The Grand Canyon Alliance

Commonwealth of the Grand Canyon Alliance
Flag
Motto: From the desert, we rise
Anthem: Call of the Canyon
Capital and largest city	New Vegas
Official languages	English - Spanish
Religion	65% Christian - 19% Unaffiliated - 13% Muslim - 3% Jewish
Demonym(s)	Canyonian
Government	Federal presidential constitutional republic
• Interim President	Leonardo M. Cabrera
• Interim Vice President	Patrick C. Walton
• Interim Senate Majority Leader	Harold K. Franklin
Legislature	Congress
Establishment
• The Colony of New Vegas Founded	April 12th, 1899
• Unincorporated Territory of New Vegas Established	May 15th, 1948
• Commonwealth of the Grand Canyon Alliance Proclaimed	February 9th, 2020
• Interim Constitution Adopted	February 11th, 2020
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	$65,698,675,956.31
• Per capita	$9,385.53
Currency	Grand Canyon Dollar (GCD)

The Commonwealth of the Grand Canyon Alliance (GCA), commonly known as the Alliance or the Commonwealth, is a country located on the northeastern shore of the Southern Continent. It includes the New Vegas peninsula, the southern-most 4 islands in the Elcano Archipelago, and the New Mohave Desert, which includes the Grand Canyon.

History

Pre-United States Colonization

Pre-Colonial Period

Little is known about the land now known as the Grand Canyon Alliance prior to European contact. Aside from the Elcano Archipelago and parts of the New Vegas Peninsula, the Alliance is mostly desert (specifically the New Mojave). As a result, there is only small amounts of evidence many people actually lived there prior to any sort of colonization.

The settlement which did occur in this period was mostly reserved to movements onto the New Vegas Peninsula, primarily from the desert nomads which still roam the area to this day. Settlements in southern Elcano were more common, as the islands are lush and tropical. While these indigenous people could have easily reached New Vegas, there is little evidence they did for whatever reason. As a result, evidence shows the peninsula was only occupied temporarily, with nomads setting up camp there but never permanently remaining there. The reasons for these stays is unknown.

Spanish Colonization

In 1521, Spanish explorer Juan Sebastián Elcano discovered the New Continents following Ferdinand Magellan's death on the Philippine Islands. After exploring the Eastern Continent, Elcano moved West and hit the Elcano Archipelago, which was named for him. Elcano subsequently claimed the islands for Spain, but did not attempt to colonize the islands at that point as he feared Magellan's fate.

Following the long-awaited colonization of the Philippines half a century later, explorers moved towards the Southern Continent, specifically the Elcano Archipelago. Explorers were only able to colonize the southern-most four islands, though, as stiff native resistance in the north stopped the Spanish in their tracks. After this, the Spanish did not attempt to venture to the Northern Continent.

The first Spanish settlements were on the Elcano Archipelago, notaby on the island of Juarez, where Juarez City is today. Other, smaller settlements were established on the other southern islands as colonizers hoped to find gold or spices. Spices were found on Juarez but nowhere else, and as a result, the other islands were practically abandoned by the mid-17th century. It was at this point that Spanish settlers moved into the New Vegas Peninsula.