Yes, this is a respawn - by the same creator - of a previous Barnettsville. With that out of the way:
I. Creation
During the American Civil War (1861-1865), peoples of the mid-Atlantic region progressively became frustrated with the warring factions involved with slavery. Virginia split into two, northern forces destroyed the south and rubbed their noses in it, and the president was shot in public.
Groups tired of the issues involving the country - though not in communication with one another - simultaneously attacked the governments in each state capitol, and ended the conflict quickly by attacking Washington DC as well. Andrew Johnson conceded the Capitol, knowing the war they had just fought depleted their resources and resolve.
Groups from all over the new nation met in what was previously Pittsburgh to draft a new Constitution and determine a system of government. The leader of the northern Pennsylvania insurrection, David Grant, was elected the first leader by unanimous consent, to begin in 1866. The interceding time - from June 1865 to February 1866 - would be used in drafting the Constitution and creating provinces. It was also decided that even though their meeting location was not an official province as yet, its central location would be the ideal place for the national capital, being christened St. Catherine. Government buildings were commenced to be built to house the members as necessary.
II. The Beginning Provinces
In the time until Grant's inauguration, three provinces were created:
Gotham, encompassing the former northern New Jersey;
Oceania, the former central New Jersey; and
Delaware, the former Delaware and central New Jersey.
The remaining undetermined land was named as a fourth province referred to as Western Territory.
