Minnesota (1983: Doomsday)

Minnesota was the 32nd state in the United States of America. It was formed by carving out the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and became a state on May 11, 1858. It's capital was the city of St. Paul, and the largest city, immediately adjacent to the capital, was Minneapolis. Minnesota was the 12th largest state, and had a population of 4.1 million in 1980, and 60% of those people lived in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro Area.

Doomsday
Minnesota was struck by two nuclear war heads on, both the Minneapolis-St. Paul Area and the port city of Duluth were hit by 200 kt weapons, destroying both cities, and also St. Cloud and Superior, Wisconsin, due to those cities proximity to the blast zones. Much of the state is currently abandoned, but several states managed to survive.

Assiniboia
Is a Canadian survivor nation based in Niverville in former Manitoba, which took over small parts of the Minnesota and North Dakota Red River Valley. These areas were sparsely populated Pre-Doomsday, and remain so, because the nuclear ruins of Winnipeg cut off the area from the rest of the country.

Superior
The American survivor nation of Superior, based in the Upper Peninsula of the former state of Michigan, has expanded to encompass much of the coasts of Lake Superior and Lake Huron, including the former Lake Superior coast of Minnesota. The coastline are territories of the Republic and are sparsely populated, outside of a few small settlements and scattered farms and outposts, much of this area remains underpopulated, and will not be fully integrated into the Republic anytime soon.

International Falls
The Minnesota Ontario Mutual Defense Treaty Organization (More commonly referred to by its capital, International Falls or by the nickname, the MOM Group) is a large state that occupies much of the former Northern Minnesota, Northwest Ontario and the Arrowhead region, not claimed by Superior. It encompasses the cities of International Falls-Fort Frances, Baudette-Rainy River, Bemidji, Red Lake, and Kenora.

Olmsted
Is a christian theocracy based in e old city of Rochester in Southern Minnesota. It follows biblical law as laid down in the Old Testament. It controls all of former Olmsted county and parts of the adjacent counties. On going attempts by International Falls to establish a relationship with Olmsted have so far been not very successful, but International Falls to establish official relations with Olmsted by 2011.