Lago Grande
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| Motto: MOTTO | |
| Subdivision of: | Alta California |
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| Capital: | Galilea |
| Largest: | Galilea |
| Other: | Salt City |
| Languages: | |
| Official: | Castilian |
| Others: | English (NAL & Oregon), Francien |
| GOVERNOR: | Rodrigo Vasquez |
| Area: | AREA |
| Population: | 400,000 (estimated) |
| Established: | YEAR, Parliamentary Decree |
Lago Grande is the untamed east of Alta California, and is often referred to by its colloquial name, the Great Basin Territory, or Deseret. It is called the Great Basin, because it is believed to have held great fresh water lakes at one time, the only remnants of which are the Salt Sea or Lago Grande and the Lago Galilea or Galilee Lake.
Lago Grande is bordered by the main body of Alta California to the west, Tejas to the south, Louisianne to the east and Oregon to the north. While the wars that have devastated the landscape in the past 100 years are currently in a lull, skirmishes and squabbles between Tejas, Alta California and Louisianne have flared over the past, as all sides claimed at one point some or all of the territory in question. The war was continually agitated by Mejico, Oregonian extremists and by the local Deseret Militia, whose leadership comprise the local military aristocracy.
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Administration
Government
The only officially recognized government is based at Ciudad Galilea, located at the southern end of the Lago Galilea. Alta Californian missions have secured the area in and around the Lago Galilea, and further missions are being built within a days ride by horse, the most reliable means of transportation in the area.
Most of Lago Grande is lawless land, in the control of various juntas, although since the capture and trial of Ouaren Gough and his junta leaders, lawlessness is decreasing. Soldiers formerly manning the Rio de Sangre's Maginot line have been civilianized and set to farming the valleys of Lago Grande as farmer/militia.
Population in this region has grown in the last year, however, census figures are not yet available to show how much immigration has occurred.
Administrative Divisions
No attempt has been made by Alta California to divide the region in to divisions, due to the volatile nature of the population. Legislation would be passed by Parliament in San Diego to partition the region into similar structures as the other parts of the nation.
History
The first settlement began with the visit of priests Silvestre Velez de Escalante and his superior Francisco Atanasio Domínguez, who established the Mission San Pedro de Galilea near the Lago Galilea, so named because it is a freshwater lake that drains by a river, called the Jordan, into a vast, dead salt sea.
Mormon dissenters who remained in the region after a call to return to Louisianne by Brigham Young have gradually diverted in their beliefs, creating a spectrum of dissidents, most militant, some fanatical.
Recent Events
With the end of the rule of Jorge Walker Bush in 2003, the Queen of Tejas rescinded Tejan claims to the Disputed Territories, and Louisiannan Foreign Policy has remained quiet and neutral on the matter. Alta California has also largely quieted since Tejas no longer claims the disputed territories. Louisianne rescinded their claims to Deseret as they purchased the disputed region that has now become the Alpes-Argentés.
Some minority groups near the border of Louisianne maintain their claims to the mountainous region between the Salt Lake Valley and Nouvelle Cournouaille, however they are not supported by any government officers.
Unfortunately the Deseret Militias haven't quieted in the interrim, and have actually increased their violence in the area, agitating for an independant state of Deseret. There has been an increase of Alta Californio patrols in the area because of the rumored poisoning of Rio del Sangre, despite the fact that much of this has been proven to be due to unsafe mining habits in the Alpes-Argentés.
Most wanted were the FLDS prophet Ouaren Gough and his band of militant "apostles," who set fire to much of the commune of Salt City. Refugees were taken in droves to Ciudad Galilea, the major altacalifornio outpost in the region. These men were captured in 2006, and criminal proceedings undertaken.
Since that time there has been increased growth with further missions established along the east side of Lago Galilea, including Ciudad Saratoga, Mosida, and Goshen.
Geography
Borders
Lago Grande is bordered by:
North: Oregon
West: Alta California
South: Tejas
East: Louisianne
Economy
Fruit Growing for export to Oregon, Louisianne and the North American League is prevalent in the mountain valleys near Galilea. In 2008, a wind-farm company from Louisianne, ÉoliEnergie began construction on a large windfarm at the mouth of the canyon due east of Galilea, and contracts are underway for a large farm in the desert to the south and west, with transmission lines likely to be sent through most of the communities between Deseret and San Diego. ÉoliEnergie is the first foreign contracted company allowed to build on Alta Californian soil.
Culture
CULTURE OF THE SUB-NATIONAL ENTITY
