Kingdom of Nouvelle Hollande

**Kingdom of Nouvelle Hollande** is a country in the eastern part of the Meganesia, however the french consider it part of the Pacifica continent. Despite having the status of a kingdom, it is still the dominion of the Kingdom of France. To the east it borders the Union of Oz, and to the south beyond the strait lies Van Diemen's Land belonging to the Dutch East India Company.

## History

### French Arrival

France, after winning the Four Years' War, gained funds for a new, costly expedition, its goal was the land of the so-called "Nouvelle Hollande". A group of colonizers under the command of Nicolas Baudin entered the bay in the south-eastern part of the continent in year 1783.

After a few weeks of checking the area, the first European settlement on the continent was established, it was called Aureum. The name comes from the gold found in a nearby river. The French claims covered the entire east coast.

### Settling on

Campaign aimed at settling in a new colony was launched in Europe, large amounts of gold found in rivers were to be particularly influencing decisions. People, encouraged by the vision of wealth, decided to set sail for the unknown to the other end of the world. The colony began to expand and with that more people were sent to settle along the coast.

By 1802 the colony had its actual influence along the entire southeastern coast. In 1805 there was a Van Diamen's Land Agreement, signed between France alongside the government of the Nouvelle Hollande and the VOC.

By 1820, settlements were established on the northern peninsula of the continent, in that year there was also a Breton Conference establishing the border with the British Colony of Oz. The conference established that Nouvelle Hollande had eastern part of the continent as its property. Meanwhile, in 1810, the colony governor, Nicolas Baudin, died. After that, it was announced that the next governors would be elected every 15 years.

### Further Development

Thanks to the arrival of new people and the growing population, both cities and industry began to develop. Four cities especially developed, the capital - Auereum, and the cities of Couronne, Nouvelle Ys and Allouarn, they became the largest cities in the colony.

Thanks to the discovery of large deposits, coal and smaller metal deposits, the mining industry was able to develop and new workplaces were opened. Tree felling was also started on a small scale.

The government of France decided in 1873 to incorporate the Territory of New Guinea into the Colony of Nouvelle Hollande,

### Kingdom

The king of France, Louis XIX de Bourbon, decided to elevate his colony to a kingdom. On the throne he placed his wife - Marie-Dorothée

## Culture

### Indigenous People

During the arrival of the French on the shores of the new continent, they encountered indigenous peoples. At the beginning, contacts were sporadic, but with time the colonists decided that the natives would be an ideal workforce as slaves. As the colony expanded, more and more territory was taken from the aborigines, the French also murdered them for fun and sport. Some of the natives were enslaved, others decided to fight the oppressors, and still others fled to Oz where they could count on good treatment. Aboriginal culture is now dying out in Nouvelle Hollande.