Australia

Australia is comprised of two islands making a single nation. Divided into five states and two territories, it is a constitutional monarchy governed by a parliamentary democracy and led by a Prime Minister. While the nation technically still holds allegiance to the Queen of Britain through a Governor General, it is in fact an independent nation that operates with little to no interference from England.
Australia is a large continent, as large as North America. The size of the landmass gives rise to a diverse climate and ecology. The flattest and driest continent, Australia has the oldest and least fertile soils; desert or semi-arid land commonly known as the outback makes up the largest proportion of land. It has the lowest population density in the world, with the largest proportion of the population living along the temperate south-eastern coastline.
Initially the city of Melbourne was the nation’s capital, but due to contention with the State Government of Sydney, the capital was shifted to Federal City in 1927.
Australia consists of six states (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria) and two territories (Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory). Each state is independently governed by State Parliaments, while the territories are governed by Executive Committees. The Federal Government governs the nation as a whole.
Australia has a history of roving bands of criminals called bushrangers. In many cases, bushrangers have become idolized in modern literature and folklore. Admittedly, many of the early bushrangers were driven to crime by an overly oppressive colonial government, which made them popular outlaw figures. Modern-day villains such as the Kelly Gang, Black Ranger, and Colonial Boy have latched on to these ideas and see themselves as the inheritors of the bushranger “legacy.”
A major federal crime-fighting initiative was launched in the early 1990s in a bid to stem increasing supervillain activity. Known as Special Power-Armored Tactical Agent (SPARTA) teams, each state and territory has at least two units of these highly trained men and women and their advanced suits of power armor. While a federal initiative, each state and territory must fund their own units, and they come under the control of state police authorities.
ABORIGINAL NATIONS For at least 45,000 years before European settlement, Australia was populated by indigenous peoples, having arrived on the island via land bridges and short sea-crossings during the last ice age. When they arrived, they discovered a land that was colonized by Serpent People from the sunken continent of Lemuria. Open warfare ensued, and while the Serpent People had access to greater technology, the Aboriginals were far more numerous and had a natural connection to the other-dimensional realm known as The Dreamtime. Eventually, the Serpent People were driven underground at Kalkajaka (the Black Mountain). Aboriginal myth tells of a tunnel leading directly to the Serpent People’s refuge deep underground and that they wait there, plotting their revenge against the thieves who stole their land.
With nothing left to obstruct them, the Aboriginal people gradually spread across the land and formed many individual tribal nations. Primarily a hunter-gatherer society, Australian Aboriginals relied on a complex oral tradition and a spirituality based on reverence for their ancestors, the land, and the Dreamtime. While they are often thought of as one people, Australian Aboriginals are highly diverse and differentiated with individual languages, cultures, and beliefs.

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