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Application | California Republic
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2026 12:50 am
by Planet of Hats
This application is filed with the blessing of the departing Stanislav. It is intended to coincide with my dropping Formosa, with California taking its place as my primary nation.
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San Francisco is California's largest city, having swelled with growth that might otherwise have gone to Los Angeles had the Water Wars taken place in a larger country with resources to build massive aqueducts.
Monterrey, carved off into its own National Capital District, features a mix of traditional Spanish architecture from the oligarchic period, together with skyscrapers that rose during the oil boom.
"El Grande Sur" is probably grammatically incorrect, but it's one of the most picturesque caostal areas of North America and a rare stretch of barely-disturbed coastline.
Salt Lake City lies at the centre of Mormon country. California's constitution recognizes the province of Utah, dominated by adherents of the Latter-Day Saints church, as a distinct religious and linguistic society within the plurinational state.
Las Géiseres is the world's largest geothermal power plant. Amidst the debate over energy and desalination in California, the country is moving to harness more and more of its immense geothermal resources.
Ciudad Las Vegas is the anchor city of the Province of Mojave. Its reputation as a den of sin and debauchery is known throughout North America.
In the early days of California, to receive a land grant - in the form of a rancho - meant you all but had to become a vaquero. These days, ranching is still an iconic part of California agriculture, and vaqueros are an even more iconic part of cultural lore and memory. This application is filed in recognition of the existing tightly-woven integration of North America in AIN. It is intended to preserve the key lore milestones of Stan's California and to prop up the lore that supports the United States, Sonora and to an extent Lower Columbia and Mexico, while also fleshing out the idea further.
Re: Application | California Republic
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2026 12:59 am
by stanislav
Great work, Planet!
This is a fantastic successor to my California Republic and, frankly, feels much more alive and real than I was able to do. This has my approval!
Re: Application | California Republic
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2026 3:19 am
by Planet of Hats
I have made an edit to the Economy section after a quick tete-a-tete with Kendall and Variable: I've handed the tech sector off to the United States. This gives manufacturing and services a greater share of the economy and positions AIN California more like Latin American Canada: Prospering, but with a bunch of that based on exporting to the United States.
Re: Application | California Republic
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2026 12:37 pm
by kendall
This application absolutely has my full support. You’ve done amazing job crafting it, under some real time pressure at that, and truly I think this will be a great addition to the North America project that was started several years ago.
I do really appreciate the Latin American flair this California has, as well as the parallels it has to Canada in ways that maybe the AIN US has glossed over for one reason or another. Again you’ve done a fantastic job and I’m excited to see this enter the AIN.
