Western Republic

The Western Republic is a large nation located in western North America. This nation is the official nation of the user CJets.

The Western Republic is also the second largest country in the world, with 10,302,000 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, as their own nations, with their own flags. In 1934, Dakota became socialist.

In 1916, the Canadian colonies (except Nunavut) United to form the Dominion of Westanada, with its capital originally being Edmonton, but changed to Calgary. In 1929, following Westanada's footsteps, the American and Mexican colonies (except Dakota) United to form the Dominion of California, with Los Angeles as the capital.

Unification of the Colonies
During the late 1990s, it had become clear that these two nations 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 both Nations. 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. The Western Republic purchased Sonora from Mexico in 2012.
 * 1)  Alaska (Juneau)
 * 2)  Northwestern 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 (Los Angeles)
 * 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)

Foreign Relations
The Western Republic has many foreign relations. It has been a member of NATO since 2004.

North America

 * Northern Communist Union
 * North Quebec
 * Chicago Republic
 * The Empire of Michigania
 * Caribbia
 * Huatancun
 * Ether
 * Welarka

Europe

 * Pyrenacia
 * West Scandinavia
 * New Order Poland
 * Hoflan
 * Tylastrona
 * New Russia
 * Alpenia
 * Belaruk
 * New Polish Union
 * Norskandinavia
 * Arkmarken
 * Novasrbija
 * Anatolian Caliphate
 * Socialist Union of Catalan Republics
 * Germaska
 * Scotland-Ireland
 * Federation of Ijanusky
 * Kingdom of Inkami
 * Polnocslavia
 * Thristarnia
 * Valkyria Confederation
 * Austranland
 * Anatolia
 * Francoisa

Australia and Oceania

 * Vandaysia
 * Holuzia
 * Takaraha

Asia

 * Turkic Federation
 * Uguresya
 * Korean Empire

Antarctica

 * Orkojin


 * Zarexium

Economic Allies/Trading Partners
The Western Republic is the founder of the North American Economic Alliance. These nations are economic allies and have good relations with the Western Republic, but are not military allies.
 * Helvetic-Bavarian Commonwealth
 * United Great Lakes

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.

Air Force One and Air Force Two
The Western Republic's two major government aircraft are both AF1 and AF2. AF1 is a Boeing 777-300ER (C-WEST) where the President flies in, and AF2 is a Boeing 737-800 (C-WREP) where the Vice President flies in.

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, which only six of them have a population of over 1 million.

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, Russian, 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.

Airports
It's no doubt that Los Angeles Int'l Airport (LAX) is the largest airport in the Western Republic. Airports that were formerly apart of Westanada, their ICAO codes begin with C, while airports that were part of the Dominion of California, their ICAO codes began with K.

Busiest Airports in the Western Republic

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

Airlines
The national airline of the Western Republic is none other than WestAir, based out of Calgary.

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.)

Sports
The Western Republic's people love sports. They have 2 major national leagues, the WHMA, and the WFL.

Hockey
The Western Republic's favourite sport is 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, with assistant captains being Jonathan Toews, Carey Price, and Alan Parker.

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. In 2005, the NHL merged with the WHMA, and teams from the United States of Chicago remained in their location. All other teams moved to Western cities, except one, which moved to North Quebec. 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
 * Calgary Flames
 * Edmonton Oilers
 * Anaheim Ducks
 * San Jose Sharks
 * Los Angeles Kings
 * Seattle Wings
 * Salt Lake Stars
 * Kelowna Rockies
 * Portland Tigers
 * Vegas Golden Knights
 * Juneau Northerners
 * Spokane Comets
 * Hermosillo Conquistadors
 * Yellowknife Yetis

Eastern Conference

 * Arizona Coyotes
 * Colorado Avalanche
 * Winnipeg Jets
 * Billings Bears
 * Saskatoon Predators
 * Wyoming Volcanoes
 * St. John's Icecaps
 * Boise Wolves
 * Chicago Blackhawks
 * St. Louis Blues
 * Saguenay Habitants
 * Gander Geese
 * Minnesota Wild
 * Regina Rebels
 * Albuquerque Desert Storm

List of Western Cup Champions in History

 * 2003 - Colorado Avalanche (v. Anaheim, 4-3)
 * 2004 - Calgary Flames (v. Gander, 4-2)
 * 2005 - St. John's Icecaps (v. Regina, 4-3)
 * 2006 - Edmonton Oilers (v. Saguenay, 4-3)
 * 2007 - Anaheim Ducks (v. Billings, 4-1)
 * 2008 - Kelowna Rockies (v. Colorado, 4-2)
 * 2009 - Boise Wolves (v. Los Angeles, 4-3)
 * 2010 - Chicago Blackhawks (v. Seattle, 4-2)
 * 2011 - Billings Bears (v. Vancouver, 4-3)
 * 2012 - Los Angeles Kings (v. Salt Lake, 4-2)
 * 2013 - Chicago Blackhawks [2] (v. Portland, 4-2)
 * 2014 - Los Angeles Kings [2] (v. Edmonton, 4-1)
 * 2015 - Chicago Blackhawks [3] (v. Vegas, 4-1)
 * 2016 - Juneau Northerners (v. San Jose, 4-3)
 * 2017 - Juneau Northerners [2] (v. Saskatoon, 4-2)

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

Soccer
While soccer is not the most popular sport in the country, the national team, Team Western Republic still has a pretty big following.

Team Western Republic's main venue is the Lakeside Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the largest sports venue in the country with a capacity of 100,000 people. It is set to open in early 2018.

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 been leader since 2012.

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

Time Zones
The Western Republic stretches across 6 time zones.
 * UTC -4 (7:00) - Newfoundland, all the overseas territories (Newfoundland used to be UTC -3.5, but they switched to UTC -4 in 2007.)
 * UTC -6 (5:00) - Manitoba, Saskatchewan
 * UTC -7 (4:00) - Capital Territory (Calgary), Alberta, Montana, southern Idaho, eastern Okanagan, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Sonora, southern Baja California, eastern Northwestern Canada
 * UTC -8 (3:00) - Columbia, western Okanagan, Cascadia, Oregon, California, Nevada, northern Baja California, western Northwestern Canada
 * UTC -9 (2:00) - Alaska
 * UTC -10 (1:00) - Hawaii