Australia (Leo Australis)

Australia, officially the Dominion of Australia and formally the Dominions of Australia and the Pacific Islands, is a sovereign country and Commonwealth realm located in the Pacific, located north of New Guinea and northwest of Indonesia. It is the largest island nation in the world.

Like Canada, it adopts a policy of bilingualism, with English and Dutch being co-official languages. It is divided into twelve states and has its capital in Sydney. It is governed by Queen Elizabeth II through Governor-General David van Huizen, with Scott Morrison as Prime Minister.

History
The continent was originally inhabited by Australian aborigines, composed of multiple different groups. It would later discovered by Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon in 1605, paving the way for the foundation of the city of Tasmansburg in 1675, expanding to become the colony of Nieuw-Holland. In 1770, Captain James Cook charted the unmapped eastern portion of Australia and claimed the mapped coast as British territory.

On January 26th, 1788 (now celebrated as Australia Day), the penal colony of New Wales was founded, in which prisoners would be taken to. The Dutch would later be expelled from Nieuw-Holland in stages in the Australian Wars of 1802-1809, ending with the Siege of Tasmansburg, although the Dutch settler population were allowed to stay, leaving some of them to assimilate.

On January 1st 1901, the twelve British and Dutch self-governing colonies and the three Pacific Island Territories united to form the Dominion of Australia, in what is now known as "the Federation". It would side with the United Kingdom in both World Wars.

Political divisions
Australia is divided into twelve states and three territorial entities, the latter being collectively known as the Pacific Island Territories.

States

 * New Gelderland (Capital: Broome)
 * New Holland (Capital: Tasmansburg)
 * New Limburg (Capital: Darwin)
 * New Frisia (Capital: Alice Springs)
 * Giles (Capital: Coober Pedy)
 * South Australia (Capital: Adelaide)
 * York (Capital: Cairns)
 * Mackay (Capital: Mackay)
 * Queensland (Capital: Brisbane)
 * New Wales (Capital: Sydney)
 * Victoria (Capital: Melbourne)
 * Tasmania (Capital: Hobart)

Territories

 * Fiji (Capital: Suva)
 * New Hebrides (Capital: Port Vila)
 * New Caledonia (Capital: Noumea)