Trinidasia

**Trinidasia** (Romanized Trinidasiane: *Trinidanizia*), officially the **Republic of the Trinidasian Union**, and informally as the *Trinidasian Republic* and *Trinidasica*, is a sovereign island country besides South America from the Guiana Region coinciding with the Caribbean from the West to the Gulf of Guinea from the East. It lies in the conjecture of the East Antillean Bay and the Gulf of Guinea, and consists of 3 major islands: *Trinasia*, *Rodrasia*, and *Vellorania*, with the capital of Traujourd lying in the largest island of Trinasia, while its largest and most populous city being Saint Aubersia. It shares maritime boundaries with Cape Verde to the East, Trinidad and Tobago to the North-West, and France (French Guiana) and Brazil to around the South and West.

The islands of Vellorania and Rodrasia were inhabited for centuries by Indigenous Vicnorian and Naztecean peoples before becoming a colony in the Spanish Empire, following the arrival of Christopher Columbus, in 1498. Just a year later, in 1499, the greater surprisingly uninhabited island of Trinasia was discovered, and in turn became a part of the Spanish Empire under the colony of the Viceroyal Protectorate of Vicnora. Spanish governor Bella María Valenciona surrendered the island to a French fleet under the command of Sir Édouard Malbeaux in 1797. Vicnora (at the time Vellorania and Rodrasia) and Trinasia were ceded to the French in 1803 under the Treaty of Vicnora as separate states and unified in 1889. Vicnora gained its independence as the Vicnorian Republic on 1962, as a unitary state. After becoming a republic in 1969, it unified with the Republic of Trinasia in 1976 after Trinasia gained its independence in 1952.

Trinidasia has the 7th highest GDP per capita based on purchasing power parity (PPP) in the Americas for a sovereign state after the United Commonwealths, Solomorssian Isles, Casnadrica, The Bahamas, and Roraima-Guyana as of 2022. It is recognised by the World Bank as a high-income economy. Unlike most Caribbean and the Guiana nations and territories, which rely heavily on tourism, the economy is primarily industrial with an emphasis on petroleum and petrochemicals; much of the nation's wealth is derived from its large reserves of oil and natural gas.

Trinidasia is a founding member of the United Nations, G77, Non-Aligned Movement, Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, and the Conference of American States, and a part of the World Commonwealth Union and a former member of ALBA. It has currently one of the world's few planned economies, and its economy is dominated by the tourism industry and the exports of skilled labor, sugar, tobacco, and coffee, which is very eerily compatible with Cuba. Trinifasia has historically performed better than other countries in the region on several socioeconomic indicators, such as literacy, infant mortality, and life expectancy. Trinidasia has a universal health care system which provides free medical treatment to all Trinidasia citizens (similar to Cuba and Hispaniola).

## Geography

### a. Physical Geography

#### Climate

Trinidasia is home to a variety of climates and weather. One of the main reasons for this diversity is the geography of the country. In broad terms, Trinidasia has a cool summer subtype of a humid continental climate, which is greatly influenced by the sea, since no part of the country is more than 100 km from the ocean. The sea keeps winter temperatures slightly higher and summer temperatures a little lower on the coast than at places inland. The maritime climate produces more variable weather, ample precipitation, greater humidity, lower visibility, more clouds, less sunshine, and higher winds than a continental climate.

Trinidasia lies within the south temperate zone and is predominantly humid subtropical (Cfa, according to the Köppen climate classification). The climate is subtropical highland (Cfb) in the highest areas. There are four relatively well-marked seasons and rainfall is well distributed throughout the year, but occasional droughts can occur. The winter months, June to September, are characterized by heavy rains and by a cold South-Westerly wind, which sometimes lower the temperature to below freezing, especially in the mountainous municipalities. The lowest registered temperature in the islands was −4°C (24.8°F) in Cruz Alta, Bocanegra, on August 1, 1955. In summer, the temperature not exceed the 32°C .

#### Biodiversity (Flora)

Subtropical plants dominate the archipelago, with the Dalbergia genus of trees well represented by Brazilian Rosewood and the quebracho tree; also predominant are white and black algarrobo trees (prosopis alba and prosopis nigra). Aquatic plants thrive in the wetlands of the island. In the island some imported species like the American sycamore or eucalyptus are present along roads or in towns and country estates (fazendas). The only tree-like plant native is a variant of the evergreen ombú. The surface soils are a deep black color, primarily mollisols, known commonly as humus. This makes the region one of the most agriculturally productive on Earth; however, this is also responsible for decimating much of the original ecosystem, to make way for commercial agriculture.

Most of the highlands has shrubby bushes and plants, is suited to this conditions. The soil is hard and rocky, making large-scale farming impossible except along river valleys and coast. Coniferous forests in medium altitudes on the main island, include variants of alerce, ciprestes da cordilheira, ciprestes das guaitecas, hulilã, lheque, manho hembra and araucária, while broadleaf trees include several species of Nothofagus such as coiê, lenga and nhiro. Other introduced trees present in forestry plantations include spruce, cypress and pine. Common plants are the copí and colí.

## Economy

Trinidasia is South America's most stable and prosperous nations, leading Latin American nations in human development, competitiveness, income per capita, globalization, economic freedom, and low perception of corruption.

The Trinidasian economy is an example of a mixed economy, a prosperous capitalist welfare state featuring a combination of free market activity and large state ownership in certain key sectors. The state has large ownership positions in key industrial sectors, such as the strategic petroleum sector (*Petrogrando gal Trinidanizia*, PetroTRD), hydroelectric energy production (*Haundiremõ Energica gal Trinidanizia*, HETR) and geothermal energy production (*Grondirmõ gal Trinidanizia*, GeoTRD), mining sector (*Mineraula gal Trinidanizia*, MinaCS), and telecommunication provider (*Télékommunigrandiene gal Trinidanizia*, TeleTR). Through these big companies, the government controls approximately 30% of the stock values at the Santana Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Valores de Santana, BVS). When non-listed companies are included, the state has even higher share in ownership (mainly from direct oil license ownership).

The country is richly endowed with natural resources including petroleum, hydropower and geothermal power, fish, forests, and minerals. Large reserves of petroleum and natural gas were discovered in the 1980s, which led to a boom in the economy. Trinidasia has obtained one of the highest standards of living in the Americas in part by having a large amount of natural resources compared to the size of the population. The Trinidasian welfare state makes public health care free, and parents have 12 months paid parental leave. The income that the state receives from natural resources includes a significant contribution from petroleum production and the substantial and well-managed income related to this sector. Trinidasia has a relatively low unemployment rate, currently around 5%. The hourly productivity levels, as well as average hourly wages in Trinidasia are one the highest in the Latin America. However, it has a medium economic inequality, as measured by the Gini index.

In 2001, the Sovereign Fund of Trinidasia was established, a sovereign wealth fund to replace the National Oil Fund maintained by the central bank since 1986.