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Michigan was a US state before Doomsday. Situated in the Midwest, it was part of the "Rust Belt" and was home to one of America's largest cities and the US automotive industry hub, Detroit. Information gathered on this page is all from the Republic of Superior.
History[]
Pre-Doomsday[]
Michigan was the 26th state to be the admitted to the US, in 1837. The state was a heavily industrialised state, and was known as the home of the US motorcar. All of the Big Three, that is, GM, Ford and Chrysler, had their headquarters in the state and/or Detroit. In the 1980 US census, Michigan had 9,262,078 residents.
Doomsday[]
Michigan was another state that was hit hard by nuclear strikes:
- Detroit was utterly destroyed by an initial 2MT air blast over Cadillac Square, destroying the city centre and nearby Windsor, ON. Selfridge AFB was destroyed by a 100kt missile. Suburbs like Pontiac, Livonia and Warren were nuked by a 1MT warhead. The airport was destroyed by a 50kt groundburst.
- Ann Arbor was nuked by a 1MT air burst over the University of Michigan.
- Sawyer AFB and Wurtsmith AFB were destroyed by 100kt groundbursts.
- Flint, as a large industrial hub, was hit by a 1MT strike over the I-475/I-69 intersection. The blast destroyed the entire city.
- Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo were also nuked to the tune of 1MT.
- Lansing, the state capital, was pummeled with multiple strikes on unknown tonnage. The strikes on Flint and Kalamazoo further blanketed the remnants of Lansing and killed most survivors across Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties. Casualties included Mayor of Lansing, Terry McKane, and Lt. Governor Martha Griffins. After the first wave of strikes, Governor James Blanchard attempted to flee for safer pastures in the north with some of his staff. This would be the last time anybody saw Governor Blanchard; he was never heard from again after his departure.
Post-Doomsday[]
By 1984 the southern half of the state was near-abandoned. Thus, the Lower Peninsula became scarce of life after Doomsday; after three winters in the "new world", the situation could only be described as medieval at best. Only a handful of towns even managed to survive Doomsday. However, Superior and Toledoan recolonization efforts have begun, with a slowly growing number of towns becoming vibrant once more.
Northern Michigan was also be devastated by fallout, as refugees from Detroit, Flint and Kalamazoo inundated the remaining cities further north such as Muskegon, Traverse City and Saginaw.
The Upper Peninsula would be an unlikely champion of the challenges thrown at the survivors of Doomsday. Officers of Calumet Air Base, Michigan and Wisconsin National Guard, Canadian RCMP, elected officials and even civilian militias across the Upper Peninsula, parts of Wisconsin and the Canadian half of the twin city of Sault Ste. Marie would come together to found the Republic of Superior in 1984 in what is believed to be the earliest known declaration of independence post-Doomsday. Eventually began to expand into the Lower Peninsula, Wisconsin and Ontario. Superior has since become a regional power on the North American continent and even challenged Canada for the future of the Great Lakes (see 2009 Saguenay War). After the ensuing Treaty of Manchester, both parties have more or less settled their grievances, with Superior continuing to play a positive role in the development of the Great Lakes. In 2023, Superior Space Command and the United Communities would launch the Odyssey satellite system in what was the first payload-carrying rocket launch to leave North American airspace since Doomsday.
Future Outlooks[]
it is likely that Superior will control the majority of Michigan, with small portions under control of the Toledo Confederation.
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