United States of Meridia

Officially the United States of Meridia, the USM is a transcontinental Federal Devolutionary Presidential Republic. Located mostly in the continent of Meridia, the country has expanded to include lands in Oceania and Antartica.

=History=

Colonial and Pre-Colonial History
Before the arrival of Europeans to the continent a series of empires had already arisen in Meridia, being the Inca Empire, the Chibchas, and the Guaicaipuro nations (sometimes called Gua tribes) remarcable examples. Other precolonial cultures Southern Patagonian, Guianese, Amazonian, Chibcha and Rora had settled during centuries.

The first stable European colony came from the hand of Portuguese explorer Fernando da Silva, whose crew reached the mouth of the Amazon river and later made a settlement some hundred kilometers east of the major delta in 1480.

First settlements in current USM lands came around the dawn of the 16th century by the English Crown, with the colony of Cape New being the first one to surpass a thousand stable citizens in 1499.

Dutch settlements came to the Guanine coast after the major expeditions of Van Rijk (1516) and De Graaff (1522), eventually settling the colony of New Holland.

The French crown was the quickest of all European colonist nations to spread into their new possessions, having 27 cities with more than 200 citizens by 1550.

By the dawn of the 17th century, the Dutch, British, Portuguese, French and Italian had strong holdings in the continent, with Italy controling the north and northwest, France the north, the Netherlands the east and northeast, the British the sougheast and most of the caribbean, and the Portuguese the Amazon river mouth and interior.

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Revolution
The Meridian War of Independence saw the United States of America support France and the Netherlands against the British Crown.

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New Holland and Veracruz
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Shöpenhauer Agreement
As tensions continued to escalate between the North and South capitals, the civilian unrest was followed by a series of small confrontations between the unofficial armies of the United States of Meridia and the unofficial yet self proclaimed Breesal Republic. From 1848 to 1852, the Bresalese republic had almost become their own political entity, completely rejecting the American-based state system and the Monroe Doctrine that came with it.

In 1852, with mediation from the US and international envoyees, the Schöpenhauer Agreement was signed between Breesal and Highwind representatives. The main idea behind it was to unify the politically separated elements of the USM government while also making a series of agreements and settling long-lasting issues.

The trans-meridian railway line was partially completed by 1855 as settled on the Agreement, with the second phase being finalized by 1968.

Early wars
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Expansion
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World Wars
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Contemporary era
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