Augustina

Augustina, officially the Augustine Republic (French: République Augustine), is a country in North America, situated on the northwestern part of the Magisterian subcontinent, sharing land borders with Magisteria on the east and has maritime borders with Canada. Augustina is a federal state organized into seventeen provinces and one federal district, containing Shiskine, the country's capital. The provinces and the district each have their own constitutions, yet they are all part of the same federal government.

Indigenous peoples have inhabited the subcontinent for thousands of years. The country's origins may be traced back to the 17th century British colonization of the area. Augustina arose as the successor state of the Augustine Protectorate, the only British protectorate in North America established back in 1607. Augustina proclaimed independence on February 25, 1886, which triggered a two-year civil war that ended in a revolutionary victory. Following that, the country experienced relative peace and stability, with successive waves of European immigration, primarily from the United Kingdom and France, impacting its culture and population. The country has had a turbulent experience with democracy, which included the violent disintegration of a 22-year dictatorship in the 1994 Revolution.

The Augustine government is a federal presidential constitutional republic and liberal democracy with three distinct branches: executive, legislative, and judiciary. It has a bicameral national legislature made up of the Chamber of Deputies, a lower chamber based on population, and the Federal Senate, an upper house with equal representation for each province.

It was one of the first developed countries to implement a minimum wage and one of the first to provide women the right to vote. It scores highly on international indices of quality of life, human rights, and perceived corruption. Augustina saw significant economic changes in the 1990s, transitioning from a protectionist to a liberalized free-trade economy. The national economy is dominated by the service industry, which is followed by the industrial sector and agriculture; foreign tourism is also a key source of revenue.