Alaska
From Turtledove
Alaska is a state in the United States of America, in the extreme northwest portion of the North American continent. It is the largest U.S. state by area (by a substantial margin), and one of the wealthiest and most racially diverse.
The native population probably crossed over from Asia sometime between 16,000 BC and 10,000 BC. The first European contact came from Russia in the early 1700s. After over a century of settlement, Russia sold the territory to the United States in 1867. Subsequently, Alaska was discovered to be quite rich in minerals, including gold and oil.
Alaska became the 49th state in 1959.
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[edit] Alaska in Southern Victory
Alaska was a substantial Russian territory located on the northwest tier of North America, bordering Canada.
Russia offered the United States the opportunity to purchase Alaska after the War of Secession, but the $7 million price tag was too much for the United States' depressed post-war economy.
Despite the fact that a formal state of war existed between the United States and Russia during both the Great War and the Second Great War, and despite the fact that (after 1917) Alaska shared a border with U.S.-occupied Canada, Russia's presence in Alaska has not caused conflict with the U.S., nor has it been a theater of war. Both the US and Russia were engaged with other enemies and saw no reason to divert resources to a distant front under inhospitable conditions.
While some Americans suggested (half-heartedly) that the U.S. should buy or conquer Alaska from the Russians, neither country placed any value on the region, each viewing it as a frozen wasteland. No serious mineral survey of Alaska was ever conducted - the Russian authorities neither conducting one themselves nor allowing anyone else to do it - so that any potential minerals hidden in its soil remained undiscovered.
[edit] Alaska in "Joe Steele"
The territory of Alaska was one of the many isolated places American President Joe Steele exiled opponents of his Second Four-Year Plan.
[edit] Alaska in The Two Georges
Alaska was a Russian possession in North America, bordering the North American Union. Skirmishes between Russian troops and NAU forces were not unheard of. However, both sides viewed the elements as even more dangerous. It was also not unheard of for Russian areoplanes to land on NAU airfields if they had engine trouble and the NAU to do the same on Russian airfields.
[edit] Alaska in The Disunited States of America
Russian Alaska was one two of oil-rich spots in North America. The other was the country of Texas.
