Los Californias

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Los Californias is a nation in California which is undoubtly the most powerful nation on Earth. They control the whole of Pre-War USA's Coast and Baja California. Around 1,000,000 people live within the nation's border. Recently corruption within the nation's high ranks have caused several protests in major cities. If you wish to make stuff or history for the nation do so in the Uncanon Lore Section.

Leaders
2037 - 2040: Steve Davidson - Steve founded LC after having pushed back the virus from Los Angeles. However, a war with USA resulted in them being annexed.

2252 - Onward: Steve Davidson - Steve refounded LC in 2252 and has been emperor since. He has been called by many 'The Father of The Post-War Man' because he had brought the world closer to civilization then anyone else.

History
Los Californias (LC) was founded by a group of friends after the NV-901 Virus ravaged Earth. LC though was short lived and was invaded by Mexico and USA. This resulted in the American & Mexican Reconquest of Californias. LC was unable to push back the Pre-Plague government and was destroyed. Steve Davidson and his friends became prisoners of war and were used as test subjects by the American government. A brand of the NV Virus called NV-111 was tested on the friends. The scientists never knew what would be the results but their victims had the last laugh. NV-111 made 100 years equilevent to 1 year. This meant they where able to live for thousands of years. When World War 3 broke out and the USA was nuked to destruction, the friends went to Vault 420. For an unknown time they stayed in the vault until it opened and everyone came out to create a new settlement. Steve Davidson was elected President as he had some experience before as a leader. He named their settlement 'The Republic of New Californias' and the capital city 'Californias' was built a few miles north of Los Angeles. Scouts discovered the coastal city of Los Angeles and soon the republic launched an invasion on the city killing nearly a hundred raiders, several mutated organisms and victims of the NV virus (now any virus that had traces to NV-901 was just called NV Virus). After conquering Los Angeles, 'The Republic of New Californias' was renamed to 'The Republic of Los Californias' and the capital was changed to Los Angeles. Meanwhile, the town of Californias was abandoned and overtaken by wild creatures and humans that had lost their humanity. 2 years after being founded, the nation broke into a civil war. The government mercilessly killed the rebels and publicly executed them. The rebellion was sparked by an unknown reason - more than likely it was the fact Steve Davidson and his friends sneaked into Vault- 420. A year later, a vote was held on what LC's government should be, an Autocratic Empire or a Democratic Republic. 71% of the population wanted a Democratic Empire. LC was then renamed to 'The Empire of Los Californias'. The new laws said that the emperor rules for life but when your emperor can live for thousands of years, that means he might still be emperor when most of the radiation had went away. In over 100 years, Steve had conquered the whole west coast of Pre-War USA. Whilst LC was entering a Golden Age, Santo Loa declared independence in the middle of LC. At first LC was against the new nation but after a few years, Santo Loa became LC's vassal. Some people caught a NV strain which infected them like the original strain but to a lesser extent. These people set up an empire east of LC called 'The Infected's Empire'. Wars broke out between the two empires as Steve feared his citizens will be infected. Fortunately, a doctor discovered that you could only have 1 NV strain and all citizens of LC only had one. After finding out about this, Steve signed peace with The Infecteds to their east. However, as new nations and factions where set up to LC's east, the most famous of the wars was 'The Hunnic Invasion of Los Californias'. The war began after 'The Dictatorship of The Hunnic Empire' (not real Huns) invaded Southern LC. The war ended in a victory for LC and they took several territories within the Huns. 247 years later Cascadian raiders invaded Northern LC whilst LC was at war with 'The Karak Khans'. New Seattle and The Gammarian State was established in Pre-War Washington. LC became a peaceful state pushing raiders, Hostile Infecteds, The Huns and Mutant Creatures out. LC is and has been one of the most powerful nations ever.

Society
Lots of citizens are poor and weak and seek protection in LC. A large amount of the population are either; farmers, soldiers, traders, scouts or craftmen. Once LC's population began to increase rapidly, a tax was introduced and each citizen must give either 10% of their money (Californian Dollar) or 10% of their materials. LC is well-known for peacefully integrating surrounding settlements but most believe the settlements' leaders where either bribed by LC or assasinated and replaced by a member of the LC government who will then accept integration by LC.

LC has strict laws to keep citizens morally better than everyone else. Being Drunk, Drugged, Gambling, Murder and Theft are seen as morally incorrect and will more than likely result in years locked up in jail. Murder without a good reason will have you locked up for lifetime. However, citizens have lots of rights and minor crimes tend to be ignored or the offender is given a small fine. The police force is so efficient that crime is very low and the LC government has sent several policewo/men to keep order in neighbouring countries such as Vegas.

Structure
LC is a Federative Empire with 3 States: Oregon in the north, Baja Californias in the south and Californias in the center. The government is based on Pre-War USA's and several other governments throughout history. The Government is separated into 3 branches: The Emperor, Senate and Common Senate. The Emperor is able to make decisions without asking and is in control of the nation until death, The Senate is made up of skilled personnel and the president of each state. They would make lots of decisions and usually The Emperor asked them for their opinion on politics and for help. The Common Senate is the same as the Senate but is made up of the middle class and there is one for each state.

In LC there are many Mercenary and Trade Companies that hold a large amount of power and influence. The Mercenary Companies after helping LC in many wars and gaining The Emperor's trust will be able to get influence in the Common Senate and maybe the Senate. Trade Companies after gaining lots of wealth for LC could join the Los Californias National Trade Company or even get a place in the Common Senate or Senate.

Steve has lots of missions as Emperor. He wishes to send a ship to Asia and another to Europe and Africa, Conquer the whole of Pre-War USA, Develop LC and make it like Pre-War USA, rediscover old technologies and make new technologies. Achievements that Steve is known for include: making sexism almost unknown, removing hostilities towards Infected and Mutated LC citizens and ending hostilities between religions.

Religions
Here are a list of legal religions practised in LC in order of size, Largest-Smallest. A legal religion is one that dosn't cause harm, sacrifice humans, encourage cannibalism or other illegal crimes and doesn't encourage destruction. Los Californias is one of the few secular nations.
 * Christianity
 * Mormonism
 * Church of The Apocalypse
 * Islam
 * Atheism
 * Children of Eden

Major Cities
Los Angeles: Capital of Los Californias and capital of The Californias State

San Francisco: Where the Senate is based.

San Diego: Where the Californias Common Senate is based.

Portland: Capital of The Oregon State.

Florence: Where the Oregon Common Senate is based.

Baja de Los Angeles: Capital of The Baja Californias State

Tijuana: Where the Baja Californias Common Senate is based.

Military
LC has one of the most powerful militaries in the world. There are different units in the military, these are:
 * Heavy Infantry: Soilders using Pre-War Exo-Suits and most Heavy Infantry even have mini-guns or Bazookas.
 * Light Infantry: The most famous LC unit. This unit is equipped most of the time with an AK-47 and make up the bulk of the army.
 * Heavy Cavalry: Horses are a rare species with them only available in California. Heavy Cavalry are Light Infantry on bulky horses that grew stronger and powerful due to the radiation.
 * Light Cavalry: This is like the Heavy Cvalry but the horses aren't as strong but are much faster.
 * Artillery: Artillery from the Pre-War Era and even some new ones aren't as common as the Light Infantry and cavalry but is more common than the Heavy Infantry.
 * Tank: Pre-War Tanks are the rarest LC unit and can destroy a full army of Light Infantry. There is only 5 in the army.
 * Scout: The weakest unit which are sent out to explore.
 * Helicopter: All Pre-War Helicopters were taken from The Kingdom of America in 'The War for America'.

In a battle the artillery will shoot at the enemies killing lots of the enemy troops. The Heavy Infantry will then shoot down troops and after the Heavy Infantry stopped shooting, the Cavalry will charge the enemy followed by the Light Infantry. In large battles, the tanks might blow up nearly the full enemy regiment or Helicopters will shoot down the enemies from the air.

Relations
At first LC was loved by most of the outside settlements as LC was a sign of hope. However, once LC began expanding and controlled a large proportion of the Western Pre-War USA coast, other nations got worried about LC's power and declared war on them. Nevertheless, as time passed by, people decided to let LC do their own stuff. The main enemies of LC are The Hunnic Empire and The Kingdom of America. Nations bordering LC's east are have great views towards LC as several policewo'men and troops from LC are sent to keep order in their neighbours.

Here is a list of Major Wars LC has been in:
 * Los Californian-Hunnic Wars.
 * Los Californian-Containment of America.
 * Titan Crusade against Los Californias.
 * Texan Containment of Los Californias.
 * Los Californian-Raider Wars.
 * Los Californian-Infected War.
 * Karak Khan subjugation of Los Californias.
 * Los Californian Subjugation of Titan

Technology
LC has lots of Pre-War technology with most of their military being Pre-War. LC has also created some of their own technologies but these aren't as complex as the Pre-War tech. Exo-Armour were taken from The Technocracy of Texas and The Kingdom of America in wars and after a few years there was now 3 different types of Exo-Armour: Los Californian, Texan/Michigan and American. The government has also got a railway that connects the nation and outside cities such as Las Vegas and Phoenix. Due to the plague and war, oil and other natural resources were left alone and as very few nations have excess to these resources, LC can use lots of it without worrying. There is also a National Radio Station called 'Los Californias Radio'. Several broadcast towers throughout the country and even the whole of Pre-War USA means lots of people can spend their free time listening to tunes or the news. TVs aren't available as it would be requiring too much resources, plus not that much people even know what a TV is. Same thing with Phones and Computers. On the topic of phones, people use Handheld Transceivers (Walkie Talkie) to communicate over long distances. Farming technology is similar to Pre-War farming but in the extremly fertile land, vertical farms aren't uncommon. There is an airport for the nation's helicopters in Los Angeles, Baha de Los Angeles and Portland. Every coastal city also has a port with boats resembling Pre-War boats.

Currency
(The Californian symbol is not $. $ is just used to represent the currency). The national currency in LC is the 'Californian Dollar'. Mints make coins and notes out of unneeded scrap. Pre-War money which is used out of LC is accepted in LC. The conversion rate of Californian Dollar to Pre-War money is 87 cents for 1 Pre-War money note. The common denominations of the note are: $5, $10, $20, $50, $100. The denominations for the coins are: $1, $2, 50 cents, 20 cents, 10 cents, 5 cents, 2 cents and 1 cent.

Trivia

 * Many tribes who have heard about LC believe it too be a massive warmongering tribe called 'Elsee'.
 * LC was inspired by the Axis and this can be seen in military exersizes and the amount of flags around the country.
 * LC was the country that created the trend of having the nation's name written on the flag.
 * Many Trade Caravans will take the long route and travel through LC for the added protection.