State of Tahosa

Statistics

Name - State of Tahosa (English)
Country - United States of America
Capital - Cherisia [Denver]

Administration

Head of state and government - Governor --------
Legislature - Legislature - House of Representatives, Senate
Speaker of the House of Representatives - ---------
President of the Senate - --------
Judiciary - Supreme Court
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court - --------
Form of government - Constituent state of the United States of America under a democratic presidential triramic constitution
Form of law - Brougham Code
Demonym - Tahosan

Geography

Area - 206,058 km^2
Largest cities
-Cherisia - 257,000 (city), 286,000 (metro)
-Davisville [Boulder] - 104,000 (city), 122,000 (metro)
Time zone - TMP-06:00

Demography

Language - English
Population - 1,031,000
Density - 5.00 /km^2

Symbols

Anthem -
Motto -

Settlement

-settled by Country folders/Americas/United States/Economy/Mineral rushes > Pikes Peak Gold Rush (1878)

-results in chaotic period where US government comes later

-results in many ex-Richmondites becoming settlers

-Vigilance Committee which forms governance in wake is one which involves many of them

-settlement sees horrendous Cherry Creek Massacre of Cheyenne people

-by Civil Guard with assistance of local militiamen

-sees outbreak of US's Wars > White Knight rebellions (1878-94)
-in 1879, in area, settlers organize and auto-declare the "Territory of Harrison" and convene a Constitutional Convention

-well-observed that a lot of Southerner veterans involved in this initiative

-despite its pleas of loyalty it's immediately regarded as suspicious

-especially after American Presidents > 1877-1879 John Wentworth (Free Democratic) † assassinated which happens very soon afterwards

-to horror of US government which immediately sends Civil Guard to suppress it

-fighting with White Knight units hastily-assembled from ex-Richmondite veteran groups, as well as local militiamen

-nationalization of gold mines which are now put under license with Land Grant Acts > Mining Act (1881)

-mine nationalization depresses settlement in the region
-but still, attracts a fair many

-including a great many farmers

-Civil Guard very important presence in territory

-and Parts of the United States of America > Medina Pass, already reserved land, expanded into a full-on National Preserve Territory in its wake

-rail link from Cherisia to Transcontinental developed under United States of America > Railroad Corporation of the United States
-as part of effort to prevent further rebellions

-and later expanded to go across border with Buenaventura

-eventually more normal and agrarian settlement proceeds
-despite bad reputation of Interior region to settlement

-Cherisia eventually ends up being largest city in the Interior
-grows in importance in part thanks to tourism, in part thanks to being in between United Provinces of Buenaventura and eastern US

-achieves statehood down the line

Cherisia

-largest city of the Interior
-is important as stopgap site between United Provinces of Buenaventura and eastern US

-both for rail and for air travel

-huge tourism economy
-in part centered around epic vistas of Parts of the United States of America > Medina Pass

-and in part to make money around its reputation as part of the Interior

-also includes quite a few government jobs because of state government
-as well as mining economy
-it's the center of the state oil economy

-also of gold and silver mining

-bust period results in increasing lean towards tourism and it's doing better now with rise of prices of oil

-and importantly agrarian economy and healthcare