California was a state in the United States of America. Now, it is comprised of eight known civilzations ranging from bohemian settlements to proper nation-states, the largest being California, and the smallest being Slab City.
Rough map of the former state assembled by explorers circa 2009 (Before the MSP-Jefferson split)
Strikes[]
Please click here for the accurate California strike map.
On Doomsday the following locations were destroyed:
- Anaheim - Hit with a single 300KT missile.
- Bakersfield
- Barstow
- Beale Air Force Base
- Camp Roberts - Training facility for the entire state, destroyed the nearby town of San Miguel as well.
- Concord Naval Weapons Station
- Edwards Air Force Base
- Fort Hunter Liggett
- Fort Irwin
- Ford Ord - Hit with a 800KT strike, destroying adjacent San Jose.
- Fresno
- Lancaster-Palmdale
- Los Angeles - Major city, home to many government installations, was entirely obliterated with approximately 8 strikes on Los Angeles County in and around the city.
- Mare Island Naval Shipyard - Groundburst, devastated the city of Vallejo as well.
- Modesto
- Moffett Naval Air Station
- Mojave Airport - Destroyed the town of Mojave as well.
- Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake - Destroyed the nearby city of Ridgecrest as well.
- Naval Air Station Lemoore - Ravaged King and Monterey County leading to Monterey Lawless Zone.
- Norton Air Force Base - Destroyed the city of San Bernardino
- Oakland - Hit with a 800KT strike.
- Sacramento - State Capital, was hit with a 800 KT bomb, which hit to the extreme west of the capital.
- Salinas - Hit with a single 300KT missile.
- San Bernardino
- San Diego - Major city, was hit due to being home to multiple military installations and heavy manufacturing.
- San Francisco - Major city. Hit with a 800 KT missile.
- San Luis Obispo
- Stockton - Naval Base. 300KT.
- Travis Air Force Base
- Vandenburg AFB - Took out adjacent Santa Maria.
History[]
The state of California was reported to be a lawless area during the early nineties by the American Provisional Administration. Torn between resource wars, the small towns and cities often resorted to martial law or draconian punishments. However over time, multiple communities began to band together, or foreign nations intervened to help create a stable environment. These nations are listed below.
California Republic[]
Population: 556,000
Government: Constitutional Republic
Info: Successor to the original California Republic and a previous 1980s California Republic started by surviving National Guardsmen. Controls much of northern and central California. Member-state of the North American Union.
Municipal States of the Pacific[]
Population: 100,000
Government: Loose federation of fortified city states
Info: Formed in 2006 by the ANZC and SAC as a humanitarian outreach to bring order to warring city-states in Oregon and California. Had briefly fallen under the American Provisional Administration at various junctures. The Jefferson Nationalists succeeded in splitting from the MSP and forming the Republic of Jefferson. Pro-Pacific factions still control the capital at Crescent City, Eureka, Klamath and a handful of smaller cities as of 2024.
Chumash Republic[]
Population: 350,000
Government: Constitutional Republic
Info: Democratic state centered stretching from Santa Barbara County to the Monterey Lawless Zone. Defeated Santa Cruz in the 2010s alongside the California Republic.
United States (State of Jefferson)[]
Population: 300,000 (Jefferson 2020 Census)
Government: Incorporated state of the United States.
Info: The Republic of Jefferson was formed in 2018 after seceding from the Municipal States of Pacific. It would remain independent for 5 years until President Marcie Armstrong's state visit to US President Heitkamp had her give her blessing to an accession referendum. The State of Jefferson was incorporated on the 4th of July, 2023.
Ventura[]
Population: 20,000?
Government: An alliance of armed groups of varying governance.
Info: Mainly live in the hills of Ventura County despite the designation of Ventura city as the "capital". Contains the majority of survivors from the Los Angeles area. Former ally of the defunct Santa Cruz and foe of the Chumash Republic. The state has become more reclusive in the years since the Santa Cruz War, now "partially reformed by necessity" as raiding has become more difficult as California begins to recover.
Visalia, aka the "Kingdom of San Joaquin".[]
Population: 475,000
Government: Hereditary leadership
Info: Controls most of the Southern San Joaquin Valley between the ruins of Fresno and Bakersfield. Became a predominantly Latino state as an result of the population movements and changes following Doomsday.
Small Communities[]
Napa[]
A small independent community of 10,000 in Napa was found by the California Republic in the early 2000s. Today it is a member of said state.
Slab City[]
Slab City is a tiny republic located in the southeastern corner of California, based on a old trailer park, and has a population of around 950.
Other Nations in California[]
Sierra Nevada[]
Population: 400,000
Government: Republic
Info: Former Nevada State government, controls some territory once in Californian side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Lake Tahoe. Member-state of the North American Union.
Mexico[]
Info: The United Mexican States have only annexed on paper the city of Calexico, which formed a border city conurbation with the Baja California capitol of Mexicali. Border cities like these saw over 11 million Americans, many of them Californians, flee south over the course of the first 2 years. In practice, Mexico has pushed the border several miles north via regular patrols, and maintain an active presence on the Salton Sea.
Defunct States[]
Santa Cruz[]
Population: 145,000
Government: City-level government, formerly Despotic autocracy; "raider state" (defunct)
Info: Defunct raider-slaver nation which displaced most of original inhabitants. Defeated and largely destroyed by Chumash and Californian troops, today a rebuilt city of the California Republic home to the liberated captives and newer re-settlers.
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