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'''South Tussenland
Much of the nation's lands were formed from sediment washed down the Mississippi River, leaving enormous deltas and vast areas of coastal marsh and swamp. These contain a rich southern biota; typical examples include birds such as ibises and egrets. There are also many species of tree frogs
South Tussenland was a Dutch colony until 1855, and had the highest number of slaves in all Dutch American territorial holdings during the 19th century. This led to the large Afro-Amerikaner population in the present-day. South Tussenland is also the birthplace of the African diaspora religion known as [[Zoekerism]], which was South Tussenland's official state religion after their independence in 1855 until the republican revolution in 1911.
== History ==
=== 17th century ===
Before the arrival of Europeans, the region of what is now the country of South Tussenland was inhabited by Native Americans for many
==== Opdam's Expedition (1674-1679) ====
[[File:RTL Expeditions.png|left|thumb|242x242px|Expeditions into the region.]]
In the late 16th century, Dutch explorer Cornelis Jacobszoon van Duvenvoorde Opdam was hired by the Dutch West India Company
=== 18th century ===
The territory of modern day South Tussenland was part of the charters given to the Dutch West India Company (in 1700) and then later the Royal Tussenland Company (in 1817). In the 17th century, the Southern Tussenland became one of the largest importers of African slaves, to work the sugarcane and cotton plantations. Slaves were introduced into the region, mostly from the Gold Coast and the Guineas.
=== 19th century ===
The 19th century saw tensions increasing between the slaves and the Dutch minority.
==== Republic of Anahuac (1812-1817) ====
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==== Royal Tussenland Company Charter (1817) ====
[[File:Southern Tussenland in 1850.png|alt=|thumb|263x263px|Southern Tussenland in 1850 with modern-day borders in red.]]The Royal Tussenland Company (established 1817) was the successor of the defunct Dutch West India Company, which was disbanded in 1815 after financial troubles during the French Revolutionary Wars. The scope of the Royal Tussenland Company was smaller in scope than the Dutch West India Company, focusing only on the North American territory. The Royal Tussenland Company took over the operation of plantations in the South, as well as constructed new plantations in the northern part of the region. The taking over of the RTC saw the importation of more slaves.
==== South Tussenland Revolution (1849) and Independence ====
Tensions between the slaves and the Dutch ruling minority was at
The newly independent Southern Tussenland in 1850 supported the Spanish against the Dutch during the duration of the war.
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=== Post-Independence (1855-present) ===
==== Theocratic Government (1855-1911) and the Zoekerist Church ====
Immediately after independence, Afro-Amerikaner revolutionary leader Jan de Bodtsappe, adopted the Fon name of Tegbesoe, and was put in place as the leader of South Tussenland. Under his watch, South Tussenland was essentially a theocracy, with the Zoekerist Church as the state's official religion. Tegbesoe also established the religion's official institution, officially known as the Church of Second Ascension. Tegbesoe's government was heavily supported by Spain, and later Mexico, despite their religious differences. After Mexico's independence, both Mexico and Spain fought over influence in South Tussenland. When Spain's power in the Americas waned in the late 19th century, South Tussenland started to lean to Mexico for support, and later in the 1890s, Britain, who had just recently established a presence in Cuba after helping the Cubans defeat the Spanish in the 1894 Cuban War of Independence.
==== Republican Revolution ====
When the Mexicans
== Government and politics ==
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