Pacifica

### Religion(s)

Multiple. Various christian denominations hold a majority but the nation is tolerant.

## Historical

### Establishment

1600 AD

Pacifica is a democratic nation on the Pacific Coast of Amerika, with holdings on the Asakian Islands. They have fairly close ties to the Union of the Rockies, and until it dissolved, the Republic of Nevada. The Union of the Rockies and Pacifica, however, are still searching for remains of the Nevadan government and information as to why it fell. Pacifica is a driving force behind efforts to establish some level of continental unity. They are also scientifically advanced, often coming up with technological inventions and discoveries, as well as new weapons.

## Regions of Pacifica

The regions of Pacifica, are, in order of increasing population, Alaska, Asakian Islands, Outlying Islands, and California.

### Alaska

Pacifica gained in this region in a treaty dividing up Alaska among Nevada, Pacifica, Cheyennia (At this time known as the Union of the Rockies), and Aqan. It is the least populated region to due its extreme cold. Update: Most of this region was lost to Aqan in the great war.

### Asakian Islands

This region was given to us in a treaty with the Land of Asakia. It is a fairly smell set of two holdings in the Pacific. There is a plan to soon expand it more in the north island. Update: This region was lost to Asakia in the great war.

### Outlying Islands

This is a region that contains part of Baja island, all of Vancouver islands, and the two corena islands. This is the second oldest region, which parts of it being as old as California.

### California

The oldest and most populated region, it holds most of Pacifica's major cities, and is composed of the mainland territories not part of Alaska.

## Flag of Pacifica

The flag of Pacifica contains a gold star with four white stars equally spaced from the gold one. The gold star represents both Pacifica and Washington, the capital, while the white stars represent the four administrative regions of the country. The regions are California, Outlying Islands, Akasian Islands, and Alaska. They are equally spaced to show their equal importance. Some officials have brought up the idea of adding India as its own region.

## History of Pacifica

Pacifica has had a long history, and has existed in some form or another for two centuries.

### First Presence

In 1511, a fleet on a routine voyage returning from a kingdom occupying what is now Asakia, a storm suddenly blew the fleet fairly far off course. They had sufficient supplies, having restocked in Asakia, and kept going, thinking they were heading for home. As they kept going east, their supplies dwindled, and they had to strictly ration them. Eventually, they made it to the Amerikan Coast, near starvation. They were able to organize a trade with the natives for food, and set up a small camp. The admiral, who had been sick for a while, unfortunately died, leading to an issue in finding someone to head the group. It was eventually decided that the sailors would vote for the new admiral. In order to prevent people from voting for their own captain, they were mixed into random groups. Each captain was tasked with writing a description of their attributes, and these were put next to boxes for the newly made ballots, using a printing press hastily put together. The sailors wrote the number for the desired description down, and the votes were counted. Eventually, a captain was chosen. This process would turn out to be the start of pacifican democracy. Eventually, the sailors and various native groups would start to integrate with each other's cultures, creating the pacifican culture, which, although being native dominated, had clear chinese influence.

### The city state era and Pacifician Unification

As the Pacifican culture grew and evolved, the chinese sailors and their descendants began to long for the centralization present in China. The result of this would be a series of city states. The largest and most important one would be the city state of diego, which would start to become a trading hub. Samston and Angeles would also be important city states. Eventually, the city states grew, battled, and made and broke alliances until three states main states emerged. The Diego free state, the republic of Samston, and the insera confederacy. in 1650, a conference was held in diego, in which the states agreed that they had arrived united and that they should become united once more. The native within these states, although skeptical, had to admit that they states had seen remarkable success, and agreed to support any unification decision made. The state of deigo pushed for its capital to become the capital of the new nation, but Samston and Insera felt that this would make the state just an extension of Diego's power, and not a truly united nation. It was decided to build a new capital on the south island, called washington. The nation would be called the Grand Federation of Pacifica, and would carry the ideals of democracy and Pacifican identity that the people so held dear.

### The beginnings of Pacifican diplomacy

Although Pacifica started out isolated, it soon came into contact with Nevada and the Union of the Rockies. These nations would become its first allies, and although Nevada would later collapse, this would see the groundwork laid for two centuries of close relations and alliances with our neighbor in the mountains. Pacifica would eventually double back the way it came, rediscovering the Asakian Islands, and later, colonizing them. Around this time, a plague would flare up. This plague would end up greatly affecting Pacifica, Nevada, the Union of the Rockies, and Cheyennia. The metal known as Akium would also be discovered in the mountains. Pacifica would also soon take the islands off of its coast, as well as participate in the splitting of Alaska. This would put in contact with the scary siberian nation of Aqan.

### The formation of UDAN and the Start of the Bactria Crisis

The original alliance of Pacifica, The Union of the Rockies, and Nevada was not meant to be. Akium mining would contribute to a significant financial gap between the east and west of The union of the rockies, with an eventual split and civil war. The east would win, and the nation would become known as Cheyennia. Pacifica and Cheyennia would eventually discover the American National State, which occupied a portion of the Amerikan east coast. The three nations would eventually form an alliance called the United Democratic Amerigonian Nations. Eventually, the Ngit, Tawa, and Charruan States would also join, as well as Nova Scotia, uniting nearly all of Amerigonia under one faction. Soon after, they would face their first major test. Aqan was rapidly growing, and was seen as a threat because it did own parts of Alaska. This would lead to Pacifica, the ANS, and Cheyennia declaring war on Bactria, a small nation in central Asia, hoping to gain a base of operations and slow the growth of Aqan.

### The Bactria Crisis and the Great War

The war against Bactria would see an UDAN victory, with Bactria losing almost all of its land. However, the rest of Azania would form an alliance against it. At the same time, tensions were rising between Portalejos and the ANS over trade tariffs in the Mediterranean. This eventually resulted in the ANS declaring war on Portaeljos. Aqan sided with Porta, hoping to push the Amerikans out of Azania. Pacifica would choose to abandon its allies, and become a protectorate of Aqan