Georgia (U.S. state) (1983: Doomsday)

Georgia was one of the original thirteen states of the former United States of America. It is located on the Atlantic coast between former states of South Carolina and Alabama and above Florida. It's capital was Atlanta.

History
It was founded as a province by royal charter in 1732, with General James Oglethorpe as acting governor for the first two years after his leading the first 113 settlers to what would become Savannah.

Becoming a colony of the British government in 1752, when the trustees failed to subsidize the settlements, Georgia continued to be useful as a "buffer colony" between the Carolinas and Florida (the ruled by the Spanish).

In modern times, Georgia became the heart of the "New South," with Atlanta being a world class city. Politically, the state had been part of the "solid south" since the American Civil War. This prominence finally paid off nationally as former Governor James Earle "Jimmy Carter" was elected president of the United States in 1976. Though he had won the Nobel Peace Prize for brokering peace between Israel and Egypt, it would be the radical government of far away Iran that would define his presidency. After one term, he was defeated by Ronald Reagan in 1980.

Doomsday
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