Convict State

== Robbie King's Rebellion ==
In late 2008, Robbie King led a state-wide prison revolt in Arizona.  The liberated inmates overthrew the state government and King assumed control.  A battle between the National Guard and King’s inmate army ensued.  The inmates overwhelmed the guard and claimed victory.  The second wave of resistance came from the citizens of Arizona who rallied to the capital.  From the court house steps, King employed his famous rhetoric and presented his ideas to the people.  He proposed succession from the Union and read to the people the details of the new state charter which he had written while in prison.  Many of the citizens of Arizona were already dissatisfied with the way which they were being governed and elected to listen to him rather than attack.  In an unexpected turn of events, King won over the people. 
They declared their independence from the United States and the new nation-state of Arizona was born.  Although it officially retained the name Arizona, the mainstream media began referring to King’s territory as “the Convict State.”
Despite the people’s acceptance of their new government and the peace that had been achieved, the Federal government planned to restore Arizona to the Union. Before the inevitable clash with King’s forces occurred, however, the National Fuel Reserve exploded and the spread of the creep upset the social order.    
Under King’s leadership, Arizona weathered the anarchy caused by the creep better than most other regions.  During the challenging years that would follow, the Convict State was far and away the best place to live.  Under Palmer’s new state charter, Arizona, specifically the new capital of Scottsdale, lived in peace and harmony.
The rules that King and his regime set for their society were immensely successful and Arizona would be the shining beacon of civilization beneath the new green sky. Even after his assassination, King's influence was long-lasting. 
== Rise of the Preservation ==
In the high strangeness that followed King's assassination and the rise of Russell Palmer, a man decidedly "more human," influenced more by the desire for power and control than his predecessor. Palmer eliminated much of King’s staff and he let many of the imperatives that King had put forth fall by the wayside.  Arizona started a slow slide back into mediocrity and was headed for destitution.  The utopian society that King had intended as his legacy was corrupted and vanished forever.  
As crime rates rose, Palmer allied with Remi Caution to form the Scottsdale Extreme League, a gladiatorial combat organization which captured the population’s attention and unified them through popular entertainment. Order was maintained and the Convict State remained one of the finer places to live in the green sky era.  
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