Santa Dominica

Santa Dominica (French: Saint-Dominique), officially the State of Santa Dominica (French: État saint-dominicaine), is a sovereign country comprising most of the northeast portion of the Madison Peninsula in northern Oceania. It has a population of 2.23 million and is the fourth most populous nation in Oceania after Australia, Papua New Guinea, and New Zealand. Its population is nearly 70% urbanized with much of it centred around the capital and largest city, Santa Dominica City. Other urban areas include Bethesda, San Angelo, and Jackson.

Santa Dominica was largely empty and lonely when the first French settlers arrived via the River Dominica in 1758. Saint-Dominique, as it was exclusively known at the time, remained a relatively small and remote French trading colony until the Spanish arrived and took control through the 1850s. The French era saw extremely high levels of corruption, as rich Frenchmen would hide assets in the far-away colony, and it took two months for goods to be shipped from Paris to Saint-Dominique. The arrival of the Spanish ended this, and Madrid granted Santa Dominica, as it was then known, a greater amount of local control and asset management. The Spanish held many colonies such as Santa Dominica and the Philippine Islands until they were won by the United States in the Spanish-American War. Thus from the early 20th century until independence, Santa Dominica saw a huge American influence. In 1935, the United States allowed joint control with the United Kingdom. From then onwards, Santa Dominica gradually became influenced by the British political system, which would lead the colony to adopt many aspects of British democracy upon independence. Santa Dominica was returned to full American control at the start of the Second World War, with fears of a Japanese Invasion. In early 1942, the Japanese invaded Santa Dominica and occupied the country for a little more than 3 years until they were fought off the peninsula by the Americans in 1945. The Japanese military brought with them hundreds of thousands of settlers, and thus the country now has a substantial Japanese minority. Upon liberation in 1945, the relationship between the United States and her colony in the Pacific became more strained. The Americans viewed the Santa Dominican population as largely apathetic to occupation particularly by the Japanese, with large subsets of the population suspected of being quietly pro-Japanese. The local population resented increasing American dominance beginning in 1945 and sought to one day become independent. Tensions came to a head on 29 December 1951, when a local uprising in the capital city, quickly becoming what is known as the Rose Revolution, culminating in the United States relinquishing control of the colony at midnight on the 1 January 1952, handing control over to New Zealand. This placed Santa Dominica under Kiwi administration, with the British Crown officially regarded as the head of state. New Zealand was quick to appease the population, and thus only retained control of the colony for 36 hours, and at midday on 2 January 1952, the finally-independent State of Santa Dominica was proclaimed by William Carson on Capitol Hill. William Carson was duly elected Santa Dominica's first Prime Minister under King George VI of the Commonwealth. Barely a month later, on 6 February 1952, Santa Dominica's King passed away, and his daughter Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Santa Dominica. Queen Elizabeth II thus remained the monarch of the country for almost its entire existence until her death on 8 September 2022. The current head of state is King Charles III.

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サンタドミニカ国 (Japanese)

 * Capital and Largest City || Santa Dominica City
 * Official languages || English ・ French
 * National historical languages || Spanish
 * Regional official languages || Japanese, German, Norwegian
 * Religion || 47% Christianity (Mostly Catholicism), 38% No religion, 12% Buddhism, 3% Other
 * Denonym || Santa Dominican, Dominican (colloquial)
 * Government || Unitary Parliamentary System
 * Head of State || Charles III
 * Prime Minister || Dennis Hagen
 * Legislature || Parliament
 * Upper House || Senate
 * Lower House || House of Commons
 * Independence from the Dominion of New Zealand || 2 January 1952
 * Population || 2,230,000
 * Currency || Santa Dominican Pound
 * Time Zone || UTC +10 (year round)
 * Driving side || left
 * }
 * Legislature || Parliament
 * Upper House || Senate
 * Lower House || House of Commons
 * Independence from the Dominion of New Zealand || 2 January 1952
 * Population || 2,230,000
 * Currency || Santa Dominican Pound
 * Time Zone || UTC +10 (year round)
 * Driving side || left
 * }
 * Population || 2,230,000
 * Currency || Santa Dominican Pound
 * Time Zone || UTC +10 (year round)
 * Driving side || left
 * }
 * Driving side || left
 * }
 * }

Communities of Santa Dominica: French community in Santa Dominica English community in Santa Dominica Japanese community in Santa Dominica Palestinian community in Santa Dominica Indian community in Santa Dominica Russian community in Santa Dominica

Prefectures
Henderson, South Shores, Santa Dominica, North Shores, Saint Charles, Madison (territory)