Minnesotan Republic

The Minnesotan Republic is a nogales country in north-central North America on Earth. Prior to its founding in 2134 in the aftermath of the Nogales nuclear war, Minnesota was a state in the United States that took up the present-day eastern part of the republic. The country is composed of 14 states.

Territory
The Minnesotan Republic occupies the former U.S. states of Minnesota, South Dakota, and North Dakota, as well as what was formerly Douglas County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.

History
The Minnesotan Republic was officially founded on October 27th, 2134, with the finalization of the initial constitution, just two weeks after the Nogales nuclear war. Presidential elections were scheduled for the Tuesday before May 11th every four years starting in 2136, in a reference to the date of Minnesota's statehood in the United States. The one exception to this was the first presidential election, which was held on November 9, 2134, as outlined in the constitution. The former governor of the U.S. state of Minnesota, George Erlandson, who had served in that position from 2127 to 2134, was the first president of the country from 2134 to 2140.

Initially, the Minnesotan Republic was composed of the former territory of Douglas County, Wisconsin, the U.S. state of Minnesota, and North Dakota, and had six states. The former U.S. state of South Dakota was admitted into the country as a state in February 2135. The country's number of states gradually expanded from seven in 2135 with the admittance of South Dakota to fourteen in 2157 when Wakpa split off from Lake Country.