Dual Republic of the Dakotas
Currency: Canadian dollar
Claims: Dakota
Government: Socialist republic
Capital: Bismarck, North Dakota (administrative); Pierre, South Dakota (judicial)
The Dual Republic of the Dakotas is a socialist republic, lead by the Socialist Party of the Two Dakotas (SPTD). Prior to the establishment of the Dual Republic, the party was known as the Coalition of Dakota Socialists (CDS) - a loose coalition of local party groups to the Socialist Party of America who left their mother party in the early 1930s. The CDS became a revolutionary socialist organization whose member groups not only worked for the liberation of the working class but also put Native American civil rights high on the political agenda. Today, members of Native American origin make up a majority of the SPTD party executive.
The Dual Republic has strong ties to Canada, going back to the Second American Civil War when CDS revolutionaries got most of their supplies from across the border. Because of this the Canadian dollar has been the de facto currency in the area since 1943, and it was officially adopted as such upon the establishment of the Dual Republic in 1951. Unlike most of the states on American continent, the Dual Republic makes use of a planned economical system.
Although the name Dual Republic of the Dakotas originally derives from the two former US states of North and South Dakota, its current territory is not limited to this area. Most of Montana and Wyoming has been incorporated into the Dual Republic along with northern Nebraska, while parts of Dakotan territory to the east of the Missouri River is no longer under SPTD control.
The term Dual Republic stems from the fact that the Dakotas didn't initially form one unitary state. Towards the end of the Second American Civil War two local revolutionary governments were present - the Democratic Republic of North Dakota and the People's Republic of South Dakota and Nebraska. Both states were lead by members of the CDS, and because they already cooperated extensively both sides agreed to unite under one banner in 1951 as the Dual Republic of the Dakotas. This unification also transformed the Coalition of Dakota Socialists into the Socialist Party of the Two Dakotas.
The SPTD government had a brief conflict with the UNAMSEC in 1952 when the latter went on the offensive in northwestern Montana, but after their hasty retreat the Dual Republic was able to seize control of the area less than a year later.
There are two capital cities in the Dual Republic - the administrative capital of Bismarck, North Dakota which is the seat of the SPTD government, and the judicial capital of Pierre, South Dakota which is home to the High Court of the Dakotas.
Food: 15
Raw Materials: 12
Energy: 27
Rare Materials: 5
Primary Industry: 9
Consumer Industry: 4
Military Industry: 6
Services: 8
Education and R&D: 10
Media and Tourism: 4
In the spoiler tag below is a map of the Dual Republic of the Dakotas.
Green territory is SPTD controlled areas that were prior to unification part of the Democratic Republic of North Dakota.
Blue territory is SPTD controlled areas that were prior to unification part of the People's Republic of South Dakota and Nebraska.
Yellow territory is Dakotan territory that is currently not under SPTD control*.
*Parts of the former US states of North and South Dakota which on the game map belongs to the Minnesota province.