Jack of Harts

Unfortunately for the Socialist Republic of Juneau, there were a finite number of resources in Juneau itself, so they had to go forth and collect more from the surrounding communities. These selfless efforts saved many thousands of lives and the collective prospered as time went by and they added new communities. They also found less wasteful ways to cast out the disloyal as their power grew. Once they had access to continental land, they simply dropped those who would not fit in with their new society on dry land outside their borders and let them go off to find whatever life they wished to live outside the bounds of civilization. The Socialist Republic of Juneau had to focus its efforts on saving those who wished to work for the collective, but they always maintained an open immigration policy. Even those who left were welcomed back if they realized the error of their ways and returned to prove their willingness to contribute to the collective. There were always fields that needed plowing after all, and a single shift’s labor would grant any citizen a daily ration allotment.

The Juneau Panhandle suffered greatly when the Second Great Depression ended the easy shipments of American prosperity. Government was the biggest employer, and paper pushing was the greatest industry of the area, and it effectively ceased to exist when Federal support ended. But the career government bureaucrats who lived there knew exactly how to weather a crisis caused by the failure of American Capitalism. Big Brother would always hold out a helping hand to those in need if everyone gave him the proper resources. So they quickly formed a new, more caring, collective of the people,, and collected all resources within their reach. And so the Socialist Republic of Juneau arose to save the people, and there was great rejoicing when the new government provided the necessities of survival to the people according to their need.

Alaska was the most remote of American States before the Second Great Depression came upon us all. It was one of the most self-reliant of States when it comes to surviving on the one hand, but also one of those most in need of special imports to maintain the standard of living that had come with being American. It was renowned for deep, long cold spells that even a Minnesotan respected, but the vast Pacific Ocean heavily moderated the Juneau Panhandle’s climate. The inland parts of the panhandle could get cold, even by Alaskan standards, but Juneau was a year-long paradise compared to the rest of the State. That is why Americans flocked to it and built the capital there after buying it from Russia. And that is why other Alaskans considered them the wussies of Alaska. So when Juneau fell into chaos, the rest of the State shrugged and went on with their lives. Surviving in a land that wanted to kill you most of the year was far more important than whatever it was the politicos were doing in Washington, after all.