Western Republic

The Republic of the Western States, more commonly known as the Western Republic, or just simply the Free West, is a large nation located in western North America. This nation is the official nation of the user CJets Aviation.

The Western Republic is also the most powerful nation in the world, and the second largest country in the world, with 10,292,000 square km.

Colonization
During the threat of France during the 1700s, the British Empire decides to set up colonies in western North America. The British Empire fights a war with Spain for land, and after wining the war, sets up 12 colonies in Western North America. These colonies were Alaska, Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Oregon, Montana, California, Arizona, Hawaii, Dakota, Newfoundland, and Nunavut.

Independence of the Colonies
On July 1, 1867, the British North American act was signed, which resulted in these colonies becoming independent, separately. On October 13, 1972, South Dakota and Nebraska declared independence from Dakota.

Unification of the Colonies
During the late 1990s, it had become clear that these colonies could not survive on their own. A proposed nation was created, with these colonies merging together to become one united nation. This proposed nation became popular, and so on February 29, 1996, the governments of each colony decided to hold a referendum for independence, with over 50% in favour for in every colony, except for Nunavut, North and South Dakota, and Nebraska. In result of this referendum, the Western Republic became independent on December 25, 2002. It took a long time to plan this nation, after each government of the colonies realized that it would take a lot of planning. Calgary, Alberta was chosen as the capital.

These colonies were divided into 21 states when unification came.

States
There are 22 states in the Western Republic. Baja California split from California in 2012.
 * 1)  Alaska (Juneau)
 * 2)  Northwest Canada (Yellowknife)
 * 3)  Columbia (Victoria)
 * 4)  Okanagan (Kelowna)
 * 5)  Saskatchewan (Regina)
 * 6)  Alberta (Edmonton)
 * 7)  Manitoba (Winnipeg)
 * 8)  Cascadia (Olympia)
 * 9)  Oregon (Salem)
 * 10)  Idaho (Boise)
 * 11)  Montana (Billings)
 * 12)  Wyoming (Cheyenne)
 * 13)  Nevada (Reno)
 * 14)  Utah (Salt Lake City)
 * 15)  Colorado (Denver)
 * 16)  Arizona (Phoenix)
 * 17)  Azatlan (Albuquerque)
 * 18)  California (Sacramento)
 * 19)  Baja California (Mexicali)
 * 20)  Sonora (Hermosillo)
 * 21)  Hawaii (Honolulu)
 * 22)  Newfoundland (St. John's)

Territories
The Western Republic also has a small amount of territories as well. These territories all joined the Western Republic after the Western Republic was founded. The concept of Barbados joining the Western Republic became popular in the early 2010s. In 2012, Barbados held a referendum to join the Western Republic, with 60% in favour for. The Western Republic purchased Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Sint Maarten and Curacao off of France and the Netherlands.
 * Barbados (Bridgetown)
 * Sint Maarten (Phillipsburg)
 * Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Saint Pierre)
 * Curaçao (Willemstad)

GDA Allies
On December 1, 2016, the Western Republic was accepted into the Global Defence Alliance.
 * New Polish Union
 * Bordenia
 * Norskandinavia
 * Switzlovenkia
 * Transdavaria
 * Arkmarken
 * Ether
 * Novasrbija
 * Smernica
 * Jorvía
 * Findrake
 * Adianterras
 * Dnieperia
 * Albadonia
 * Anatolian Caliphate
 * Socialist Union of Catalan Republics
 * Welarka
 * Vaarland
 * Korean Empire

North America

 * Northern Communist Union (Treaty of Anchorage)
 * United Great Lakes (2nd Treaty of Calgary)
 * North Quebec [CJets' Secondary Nation] (Treaty of Goose Bay)
 * United States of Chicago [CJets' Secondary Nation] (Treaty of Chicago City)
 * The Empire of Michigania (Treaty of Traverse City)
 * Caribbia (Treaty of Sint Maarten)

Europe

 * Pyrenacia (1st Treaty of Calgary)
 * Scotland-Ireland (Treaty of Dublin)
 * West Scandinavia (Treaty of Gothenburg)
 * New Order Poland (Treaty of Krakow)
 * Germaska (Treaty of Wroclaw)
 * Kingdom of Inkami (Treaty of Seattle)
 * Hoflan (Treaty of Frankfurt)
 * Tylastrona (Treaty of Oslo)
 * Federation of Ijanusky (Treaty of Juneau)
 * New Russia (Treaty of St. Petersburg)
 * Thristarnia (Treaty of Marseille)
 * Alpenia (Treaty of Geneva)
 * Belaruk (Treaty of Boise)

Australia and Oceania

 * Vandaysia (Treaty of Cairns)
 * Saastrelia (Treaty of Canberra)

Asia

 * Turkic Federation (Treaty of Oghuz)
 * Uguresya (Treaty of Xi'an)

Antarctica

 * Orkojin (Treaty of Yellowknife)

Economic Allies
The Western Republic is the founder of the North American Economic Alliance, an admin of the Pacific Economic Alliance, and a member of the Global Economic Union. These nations are economic allies and have good relations with the Western Republic, but are not military allies.
 * Helvetic-Bavarian Commonwealth (Treaty of Bern)
 * Monteregis (Treaty of San Jose)

Enemies
The Western Republic only has two enemies currently.
 * Nordemia (Main Enemy)


 * Thybunnid

Military
The Western Republic has one of the strongest militaries in the world, with almost 1,500,000 soldiers, and 12,000 aircraft. The Western Republic can fight off pretty much any country in the world, and has the most advanced air force.

The Western Republic also has 1,000 atomic bombs. The Western Republic refuses to make nuclear weapons, because they do not want to end mankind. The Western Republic is trying to get the UN to ban nuclear weapons, but not atomic bombs.

War against the Northern Communist Union (Northwestern War)
After somehow discovering the Northern Communist Union, they did not recognize us as a nation (and we don't recognize them). The Western Republic requested that the NCU stayed out of our country twice, but they denied both times. The Western Republic with support of Germaska declared war on the NCU on November 11, 2016, sending in 500,000 soldiers into their land. The Western Republic sends 100,000 troops into Anchorage (their capital).

After 33 minutes of barely fighting, both sides do not want a war.

The war lasted 33 minutes, making it the shortest war in history.

Treaty of Anchorage

 * 1) The Northern Communist Union will cede all land in Alaska (except for Anchorage) and Yukon to the Western Republic.
 * 2) The Northern Communist Union will recognize the Western Republic.
 * 3) The Western Republic will cede Anchorage to the Northern Communist Union.
 * 4) The Western Republic will recognize the Northern Communist Union.

Treaty of Juneau (Treaty between Western States)
After the war, just like the Spanish-American War, the Western Republic and the North Communist Union become allies.
 * 1) Columbia will cede land to Alaska.
 * 2) Alaska will change its capital to Juneau.

"This war was stupid, but at least we got land and recognition out of each other." -Cuyler Jets, president of the Western Republic.

Casualties In The War

 * Western Republic Soldiers: 21
 * Northern Communist Union Soldiers: 69
 * Civilians: 42

Nordemian Conflict
On December 17, 2016, the Western Republic, Chicagoan Republic, North Quebec, as well as other nations started boycotting Nordemia. The Western Republic military is preparing for a major war against Nordemia. The Western Republic changed its status from DefCon 5 to DefCon 3 at 8:06PM MST on December 17, 2016.

Demographics
The Western Republic is a nation with a large population of over 90 million people.

Cities by Population
These are the 10 most populated cities in the Western Republic. Only 6 cities have a population of over 1 million. http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/thefutureofeuropes/images/b/b5/Calgary.png/revision/latest?cb=20161204180559

A photo of downtown Calgary.

Religion
The Western Republic's official religion is Christianity, specifically Protestantism. The Western Religion Act was signed on April 1, 2011, stating that Christianity is the official religion of the Western Republic. However, the Western Republic does not prohibit any other religions, and people have the freedom of religion, but the government is mainly Christian, and wishes to make 80% of the population in the Western Republic Christian by 2100.

Language
The official language of the Western Republic is English, but the Western Republic recognizes Spanish, Chinese, French, and other native languages as languages of the people in the Western Republic.

Culture
The Western Republic's people are known across the world to be patriotic citizens of their country, especially in areas like California and Alberta. They also love their freedom, especially when the Western Republic has more press freedom than the United States of America.

Air Travel
The Western Republic is the home of Boeing (based out of Seattle, Cascadia), the largest aerospace company in the world, so it's no doubt that the Western Republic is one of the richest countries for air travel.

Airports
It's no doubt that Los Angeles Int'l Airport (LAX) is the largest airport in the Western Republic.

Busiest Airports in the Western Republic

 * 1) Los Angeles Int'l Airport (LAX), Los Angeles, California
 * 2) Seattle-Tacoma Int'l Airport (SEA), Seattle, Cascadia
 * 3) Calgary Int'l Airport (YYC), Calgary, Capital Territory (Alberta)
 * 4) San Fransisco Int'l Airport (SFO), San Fransisco, California
 * 5) McCarran Int'l Airport (LAS), Las Vegas, Nevada
 * 6) Sky Harbour Int'l Airport (PHX), Phoenix, Arizona
 * 7) Denver Int'l Airport (DEN), Denver, Colorado
 * 8) Salt Lake City Int'l Airport (SLC), Salt Lake City, Utah
 * 9) Vancouver Int'l Airport (YVR), Vancouver, Fraser
 * 10) Lindberg Field (SAN), San Diego, California
 * 11) Edmonton Int'l Airport (YEG), Edmonton, Alberta
 * 12) Honolulu Int'l Airport (HNL), Honolulu, Hawaii

Airlines
The national airline of the Western Republic is none other than WestAir, based out of Calgary. [Note: WestAir, is actually just a cover up for WestJet.]

Road Travel
The largest highway in the country is the Interstate Highway 15. It stretches all the way from southern Alberta to southern California. In fact, it only takes 3 highways to reach from Calgary to Los Angeles. (Alberta Highway 2 from Calgary, head south, connect onto Alberta Highway 3 heading west, connect onto Interstate Highway 15 heading south, and continue on until you reach Los Angeles.) [Note: Interstate Highway 15 in reality is Alberta Highway 4, until you reach the US-Canadian border, then it becomes Interstate Highway 15.]

Sports
The Western Republic is one of the best countries for sports. Once they declared independence, they took all the teams in their land from the NHL, the NFL, and the CFL and made new leagues. The MLB, NBA, and the MLS remains the same.

Hockey
The Western Republic is one of the best countries in the world for hockey. They recently beat Finland in the IIHF Men's World Championship 2016, and beat Sweden in the Sochi 2014 Olympics. The captain for their national team is Ryan Getzlaf.

WMHA
The Western Republic's national hockey league is the Western Major Hockey Association. During the 6 years of preparing for the Western Republic's unification, the WMHA split from the NHL and prepared and added teams, in 2000. The very first season started in January 2003 (most seasons start in October), and the first Western Cup champions were the Colorado Avalanche, against the Anaheim Ducks. Their minor league team is the WJHL (Western Junior Hockey League). The WMHA teams are teams taken from the NHL, and teams they added as well.

Western Conference

 * Vancouver Canucks
 * Anaheim Ducks
 * San Jose Sharks
 * Los Angeles Kings
 * Seattle Wings
 * Kelowna Rockies
 * Portland Tigers
 * Vegas Golden Knights
 * Juneau Northerners
 * Spokane Comets

Eastern Conference

 * Calgary Flames
 * Edmonton Oilers
 * Arizona Coyotes
 * Colorado Avalanche
 * Winnipeg Jets
 * Salt Lake Stars
 * Billings Bears
 * Saskatoon Blades
 * Wyoming Volcanoes
 * St. John's Icecaps
 * Boise Wolves

List of Western Cup Champions in History

 * 2003 - Colorado Avalanche (v. Anaheim, 4-3)
 * 2004 - Calgary Flames (v. San Jose, 4-2)
 * 2005 - St. John's Icecaps (v. Vancouver, 4-3)
 * 2006 - Edmonton Oilers (v. Portland, 4-3)
 * 2007 - Anaheim Ducks (v. Billings, 4-1)
 * 2008 - Kelowna Rockies (v. Colorado, 4-2)
 * 2009 - Saskatoon Blades (v. Los Angeles, 4-3)
 * 2010 - Seattle Wings (v. Wyoming, 4-2)
 * 2011 - Billings Bears (v. Vancouver, 4-3)
 * 2012 - Los Angeles Kings (v. Salt Lake, 4-2)
 * 2013 - Salt Lake Stars (v. Billings, 4-2)
 * 2014 - Los Angeles Kings [2] (v. Edmonton, 4-1)
 * 2015 - Anaheim Ducks [2] (v. Calgary, 4-1)
 * 2016 - San Jose Sharks (v. St. John's, 4-3)

Football (WFL)
The Western Republic decided to merge the teams from both the NFL and the CFL and merge them to make a league called the WFL (Western Football League), in 2001. They also added one extra team. The very first Western Football Cup Champions were the Edmonton Eskimos.

Pacific Conference

 * Vancouver Lions
 * Seattle Seahawks
 * San Fransisco 49ers
 * Oakland Raiders
 * San Diego Chargers
 * Portland Aces

Eastern Conference

 * Calgary Stampeders
 * Saskatchewan Roughriders
 * Winnipeg Blue Bombers
 * Arizona Cardinals
 * Denver Broncos
 * Edmonton Eskimos

Flag
The flag of the Western Republic was adapted in 2005. In 2004, a referendum was held to change the flag, and the current flag won by a close 54%. The single star represents the unity of the Western Republic.

Holidays
The Western Republic celebrates many holidays. All schools are closed on these holidays. The Western Republic is one of the only nations where schools are closed on Halloween.

Government
The current party ruling is the Western Party. President Cuyler Jets has gotten elected every election since 2002.

There are three other large parties currently.
 * Green Party
 * Liberal Party
 * Democratic Party

Western Influenced Nations
The Western Republic influences two nations currently, North Quebec, and the  United States of Chicago. The Western Republic usually convinces these two nations to join any sort of conflict the Western Republic gets into, and the Western Republic is always there for when these two nations need help.