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North Nebraska
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The Federal Republic of North Nebraska (also referred to as the Sixth Federal Republic of North Nebraska, North Nebraska, or simply Nebraska) is an Federal Republic located in (REDACTED).

Humans first inhabited the land of modern-day North Nebraska 15,000 years ago (~13,000 BC) settling in the region's vast grasslands (Great Plains). They lived in a hunter-gatherer society, not developing a complex society until ~ 400 BC Several loose confederations grew out of this in the south, most notably the Suoi Confederation, while in the north, complex chiefdoms developed, eventually turning into kingdoms, and soon two empire began to dominate the north of the Nebraska continent; the Evergreens and the Bloodics.

The Evergreens and Bloodics were separated from the south by large and vast mountain ranges, so an intense and deep hatred developed between the two. The two also warred nearly constantly, coming to a head in World War I, where the north of Nebraska was the main battleground between the Nedporen and Calcaterra, and their allies, the Bloodics and the Evergreens respectively.

With Bloodics lose in World War I to the Evergreens, a reconquest was called in the mid 1500s. The war devastated both nations, specifically Evergreens economy.

Nebraskanists had long suffered discrimination in other nations for their beliefs, so ~1400 a movement grew out of the discrimination, and the concept of an independent Nebraskan homeland became very popular. However, no nation on Tierra would willing give up land, so they set out to settle still "unclaimed" lands. Landing in the south of the Nebraskan continent in 1443. Relations between the natives and settles were calm, with trade flourishing between the two. However certain tribes rebelled in 1463, but were crushed by the Nebraskans and the Suoi.

Nebraska didn't declare itself independent until 1661. During this time between contact and independence, several Nebraskan cities grew in Evergreen's Nortia province, most notably Pine Tree City, Lunbervile, Fort Abram (later renamed Capital Hill), and Fort South Bend. As Evergreen attempted to suppress the Nebraskan religion, a full revolt occurred. The Nebraska War for Independence lasted six years and eventually, with the help of the Suoi (who at this point had renamed themselves "East Nebraska"), were able to beat the Evergreens out of Nortia, and a peace treaty was signed in 1667. Initially there was some disputes, most notable the other cities concern of the power of the federal government. Nevertheless, Nebraska declare itself independent in 1667 as the Republic of Nebraska.

Throughout the rest of the 1667, Nebraska struggled to develop a nation idea separate from its religiousness roots. This all came to a head, however, when Evergreen tested Nebraskan defenses along the northern border. Successfully defending its border, by 1703, normal trading relations were established, and a Nebraskan identity was finally fully formed.

During the 1700s, Nebraska would develop a massive trade empire throughout the world, mainly due to the wealth that could be made farming in the Great Plains and the quality products (Corn, tea, etc.) that came from it were highly sought after. The republic became one of the first nations to practice overseas colonialism.

During the late 1700s and early 1800s Nebraska began to become much more aggressive in colonialism, discovering lands and selling them for a profit to other empires. At one point, Nebraska controlled, either directly or indirectly, 10% of the world.

In 1819, the now renamed "North Nebraska" sought to break the power of the two northern empires, specifically Evergreen. The Western War was fought over the issue of Nebraskan settlers in the Evergreen province of Wetia, which led the province to become independent as the nation of West Nebraska, and saw it become heavily aligned with North Nebraska. Evergreen and East Nebraska would fight a war in 1827 over the issue of East Nebraska's successor to the throne, but it would spiral out of control into the first Nebraska War, which saw the entire continent at war with itself, with peace only being secured in 1833. Eventually another war would break out between the North Nebraska and Evergreen, but this time over the province of Soutia in 1848; the war saw North Nebraska once again win over Evergreen, and establish the nation of South Nebraska.

Also during this time, enlightenment split the Nebraskan Church, while most praised the idea of become "modern", others wanted Nebraskanism to keep its old ways. This resulted in a split, an in return, Nebraska renaming itself to North Nebraska, as small traditionalists established the Republic of South Nebraska. Also during the late 1800s many came to North Nebraska from abroad, most notably, Zambets and Nedporenians.

North Nebraska would fight on the side of the Allies during the Volartu War, as Evergreen was allied with Overgaard. The war caused a massive boom in North Nebraska's industry, and a growth in nationalism following the "defeat" of Evergreen once again. The massive growth resulted in a formal economic alliance, then military alliance, between Nedporen, North Nebraska, and Zambet Fata.

During World War II, much of the "Nebraskas" were invaded and taken over by South Nebraska, only with the decisive Battle of Pine Tree City in 1940 would North Nebraska turn the tides of war on South Nebraska, eventually defeated them.

The Cold War saw much of the overseas North Nebraskan "empire" collapse under the weight of both internal and external pressure. The 1950s saw an economic depression, but between 1967 and 1971, the various nations of the Nebraska continent would unite under the Nebraska Unification Doctrine. The 1970s and 1980s saw a "Golden Age of North Nebraska", during this time North Nebraska became, albeit briefly, the world's largest economy.

The 1990s would see North Nebraska's economy fall gradually, even culminating in an economic crash in 2022, which sent shock waves across the world. Since then, both the economy and the social order have been gradually regaining stability. North Nebraska fought a brief war with Strugure, its former colony, in 2046.

Today North Nebraska is a second-class power in the realm of international politics, due to its former colonies and allies often having deep economic ties with the nation. North Nebraska also boasts a large military, and is the number one supplier of foreign aid to other nations, and is a world leader in civil and political rights.

Etymology
The name "Nebraska" is derived from either the ancient words "Ñí Brásge" or "Ní Btháska". Both translate to "flat water", representing the Platte River, which the Nebraskanists believe is a holy river. The "North" in "North Nebraska" came after the establishment of the Republic of Nebraska. During the Wateroux Conference, both Wateria and Nebraska wanted to name themselves to "Nebraska", so Wateria chose "East Nebraska", and Nebraska chose "North Nebraska". Contrary to popular believe, the naming of the two was not a mistake; both chose their names based off of maps at the time, which differed from current maps.

History
The land now known as North Nebraska was first inhabited by humans sometime 15,000 years ago (~13,000 BC). The decision to settle the land was mainly due to the bountiful animals that inhabited the continent, such as the Nebraskan Bison, and the White-Tailed Deer. Many of the early settlers didn't survive, due to the continent's extreme weather.

Native tribes as we know them didn't form until around 400 BC. During this time, a warrior chief from the Panjiko tribe, named Conquering Bear, invaded and enslaved vast areas of the modern-day East Nebraska, before he was beaten by a coalition of Suoi and Chegartai tribes. This rudimentary alliance resulted in the first real "nation" in the traditional sense being formed, as the Suoi tribes united into the Suoi Confederation, later Confederations would be formed from the Chegartai, Futhac, and the Wíyutȟapi.

Although historians consider them "nations", they were very much still nomads, however the "uniting" of these tribes helped prevent them from being raided. This said, sometimes massive warring parties would be launched by both sides against each other.

The first attempt a creating an actual "nation" by the natives came during the 700s, when several native tribes in the mountainous and forest-laid eastern lands. These native tribes were usually nomads just like their western counterparts, but several Chiefs made the decision to build a permanent residence, mainly to resist the harsh winters. Together, the Yalitala, Nacknakto, Garbinato, and the Jafika formed the Grantabi Union. The union ruled over much of the northern Pebbly Mountain Range.

The main reason most of the native tribes were never contacted by the outside world was because of the challenging geography of south of the continent and the Pebbly Mountains. The Pebbly Mountain Range acts as a "shell" for the south, and as they are one of the tallest and one of the most difficult mountain ranges to transverse, most outside groups never bothered to cross. Those that attempted, often were killed by the tough conditions in the Pebbly Mountains. That aside, the south was/is home to some of the most severe weather on the planet; in general, the south has/had a very wide variety of weather throughout the year, with very cold and harsh winters and very hot and humid summers. Wind speeds are often very high, especially in winter, and extreme harsh thunderstorms, often accompanied by tornadoes (with the modern day eastern North Nebraska being the most active tornado area in the world), hail of all sizes, lighting, and often, flooding. This is also not to mention the many dangerous animals that reside in the south, such as the rattlesnake, bison, mountain lions, wolves, and various types of wasps, hornets, mosquitoes. This is not even mentioning the harsh waters that surround the Nebraska coastline, and the harsh White Rock desert, were temperatures can reach 134°F.

The north, however, was quite different.

Around 859, the various Evergreenic tribes in the northwest of the continent established themselves as a single united Chiefdom, called the Evergreenic Chiefdom, later renamed to simply the Evergreen Chiefdom, or the Chiefdom of Evergreen. Due to the relative flat grasslands and rolling hills of the north of the continent, the Evergreens were able to defeat and take over vast swabs of northern Nebraska.

Meanwhile, the Bloodic tribes in the northeast were also uniting under one chief, though unlike the Evergreens, the Bloodics were securing unification via marriage, and not a treaty. With the marriage of Chief Eskiz and Terialaz, the Bloodic tribes were united under the Bloodic Chiefdom (less commonly referred to as the Chiefdom of Blood).

Inevitably, the two came into conflict with each other. Around 935, the two met at the Treuna Hill. Who shot first is a matter of intense debate, but either way, someone shot first and conflict erupted between the two. The fighting lasted some 30 years, with some 30,000 causalities suffered, making it at that point the deadliest war the continent had seen.

This war, along with several over factors, caused deep resentment towards the two, to the point were a border scout was the highest respected job a warrior could hold.

During this time in the south, massive changes were occurring among the Waterian tribes in modern-day East Nebraska.

The Ash were a small tribe located in the western East Nebraska, sandwiched between the Chegartai to the west, the Futhac to the north, and the Suoi to the east, the Ash remained a tiny, isolated tribe. That is, until they discovered water purification.

Previously, water purification was done via the collection of rain, and in times of drought, many would take to drinking from the vast rivers of Nebraska. This caused disease to be widespread throughout the tribes, killing many. The Ash were the first to discover that boiling river water would kill most disease in it. With this, the Ash's population exploded, and with that, the need for new hunting grounds caused conflict around 1010 between the Ash and their Chegartai and Futhac neighbors, ultimately culminating in the destruction of the Chegartai and Futhac.

Meanwhile, the Suoi and Wíyutȟapi were also slowly uniting. Though large, the Soui needed the hunting grounds the Wíyutȟapi owned, and the Wíyutȟapi needed the protection of the Suoi and their blacksmiths in order to defend against the new threat Ash posed. Suoi's Chief Mohala and Wíyutȟapi's Chieftess Kala'i married in an extravagant ceremony in 1035. With that, the Suoi and Wíyutȟapi united into the nation of Wateria, and soon declared war on Ash. The war was brutal, as the tactics of the Ash were only matched by the new bronze weapons of the Waterians. In 1039, the Ash soon boarded ships, and set sail for a new homeland. The remaining Ash either took to the fields to continue resistance, and all those who remained were either sold into slavery or were forced into Waterian military service.

While this was going on, the Evergreens and the Bloods were at war once again. A dispute over bronze mining rights led to the outbreak of another war in 1034, which led to a Bloodic victory in 1041, and the seizure of most of the bronze lands.

The Great Eruption brought massive clouds of both ash and seawater to Nebraska, leading to crop failure, which in turn led to famine in Wateria. It also caused the White Rock desert's temperatures to plummet even more, but it did not effect the north that much.

Further war between the Evergreens and Bloods broke out in 1091, which was inconclusive, ending in 1097.

Due to the Great Eruption, Wateria's attempts at colonization northward were stopped dead in their tracks. The population plummeted, leading to a crisis over the throne's succession when the entire royal family died. A cholera outbreak only further destroyed the already weaken Wateria. In a desperate attempt to secure food, an expedition was sent northward in an attempt to find "something".

The expedition found several berries and small animal, along with the occasional deer, but it came into contact with an Evergreen trading caravan, the first confirmed contact between the southern tribes and the northern tribes, thus starting the Terik Period.

Terik Period

Trade first began between Wateria and Evergreen, with Evergreen trading food for slaves. Evegreen food shipments alleviated the famine, and soon Wateria had recovered back to its pre-Great Eruption state.

Blood, wanting to access Waterian slaves, warred with Evergreen for access to trade routes in 1109. Ultimately, both Blood and Evergreen were given access to a neutral-zone trade route.

The first confirmed landing from foreign lands was a Nedporenian ship, landing in the extreme north of Nebraska. A brief colony was established, before a hurricane wiped the settlement out.

Nebraskanism
Nebraskanism as a religion broke off originally as a separate sect of Christianity, when during a church debate over the nature of Christ, Father Tom Lincoln argued that Christ was both of the flesh and of the spirit; he was soon expelled from any further debates, and soon the church excommunicated him. In response, Father Tom Lincoln formed Nebraskanism (named after the continent, to which he also believed was home to the door to heaven, hence all the extreme weather being God protecting it). His excellent speaking skills and devotion to his sect attracted many followers, both domestic and abroad.

His calls to travel to the Nebraskan continent fell on death ears in courts around the world. Many considered it impossible to navigate, as storms and the rough waters around the continent "swallows both ship and crew whole". With Nebraskanism growing in popularity, the church worried about its growing influence, and pressured the courts around the world to prosecute it. Father Tom Lincoln issued a call for a conference to be held in Shido, but his pleas fell on death ears. Upon hearing of police raiding and burning Nebraskanist churches, and killing followers of Nebraskanism, Father Tom Lincoln called for armed resistance. Soon the church damned him, called him "The reincarnation of the Devil", while Father Tom Lincoln said the church was "None more than morally corrupt Devil Worshipers". While armed resistance occurred in Calcaterra and their colonies, it also occurred on a smaller extend in Germania and Bonple.

With Father Tom Lincoln's death in 1110, Nebraskanism split into several sects, and armed resistance collapsed overnight. While many remained closet Nebraskanists, many also left the religion.

Perlio Period
War between Evergreen and Blood once again broke out when gold was discovered in modern-day western West Nebraska. Evergreen was able to defeat Blood, although barely, in 1208. This led to Evergreen seeking dominance over the entire Nebraskan continent, in an idea called "Pax-Semperviren,". To this end, expeditions were sent into modern day North Nebraska, and to a lesser extend into the White Rock desert. The first city was also set up in modern-day western West Nebraska, named "Minster".

To this end, Wateria grew concerned about expanding Evergreen influence. They also set colonists to the north, bringing in new lands to Wateria. War between Wateria and Evergreen nearly broke out when several groups of colonialists attack each other, leading to the deaths of several. Only through diplomacy was war avoided.

Seeing as how they could not expand into present day North Nebraska, Evergreen instead focused on internal development. The already overstretched empire looked impressive on maps and to outsider observers, but those in power recognized that, in the event of war, Evergreen would not be able to march an army from the capital to the west in time to save the western provinces. Minster also suffered from lack of trade, leading to it being one of the poorest cities in the empire. Evergreen began to develop the empire under the policy of "Homeland First, West Second". While Evergreen proper experienced great growth, the western provinces were lagging behind.

Wateria and Blood also embarked on their own development programs, both being highly successfully in spreading blacksmithery and more advanced farming techniques.

Blood and Evergreen would fight several more wars between 1250 and 1450, all of which were inconclusive, or the gains from were reversed in other war. The Yalaju War, fought between 1450 to 1461, was devastating for both empires, and caused an economic depression, the effects of which were felt in Wateria as well.

Late Nebraskanism
The priest, Father Gerald Hasborne, was the first since the days of Father Lincoln to openly confess himself as a Nebraskanist. This worried the church, who pleaded with him to renounce his confession. Father Hasborne denied this, and called for Nebraskanists around the world to come out and openly express their faith, and join him in establishing an independent "Holy Kingdom" on the borderlands of Calcaterra. At this point he had angered both the church and the government, and a price was put on his head. His followers rallied to him, and millions of Nebraskanists came out, and traveled to Calcaterra to join Father Hasborne. Father Gerald Hasborne was assassinated while taking a bath, and his assistant, a devote Nebraskanist (though not a priest), James Atkinson, took up Father Hasborne's role. Soon, a price was put not only on his head, but all Nebraskanists. Atkinson knew that, in order to fully escape this horror and oppression, the Nebraskanists would need to flee civilization, and establish their own.

Nebraska was the obvious choice. Its rough waters and hurricanes, while difficult to get past, would provide great protection against outside threats, and they would be able to set up their independent kingdom on the continent.

In 1454, a fleet of around 30,000 Nebraskanists left port in Calcaterra to Nebraska. More fleets of similar size followed from Calcaterra and their colonies, and even one from Germania. In total seven fleets left for Nebraska, totaling 210,000 Nebraskanists.

The fleet braved hurricanes, thirst, storms, intense waves, and the occasional pirate attack, but on May 30, 1454, the fleet landed, with only 131,000 Nebraskanists left. The storms scattered the boats of each fleet, all pushing them southward. The first ship to land, the Burt, landed in Wateria.

First Contact
Nebraskanist dreams of a continent all to themselves were quickly dashed as the colonists soon came into contact with the Waterians. The language barrier was quickly overcame, as enthusiasts on both sides were eager to learn the others language.

Relations between the Waterians and Nebraskanists were good. The Waterians saw the Nebraskanists as a way to solve their lack of population in wake of a Smallpox outbreak, and to subvert Evergreen control if needed, while the Nebraskanists saw them in a good light as they were the first non-Nebraskanists to not discriminate against them for their faith.

The Nebraskanists would soon establish themselves within Waterian society, but the eagerness for the Nebraskanists to establish their new society was not yet quenched, and the elders of Wateria suggested that they settle northward.

Early Nebraskan Exploration & Settlements
Nebraskanists took this advice and began to expand into the Grand Plains, where they encountered the nomadic tribes of the Suxi, who were at war with the Evergreenic Empire; the empire, having experienced great growth a home, now looked to expand.

As Nebraskan exploration, trade, and settlement began, both Evergreen and Nebraskans sought to control the region of modern-day North Nebraska. In the 1690s, Evergreen established trade connections with the Pachne, enemies of the Suxi. By 1703 Nebraskans had developed a regular trade with the native peoples in the area, and had allied themselves with the Suxi.

Conflict would break out various times between Evergreen and the Nebraskans, and Evergreen dispatched an armed expedition to modern-day North Nebraska under Lieutenant General Skashraq Zreli in 1720. The party was attacked and destroyed near present-day Windswept by a large force of Nebraskanists and Suxi. The massacre ended Evergreen exploration and expedition of the area for the remainder of the 1720s, before they would return in 1741.

In the early 1740s Evergreen began constructing a chain of forts in the Grizzly Valley to assert their claim in the area and to blunt the increasing Nebraskan influence. The Nebraskan settlers were upset that Evergreen troops would now be so close to their farms and settlements. The two remained in an unstable peace until 1754.

Nebraskan War for Indepedence
After an Evergreen battalion attended to disarm a settlement which resulted in the massacre of the entire settlement, war broke out between the Nebraskanists and the Suxi against the Evergreens.

In 1755, six prominent Nebraskan governors met with General Matthew Wilson, the newly appointed commander of several Nebraskan militias, and created a new government and set a date and location for a constitutional convention. This constitutional convention, held in Capital Hill City, invited about 49 prominent Nebraskans and Suxi to draft a new constitution, and after the constitution was finalized and signed, the convention elected Eugene R. Timms as president of the new "State of Nebraska", with the Nebraskan Congress being made up of those 49 Nebraskans and Suxi. The convention also established the Nebraskan Army, with General Matthew Wilson as the commander.

General Wilson planned a four-way attack on the Evergreen with his Suxi allies. None succeeded, and the main effort by Wilson proved a disaster; he lost the Battle of the Colchester on July 9, 1755, and died a few days later. After Wilson's death, Patrick Walker would become the new commander. Nebraskan operations failed in the frontier areas during 1755–57 due to a combination of poor management, internal divisions, effective Evergreen scouts, regular forces, and Pachne warrior allies.

In 1757, the Nebraskans captured Fort Farncombe on the border separating modern day North Nebraska and West Nebraska, the first major victory for the Nebraskans in the war.

The Nebraskan state government fell in the region of Molly after several disastrous campaigns in 1757, including a failed expedition against the Evergreens and the Siege of Fort Mark Simms; this last was followed by the Pachne torturing and massacring their victims. Jake Williams came to power and significantly increased Nebraska military resources to the main army and went on the offensive, retaking the region of Molly in 1758.

The conflict in southern North Nebraska ended in 1758 with the Nebraskan victory in Swinford County. Between 1758 and 1760, the British military launched a campaign to capture the northern area. They succeeded in capturing territory in the central territory and ultimately the city of Pine Tree City (1759). The following year the Nebraskans were victorious in the Pebble Mountains Campaign, and successfully expelled the main Evergreen forces from North Nebraska.

Most of the fighting ended in 1760, although a notable exception was the Evergreen seizure of Border City (at the time known as Dalmerlington). General Jason Bell heard of this surprise action and immediately dispatched troops under his nephew David Lamon, who regained control of Border City after the Battle of Signal Hill in September 1762.

By 1762 with it clear that their main forces could not displace the Nebraskans and Suxi, the Evergreens sued for peace. Negotiations and peace talks would open in 1762 and would end in February 1763. Evergreen would recognize North Nebraska and cease hostilities.

Indepedence
With the end of the war, the Nebraska Congress would assemble and would write a new constitution and thus, a new nation called the Republic of North Nebraska, with Michael K. Donoghue as president. The new nation came into existence on March 1, 1763, which is celebrated as Nebraska's independence day. The new government retained many of the old laws from the old constitution, including a 49 member Congress made up of Nebraskans and Suxi.

The new government was faced with many problems as it was deep in debt from conducting the war, and additionally the Pachne, angry at the result of the war, rose up against the new government. The Pachne would eventually be defeated in 1773 and would never again threaten the new government.

Its debt issues would be solved by mass-selling land to settlers and raising tariffs. Additionally, the economy was doing very well and the population soared as new farming inventions, such as barbed wire, windmills, and the steel plow, combined with good weather, led to good harvests. During this time, many migrants from Stelin would arrive, boasting the young nation's population from about 450,000 to over 3 million.