Californian Empire

Article accessed 26 October 1885

Empire of the Californias
Imperio de las Californias (Mexican)
Impireacht na Californias (Nevadan)

Flag	Coat of Arms

Motto:
"Eureka" (Latin)
("I Have Found It")

Anthem:
"I Love You, California" / "Te amo, California"

The Californian Empire in North America (approximate)

Capital

Sacramento

Largest city

Los Angeles

Official languages

Californian • Mexican • Nevadan

Ethnic groups (1880)

Religion (1881)

Demonym(s)

Californian

Government

Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy

• Emperor

Norton V

• Chancellor

Prince Ronald of Reagan (CEP)

Legislature

Imperial Parliament

• Upper house

Imperial Senate

• Lower house

Imperial Assembly

Formation

• North Californian Confederation

14 June 1746

• Unification

17 September 1759

• Constitution

12 August 1769

Area

Total

219,819 mi²
(569,329 km²)

Population

1880 census

43,636,740

Density

198.5/sq mi (76.65/sq km)

GDP (PPP)

1885 estimate

Total

$180.18 billion

Per capita

$4,129

Gini (1880)

XX
medium

HDI (1883)

Currency

Californian dollar (CED)

Time zone

GMT–8

• Summer (DST)

GMT–7

Date format

mm/dd/yyyy

Driving side

right

ISO 3166 code

The Californian Empire, officially the Empire of the Californias, is a country along the western coast of North America. It is the most populous country in North America, and the most populous member state of the North American Union. It is bordered by the Republic of Oregon to the north, the Kingdom of Nevada and Arizona–New Mexico Empire to the west, the Gulf of California to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. The nation's capital is Sacramento, the most populous city is Los Angeles, and its main financial center is San José.

Various Californic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern California since classical antiquity. A region named California was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of California formed the bulk of the Holy American Empire. During the 16th century, central Californian regions became the center of the Protestant Reformation. Following the Jacksonian Wars and the dissolution of the Holy American Empire in 1706, the Californian Confederation was formed in 1715.

Formal unification of California into a modern nation-state was commenced on 14 June 1746, when King Joshua IV Abraham of San Francisco signed the North Californian Confederation Treaty establishing the San Francisco-led North Californian Confederation. After a series of conquests the Confederation was transformed on 17 September 1759 into the Californian Empire, and Joshua IV Abraham was crowned Emperor Norton I. Upon his death on 8 January 1780, the crown of California passed to his nephew John II Robert, Prince of Norton-Sacramento, who became Emperor Norton II. The crown has remained in the Norton family ever since.

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California has been described as a great power with a strong economy; it has the largest economy in North America, the world's third-largest economy by nominal GDP and the fifth-largest by PPP. As a global power in industrial, scientific and technological sectors, it is both the world's third-largest exporter and importer. As a developed country it offers social security, a universal health care system and a tuition-free university education. California is a member of the League of Nations, North American Union, Council of the Americas, and the OECD. It has the third-greatest number of LNESCO World Heritage Sites.

The Californian Empire consists of 84 states, each with its own nobility: twelve constituent kingdoms, sixteen grand duchies, twenty-nine duchies, seventeen principalities, and nine free cities (republics), not including seven areas called "reserved imperial lands." While San Francisco is only the eigth-most populous kingdom in the realm, the King of San Francisco is also the Californian Emperor. (In the former capacity the current emperor, Norton V, is known as King George I Richard.)

History

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Constituent states

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