Jack of Harts

Vancouver is a unique city. First, it is part of Canada and therefore the British Commonwealth. Vancouver is also a charter, founding member of Pacifica. They were hoping to bring Pacifica into Canada and the Commonwealth, but the other cities finally balked in the end. And it was home to one of the greatest concentrations of immigrants from China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan in the world before the Second Great Depression came upon us all. So when the Chinese hammer came down, and the new Empress of Japan set sail on the last fleet to escape fallen Asia, many ethnic Chinese joined her. Most did not stop in Los Angeles, but passed on to Vancouver. Among them were the last surviving leaders of Taiwan, making them the effective home of Free China. They quickly established a new Republic of China capitol inside Vancouver, with the city’s full support. Which means citizens of Vancouver can be any mix of Canadian, American, or Chinese in ethnicity, culture, or citizenship. They can also be subjects of King Henry of England. To the migraine-inducing agony of constitutional scholars and lawyers everywhere.