Alaska (1983: Doomsday)

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Free State of Alaska
Timeline: 1983: Doomsday
OTL equivalent: Alaska

Flag Seal Flag Seal Location of Alaska
Capital (and largest city)	Juneau
Other cities	Sitka, Ketchikan, Homer, Valdez, Seward
Language   official	English (official)
others	several indigenous languages
Governor
Area	663,268 sq mi (claimed territory) km²
Population	120,000 (outside Siberian Alaska)
Independence	1995
Currency	Commonwealth dollar

Alaska is an associated state of the Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand.

History

Doomsday and after

Alaska was the first American territory to be hit by a nuclear weapon when one fell on Elmendorf Air Force Base. Fairbanks, Anchorage, and some of the Aleutian Islands are also hit by nuclear missiles. Chaos reigned throughout most of the state but the state government manage to regain some control over the state by 1985. Instituting new emergency powers, the state government attempted to coordinate police and military forces in the state to bring order and aide to the damaged areas of the state. In 1987 contact was established with the American Provisional Administration (APA) and they took over control of the government from Juneau, though many of the current member of the emergency state government retained their positions.

From 1987 to 1995 the APA governed the state of Alaska. Disputes between APA administrators and former emergency government members led to several of the latter being dismissed from their posts. This created resentment among the Alaskan people who saw these men and women to reason they still were alive, while they found the APA representatives to be outsiders and out of touch with the people. This period also saw the creation of the Alaskan Autonomous Territory in South-West Alaska after several skirmishes between the APA and the USSR led to the Sitka Accord in 1987, which partitioned Alaska.

Independence

In 1995, after the US constitution was suspended by President Bush, the people of Alaska held a referendum and voted to follow Hawaii and become an associated state of ANZC. To celebrate the new association, the government of Alaska adopted a new flag based off of elements of the old state flag and Australia's flag

Recent history

In recent years Alaska has reached out to survivor communities in the former Canadian province of British Columbia and the Yukon Territory. With help from Australia, Alaska has been able to provide these communities with much needed food and medical supplies. There has been some negotiations among the communities about asking for annexation by Alaska.  The Commonwealth of Victoria, which claims all of former British Columbia, strongly opposses these negotiations.

==Govermen and Politics==

The Alaskan Goverment is basically the same as it was Pre-Doomsday, with a few adjustments to reflect its status as an associated state to the ANZC. One of these adjustments is that the ANZC handles most of Alaskas forgein affairs. Alaksa is a member of the League of Nations

Economy

Alaska's economy relies on its oil exports thanks to the Alaska oilfields, which supplies a large portion of the ANZC's oil. Due to the concern over the possibility of accidents, legislation was passed in 1990 by the APA requiring all oil tankers to be double-hulled. Fishing also plays a major part in the Alaskan economy. Fish from Alaska is popular in the ANZC and its associated states. Quotas prevent over fishing, enabling stocks to survive. Tourism plays a part in the economy as well.

==Law Enforcement==

Law Enforcement in Alaska is based on two levels. There are local Police/Sheriff Departments and their is the Free State Investigative Agency (FSIA), which investigates crimes that affect the entire country. The FSIA is ruomered to conduct reconnisance missions in the Alaskan DMZ along with the CSASR, but this has not yet been proven.

Military

Every Alaskan citizen, both male and female, is required to serve in the military for two years after their eighteenth birthday and then remain in the reserves until they turn forty-five. Most of the Alaskan military is stationed along the border with Soviet Socialist Siberia, though some have been deployed on humanitarian missions in former Canadian territory. The offical title of the military is the Alaskan Defense Force (ADF). The ADF uses equipment purchased from the ANZC.