1st Republic of Quebec (These Fractured States)

The 1st Republic of Quebec was the first independent Quebecois nation and was an ally of France from it's independence in 1852 to it's final defeat to Canada in 1918 following the battle of Montreal. Although many Quebecois soldiers were brave, the nation simply did not have the industrial capacity or population to survive the Great War. After an initial and reasonably successful offensive in the summer and autumn of 1914, Quebec found itself being ground down by the advancing Canadians and their American allies. At the same time, the Royal Navy and the US navy began to force their way into the St. Lawrence. The strain of a two front war was too much for the Quebecois, who by 1917 felt their only chance of winning the war, linking up with the CSA was gone and that the best they could do was survive the war, which they also failed. For the next eighty years until 1998, Quebec was in a limbo, with no chance of regaining independence and no chance of being formally annexed into Canada.