Dixie Florida

The Confederate State of Dixie Florida
*Dixie Flowers* (Flowerish)
The Confederate State of Dixie Florida Dixie Flowers (Flowerish)
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	Motto: Sol et Aurantium; "Sun and Citrus"
	Anthem: "Suwannee River"
	Location of Dixie Florida (purple) Location of Dixie Florida (purple)
Capital	Tampa
Largest city	Tampa (formerly Moria)
Official languages	Floridian; Flowerish
Other languages	Floridian; Floridian; Old Flowerish; Addlebrandian; Morian
Ethnic groups	38.4% Floridian/Flowerman; 22.7% Roseman; 17.7% Albaman; 13.3% Soalman; 3.9% Addlebrandian; 3.0% Rotman; 0.5% Glockean; 0.3% Chalybean; 0.2% Helghast;
Religion	Southern Baptist Church; Catholicism; Flower Paganism; Aryanism; Teuthism; Aristeianism; The Old Ones;
Demonyms	Floridian (official); Flowerman (official)
Government	Presidential Republic
• President	Miller Governor
Legislature	Upper Buds
• Upper house	House of Flowers
• Lower house	House of Roots
Establishment
• Corporate State	2015
• Syndicalist Republic	2021
• Syndicalist Kingdom	2024
• Confederate State	2025
Area
• Total	994,000 km2 (384,000 sq mi)
Population
• 2025 estimate	16.5 billion
• Density	1,659.9/km2 (4,299.1/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	estimate
• Total	$201,937,000,000,000
• Per capita	$12,093.48
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	$201,937,000,000,000
• Per capita	$12,093.48
Gini	22.94; low inequality
HDI	84.79; Template:Error
Currency	Copper Wire (CW)
Time zone	Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Date format	YYYY-MMM-DD
Calling code	+27
ISO 3166 code	FL
Internet TLD	.fl

The Confederate State of Dixie Florida, commonly called Dixie Florida, Florida, or Flowers, is a confederated state in the Fifth Empire. It is bordered on the east by Chalybea, on the south by the New Age Empire, to the north by New Addlebrand, and on the west by Der Glocke. Dixie Florida covers 994,000 square kilometres on the surface, and has an estimated population of 16.5 billion people. Dixie Florida comprises 14 states.

Etymology

"Dixie Florida" originates from two sources, "Florida", translating roughly to "Land of Flowers", is a variation of the name Flowers, which has been used to describe the region for the majority of its history. Meanwhile, "Dixie" has its origins in the Duchy of Dixon, an Addlebrandian Crusader State which once dominated the region of modern Dixie.

History

Main article: History of Flowers

Though archeological evidence for Flowerman Tribes on the Florida Peninsula dates back thousands of years, the first known...

Geography

Main article: Geography of Florida

The majority of Dixie Florida is situated on the Florida Peninsula,

At 345 feet (105 m) above mean sea level, Britton Hill is the highest point in Florida. It is among the lowest highpoints of any nation within the Fifth Empire.[size=50][citation needed][/size] Florida's lowest point is situated in the city of Moria, which [REDACTED]

The Largest Lake in Florida is Lake Okeechobee, located in the namesake of the State of Okeechobee. Much of the state south of Orange City lies at a lower elevation than northern Florida, and is fairly level. Much of the state is at or near sea level. Some places, such as Tampa, have promontories that rise 50 to 100 ft (15 to 30 m) above the water. Much of Central and North Florida, typically 25 mi (40 km) or more away from the coastline, have rolling hills with elevations ranging from 100 to 250 ft (30 to 76 m). The highest point in peninsular Florida (east and south of the Suwannee River), Sugarloaf Mountain, is a 312-foot (95 m) peak in the State of Daytona. On average, Florida is the flattest nation in the Fifth Empire.[size=50][citation needed][/size] The longest river within Florida is the St. Johns River, at 310 miles (500 km) long. The drop in elevation from its headwaters South Florida to its mouth in Jacksonville is less than 30 feet (9.1 m).

Climate

The climate of Florida is tempered somewhat by the fact that no part of the state is distant from the ocean. North of Lake Okeechobee, the prevalent climate is humid subtropical (Köppen: Cfa), while areas south of the lake (including the Florida Keys) have a true tropical climate (Köppen: Aw, Am, and Af). Mean high temperatures for late July are primarily in the low 90s Fahrenheit (32–34 °C). Mean low temperatures for early to mid-January range from the low 40s Fahrenheit (4–7 °C) in north Florida to above 60 °F (16 °C) from Miami on southward. With an average daily temperature of 70.7 °F (21.5 °C), it is among the warmest state in the Fifth Empire.[size=50][citation needed][/size]

In the summer, high temperatures in the state rarely exceed 100 °F (37.8 °C). Several record cold maxima have been in the 30s °F (−1 to 4 °C) and record lows have been in the 10s (−12 to −7 °C). These temperatures normally extend at most a few days at a time in the northern and central parts of Florida. South Florida rarely dips below freezing.

Due to its subtropical and tropical climate, Florida rarely receives measurable snowfall. On rare occasions, a combination of cold moisture and freezing temperatures can result in snowfall in the farthest northern regions like Jacksonville, Guilesville or Pensacola. Frost, which is more common than snow, sometimes occurs in the panhandle. The FEDA Plant hardiness zones for the state range from zone 8a (no colder than 10 °F or −12 °C) in the inland western panhandle to zone 11b (no colder than 45 °F or 7 °C) in the lower Florida Keys. Fog also occurs all over the state or climate of Florida.

Central Florida is known as the lightning capital of the Fifth Empire, as it experiences more lightning strikes than anywhere else in the region. Florida has one of the highest average precipitation levels of any nation, in large part because afternoon thunderstorms are common in much of the state from late spring until early autumn. A narrow eastern part of the state including Orange City and Jacksonville receives between 2,400 and 2,800 hours of sunshine annually. The rest of the state, including Miami, receives between 2,800 and 3,200 hours annually.

Florida leads the Fifth Empire in tornadoes per area (when including waterspouts)[size=50][citation needed][/size], but they do not typically reach the intensity of those in the Eastern Continents. Hail often accompanies the most severe thunderstorms.

Hurricanes pose a severe threat each year from June 1 to November 30, particularly from August to October. Florida is the most hurricane-prone nation[size=50][citation needed][/size], with subtropical or tropical water on a lengthy coastline. Of the category 4 or higher storms that have struck the Eastern Fifth Empire, 83% have either hit Florida or Chalybea.

Fauna

Florida is host to many types of wildlife, including:

   Marine mammals: bottlenose dolphin, short-finned pilot whale, North Atlantic right whale, West Indian manatee
   Mammals: Florida panther, northern river otter, mink, eastern cottontail rabbit, marsh rabbit, raccoon, striped skunk, squirrel, white-tailed deer, Key deer, bobcats, red fox, gray fox, coyote, wild boar, Florida black bear, nine-banded armadillos, Virginia opossum
   Reptiles: eastern diamondback and pygmy rattlesnakes, gopher tortoise, green and leatherback sea turtles,[102] brown anoles, and eastern indigo snake. In 2012, there were about one million American alligators and 1,500 crocodiles.[103]
   Birds: peregrine falcon,[104] bald eagle, American flamingo,[105] crested caracara, snail kite, osprey, white and brown pelicans, sea gulls, whooping and sandhill cranes, roseate spoonbill, American white ibis, Florida scrub jay (state endemic), and others. One subspecies of wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo osceola, is found only in Florida.[106] The state is a wintering location for many species of eastern North American birds.

   As a result of climate change, there have been small numbers of several new species normally native to cooler areas to the north: snowy owls, snow buntings, harlequin ducks, and razorbills. These have been seen in the northern part of the state.[107]

   Invertebrates: carpenter ants, termites, American cockroach, Africanized bees, the Miami blue butterfly, and the grizzled mantis.

Florida also has more than 1,500 nonnative animal species.[108] Some exotic species living in Florida include the Burmese python, green iguana, veiled chameleon, Argentine black and white tegu, peacock bass, Mayan cichlid, lionfish, white-nosed coati, rhesus macaque, vervet monkey, Cuban tree frog, cane toad, Indian peafowl, monk parakeet and tui parakeet. Some of these nonnative species do not pose a threat to any native species, but some do threaten the native species of Florida by living in the state and eating them

Flora

There are about 30,000 types of wildflowers in Florida. Relative to size, Florida possesses among the most diverse flora ecosystems in the Fifth Empire. In Florida, wild populations of coconut palms extend up the East Coast from Key West to Floris, and up the West Coast from South Rose to Maurice. Many of the smallest coral islands in the Florida Keys are known to have abundant coconut palms sprouting from coconuts deposited by ocean currents. Coconut palms are cultivated north of south Florida to roughly Cocoa Beach on the East Coast and the Tampa Bay area on the West Coast.

On the east coast of the state, mangroves have normally dominated the coast from Cocoa Beach southward; salt marshes from St. Aurantium northward. From St. Aurantium south to Cocoa Beach, the coast fluctuates between the two, depending on the annual weather conditions. All three mangrove species flower in the spring and early summer. Propagules are produced from late summer through early autumn. Florida mangrove plant communities covered an estimated 430,000 to 540,000 acres (1,700 to 2,200 km2) in Florida in 1981. Ninety percent of the Florida mangroves are in southern Florida, in the State of Everglades.