Ustershire

Ustershire, officially the Republic of Ustershire, is a unitary constitutional republic located in southern Astoria. The nation is bordered to the north by Hagston, to the east by the Gennet Ocean, to the south by the Southern Ocean, and to the west by Adaleide. Ustershire has a land area of LAND AREA and a population of 9.7 million people according to the latest census. The capital and largest city is Bridgeport, though other vital cities include Berkley, Morenham, and Engadore.

Ustershire was first inhabited by humans in the 1000s CE, when humans first arrived on the Astorian continent through several waves of migration from Asania. The native Astorian people resided in the region, living largely off their seafaring culture, whaling and fishing to provide sustenance for their populations. When Avanorans first arrived on the continent in 1663 with the landing of James Haddington, the region known today as Ustershire was relatively unexplored, as it was on the other side of the continent, though this changed when Jacob Uster gathered what is known as the Southern Astorian Expedition in modern day Hagston, exploring and charting Ustershire in 1694. It was him and his decedents that established the city of Bridgeport, and becoming a prominent family in the region. In 1701, the colony was officially organized as the Colony of Ustershire, with a territorial government arranged and an ever increasing population moving to the region to buy properties for farming. In the 1730s, Ustershire saw a boost in population as settlers from Avanor migrated to the region to attempt to strike rich in the Gold Rush of 1731. After the gold rush, many families who did not find gold settled in the region, striking up farms and businesses, leading to a boom in small settlements in the countryside throughout the 1740s and 1760s. Further, political dissidents and refugees fleeing from the Gelenian Revolution made their way to Ustershire and other Gelenian colonies in the 1790s and 1800s to find economic and political stability. Ustershire underwent rapid industrialization throughout the 1810s to 1830s, as people began to move to the region to work in textile factories in the cities. Ustershire officially became an organized dominion in 1833 after mass protests across Astoria, leading to the establishment of a democratic government and constitution. The country became the first on Astoria to legalize voting for women in 1855, and the country lent its army to the Gelenian Unitary Force during the Great War, after which the country gained its independence in 1881. In the post war era, the country became a social market economy, that provided much of the uranium for the world during the 1880s Energy Crisis, enriching the country. The nation's economy grew rapidly and during the modern period, the country has become a centre of international finance, peace, and stability.

Ustershire is a social market economy with high levels of civil and political freedoms. The national economy is high income, and based on a mixture