The Republic of New Niagara

The Republic of New Niagara or New Niagara is a nation consisting of most of the American North East, and some of South East Canada. The country has 6 states that spread across today's Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ontario, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Quebec. This country is created by MrGuineapigs.
New Niagara (Everything is in 2020)
National Anthem: TBD
Motto:
"Nous allons rester lumineux"
Capital City: New York City
Biggest City: New York City
Official Languages: English & French
Demonym: Niagarian
Government:
Federal Presidential Constitutional Republic
GDP: 1.3 Trillion
Currency: New Niagara Dollars (NND)
Land Area: 430,101 km2 (59th in world)
Population: 53,596,000 (26th in world)
== History ==
=== Founding and Beginning (2015) ===
After the collapse of The United States of America in 2015, 51 new countries were created. Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island had very close ties and were afraid of New York and Maine. Tight borders were put in place. All countries were considered "advanced", although rumors spread throughout the New England countries that Vermont was partly corrupted.
=== The North American Expansion Period (2016-2018) ===
==== 2016 ====
January 2016 - Maine & New York sign an alliance agreement. This rose tensions across the North East, especially to the states in between them.
March 2016 - All countries begin to line troupes along there borders. During this time, California invades most of Nevada.This made most of the superpower countries want to show their strength too.
April 2016 - On April 6th, 7 countries in the U.S. land declared war on 10 other countries in the U.S. (Texas vs Oklahoma, Nebraska vs Iowa, Illinois vs Indiana, Michigan vs Ohio, Florida vs Georgia, Maine & New York vs Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, & Massachusetts)
On April 16th, invasion began. By the end of April, most of Vermont and Connecticut were invaded by New York.
May 2016 - Vermont and Connecticut are completely annexed by New York but are not recognized as a state, yet. Maine 
== Geography ==
New Niagara is located in North America. It has one of the Great Lakes located inside of it. It has 6 states.
Key
Grey Lines: State Borders
Black Lines: Country Border
Red Dots: State Capital
Circle with star in it: Country Capital
General Information
Name 	Capital 	Population (2020) 	Size
New York 	Albany 	25,890,000 	149,299 km2
South Quebec 	Quebec City 	8,213,000 	147,503 km2
Niagara 	Toronto 	7,821,000 	67,702 km2
Connecticut 	Hartford 	5,890,000 	18,359 km2
West Massachusetts	Worcester 	4,230,000 	21,336 km2
Vermont 	Montpelier 	1,552,000 	25,902 km2
New Niagara 	New York City	53,596,000 (26th in world)	430,101 km2 (59th in world)
New Niagara is home to one of the Great Lakes and the Northern Appalachian Mountain range.
* Lake Ontario is considered to belong to Niagara.
* Southern New York and all of Vermont have Appalachian Mountains across them.18359
== Demographics ==
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=== Population ===
New Niagara is the 32nd most populated country in the world. Over forty percent of the population lives in New York.
Population of New Niagara 2015-2018
State 	2015 	% of change	2016	% of change	2017	% of change	2018	% of change
New York 	20,410,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	
20,960,000 	24,120,000	24,608,000 	 	 	 	 	 	
South Quebec 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
4,801,000 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
7,299,000 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Niagara 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
6,623,000 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Connecticut 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
4,023,000 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
4,602,000 	4,997,000 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
West Massachusetts	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2,900,000 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
3,400,000 	3,780,000 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Vermont 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
806,000 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
868,000 	956,000 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
New Niagara 	20,410,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	
28,689,000 	37,791,000	48,263,000 	 	 	 	 	 	
Population of New Niagara 2019-2022 (2021-2022 are predicted population)
State 	2019 	% of change	2020 	% of change	2021	% of change	2022	% of change
New York 	25,220,000	25,890,000 	26,121,000	26,397,000 	 	 	 	
South Quebec 	7,502,000 	8,213,000 	8,545,000 	8,851,000 	 	 	 	
Niagara 	7,203,000 	7,821,000 	8,294,000 	8,450,000 	 	 	 	
Connecticut 	5,441,000 	5,890,000 	6,380,000 	6,702,000 	 	 	 	
West Massachusetts	3,901,000 	4,230,000 	4,790,000 	5,020,000 	 	 	 	
Vermont 	1,260,000 	1,552,000 	1,854,000 	1,995,000 	 	 	 	
New Niagara 	50,527,000	53,596,000 	55,984,000	57,415,000 	 	 	 	
Notes:
* Until 2020, New York held more than half of New Niagara's Population.
* 2022 is the only year where every state is below a 10+ percent growth rate. Vermont was the only state above 5%.
* South Quebec holds the record for the largest growth rate of 61.2% and is the only state above 35%. The country as a whole hit 40.7% in 2016 when there was only 5 states.
* Vermont is the only state to enter the union with under one million people. It also had the highest growth rate for the longest amount of time. (3 years and not going below 17%)
=== Ethnicity ===
Race 	% of population	Number of People
White 	62% 	33,229,520
Hispanic/Latino 	15% 	8,039,400
Asian 	11% 	5,895,560
African New Niagarian	7% 	3,751,720
Native American 	2% 	1,071,920
Pacific Islander 	1% 	535,960
Multiracial 	1% 	535,960
=== Language ===
The official language of New Niagara is English and French. In 2017, after South Quebec joined the union and around half of the population speaking French.
In 2018, French began to sweep through Northern New York, most of Niagara, and Northern Western Vermont. Thousands of people began to learn French and only French speaking communities popped up.
Language 	% of population	Number of people
English and French	45% 	24,118,200
English (Only) 	41% 	21,974,360
French (Only) 	9% 	4,823,640
Spanish 	3% 	1,607,880
Chinese 	2% 	1,071,920
In the 2018 state elections, all states put the question "What should be (State Name)'s "State Language". Here are the state languages of each state.
State 	Winning Language 	% of Population that voted for the language
New York 	English and French	51% - English, 48% - French
South Quebec 	French 	74%
Niagara 	English 	82%
Connecticut 	English 	93%
West Massachusetts	English 	95%
Vermont 	English 	73%
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==== New York's Situation ====
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Although the majority of New York did vote for English, it was by 3%. Protests occurred in northern and western New York and there were threats to secede and become it's own state.
The state government decided that it would have two languages instead of one.
=== Religion ===
Religion 	% of population	number of people
Christian 	70% 	37,517,200
Not Afflicted	24% 	12,863,040
Jewish 	2.9% 	1,554,284
Muslim 	2.0% 	1,071,920
Hindu 	0.6% 	321,576
Buddist 	0.5% 	267,980
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