Nova Anglicana History and Background Information
Nova Anglicana, officially known as the Sovereign State of Nova Anglicana, is a country located in North America. It is bordered on the north by Nunavut, Canada, on the south and east by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the west by Quebec and the United States of America. Nova Anglicana covers 610,393 square kilometers (an additional 119,139 km2 is water).
Nova Anglicana exists in an alternate universe where the divergence point is the secession of the easternmost provinces of Canada from that state. Its unique founding as a liberal Christian political experiment has contributed to its character greatly, and it is consistently considered among the most religious countries in the alternate universe.
Specifically, Nova Anglicana was formed out of a desire by many Christians (primarily Canadian Anglican Christians, but including others as well) for a free, just and religiously motivated state that would represent to the world the power of good Christian government. It started as the Movement for a Just Government, a politico-religious movement by members of the Anglican Church of Canada that sought to introduce true, compassionate, Biblical values based on Anglican beliefs into the Canadian government. Frustrated by both the Canadian government and church, the Bishop of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, William Kelly, issued a call for members of the Movement across Canada to move to the eastern regions of Canada for "the formation of a new region to bring about the Kingdom of God."
Members of the Movement as well as members of the Anglican Communion from around the world flocked to his call and soon they began discussing political and/or religious secession. Through a referendum, the people of these eastern provinces indicated their desire to leave Canada. After much wrangling in Parliament and in court, it was decided to allow their peaceful exit via the Nova Anglican Concession Act, and Quebec (who had already become independent) sold a little-used strip of territory to them in the Leblanc-Moran Treaty. The state of Nova Anglicana was founded, as well as the Anglican Church of Nova Anglicana, with William Kelly as its first Primate (he took the name of the Apostle Andrew). They petitioned for acceptance into and were received by the Commonwealth of Nations, as well as the Anglican Communion.
Nova Anglicana is composed of all or part of these former Canadian provinces, whose names they retain: Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and parts of the Cote-Nord region of Quebec.
Nova Anglicana comes from Latin, and is comprised of two parts: Nova(new) and Anglicana (English). The name was chosen to reflect the Anglican religious heritage of many of the residents of the new country. The standard way to refer to a citizen of Nova Anglicana is as a "Nova Anglican." Nova Anglicans can be a bit prickly about their demonym, with some taking offense at being called "Nova Angelicans" or "Nova Anglicanans". The latter is less offensive, while the former is the result of lazy spelling.
The Anglican-founded, pan-Christian Movement for a Just Government that resulted in the founding of Nova Anglicana, had both a liberal and a conservative wing. For the conservative wing of the movement, this was a chance to live among like-minded people in intentional Christian community and to see their values propagated by their state. For the liberal wing of the movement, this was a chance to strike back at an image of Christianity as Bible-thumping, prudish, hypocrites. They wanted to fight the narrative of Christians as seen in the "religious right" by showing the world that a Christian state would promote the health, welfare, and dignity of every human being and that by running the government according to the words and actions of Jesus Christ, would demonstrate the radical love and care for humanity that Christianity preaches.
Despite their secession from Canada, Nova Anglicana maintains very good relations with Canada and usually seeks to work with the Canadian government on major international issues. They share a separatist bond with the nation of Quebec, which had seceded a few years earlier, and are on good terms with them. They have excellent relations with other members of the Commonwealth, especially the United Kingdom, and are on good terms with the United States of America, even if most American officials think them a bit strange and most American citizens have trouble locating Nova Anglicana on a map. Nova Anglicana has embassies in nearly all countries, and High Commissions in Commonwealth countries. Exceptions include Abkhazia, Transnistria, Somaliland, South Ossetia, Nagorno Karabakh, and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
Nova Anglicana has traditionally preferred a "soft power" diplomatic approach, using the UN and negotiation to achieve its aims rather than force. Nova Anglicana is not a member of any international military alliances, but was grandfathered into NAFTA, which is the only multinational trade agreement it is part of. It prefers to agree to trade agreements with individual nations. Nova Anglicana has never deployed a soldier outside of Nova Anglicana except as protection for Nova Anglican citizens visiting other countries (e.g. national sports teams) or as international peacekeepers. The Armed Forces are intended to protect the borders of Nova Anglicana from invasion, rather than to be used as an offensive force against other nations.
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