Summary

Once the entryway into France’s vast holdings in North America, Louisiana gained its independence during the Napoleonic Wars, during which European control of the new continent was shattered.

Includes: Most of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri

Borders: The Red River to the west, against Texas; the Mississippi River to the east, against Dixie Alliance; the Missouri River to the west, against Intermountain; Lakes to the north and northeast.

Capital: Formerly New Orleans (occupied by Texas); currently St. Louis

Language: French

History

When Andrew Jackson led the northeast against the British in the Second American Revolution of 1813-1815, he appealed to the peoples of both French speaking regions—Quebec and Louisiana—for assistance. Louisiana closed its ports to French and British ships, and simply sat out the war. Its independence was unopposed after the peace in Europe, because France was in no position to maintain control. Louisiana took control of much of the land France had owned, and ceded parts of it to the new Kingdom of Jacksonia.

That was the high point for Louisiana. It lost much of its western holdings to Mexico, and then again to Texas. When Jacksonia split into three nations, both Lakes and the West annexed chunks of its northern holdings. Louisiana had always been laid-back and relaxed as a nation, until the rule of Louis II.

Since the ill-advised Nine Days’ War with Texas, Louisiana has been landlocked. Much of Louisiana’s territory was controlled by hostile Indians who blocked any attempts at expansion or settlement. That prevented Louisiana from keeping pace with its expanding neighbors, and to its ultimate failure.
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Jimmy’s Notes

Rulers

Former viceroy to Napoleon, Jacques Rounard simply took the throne for himself once it seemed vacant.

Relations

Like Intermountain, Louisiana is a nation in decline, picked apart and eaten up by its more powerful neighbors. In fact, one of the only reasons that it’s survived the loss of New Orleans is because Lakes is propping the nation up to use as a buffer between itself and Texas.

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Jimmy’s Notes

Louisiana and the Louisianans have adopted an attitude of relaxed fatalism; they know their kingdom has no power, and that when the war between Lakes and Texas starts over the fertile lowlands, it will be fought in Louisiana. Many Louisianans are migrating to other nations, most notably Quebec, the only other French-speaking nation on the continent.