Protectorate of Pacifica

The Protectorate of the Pacifican Islands was a former British colony in North America. It was established in July 1, 1823 following the transfer of the Pacifican Isles Trading Company to the British Empire. Despite being in North America, it ran independent of British North America (though certain policies remained similar for the two). This primarily affected the evolution and British settlement of Pacifica altogether.

Pre-1895 amalgamation
Both Aurentia and Ektæózeruich went under some hard times following the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars. While they had the opportunity to colonise and conquer more areas, they were not able to effectively deliver their messages to the settlers across the Americas. The co-ruled colony mostly remained unaffected since they began to drift away from their respective homelands. It is possible that they could've declared their independence had the British and the Americans decided to not be interested in the region. For the most part, they each wanted the area for its strategic location near British Columbia since both sides wanted to claim the land around it. Settlements were made north of most of the New Tæóich settlements from the 1800s onwards. Some of these would later be settled by a large French population.

As per the Treaty of Borea, the colony was sold to the Hudson's Bay Company and the United States on 18 September 1822 at $25 million ($636 million today). It also included that Saint Benedict Island would remain under British rule (or whoever the empire transferred it to) for 99 years.

Following the transfer, the residents of New Tæóich were never notified of such a change since the people who were supposed to deliver the news drowned in the middle of the Southern Ocean. When the British and Americans began to surround the southern part of the island, they thought it was an invasion. Many ships were set on fire following a number of confrontations. Even after they had found out the truth, the rebellions came and went until the late 1830s. The success of each insurgency varied greatly, but the most successful one killed off 200 redcoats that were in close proximity of Saint Benedict Island before reinforcements arrived a week later to quash the spirits of the residents.

The use of Ektæó and Aurentian declined (except in certain cities and rural areas) after the 1840s: within the school boards, Ektæó and Aurentian teachers were generally replaced and punished if they were unwilling to teach or speak English. There was a need to modernise the urban areas of Pacifica, which included industrialisation and spreading the use of the latter. As such, many settlers began outnumbering the established populations (which even included the natives) by heading inland and westward. Katrinastad (renamed Bedford after the Act of Anglicisation), began to have large populations who moved into the downtown and like Montreal, had a large sum of Anglophone Pacificans that nearly made half of the city's population in the 1860s. Due to the lack of opportunities in the countryside, many Neuwaurenters moved into Bedford, though many went into the mountains much like their Catholic ancestors did about two centuries ago.

The Neuwaurenters were often seen as a rebellious group, but relations between the British and the Americans were no better. Many were in conflict over parcels of disputed land. However, after the Americans left the island in 1845, the conflicts began to die down. During the same year, the colony was split into 6 areas that were autonomous to each other (though de facto control over all of them actually occurred at various times, the latest being Aberdeen in the mid-1860s).

A proposal to create a railway across Pacifica was taken, with the first branch from Bedford to Marquette being completed in 1858. At this point, many people from Japan and China moved to the western and eastern coasts to assist in the expansion. However, many were not welcomed there and discrimination began to become rampant. A number of people also moved to the slightly more welcoming Neuw Aurentië, where they seemed to have a bit better relations with the locals.

Transition period (1890s-1908)
To prepare for the formation of the dominion, a referendum was made in late 1895 to ensure the unification of the six colonies. It won with a 79% victory and consolidated the areas on 1 January 1896.