Republic of Florida (1983: Doomsday)

The Republic of Florida is a nation that is still in the making after a soon to be unification of the, , and

History
Ever since the late 90's, talks of a unified Florida had already begun. However, these were not the ones in a congress or courthouse, these were the ones on the street corners, people talking, debating on whether one Florida could create a much more stable state or not. In 1997, a Gainesville ambassador to South Florida had brought up the idea of uniting under a confederation, but since South Florida had problems of their own at the time it was not possible.

In 2000, people began to take this more seriously. Raiders were in decline, and every day more and more small communities were being discovered throughout Florida. One proposal was to unify Gainesville and the First Coast and allow South Florida to join later. Another one had a plan for all three states to be united by sea and not by land. The second one was the most practical at the time since securing and repairing roads would be too expensive and take to much time. However, a third option was slow annexation of land by the three states until all three states of the Republic touched, and in the mean time they would share sea borders.

In 2003, representatives from all three states officially met in Saint Augustine deciding on whether or not to unify. The vote was unanimous. By 2009 they would unify. However, in 2009 it was postponed due to South Florida receiving materials to build their economy and medical infastructure in Naples, and other states had similar events, so the date was moved to 2011.

Unification
On December 31st/January 1st of 2010/2011, a special ceremony will occur from 6 PM Eastern Time to 12AM. All leaders will be sworn out of office and a set of leaders, a president, vice president, and a newly created post of "Leader of the House" will be sworn in, each coming from different states. The three nations will then become states of the Republic of Florida.

However, unification will not happen as soon as expected. Unifying the three militaries and reorganizing the National Guard will take up to a year, and organizing a functioning legislature will take as long as well.

Other Floridian Survivors
There are other places besides the "Big Three" that will be taking part of the unification. The city-state of Ocala will be participating, as well as several other small towns.