Spotlight On: AMERINDIA

Amerindia


AREA
169,000 sq.m. (8th)
POPULATION
3,913,000 (15h)
DENSITY
23 people per square mile.

CAPITAL
Santa Fe
STATES
None (organized into tribal territories)

RELIGION
Various (tribal based)
LANGUAGE
Various (tribal based), English

NATL INCOME
120 billion.
MEDIAN INCOME
$30,735 (18th)

ECONOMY
Amerindia’s economy is below average. The government has a generally isolationist slant, and due to its insistence on an organized tribal structure and civic life, is slow to adapt and adopt new technology. Its cities, including Albuquerque and Tucson, have declined since the Division. There are significant possibilities in natural resources and mining, but the dominant environmentalist faction of the government has refused to utilize those resources. As a result, the nation has developed a largely independent structure that precludes financial growth, although the westernmost corner’s proximity to Nevada has made it a trafficking point for illegal goods. Recently the ANTU nations have tried to incentivize Amerindia to producing cotton. The cost of living is low.

OVERVIEW
Like Deseret-Utah, Amerindia was created in the Redivision of 1994, carved from the former nation of Arizona (in existence from 1981-1994, comprising the former states of New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and Utah) after frequent cultural clashes between the four states. From the beginning, the nation organized along tribal lines instead of political parties, and allowed any immigrant from any other nation immediate citizenship and land ownership if that immigrant could prove Native American blood. Amerindia does not maintain a strong international relevance or economic position. Corruption in the administration of first President Wilma Pearl Mankiller led to a massive infrastructure overhaul by popular 2nd President, Ben Nighthorse Campbell. The administration of Texican immigrant Thomas Jeffrey Cole was overturned when it was revealed that Cole had promised the Texican government drilling contracts in Amerindian land, and allegedly further cession of Amerindian territory to the growing Texican Empire. Cole was removed in a joint Navajo-Chippewa coup led by Mark Maryboy and current president Winona LaDuke. Amerindia remain a poor nation, but one that has more successfully made the transition to a green economy than most.

HEAD OF STATE





Winona LaDuke,
Chippewa Tribe










Mark Maryboy,
Navajo Tribe

Spotlight On: MONTANA

Montana
(including the Nevada Territory)


AREA
647,000 sq.m. (3rd) (counting Nevada Free Zone)
POPULATION
12,933,000 (12th)
DENSITY
23 people per square mile. (17th)

CAPITAL
None (capital rotates as state capital of current president).
STATES
Lakota (Rapid City), Absaroka (Billings), Wyoming (Casper), Colorado (Denver), Montana (Helena), Idaho (Boise), Lincoln (Spokane), Oregon (Bend), Sierra (Susanville)

RELIGION
Protestant, various
LANGUAGE
English, various

NATL INCOME
620 billion
MEDIAN INCOME
$47,963 (12th)

ECONOMY
Montana’s economy is generally weak. With the exception of the Denver-Boulder metropolitan area, none of its cities are competitive internationally. It is not a member nation of the American Northeast Trade Union, preferring to maintain its staunch independence. Montana trades almost exclusively with Heartland, meaning that many goods not grown in those two nations (like saltwater fish, citrus, and wine) are often highly expensive. Montana does have enough coal, gas and mining resources to support itself and to export to a certain degree. Years of firmly minarchist government and the trading situation have contributed to a highly Spartan lifestyle; however, the government unofficially tolerates international smuggling in its unorganized Nevada territory. The cost of living is low.

OVERVIEW
Montana is a country rich in land and resources, but weak on the international stage. Built from many of the least populous states of the former USA, and landlocked and covered in many areas by the at times impassable Rocky Mountains, Montana has positioned itself as a staunchly libertarian society, with a very small federal government and no fixed national capital. Federal elections are held every three years with no possibility of a second term, and the national capital temporarily becomes the capital of the state the president has been elected from. A period of environmental conservation led by the Mountain Party presidencies of Cecil Andrus (Idaho) and Gary Hart (Colorado) was followed by a movement towards greater internationalism after the Redivision of 1994. President Richard Cheney (Mountain Party, Wyoming) sought a stronger centralized government and control of formerly federal military bases at Cheyenne Mountain, as well as involvement in the developing conflict between Atlantica and Texico (on the Texican side). A decentralist backlash saw the next three elections dominated by increasingly minarchist presidencies, concluding with a `night watchman’ state under Richard Mowell (Constitution Party, Lakota), a former Sheriff chosen by lottery. This experiment in governing led to a drastically weakened economy, and the Constitution Party was roundly defeated in the latest election by businessman Peter Coors, running on the promise to make Montana a stronger economic presence.

HEAD OF STATE






President Peter Coors,
Mountain Party










Vice President Dirk Kempthorne,
Mountain Party

Spotlight On: SUPERIOR

Superior


AREA
247,000 (5th)
POPULATION
11,348,000 (13th)
DENSITY
45 people per square mile. (16th)

CAPITAL
Minneapolis, Minnesota
STATES
Manistique (Marquette), Wisconsin (Eau Claire), Minnesota (St. Paul), Arrowhead (Duluth), Dakota (Fargo)

RELIGION
Protestant, various
LANGUAGE
English, German, various

NATL INCOME
672 billion
MEDIAN INCOME
$59,218 (7th)

ECONOMY
Superior’s economy is slightly above average. It is not a member nation of the American Northeast Trade Union, but trades freely with (and in large part depends on) those nations and Canada. Its few large cities have a healthy industrial base and an emerging technological field, although they have been suffering a `brain drain’ of hi-tech experts to Canada, Pacifica and Socali. It exports cattle, wheat and timber. Superior is so dependent on trade with Canada that it has considered being annexed by the nation. The cost of living is middle-to-low.

OVERVIEW
Superior was created in the Redivision of 1994 out of land from Lakeland and Montana, due to the states of Wisconsin and Minnesota, heavily independent, feeling unrepresented in the Lakeland political system. The name was chosen for the lake under which it is situated after first president Walter Mondale and Foundryan president Gus Grissom could not agree on which nation should keep the name Lakeland. Superior has attempted to establish an international presence, and has enjoyed stable government, a low crime rate, a generally tolerant social climate, and a gradually improving economy. However, trade issues and a spiraling deficit due to infrastructure needs and a struggling health care system have convinced many in the government, specifically current President Paul Wellstone and his Democratic-Farmer-Labor party, that Superior should consider a proposed annexation by Canada. The Independence Party led by former President Jesse Ventura has staunchly opposed this.

HEAD OF STATE





President Paul Wellstone,
Democrat-Farmer-Labor Party










Vice President Tammy Baldwin-Azar,
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party