((Since Maxwell's apparently letting his turn skip for now...))
Official Name: Catholic Republic of New France
Common Name(s): New France, New Paris, Augustin Republic
Government: Despotic Catholic Theocracy
Capital: New Paris (Cuba)
Languages: 87% French (official), 11% Spanish, 2% Other
Head of State: Archbishop Jacques Augustin
Head of Government: Archbishop Jacques Augustin
Population: 5 Million (at most)
Religion: 97% Catholic, 3% Other
Founding Date: 1761
Date of Max Extent: 1840 (Current date)
Development: Low (Medium in 'urban' areas)
Brief History:
After the English took control of England, there was much grumbling from the French population nearly straight away, particularly amongst the nobility. However, when the English split from the Catholic Church, the clergy and the peasantry joined the nobility in their desire to expel the British. After nearly 100 years of war against the Catholics in France, and the eventual bringing of order by Queen Elizabeth, the Catholics were subjugated, at least in theory. There was still much misgiving amongst the mostly-Catholic population, and particularly amongst the clergy.
When the New World was discovered, there were a number of initial attempts at fleeing from France, which was, in the eyes of many Catholics, a lost cause, but none resulted in any substance save for one, which in the winter months of 1759, and into 1760, an expedition by then-bishop Henri Baudin, successfully landed in the island that they named, “Seignur Sauve”, or “The Lord Saves”, (OTL, Cuba) and established the colony of New Paris, naming the “Catholic Republic of New France”. Since then, under the guiding of Archbishops, Henri Baudin, who is now deceased, and now, Jacques Augustin, the “Republic”, which is in effect, a dictatorship, spread onto the North American mainland, and indeed, onto the Yucatan Peninsula, most recently.
However, Jacques Augustin, is now a very old man, nearing eighty years of age, and the question remains, who is to succeed him?
((Any questions can be brought up, I am very shaky on the population, I'd like it to be more, but I do not know if that could really be possible. And I worked to make my history fit that of the Anglo-French, if there's any discrepancy, please tell me.

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