West Elizabeth

The Commonwealth of West Elizabeth, known commonly as just West Elizabeth, is a fictional state in the United States of America. It is one of the five fictional states represented in Red Dead Redemption.
== Description ==
The Commonwealth of West Elizabeth is a southwestern state, located southwest of Ambarino, west of New Hanover, northeast of New Austin, southeast of North Elizabeth, and east of Arizona.
West Elizabeth is fairly large to the foot traveller, but is very small in map size. West Elizabeth has three adjacent regions:
* The Great Plains are a vast majority of grassland, situated across the southeastern portion of the state.
* Tall Trees is a large redwood forest that sees a lot of violence and murders. It takes up about the southwestern portion of the state.
* Big Valley is a large alpine valley that is surrounded by mountain ranges. It ranges around the northern half of the state.
West Elizabeth is home to at least three different communities:
* Blackwater is the state capital and the largest city in the state, situated on the Great Plains. Around the late 19th Century, it was undergoing the Industrial Revolution. By 1914, a majority of it was already developed. By 2017, it was depicted as having finally been finished.
* Strawberry is a small mountainside town in Big Valley that has a mayor that wanted to turn it into a tourist trap. It also had a watermill.
* Manzanita Post is not a significant community, but it is one where some travelers live. It is situated within the redwood forest of Tall Trees.
== Geography/Influences ==
=== Geography ===
West Elizabeth has a fairly diverse geographical placement.
* The Great Plains, as the name suggests, is a region full of grassy plains. There are some rolling hills in the plains. In the center of the region, there is a small plot of flatland that was cleared for building a ranch. The region is bordered by the Upper Montana River to the north, the Lower Montana River to the south that leads into Hennigan’s Stead, Mew Austin, Tall Trees to the west, and Flat Iron Lake to the east. This region is the only region to have a large city.
* Tall Trees is a large forest that is home to large sequoia trees. The region has a few cliffs in select areas, but it is heavily forested, with a basin to the west and a large cliff to the north. Tall Trees is bordered by the Redemption Mountain Range to the west, Cochinay Mountain and Big Valley to the north, Great Plains to the east, and the Lower Montana River to the south, which leads into Hennigan’s Stead, New Austin. This is the only region to not have any major communities.
* Big Valley is a large alpine mountain valley, with lots of cliffsides and forests scattered across the region. A large lake, Owanjila, is situated to the west as well as a large rocky valley to the northwest. Big Valley is bordered by Grizzlies West of Ambarino to the northeast, North Elizabeth and parts of the Redemption Mountains to the northwest, the Dakota River that leads into the Heartlands of New Hanover to the east, the Lower Montana River that leads into Tall Trees and the Great Plains to the south, and the Redemption Mountains to the west. This region is the only one to have a large mountain peak: Mount Shann, in the center of it.
=== Influences ===
West Elizabeth’s geography resembles elements of real-life states, such as California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Montana, parts of New Mexico, Utah, and northern Arizona. Each region is based off different parts of real states:
* The Great Plains resembles the real-life Great Plains of the Midwestern United States, notably parts of Montana, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, and Oklahoma. However, in the game, it is mostly a generalized frontier. However, the city of Blackwater is based on the real-life city of Blackwater, Missouri, both being port-side cities.
* Tall Trees is heavily based on Big Tree State Park of northern California, the redwoods of southern Oregon, and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico.
* Big Valley has a strong resemblance to the Yosemite Valley of eastern California, with the Redemption Mountains resembling the Sierra Nevada Mountains, especially to the north. However, it also takes inspiration from Glacier National Park of northern Montana, and parts of central Colorado and Utah. However, the town of Strawberry is based on the Glade Creek Grist Mill of Clifftop, West Virginia.
* Despite mixing many elements of other real-life states, one can consider that West Elizabeth’s geography mostly corresponds with northern and eastern California as well as parts of Colorado and Montana.
== Biography (Red Dead Online: Jon’s Story) ==
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== Biography (The Outlaw’s Saga) ==
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== Trivia ==
* West Elizabeth and Lemoyne are the only states depicted in the Red Dead Videos to have state capitals: Blackwater and Saint Denis respectively.
* Strangely, although a southwestern state, West Elizabeth’s official name is “Commonwealth.” This title is common for eastern states that were part of the Thirteen Original Colonies of America, such as Virginia.
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