North Ohio (Great Nuclear War)

The Republic of North Ohio is an American survivor state located in Northern Ohio.

History
South of Toledo, city leaders and law enforcement from the Erie Coast met together in the city of Sandusky to discuss the situation. From this meeting it was agreed that they would try to accommodate the survivors as possible. In order to do this farming and fishing were to be incentivised and a local militia was to be formed. Refugee camps were to be temporally set up in Oak Harbor and Port Clinton until permanent settlements could be built.

In the first few years after 1962, the refugees suffered from scarce resources. Mortality from fallout and disease was terribly high. The ex-nihilo committees that had been created to maintain order and distribute supplies very nearly failed. They survived only because most of the people had become dedicated to the idea of unity, and so the nascent government held together long enough to get through the disaster.

Following the harsh winter of 1962, the emergency government received word of survivors in Bowling Green and the Lake Erie Islands, and contact was quickly established. It soon became obvious that the state and federal governments had not survived, and a referendum was set up on a vote for independence. With tension high in the public, North Ohio cut all ties with former America, and a more permanent government was chartered.

Economy
The economy of North Ohio relies heavily on farming and fishing, incentivised by the government with lower taxes. Huge tracts of land have been devoted to destructive large-scale farming; and the government has invested in the construction of several large fishing ships.

Shipping remains an important part of the Ohioan Economy, and fish holds status as the #1 export. Piracy in recent years has become an enormous threat.

Situation (as of 1983)
Technology remains relatively low, with the only advances being made in agriculture. Unemployment is incredibly high.