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'''Georgia''' is a state in the southern [[United States]]. It was one of the original [[Colonial America|thirteen British colonies]] in the [[United States]].  It was the only colony not affiliated with a religious group: it was founded as a [[penal colony]] (much like [[Australia]]).

'''Georgia''' is a state in the southern [[United States]]. It was one of the original [[Colonial America|thirteen British colonies]] in the [[United States]].  It was the only colony not affiliated with a religious group: it was founded as a [[penal colony]], much like [[Australia]] (though today it, like much of the American South, is highly religious).

It joined the Confederate States of America, [[Confederacy]], before the beginning of the [[American Civil War]].

It joined the Confederate States of America, [[Confederacy]], before the beginning of the [[American Civil War]].