Republic of Kansas
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Republic of Kansas Kansas | |||||||||||
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| 4 June, 1980–15 October 1981 | |||||||||||
 Flag
 Coat of arms
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| Motto: "Ad astra per aspera" "To the stars through difficulties" | |||||||||||
| Anthem: Home on the Range (de facto) | |||||||||||
| Status | Government-in-exile | ||||||||||
| Capital | Topeka | ||||||||||
| Capital-in-exile | Jackson (1985-1987)
Mexico City (1987-1995) Austin (1995-Present) | ||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Kansan | ||||||||||
| Government | Provisional Government (June-November 1980) Semi-presidential Republic (December 1980 onwards) | ||||||||||
• President | John Carlin (1980 - August 1981)
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• President in Exile | Robert Bennet (1981 - 2000)
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| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 4 June, 1980 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 15 October 1981 | ||||||||||
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The Republic of Kansas was a short lived republic in Kansas and Nebraska after the collapse of the United States.
The Frontline in the early days of the Kansan Bloodletting, the republic was in a near constant state of war with Federal Loyalists and the Lakota Freedom Front, and effectively collapsed in late 1981, just a little over a year after its proclamation. Formed by much of the pre-collapse Kansan government, the remnants of the government who had not surrendered or defected initially fled to Mississippi, before being kicked out and resettling in Mexico, only to relocate to