New Orleans, Georgia.
New Orleans is a major North American city located in the Mississippi River delta. It is the largest city in the province of Georgia, and in the Southern Confederation.
New Orleans was founded in 1718 by the Canadian explorer Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. Bienville named the settlement after Phillipe II, Duke of Orleans, the Regent of France. Under the 1763 Treaty of Paris, the city was ceded by the French to Spain, along with Louisiana west of the Mississippi. During the Trans-Oceanic War a Jeffersonian army under General Jacob Mellon came within 20 miles of New Orleans, but failed to take the city. New Orleans fell to a combined force of British Marines and North American militia the following year, becoming part of the province of Georgia.
New Orleans experienced a surge of growth after the Rocky Mountain War, due partly to the rapid industrialization of the Southern Confederation, and partly to a steady stream of refugees from the sectarian violence in Quebec. By the end of the nineteenth century, New Orleans was larger than any European city.