Outer Lands (1983: Doomsday)

The Association of the Outer Lands, commonly known as the Outer Lands and abbreviated as the A.O.L., is a nation located on the of. A survivor state of the former, the Outer Lands controls territory of the former states of , , and.

Formed in March 1984, the Outer Lands is a federation made up of five boroughs:, , , , and.

History
Doomsday saw the islands cut off from their home states and forced to fend for themselves; Cape Cod and eastern Long Island faced the same situation. Provisional governments were formed in all five regions. Food shortages forced Block Island leaders to order a mass evacuation, via boat, to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard.

When refugees from Block Island arrived en masse from Martha's Vineyard, its provisional government ordered strict food rationing for the duration of the crisis. Fishermen from Cape Cod discovered a Coast Guard boat sailing from Nantucket, and refugee boats from Block Island sailed into Fort Pond Bay on Long Island, discovering that Montauk had been set up as the center of the Long Island provisional government.

Traveling by boat, the leaders of the five 'boroughs' met at Martha's Vineyard on December 9, 1983 to discuss the present situation and plan for the near-term future of their respective islands and regions. That meeting resulted in the formation of an organiztion that became the Association of the Outer Lands, tasked initially with facilitating trade of food and supplies between the five regions. Surviving Coast Guard and local police vessels were merged into the Outer Lands Coast Guard, which was responsible for defending trade routes from pirates.

Over the years, the association has evolved into a virtual state government, with a governor and a general assembly. The association has limited influence over local affairs, which are governed by their respective boroughs.

Despite the nearby presence of Canada, Vermont and Aroostook, contact with outsiders for many years came in the form of wanderers, survivalists and pirates. Through them it was learned only that some sort of civilization had survived in the Vermont, Maine, Martimes, New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania regions.

Radioactivity along the coast of New England and the distance to the Maritimes kept Outer Lands from making contact with Vermont, Aroostook, Canada or communities in the northeast.

Parties did explore Long Island, and attempt to explore New York City and New Jersey. They found either bombed out remains of cities and towns, or radioactive lakes where towns (and cities) used to be. Contact with humans came either in the form of nomads or cannibals.

No one from the Outer Lands has had any official contact with any survivor nation until March of 2007, when a boat from the newly christened Aroostook Coast Guard assisted a Outer Banks Coast Guard exploratory vessel that ran into distress 12 miles off the coast of former Gloucester.

In June 2010, Outer Lands signed a trade agreement with Aroostook but stopped short of signing a similar trade agreement with Vermont after squabbling in the General Assembly over what the nation should ask of Vermont. Specifically, Cape Cod officials want a road to be built connecting it with Manchester, despite the ongoing radiation along the most obvious and direct route - through the ruins of former Boston.

Boroughs
The Association of the Outer Lands is a federation made up of five boroughs.