Plurinational Republic of California

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California, officially the Plurinational Republic of California (alternatively the Republic of California or Californian Republic), is a country located in Western North America, bordered by the United States and Cascadia by the North 42nd Parallel, United States to the North East, and Mexico to the East and South. It consists of 11 states, and 1 autonomous Native state, stretching from the Pacific to the Rockies, and from the Northern Sonoran Desert to the Pacific Northwest. It is the world's fifth to sixth-largest economy in the world, with a population over 50 million, it is the twenty-ninth most populous country in the world, and has the largest population of Khmer outside of Cambodia. The national capital is San Céfiro in the state of Tierra Oro, and the most populous city is Los Angeles in the state of Las Cordillera. California is a sparsely populated country, with high mountains and deserts dominating the majority of its total area. Due to this, a majority of the population is urbanized, with 79 percent of the 50.1 million residents living in dense and medium-sized coastal metropolises and along large river systems.

History
The former Mexican colonial state of Las Californias make up the majority of California's territory. The area had been gradually colonized by settlers from Mexico, as well as the few Americans and Cascadians employed in the Northern timber industry, however its population did not see the meteoric boom that the United States witnessed.

The Californian Revolution
Following the success American Revolution in 1783, Texan and Rio Grandian Revolution of 1818, the Californian settlers declared independence from Mexico in June 12, 1822, beginning the Californian Revolution led by Beto Céfiro, and through guerilla warfare, alliances with native tribes, and strategic attacks, the Revolution ended in 1829 with California seceding from Mexico on June 22nd.

Post-Californian Revolution
Californian settlers then began establishing cities, and during the American Civil War, California assisted the Union, and in 1869, the Civil war ended, leading to the Confederate South being reabsorbed and reconstructed. After the war, California saw a stream of freed slaves into the South, beginning the gradual but steady rise of Californian population. Freed slaves would be able to become Californian citizens so long as one male from each family or group serves in the military for 6-months. Also from the 1860's-1880's, the Bay Area and the general coast, saw a considerable number of Japanese migrants. These migrants were descendants of Japanese Samurai would make up California's sixth largest population, and their traditions would influence the formation of a distinct Californian culture.

Gold War
Amidst the years of the European War, California remained neutral throughout the War and during the California Gold Rush of 1854, the Californian and American settlers discovered numerous amounts of gold ore in the central areas of the West coast, establishing the area as Tierra Oro, which would subsequently become a state. Mexico attempted to invade and reabsorb California soon after to prevent the United States from gaining further resources. This action was the catalyst of the War. During the war, a flow Chinese migrants took advantage of the distracted parties and mined what little gold remained. California and the United States battled with Mexico until 1864, and by then, both

Post Gold War
Despite Central Victory Mexico ceded New Mexico, Sonora, Chihuahua, and Coahuila to the United States, with the United States compensating about $45 million for the land, Mexico only accepting the offer due to its military being in shambles. Shortly after, California offered to buy Baja California for 10.5 million USD (about 359.4 million USD today), and Mexico accepted the offer for mostly identical reasons as above. The Chinese migrants who had arrived were incentivized to settle in the unsettled territories deep in the mountains, and established the state of Shanmai in 1901, and California allowed the immigration of citizens from it's bordering countries into California. Settlers began migrating to the deserts and forests of California, and the southern regions had a surge of population from Mexico after a recent hurricane that had left one million stranded. In 1903, settlers had gotten into a conflict about land with the Navajo tribes in the eastern portions of Arizona and Aztlán territory, leading to a dispute that left 22 settlers and 31 natives dead. More and more disputes occurred between settlers and natives, leading to President Marco Rosario settling the disputes by giving the Navajo their own state. Immediately after, states began forming, Paramo being the last to form in 1915 during the Firth Forty Years War. San Gabriel state also saw the rise of the film industry, and would transform San Gabriel State into a media and entertainment powerhouse.

Fourth Forty Years War
Read the Fourth Forty Years War here:

Segment 1: The Great Aetherian War (1913-1918)

Segment 2: The and the Naval Wars (1918-1933)

Segment 3: The Power Struggle (1933-1942)

Segment 4: Endgame (1942-1953)

Post Fourth Forty Years War And Urbanization
After the war, hundreds of land developers bought empty lots of Californian land cheap, built on top of the land, and soon real estate development replaced agriculture and oil as California's largest industry at the time. Alongside new housing, Disneyland opened in Ana, causing the Californian tourism rates skyrocketing, attracting in millions of new residents, and by 1980, California's population reached 37 million. With the Nuclear Age beginning, California begins research on Thorium, a previously disregarded element because it was regarded as too dangerous, however it was discovered to be much safer that uranium or plutonium. With this information, and the success of a nuclear reactor already proven, scientists set off to work on how to use this less volatile material, and in 1948, the first Thorium reactor was constructed, and first used to power several small towns, outputting 144 MWe. With this success, California began construction of 100 thorium plants in the Great Basin, so that what little waste thorium would produce would not affect public health. These plants to this day power much of California. Following the invention of the LED light by Nick Holonyak in 1962, California invited Nick to meet with engineers and how to begin phasing out old lights and use his new brighter light effectively. Nick obliged and Californian civil engineers, and drafted several ideas for integrating Nick's LED lights into California infrastructure. These proposed uses include the now successful fully visible traffic light, led backlit street signs, and a strip of led lights sheathed in a diffusion sheet, which can reliably light a room without having the eye damage without the diffusion sheet.

Meanwhile, surfers in Las Cordillera state, wanted to surf while on land, while the waves were flat, and initially called this new activity land surfing, later becoming skateboarding. Skateboarding would ultimately transform Californian culture, and transition California from a diverse art-deco society to a culture-driven technological one. By 1965, skate parks would make up about 40% of all recreational spaces within California. Californian disposal workers in 1965 also noticed the amount of waste reaching their landfills everyday, and suggested to civil engineers to compact and use the non-recyclable garbage into prefabricated road pieces. This information and idea led to the invention of the Prefab Asphalt piece, composed of cleaned, heavily-compressed garbage. This prefab piece could be easily mass produced, and cities began replacing old and damaged asphalt roads with prefab ones. By 1967, about 90% of city roads and highways were made of replaceable and recyclable roads. In 1967, Calstronomy would help American NASA land the first people on the moon, and when the American and Californian flag were placed, they did not lift up and flutter to the surprise of the crew, later learning that there is no atmosphere to support wind on the moon. In 1969, the California coast began experiencing a strange phenomenon where the waves were often strangely phosphorescent and blue. It was discovered that a phosphorescent algae had begun growing along the coast, prompting more to move and live on the coast.

Risen Tide
On the 3rd of February 1969, due to the heavy carbon emissions from aetherium fueled war machines and commercial vehicles combined with deforestation, the heavy use of fossil fuels prior to aetherium's discovery, and the polar ice caps natural heating, led to the entire Arctic ice sheet melting and release methane gas, speeding up the temperature rising process, Iceland's, Svalbard's, and Sahtu's ice sheets melting completely, and ice shelves of Antarctica melting into the oceans. This combined raised the average global temperature by 4 degrees Celsius and sea levels by 25 meters, nearly submerging the entirety of Playa Larga and turning Oil Hill and the California Heights into Bear Nose Island. Also flooding and forming the Diablo Sea and the Cahuilla Bay. This sudden rise of sea level and temperatures led to the destruction of major cities and killing around 514 million people, leading to even more civil unrest as this disaster was by man's own doing, brewing the high tensions for the eventual World War.

The World War
In the 1970's the Cold War began to raise tensions once more, now that Cascadia has become a communist satellite state of Russia, due to their Russian ties in the land. During a training exercise on May 31st, 1972, an American missile operator accidentally launched an ICNP, striking and destroying a port city on one of the Russian Hyperboreas, sparking the World War. Russia declared war on the United States the very next day, launching 3 ICNPs, erasing New Amsterdam, Moncton, and Philadelphia, barely missing Washington DC. Following these attacks, NATO and Warsaw began assembling their allies and went to war, and many proxy wars sprung up from the war and the recent climate disasters. California initially heightened its readiness in mobilizing citizens and military due to it sharing it's northern border with Cascadia. California began constructing vast bunkers deep in the mountains, and slowly gathered troops near the border with Cascadia. Then the fateful day arrived. On October 1st, 1972, California was under attack by Cascadia to the north, invading Shasta, Paramo, Shanmai, and performing air raids on civilian and military locations. Anti-aircraft weapons abandoned in the mountain ranges proved to be vital once again, alongside newer defense systems such as the newly adopted Phalanx CIWS, and 30mm CIWS guns. The Cascadian air attacks and the nature of the current nuclear age prompted California to construct an undisclosed amount of underground bunker cities, which most of the population migrated close if not into. Immediately California sent forces into Shasta, Paramo, and Shanmai to hold back the Cascadian invaders, birthing the 42nd Front. Californian Soldiers stationed near the border entrenched themselves among the rough mountains, forests, and deserts of northern California. By October 11th, Californian and Cascadian armies made contact.

By Fall of 1973, the Cascadian forces had completely razed cities to the North and incinerated the Shasta-Trinity forest. California had bombarded Portland, Camp Adair, Mackenzie, Vancouver with magnesium, missiles, and phosphorous attacks. By November, both Cascadia and California had suffered heavy losses. The most deadly battle was the Battle of Humboldt, with roughly 66,000 people dying in the skirmish. In this photo captured, Cascadian soldiers are fleeing an outpost due to advancing Californian forces while white phosphorous rises in the sky. By July of 1975, California had successfully driven back Cascadia to the 43rd Parallel. Seemingly won the Shasta War, California moved on to help their NATO and PRPI Allies, sending soldiers all around the globe, assisting South Korea, and reclaiming Cambodia from the Khmer Rouge by December 1974. All the while, California instated a universal fixed pay to reduce the inflation resulting from the Rise. In January of 1976, a Cuban ICNP detonated over Las Vegas, and this attack led to California assisting Mexican and American forces against Cuba, joining the North American-Cuban War a week after the attack. Several months later in September, Cascadia began a counterattack against California and would advance all the way to the northern reaches of Tierra Oro, crippling California. This lead to the drafting and recall of Californian soldiers back to the homeland, and push back Cascadia once again. This effort would later become known as the Pacífico Pushback, alternatively the Rose Tide of 1975. This effort was the largest military offensive ever performed by California at the time, which the record as broken several times before and after this effort. This effort was initially lead by drafted and volunteering Californians, had some success, but ultimately had to be supported with recalled Californians. In December 1975. Californian forces made the influential Advance of Puente de Sangre, the entire Californian army surrounding the Bay Area, and a single unit making the run across the entirety of the Puente de Sangre, and securing San Francisco county in Diablo state. Also around this time, Aztlán Mechanics, invented the first exoskeleton designed for military use, giving California a great advantage against the Cascadian forces, now that soldiers were no longer limited by the weight of armor and could run at athletic speeds. With this exoskeleton, California pushed the Klamath Front all the way back to Mount Lilly once more. Gila Aerospace Arms also was developing railguns throughout this entire war, which also gave California the upper hand, notably the Norte Mortar, the 65mm Magnetic Howitzer, the 20mm RAMR, and the revolutionary Modelo 85. The Modelo 85 was a secretive experimental weapon, which was the first handheld railgun, electromagnets lining the barrel, functioned similar to pump action shotgun though lacks a reserve tube, performed like a sniper rifle, and required the user to carry a battery. The Modelo 85 was very destructive and lethal, firing 2.8mm cylindrical magnets. Having defeated Cascadia twice, and with new advanced weaponry, California went on to play a crucial support role in the war. Exoskeleton paratroopers laid waste to Chinese forces in the Hong Kong Struggle and liberated Cambodia from any remaining communist influences. California also lended spare exoskeletons and railguns to Afghan forces, helping in the Soviet-Afghan Proxy War. On the Yangtze Front, California railguns proved to be very effective, pushing back Warsaw forces, and alongside Occitania and Holland, freed Tibet and finally, America dropped napalm and bombs on Moscow, killing Yuri Andropov in 1990. The USSR fell into instability and formally surrendered weeks later. Now only China remained and were very resilient. Japan and Korea have pushed back China to Inner Mongolia, and the United States deemed it necessary to drop a nuke on Beijing, and did so on February 12th 1991. On the First of March, China surrendered. Over the course of several months, less major proxy wars were ended and ceasefires were signed.

Pax Terra Era
Following the World War, relations with Cascadia and California had been utterly devastated, the Soviet Union was dissolved into 30 different countries, the most prominent countries today include Russia, Ural Republic, Yakutia, and Siberia, the Treaty of Beijing is signed, China is occupied and divided, and Vietnam is put under many reforms. The Russian Hyperborea also became independent and was handed off to the newly emerged Nenetsia and Dolgan. Many countries involved in the war also underwent major reconstruction, and the new infrastructure was highly urbanized, and designed to be cheap and temporary residences, however a majority of refugees have taken a liking to resident malls and subways. California's universal fixed pay was reformed, so that basic needs such as food, water, and clothes could be bought, however higher education and career paths offered pay, insurance, and retirement benefits, essentially encouraging the population to work. California also introduced flexible work hours and prohibited businesses from fixing working hours, however workers are still paid by the hour, encouraging typical working hours except on the worker's schedule. The 2-day weekend system was opted out for the more favorable Wednesday-weekend system, which increased productivity among the workforce. Tuition for college has and is several hundred dollars, graduating also has a monetary incentive and increases based upon the degree achieved. The educational system also introduced a new system, where basic institution is K-8, and High School-College is career/passion/talent based. California's Justice System underwent heavy reforms, focusing on rehabilitation and reintegration rather than isolating punishment. Prisons became dorms where inmates lived with other inmates, and were heavily evaluated by psychologists to uncover hidden talents or passions. Khmer Diaspora also began, as the country was rebuilding, many refugees felt that there was nothing left in Cambodia, and many moved to California due to the promise of being accepted. However the surge Khmer refugees/survivors caused some tension in the states that they migrated to as the Californian Culture was set in stone and Khmer traditions did not blend well with the modern practices of Los Angeles state. So a portion of the Khmer migrated once more to states like Shanmai and Juaquin which are states with Asian majorities. Though, back in Los Angeles state, the city New Kampuchea had been founded on the Santa Cruz island, leading to tension to rise even more. This lead to the controversial vote in 1995 to divide Los Angeles state into San Gabriel and Santa Monica, based on the mountain ranges within the states. This divide did not deter any of the Khmer migrants currently in Playa Larga to move to New Kampuchea, making Playa Larga have the second largest population of Khmer outside of Cambodia, with New Kampuchea having the largest population of Khmer outside of Cambodia. After the decision to divide to Los Angeles state, tensions settled, and in 1996 California approved a plan to build a 19.3 kilometer long bridge connecting the Santa Cruz islands to mainland Santa Monica. The projected was completed in 2008, with the total cost being around 832 million chips, and the bridge was completed several months ahead of schedule. Despite popular suggested names, the majority of the names were wrote in and subsequently the bridge was named Bridgey McBridgeface, and since it's naming in 2008, there have been innumerable attempts to rename it to a "mature and formal name", however the party desiring to rename the bridge often are defeated by an abominable margin. Tierra Oro state began experimenting with solar energy powered buildings, and developed several apartment and studio building powered solely by solar energy. From their findings, it was discovered that buildings less than 4 stories high and have less than 1,000 residents could be easily powered from Tesla solar panels blanketing the roof. This discovery allowed California to power off Thorium Plants Alpino, Azteca, Medianoche, and Nieve. As global relations settled, and California culture evolved once more, the nightlife in California, especially on the coasts became more active and enormous gatherings occurred often during the week. Massive gatherings occurred most frequently, parties, kickbacks, and bonfires were a staple in Californian free time, these interactions often boosted friendliness and overall morale among the population.