Citizens vote to change name from California to Austrovia

Yesterday (September 8th) the people of the Federation voted to change our country's name from California to Austrovia in a historic referendum. The choices were: Austrovia, Madrigal, Rochester, or Aubrey. Congress's reason for the referendum was "uncreativity". "We were pretty lazy with the name selecting." says Acting President Irons, "So we let the people decide our new name." The Observer will change it's name, along with everyone else.