Linktoria

Linktoria is a developing country in North America and a member state of the Alliance of Independent Nations. It is located off the coast of the United States.

History
Millions of years ago, a volcano exploded and created an island to what is now Linktoria. But it wasn't until 1560 when the Spainards discovered the land and settlers settled in what is now Hackensack. In 1603 although, the Irish took over an area of East Linktoria City. Over the next 3 centuries the Spaniards, Irish, English, and French discovered the land. After the Revolutionary War, the United States agreed with those founding people and agreed to buy the land as a US territory. The land remained as a US territory until late 2009. The first city to be offically establish though was Linktoria City in 1803. Hackensack was found the next year in 1804. everything was calm until 1951. THe Linktorians wanted freedom against the United States. The Battle of Linktoria was started, it ended in 1952. Unfortunately, Linktoria lost and remained a US territory. Linktoria even expressed talks in becoming a state, but it didn't go well. In August 2009, President Barack Obama of the USA began talking about making Linktoria into a free country. In September 2009, The people of Linktoria and the US government decided to make Linktoria a free country effective January 2010. In November, an election was held and Alex Gray was chosen as Linktoria's president and Denis Shortal asthe Vice President. As of January 2012, the population is 1.8 million it had a 40,000 increase from 2009-2011. Ever since January 2010, the population, economy, and country looked and grew much better.

Politics
Linktoria's government is about the same as the United States. But when Linktoria became independent in 2010, the country was ran as a republic. The country's economy and population boomed through the roof since the politcal success.

On October 16, 2010, Linktoria was voted into the AIN.

Geography/Climate
Linktoria is located about 20 miles off the coast of the Carolinas of the United States. The climate is very nice in Linktoria with warm summers and cold and snowy winters. The highs in Linktoria during summer time is 90 degrees farenhiet. The record was 100 degrees in July 1968. In winter time although, it can get cold, it can be as high as 50 if mild enough, but usually its between 15-30 and snows alot during December-February. The record low was -2 degrees in December 1999. The average snowfall is generally around 14 in December, 18.9 in January, 17.3 in February, and 2.1 in March.

Television
Linktoria's main television studios are the Linktoria Sports Network, NBC Linktoria, FOX Linktoria, ABC Linktoria, the Linktoria World Channel, Linktoria National Network and the SEGA Channel, which is a cartoon/gaming channel. The Linsktoria Sports Network has about 3 individual channels, LSN1, LSN2, and LSN3.

Sports
Linktoria is known as the Athletic Country. Sports is very popular where ever you go in Linktoria. Baseball is the most popular in Linktoria, thier baseball team is part of the Sim International Baseball Federation. In soccer, the Linktoria National Soccer Team appeared in the AIFF from June 2010- November 2011, now the soccer team plays in the UFF since January 2012. The main soccer league is the Linktoria Soccer League. Linktoria in the past 2 years have also established a Rugby team, hockey team, a basketball team and have been very successful in the Simlympics.