The Republic of Susquahanna (1983: Doomsday)

Pre-Doomsday
Danville was first settled by William Montgomory before the Revolutionary War. The town is named after his son. Danville/Riverside had several main businesses on Doomsday, includng Merck, Geisinger, TRW, Smith Machine Works, and some other small buisnesses. Bloomsburg had Magee Carpet, and a few other buisnesses.

Doomsday
None of the towns in the republic were hit on Doomsday. The people were just going around on their normal schedule, when the alarms went off. A nuclear strike was imminent. As the people panicked, radio reports came in of New York, Washington DC, and other major cities being struck by ICBM's. The citizens begain to fight to get into the fallout shelters around the towns. Lucky for the citizens, the winds blew the right way, and none of the towns were irradiated. Minutes after getting reports on the destruction of all major cities, the power was cut as the EMP destroyed all the towns electronics. Soon the people saw a mushroom cloud appear over the mountains as Wilks-Barre and Scranton were struck by the Soviet nuclear weapons. Then the citizens realized that they were truely on their own.

Post-Doomsday
After the nuclear exchange between the US and USSR, the government of Danville allowed citizens back into their homes. The hospital, Geisinger begain to triage injuries, from burns to broken limbs. The mayor in Bloomsburg attempted to quell the unrest by lying to the people and telling them that the US government had survived, and were attempting to get in contact with them. Citizens in Washingtonville begain to flee the town because only one week after WW3, raiders begain to attack them and sieze whatever they wanted. Many made it to Danville, and begain to flood the town. Radical citizens in Danville became angry at the situation, and on December 17th, rebelled.

Rebellion
On the 17th of December a group of citizens, only calling themselves-'The Patriots' armed themselves and stormed the Borough office, capturing the mayor, and other major governmental figures. Others raided the refugee camp, burning the people's belongings, and firing on the people. By the 23th of December all of Danville was in The Patriot's hands, and citizens begain to flee this terroristic organization. The mayor of Elysburg hear about the massacre and sent out scouts to meet with the leader of The Patriots.

Reign of Terror
As people begain to flee, the leader of the rebels, only known as General King, ordered his men to surround the town. As people fled, the men opened fire, killing scores, and wounding many. Of the twelve hundred that fled, less than three hundred made it to Bloomsburg alive and unwounded. After the mass exodus, the general ordered the State Hospital fencing to be torn down. The fence was set up to surround the rest of Danville, and guards were posted.

Fighting back
By February 21st, the situation in Danville was deplorable. Of the 6,298 people that had lived there, only 2,957 were still alive. Most had fled, or were executed. On April 1st, 1984 Bloomsburg, who's government was still relatively stable, along with the citizens who had fled, launched- Operation Lightning Strike. There were 3,724 Danville citizens, and