Greylock

**Greylock** is the primary location of The CW television series, *The Republic of Sarah*. Greylock was once a small town that rebelled against their town being leveled in the pursuit of coltan. They seceded from the union and became an independent country, led by former high school history teacher Sarah Cooper.

## Series

### Lydon's Arrival

Greylock's is a bucolic town in New Hampshire, whose idyllic lifestyle is upended when a massive vein of coltan – a valuable mineral used in tech – is discovered under its land. State-backed mining company Lydon Industries plans to extract the mineral despite the consequence of demolishing the town. High school history teacher Sarah Cooper rallies her townspeople together to stop the industrialization of the town. Though, her hail Mary means proclaiming Greylock as an individual country as opposed to a town. She realizes that their Northern neighbor of Canada claimed everything on one side of the river while the United States claimed everything on the other side.

However, when land moved, Greylock rested in between the claimed spaces of land. Despite being part of New Hampshire, that corner of the state was never claimed by either country, thus, rendering its town status obsolete. Sarah reveals this information to the town and wins the town's vote. She evicts the current Mayor from his leadership position and becomes the leader of her new country. As she leaves the town hall to give a speech to awaiting reporters, she's arrested by the United States Government for treason.

### Sarah's Arrest

Over two months, Sarah is arraigned on federal conviction charges and given a trial date. She is given a one million dollar bond by the judge and placed in a maximum-security prison to await her trial. She eventually makes bond due to her mother, Ellen Cooper, reorganizing her retirement fund. Ellen becomes Sarah's attorney and goes head-to-dead with and ADA and the Governor of New Hampshire, Gail Taggert. Meanwhile, in Greylock, the former Mayor runs a petition to reclaim his leadership role. However, his petition doesn't reach near the number of signatures as Sarah's, leaving her the leader. After a fierce battle in the courtroom, the jury returned with a not guilty verdict, and the federal judge ruled that New Hampshire should obey Greylock's findings and treat it as a country. Sarah is released back to her home, where the country celebrates its win. Though, this is short-lived when the power and utilities to the town are shut off.

### Deals with Lydon and Riviere Bleue

Sarah investigates the lack of power and learns that New Hampshire Governor Gail Taggert cut off all the town's utilities - water, electrical, internet, and trash - to force Greylock to concede. Sarah rebels and tries to make deals with the former power companies, only to learn that Taggert has threatened to drop the contracts if the companies sign with Greylock. With her options dwindling, Sarah is suddenly inspired when Bella shows her a pamphlet regarding windmills in France. She does research and learns that Quebec has a French windmill farm with more than enough power to sustain Greylock. The farm is called Riviere Bleue, Parc Eqlien. She makes a meeting with the man, using Bella as a translator, and brokers a deal as the company owner believes that Quebec should be a sovereign union like Greylock. His asking price is six times lower than what he would usually offer but is still out of the countries budget.

To fund the windmill deal, she has to dig for Coltan underneath the town. Danny reveals that Lydon has suffered immense PR damage and stock deficits since the ordeal with Greylock. Sarah appeals to this and manages to convince Lydon to demonstrate they aren't a soulless corporation. Sarah's offer is two isolated mining sites away from the public homes. She wants Lydon to pay for the countries power until the coltan provides economic stability, then Greylock will pay them back. Lydon counters that there is a third sight with twice the amount of coltan growing under it. For the dig to be worth their while, they need permission to dig there - under two homes. Sarah balks at this at first, but the town needs power and resources. She agrees to greenlight the dig, even though the third mining site sits directly under her close friend and recent widow, Grover Sims's house. With the deal signed, the power returns.

### Establishing Borders

As Sarah tries to get a grip on the country and sort things out, she is visited by a panicked AJ who informs Sarah that Taggert is blocking their access roads to and from the town. Sarah rushes down to the border only to learn that Taggert has decided to treat Greylock just like any other country - with an international boundary. They can't just have people wandering in and out of the United States. Greylock's border with the United States must remain closed until the American government establishes diplomatic relations with Greylock. She has the New Hampshire National Guard standing watch over every Southern checkpoint. Taggert states their neighbors to the North, Quebec, feel the same as her and establish similar borders. No more trips to get gas or a gallon of milk, no more airports or hospitals; Greylock is officially on its own as a sovereign nation.

There are two steps to becoming a country; the first is to declare yourself a country. The second is to get other countries to recognize you as a country. Because the United States hasn't recognized Greylock as a country, they don't have a treaty, diplomacy, or protection from Gail Taggert. Sarah plans to contact Governor Taggert to allow the borders to open. However, Maya Jimenez informs them that the delivery trucks refuse to deliver to Greylock as they fear their drivers will become stuck in a foreign country. They can't get food, medical supplies, nor can anyone go to work outside or inside the town. Taggert promises the surrounding leaders that when Greylock folds, she will take the coltan and share it with her allies, forcing them to refuse Greylock's offers of peace or support. People begin to panic, and the grocery stores sell out of every item. Lydon also can't send their trucks into the town out of fear their workers will become trapped.

A group of teenagers arranges a protest to cross the borders, only to be arrested by the national guard. They jumped the borders and shouted over freedom. The guard decided to deport them back to Greylock but made Sarah promise to keep them on her side of the border. Gail Taggert calls in the SWAT team to patrol and arrest anyone who tries to cross the border. If arrested, all trespassers will be taken to federal prison and charged with illegal entry. Amongst the protesters are Bella Whitmore, Maya Jimenez, and Tyler Easterbrook. Sarah plans for AJ to pick up a supply drop. Her college friend across the river plans a supply drop. Restocking the shelves will bide their time until they can reopen the borders. AJ's boat sinks which ruins the supplies, and the incident lands her in jail. Taggert opens a one-time offer for residents of Greylock to have political asylum in New Hampshire. The traffic in the town backs up for over half a mile as people try to flee the town. Because of the protests, Taggert felt pressured by surrounding leaders to open the borders. She decided to do it temporarily only to close it as soon as the wave is processed. The teenagers have an inspired idea to protest using the entire town with Sarah as their general. Their attempt to have a peaceful protest is futile when the US arrests everyone.

People outside Greylock rally in support of the citizens, which forces Taggert to reopen the borders. Some people call for Taggert's resignation. Sarah brokers a deal with Taggert for peace; she will reopen the New Hampshire borders, convince Quebec to do the same, and help Greylock start the process of being recognized. In exchange, they will hold a joint press conference where Taggert can take credit for the peace.

### Creating Currency

When Sarah discovers that Greylock citizens are being charged foreign transaction fees, she enlists her friends to help her create their currency. Because Greylock citizens use American credit cards and banks, they have a 3% fee on every purchase. Sarah brainstorms an idea to use coltan as a resource to back the Greylock currency. Greylock Mutual will become their central bank, convince people to buy Greylock bucks, and they can design their bills.

As they build the currency, Greylock residents flock to Greylock Mutual to withdraw all their American dollars out of fear they will lose their money. Grover convinces the rest of the Greylock store owners to close their businesses to fake a bankruptcy to show everyone what will happen if they don't buy into the currency. This plan works which prompts the country to buy out the entire bank. Sarah coins a new motto, "In Us, We Trust" printed on the bills. She also honors the two houses torn down to build Greylock and places them on the currency.

### Electing Congress

Over the course of a week, a congress was elected. The rules were derived from the Greylock's charter. There are two rounds of voting; the primary is open to every adult resident of Greylock, so everyone over the age of fifteen is eligible to cast a vote or run in the election. The six highest vote-getters enter a run for the four seats available. These roles are part-time and on a volunteers basis. After a series of events, the six candidates to remain were Danny Cooper, who was placed into the running by Lydon Industries, Corinne Dearborn, Amy Johnson, the sixteen-year-old Maya Jimenez, and local clerk Liz Fernsby.

## Government

### Political Leaders

* Sarah Cooper - Elected official
* Amy Johnson - Elected congresswoman
* Danny Cooper - Elected congressman
* Maya Jimenez - Elected congresswoman
* Liz Fernsby - Elected congresswoman, City Clerk

## Citizens

* Bella Whitmore
* Tyler Easterbrook
* Grover Sims - Manager at Sweetie's
* Corinne Dearborn
* Josh Dearborn
* Alexis Whitmore - Receptionist at PD office
* William Whitmore

## Locations

* Diego's Hardware Store
* Sweetie Pie - Local diner

## Notes and Trivia

* William Whitmore was the Mayor of the town.