Alaska (1983: Doomsday)

Alaska is an associated state of the Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand.

Doomsday and after
Alaska was the first American territory to be hit by a nuclear weapon when one fell on Elmendorf Air Force Base. Fairbanks, Anchorage, and some of the Aleutian Islands are also hit by nuclear missiles. Chaos reigned throughout most of the state but in 1985 an emergency government, made up of some surviving Alaskan state legislators and other local politicians, was formed in Sitka, Alaska. From Sitka the emergency state government attempted to coordinate police and military forces in the state to bring order and aide to the damaged areas of the state. In 1987 contact was established with the American Provisional Administration (APA) and they took over control of the government from Sitka, though many of the current member of the emergency state government retained their positions.

From 1987 to 1995 the APA governed the state of Alaska. Disputes between APA administrators and former emergency government members led to several of the latter being dismissed from their posts. This created resentment among the Alaskan people who saw these men and women to reason they still were alive, while they found the APA representatives to be outsiders and out of touch with the people.

Independence
In 1995, after the US constitution was suspended by President Bush, the people of Alaska held a referendum and voted to follow Hawaii and become an associated state of ANZC. To celebrate the new association, the government of Alaska adopted a new flag based off of elements of the old state flag and Australia's flag

Recent history
In recent years Alaska has reached out to survivor communities in the former Canadian province of British Columbia and the Yukon Territory. With help from Australia, Alaska has been able to provide these communities with much needed food and medical supplies. There has been some negotiations among the communities about asking for annexation by Alaska. The Republic of Victoria, which claims all of former British Columbia, strongly opposses these negotiations.

Economy
Alaska's economy relies on its oil exports thanks to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, which supplies a large portion of ANZC's oil.

Military
Every Alaskan citizen, both male and female, is required to serve in the military for two years after their eighteenth birthday and then remain in the reserves until they turn forty-five. Most of the Alaskan military is stationed along the border with Soviet Socialist Siberia, though some have been deployed on humanitarian missions in former Canadian territory.