Free Republic of Alaska (Night of the Living Alternate History Map Game)

The Free Republic of Alaska is a sucsesssor state to the United states founded in 1969 in the Interior of Alaska.

Pre-Apocalypse Timeline
As the zombie horde began to infect the contiguous states in the US, Alaska remained very much untouched at that time. Alaska was left to itself, and the State of Alaska became, by all objective veiws, an independent entity, though still officially under control of the Uited states. In reality, the isolated government had very little way to keep in contact with the mainland, after most of the pacific coast was lost in the sea of zombies. The USSR had fears that the horde would spread north, and perhaps infest itself in the Soviet far East, so Alaska was invaded, to be used as a checkpoint preventing any infected persons across the beiring strait. The virus was still a long way from alaska at this tiime, and the locals were not apt to let the russians control soverign territory of the United states. locals and US military personnel stationed in the region sucsessfully liberated most of the occupied territory along the northern coast, and recaptured the strategic port of anchorage. the russians met them with feirce resistance, and did not yeild the western coast. locked in a stalemate, the Alaskans asked the USA for aid, but the US could not spare any men, due to the extent of the zombie infestation. Furious at the US's inability to protect its state, 57 delagates met in fairbanks on September 30, 1969, and voted unanimously that the former State of Alaska was now an independent entity, and was to be known henceforth as the Free Republic of Alaska.



The Alaskan war for Independence: 1969-Present
The Alaskan rebels had very little support in 1969. Over the winter, most of the interior was united. Alaskan guerillas well suited to the cold arctic winters conducted extensive operations. Not all operations were military, but some were feats of Engineering .The Alaskan Army Engineering Core was founded in January of 1970, to put the small backwoods nation together into a country capable of projecting power into other areas of the former state. mines had to be reposessed, and reopened, factories were re-started, bridges were built, raailroads were fixed, and electrical wires were re-laid. Most importantly, in March, construction was started on defenses that would secure the frontiers of the nation. temperary defenses had been build before, but the kind of work needed to build more efficient defenses had to take place after the snow began to thaw. Unfortunatley for the rebels, the warmer weather also enabled the Alaskan state army to begin more operations. Much of the northern territory was lost before sufficient defenses counld be put in place. the battles in the north did give engineers enough time to construct fortifications much farter south than anticipated. The rebels, to halt the advance effectiveley, began "operation wedge," a military capiagn to isolate US troops in the north from the important city of Anchorage. the operation was a sucsess, and the line was once again drawn into a stalemate, as the US troops in the north lost their vital supply line. Both sides began to regroup, until the battle of Denali in August. US troops began the "McKinley Capaign," an operation whose aim was to take Fairbanks by launching an operation over the Alaskan Range. The Range was not fortified as extensiveley, mainly because the construction there would be difficult and hazardous, but also because an attack over the Range was not expected. needless to say, it was the most desirable choice for an invasion into rebel territory, and the attack commenced on August 2, 1970. the attack was intially successfull, but the Rebels showed strong resistance around Healy, a decisive victory occurred on August 17th, when reinforcements from the North attacked the flaks of the invaders, and drove them back across the range. The battle flag of the Denali Regement which sucsesfully defended Healy became very pouplar as a national flag, and has grown to be the unofficial flag of the nation.

Army
The Free Alaskan Army is the largist military unit in the Free Alaskan Republic. Uniforms are not stadardized throught the army, but they are standardized by Regiment. Their equipment is standardized as every soldier being required to have the following: Other units have different requirements. the Special Forces Regiment operates in mainly guerrilla operations,and often uses skis, demolitions equipment, and may dress as civillians. The Engineering Corps uses a variety of equipment, but is also involved in combat roles. Vehicles are sometimes used, but most units do not have them. Oil is plentiful, but with few ways to refine it, Gasoline is not easily found.
 * One summer uniform
 * One winter uniform
 * One rifled/shouldered firearm,and a sidearm OR one shotgun, and a sidearm
 * One canteen
 * One haversack
 * rations to survive three days in the feild
 * Two Greandes
 * Three Clips of Ammunition for autiomatic weapons, 100 rounds for a sidearm, 75 rounds per rifle, 40 shotgun shells.

Awards
The Alaskan government has created certain awards to Honor those men and their unit for distinguished heroism.

 Presidential Unit Citation- This award is awarded to units that act independently, cohesiveley, and in some cases, succeed in the face of certain defeat.  Pole Star Medal- This award is given to individuals who show distingushed leadership on the battlefeild
 * Denali Regiment- For actions during the defense of Healy
 * General William Cote- For actions leading to victory in the Battle of Denali

Government
the government consists of Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches. it is a federal system, whereby the legislature, known as The Delegation, comprised of representatitves form all the buroghs of alaska, meet to decide national law. all buroughs are represented, even if under occupation. buroughs are encouraged to do most of the governing themselves, and the legislature very rareley passes a new law. the Executive pranch is headed by a President with powers similar to the president of the United states. tthe Judicial branch is comprised of judges. the president is requred to pick a certain amount of judges from eack burough. the Delegation votes on the Judges that the President had picked to decide whether they will become Judges of the Supreme Court. the Supreme Court Judge's term lasts for 10 years.

Allies:

 * Bay republic
 * Halifax

Good Condition:

 * Northwest Federation
 * Cascadia
 * Canada

Not Trusted/Hated:

 * USA

At War with:

 * The State of Alaska
 * USSR