Statistics
Name - State of Minasota (English) / État du Minasota (French) / Minisooding Akiins (Ojibwe) / Mnisóta Makȟóce (Sioux)
Country - United States of America
Capital - Wetonqua
Administration
Head of state and government - Governor --------
Legislature - Legislature - Senate (upper), House of Representatives (lower)
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 - Minasotan
Geography
Area - 122,621 km^2
Largest city - Wetonqua
Time zone -
Demography
Language - English, French, Ojibwe, Sioux
Population - 1,421,000
Density - 11.59 /km^2
Symbols
Anthem -
Motto -
Legislature
-House of Representative is normal and democratic
-Senate is representation of separate Indigenous and non-Indigenous interests
-in quasi-federal system
Wetonqua
-in OTL known as Wetonka
-pretty small city reserved as capital in days of Minasota being Indian territory
Demography
Racial
| Race | Population | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Indigenous | 979,069 | 68.9% |
| White | 368,039 | 25.9% |
| Colored | 48,314 | 3.4% |
| Other | 25,578 | 1.8% |
| Total | 1,421,000 | 100% |
Indigenous
-due to Minasota having been a reservation to put Indigenous in it's pretty high
-shaped deeply by Longhouse Religion
-Metis fleeing encroachment in Commonwealth of Assiniboia and Republic of Imalia given plentiful land by US
-which considers them civilized "enough" and useful allies against the Sioux
-especially following Country folders/Americas/United States/Economy/Mineral rushes > Black Hills Gold Rush (1902)
-Sioux indigenous to region
-and later with Country folders/Americas/United States/Economy/Mineral rushes > Black Hills Gold Rush (1902) many forced to move there
-Chippewa from nearby
-and forced into region by government
-largest groups
-Metis
-Chippewa
-includes rest of Three Fires
-Sioux
White
-consists of people who moved in 20th century largely
-settlement having collapsed with Recessions > Panic of 1911
-rather urban and located in areas near capital
Colored
-not that many
-almost entirely moved after Liberty and Union War (1868-76)
-region being a backwater means that not many come in
Religious
| Religion | Population | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Roman Catholicism | 447,615 | 31.5% |
| Medicine Religion | 302,673 | 21.3% |
| Lutheranism | 225,939 | 15.9% |
| Methodism | 133,574 | 9.4% |
| Independent Catholicism | 98,049 | 6.9% |
| Other Christian | 89,523 | 6.3% |
| None | 79,576 | 5.6% |
| Other | 44,051 | 3.1% |
| Total | 1,421,000 | 100% |
Roman Catholicism
-brought by a lot of Metis
-some of which become missionaries
-convert a fair number of people
Medicine Religion
-or known as Midewiwin
-a prophet has visions with which to spread religion to others
-especially groups similar to Ojibwe
-and integrates religion with many Methodist concepts
-spreads rapidly among Indigenous packed into Minasota reservations
-does pretty well in preserving indigenous traditions
-while also including appeal of Christianity
-and medicine being notable part that spreads as religious symbol
-fuses heavily with Chippewa religious values
-as they are among the first who convert despite being enemies
-in move that's decisive in spreading it further
Lutheranism
-quite a few Germans immigrate into the area
-and German missionaries make up a sizeable number of missionaries in the area
Methodism
-mixture of all ethnic groups
-due to missionary activity, Indigenous
-also, most Coloreds, and sizeable number of whites
Independent Catholicism
-chiefly whites
-ethnic whites (largely German too)
-mostly German Independent Catholic Church Overseas in the United States
-also some American Independent Catholic Church