St Joseph and the Northern US Islands

St Joseph and the Northern US islands is a country in Canada made of of a mainland and several surrounding islands that formed due to the volcanic activity in Hawaii. The country was originally a town in the United States called "Point Roberts," an exclave from the United States. The country also occupies parts of what was British Columbia.

History
The first documented mention of the country was in 2400BC, written on a slab found a few hundred feet underground. The Empire of St. Joseph was said to be one of the largest in the world, rivaling that of the Greeks and later the Romans. During this period, the empire was the only one that supported freedom of religion, and so was an escape point for fleeing puritans during Queen Elizabeth I's reign in the mid-late 1500s and the early 1600s. The country also held quite a large Muslim population, which it still does today.

The country was practically null and void throughout the 1800s into the early 20th century, when it was recognized in 1910 as a country again, after being annexed by the United States in 1785.

Culture
The country has always had a relatively small but thriving music scene.