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At the beginning of the 20th century, American, British, Swedish, Russian and Norwegian companies started coal mining. Norway's sovereignty was recognized by the Svalbard Treaty of 1920, with an addition that there would be no military use of Svalbard, and that the other nations retained the rights to their settlements; five years later Norway officially took over the territory. Some historians claim that Norway was given sovereignty as compensation for its Merchant Fleet losses during World War I, when the Norwegian Merchant fleet played an important role supplying the United Kingdom. Only Norwegian and Russian settlements survived World War II.

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rdfs:label
  • Jacobiania
rdfs:comment
  • At the beginning of the 20th century, American, British, Swedish, Russian and Norwegian companies started coal mining. Norway's sovereignty was recognized by the Svalbard Treaty of 1920, with an addition that there would be no military use of Svalbard, and that the other nations retained the rights to their settlements; five years later Norway officially took over the territory. Some historians claim that Norway was given sovereignty as compensation for its Merchant Fleet losses during World War I, when the Norwegian Merchant fleet played an important role supplying the United Kingdom. Only Norwegian and Russian settlements survived World War II.
area sq mi
  • 23560(xsd:integer)
dbkwik:nation-stat...iPageUsesTemplate
dbkwik:nationstate...iPageUsesTemplate
conventional long name
  • Jacobiania
leader name
  • Ivin Kostyantyn
Currency
  • krone
Ethnic Groups
  • 55(xsd:integer)
population estimate
  • 50000000(xsd:integer)
official languages
image map
  • LocationSvalbard.png‎
government type
  • Democracy
native name
  • Jacobiania
Leader title
  • President
Largest City
  • capital
Capital
  • Longyearbyen
Area km
  • 61022(xsd:integer)
Common name
  • Jacobiania
abstract
  • At the beginning of the 20th century, American, British, Swedish, Russian and Norwegian companies started coal mining. Norway's sovereignty was recognized by the Svalbard Treaty of 1920, with an addition that there would be no military use of Svalbard, and that the other nations retained the rights to their settlements; five years later Norway officially took over the territory. Some historians claim that Norway was given sovereignty as compensation for its Merchant Fleet losses during World War I, when the Norwegian Merchant fleet played an important role supplying the United Kingdom. Only Norwegian and Russian settlements survived World War II. From the late 1940s to the early 1980s, the geology of the Svalbard archipelago was investigated by teams from the University of Cambridge and other universities, led by Cambridge geologist W. Brian Harland. Many of the geographical features of the isles are named after the participants in these expeditions, or were given names by them linked to places in Cambridge. The name of the largest island in the archipelago, Spitsbergen (Dutch for "Jagged mountains") was formerly used to refer to the entire archipelago, while the main island was called West Spitsbergen. 2012 led to a great increase in the population of Svalbard due to the Yellowstone eruption. Thousands of American refugees flooded the island seeing it as one of the safest places in the world, and the 2 year winter brought by Yellowstone would have little effect on the area being that is was already winter year round. After the 2 year winter, Svalbard emerged as on of the most powerful places in the world. Longyearbyen had become a sprawling metropolis, Ny-Ålesund had become the First Domed City and considered a world wonder, and Architects had created Linksevroren, a city entirely built inside a mountain range. In 2014, it was wildly believed in Svalbard that the rest of Norway was holding the people back. the land was strip mined for resources, ignored by the government and Russia had more troops on the island than Norway did. a Rebel group arose called the Liberalengels led by Jacob Hobbs. The group had an approval rating of 90% of the population, and eventually put one of their own in as a locally elected Governor. on June 13th, 2014, the rebels declared the country an independent nation. Norway put up little resistance to this, seeing that their actions would have little or no effect. The people called the country Jacobiania, in honor of the leader of their resistance.
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