California

"'Ah, California. The Artery of the Pacific!'"- George S. Patton

California, officially the Pacific State of California is a country and former state of the United States of America. It is located on the pacific coast of North America, bordering the Pacific State of Nevada, the Pacific State of Oregon, Arizona and The Baja Empire.

Early History and Mexico
Traditionally, California has had strong ties to it's southern neighbours (primarily the Former Mexican Kingdom). However, in more recent times, California is close with other Pacific States of America members as it was the founding member (along with Nevada).

California was first inhabited by various scattered Native Americans, with the first colony by Europeans being a Spanish Settlement (the first on the West Coast), with a Russian colony also being established.

Spanish influence grew in the area (with it's incorporation into the Vice Royalty of New Spain) up until the Mexican War of Independence, where in turn it became apart of the Mexican Empire. During this period, California experienced a boom in mining (primarily gold) attracting many American and Mexican settlers to the region.

US Statehood
This control was in-place until the Mexican-American War where California was forcibly brought into the United States.In protest, The Territory of California refused to be made a state, and with the US government needing a powerful incorporated state on the Pacific Coast, they only obliged when the entire US pacific fleet sailed into the (formerly small) San Francisco Bay. California tried 3 times to secede from the USA, even joining the Confederate States of America even though a majority of it's population did not support slavery. It was crushed once more during the civil war, subsequently becoming "Military District Six" up until it was fully 'reconstructed' in 1868. In it's second attempt for independence in 1915, it attempted a diplomatic approach however they were once more suppressed down.

Modern History
Finally, towards the beginning of the 1930s, Californian rebels began to plan an all out revolt in their state similar to the way states had broken away from Mexico in the Mexican Separation Wars of 1931-1935. This sentiment had been popular among many other states due to the uncertainty of the survival of the United States due to the Great Depression, with a strong Dissolution Party growing in the US Senate. After years of planning -and a failed military coup in Sacramento-, on the 1st of December 1935 California declared it's independence and quickly sealed of it's borders with it's strong military. However there was little response from the US Army as many other states had separated as well, marking the beginning of the American Collapse War. By December 25th, all fighting had ceased as every state had seceded from the union (apart from the city of Washington D.C).

During this time, the new Californian government held an emergency election. They voted in the liberal president Frank Merriam.

Pacific Alliance and Membership
Following up the war, Nevada and California quickly signed a deal to form a Pacific Alliance which would allow for free trade, travel and citizenship between any nation that was apart of this Pacific Alliance. On Christmas Day, 1935, the Christmas Freedoms Act was passed, forming the Pacific States of America (which quickly brought in Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii). Also, the current president of California Frank Merriam has promised to hold another election in 1936 to decide which party will rule the country until 1940.

As of January 3rd, 1936, the Pacific State of California has remained one of the Big Five free states. However, (as it's first true election approaches) the state is unsure which political path it may stride down as the election approaches. The Fascist Party of California (with their candidate of James E. Davis) and Leninist Party of the Pacific (Upton Sinclair) grow in size and number in the Californian Senate.

Politics
California follows a senate-based system similar to that of the former US. The liberal and reformed whig parties make up a broader "democratic" coalition, however many of the formerly small parties now hold a significant amount of seats such as the Leninist Party of the Pacific.

Each one of the counties of California gets 1 seat in the senate. In the Pacific States Council, California submits 10 members from 10 designed districts, with the party with the most votes inside that district having the representative sent.

1st Senate Congregation of California
Californian Republican Party: A center-right party that is mainly inspired by the former popular Whig Party which eventually became the Republican Party. They focus on primarily economic problems. They hold 34 seats .

King's Bear Party: A hard-line monarchist party that is popular in many other states. They wish to establish a monarchy, creating either an absolute or constitutional monarchy depending on the state. They hold 0 seats

Californian Marxist Party: A marxist-esque communist party that operates in all Pacific States. They vie for complete communism in the Pacific States as well as unity. They hold 9 seats.

Fascist Party of California: They hold 4 seats.