afloweroutofstone: cerisefern: afloweroutofstone: maelstrombolis: afloweroutofstone: CITIZEN: IT HAS
afloweroutofstone: cerisefern: afloweroutofstone: maelstrombolis: afloweroutofstone: CITIZEN: IT HAS BEEN 237 YEARS SINCE YOU ENTERED YOUR CRYOCHAMBER. THE NATION YOU ONCE BELONGED TO, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NOW CONSISTS OF 50 AUTONOMOUS CITY-STATES EXISTING TOGETHER IN A LARGER POLITICAL UNION, THE CONFEDERAL NATIONS OF AMERICA. THESE NATIONS ARE ARRANGED PRIMARILY ON THE PRINCIPLE OF CIRCUMFERENTIAL DISTANCE TO THE NEAREST ECONOMICALLY POWERFUL METROPOLITAN AREA. SELECT YOUR PREVIOUS PLACE OF LIVING FOR YOUR NEW CITIZENSHIP Excuse me the entire population of Maine would die before letting Massachusetts have them again CITIZEN: IT HAS BEEN 237 YEARS. THE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO EXISTED IN YOUR TIME AS “THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF MAINE” HAS IN FACT DIED H-What happened to Alaska? CITIZEN: THE STATE ONCE KNOWN AS “ALASKA” LACKED A SUFFICIENTLY POWERFUL METROPOLITAN AREA TO QUALIFY FOR NATIONHOOD, LEAVING THEM AS AN SEMI-EXCLAVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SEATTLE. DISSATISFIED WITH THIS OUTCOME, THE PEOPLE OF “ALASKA” ATTEMPTED TO DECLARE FULL INDEPENDENCE FROM THE CONFEDERAL NATIONS OF AMERICA. RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF “ALASKA” FOR ITS NATURAL RESOURCES AND ACCESS TO ARCTIC MINING RIGHTS AND TRADE ROUTES, THE CONFEDERAL NATIONS OF AMERICA INITIATED AN INVASION OF THE TERRITORY, LAUNCHING THE FIRST POLAR WAR. WHILE THE CITIES ONCE KNOWN AS “ANCHORAGE,” “FAIRBANKS,” AND “JUNEAU” WERE QUICKLY PACIFIED, “ALASKAN” NATIVES IN THE STATE’S NORTH AND WEST PROVED TOO DIFFICULT TO FULLY COMBAT IN THEIR GEOGRAPHICALLY HARSH ENVIRONS. AS A RESULT, THE CNA WAS FORCED INTO A PEACE DEAL IN WHICH “ALASKA,” NOW KNOWN AS ALAX̂SXAX̂, WAS ALLOWED FULL INDEPENDENCE UNDER THE CONDITIONS THAT 1.) THE CNA MAINTAINS PREFERENTIAL ACCESS TO ALAX̂SXAX̂IAN TRADE ROUTES AND MINING BIDS, AND 2.) ALAX̂SXAX̂ SIGN A NON-ALIGNMENT TREATY PREVENTING THEM FROM ENTERING FORMAL TREATIES WITH THE SECOND RUSSIAN EMPIRE -- source link