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[b]Nation:[/b] Neo Phoenicia
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[b]Location:[/b] Scattered settlements within the ruins of Phoenix and surrounding townships(The Valley), as well as villages and moderately sized tribal encampments around the Sonoran Wasteland (Sonora Desert) and Two Sun, Red Rock and parts of Dead Ironwood Forest (Interstate 10)

[b]History:[/b] 
 "[i]Caesar is dead. You bow to me, now.[/i]"
 
 "[i]No, Vexilliarius. You are dead, we bow to no one.[/i]"

 In the waning years of Caesar's Legion Successors versus the newly forged and independent Phoenix Legion, there was only one Legate who would learn the true price and worth of a human being. As the "successors" were driven back to the north, to Flagstaff presumably, the call to halt pursuing the enemy was a shock to the ground soldiers. The Phoenician Legate, Tarak Victorio, taught the lesson of retaining humanity, whilst also taking the time to understand your enemy and exploiting their weaknesses. They would hope that the successors' infighting would kill them off slowly and quietly away from their interests. 

 And so, within the confines of Sky Harbor Airport in the epicenter of the ruins of Phoenix, a trade and ally republic was formed. The legion aspects would remain, as a form of impressive military force, but things would change. True criminals such as murderers and thieves became slaves, women became royalty, and people worked toward providing education through their own form of writing. Phoenician Legions still manage to protect trade caravans and major routes just as before, however their depleted numbers can be considerably noted by up and coming raiders, Fiends fleeing in large numbers from the Mojave desert, and rumors of creatures with lizard eyes and human bodies that tunnel up from the earth. 

The Phoenician Legion openly recruited, sometimes giving criminals the option of enlisting instead of enslavement. Their numbers are slowly increasing, but without the old methods some are wondering if the old ways of Caesar's Legion were better. The training is just the same, just as difficult without the brainwashing, yet some find it hard to adapt to a totally opposite way of thinking. Nonetheless, sparsely located settlements swiftly erected within the twisted and entrenched steel, stone and rubble of Phoenix. Zip lines and cut electrical wires allowed for cargo to be transported long distances with a lower risk of losing it, and soon an independent system of trade and a steady economy reached out to the formation of four villages west of the Valley, within the Sonoran Desert. However, with a border so close to the New California Republic, one can only wonder how relations and first contact will turn out when the two forces soon meet. 

In the meantime, a rebellion in Two Sun drove Caesar's Legion north into a fortress and encampments in the ruins of Red Rock and the dead Ironwood Forest. With the artery severed at Interstate 10, Phoenician Legates met with the fleeing resistance and encountered the victorious rebels. Tensions were high as they first met, but when the legion donning purple had laid down their arms, the rebels knew they were dealing with something different. Territory was secured, and eventually brahmin drawn carriages and steadily secured roads kept most raiders at bay aside from the occasional independent warchief. 

Sky Harbor Airport became the Republican Senate House for Head Councilor Victorio and the collective Purple Senate of Twelve Men and Twelve Women of varying ages from twenty to forty. The last war was against the successors, but some can only wonder whether war against the NCR is on the horizon...and whether returning to the old ways is purely an inevitability.