South Carolina (1983: Doomsday)

South Carolina was an original state of the United States of America, being the eighth state to ratify the Constitution and thus become a state on May 23, 1788. It had been one of the thirteen colonies of Great Britain that had declared their independence on July 4, 1776. It would be the first state to secede from the United States in the months leading up to what is variously called the "American Civil War" and "The War between the States," the secession having been planned within its borders.

On December 20, 1860, the state of South Carolina dissolved its relationship with the USA, and from February 8, 1861, to May 5, 1865, was a state of the Confederate States of America. After the war, the state was re-admitted to the union on July 9, 1868.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the state's population in 1980 was 3,121,820. South Carolina contains 46 counties and its capital is Columbia.

Republic of Piedmont
The Piedmont Republic is the largest Known survivor state inside the fomer State of South Carolina, centered around Greenville County. the capital and largest city is Greenville.

The Piedmont Republic is a group of four counties in northwest South Carolina that barely avoided annihilation because of a tactical decision by the Soviet Union to destroy power stations with conventional warheads. The Oconee Nuclear Power Plant was severely damaged in the attack, but by 2000 technicians were able to restore partial operations to the plant after nearly two decades of alternative fuel options in the area.

The college towns of Clemson, Greenville, and Spartanburg having successfully groomed the original student bodies of six colleges and universities (mostly on campus, and representing much of the rest of the pre-doomsday USA), have developed into an independent republic with around 500,000 citizens. The present governor is Robert R. Jones IV, son of one of the founding fathers of the republic.


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Pee Dee Nation
Failed South Carolina, survivor nation centered on the town Florence sc,

between the Banks of the Great Pee Dee River and the Black River.