Eureka (country)

  

Not to be confused with Eureka (province).

Eureka, officially the Eureka Republic, is a sovereign country comprising of a majority of the eastern portion of the Australian continent. Eureka is the largest country in Oceania in terms of land area and is the TBDth largest country in the world. The country shares a land border with Torres and Makassar to the north and a border with Eendrachtsland to the west. Eureka is considered to be a megadiverse country, having rainforests, deserts, tropical savannas, and mountain ranges.

Eureka Republic République Eurêka (French) Poblacht Eureka (Irish) Poblachd Eureka (Scottish Gaelic) Republica d'Eureka (Occitan)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Freedom, Liberty, Equality
Anthem: Ode to the Southern Cross
File:Location of the Eureka Republic on the globe.svg
Capital	Sydney (executive) Taigh Còmhlan (legislative) Port Astrolabe (judicial)
Official languages	English French Irish
Recognised regional languages	Occitan Scottish Gaelic
Demonym(s)	Eurekan; Eurekian
Government	Federal parliamentary constitutional republic
• President	Malcolm MacDonald
• Prime Minister	Felix Léonard Walker
Legislature	Parliament of Eureka
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	National Assembly
Independence  from the United Kingdom
• Declaration	11 July 1851
• Confederation	4 March 1853
• Independence	3 December 1854
• Constitution	11 April 1855
Population
• 2022 estimate	19,392,581
GDP (PPP)	2022 estimate
• Total	$999.1 billion
• Per capita	$60,964
GDP (nominal)	2022 estimate
• Total	$994.3 biliion
• Per capita	$59,237
Gini (2022)	32.5 medium
HDI	0.952 very high
Currency	Eurekan dollar (Ed)
Time zone	UTC+1
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy (AD)
Driving side	left

The ancestors to the Aboriginal Eurkeans arrived on the Australian continent around 65,000 years ago. Arriving through sea, the Aboriginals fragmented into numerous separate cultural identities and linguistic groups, and by the time of European settlement there were approximately 250 distinct language groups. Due to isolation from the rest of the known world, Eurkean Aboriginals maintained some of the oldest traditions and religions on Earth. In 1776, British explorer James Cook, mapped and claimed eastern Australia as apart of the British Empire, establishing the penal colony of New South Wales. Similarly, French explorers in 1778 established settlements in southern Eureka, creating the colony of Nouvelle-Gascogne. During the French Revolution, administration of the Nouvelle-Gascogne fell to the British following the Capture of Port Astrolabe in 1795. In the subsequent decades, the European population grew substantially, with the British colonies seeing settlement from Occitan and Gaelic colonists, many of whom were escaping persecution in their home countries.

Disputes between the colonists and the British colonial authorities regarding political rights, representation, and discrimination culminated in the Eurekan Revolution and the total independence of New South Wales and Nouvelle-Gascogne under the Eurekan Republic. The early years of the republic were marked with instability, seeing the rise of linguistic tensions and rebellions organized by British loyalists. By 1870, the country had stabilized into a liberal democracy, guided by the principles of parliamentarism. Eureka became an industrialized nation by the 1920s, and became an active participant in geopolitics during the Cold War, emerging as an key Pacific ally of the Northern Treaty Organization.

Eureka is a federal constitutional republic and parliamentary democracy. It is composed of four states and one territory (Northern Territory). The president is the head of state and maintains limited power within the federal government. The prime minister is the head of government and the holder of primary executive power. The Parliament is the national legislature of Eureka, and is composed of the Senate and the National Assembly. The Supreme Court of Eureka is the highest court of the Eurkean judiciary.

Eureka has a highly developed market economy and is considered an industrialized nation. Eureka is considered a regional power in Oceania and a emerging global power on the world stage, maintaining the TBDth highest military expenditure in the world. The country maintains the TBDth largest economy in the globe, following TBD. Eureka is a member of the League of Nations, the G20, the World Trade Organization, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the Pacific Community, and the Pacific Islands Forum. Eureka is considered a major non-NTO ally of the Kingdom of Sierra.

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