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Tasmania is a Tier 1 releasable of 
Australia in Oceania 
added in the March 29th 2023 update.
Background
Tasmania (/tæzˈmeɪniə/; Palawa kani: lutruwita) is an island state of Australia. It is located 240 kilometres (150 miles) to the south of the Australian mainland, separated from it by the Bass Strait, with the archipelago containing the southernmost point of the country.
The first reported sighting of Tasmania by a European was on 24 November 1642 by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, who landed at today's Blackman Bay. More than a century later, in 1772, a French expedition led by Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne landed at (nearby but different) Blackmans Bay, and the following year Tobias Furneaux became the first Englishman to land in Tasmania when he arrived at Adventure Bay, which he named after his ship HMS Adventure. In 1901 the Colony of Tasmania united with the five other Australian colonies to form the Commonwealth of Australia. Tasmanians voted in favour of federation with the largest majority of all the Australian colonies.
To today, Tasmania still remains as a province of Australia.
Statistics
Economy
Tasmania starts off making $85,513 in income. $68,280 from tax and $17,233 from resources. If released by itself, it would be 175th in rankings.
Resources
The only resource Tasmania produces is 
Copper, 0.5 units each in the southern most cities of Hobart and Kingston.
| Resources of Tasmania | |
|---|---|
 Copper
|
+1.1 |
Manpower
Like most releasables, Tasmania has a base manpower capacity of 60,000, gaining 261 per turn.
Geography
Terrain
Tasmania is entirely Hilly.
Biome
Tasmania does not contain any permident biomes, although during the Southern Hemisphere's winter cycle, Hobart & Kingston experience Severe Winter during June & July while experiencing Mild Winter in May & August. The remaining three northern cities only experience Mild Winter in May & August.
Borders
Tasmania does not border any countries, although is in close proximity to Australia and 
New Zealand.
Cities
Tasmania has a total of 5 cities, the one with the biggest population being Hobart with a base population of 80,870 people, and the smallest being Kingston with a total of 14,374 people. If released at the start of a game, Tasmania will hold a base population of 207,038.
Threats
- Australia wishing to reintegrate you. (COMMON)
- Australia or
Westralia wishing to form 
Australasian Federation. (COMMON-UNCOMMON) - An expansionist New Zealand wishing to expand. (UNCOMMON)
Antarctica wishing to expand for money or as a foothold into Oceania . (RARE-ULTRA RARE)- The
United Kingdom wishing to form the 
British Empire. (ULTRA-RARE)
Strategy
Playing as 
Tasmania is very difficult, as you are a very small country with a maritime border on Australia. There are many different strategies you can take for different situations and different playstyles.
If Westralia is released, then it should be incredibly easy to invade an AI Australia, as you don't have to deal with half of the land in the arid west. Simply create 60K infantry, then invade. You should start by taking one city as far away from Australian troops as possible, luring the troops in to be killed by your infantry. You should also get the Specialization military doctrine, if you haven't already, as well as getting the tax collection technology to develop your economy. From there, you can invade New Zealand, and potentially the rest of Polynesia once you're finished with Australia.
Even if Westralia is released, Australia is still vastly superior to you. If you still want to invade, you should get the tax collecton technology in order to use Artillery to camp out in the south, along with potentially buying some Oil from an AI nation in order to develop a navy. You should not set your troops to auto-capture in order to avoid weakened infantry. It would also be a good idea to buy Manpower from strong nations, in order to be on equal footing with Australia.
If you are okay with keeping your core Tasmanian lands and not expanding, you should most likely get the Neutrality Act in order to boost your defense, along with establishing diplomatic relations with other player countries in the vicinity, such as 
Indonesia or 
Papua New Guinea in case Australia becomes a player. However, the defensive playstyle is not recommended for Tasmania as you are a small country and will most likely be unrecognized by most in the server.
Almost immediately after you start, attempt to ally with Australia before anyone else. If they accept, there is no problem, and you can carry on your defensive playstyle. If they decline, you should immediately ally Indonesia, before warning Australia that you have allies in the former, and it would be better to just accept the ally request. If they are unfazed by your intimidation, follow the steps in the previous strategy.
WIP
Trivia
- Tasmania is the smallest Australian releasable.
- Tasmania might also be misspelled by players as "Tazmania" due to Iron Assault also misspelling "Tasmania" as "Tazmania"
| Removed | |
|---|---|
| Europe |  Budjak
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| Asia |  Fujian •  Qinghai •  Sinkiang  South Ossetia
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