California Republic

California, officially the Plurinational Republic of California (alternatively the Republic of California or California Republic), is a country located in South-Western North America, bordered by the United States to the East and North, Mexico to the East and South, and Cascadia to the North. It consists of 15 states, and 1 autonomous Native state. It is the world's ninth- or tenth-largest economy in the world, with a population of more than 65 million people, it is the twenty-third most populous country in the world, and has the largest population of Khmer outside of Cambodia. The national capital is San Benito in the state of Tierra Oro, and the most populous city is Los Angeles in the state of Los Angeles. California is a sparsely populated country, with high mountains and deserts dominating the majority of its total area. Due to this, the country's population is highly urbanized, with 82 percent of the 65 million residents living in large and medium-sized coastal metropolises and along large river systems.

History
The former Mexican colonial states of Baja and Alta California make up the majority of the new Republic of California's territory. The area had been gradually colonized by settlers from Mexico, as well as the few Americans employed in the northern Shasta region's redwood timber industry, but its population did not increase at the same pace as that of Northwestern United States. Following the American Revolution, Texas and Rio Grande's independence, the settlers in Alta region declared independence from Mexico in 1822, and Mexico recognized their independence days later. As part of the Wakamatsu Settlements from the 1860's-1880s, the West Coast saw a large influx of Japanese immigrants to the Diablo Bay and the now State of Juaquin. These descendants of Japanese Samurai would make up California's sixth largest population, and their traditions would influence the formation of a distinct Californian culture. During the California Gold Rush in 1890, 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 annex California soon after to prevent the United States from gaining further resources, starting the Second Mexican-American War, lasting from July 1890- January 1893, leading to the cession of New Mexico, Sonora, Chihuahua, and Coahuila to the United States. During the war, a flow Chinese migrants took advantage of the distracted parties and mined what little gold remained.

Post Second Mexican-American War
Immediately after the war, California offered to buy Baja California for 10.5 million USD (about 359.4 million USD today), and Mexico accepted the offer. 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, Santa Jade being the last to form in 1915 during World War 1. In 1905, California began the Los Angeles Aqueduct Project, and began when the people of Los Angeles approved a CC¢1.8 million bond for the "purchase of lands and water and the inauguration of work on the aqueduct". The Los Angeles aqueduct as originally constructed consisted of six storage reservoirs and 346 kilometers of conduit. Los Angeles state also saw the rise of the film industry, and would transform Los Angeles State into a media and entertainment powerhouse.

World War 1
California stayed neutral throughout World War 1, until Mexican ambassadors informed California about the Zimmerman Telegram, seeking to repair relations between the countries. California, seeking to take New Mexico for its resources, and Mexico seeking revenge for their loss in the Second Mexican-American War, agreed to war against the U.S. Many citizens within California supported the idea of secretly backing Mexico. In 1917, the Mexi-cali Army was comprised of a third of Californian soldiers of Mexican descent, a third of Mexican soldiers, and a third of German soldiers. In February of 1917, Mexico declared war on the U.S, and immediately invaded, annexed, Rio Grande, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, and the lower counties of Texas, and were under Mexican control by Spring 1918. The Mexi-Cali army began mobilizing to annex more of Texas and New Mexico. As the Mexi-Cali army rolled through further North, America began mobilizing the little remaining reserve soldiers to New Mexico and Texas. By summer of 1917, trenches were dug and the Canadian River front was born. The most violent battle for New Mexico was the Storm of Fort Sumner. An estimated of 2,140 Mexi-Cali and 3,900 American soldiers died during the assault on Fort Sumner, leaving the area in dunes and corpses. As the Mexi-Cali army were about to invade the Northern regions of New Mexico during January of 1919, Germany had won the war by March of 1919, signing the Treaty of Potsdam, leaving the Allies defeated.

Post World War 1 and the Great Depression
Mexico offered 299.3 million pesos (equivalent to 15 million USD at the time, which is worth 507.1 million USD today) for the remaining land of New Mexico. As a thanks for helping back Mexico,  California was given almost half of New Mexico and a portion of Pimeria Alta below the Gila River. To avoid suspicion, California and Mexico stage the purchases of land from Mexico. Immediately after the staged purchases, California began the restoration of damaged infrastructure in their portions of land. Settlers began moving to these new lands renaming New Mexico to Alta Chihuahua, as this land was directly above the newly extended Mexican state of Chihuahua. Despite aiding in the attacks against America, California offered medical and financial aid to America, donating massive amounts of food from their hidden trading with China and other Asian agricultural countries, alongside covering some medical bills, funerals, donating medical supplies, and hospital space. When the Great Depression began, California was one of the first countries to be hit and one of the most affected countries. Unemployment rates reached 31% at the height of the Depression. When construction of the Puente de Sangre Bridge began in January 1933, California's unemployment rate went down by 10%, with the workforce finishing the bridge by February 1935. The completion of the bridge was very ahead schedule with 1 million chips under budget (20 million chips today.) When World War 2 began in 1949, California immediately began production and investing in the war, California's economy began rising again much like others who began buying into the war.

World War 2
California became motivated to join the war once the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and Anchorage in 1941, as Hawaii was one California's largest trading partners, and since Hawaii is a U.S autonomous state, California sided with the U.S and the Allies. Many coastal cities began establishing routines in place to avoid aerial attacks from the Japanese, such as turning off lights and blocking windows by a set curfew, anti-aircraft guns were set up at places with higher elevations, forests, and intersections. The largest concentration of anti-aircraft weapons and searchlights were in the Diablo Mountain Range, Signal Hill, and the San Gabriel mountains. The California also constructed acoustic mirrors along the coast line, which were concave concrete structure that reflected sound inspired by the British. By day, California's largest cities became heavily industrious, factories churning out tons and tons of ammunition and supplies each day, with 70% of all aircraft or munitions be produced on either coasts of North America. San Diego and Playa Larga expanded their Naval Shipyards, and military training bases were established in Baja. By Summer of 1942, California joined the war, sending one third of the Californian army to Europe, one third to the Pacific, and third reserved in California. Fleets of the Californian Navy and Cal Air Force were headed to assist the U.S. in the Pacific waters, especially Californians with Pacific or Asian heritage. By 1943, 11 Californian ships were sunk, and a quarter of the army in Europe had died fighting on the Western front. By Winter of 1942, Sona France had driven the Allies to on the Western Front to Portugal and Galicia. In April 1943, Project Mincemeat had been commenced and was a success, redirecting France soldiers to Greece. Quinto Bonfils, a second generation French immigrant was selected to infiltrate and assassinate Sona leader Loup Astruc in Winter of 1943, in the cover of winter, as as armies prevented their soldiers from fighting in impossible conditions. Due to this, much spying and sneaking behind lines was common, as snow storms sneaking across lines convenient. On January 30, 1944, Loup Astruc was shot multiple times in the abdomen and finally once in the head. The death of Loup dealt a blow to France, weakening their morale and destabilizing their chain of command. Russia took this opportunity to drive back the French invaders, and by May of 1944, France was pushed back to Germany, the lines stayed frozen for a year. Then Mussolini was gunned down in 1945, further destabilizing the Axis powers, leaving Japan to trudge onward. California assisted the U.S in the development of the atomic bomb, and a total of 5 had been built by Summer 1945. Hiroshima was nuked due to its military importance, following with Kyoto, Kokura, and Niigata. Nagasaki was the final deathly blow to Japan's presence in the war, solidifying The United States as a world superpower. World War 2 ended on September 2nd, 1945, leading to France being divided into Occitania, Normaundie, Burgundy, and Aquitania, Italy is reformed, and Japan is occupied unclaimed all of their Pacific colonies. The Paris Trials were held, lasting from 1945-1949, convicting the major war criminals, doctors, and legal team who perpetuated the Sona plan of eugenics and gene pool control. Following the trials, the Global Relations & Defense Council was formed, establishing laws for wars, such as the Genocide Convention, the Universal Human Rights Act, and most influential, the Geneva Convention.

Post World War 2 and Urbanization
After the war, hundreds of land developers bought land in California 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, then Californian tourism rates skyrocketed, attracting in millions of new residents, and by 1980, California's population reached 50 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 deep in the mountains, 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 fluorescent lights. 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. Meanwhile, surfers in Los Angeles 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 change 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 30% 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 1969, about 90% of city roads and highways were made of replaceable and recyclable roads. In 1969, 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 1979, 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. In the 1970's the Cold War began to raise tensions once more, now that Cascadia has become a communist state of Russia, due to their Russian ties in the land. During a training exercise on May 31st, 1983, an American missile operator accidentally launched an ICBM, striking and destroying a port city on one of the Russian Hyperboreas, sparking World War 3.

World War 3
Russia declared war on the United States the very next day, launching 3 ICBMs, striking New Iroquois City, Moncton, and Philadelphia, missing Washington DC. Following these attacks, NATO and Warsaw began assembling their allies and went to war, and many proxy wars sprung up. California initially heightened its readiness in mobilizing citizens and military. Then the fateful day arrived. On October 1st, 1983, California was under attack by Cascadia to the north, invading Shasta, and performing air raids on Los Angeles, military bases in Baja. Anti-aircraft weapons abandoned in the mountain ranges proved to be vital once again. 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 to hold back the Cascadian invaders, birthing the Redding Front. California made sure to only send a small but powerful amount of soldiers to prevent being blindsided by other Warsaw nations. By Fall of 1983, the Cascadian forces had completely razed Eureka and incinerated the Shasta-Trinity forest, and California had bombarded Portland, Camp Adair, Mackenzie, Vancouver with napalm, missiles, and phosphorous attacks. By November, both Cascadia and California had suffered heavy losses. The most deadly battle was the Battle of Anderson, with roughly 52,000 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 1984, California had successfully driven back Cascadia to Lilly Mountain. Seemingly won the Shasta War, California moved on to help their NATO and PRDI Allies, sending soldiers all around the globe, assisting South Korea, and reclaiming Cambodia from the Khmer Rouge by December 1984. All the while, California instated a universal fixed pay to reduce the  In January of 1985, a Cuban ICBM struck Las Vegas, and this attack led to California assisting Mexican and American forces against the island of Cuba, joining the Gulf Proxy War a week after the attack. Several months later in September, Cascadia began a counterattack against California and would advance all the way to Sonoma county, crippling California. This lead to the drafting and recall of Californian soldiers back to the homeland, and push back Cascadia once more. This effort would later become known as the Pacífico Pushback, alternatively Bay Battle of 1985. 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 1985. Californian forces made the influential Advance of Puente de Sangre Bridge, the entire Californian army surrounding the Bay Area, and a single unit making the run across the entirety of the Puente de Sangre Bridge, 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 faster. With this exoskeleton, California pushed the Redding 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, such as the Norte Mortar, the PM82, 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 7cm cylindrical magnets. Having defeated Cascadia twice, and with new advanced weaponry, California went on to be a crucial support role in the war. Exoskeleton paratroopers laid waste to Chinese forces in Beijing 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 Germany, freed Tibet and finally, America dropped napalm and bombs on Moscow, killing Yuri Andropov, defeating the USSR in 1990. 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. Hours later, China surrendered.

1991-Pax Mundi Era
Following World War 3, 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.