Montreal

Montreal is a city-state in on the North American continent of Terra.

History
For thousands of years, Montreal remained uninhabited due to frequent eruptions from its volcano, later named Mount Royal. As the volcano became dormant, Penguinfolk began migrating to the island during the winter, but return to the north during other seasons. Tribes such as the Iroquois would attempt to settle the island, but were driven off by Penguinfolk tribes that migrated there during the winter.

In 1534, Breton explorer Jacques Cartier created the first European settlement on the island. In the 17th century, French explorer Samuel de Champlain expanded the settlement, cementing it as a crucial region in the colony of New France. During the winter, Penguinfolk would once again attack those who tried to settle on the island. The French were mostly successful in defending their settlements from Penguinfolk sieges.

At the end of the Conquest War in 1763, England conquered New France, including Montreal, whose capitulation was essential in the conquest of New France by the British. Intimidated by England's military, Penguinfolk ceased attacks on the city, and occasionally began to trade with the British. A miniscule minority of Penguinfolk even began to settle in the city.

Tensions increased between Anglophone Protestants and Francophone Orthodoxists, leading to a civil war from 1837 to 1838. The French-Canadians emerged victorious, founding the Republic of Lower Canada.

In 1867, the Canadian Confederation was founded, which merged Britain's provinces north of the United States with Lower Canada.

In 1980, following a rise in Quebecois nationalism, the province seceded from Canada and became independent. Eight years later, Montreal voted to become an independent city-state due to its high concentration of both Anglophones and Francophones.