The Republic of The Boneyard

The Republic of The Boneyard is an independent republic that seceded from the New California Republic in 2286 due to a large city-wide uprising in The Boneyard, eventually spiling out into the states of New Adytum and parts of Greater Dayglow. These uprisings resulted in the destruction of several NCR monuments, the burning and destruction of almost every NCR military location in The Boneyard, and the public execution of the governor of The Boneyard, who had been an "NCR Shill".
== History ==
=== Militia Organization ===
The Republic of The Boneyard (or RTB) was originally an idea proposed by several revolutionary groups in The Boneyard, along with being aided in its early days as a militia by the Followers of The Apocalypse. The Republic was formed as a reaction to the NCR's militaristic imperialism under the reign of the autocratic President Kimball. As Kimball pushed the NCR's resources farther and farther east after the annexation of the Western Legion after the NCR-Legion war, many citizens of The Boneyard began to feel that the NCR's government had began to forget about them in exchange for prioritizing the new eastern frontier.
Signs of instability and secession in The Boneyard began when the militias that formed the RTB began organizing several protests and marches in the streets of The Boneyard against the NCR, spreading the ideas of an independent state in The Boneyard to the general public. As the protests spread these ideas to the public, several protests began to form spontaneously, with the NCR military being directly ordered to enter the city by Kimball as tensions rose. As soldiers entered the city, the need for an armed incursion began to grow apparent to the militias and the people of The Boneyard.
==== Brotherhood Involvement ====
Republic Soldiers began to take action against the organization of resistance movements or protests, arresting or killing disruptors as to maintain the rule of the NCR and to protect Kimball's image as a strong leader of the Republic. Eventually, the militias began to arm themselves to defend against military action. The few arms that the militia had were evidently not enough to stand up to the Republic's disciplined and trained armed forces, however, the militias were able to come across a group of benefactors. The militias had been able to come into contact with a group of Brotherhood of Steel remnants. These remnants were members of the highest and most hailed squadron of the Brotherhood of Steel's armed forces, still being armed with their standard issue Power Armor and firearms. After several tense negotiations, the squadron agreed to join the militias as a way to get revenge on the NCR for the Brotherhood's defeat in the NCR-Brotherhood war.
After the Brotherhood remnant cells had been fully integrated into the militias, plans began to be drawn up for several armed uprisings outside of NCR government/military buildings. The goal of the rebels would be to first destabilize Californian rule in The Boneyard before fully declaring independence. As Brotherhood remnants began to be more and more involved in the uprisings, the Californian governor of The Boneyard declared the Brotherhood's actions here to be "the last breaths of a dying warband", declaring that the citizens of The Boneyard remain calm and that rebels stand down their resistance efforts. This act of 'Californian Imperialism', essentially treating The Boneyard like a cage full of rowdy ghouls, radicalized even more of The Boneyard's residents, the exact opposite intentions of the Californian government.
=== Secession ===
On August 23rd, 2286, the New Californian Hall of Governance, the NCR's headquarters in The Boneyard, was stormed by an army of rioters. In this act of war, the rioters executed the governor of The Boneyard in public, declaring the independence of The Boneyard. The NCR's central government in Shady Sands instantly responded with a declaration of war against The Boneyard. The militias of The Boneyard were quickly united into a central army of The Boneyard, with the Brotherhood remnants being awarded with leading positions in the army due to their tactical experience.
The revolution was mostly uneventful, surprisingly, with the main opponents of The Boneyard being NCR loyalists who were already in The Boneyard and the outskirts. The NCR's army had been far too distracted in the east with colonial/imperialist ambitions for the central military leadership to be able to do anything about The Boneyard. In a reluctant decision 2 weeks after the secession of The Boneyard, the NCR surrendered, allowing The Boneyard to secede, taking all of The Boneyard, New Adytum, and the western coast of Greater Dayglow.
=== Establishment of The Republic ===
==== Presidential Election ====
After the war ended and tensions cooled in The Boneyard itself, presidential elections began to be organized. In the first election, there were 3 primary candidates. Oihane Torres, a militant resistance leader who had ambitions to establish a greater Southern Californian republic, to shatter the corrupt NCR dominion over the region. Marlow Gomez, the mayor of The Boneyard who had aligned himself with the resistance efforts and acted as a key political leader, who intended to focus on the internal development of The Boneyard. And finally, Wilda Hall, the leader of the Brotherhood remnants that had aided the Boneyard resistance efforts, who intended to rebuild the Brotherhood of Steel with The Boneyard as a springboard for this.
Over a time period of 3 weeks of tense campaigning, Marlow Gomez managed to win the popular vote with 58%, backing from his support as the secessionist mayor of The Boneyard, even before the militias had formally established themself. As to avoid the other two candidates' followings from getting mad from feeling unrepresented, Gomez made the other two the Deputy-Presidents, serving as direct subordinates to the President, having the ability to vote in the senate with a vote worth 3 votes each.
==== Representative Election ====
After the presidential elections, the senate began to be assembled, with the major parties of the Republic being founded. These parties were mainly the Southern Californian Liberationists (SCL), Steel Boneyard Coalition (SBC), Assembly of The Boneyard (ATB), and Party of Californian Individuals (PCI). The SCL aligned themselves with Torres, the SBC with Hall, and ATB with Gomez. The PCI was mostly focused on benefiting the common man, and having no real 'leader'. The senate was drawn up to have about 80 seats, with The Boneyard, New Adytum, and West Greater Dayglow being drawn up into districts, with each district having 2 senators. 
The SCL managed to win around 19 seats in the senate, the SBC managed to win 16, the ATB took the lead with 27 seats, and the PCI won 18 seats.
=== Present ===
As of present day, The Boneyard is under the rule of President Gomez, with elections coming up in about 1 year. Relations are incredibly tense with the New California Republic, with The Boneyard struggling to find allies in California, with the closest they manage to find being The Shi.
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