Provisional Indiana (1983: Doomsday)

The Republic of Indiana is a nation formed by survivors of the US state of Indiana. Mostly, located in central Indiana. Its largest cities are Lafeyette and Wabash.

Pre-Doomsday
Like the rest of the USA, Indiana was taken completely by surprise by the incoming attacks, leading to the destruction to much of the state's population.

Doomsday
Three nuclear blasts over Indianapolis completely destroyed the city. No known members of the government of Indiana survived. Grissom Joint Air Reserve Base was destroyed with Newport Chemical Plant, all in which were near the small cities of Peru and Brazil. Small villages began to be overrun with refugees, many who were barely alive. Gary and Fort Wayne were also attacked, further decreasing Indiana's already devastated population.

Post-Doomsday
Indiana's towns each have a local National Guard armory, which helped keep order. The cities of Terre Haute, Anderson, Richmond, Lafayette,Muncie, Huntington, Goshen, La Porte and Crown Point, Wabash, Warsaw all became major command centers of the areas around its county. Because of the EMP on Doomsday, the cities had a hard time with communication. But with the help of Wabash National, a small company that was planning to open in 1985, the government in Lafayette was able to repair the CBR, or Citizens' band radio, which the National Guards shipped out to the local city governments, which then set up a communication network.

Fallout began to take a toll on the people of Indiana. Crops began to fail, leaving each community to share what resources were available with others. As the city-states began to work with each other the effects of the fallout would pass. Over time about ten thousand people would die from starvation and radiation sickness. News came from Anderson that Indianapolis was destroyed along with Grissom Joint Airbase, and from Richmond that Dayton was destroyed, and from Crown Point that Chicago and the Gary area had been wiped out. Wabash National Communications arose from this. Soon in early 1987 a meeting was held between the towns and cities, in which the Republic Of Indiana was formed, was was basically based upon old Indiana law. The capital, the seat of the new government would be Lafayette. The first President Of Indiana was Philip Sharp (D) show to the left.

From 1990 on, the Republic Of Indiana began trying to keep up with Kentucky's exploration in the south, with hope trying to grab land as fast as possible. Around 2007, Indiana began to re-populate South Bend, and also a Military base, named 'Fort Orr' north of South Bend to begin to pust north into Michigan.

Geography
The Republic Of Indiana, located in the northern part of the former US state Indiana, is mostly flat. The landscape is roaming corn fields. The largest river is The Wabash.

The till plains make up the central allotment of Indiana. Much of its appearance is a result of elements left behind by glaciers. The area includes some low hills and the soil is composed of glacial sands, gravel and clay, which results to exceptional farmland in central Indiana. The unglaciated segment of the nation carries a different and off-balance surface, characterized in places by profound valleys and expeditious streams.

Economy
Indiana is part of the Corn Belt and thus its mostly a rural type of living and farming is the largest occupation. Soybeans and Corn are grown the most. Factories in Wabash and Lafayette are beginning to grow, but slowly.

Some of the largest companies are the local Bank One and government run Indiana Corn which helps the local farmers with the production of corn.

Energy
The state known for Biofuel is rarely used, due to farmers using crops for food and animals, some wealthy do use Biofuels, and the National Goverment. Wind is a largest power source with wind farms all over the state. Though mostly found in the Lafayette area, Union City, and the city of Hoosier also have wind farms in operation. The city of Fowler Ridge finished construction of its wind farm in late 2009, it has been up and running from June 3rd of 2010, see Wind power in Indiana.

Power plants along the Wabash River are now not in use due to shortage of coal. Dams, though the electronic components (destroyed by the EMP in 1983) were reconfigured, the Norway and Oakdale Dams near Monticello were able to resume providing electrical power to that area.

Indiana Day
Indiana Day is December 11, the day that the state of Indiana joined the Union.

Indiana National Day
This day celebrates the day that The Republic Of Indiana formed, May 9th. Marching and display of military power are held around Laffayette.

Sports
Sports in Indiana is a major part of Hoosier life. Basketball is a Hoosier tradition, Purdue is most popular in the area, with some IU fans too.Indiana has extensive history in auto racing, Indianapolis had the Indy 500, but on Doomsday the track was destroyed. The Republic Of Indiana has plans of rebuilding the track, but no construction has started. Indiana has a rich basketball heritage that reaches back to the formative years of the sport itself. Although James Naismith developed basketball in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891, Indiana is where high school basketball was born. In 1925, Naismith visited an Indiana basketball state finals game along with 15,000 screaming fans and later wrote "Basketball really had its origin in Indiana, which remains the center of the sport."

Education
Education is low in the rural areas of Indiana, but Purdue University has began programs in all the major cities of Indiana. At the end of every year, children all over the nation take the ISTEP, it shows how much a child had progressed in his or her studies.

Indiana's 1816 constitution was the first in the country to implement a state-funded public school system. It also allotted one township for a public university. However, the plan turned out to be far too idealistic for a pioneer society, as tax money was not accessible for its organization. In the 1840s, Caleb Mills pressed the need for tax-supported schools, and in 1851 his advice was included in the new state constitution. Although the growth of the public school system was held up by legal entanglements, many public elementary schools were in use by 1870. Most children in Indiana attend public schools, but nearly 10% attend private schools and parochial schools. About one-half of all college students in Indiana are enrolled in state-supported four-year schools. The largest institution is Indiana University, which was endorsed as Indiana Seminary in 1820. Indiana State University was established as the state's Normal School in 1865; Purdue University was chartered as a land-grant college in 1869.

Government


The government of The Republic Of Indiana is run by the Indiana General Assembly, which is a bicameral: a lower house, the Representatives, and the upper seat, the Senate. The Indiana Constitution is the basic foundation of the nation. The president may only serve for a total of 8 years. President Evan Bayh, first a senator for Indiana's 3erd district, the newly elected president of March 2010, on Doomsday he was at Terre Haute.

The top officials in 2010 are:


 * Evan Bayh(D) President
 * Pete Visclosky(D) Vice-President
 * Jill Long Thompson(D) Speaker Of the House
 * Dan Burton(R) Senate Majority Leader

The meetings of the government are held in Tippecanoe Courthouse.

Districts.
With having four No-Man-Zones in the nation, Peru Airbase Newport Chemical Plant area, Gary and Fort Wayne. The countie lines have changed very little. The nation is divided by three districts of Adminstration,

Military
The military is fashioned after that of Switzerland, where weapons and uniforms are kept at home, Ages 18-34 are conscript, and women do not have to join but may voluntarily join. About 4 out of 5 young men are fit to join the Compulsory military service. They are given basic training for a duration from 17 to 23 weeks. Before Doomsday, Indiana had a armory in about every city. control over the area. The Indiana Military does not have the best equipment, For example, its uniforms are the old US army issue. Indiana has just a few humvees, which couldn't be used until they were converted to run on biodiesel. Indiana uses the M-16 rifle as its primary weapon.