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Name: The Free Republic of Northern New England
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Location: Maine, New Hampshire and most of Vermont
History:

New England and her people have always had a separate culture from the rest of the United States. Here, as the birthplace of the American Revolution, many of the old democratic values of the birth of the nation still hold strongly. It is a beautiful land, especially during the fall, when the vasts forests covering the land begin turn to all sorts of majestic reds and yellows and oranges. However, it is also a harsh and unforgiving land, especially during the winters. As a result, it has bred a tough and hardy people.

That is why when the Yellowstone erupted and society collapsed, those living in northern New England seemed to do fairly well. There were hundreds of deaths, of course, as food supplies suddenly disappeared and the weather began to change for the worst and neighbors began to fight amongst one another. Yet they still did much better than many of their neighbors. Towns were largely spread out in those northern states, so the sudden vacancy of civilization was not that life-changing of an occurrence. Also, the states’ populations were not as densely populated in metropolitan areas such as New York or Washington D.C., so there was not as much of a demand for the same supplies and thus fighting over them.

In the first years, survivors banded together in small groups. They survived mostly by hunting, as in the furthest reaches from the Yellowstone, there was the least harmful effects on the land, thus allowing there to be a large population of game for the now much smaller amount of humans. These groups of survivors eventually formed small townships all across New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont. They operated independently, like autonomous nations who were the sole rulers over the land surrounding their towns. At first, these city-states worked out well, as they were largely spread out from one another and so there was not much conflict. However, as time went on and the city-states began to expand, claiming more and more land to provide for their growing size, there began to be tension between the townships as areas of land were claimed by different groups. And that was when the wars began.

This period of time is known as the Great Land Wars in the Free Republic. It was not one war fought between two sides, but rather a series of skirmishes and battles fought between different towns and cities over food supplies and land. Some of the battle were fought between “good” groups and “bad” groups or “bad” groups against other “bad” groups. Yet mostly it was just fighting between groups who were neither good nor bad, just people trying to provide for their own.

The Land Wars was nearly catastrophic to the land that would eventually become the Free Republic. Many different townships were completely destroyed, their citizens slaughtered, enslaved, or assimilated into other groups. Yet the worst part was that much of the land’s food supplies were being destroyed, either used up to feed armies or burnt to the ground by rival forces. As more and more food began to be consumed and destroyed, the fighting grew even fiercer as people fought desperately for what little food there remained. It seemed as if the survivors within the northern states would tear themselves apart.

That is, until a man named Finn O’Niel appeared. O’Niel was the leader of a small township in New Hampshire, in the middle of the White Mountains. Due to the town’s secluded location, it had not been swept up in the Great Land Wars and so had prospered. However, it had been able to develop a sizable and efficient military, which was known as the Militia. O’Niel and his people enjoyed their peace, protected by the Militia. Yet one day, a messenger from another town came to O’Niel pleading for help. A number of small towns, who had also been peaceful and kept neutral during the Land Wars were facing an invasion from a host of Raiders, a nomadic group of criminals, murderers, and rapists moving north from Western Massachusetts and Conneticutt. A number of other towns who had been jealous of the neutral towns had sided with the Raiders, in return for a sizable amount land.

After much moral battling, O’Niel decided to take his people and aid the towns in need. He knew that it would cost the lives of many of his people, but he also knew that if he did not, then the Raiders would eventually turn on his own people. Thus, this alliance became known as the League. O’Niel and the Militia marched south to fight what became known as the League War. It took three years, but eventually O’Niel was victorious, after routing the Raiders and their allies at the Battle of Kancamagus Pass. 

Yet O’Niel could not stop there. During his time fighting, he had seen the chaos that had swept through the land, as everybody seemed to fight each other. He knew that something had to be done, or else one by one they would kill one another. And so O’Niel, along with the rest of the League, who were fiercely loyal to him as their leader, marched off to a new war, one to unite the survivors of the Yellowstone.

The War of Unification, as it would begin to be known as, would last another twenty years, consuming the rest of Finn O”Niel’s lifetime. First, the entirety of New Hampshire was added to the League, either joining of their own free will or conquered by the elite forces of the Militia. Then the League marched on Maine, where there was little resistance. Finally, the League descended upon Vermont. There, the fighting was vicious, as the war was fought between the League, independent cities, remnants of the Raiders, refugees from New York, and the advance forces of the Republic of New York. It was in one of the numerous battles in Vermont that O’Niel’s life was claimed. However, he was succeeded by his son, who proved to be just as capable a leader as his father.

Eventually, the majority of Vermont was conquered, excluding the land claimed by the Republic of New York. With that, the War of Unification was declared over and the Free Republic of Northern New England was created. It was modeled after the original United States of America, as there were still democratic values deeply instilled within the people of New England. There was still Congress, however instead of having two bodies, it had just one, comprised of two representatives from each city-state. The city-state became the foundation upon which the Republic was built. Each state operated with its own autonomy, creating its own laws and forms of government. It’s only condition was that each city-state was required to send two representatives to Congress, who served for life, every male and female were required to serve five years within the Militia upon reaching the age of eighteen, and each city-state was required to pay taxes to the federal government. While each city-state could have its own laws and forms of government, it must still administer to the federal laws of the Free Republic, which was taken from the United States of America’s Bill of Rights. The only difference was that it created a monarchy, with Finn O’Niel the Second as the King. While he has complete control over the New Republic, he is a benevolent dictator, and ensures that his newly created nation follows the laws and freedoms created by his ancestors.

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