Carrancia and Juliannabourg

Carrancia and Juliannabourg, officially the United Democratic Republic of Carrancia and Juliannabourg, or commonly Carrancia, is a nation in the Veratlantean Archipelago and a member of the Alliance of Independent Nations.

History
In 1829, the Veratlantean islands of Ausa Carrancia were placed under British control as a colony which would be named New Staffordshire in 1831.

Carrancia and Juliannabourg obtained it's independence in 1961 after a complex power struggle between Britain and New Staffordshire regarding mining rights. In 1956, a geological survey revealed massive deposits of Molybdenum in the colony, which in 1958 the Parliament of New Staffordshire attempted to protect these reserves from British intervention by limiting British mining rights in the colony in the Natural Reserves Act of 1958. The British Parliament refused to take note of the Natural Reserves Act, which pushed New Staffordshire to begin an independence campaign, fronted by New Staffordshire MPs Julianna Delamark and Mataria Fauteng.

The New Staffordshire government declared independence in 1961, and is renamed to the Republic of Carrancia the same year. Mataria Fauteng was elected into office as the first president under the People's Advancement Party after being urged by Delamark, who openly admitted her intentions to create a puppet administration loyal to the party. However, Fauteng strongly distrusted both Delamark and the People's Advancement Party and acted independently as President. During her time in office, Fauteng expanded the welfare system, closed many churches and temples and gave speeches urging the public and the Parliament to allow relations with the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China. While in office, Fauteng created the Communist Party of Carrancia, and abandoned her affiliations with the People's Advancement Party.

There were as many as nine assassination attempts against Fauteng from 1961 to 1962. In one occasion, a gunman fired at her vehicle convoy three times. However, the gunman fired randomly, and the closest bullet to Fauteng struck three meters away. During a Parliament session in September 1961, three people, dressed casually and armed with table knives, were closer than one meter to Fauteng when security stopped them. When interrogated, the suspects refused to tell their affiliations, and all were released within a month. In April of 1962, Fauteng planned to visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo after the death of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba. Fauteng's plane stalled in mid-air three hours after departure, and the plane crashed into the Atlantic, off the east coast of Carrancia.