
{{Main|History of Atlantica}}
===Early human settlement===
The first recorded case of human settlement in modern day Atlantica occurred around 9500 BCE with the arrival of the first human settlers into the region, such settlers now being known as {{W|Paleo-Indians}}. The Paleoindians lived as hunter-gatherers where they roamed in bands and hunted {{W|megafauna}} for food and survival. Several cultural stages occurred in the region from Archaic (c.8000–1000 BCE) and the later Woodland (c.1000 BCE – 1000 CE), preceded the first discovery in the region by Europeans in the 15 century, all of which are collectively referred to as the {{W|Mississippian period|Mississippian culture}}.

The Mississippian culture was a complex [[Native Americans in Atlantica|Native American]] {{W|Mound Builders|mound building}} culture that emerged and flourished within what is now Atlantica between 800 AD and 1500 AD prior to European colonization. During this period, the natives established elaborate and lengthy trade routes that connected their residential areas to their ceremonial centers and extended through the river valleys from the Great Lakes all the way to the East Coast of North America. Some notable explorers who encountered and later described the Mississippian culture, by that point in decline, included {{W|Pánfilo de Narváez}} (1528) and {{W|Hernando de Soto}} (1540) of Spain and {{W|Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville}} (1699) of France.

Native American tribes that are descendants of the mound builders include the {{W|Alabama people|Alabama}}, {{W|Apalachee}}, {{W|Caddo}}, {{W|Cherokee}}, {{W|Chickasaw}}, {{W|Choctaw}}, {{W|Creek people|Creek}}, {{W|Guale}}, {{W|Hitchiti}}, {{W|Houma}}, and the {{W|Seminole}} peoples. All of these groups still reside in Atlantica to this day. There are other peoples who lived in the region prior to the arrival of the first European colonists such as the {{W|Catawba}} and the {{W|Powhatan}}, however their ancestral links to the Mississippian culture are less clear.

===European colonization===
{{Main|Colonial history of Atlantica}}
The 16th century saw the arrival of the first European colonists as part of the broader {{W|European colonization of the Americas}} with both the French and Spanish being first ones to establish colonies in present day Atlantica. Due to them coming in large numbers, they unknowingly spread {{W|Disease|diseases}} among them that the natives lacked any immunity and thus lead to {{W|Population history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas|widespread population decline}} alongside violent conflicts and forceful relocations against the native tribes.

The Spanish and French established various settlements and whole colonies in {{W|Spanish Florida|Florida}}, {{W|Spanish Texas|Texas}}, and {{W|French Louisiana|Louisiana}}. The Spanish would settle Florida with {{W|St. Augustine, Florida|St. Augustine}} being the first permanent settlement established by the Spanish. The Spanish colonies were established in the 16th century and peaked population-wise by the 17th century, however the population remained small regardless due to the Spanish colonists lacking interest in agriculture and Florida lacking valuable minerals.

The predominant ethnocultural group of the original Southern colonies were the [[English Atlanticans|English]] who established the largest colonies and saw the region ultimately come under English and later British rule. First arriving in the 17th century, most of the English colonists were voluntary migrant settlers and chiefly settled the eastern coast of the region before pushing more inland and later settling the {{W|Appalachian Mountains}} by the 18th century. The majority of the English settlers were {{W|Indentured servitude|indentured servants}} who after their passage worked to pay off their debts and ultimately gain freedom. By contrast wealthier settlers, typically members of the English {{W|land gentry}}, who paid their way to receive land grants in the {{W|New World}} and were known as {{W|headrights}} who encouraged settlement of the continent.
[[File:Gacolony.png|right|thumb|240px|Map of the Southern Colonies with the {{W|Royal Proclamation of 1763|Proclamation Line of 1763}} marked in red.]]
The Southern Colonies were divided into three main regions which also came with their own respective differences: the {{W|Tidewater}}, the {{W|Deep South}}, and {{W|Appalachia}}. The Tidewater was the first of these regions to be settled by Europeans, consisting of the low-lying plains of southeastern {{MV|Virginia}} and the {{W|Inner Banks}} in northeastern {{MV|North Carolina}} alongside southeastern {{MV|Maryland}} and the {{W|Chesapeake Bay}}. The Deep South was settled next with the establishment of the {{W|Province of Carolina}} in 1663 and later followed up by the {{W|Province of Georgia}} as the next separate colony to be established. Appalachia was the last of the three main regions to be settled which was primarily done by {{W|Ulster Scots|Scotch-Irish}} settlers. In 1663, King {{W|Charles II of England}} granted the Charter of Carolina which granted land south of the {{W|Colony of Virginia}} and north of the colony of {{W|Spanish Florida}}. Said land was granted by King Charles II to eight {{W|Lord proprietor|lords proprietor}} and was granted to them in exchange for financial and political assistance in {{W|Stuart Restoration|restoring him to the throne}} in 1660. The land granted as part of the charter included land in the present-day provinces of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Yazoo, West Florida, and East Florida.

Within the British colonies, officially the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}}, immigration to them began in 1607 and lasted until 1775 with the outbreak of the American Revolution. These settlers would clear land, build houses, other outbuildings, and their own farms on the land they acquired. The rich settlers of the Southern Colonies owned large {{W|Plantation complexes in the Southern United States|plantations}} that dominated export agriculture in the colonies and frequently uses slaves which were involved in labor-intensive work cultivating {{W|Cash crop|cash crops}} such as tobacco, the first of these crops, followed up other cash crops later on. Tobacco would exhaust the soil quickly and forced farmers to clear new fields. They would use old fields for pasture and for crops such as corn or wheat or allowed them to grow into woodlots.

During to the mid-to-late 18th century, large groups of {{W|Ulster Scots}} (later called the [[Scotch-Irish Atlanticans|Scotch-Irsh]]) and other British migrants from the region around the {{W|Anglo-Scottish border}} immigrated to and settled in the American colonies and would settle in the regions of {{W|Appalachia}} and {{W|Piedmont (plateau)|Piedmont}}. These settlers were the largest immigrants of non-English origin from the {{W|British Isles}} prior to the outbreak of the {{MV|American Revolution}}. The early colonies would engage in {{W|Ritual warfare|warfare}}, trade, and cultural exchanges with settlers living the backcountry would encounter the {{W|Creek Indians}}, {{W|Cherokee}}, and the {{W|Choctaws}} among other regional native groups these settlers were the most likely to encounter.

===Instituting slavery===
{{Main|Slavery in Atlantica}}
[[File:Slavery in the 13 colonies.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Map of the number of proportion of slaves across the Thirteen Colonies in 1770.]]
Prior to the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1776, {{W|Slavery in the colonial history of the United States|slavery was legal}} throughout the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}} with the British Empire having {{W|Slavery in the British and French Caribbean|slave island colonies}} in the {{W|Caribbean}}, including the islands of {{MV|Antigua}}, {{MV|Barbados}}, {{MV|Jamaica}}, and {{MV|Nevis}}, with said islands having provided a steady flow of profits from the slave labour used to produce sugar in the region. While slavery was a legal institution across the entire Thirteen Colonies, it was in the {{W|Southern Colonies}} that slavery was the most prevalent with the region possessing the largest number of slave plantations and the largest number of African American slaves in proportion to their overall populations compared to the {{W|Middle Colonies}} and the {{W|New England Colonies}}.

According to Atlantican historian {{W|Bertram Wyatt-Brown}}, "Bondage was an answer to an economic need. The South was not founded to create slavery; slavery was recruited to perpetuate the South." The {{W|Barbados Slave Code}} of 1661 served as the legal basis for the slave codes that were adopted throughout the {{W|Province of the Carolinas}} and thew {{W|Province of Georgia}} in the Thirteen Colonies. In other parts of British America where the slave codes weren't an exact copy of the Barbados one, such as in the {{W|Province of Virginia}} and the {{W|Province of Maryland}}, the slave code's influence could still be felt and traced through various provisions.

Behind Virginia, the future provinces of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina possessed the largest number of slaves and proportion to each colony's population within the Southern Colonies prior to the outbreak of the American Revolution and were the basis of the plantation-based agricultural economy and system that would dominated the economics of the region both before and after the revolution. Nearby {{W|Spanish Florida}} proved to be a thorn in Britain's side as the colony had served as a refuge for fugitive slaves since 1687 under the Spanish colonial code with Spain intentionally implementing this as a policy in hopes of undermining British colonial rule in North America.
===American Revolution===
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[[File:Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis.png|thumb|right|210px|{{W|Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Lord Charles Cornwallis}}, the main British Army general in the Southern theater of the American War.]]
During the {{MV|American Revolutionary War}}, the Southern Colonies became a battleground between the {{W|Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots}} and the {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists}} as was the case throughout the rest of the Thirteen Colonies. Early battles and campaigns were largely concentrated in the Northern Colonies around {{MV|New York}} and New England along with nearby Canada as well. Among the Southern Colonies, Virginia would provide major Patriot leaders such as political leader and Declaration of Independence author {{W|Thomas Jefferson}} and {{W|Continental Army}} Commander-in-Chief {{W|George Washington}}, though a large Loyalist presence still remained.

By 1777, the British political and military leadership was fully aware that the rebellion was more formidable than expected and conflict began spreading down south. Seeking to contain the Continental Army in the Northern Colonies and prevent them and their momentum from spreading down south, additional British reinforcements were sent down to reinforce the south and prevent the spread of the Patriot momentum and cause from encouraging their sympathizers in the region. {{W|Charles Cornwalls, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Lord Charles Cornwallis}} would ultimately be chosen to lead the British expedition which landed on August 23rd in the port cities of {{W|Charleston, South Carolina}} that would be the basis for future British military campaigns and efforts against the Patriot rebels in the region and were backed by Loyalist sympathizers, much of which were concentrated in the major port cities and similar areas.

Battles had already token place in the Southern Colonies prior to the arrival of British reinforcements in 1777 such as Patriot forces capturing the port city of {{W|Wilmington, North Carolina}} in the previous year with the port eventually being recaptured in January 1778. Several skirmishes and battles had occurred beforehand between Patriot militias in the countryside and Loyalist militias organized in cities and other communities with pro-Loyalist leanings. {{W|Savannah, Georgia}} was another notable city in the South that was also captured by British and Loyalist forces as well with organizing Loyalist militias and support being difficult due to Patriot sympathies being higher than expected, but was somewhat remedied by the cause mainly being higher in the Northern Colonies where the main Continental Army and Patriot forces were successfully contained there.

Having largely contained the revolution to the northern colonies and locked down the south early on. 1780 saw major battles break out as seen with the {{W|Battle of Monck's Corner}} and the {{W|Battle of Lenud's Ferry}}. These battles consisted entirely of Loyalist soldiers with the exception of the commanding officer, {{W|Banastre Tarleton}}, who helped secure British control in South Carolina at the {{W|Battle of Waxhawks}}. The British Army had been recruiting {{W|Black Loyalists}} into their forces since the start of the revolution, offering freedom and emancipation in exchange for service in the army and found thousands of volunteers, primarily slaves who were owned by Patriot supports and/or soldiers. Said Black Loyalists fought alongside their white counterparts since 1775 as seen at the {{W|Battle of Kemp's Landing}} in Virginia. By 1781, British and Loyalist forces had successfully managed to retain control over South Carolina and Georgia as well as preventing further spread of Patriot activity into these and other nearby areas with North Carolina remaining a contested battleground with Continental Army forces being lead by general {{W|Nathaniel Greene}} within the Southern theater.

1781 would see the largest battle of the war in the Southern theater in North Carolina at the {{W|Battle of Guilford's Courthouse}}, which took place on March 15 in {{W|Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro}}, where General Cornwallis lead a force of 3,100 men against a Patriot force of 4,500 lead by General Greene. Despite being outnumbered, the British managed to push back the Continental Army and resulted in the latter forming a defensive circle in a costly last stand against the British and Loyalist forces. Despite taking high losses, the British forces successfully forced the Patriot rebels to retreat and routed them, many of the rebels eventually dropping their weapons and {{W|Desertion|deserting}} back to their homes. The battle was seen as a victory for the British and had weakened Patriot activity in the South as a result of Britain's containment strategy and keeping enough pressure up in the north to prevent the Continental Army from sending ample reinforcements to the Southern Colonies.

===Post-revolution politics===
Following the signing of the Treaty of Paris, the partition was formalized with all land south of Virginia being recognized as being part of British America while the United States was officially recognized as a legitimate sovereign state by the British government. Migration occurred between Atlantica and the United States with any remaining Loyalists and Loyalist-leaning sympathizers moving down south to Atlantica while Patriot-leaning people moved to the United States, said migration being a term within the Treaty of Paris as a condition for peace between the United States and Great Britain and American recognition of continued British sovereignty over the Southern Colonies. Many of these Loyalist migrants would later form the [[Legion of American Loyalists]], a chivalric order comprised of those who fought to remain part of the British Empire during the American War and were rewarded for their loyalty by the British crown and government.

The Southern Colonies would be officially declared as Atlantica in 1784 as the new name for the colony now that the Thirteen Colonies were defunct and the original name was inapplicable, though the original colonial political system from before 1775 remained in effect in the colonies. The Atlantic Commonwealth was chosen as the official name due to their proximity to the Atlantic Ocean and having won out over other names during the official convention for the establishment of the new polity. While the Treaty of Paris had ensured peace between Atlantica and the United States, tensions still remained between both polities with many in Atlantica viewing the United States as a rogue break-away entity that Atlantica must remain wary of as loyal subjects of the British Empire while many in the U.S. viewed the revolution as incomplete and wanted Atlantica to be annexed into the republic under the {{W|Irredentism|irredentist}} [[Finish the Revolution]] movement.
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'''Atlantica''', officially the '''Atlantic Commonwealth''' ({{w|Spanish language|Spanish}}: ''Mancomunidad Atlántica''), is a country located in {{W|North America}} centered in the {{W|Southeastern United States|southeastern region}} that comprises its mainland with additional territories located in the {{W|Caribbean}}. Its [[Provinces of Atlantica|twenty-one provinces]] stretch from the {{W|North Atlantic}} in the east to the {{W|Rio Grande}} mountains in the west within its continental mainland and comprises the majority of the island territories making up the Caribbean. Atlantica shares land borders with the {{MV|United States}} to the north and {{W|MV|California}} to the west while sharing maritime borders with {{MV|Colombia}}, {{MV|Mexico}}, and the {{MV|United Kingdom}}. The [[Atlantica–United States border|international border]] between Atlantica and the United States is one of the longest in the world. The {{W|capital city}} is the [[Charleston Capital District]] in {{MV|South Carolina}} while {{W|New Orleans}} is the country's largest city.

[[Native Atlanticans|Indigenous peoples]] have continuously inhabited the region that now makes up Atlantica for thousands of years prior to the arrival of the first Europeans. Beginning in the 17th century, the {{W|Kingdom of England}} and later the {{W|Kingdom of Great Britain}} engaged in {{W|British colonization of the Americas|widespread colonization}} across the Americas with the {{W|Province of Carolina}} becoming the first colony created in Atlantica's modern borders, first chartered in 1608 and later formally established in 1663 before being partitioned in 1712 into {{W|Province of North Carolina|North}} and {{W|Province of South Carolina|South Carolina}} as separate colonial provinces. The Carolinas would makeup part of the {{W|Southern Colonies|southern half}} of the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}}. The Southern Colonies would have their territory expanded following Britain's victory over the {{W|Kingdom of France}} at the end of the {{W|Seven Years' War}} in 1763 with the {{W|Royal Proclamation of 1763}} issued by {{W|George III|King George III}} being the cutoff point between the colonies and native tribes in the region. The {{W|American Revolution}} saw the colonies fall into upheaval between the pro-independence {{W|Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots}} and {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists}} with open war breaking out in 1775 following the {{W|Battles of Lexington and Concord}}. Following the {{W|United States Declaration of Independence|American declaration of independence}} on 4 July 1776, the British military deployed sizable forces to suppress the rebellions with an expeditionary force lead by {{W|Lord Charles Cornwallis}} sent to secure the Southern Colonies to contain the revolution and keep it confined to the Northern Colonies.

The subsequent {{W|American Revolutionary War}} would see British and Loyalist forces clash with Patriot rebels and ended in 1783 in a stalemate with the [[Treaty of Paris (Makerverse)|Treaty of Paris]] that year concluded the war with the northern colonies being legally recognized as the United States and as a sovereign state while the southern colonies remained under the British crown and were reorganized as Atlantica, becoming one of the "[[Loyal Nations]]" alongside {{MV|Canada}} due to their continued loyalty to the {{W|British Empire}} and crown. The demarcation line between the United States and Atlantica was based off of a modified version of the {{W|Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665}} with all land south of {{MV|Virginia}} being recognized as remaining part of the British Empire as their remaining colonies eastern North America. Both Atlantica and the United States came into conflict during the {{MV|War of 1812}} as part of war between the U.S. and Britain with fighting taking place along the Atlantican–American border and in {{W|French Louisiana}} with Atlantican forces capturing the strategically important port city of {{W|New Orleans}}. The subsequent {{MV|Treaty of Ghent}} divided the Louisiana territory among a north–south line with the latter being given to Atlantica and the north being given to the United States.

The 19th century saw a period of [[Territorial evolution of Atlantica|major territorial expansion]] both westward on the mainland and down south into the Caribbean. The [[Anglo-Mexican War]] (1846–1848) saw Atlantica [[Texas Cession|acquire]] the region of {{W|Texas}} and annex it into the commonwealth where it was reorganized into three provinces. Further expansion came in the [[Anglo-Spanish War (1898)|1898 Anglo-Spanish War]] where Atlantica acquired {{MV|Cuba}} and the other islands of the {{W|Greater Antilles}} region and would annex most of the Caribbean by the start of the 20th century in what is now known as the [[Caribbean Cession]].

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[[Native Atlanticans|Indigenous peoples]] have continuously inhabited the region that now makes up Atlantica for thousands of years prior to the arrival of the first Europeans. Beginning in the 17th century, the {{W|Kingdom of England}} and later the {{W|Kingdom of Great Britain}} engaged in {{W|British colonization of the Americas|widespread colonization}} across the Americas with the {{W|Province of Carolina}} becoming the first colony created in Atlantica's modern borders, first chartered in 1608 and later formally established in 1663 before being partitioned in 1712 into {{W|Province of North Carolina|North}} and {{W|Province of South Carolina|South Carolina}} as separate colonial provinces. The Carolinas would makeup part of the {{W|Southern Colonies|southern half}} of the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}}. The Southern Colonies would have their territory expanded following Britain's victory over the {{W|Kingdom of France}} at the end of the {{W|Seven Years' War}} in 1763 with the {{W|Royal Proclamation of 1763}} issued by {{W|George III|King George III}} being the cutoff point between the colonies and native tribes in the region. The {{W|American Revolution}} saw the colonies fall into upheaval between the pro-independence {{W|Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots}} and {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists}} with open war breaking out in 1775 following the {{W|Battles of Lexington and Concord}}. Following the {{W|United States Declaration of Independence|American declaration of independence}} on 4 July 1776, the British military deployed sizable forces to suppress the rebellions with an expeditionary force lead by {{W|Lord Charles Cornwallis}} sent to secure the Southern Colonies to contain the revolution and keep it confined to the Northern Colonies.

The subsequent {{W|American Revolutionary War}} would see British and Loyalist forces clash with Patriot rebels and ended in 1783 in a stalemate with the [[Treaty of Paris (Makerverse)|Treaty of Paris]] that year concluded the war with the northern colonies being legally recognized as the United States and as a sovereign state while the southern colonies remained under the British crown and were reorganized as Atlantica, becoming one of the "[[Loyal Nations]]" alongside {{MV|Canada}} due to their continued loyalty to the {{W|British Empire}} and crown. The demarcation line between the United States and Atlantica was based off of a modified version of the {{W|Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665}} with all land south of {{MV|Virginia}} being recognized as remaining part of the British Empire as their remaining colonies eastern North America. Both Atlantica and the United States came into conflict during the {{MV|War of 1812}} as part of war between the U.S. and Britain with fighting taking place along the Atlantican–American border and in {{W|French Louisiana}} with Atlantican forces capturing the strategically important port city of {{W|New Orleans}}. The subsequent {{MV|Treaty of Ghent}} divided the Louisiana territory among a north–south line with the latter being given to Atlantica and the north being given to the United States.

The 19th century saw a period of [[Territorial evolution of Atlantica|major territorial expansion]] both westward on the mainland and down south into the Caribbean. The [[Anglo-Mexican War]] (1846–1848) saw Atlantica [[Texas Cession|acquire]] the region of {{W|Texas}} and annex it into the commonwealth where it was reorganized into three provinces. Further expansion came in the [[Anglo-Spanish War (1898)|1898 Anglo-Spanish War]] where Atlantica acquired {{MV|Cuba}} and the other islands of the {{W|Greater Antilles}} region and would annex most of the Caribbean by the start of the 20th century in what is now known as the [[Caribbean Cession]].

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[[Native Atlanticans|Indigenous peoples]] have continuously inhabited the region that now makes up Atlantica for thousands of years prior to the arrival of the first Europeans. Beginning in the 17th century, the {{W|Kingdom of England}} and later the {{W|Kingdom of Great Britain}} engaged in {{W|British colonization of the Americas|widespread colonization}} across the Americas with the {{W|Province of Carolina}} becoming the first colony created in Atlantica's modern borders, first chartered in 1608 and later formally established in 1663 before being partitioned in 1712 into {{W|Province of North Carolina|North}} and {{W|Province of South Carolina|South Carolina}} as separate colonial provinces. The Carolinas would makeup part of the {{W|Southern Colonies|southern half}} of the {{W|Thirteen Colonies}} of {{W|British America}}. The Southern Colonies would have their territory expanded following Britain's victory over the {{W|Kingdom of France}} at the end of the {{W|Seven Years' War}} in 1763 with the {{W|Royal Proclamation of 1763}} issued by {{W|George III|King George III}} being the cutoff point between the colonies and native tribes in the region. The {{W|American Revolution}} saw the colonies fall into upheaval between the pro-independence {{W|Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots}} and {{W|Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists}} with open war breaking out in 1775 following the {{W|Battles of Lexington and Concord}}. Following the {{W|United States Declaration of Independence|American declaration of independence}} on 4 July 1776, the British military deployed sizable forces to suppress the rebellions with an expeditionary force lead by {{W|Lord Charles Cornwallis}} sent to secure the Southern Colonies to contain the revolution and keep it confined to the Northern Colonies.

The subsequent {{W|American Revolutionary War}} would see British and Loyalist forces clash with Patriot rebels and ended in 1783 in a stalemate with the [[Treaty of Paris (Makerverse)|Treaty of Paris]] that year concluded the war with the northern colonies being legally recognized as the United States and as a sovereign state while the southern colonies remained under the British crown and were reorganized as Atlantica, becoming one of the "[[Loyal Nations]]" alongside {{MV|Canada}} due to their continued loyalty to the {{W|British Empire}} and crown. The demarcation line between the United States and Atlantica was based off of a modified version of the {{W|Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665}} with all land south of {{MV|Virginia}} being recognized as remaining part of the British Empire as their remaining colonies eastern North America. Both Atlantica and the United States came into conflict during the {{MV|War of 1812}} as part of war between the U.S. and Britain with fighting taking place along the Atlantican–American border and in {{W|French Louisiana}} with Atlantican forces capturing the strategically important port city of {{W|New Orleans}}. The subsequent {{MV|Treaty of Ghent}} divided the Louisiana territory among a north–south line with the latter being given to Atlantica and the north being given to the United States.

The 19th century saw a period of [[Territorial evolution of Atlantica|major territorial expansion]] both westward on the mainland and down south into the Caribbean. The [[Anglo-Mexican War]] (1846–1848) saw Atlantica [[Texas Cession|acquire]] the region of {{W|Texas}} and annex it into the commonwealth where it was reorganized into three provinces. Further expansion came in the [[Anglo-Spanish War (1898)|1898 Anglo-Spanish War]] where Atlantica acquired {{MV|Cuba}} and the other islands of the {{W|Greater Antilles}} region and would annex most of the Caribbean by the start of the 20th century in what is now known as the [[Caribbean Cession]].

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The subsequent {{W|American Revolutionary War}} would see British and Loyalist forces clash with Patriot rebels and ended in 1783 in a stalemate with the [[Treaty of Paris (Makerverse)|Treaty of Paris]] that year concluded the war with the northern colonies being legally recognized as the United States and as a sovereign state while the southern colonies remained under the British crown and were reorganized as Atlantica, becoming one of the "[[Loyal Nations]]" alongside {{MV|Canada}} due to their continued loyalty to the {{W|British Empire}} and crown. The demarcation line between the United States and Atlantica was based off of a modified version of the {{W|Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665}} with all land south of {{MV|Virginia}} being recognized as remaining part of the British Empire as their remaining colonies eastern North America. Both Atlantica and the United States came into conflict during the {{MV|War of 1812}} as part of war between the U.S. and Britain with fighting taking place along the Atlantican–American border and in {{W|French Louisiana}} with Atlantican forces capturing the strategically important port city of {{W|New Orleans}}. The subsequent {{MV|Treaty of Ghent}} divided the Louisiana territory among a north–south line with the latter being given to Atlantica and the north being given to the United States.

The 19th century saw a period of [[Territorial evolution of Atlantica|major territorial expansion]] both westward on the mainland and down south into the Caribbean. The [[Anglo-Mexican War]] (1846–1848) saw Atlantica acquire the region of {{W|Texas}} and annex it into the commonwealth where it was reorganized into three provinces.

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The subsequent {{W|American Revolutionary War}} would see British and Loyalist forces clash with Patriot rebels and ended in 1783 in a stalemate with the [[Treaty of Paris (Makerverse)|Treaty of Paris]] that year concluded the war with the northern colonies being legally recognized as the United States and as a sovereign state while the southern colonies remained under the British crown and were reorganized as Atlantica, becoming one of the "[[Loyal Nations]]" alongside {{MV|Canada}} due to their continued loyalty to the {{W|British Empire}} and crown. The demarcation line between the United States and Atlantica was based off of a modified version of the {{W|Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665}} with all land south of {{MV|Virginia}} being recognized as remaining part of the British Empire as their remaining colonies eastern North America. Both Atlantica and the United States came into conflict during the {{MV|War of 1812}} as part of war between the U.S. and Britain with fighting taking place along the Atlantican–American border and in {{W|French Louisiana}} with Atlantican forces capturing the strategically important port city of {{W|New Orleans}}.

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*[[File:Flag of Atlantica.svg|25px]] [[Atlantica]] ([[Charleston Capital District|Charleston]])

*[[File:Flag of Canada.svg|25px]] {{MV|Canada}} ({{W|Ottawa}})

*[[File:Flag of Catalonia.svg|25px]] {{MV|Catalonia}} ({{W|Barcelona}})

*[[File:Flag of the People's Socialist Republic of France.svg|25px]] {{MV|France}} ({{W|Paris}})

*[[File:Flag of Hungary (1848-1849, 1867-1869).svg|25px]] {{MV|Hungary}} ({{W|Budapest}})

*[[File:Flag of Japan.svg|25px]] {{MV|Japan}} ({{W|Tokyo}})

*[[File:Flag of Russia.svg|25px]] {{MV|Russia}} ({{W|Nizhny Novgorod|Novgorod}})

*[[File:Flag of Ryukyu.svg|25px]] {{MV|Ryukyu}} ({{w|Naha|Naafa}})

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=== Historical states ===
''TBD''

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*''[[Post-Dissolution Sphere]]'' (antecedent to ''Altverse'')
*''[[Altverse]]'' (original, discontinued)
*''[[Altverse II]]'' (continuation of the original ''Altverse)''
{{Conworlds directory}}

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*[[File:Flag of the People's Socialist Republic of France.svg|25px]] {{MV|France}} ({{W|Paris}})

*[[File:Flag of Japan.svg|25px]] {{MV|Japan}} ({{W|Tokyo}})

*[[File:Flag of Russia.svg|25px]] {{MV|Russia}} ({{W|Nizhny Novgorod|Novgorod}})

*[[File:Flag of Ryukyu.svg|25px]] {{MV|Ryukyu}} ({{w|Naha|Naafa}})

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=== Historical states ===
''TBD''

==See also==
*''[[Post-Dissolution Sphere]]'' (antecedent to ''Altverse'')
*''[[Altverse]]'' (original, discontinued)
*''[[Altverse II]]'' (continuation of the original ''Altverse)''
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