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The Kingdom of the Teutons, more commonly known as the Teutonica, is a  located in. It spans from the to the northernmost region of the continental Americas, and includes most islands of the.

Teutonica has underwent numerous political transformations. Prior to European settlement, the region was inhabited primarily by the indigenous tribes of the Great Plains. During the 18th century, most of Teutonica was controlled by the and the. While France ceded northern Teutonica to the British Empire in 1763, southern Teutonica remained French territory until the when the United States purchased the land. The regions of the Louisiana Purchase which were later incorporated into modern-day Teutonica organized as the U.S. states of, , , , , and the. During the 1800s, an influx of Danish, Swedish, and Finnish settlers arrived in the then-American states of Minnesota and Iowa. After the War of Contingency, the Great Plains seceded from the Union and formed the Missouri. In 1880, Teutonica seceded from Missouri in the Teutonican War of Liberation, a two-year-long conflict. The Kingdom officially achieved independence from Missouri in 1882, citing cultural and linguistic differences, and ethnic tensions between the Germans, Scandinavians, and the Anglo-Americans. Following independence, the decision was made to establish a monarchy with Prince chosen to rule as its first monarch. On the other hand, the parts which formed Northern Teutonica today, were then known as the Dominion of Manitoba and the. They were both annexed by Teutonica in 1901. The final part of Teutonica, the Northwest Territories, were acquired in 1912 by the Treaty of Yellowknife, which officially divided disputed claims over the northwestern continental Arctic coast between Alaska and Teutonica.

Most inhabitants of Teutonica are the descendants of German and Norwegian immigrants who migrated from the former between the 18th and 20th centuries. The two oldest cities and most important cities in the country are Königsberg am Mississippi (Minneapolis), and Neu Hamburg. Teutonica is heavily influenced by German and Scandinavian culture, and has often been nicknamed, "New Germany" and "Little Scandinavia".

Teutonic War of Liberation
The Teutonic War of Liberation began when the self-declared Teutonic National Congress issued a unilateral declaration of Independence from Missouri as the Kingdom of the Teutons. They invited Prince Henry of Prussia to throne to lead their new kingdom. This declaration was a direct response to the 1880 massacre of peaceful protesters in Konigsberg am Mississippi (then-called Minneapolis), and the tensions between the ethnic Germans/Scandinavians and Anglo-Americans which had culminated for decades prior to the massacre. The Missourian government responded by trying to suppress the independence movement, which forced the region into a full-armed conflict which lasted for two years, until the capitulation of the Missourian government. After the Missourian government recognized Teutonica independence, many Anglo-Americans fled from the region, cementing German and Scandinavian dominance over the country.

Lakota Conflict
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A point of tension in the early years of Teutonica's history was the relation with neighboring Sioux tribes. As a result of their exile from Minnesota in the 1860s by German settlers relations with them have never been kind. However a point of conflict was the dispute of sovereignty over the Dakota lands. Teutonica claimed that they lands were lawfully apart of their Country, while the Lakota tribes claimed it to be a sovereign independent nation. The situation soon erupted after a skirmish between settlers at Fargo, a settlement at the Lakota-Teuton border and Lakota warriors, ended in the death of 10 settlers and 25 warriors. The Landstag seeing this as an act of war, granted the King permission use of force (A declaration of war was never issued, as the Landstag saw this as crushing an armed uprising instead of war).The Teuton side was mostly supported by the surrounding nations due to the fear that success of the Lakota would inspire other tribes to do the same. The exceptions to this is Britain, and Missouri. Missouri hoping to regain lost territory and strike a blow at the Teuton nation decided to support the Lakota and marched their army into the much contended land of Nebraska, the Landstag having seen this as an attack on the country issued a proclamation of war against the republic of Missouri. The conflict lasted for approximately 3 years, with the Missouri and Lakota army being crushed at the Battle of Omaha by a much smaller force of 5,000 Teuton soldiers. The war ended with the capture of St.Louis and the Lakota leaders, and the complete annexation of the Lakota and Missouri state, with the exception of Kansas which was sold to Brazoria.

Canadian-Teuton War
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The Canadian-Teuton war started over land disputes between the british empire and teutonica in Canada. In particular, the regions of Western Ontario, and Manitoba in which German and Finnish settlers have been immigrating. It began when fighting between British soldiers and Teuton troops posted at the border, in the rainy river district. It resulted in the 1905 declaration of war against the British Empire. The fighting lasted for 5 years against the british empire. It was the first military success of the Teuton Nation and ended with a crushing defeat of the British forces at the battle of Thunder Bay. It resulted in the Treaty of Yellow Knife in which British canada was divided up between Teutonica and Michigan.

Teutonic Civil War
The Teutonic civil war was a war in teutonica between the republicans(who wanted a Teutonic Republic) and were supported by the UC and the monarchists (who wanted to retain the monarchy) who were supported by Sierra, Originating in the ascent of queen Wilhelma to the throne and many people believing a queen shouldn't rule. The war ended for a 3 year period after the victory of the Republicans at the battle of Superior and the queen being captured and executed. They established the Republic of the Teutons. However leadership of the republic was very weak and their policies alienated many non-german groups in the country, most importantly the Norwegians of the Superior region.This ultimately resulted in the Exiled Monarchists in the Northern Provinces after the 3rd year of the republic existence managing to capture the capital and install young prince William as the king.

World War II
Teutonica through WWII maintained its neutrality this was mostly due to the internal turmoil of the country as the brief Republic of Teutonica (1939-1942) when it was finally overthrown by the monarchists who recaptured the capital and install the prince William as King of Teutonica. The damage sustained to Teutonica meant that it could not afford to enter World War II. The Era was mostly uneventful with rebuilding occurring and recovering from the economic shock of the war. This era in particular marked the end of the Noble Laws which allowed an aristocratic privilege to be granted to civilians. The king William was well known for his surrendering of his powers to his regent the President of Teutonica. This was done as a political move in order to suppress republican sentiment from rising in the country. The so-called economic miracle occurred near the end of this era, with Teuton economy soaring to new heights than before. This was mostly attributed to economic reforms conducted by the president at that time and investment into the steel industry, and most importantly the industrial sector.

Geography
Teutonica is a nation varied in geography. It's northern most territories are tundras. Throughout it's southern Territories are fertile plains that are the bread bowl of the nation. It's central region where most of it's pop is located is a forested area with over 11,000 lakes and 5,000 rivers. It's eastern-central region is filled with fertile grazing lands for cattle, and it's north-central region is filled with cool polar forests.

Government and Politics
The Government of Teutonica is an asymmetric Federal Constitutional monarchy featuring a parliamentary combined with a council democracy. The administrative units of Teutonica comprise of Bundesländern, Freistädte, and Kronland. A bunde is essentially a province of Teutonica, they are bound by federal law of the country but comprise a wing that has a changing number of representatives on the Kongstad. Frei Städten comprise generally a metropolitan area of an important city, or populous City. They are not subject to Federal law, free to pass or ignore these laws at whim with the exception of Manda Gesetz which can only be passed by the Kongstad, there are currently 4 different Freistadt, being Neu Hamburg, Konigsberg am Mississippi, Saint Louis, and Duluth. They also control their tariffs and Taxes as of the Frei Stadt act of 1997. Kronländern are essentially unincorporated territories of Teutonica. The federal representatives on the Kongstad which elects the Chancellor, are elected by the Reichstag which is the parliament of Teutonica. The amount of seats on the kongstag are determined by the amount of seats in each wing. There are 4 wings comprising to the 4 regions with Bundesländern the Nord wing comprising of the canadian Bundesländern, the central wing Minnesotan Bundesländern, the ost wing Bundesländern in wisconsin, and the sud wing in the Iowan Bundesländern. The largest amounts of seats on the Kongstad and the most important Wing is the Central one. The president works as the head of state,and elected by the people of the nation, since a constitutional change of 1942

Monarchy
Main Article: House of Teutonica

Being a Constitutional Monarchy, Teutonica has a hereditary monarchy following agnatic primogeniture that assumes the role as the head of state. Aside from powers associated with royal prerogative, the Teutonic Monarchy maintains a minimal role in Day-Day politics. They are mostly figureheads with little power ever since surrendering their powers in 1942 to the President. The Monarch represents the embodiment of the nation itself, and the lynchpin that holds it together.

The royal is the House of Teutonica, a branch of the German Imperial house of Hohenzollern (through the female line) and the house of Columbia (through the male line), it has it's origins in 1922 when Queen Wilhelma ascended to the throne after the premature death of her two brothers, and the death of her Father King henry I. King Henry I was invited to the throne of Teutonica when it was declared independent. They were exiled to the Canadian provinces (as they remained loyal to the monarchy) during the brief republic of Teutonica (1938-1941), until they recaptured installing the young prince William as king after the capture and execution of his mother Queen Wilhelma. His father the Sierran Prince Christian was installed as regent until he relinquished his powers to the president.

Foreign relations
Teutonica maintains varied foreign relations among anglo-america as it sees itself as the vestige for german-americans. It harbors a dislike for the United Commonwealth due to their involvement in their civil war. While sierra has friendly relations due to close relations following their support for the Monarchy in the Teutonic civil war. It maintains some basis for cooperation with Texas due to their german-influenced culture. Cooperation between Teutonica and New england has been growing as well for the most part, most other states are neutral in their eyes. Due to reliance on Teutonica investment some has regarded Lakota as a Puppet state of Teutonica due to a custom unions between the two states and that many Teutons own large amounts of private land in Lakota. Teutonica is currently a member of the G20, being one of the most powerful states on the american landmass.

Economy
The Economy is fairly diversified between the Primary and Secondary sector with a growing voluntary sector. The economy is fairly rich making it among the top 10 (TBD) economies in the world going by OTL standards. The country's Primary Sector is very large and very important as it Occupies most of the America's corn belt producing well into the tens of millions bushels of corn each year producing around 30% of the region's corn. Wheat is another fairly important crop with around 100,000 bushels of wheats being produced every year. The Mining industry in Teutonica is also very important with large deposits of Taconite ore, and Iron ore being in the Great Lakes area, manganese,copper,nickel,platinum, and Titanium also exist. The Northern Wing holds some of the richest mineral deposits in the nation with Gold,and base metals being extensive. The potential for mining in the region however despite the wealth that is delivered is mostly untapped. An exciting prospect for the state of Teutonica. The Secondary sector lies within the Central wing where most industralization is located, manufacturing, and steel smelting form the majority of the Secondary sector. Due to recent competitive prices in the international scale the country has seen a shift to the Tertiary Sector. The importance of the sector is in the medical field which Teutonica has grown to promienence

Population
The population in total of Teutonica is approximately 25,200,000 according to the national survey conducted in 2012. 43% of the Pop currently identifies as German-American 28% Norwegian 15% identify as Swedish 14% are in other ethnic groups.

Language
Around 51% of the Pop speak German as their first language (aprox 15,000,000 People) 24% of the pop speaks Norwegian As their first language (aprox 7,000,000), 25% of the rest of the pop speaks minority languages such as Swedish,English,Danish,finnish and Inuktitut.

The most widely spoken language of the country is Teutonic, a dialect of German. The dialect differentiate mostly in it's Vowels and consonants. 85% of Teutons speak english fluently according to the 2012 survey.

Culture
Main Article: Culture of Teutonica

The culture of Teutonica is highly diverse and very developed. Due to the country's heritage, many of it's cultural features are german and scandinavian influenced.

Folk Culture
Main Article: Folk Culture of Teutonica 

Teutonica's most prominent and well known feature is its folk culture. For a nation so young it has developed a plethora of cryptids, myths, holidays, and tall-tales. An example of holidays is the Walpurgisnacht Festival. In essence a second halloween where witches are believed to come out at night and whisk children away. The night is celebrated with large dances and music to scare away the witches, along with bonfires. A popular cryptid within Teuton folk culture is the Wendigo of the Algonquian people. Believed to be the spirit of people who have succumbed to cannibalism it appears as a giant bipedal deer. It's bite will transform a person into a wendigo. Another popular cryptid is Vantal (A corruption on the finnish words Vanha and Talvi, or literally Old winter) said to be a white, hairy creature who will steal away people outside in winter storms and bring them to their lairs to eat them. It was believed to be made by finnish lumbermen to scare their children from playing in blizzards.