The Federation of Australian Nations
Location: The Australian Continent, and many neighbouring islands.
Capital: Newcastle
Languages: English, Dutch, Maori, Madaglasy (sp?), Aborigine Languages, Melanesian Languages, French and Barossan German.
Established 1950.
Type of Government in 2006: It is a loose Federation of Parliamentary Monarchies. It is a Commonwealth Realm. The Federal Government of the FAN operates in Foreign Relations, Defence, Eternal Trade and relations between the substituent states which are sovereign in all internal affairs. The substituent states have their own reserve militias in case of emergencies. There is a unicamral Council with 3 members from each of the substituent states representing those states. There is a Prime Minister who is chosen from the most dominant political party on the Council. There is a Governor General who represents the British Monarch.
Substituent States (The Nations)
Commonwealth of Australia
This Substituent state take up most of the Continent, and is the most dominant in terms of its population and its economy.
Location: Most of the Continental mainland, most of Tasmania (see individual state entries)
Capital: Canberra
Languages: English, Aborigine Languages, Maori and Barossan German
Established 1901
Type of Government in 2006: The same as the OTL Commonwealth of Australia, with obvious exceptions due to the nation being an autonomous part of a nation of autonomous sub-nations.
The States
New England
Location: The New England region of OTL New South Wales, Where the New State would have been if the OTL 1960's referendum had succeeded, minus Newcastle.
Capital: Armidale
Languages: English, Maori and Aborigine Languages [light Maori settlement along the coast prior to the coming of the British]
Established: 1870
Type of Government in 2006: It is a Federation of Municipalities. There are too many to list here. The state government has control over the areas that are shared with the Commonwealth in the CoA Constitution.
New South Wales
Location: Sydney, the Central Coast, Wollongong. The south coast almost to Nowra. Westwards from the Great dividing range to the Darling River, north of the Murrumbidgee
Capital: Sydney
Languages: English
Established: 1788
Type of Government in 2006: The same as the NSW of OTL
Riverina
Location: Between the Murrumbidgee and the Murray
Capital: Albury
Languges: English, Aborigine Languages, Maori
Established: 1920, as a New State.
Type of Government in 2006: Similar to New South Wales
Victoria
Location: Melbourne, All of OTL Victoria west of Melbourne, the area's to the east of Melbourne up to 75km east of the Yarra, and north of the Great Dividing Range.
Capital: Melbourne
Languages: English, Maori, Aborigine Languages
Established: 1851
Type of Government in 2006: Same as OTL Victoria.
Tasmania
Location: Most of the Island of Tasmania, except the northeastern corner, King Island.
Capital: Hobart
Languages: English, Dutch, Maori.
Established: 1825 (As Van Deimon's Land)
Type of Government in 2006: Same as OTL Tasmania
South Australia
Location: West of the Victorian Border and south of the Murray, except the Barossa Valley and some area's adjacent to it. North of the Murray to a line intersecting OTL Port Augusta and a point directly east on the Darling River.
Capital: Adelaide
Languages: English, Barossan German
Established: 1836
Type of Government in 2006: Similar to OTL South Australia
Flinders Territory
Location: West of the Darling River and the northern part of the Murray-Darling Basin, east of the Nullabor Plain, south of the Simpson Desert and north of South Australia and the Great Australian Bight
Languages: English, Aborigine Languages
Capital: Broken Hill
Established: Separated from New South Wales, Under South Australian rule: 1880
Given to the Federal Government by South Australia: 1911
Self Governing Territory Status: 1970
Type of Government in 2006: Self Governing Territory, similar to OTL Northern Territory
Westralia
Location: Nullabor Plain, and to the west of it, most of the South-West of OTL Western Australia
Languages: English, Aborigine Languages
Capital: Albany
Established: 1825
Central Australian Territory
Location: North of Westralia and the Flinders Territory, West of Queensland, South of another substituent state of the FAN, west of yet another substituent state of the FAN.
Languages: English, Dutch, Aborigine Languages
Capital: Alice Springs
Established: Separated from New South Wales: Under Queensland rule: 1870
Given to the Federal Government by Queensland: 1911
Self Governing Territory Status: 1970
Type of Government in 2006: Self Governing Territory, similar to OTL Northern Territory and the Flinders Territory.
Queensland
Location: North of New England and the Flinders Territory, East of The Central Australian Territory and another substituent state of the FAN along a border that runs approximately where the OTL border between the Northern Territory and Queensland is, South of Torres Straight, West of some French derived substituent states of the FAN along the Great Barrier Reef coast and the Pacific.
Languages: English, French, Dutch, and Aborigine Languages
Capital: Brisbane
Established: 1859
Type of Government in 2006: Has 6 provinces with similar powers to New England's Municipalities, except that in this case Qld is unitary rather than federated. Otherwise similar to OTL
Australian Capital Territory
Location: OTL ACT
Capital (What do you think, the same as the Commonwealth of Australia as a whole)
Language: English
Established: 1911
Type of Government in 2006: Same as OTL ACT.
New Aotearoa
Location: Gippsland, to the East of the ACT. To the south of Wollongong, and the southern Highlands.
Capital: [OTL Bateman's Bay, some Maori name]
Languages: Maori, English, Dutch
Established: 1850
Type of Government in 2006: Similar to OTL New Zealand.
Neavoux Caledonie Grande
Location: East of Queensland along the Great Dividing Range, north of another French derived substituent state with the border just south of OTL Mackay. It extends up to OTL Cairns. Includes New Caledonia.
Languages: French, NCG English, Aborigine Languages
Capital: Neavoux Lyons (Located near OTL Cairns)
Established: 1834
Type of Government in 2006: Constitutional Monarchy, with its own Prince.
Neavoux Normandie
Location: East of Queensland, south of NCG, north of another French derived substituent state with the border just to the north of OTL Gladstone.
Language: French
Capital: Neavoux Reuen
Established: 1820
Type of Government in 2006: Constitutional Monarchy
Australie
Location: East of Queensland, south of 'New Normandy' North of more of Queensland at the latitude of the northern tip of Fraiser Island.
Language: French
Capital: Neavoux Paris
Established: 1825
Type of Government in 2006: Constitutional Monarchy
West Aotearoa
Location: North east corner of the island of Tasmania
Languages: Maori, Dutch, English
Captial: OTL Launceston
Established: 1820
Type of Government in 2006: Constitutional Monarchy
Barossa
Location: The Barossa Valley
Language: Barossan German, English
Established: 1856
Type of Government in 2006: Constitutional Monarchy
Niew Netherlands
Location: OTL Western Australia, north of Westralia.
Languages: Dutch, Maglasly, English, Aboriginie Languages
Capital: Niew Rotterdam
Established 1820
Type of Government in 2006: Constitutional Monarchy
Arnhem
Location: East of New Netherlands, North of the Central Australian Territory, West of Queensland.
Languages: Dutch, Aborigine Languages, English
Capital: OTL Darwin
Established: 1832
Type of Government in 2006: Constitutional Monarchy
Location: The Australian Continent, and many neighbouring islands.
Capital: Newcastle
Languages: English, Dutch, Maori, Madaglasy (sp?), Aborigine Languages, Melanesian Languages, French and Barossan German.
Established 1950.
Type of Government in 2006: It is a loose Federation of Parliamentary Monarchies. It is a Commonwealth Realm. The Federal Government of the FAN operates in Foreign Relations, Defence, Eternal Trade and relations between the substituent states which are sovereign in all internal affairs. The substituent states have their own reserve militias in case of emergencies. There is a unicamral Council with 3 members from each of the substituent states representing those states. There is a Prime Minister who is chosen from the most dominant political party on the Council. There is a Governor General who represents the British Monarch.
Substituent States (The Nations)
Commonwealth of Australia
This Substituent state take up most of the Continent, and is the most dominant in terms of its population and its economy.
Location: Most of the Continental mainland, most of Tasmania (see individual state entries)
Capital: Canberra
Languages: English, Aborigine Languages, Maori and Barossan German
Established 1901
Type of Government in 2006: The same as the OTL Commonwealth of Australia, with obvious exceptions due to the nation being an autonomous part of a nation of autonomous sub-nations.
The States
New England
Location: The New England region of OTL New South Wales, Where the New State would have been if the OTL 1960's referendum had succeeded, minus Newcastle.
Capital: Armidale
Languages: English, Maori and Aborigine Languages [light Maori settlement along the coast prior to the coming of the British]
Established: 1870
Type of Government in 2006: It is a Federation of Municipalities. There are too many to list here. The state government has control over the areas that are shared with the Commonwealth in the CoA Constitution.
New South Wales
Location: Sydney, the Central Coast, Wollongong. The south coast almost to Nowra. Westwards from the Great dividing range to the Darling River, north of the Murrumbidgee
Capital: Sydney
Languages: English
Established: 1788
Type of Government in 2006: The same as the NSW of OTL
Riverina
Location: Between the Murrumbidgee and the Murray
Capital: Albury
Languges: English, Aborigine Languages, Maori
Established: 1920, as a New State.
Type of Government in 2006: Similar to New South Wales
Victoria
Location: Melbourne, All of OTL Victoria west of Melbourne, the area's to the east of Melbourne up to 75km east of the Yarra, and north of the Great Dividing Range.
Capital: Melbourne
Languages: English, Maori, Aborigine Languages
Established: 1851
Type of Government in 2006: Same as OTL Victoria.
Tasmania
Location: Most of the Island of Tasmania, except the northeastern corner, King Island.
Capital: Hobart
Languages: English, Dutch, Maori.
Established: 1825 (As Van Deimon's Land)
Type of Government in 2006: Same as OTL Tasmania
South Australia
Location: West of the Victorian Border and south of the Murray, except the Barossa Valley and some area's adjacent to it. North of the Murray to a line intersecting OTL Port Augusta and a point directly east on the Darling River.
Capital: Adelaide
Languages: English, Barossan German
Established: 1836
Type of Government in 2006: Similar to OTL South Australia
Flinders Territory
Location: West of the Darling River and the northern part of the Murray-Darling Basin, east of the Nullabor Plain, south of the Simpson Desert and north of South Australia and the Great Australian Bight
Languages: English, Aborigine Languages
Capital: Broken Hill
Established: Separated from New South Wales, Under South Australian rule: 1880
Given to the Federal Government by South Australia: 1911
Self Governing Territory Status: 1970
Type of Government in 2006: Self Governing Territory, similar to OTL Northern Territory
Westralia
Location: Nullabor Plain, and to the west of it, most of the South-West of OTL Western Australia
Languages: English, Aborigine Languages
Capital: Albany
Established: 1825
Central Australian Territory
Location: North of Westralia and the Flinders Territory, West of Queensland, South of another substituent state of the FAN, west of yet another substituent state of the FAN.
Languages: English, Dutch, Aborigine Languages
Capital: Alice Springs
Established: Separated from New South Wales: Under Queensland rule: 1870
Given to the Federal Government by Queensland: 1911
Self Governing Territory Status: 1970
Type of Government in 2006: Self Governing Territory, similar to OTL Northern Territory and the Flinders Territory.
Queensland
Location: North of New England and the Flinders Territory, East of The Central Australian Territory and another substituent state of the FAN along a border that runs approximately where the OTL border between the Northern Territory and Queensland is, South of Torres Straight, West of some French derived substituent states of the FAN along the Great Barrier Reef coast and the Pacific.
Languages: English, French, Dutch, and Aborigine Languages
Capital: Brisbane
Established: 1859
Type of Government in 2006: Has 6 provinces with similar powers to New England's Municipalities, except that in this case Qld is unitary rather than federated. Otherwise similar to OTL
Australian Capital Territory
Location: OTL ACT
Capital (What do you think, the same as the Commonwealth of Australia as a whole)
Language: English
Established: 1911
Type of Government in 2006: Same as OTL ACT.
New Aotearoa
Location: Gippsland, to the East of the ACT. To the south of Wollongong, and the southern Highlands.
Capital: [OTL Bateman's Bay, some Maori name]
Languages: Maori, English, Dutch
Established: 1850
Type of Government in 2006: Similar to OTL New Zealand.
Neavoux Caledonie Grande
Location: East of Queensland along the Great Dividing Range, north of another French derived substituent state with the border just south of OTL Mackay. It extends up to OTL Cairns. Includes New Caledonia.
Languages: French, NCG English, Aborigine Languages
Capital: Neavoux Lyons (Located near OTL Cairns)
Established: 1834
Type of Government in 2006: Constitutional Monarchy, with its own Prince.
Neavoux Normandie
Location: East of Queensland, south of NCG, north of another French derived substituent state with the border just to the north of OTL Gladstone.
Language: French
Capital: Neavoux Reuen
Established: 1820
Type of Government in 2006: Constitutional Monarchy
Australie
Location: East of Queensland, south of 'New Normandy' North of more of Queensland at the latitude of the northern tip of Fraiser Island.
Language: French
Capital: Neavoux Paris
Established: 1825
Type of Government in 2006: Constitutional Monarchy
West Aotearoa
Location: North east corner of the island of Tasmania
Languages: Maori, Dutch, English
Captial: OTL Launceston
Established: 1820
Type of Government in 2006: Constitutional Monarchy
Barossa
Location: The Barossa Valley
Language: Barossan German, English
Established: 1856
Type of Government in 2006: Constitutional Monarchy
Niew Netherlands
Location: OTL Western Australia, north of Westralia.
Languages: Dutch, Maglasly, English, Aboriginie Languages
Capital: Niew Rotterdam
Established 1820
Type of Government in 2006: Constitutional Monarchy
Arnhem
Location: East of New Netherlands, North of the Central Australian Territory, West of Queensland.
Languages: Dutch, Aborigine Languages, English
Capital: OTL Darwin
Established: 1832
Type of Government in 2006: Constitutional Monarchy