States of the Federated States of Antarctica

The Federated States of Antarctica is a federation made up of seven states and one federal district. Like other , each state of the FSA acts as a , acting as their own sovereign state.
== States ==
Flag	State 	Code	Capital 	Area
 	Alyeska 	AE 	Hillcrest 	24,000
 	Amundsen 	AM 	Amundsen City	400,000
 	Bellinsgauzenia 	BG 	Amery 	2,100,000
 	New South Greenland	SG 	Ellsworth 	650,000
 	New Swabia 	NS 	Shackleton 	1,200,000
 	Polaria 	PO 	Hillary 	800,000
 	Victoria Land 	VL 	Darwin 	600,000
== Federal districts ==
Flag	State 	Postal	Capital 	Largest 	Claimed area	Total area	Mayor 	Senate
 	Capital District	CD 	Terra Nova	Terra Nova	12 	12 	Office open	1
== Etymology of the States ==
State name 	Language of origin	Word of origin 	Meaning and Notes
Alyeska 	Aleut 	alaxsxaq 	"Mainland" (literally "the object towards which the action of the sea is directed"). The name is the generally recognized Anglicised name for Alaska.
Amundsen 	Norwegian 	 	After Roald Amundsen (the first man to reach the south pole).
Bellinsgauzenia 	Russian 	Беллисгаузен 	After Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (literally "the land of Bellingshausen").
New Swabia 	German 	Neuschwabenland	Calque of German Neuschwabenland. The name Swabia most likely comes from the Suebi, meaning "one's own" people."
New South Greenland	English 	 	Named after a speculative land named by Benjamin Morrell, that was later found to be nonexistent.
Polaria 	Latin 	 	"Land of the Pole"
Victoria Land 	English 	 	After Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom