The Midwest Separation Union

The Midwest Separation Union The Great Midwest Get Together
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Motto: "Ope, sorry der." "Oh, sorry."
Anthem: "Lord Guide Your Loyal"
Capital and largest city	Chicago
Official languages	English
Recognised national languages	English
Recognised regional languages	Spanish, German Endorsed Languages German, Norwegian, Czech, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian
Religion	Methodism
Government	Federal presidential republic with elective monarchy
• People's Representative	Charlie Berens
• People's Elect	Aaron March
Legislature	People's Legislation
• Upper house	Passing House
• Lower house	Billing House
Independence from the United States
• Declaration	June 4, 1980
• Soviet Recognition	June 5, 1980
HDI	0.950 very high
Currency	Soviet Dollar (Ruble) ($ or ₽, interchangeable in banking) (SUR)
Time zone	CST - EST
Driving side	right (unregulated in winters)
Calling code	+1

The Midwest Separation Union (or Midwest Union), established 1979, is a Federation Presidential Republic with a Elective Monarchy comprised of predominantly the former Midwest region of the United States. Comprised of 9 states, Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio. The nation is a Warsaw Pact member. The nation is known for its high value in heritage and culture, and is commonly described as a polyethnostate of Nordic, Central, and Eastern European Americans.

Etymology

The "Midwest" header of the name refers back to the Midwest region of the United States

History

A year after the United States' federal government's exile to the West Coast, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio all began conferences on February 1st regarding secession due to rising authoritarianism from the Emergency Capital.

The Midwest Cultural Revolution

The Midwest Cultural Revolution is the name for the many cultural movements based on Central, Nordic, and Eastern European heritage, including Oktoberfest, Sokol, and numerous Norwegian and Sweedish heritage groups between 1980 and 1995. The declining German class offerings in highschool and college bounced back, along with German offerings in elementary school. The same went on to happen with all the other endorsed languages.

Impact

From 1980 to 1990, Sokol membership increased by 400% and is still steadily increasing. From 1980 to 2000, bilingual literacy rates increased to about 6%, and 12% in the youth, attributed to the Young Age Connections Act.

Government

The Midwest Union is a Federation Presidential Republic with a Elective Monarchy, having a legislative, executive and judicial branch like its sister nations birthed by the Dissolution of the United States, but also a people's branch. Each state is given a judge in the judicial branch per political party, and 1 elected representative per 500k population in the legislative branch's passing house and billing house. The People's Elect and People's Representative are elected in direct voting.

Midwest-Soviet Relations

As early as Midwest independence movements began, the Soviet Union expressed interest and support to the groups, and began aid in May of 1980. Early aid included SKS rifles, rations, and funding.

In 1981 the USSR began supplying the nation with specially designed AKSZs intended to fit in to common ammunition. Throughout 1982 - 1985 the Midwest Union worked to transfer US Dollars to the Soviet Ruble, or as called in the Midwest, the Soviet Dollar, and on June 5th of that year the young nation joined the Warsaw Pact. The integration was met with backlash from the Western States, claiming that the Soviet Union was attempting to "destroy freedom itself" in the Midwest. The first People's Elect, Jim Rhodes, rebuked them with the argument if they refused to help them, they would find someone else, and not be states.

In 2000 the Soviet Union began aiding in design for the KAR-4

Wisconsite-German Relations

Most Midwestern ambassadors for Germany come from Germany due to high German fluency in the area.

Military

Main Article : Midwest Armed Forces

The Midwest Armed forces are comprised into 3 main divisions. The Department of Civilian Defense focuses on internal security, policing, and counter-terrorism. The Midwest Army focuses on border security, and securing claimed territory. Within the Midwest Army includes the Midwest Army-Air Force, boasting squadrons of scouting, logistical plus escort, and even one squadron of strategic bombers plus escorts. The Midwest Navy is the smallest of the 3, focusing on security of the Great Lakes and anti-piracy, working in joint with the Royal Canadian Navy at periods.

Culture

Dialect

Midwestern speech changes between states, compared to predissolution, the country has a much more recognizable dialect. Vowels such as A and O are drawn out, the th- sound is very flat or replaced with a D or T.

I.E. "Three bags of chips." would be pronounced 'Tree baegs a' chips".

"Hand me those pliers from over there." would be changed to "Hand me tem pliers over der won'tcha?"

"An" is omitted, most commonly on the A vowel.

I.E. "That's an adorable dog." would be changed to "That's a-dorable dog."

Vocabulary

• boulevard, a grassy median strip
• berm, boulevard, or terrace, a grassy road verge
• bubbler, a drinking fountain
• breezeway or skyway, a hallway-bridge connecting two buildings
• eh?, a question tag (particularly used in the northern sections of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Upper Michigan)
• frontage road, a service or access road
• hotdish, a simple entree (main) cooked in a single dish, like a casserole
• kurwa or kurva, adopted slang from joint Warsaw training, common among soldiers and bilingual students.
• ope, an onomatopoeia with variable meanings, including "excuse me" or "I'm sorry"
• ope, kurwa! or opkurwa-e, humorous, based on the movie of the same name when expressing anger in an accident.
• pop or soda pop, a sweet carbonated soft drink
• parking ramp, a multi-story parking structure
• rummage sale, a yard or garage sale
• sliver, a splinter
• spendy, expensive or high-priced
• stocking cap, a knit wool hat
• supposably (for supposedly), particularly in Wisconsin
• troll, a person from the Lower Peninsula of Michigan
• uff da, a wikipedia:Scandinavian exclamation or interjection used to express dismay, surprise, astonishment, exhaustion, or relief
• Yooper, a person from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
• won'tcha and don'tcha, shortening of wouldn't you? and don't you? respectively.
• FIB, "Fucking Illinois Bastard", derogatory term about people of the state of Illinois, mostly directed at poor drivers.

Religion

The Midwest Union officially sanctions Methodism, while other prominent religious groups are Catholicism and other forms of Protestantism.

National Anthem

The MSU's national anthem, "Lord Guide Your Loyal", was written by multiple members of the First United Methodist Church, WELS and sanctioned East German ministers (the linked article lacks an English translation). The song was later adopted in the all Synods' hymnals, and printed in the first hymnal of the United Midwest-Slavic Church.