Republic of Louisiana

The Republic of Louisiana was a self-declared, unrecognized breakaway state that existed for two weeks in January and February 2081, that fought for independence against the United States in the Louisiana Rebellion. The republic comprised of the U.S. state of Louisiana, as well as a large portion of southwestern Mississippi for a week of its existence.

Background
The 2080 United States presidential election was held in November 2080. Green Party candidate Annie Brown, a native of Louisiana, won the most votes nationally as well as the most electoral votes, but narrowly failed to secure the majority 271 electoral votes she needed to clinch the presidency. The election went to the United States House of Representatives, which voted in Republican second place finisher Caleb Webber in January 2081. New Orleans and Baton Rouge were two of the most heavily damaged cities in the Webber riots that followed. Brown was widely seen in Louisiana as the candidate best equipped to fight climate change and protect coastal areas in the state, and while Brown herself encouraged her supporters to accept the result, as many as two-thirds of her supporters in Louisiana supported a revolt in some polls.

Resolution to secede
The Green-dominated state legislature of Louisiana passed a resolution, which Governor Cameron Meredith signed, declaring independence from the United States on January 29th, 2081. The Constitution of the Republic of Louisiana was signed later the same day, also by Governor Meredith, who served as Acting President of the Republic.

Louisiana Rebellion
By January 29th, the U.S. Army had already surrounded Louisiana on land and with a naval blockade at sea. When the declaration of independence was officially signed, tens of thousands of American troops, including many from Louisiana who did not support the rebellion. By the morning of January 30th, the important cities of Shreveport, Monroe and Lake Charles had already been captured by the U.S. Army. On February 13th, 2081, the U.S. Army captured the capital city of Baton Rouge and killed Meredith, ending the rebellion.