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Republic of Northern Wisconsin | |
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 Flag | |
| Motto: Our right, our land! | |
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| Capital | Iron Mountain |
| Largest city | Superior |
| Official languages | English |
| Demonym(s) | Wisconsinite |
| Government | Provisional Presidential Republic |
• Provisional President | Wayne Arthur Keeler |
• Provisional Vice-President | Edwin Mills |
| Legislature | Provisional State Council |
| Independence from United State of America | |
| Area | |
• Total | 35,841 sq mi (92,830 km2) |
| Population | |
• 2020 estimate estimate | 661,807 |
• Density | 18.4/sq mi (7.1/km2) |
| Currency | Northern Wisconsin Dollar |
| Time zone | CST |
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
| Internet TLD | .nw |
Northern Wisconsin officially the Republic of Northern Wisconsin is a unrecognized state in midwestern United States. It lies between the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Lake Superior, occupying an area of 92,830 km2 (35,841 sq mi), with a population of about 661,000. Northern Wisconsin declared its independence from the United States in March of 2021 and has since gained no diplomatic recognition as a sovereign state. Most of Northern Wisconsin is covered in a mixture of plains and fields and dense forests. Its capital is Iron Mountain and largest city is Superior.
The idea of the republic originated from a little known man named Wayne Arthur Keeler. Keeler called himself a localist, and sought full home rule for counties. He believed that counties should have the right to decide what state it belongs to or whether it belongs to a state at all, and that the eastern federal governments are out of touch, slow to respond, and hinder state and county attempts at further bioregional integration. Amid the rise of racial unrest and woke culture in the United States, Keeler believed at the national level that mainstream media and the federal government had become infiltrated and corrupted by liberal, progressive and woke agenda. Keeler openly called such things "degenerate" and a "threat to traditional values". Being a localist, Keeler encouraged people to abandon mainstream media in favor of local news and boycott woke companies in favor of conservative local businesses. By this time, Keeler had gained a significant local following in Polk and adjacent counties. Keeler used traditional and conservative rhetoric to incite people to stand up for their way of life and beliefs. He constantly encouraged second amendment rights, open-carrying of firearms and the creation of local militias. Keeler's influence went as far as the Michigan Upper Peninsula, where he encouraged the people there to leave Michigan and become their own state, and that lower Michigan had no right to decide what happens in the UP just as southern Wisconsin has no right to decide for the north.
"If in fact we are our own country, well then, by god, we ought stand up and declare it. Even if they push us back in the forests, if we're willing to die for something, we sure as the devil oughta be able to say what it is out loud. From this day forward, we declare the land north of the '64 up to Copper Harbor, south of Lake Superior and east of the Mississippi to the shores of Lake Michigan to be the Republic of Northern Wisconsin."