Deseret

==History==
===Human-Vannai War===
Salt Lake City was retaken during the Bright Offensive, only to be quickly abandoned four months later following the events of Operation Skeleton: Brine and Blood. The region's population fled east and took refuge in American Coalition borders, forming a distinct colony in the Coalition's westernmost holdings. 
===Post-War===
After the war ended and the Vannai Puppet presence in North America was largely eradicated, Mormon refugees in the Coalition collectively made their intent to return known to the Coalition government, launching an expedition back west and returning to the ghost city of SLC in late 2017. There, they began the process of rebuilding and drawing in scattered communities from elsewhere near the Great Salt Lake Area. Well beyond the official borders of the Coalition, an independent government was formed to manage and control the gradually returning human population, leading to the creation of the state of Deseret. Deseret quickly branded itself as a Mormon state and banned entry into their territory from anyone not a member of the Church. 
==Government==
The government of Deseret is tightly linked with that of the Mormon church, but is otherwise modeled off of the pre-war United States government, similar to other large national entities in North America. Citizenship is likewise based off church membership, requiring one either a substantial amount of either time or money to the church, or marry into a member family.
==Policies==
===Military===
Deseret lacks substantial military power or ability to enforce their large claims over midwest North America, relying on second-hand pre-war equipment recovered from National Guard stores and salvage from the war. 
===Economic===
Deseret's economy relies primarily on mining and agriculture, as well as petroleum production to a lesser degree. Most of the state's population is concentrated around the Wasatch Valley, as it was prior to the war. 
===Diplomacy===
Deseret has no relations with any other large state-like entities in North America and prohibits entry in its territory to outsides, encouraging said outsiders to become citizens instead. This makes passing through the region to get to the west coast inconvenient and dealing with Deseretians somewhat annoying.
 
Category:PACYOA: TE
Category:TE Nations
Category:North America