New Columbia
| New Columbia | |
|---|---|
| State | |
| State of New Columbia | |
| Nickname(s): The Larch State | |
| Anthem: Albertania, My Home | |
| Country | United States |
| Admitted to the Union | 22 October 1915 (49th) |
| Capital | Cocharane |
| Largest city | Saint Thomas |
| Largest metro and urban areas | Westminster-Saint Thomas metropolitan area |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Lorena Magbanua (L) |
| • Lieutenant Governor | Andrew Cole (L) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 10,358,903 |
| Demonym(s) | New Columbian |
| Language | |
| • Official language | English |
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| Time zone | PST (UTC-7) |
New Columbia is a state in the Western United States, about 200 miles from Canada in the Pacific Ocean. It is one of the two U.S. states (along with Hawaii) that is an archipelago and a semi-exclave of the U.S. It shares its maritime borders with Alaska in the north and northeast, Canadian province of British Columbia in the east, Pacific Ocean in the east, and Louisiana in the south. New Columbia is composed of six islands in the northern half of Gadáang Islands: Gavani, La Quadra, New Alberta, New Columbia, Sainte Geneviève, and Washington. Cocharane is the state's capital, while Saint Thomas is the most populous city.
Salishan, Wakashan, and Haida peoples are the indigenous groups originally settled the islands during the precolonial period. The entire archipelago is colonized by British, French, Russian, and Spanish. One of the earliest settlements are Manchester, established in 1840, which became the capital of British Colony of Newland. The northernmost island of Gavani became a part of Russian America, while La Quadra has claimed by the Spanish as a part of the viceroyalty of New Spain. Sainte Geneviève was included in a French colony of Louisiana Islands. In 1867, Gavani island was included on Alaska Purchase after Russian America was sold to the U.S. and it became a part of Department of Alaska. The Newland colony was supposed to join in the Confederation in 1971, but it remained as a British colony instead.