Australia

Australia is a representative democracy located in Oceania, to the east of Agnibhumi and to the west of Austeroa. Prior to Dutch and British colonization, the region was inhabited by Aboriginal peoples for thousands of years. After the Dutch abandoned their settlements in the region, the British took control over some of those colonies, which were in the present-day Australian province of Queensland. In the early 1900s, Australia peacefully became an independent nation, though most people in Australia still speak English. The nation covers a variety of environments, from the red deserts far inland to the mountainous coast along the east coast to large forested areas in its west.

Geography and wildlife
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Pre-European colonization
Prior to colonization by the Dutch and British, the island was inhabited by Aboriginal peoples, who are believed to have first arrived there around 45,000 years ago. While there is not much early documentation of these peoples, it is known that they interacted peacefully with the Indian peoples of Agnibhumi when the nation was established in the 1300s. Agnibhumian documents from this time period indicate that the Aboriginal peoples mostly traded with Agnibhumi, Minor land disputes were also recorded too, most of them having been instigated by Agnibhumi.

Dutch and British colonization
From the 1600s to the 1800s, multiple European countries established colonies throughout Oceania. In Australia in particular, the Dutch and British competed for dominance. The Dutch were the first Europeans to settle on the island, setting up small ports along the island's southwest and northeast coasts in the 1810s. Shortly afterwards, the British established their own settlements, mainly along the southern and eastern coasts. The British centered their regional operations in the city of Sydney, while the Dutch centered theirs in Boorloo. Over the following decades, the two colonial powers competed for regional dominance, hoping to secure the whole island as a base for future explorations and a place to extract natural resources. Eventually, the Dutch abandoned their southwest settlements in 1846 due to Britain-sponsored sieges by Agnibhumi, and they gave away most of their northeast settlements to the Germans to resolve financial conflicts between the Netherlands and Germany. The remaining Dutch colony on the island, which encompassed present-day Nieuw Zeeland, was eventually given independence in the late 1800s.

Over the next few decades, the Australians created new settlements, largely centered around the coast and coastal mountains due to the harsh, inhospitable environments of much of Australia's deep interior. The British cooperated with the Agnibhumians to set claims for Agnibhumi and Australia, a move which was generally unpopular among the Australian populace.

Independence and the settlement of Antica
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Gibson War
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Demographics
As of 2016, the vast majority of Australians speak English, and a plurality identify ethnically as having origins in the British Isles.