Assiniboia

Assiniboia is a country that was created of off what used to be the Northwest Territories of Canada. After a large number of states and provinces broke up and formed new countries and territories NWT was left untouched. A movement to make it's own country was passed. It's name comes from a land grant of what used to be Manitoba. Back when North America was still being colonized an area about the size of West Virginia was purchased to be settled. It later became parts of Manitoba and Minnesota so the name was no longer in use.

## Geography

Assiniboia is mainly made up of a mix of Tundra and Taigas. It is colder than much of North America with summer daytime temperatures at about 5 - 13 degrees Celsius give or take about 4 degrees. During the winter it can drop down to -25 to -30 degrees Celsius during the day and can reach -45 degrees Celsius during winter nights.

### Towns

Yellowknife is the capitol city of Assiniboia.

## Economic Information

The main source of Exports are natural resources from the ground such as gold, diamonds, precious metals, and natural gases.

Imports comprise of a lot of food that can not be grown or farmed in it's climate (A lot of kinds of food)

It's economy is based on Mining and Tourism (to see the northern lights and such) and it has a GDP $4.859 CAD

After becoming detached from Canada it is beginning to struggle financially as it has no reliable trade partners anymore.

## Demography

This nation is very diverse and multicultural. 45% of people are First Nation, 28% are European Canadian, 12% are Inuit, 9% are Métis, 6% are any other culture that doesn't fall into one of these categories. The current population from the 2020 Census is 51,436 people. After the founding of URGL many first nations people decided to immigrate to NWT where there was a large amount of FN people living already. There was also a drop in european canadians and other people who left to live in URGL. For this reason the culture of first nations people from all over north america can be found here.

There used to be more spoken languages than there are currently. Back in 1892 the Official Languages Act was passed which made 11 different languages recognized as official languages. Over time the languages that the people spoke started to merge and borrow words and letters from each other. Most of the first nations groups (at least the people who still spoke in their navite tongue) all began speaking in a language they created called Denuit. Additionally The groups that spoke North Slavey and South Slavey settled upon a combination of their languages called New Slavey.

## Military

The current military power is very weak as there was never really a need to fight. In support of NAMEA a military training program has been implemented for people willing to serve internationally or in case war ever breaks out. The current military personnel consists of the remaining members of the CFNAHY (Canadian Forces Northern Area Headquarters Yellowknife) who decided to stay in Assiniboia. There are currently ~650 Patrol Rangers, 260 members of the 440 Transport squadron which uses 5 Viking Air DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft for transport and rescue, and 40 members of the Assiniboine Navy. The headquarters is located in Yellowknife.