California Republic (Red Victory)

History
History of the California Republic (Red Victory)

Non-renewable energy
The California Republic is powered by dozens of natural gas, coal, and nuclear power plants. These plants provide 95% of the power distirbuted between all six sections of the Republic; there has been recent concern from the goverment that ounce the coal, natural gas, and uranium deposits are depleted, the economy will come to an crashing halt. This had led to the increase in renewable energy plants across the Republic, the most popular type of power plant is solar and wind.

Renewable Energy
Due to being an social democracy; the California Republic is starting to convert from non-renewable sources to renewable sources; this led to the creation of the Helios Solar Plant in the Mojave Desert, and the Valley of Fire Solar Plant; these two plants are expected to replace all oil and coal plants in Southern Nevada and power Clark County, including the ciy of Las Vegas and Barstow, California.

On January 1st, of 2010; newly-elected Viceroy Antonio Villaraigosa signs the "Green Power" law, which states that all buildings built after February 1st, are required to have solar panels located on the roof and military bases to be powered by solar or wind farms.

Culture
The Californian culture has many points of origin, espically in the southern portion of the country. Majority of the Californian culture is based off the old American culture; the Hispanic culture is the second-largest culture in California; following up is the Asian and Middle Eastern culture. These cultures has led to an multi-cultural society where racism has become banned and that everybody is treated fairly, no matter what race or color they are. With the blend of these cultures; interracial marriages are more common and is approved by most families living in California.

Economy
The economy of the California Republic was on the verge of collsape, until the government ordered the construction of collective Marijuana farms. This buisness offically declared the legalization of Marijuana. The construction of the farms led to other buisness being formed in the Republic. All these buisnesses has improved the economy of the Republic by alot.

Agriculture and Livestock
Agriculture is an major export from California to other countries on North America, mainly to the Second Republic of Texas; California also trades agriculture with the Hawaii, which is located across the Pacific Ocean. Imperial Valley and the southern tip of Central Valley in California; and Rouge Valley and Williamette Valley are the major areas where food is planted and grown. Livestock is very popular in the Republic, espically in Washington, Oregon, and Southern California. Dairy farms in the Republic form milk, cheese, and other dairy products that is exported to the other countries of North America.

Tourism
Tourism is one of the major economic centers of the Republic, right after agriculture and alcoholic beverages. The California Republic is very popular among the citzens from the Republic of Texas, North Entente, Great Lakes Republic, Midwestern, and the North Eastern Commonwealth; because the numerous amounts of amusment parks, museums, national parks, and thousands of other family hot spots. Seaworld and Knott's Berry Farm are the most visited amusment parks on the West Coast. Disneyland California was leveled during the Battle of Los Angeles, the Disney Company abandones the West Coast and begins setting up an Disneyland somewhere along the East Coast. After interviews with some tourist across the country, "Skydiving is known to be the #1 thing tourist do before they leave the Republic."; even though skydiving is fun, it can still be just as dangerous as football or surfing. California has become an favorite vacation spot for Soviet Citzens.

Gambling
Gambling has become an important after California legalized all types of gambling in 2006, which allowed for the owners of the resorts and casinos on the Las Vegas Strip open up new hotels and Casinos in Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle, and San Francisco. Las Vegas is now known as "The Gambling Capital of the World"; Reno has prospered just as much as Las Vegas, but is still unknown to the outside world.

High-tech industries
High-tech industries is an minor contributer to the California economy. Companies such as Google, Microsoft, and Apple have opened up their headquarters in Silicon Valley and today, the iPodand Xbox 360 are the top selling products in California.

Arms Industry
The least minor part of the economy is the arms building for the military of many nations across North America; California is the lead export in firearms to the other contries. The leading gun producers is the California Defense Manafacturing Company, this company makes everything, from handguns to missiles to bombers.

Media
The last minor part of the economy is media. Media has been popular during the Second World War, because the only way to get news was through the move theaters. People in California now have at least one DVD player in their house, or if they're rich, an Blue-Ray Player. The two most famous icons of the California Movie Industry is Star Wars and Indiana Jones. These production led to the now popular Lucasfilm Studios and it was also an stepping stone for Paramount Studios, Lionsgate Studios, and Buena Vista Studios.

Politics
The goverment is runned by an social democracy. Meaning that the Republic is in between socialism and democracy. The goverment spends alot of its funds on the economy, enviorment, and many other projects that most other parties don't.

International Relations
California's most strongest ally is the USSR due to the socialist government that had been put in charge of the California Republic. Talks between the USSR and California over nuclear disarmnent is going slow but the two are reaching agreements. California continues to have unstable relations with Utah, which in the past, has led to the First and Second Utah Wars.

Political Parties
The population of California prefers the socialist democracy, due to the fact that the socialist democracy spends its funds on the enviorment, freedom, trade, and the economy. The Republican and Democractic parties were outlawed by the population during the formation of the Republic. Anybody who even mentioned that they supported the republicans and democractic we're arrested, tried for treason, and were either sent to Alcatraz or we're excuted somewhere in the Mojave.

Military
The California Military dates back to the War for Independence from the Interim Government. The military before the establishment of the California Republic was an insurgent group in San Diego that begun attacking anything representing the government. The insurgent group increased after the battles at San Diego, Los Angeles, and Monterey; and when the Republic was established, the insurgents either joined the new army or went home to their families. The military recieves its weapons and equipment from the arms factory located in Nevada.

Army
The California Army uses an mixture of equipment from the former US Army and Marines, as well as newly built equipment from the factory in Groom Lake, Nevada. M-4 carbines and Beretta M9 are the standard weapons for the army and the AK-74 and SIG Sauer P226 are used for special operations; the standard sniper rifle is the Remington 700. The vehicles the army uses are, the F-16 Falcon, and the F-18 Super Hornet; ground vehicle-wise, the army uses the M1A2 Abrams, Bradley IVF, and the army also uses the HMMWV.

Air Force
The California Air Force uses the F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-18 Super Hornet, VTOL Sea Harrier, and an few outdated F-15 Eagle and F-14 Tomcat. The main producer of the aircraft is the Boeing Plant, which got the designs for the F-16 from an CIA (California Intelligence Agency) mission into the General Dynamics Company Headquarters in forner Maryland.

Navy
The Navy was disbanded due to the fact that California controls all of the West Coast, and that Canada is somewhat peaceful for the moment. They do have carriers, destroyers, and submarines in the Reserve Fleet and own nuclear-tipped ICBM's, but they were disassembled due to the agreement between California and the USSR.