National factbook of Arucaria

Arucaria

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Arucaria, officially the Commonwealth of Arucaria, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Arucarian continent and numerous smaller islands. It is one of the largest countries by area in the North Pacific. Arucaria's population of nearly 4.6 billion is highly urbanized and heavily concentrated on the coastland.
The national capital is Prime City and its most populous city and principal financial center is New Haven.

Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Arucaria for thousands of years. During the Age of Discovery maritime explorers from Europe discovered a new landmass and named it Terra Nova. In the decades to follow several colonies and settlements have been established. Disputes with the mother country over political representation and taxes led to the Arucarian Revolutionary War. After achieving independence the former colonies federated, forming the Commonwealth of Arucaria. The European population grew in subsequent decades, and by the end of the 19th century, most of the continent had been explored and settled. During the Cold War, the Commonwealth was engaged in an ideological struggle with the Communist Bloc culminating in a nuclear arms race and proxy wars but not direct military conflict. In the 21st century, the nation faced numerous challenges from terrorism, climate change, humanitarian intervention in Brasilistan and financial crisis.

Arucaria is a federal republic and a representative democracy with three separate branches of government, comprising six states and several territories. It is a megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many other countries. It ranks among the highest in international measurements of government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic freedom, and education.

A highly developed country, Arucaria is a high-income economy and ranks very high on the Human Development Index. Arucaria's abundant natural resources and well-developed international trade relations are crucial to the country's economy, which generates its income from various sources including services, mining, manufacturing and agriculture. Immigrants account for 20% of the country's population, one of the highest proportions in the North Pacific. It is a signatory to an international climate treaty.
Arucaria is part of several major international and intergovernmental institutions or groupings including the World Assembly and the Security Council.

Etymology

The word ''Arucaria'' is derived from the native name for the large specie of pine tree that is found throughout the country, the Arucari tree. When the maritime explorer Anders de Villiers first landed in what is now southeast Arucaria he named it Terra Nova (new land). The short form "Commonwealth" is also used. The standard way to refer to a citizen of Arucaria is "Arucarian''.

History

Indigenous peoples

There have been people living in Arucaria since before recorded time. Archaeological evidence shows the first groups of hunters crossed into Arucaria by land bridges and short sea-crossings from what is now The South Pacific. The Kalleri rock shelter in Lima Verde is recognized as the oldest site showing the presence of humans in Arucaria. Before Europeans came into contact, most indigenous settlements lived by hunting and fishing, although many supplemented their diet by cultivating corn or beans. These aboriginal inhabitants included nations as diverse as the Aro, Hopelo and Inawa as well as countless other bands and nations over the ages. The Indigenous population at the time of the first colonial settlements is estimated to have been between 200,000 and 500,000. As a consequence of colonization, the Indigenous population declined by forty to eighty percent, and several tribes completely disappeared.

Colonization

The first recorded sighting of the Arucarian mainland, and the first recorded landfall on the Arucarian continent, are attributed to the explorer Anders de Villiers. He sighted the coast of southeastern Arucaria and made landfall at Discovery Bay. First contact between the natives and Europeans happened a day later as Villiers and his crew traded a pair of worn boots and a broken telescope for a land area the size of Belgium. Villiers declined to notify the king about his recent discoveries instead hoping to claim the land for himself but before he embarked on a second voyage he died of syphilis. No further European exploration occurred until the end of the 16th century, when a private seafarer John Humboldt explored and claimed Arucaria's eastern coast in the name of the king. The crew of the merchant vessel Fuerteventura which was shipwrecked during a violent storm became the first Europeans to permanently inhabit the continent. Recent archaeological evidence shows that the surviving crewmen killed each other over a last bottle of rum. First colonies were established along the eastern seaboard and soon all sorts of people were attracted by this new world. Soldiers, get-rich-quick adventurers, debtors, religious zealots, political radicals, and some folks just looking for a better life. Other immigrants – convicts, indentured servants and the like – arrived not by choice but due to misfortune.
Whatever the circumstance, this rowdy rabble laid the foundation for the “melting pot.”
These newcomers quickly put their superior firepower and technology to use against the indigenous population, launching two centuries of conflict. The diseases imported by the Europeans such as smallpox, influenza, measles, whooping cough, and tuberculosis ravaged the natives.

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