Provisional Republic of South Dakota & Nebraska

*"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, "What are you doing for others?"."*

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Provisional Republic of South Dakota & Nebraska is an independent republic and the legitimate successor of the former South Dakotan and Nebraskan state governments, with the leaders of the aforementioned governments joining the PRSDN after the dissolution of the United States.

The PRSDN is known for its humanitarian ways and regularly delivers food, water, and medical supplies to the communities both within and outside its territory, along with providing job opportunities to those in need of work, one of the most common jobs offered by the PRSDN being that of the local police in a community. The PRSDN also recruits new members to join its military or government service.

## Structure

### Strength

24,700 Total Personnel

**History**

During the PAX-13 Outbreak, major cities within South Dakota and Nebraska were quickly overwhelmed, as local hospitals reached capacity rather easily due to the undeveloped infrastructure surrounding the farmlands. As the situation continued to deteriorate, confirmed reports of the PAX-13 Outbreak being a terrorist attack further caused chaos throughout the United States, as mass riots, looting, and total anarchy enveloped the East and West Coasts.

Even with the PAX-13 disaster stretching government resources thin, it would be the Split that finally brought America to its knees. Rogue military battalions began to engage each other all over the nation, as civil services eventually capitulated and were forced to take sides in the conflict. With their forces KIA, MIA or other, most states not under direct influence of the federal government would collapse entirely, with their respective state governments dissolving or entering a state of inactivity. The Midwest was spared from the initial breakdown of society, however some regions quickly plunged into the newfound Civil War. In an attempt to stop this, law enforcement such as the South Dakota Highway Patrol and Nebraska State Patrol were retrofitted and slowly converted to act as state militias, later being merged with remaining National Guard and Army units to form defense forces.

Even with precautions in place, the PAX-13 infection slowly took out more and more people within the two state governments, until eventually only a handful of politicians in the governments remained.

Two months later, the Governors have been retired and the remnants of the two governments combine, forming into a single entity in charge of South Dakota and Nebraska. This new government knew it could no longer rely on the Federal Government for protection, and slowly made its resources independent from control of the Federals entirely. This led to the passing of the December 9th, 2003 legislature, effectively declaring the former South Dakotan and Nebraskan territories independent from the United States in all but name, forming a constitutional republic in its place. The PRSDN used the former United States Constitution as a precedent for its laws, however making some long-needed changes.

In the PRSDN, there would be no taxation without representation. There would be no forced quartering of troops. Every individual within the PRSDN has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, with a bill of rights in place to ensure their freedoms would not be trampled on.

With the republic formed and constitution ratified, the PRSDN only needed one more thing. A standing military. And they knew just the place to get one.

**A Military Power Rises**

Two days after the ratification of the new constitution, PRSDN officials traveled across the territory, assembling volunteers from the State Defense Forces and U.S. Army remnants from National Guard armories, military bases such as Ellsworth Air Force Base, and Forward Operating Bases such as the one in Yankton, being dispatched commanders and trainers for the remnants and volunteers to re-enter service. The city of Pierre was transformed into the base of operations for the PRSDN, the former state capitol serving as both the seat of government and a basic training school for the enlistees of the new Republic's forces. Surplus military and police equipment was given to the new State Defense Force, as soldiers themselves were divided into divisions and battalions, stationed throughout the territory. New uniforms were also mass-produced, bearing urban t-pattern camouflage as a means of easily telling the PRSDN apart from other factions.

The PRSDN retains peaceful relations with most factions, with the exception of the Federal Government and bandits. Even though the PRSDN and FEDFOR do not engage each other, tensions are high between the two factions due to the intentions of the Federals to regain lost land. Even with this setback, the PRSDN continues to thrive, helping the survivors and denizens of the region to survive.

*Written by bestpittboss*