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Name - Republic of Alaska (English) / Республика Аляска (Russian)
Head of state and government - President Mikhail Stepanovich
Legislature - National Congress
Judiciary - Supreme Court
Form of government - Unitary republic under a democratic presidential triramic constitution
Population - 1.65 million
Area - 1,749,832 km^2
Capital - Sakagsk [Skagway]
Largest city
-Mednovtsy - 431,000 (city), 802,000 (metro)
-Port Rezanov - 216,000 (city), 521,000 (metro)
-Sakagsk - 63,000 (city), 99,000 (metro)
Language - English, Russian
Time zone -
Currency - Alaskan dollar
Anthem -
Motto -
Notes
-Area:
+OTL State of Alaska: 1,723,337 km^2
-Aleutian Islands: 17,670 km^2
-St. Lawrence Island: 4,640.1 km^2
+North Coast Regional District: 20,028 km^2
+coastal bits of Kilmat Stickine RD: 10,408 km^2
+coastal bits of Central Coast RD: (3/4)*24,491.85 km^2
=total: 1,749,832 km^2
-a lot of population in Port Rezanov [Prince Rupert] which is large ice-free port after all
History
-ruled by Russia for a while
-Nikolai Rezanov lives
-Tsar Paul lives and looks on Russian American Company in favor
-and gives it many resources for its ventures
-plans of launching a war with Japan never becomes big
-Alaska extends to Prince Rupert and Queen Charlotte Islands here thanks to commercial expansion
-with outpost erected in Queen Charlotte Islands in 1810s
-gold rush occurs in Queen Charlotte Islands in 1820s, Russians keep it hush-hush successfully
-Ukase of 1821 equiv (negotiated by Rezanov who charms Alexander) extends Russian exclusive claims to 45th parallel
-ridiculous, but due to French Wars > Second French War (1821-32), a lot less people able to combat it
-and due to no Americans minimal British presence (who are mostly located in Willamette valley)
-in addition develops new outposts in Vancouver Island, Columbia, and Fort Ross in California
-ones on Vancouver Island, lost in Russia's Wars > Second Circassian War (1872-5)
-ones in Columbia develop as agrarian outposts, all lost in Russia's Wars > Second Circassian War (1872-5)
-Fort Ross is a larger agrarian outpost, and gold discovered there kicks off massive gold rush which turns into Buenaventuran War of Independence (Heads of Buenaventura > ^cb57cd)
-in which it's a sort of safe haven for rebels as Russia not one to just extradite them
-but Russia tries and fails to keep them out
-but in the end sold off in Russia's Wars > Second Circassian War (1872-5)
-in wake of trails and the like being established during telegraph erection, trails get made
-Stickeen Gold Rush in 1870s, not much migration as during US's Wars > American Civil War (1869-76) but does see some Brits force their way through but mostly through overland routes
-with end of US's Wars > American Civil War (1869-76), sudden hunger for gold and the like begins, results in exploration up and down West Coast for gold
-Klondike Gold Rush happens in 1891, with opening of telegraph lines in region (Telegraphy > ^907d7f)
-settlers hate Russian government, view it as controlling
-escalates further with [Birch Creek]gold discovery in 1892, in [Fairbanks]in 1893, in [Nome]in 1895
-then comes Russia's Wars > Russo-Chinese War (1893-9)
-Russians fleeing advance of Chinese troops move to Alaska, giving it much bigger Russian minority
-in 1895, Alaskan War of Independence begins, Russia sends troops to crush it but because of war can't send many
-but then Russia's Wars > Russo-Chinese War (1893-9) escalates, Russia hastily makes peace treaty in 1898 that gives new republic near-total autonomy over almost all of Russian Alaska
-with exception of Aleutian Islands and St. Lawrence Island, made part of Siberia
-in addition, many Russians fleeing Vladivostok move to Alaska, making Russian minority bigger
-holds, during Russia's Wars > Young Russian Revolution (1902-8), Alaska breaks away and becomes fully independent
-constitution is broadly American in nature
-Mednovtsy expands because it's useful midpoint on Pacific
-and Hawaii is British so other powers use it less