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===== British West Florida (1763-1783)=====
 
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===== Second Spanish rule (1783-1821)=====
 
===== Second Spanish rule (1783-1821)=====
===== First Spanish rule (1783 until 1821)=====
 
 
===== Republic of West Florida (1810)=====
 
===== Republic of West Florida (1810)=====
 
=== American Era ===
 
=== American Era ===

Revision as of 23:33, 21 December 2023

Republic of West Florida
Flag of
Flag
Anthem: God Bless the Sun
Location of West Florida (dark blue)
Location of West Florida (dark blue)
Capital Pensacola
Official languages English
Recognised national languages Spanish, French Creole
Demonym West Floridian
Government Federal Presidential Constitutional Republic
• President
Janine Davidson
• Vice-President
Sam Jones
• House Speaker
Phil Ehr
• Chief Justice
Tom Parker
Establishment
• Gulf Coast Defense Region
March 1993 – November 18, 1995
• Christmas Court Ruling
December 27, 1993
• Alabama and Mississippi Governments Dissolved
August 1994
• Independence
December 3rd, 1995 (As part of the Treaty of Washington)
• Founding of the House and Senate
March 5, 1996
• Current Constitution
July 5, 2007
Population
• 2022 estimate
7,110,617 (102nd)
GDP (PPP) 2023 estimate
• Total
$339,040 USD
• Per capita
$64,403 (13th)
GDP (nominal) 2023 estimate
• Total
$347.4 Billion
• Per capita
$56,910
Gini (2020) 31.4
medium
HDI (2022) 0.895
very high
Currency Dollar ($)
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
Date format mm-dd-yyyy
Drives on the right
Calling code +1
ISO 3166 code WFR
Internet TLD .wf

West Florida, officially known as the Republic of West Florida is a Federal presidential constitutional republic along the Gulf Coast of the former United States of America. The government is derived from the various military bases in the region forming a defense league between them to preserve some basis of American Government in the South of the USA. The region was effectively ruled by a military council with a puppet president. The government is still highly dependent on the military for general national support as much of the national population was once military or former military population. West Florida is the lone stabilized nation in the deep south with the rest controlled by various terrorist groups in the region now known as "New Afrika".


Etymology

The first documentary evidence of the phrase "West Florida" dates back to the British colonial era in the Royal Proclamation of 1763, with West Florida and East Florida, separated by the Apalachicola River. The term "West Florida" is derived by Spanish translation "Florida Occidental", itself derived from the Spanish conqueror and explorer Juan Ponce de León's name for the region "Florida" meaning "full of flowers".

West Florida derived the name "Republic of West Florida" from the short-lived 1810 revolution in the region against colonial Spanish rulers in an attempt to create a independent democratic republic. In 1994 the Gulf Coast Defense Force reorganized using the old name for the region from the old revolutionary forces.

History

Colonial Era

First Spanish rule (1513–1763)
Louisiana (New France) (1703–1763)
British West Florida (1763-1783)
Second Spanish rule (1783-1821)
Republic of West Florida (1810)

American Era

American Civil War (1861-1865)

Early 20th Century

Cold War

Collapse of America (1993-1996)

Independence

Hurricane Katrina

Miracle Decade

Geography

Government and Politics

Administrative divisions

Military

Nuclear Policy

West Florida is not confirmed to be in the possession of weapons of mass destruction, and has not ratified the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has argued that West Florida is in possession of undeclared chemical warfare capabilities and a biological warfare program.[2] Officially, West Florida neither confirms nor denies possessing nuclear weapons.


Economy

Demographics

Culture