Compassion (M.R. state)



Compassion is a state in the east-central Minnesotan Republic in North America. It is the second smallest state by land area (after Rochester) and is also the second smallest by population (after Traverse.) It comprises the land area of former Ramsey and Minneapolis counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota; before the Nogales nuclear war, the area contained several million people, but after the nuking of Minneapolis, the population plummeted as most left or were killed. Even 150 years after, the state still only has about 250,000 people.

The state borders St. Croix Rapids to the southeast, Wishkoban to the north, and Minnetonka to the southwest.

Compassion is the only state in the Minnesotan Republic that only contains one county, Compassion County; the county government was dissolved early in the state's history and is simply merged with the state government.

History
Just as in almost one hundred cities in the former United States, a nuclear bomb was dropped on Minneapolis during the Nogales nuclear war on October 15, 2134. Most of the city was leveled, as was much of St. Paul and their inner suburbs; an estimated 600,000 people were killed in the month after the war in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.

Compassion comprises the former counties of Minneapolis and Ramsey. Before the war, these counties combined had a population of roughly 3 1⁄2 million people. The population dropped to only about 150,000 by 2135, as most of the survivors left for areas less damaged by the nuclear blast and resulting radiation. While there has been modest population growth in the state since then, it still only contains about 250,000 people as of the 2295 census.

Cities in Compassion by population

 * St. Paul (101,102)
 * Minneapolis (66,948)
 * Maplewood (18,335)
 * West Ramsey (15,952)
 * White Bear Lake (14,764)
 * North St. Paul (6674)
 * Vadnais Heights (5508)
 * North Oaks (4868)
 * South White Bear Lake (4652)
 * Little Canada (3253)

Politics
Compassion is the strongest Old Labor state in Minnesotan politics.