California Republic (1983: Doomsday)

California, officially the Californian Republic is a survivor nation located in the eastern and central regions of the former US state of California.

Pre-Doomsday
Prior to Colombus discovering North America, this reigon was home to more than 70 distinct groups of Native Americans. However, during the 18th century, the Spaniards colonized it and added it to the first Spanish empire. After years of colonial rule, Mexico was eventually granted independance. Shortly after, Americans in the region declared it a free Californian Republic. After the Mexican-American War, it was ceded to the United States, later to be added to the Union as the 31st state. In the 20th century, it was the most populous state in the United States, as well as the second most populous entity in the Western Hemisphere.

Doomsday
On Doomsday, several strikes near or within the region were San Fransico, Sacramento, and Fresno, among others within Nevada. The area recieved massive fallout in the southern half of the reigon, but the areas of Auburn, Placerville, and Sonora were spared the worst of the nuclear attack. Governor George Deukmejian, who had heard of the attacks from Hawaii via radio, managed to evacuate from Sacramento with the Lieutenant Governor and a small amount of the staff.

After several months, with no word from the federal or state government, politicians from the Placer, El Dorado, Alpine, and Tuolumne Counties met in Placerville to discuss the forming of a provisional government to help distribute needed supplies to the surrounding areas and to stabilize growing problems such as starvation, cannibalism, suicide, radiation and radiation-related sickness. They were soon joined by representatves of several neighboring counties. After nearly a week of nonstop debate, the committee at Placerville agreed in a landslide vote to create the "Provisional State of California" centered in Placerville. The Provisional State claimed all of California, as well as the known nuclear strike zones of Los Angeles, San Diego, San Fransico, and Sacramento. The state government of California soon began the rationing of food, redirection of food from farms to surviving towns, placement of martial law, rationing of medical supplies, and relocation of refugees.

Post-Doomsday
After nearly 13 years with no word from the federal government, the Provisional Government was beginning to see it fit to secede, seeing that its current status was only that of a placeholder for the American government. After rumors spread within the final months of the provisional administration that an American Provisional Administration had visited the future area of the MSP, many hoped that the APA could take control of the area, as the PAC could only do so much as a confederation of counties. However, many of these rumors were soon crushed when word came in that the American government had been disbanded, albiet recieved several years after. Eventually, a second committee was held to discuss the possibility of forming a new nation, being one of the first committees in years. After another episode of intense discussion, a verdict of 7 - 1 resulted in the creation of the Californian Republic.

Present Day
In October 2006, California formally absorbed the abandoned ruins of Yuma County. The National Guard has since moved back there, and has managed to salvage most of the supplies left behind when they deserted.

In April 2007, California began to reclaim Sacramento County. It is an invaluable addition to California because not only does it host the former capital of Sacramento, but it also has access to San Fransisco Bay, an addition that will not only allow California to have access to the world's markets, but allow it to export some of its valuable timber and gasoline supplies as well.

In June 2009, the city of Vallejo was reclaimed. While it was still somewhat functional, as most food related problems had since been eradicated, the area still lacked basic commodities such as clean water and medical supplies. The city was formally annexed on January 2008. Since then, the capital has been moved back to Vallejo on June 30, 2010, since Vallejo was the original capital of California in the 1800's.

On July 12, 2010, President Micheal Weber toured Crescent City, the capital of the Municipal States of the Pacific, and Torrington of the Provisional United States as part of the "Mainland Report".

Government
The government of the Commonwealth of the Californian Republic is closely similar to that of the United States. It consists of an executive branch, a legislative branch, and a judicial branch.

Legislative Branch
The simplified Senate has one representative per county, at a total of 8 representatives. The Yuma Territory is not represented, but will be on January 1st, 2011, when it is officially reorganized as a functioning county.

The House of Representatives represents each county by 10 representatives. West Alpine County is not represented, since it is only home to 140 people, but instead is counted as part of West El Dorado.

Executive Branch
The executive branch is made up of a president and a governor. The president is largely ceremonial, as she is only responsible for seeing through to the passing of laws, foreign affairs, and the military. The governor, however, functions exactly like the pre-Doomsday Governor of California. He is responsible for state affairs, the legislative branch, passing of laws, the national guard, the counties, and other things.

Judicial Branch
The Judicial Branch is an exact replica of the pre-Doomsday Judicial Branch. The Supreme Court has 9 members, who each serve life sentences, and are responsible to see whether a law is constitutional or not.

Religion
The religion of the area is a mirror image to that of Pre-Doomsday California. However, it has been noted that there has been an increase of athiesm.

Military
While the reigon has no true army, it is home to the Californian National Guard, which is composed of approximatley 10,000 members and another 10,000 in reserve, acts as a placeholder for the Army. Most of the troops that were stationed there are National Guardsmen that fled from Yuma County or other counties. Since the absorbation of Yuma, the National Guard has since been moved back.

While it acts as a military presence in the area, and has succeded in stopping countless slave raids on towns from Santa Cruz, and also helped establish order in areas which recieved minor to moderate amounts of nuclear damage, it has no official ties to the Commonwealth government, and is still officially the National Guard of the State of California. Other notable organizations are the Commonwealth Air Search & Rescue, whose name implies its functions.

Air Force
The Air Force division is made out of recently recovered aircraft from the Moffett Federal Airfield. It is at the moment only made up of:

12 F-15's

8 HC - 130's

4 Lockheed Martin C130J's.

Army
The Army division is made out of these surviving bases, HQ's and garrisons:

Detachment 1, 270th MP Company - Placerville

49th MP Brigade - Fairfield

Media
Media presence in California consists of one radio station:

CRLT 93.9 FM - News and Government Broadcasts for Alpine, Sierra, Placer, and Nevada Counties.

92.1 FM - Exclusively Music

The main newspaper is the Commowealth of California Mountain Democrat (formerly the Placerville Mountain Democrat). Other media presences include several local newspapers,

Sports
California participates in the MSP Baseball League, and is to participate in the Pan-American Games.

Travel
Unlike many other Post-Doomsday nations, the roads of the Californian Commonwealth are relatively safe. This is mainly due to the presence of the fully armed Californian National Guard, which takes many functions of policemen, since a "permanent" martial law has been in effect for over 20 years. Traveling outside of the controlled areas, and into the claimed areas of the Commonwealth, however, are dangerous due to the mostly un-disturbed reign of local warlords and thieves that terrorize small communities and villages. Since gasoline is scarce in the reigon, most people prefer to travel by horse, or in cities, bicycles and the well-appraised public transportation system.

Placerville Airport is the only functional airports in the nation, and have recently tied flights to South Florida. Businessmen from both nations have planned, an airline that claims to be the successor to American Airlines.

Economy
Like most post-Doomsday countries, one of California's main priorities is agriculture. One thing that has recently become popular was a government oil company, Cali Hydro and Petro, who primarily exports to the Municipal States of the Pacific.Another source of income is the timber industry. This industry is mainly within the country, as most other countries have their own sources of timber.

Tourism is now becoming slightly more popular, especially from the ANZC, Delmarva, Florida, the MSP, Oregon, and Kentucky, although this remains a slow process.

Education
The area is home to multiple schools and colleges, so as said lack of education is not a major problem.

Foreign Relations
Other than the Municipal States of the Pacific, a problematic encounter from Santa Cruz, and a visit by the ANZC, the Commonwealth of California has not had direct contact from any other nation. Since they are their main allies of buisness, many have been in support of joining the Municipal States of the Pacific.

In May of 2010, the nation made contact with several nations on the East Coast, particularly Delmarva, the, and.

Since shortly after Doomsday, they have disagreed with the Sierra Nevada Union which had annexed the Californian land around Lake Tahoe. However, recent negotiations have resolved the disagreement to the satisfaction of both parties.

Their close relationship with the ANZC has earned them the nickname the "Commonwealth of California".