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Mostly people living in a troubled, oil-rich former British colony with a history of political violence.

Nigeria?

I thought the above was a joke but literally what else fits? The british empire never held most of what we know to be oil-rich now.

It’s the United States dummy

The oil-rich parts were never a british colony.

Pennsylvania has oil and was formerly a British colony: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_oil_rush

Canada was. Lots of oil in canada.

Lots of rosin also.

Canada is not a part of the United States, though. Neither is Nigeria. Surprising this needs to be stated.