Alaska (independent country) (21st Century Crisis)

The Russian Republic, also known Alaska (Russian: Аляска, Aleut: Alax̂sxax̂, Inupiaq: Alaskaq) is a country located in the northwest extremity of North America. The Canadian administrative divisions of British Columbia and Yukon border the state to the east, its most extreme western part is Attu Island, and it has a maritime border with Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. To the north are the Chukchi and Beaufort seas–the southern parts of the Arctic Ocean.

Alaska is the seventh largest country in the world.

Like Russia to the west, Alaska's economy is dominated by the fishing, natural gas, and oil industries, resources which it has in abundance. Military bases and tourism are also a significant part of the economy.

The modern-day republic was formed as a territory of the Russian Empire after waves of Russian migration. During the Russian Civil War, won by the communist Red Army, Alaska became a haven for White Russian refugees.