Gulf States Confederation
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Gulf States Confederation | |
|---|---|
 Flag | |
| Motto: "Under God, our Vindicator" | |
| Capital | Gulfport |
| Largest city | New Orleans |
| Official languages | English |
| Government | Confederated presidential republic |
• President | Leroy J. Samson |
• Vice President | Matthew F. Bailey |
| Legislature | Congress |
| Senate | |
| Assembly | |
| Establishment | |
• Mississippi and Alabama sign treaty of cooperation and self-defence | May 1991 |
• Louisiana signs treaty with Mississippi and Alabama | October 1991 |
• Declaration of the Gulf States Confederation | December 1991 |
| Population | |
• 2020 estimate | 12,580,000 |
| Currency | Mississippi Dollar, Alabama Dollar, Louisiana Dollar, Arkansas Dollar |
| Time zone | EST |
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
| Internet TLD | .GS |
The Gulf States Confederation is a self-proclaimed breakaway state in the Gulf Coast region of North America and came into existence after the events of Shattered Union. It is comprised of the states of Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana, with a number of counties outside of the former state borders.
Claiming ownership over fully-operational offshore oil rigs, the Gulf States Confederation holds access to the extremely valuable commodity, exporting crude oil and refined petroleum products to the Georgia Federation and the Republic of Jackson. The GSC maintains activity in other industries such as agriculture, aquaculture and shipping.
The Gulf States Confederation has had a rough relationship with the Republic of Texas and the newly formed Republic of Florida, which was originally a part of the GSC but struck out on its own after political disagreements and the influence of Florida independence movements. Although Georgia refused to join the GSC, the relationship between the Gulf States and the Georgia Federation has been good, and the two are active trading partners.
History
As secession movements grew in the United States, the people in Mississippi and Alabama became greatly concerned. In July 1991 the General Assembly called an election for the people to vote on whether Mississippi should hold a convention to consider secession. At the same time the voters were to elect delegates to the convention in case the vote should be favorable. On August 18, 1991, the people of Mississippi voted to call a secession convention.
Secessionist forces began calling for the seizure of the Federal Arsenals, military bases and critical infrastructure before riots and looting destroy them. When rumors were circulated that the Governor of Mississippi might not actually secede, militia companies began assembling in counties all across Mississippi by September 5, 1991, and they made their intention to seize these places in the name of an independent Mississippi.
Two weeks later, the Mississippi Secession Convention convened at the State House Montgomery. Judge George S. Harrison, who opposed secession and believed that the United States would recover, was elected its president. The convention continued in session for two and a half weeks. Feeling ran high and many fiery speeches were made about creating an independent state, proposing to work with Alabama, where similar events were happening.
The convention reconvened in Montgomery, this time with delegates from Alabama spectating and, on October 6, 1991, passed the ordinance of secession.
Alabama had similar events taking place. May 1991, the Alabama Secession Convention issued its own ordinance, in which it outlined the causes that motivated the state to declare its secession from the Union. After Mississippi had passed its ordinance of secession, delegates from Alabama arrived with the intention of arranging a treaty for cooperation and self-defence. Both states agreed.
After thr Republic of Texas was officially organized and in full effect, the government of the state of Louisiana felt that Texas might attempt to seize territory there, and possibly seize offshore oil platforms owned by companies based in Louisiana. On October 14, 1991, delegates from Louisiana approached the provisional government of Mississippi and Alabama, who agreed to "aid Louisiana against any action that threatens the security and saftey of the people of Louisiana and any action that might threaten the states right to-self determination and independence.
Louisiana drafted a temporary ordinance of secession from the United States, and signed into effect the treaty with Mississippi and Alabama.
Florida had briefly joined in cooperation, but a subsequent coup d'etat by radical secessionists seized power, and had no intention of cooperating with Mississippi and Alabama.
As Georgia declared themselves "completely and entirely independent" on December 9, 1991, and proclaimed themselves the Georgia Federation, and as conditions in the former United States continued to worsen, the provisional governments of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama held a constituent assembly to determine their future. After the week long meeting, it was decided that the three states would remain in cooperation as the "Gulf States Confederation". In the draft constitution, the confederate government would be responsible for national defence, trade agreements, the mediator between states and international diplomacy representing the confederation. Most other issues are left to the individual states.
On February 19, 1992, a spilter group of counties in Arkansas who had not wanted to join with Texas or the Republic if Jackson, approached the provisional government of the Gulf States Confederation asking for its protection. The GSC agreed, and allowed the counties to become the state of Arkansas within the confederation.
By June 1992, the provisional government of the Gulf States Confederation decided to shift from provisional governance to putting the constitution of the GSC into full effect.