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| Capital | Oaksborough |
| Largest Cities | Charlotte: 407,000 Oaksborough: 271,000 |
| Population | 2,216,000 |
| Our Timeline Equivalent | North Carolina |
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Varieta is the southernmost province in New England. It borders one other province, namely Virginia to the north. It also borders the Confederate States of Pemhakamik to its southeast, Muskogee to its southwest, and Jalagi to its west. Its largest city, Charlotte (in Mecklenburg County), is along major trade routes extending from the CSP and Muskogee, and is the largest city of "the South" (that is, south of Alexandria, FD).
About Varieta[]
Varieta was named by Europeans precisely because it was so varied in so many respects. Most Aboriginal groups of other provinces of New England are almost invariably Algonquian, along with some Iroquoian areas further west. However, in Varieta, there are Siouan, Iroquoian, and Algonquian people, with some small regions containing all three groups. Furthermore, the landscape and environments are also quite varied for one state. There are beaches and swamps near the Atlantic seaboard, hills in the piedmont, and mountains further west. Pine trees are predominant in the coastal plain area, but broadleaf deciduous trees take over in the western two-thirds of the state. Fir trees and other trees that grow in cold climates can be found at the tops of tall mountains. Indeed, the mountains have a climate that is more like Massachusetts Province than Varieta's lowlands, where it rarely even snows.
Divisions[]
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Nature Preservation Areas of Varieta
Varieta has 101 divisions, including the counties, Semi-Autonomous Areas (SAAs), and Nature Preservation Areas (NPAs). As in most New England provinces, the national and state governments have the rights to put highways, train lines, and other infrastructure in the SAAs and NPAs to serve the state. In fact, the national and state governments own 100% of the land in NPAs and most of the land in SAAs (sometimes including joint ownership with semi-autonomous entities), and the land can not be sold...only leased...unless there is some amendment to the agreement, which in practice is difficult to pass. Thus, there are few private residences in NPAs. Vehicle charging stations, convenience stores, small markets, and such are situated on leased land from the government. As for SAAs, the laws make the buying of property by members of nonafilliated groups difficult.
Of course, in addition to the SAAs and NPAs, Aboriginal groups can and do buy property for their tribes outside of these designated areas, and a good proportion of Aboriginal people live elsewhere. In the same way, counties themselves have nature parks and recreation areas that are not affiliated with NPAs but often serve similar purposes.
Cities[]
Charlotte[]
Charlotte is the fourth-largest city in New England, and the largest in Varieta. Charlotte only began its latest spurt of growth in the early 1980s, nearly doubling its population since 1980. Currently, Charlotte is the second-largest banking headquarters in all of Pemhakamik, after New York City. Charlotte is known as a beautiful modern city, owing to its excellent "modern renaissance" urban planning.
Oaksborough[]
Oaksborough is the capital and second-largest city in Varieta. It is known for either containing or being near to a host of universities - including many of the most renown in all of New England. It is often ranked high in lists of the nicest cities in which to live.
Demographics[]
Vegetarianism[]
- 53% Vegetarian
- 47% Non-Vegetarian
Ethnic Groups[]
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Semi-Autonomous Areas of Varieta
- 62% European
- 23% Pemhakamik Aboriginal
- 11% Southeastern Siouan
- 05% Southeastern Iroquoian
- 04% Southeastern Algonquian
- 03% others (Muskogean, Mexican, etc)
- 03% Oriental
- 03% Sub-Saharan African
- 01% Indian
- 07% mixed race
- 01% others
Languages[]
- 75% English
- 08% Siouan languages
- 04% Iroquoian languages
- 03% Algonquian languages
- 03% Scots
- 02% Gaelic languages
- 02% other Germanic languages
- 01% Romance languages (Spanish, Catalan, French, etc)
- 02% others
Religions[]
- 33% Nonreligious
- 13% atheist
- 20% agnostic
- 24% Christian
- 11% Catholic
- 07% Quaker
- 06% other Christian
- 23% Cathar
- 04% Jewish
- 02% Hindu
- 01% Buddhist
- 01% Jain
- 10% various Aboriginal beliefs
- 02% other