Calaré

The Crowned Republic of Calaré is an independent constitutional monarchy comprised of ten provinces. The nation is located on the South Eastern coast of the Australasian continent. Its neighbors are Australia to the north, West and South with the Commonwealth of Venray and the Republic of Arcacia to the North East.

Calaré is a unitary state currently reigned over by King Aodhan I. Its seat of government is in the capital city, Wollongong, which is also the home of the monarchy and largest city. The country is made up of ten provinces: Cabonne, Eurobodalla, Flinders, Illawara, Macquarie, Macarthur, Monaro, Orana, Wentworth and Wollondilly the most populous of which is Illawara.

The republic is a highly developed nation, and has a particularly long history with the arrival of the indigenous aboriginal population approximately 40,000 years ago. Calaré's economy is highly industrialised and the city of Wollongong is an important centre for regional financial, industrial and service based markets. Calaré is a member state of the Alliance of Independent Nations, a founding member of the Tasman Group and a Providence Accord signatory.

Geography
Calaré has a combined area of 63,976km2, which includes all of the mainland of Calaré, as well as Montague Island. It is situated on the South Eastern seaboard of the Australian Continent, it takes in the territory south of the New South Wales capital of Sydney and to the north of the Australian capital of Canberra in a contiguous band from the coast to the western interior. The country is located between latitudes 32°76' to 36°44'S and longitudes 147°87' to 150°78'E.

Calaré is split between east and west - in the east the coastal plains and Great Dividing range dominate the landscape, while in the west great plains extend over vast distances. In the central areas, mountainous hills and valleys form the divide between the plains of the western provinces and the eastern provinces along the coastal fringe.

The country has a population of approximately 9.4 million people, making it the second most populous country in Australasia. It has a population density of 147 people per squared kilometre and therefore is the 78th most dense nation on earth.

Flora and Fauna
Calaré has several remnant forest areas that interlink, including the Blue Mountains national park, Belangalo State forest and several other forested areas of the Calaréann southern Highlands. The largest forested area is spread across the north-east of the country, and borders the Wollondilly and Macquarie provinces forming part of a natural border with Australia. The country shares a lot of similarities with Australia in terms of Flora and Fauna with Calaré also having some populations of vulnerable of plants and animals such as the Wollemi Pine (Wollemia nobilis).

Rivers
The rivers of Calaré can be divided into two categories, those that flow to the coast and those that flow inland. The largest group of the two is the inland rivers category, with the majority of the rivers in Calaré flowing inland into the Murray Darling these rivers tend to be long, slow moving and carry large amounts of water by Australasian standards. The second coastal group of rivers tend to shorter and discharge far smaller amounts of water into the Pacific Ocean.

Climate
Calaré can be divided into three climatic regions. The coastal fringe is oceanic having mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers and the inland separated into two regions with the central Highlands having cold, wet winters and mild summers, Whilst the western plains have mild winters and very hot summers.

Etymology and Terminology
The origin of the name Calaré comes from the Wiradjuri Aboriginal name for the Lachlan River, which runs through the western part of the Country. The name has two pronunciations; the Kul-air pronunciation which was established under Australian rule and the actual Wiradjuri pronunciation Kal-ah-ree ,which since Independence has been established as the correct way to pronounciate the word, as a mark of respect to the indigenous people of the country.