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Republic of Telfair

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The Republic of Telfair is a federal presidential republic located between the Esmarian Sea and the Gulf of Antillia. Comprised of 11 federal states and a coequal federal district, Telfair boasts a population of approximately 45 million people, making it one of the more populous republics of the Emerald Alliance. An essential gateway to the Esmarian Sea, Telfair is host to significant intra-Alliance trade, especially through the I-86, the I-23, and the Telfair Straits Tunnel — one of the primary land connections between the northern and southern halves of the Alliance.

Beyond its demographic and economic significance, the Republic of Telfair is of great interest to the Coalition militarily, hosting a multitude of CFA military facilities. While the I-86 Citadel is the largest military facility in the republic, the most strategically significant is in fact Shrike Base, located in the National Quiet Zone — a region of Telfair where electronic signals are heavily suppressed and regulated.

History Telfair was among the harder-hit republics during the Twilight War, with nuclear strikes dotting the state's densely-populated eastern seaboard. The ensuing outbreak of anti-federal insurgencies quickly led to a dissolution of general order in Telfair, with the state government largely paralyzed by postbellum burdens. While highway gangs terrorized refugees along the I-86 and I-23, militias bided their time in the backwoods, waging irregular warfare against federal forces and state authorities. Disillusioned by the tyranny of the National Reconstruction Commission, the weakness of local government and the terror of roving paramilitaries, militias proved a viable alternative to a crumbling structure.

Of all insurrectionist entities, the Buckley Militia, led by former Federal Army colonel John Buckley Sr., gained the most traction in this time, proving pivotal in swaying the state government to acceding to the terms of the Sovereign States Accord. The ensuing Federal Crisis and the reformation of Esmaria into the Emerald Alliance would largely lead to an end to the paramilitary violence, allowing for reconstruction to begin in earnest.

Telfair's entry into the Rational Calendar was defined by recovery, basing Coalition forces in return for subsidized reconstruction initiatives. Recovery soon turned to prosperity, and, alongside Southcross, the Republic of Telfair grew to become an economic counterweight to the dominance of the East Coast Confederation. The completion of the Telfair Straits Tunnel in 0024 R.C. further solidified this economic boom, resigning the violence of the past to museums and folk tales. Growth remained steady across the 1st century R.C., ending only with the advent of the Colony War. Repeat sabotage attempts targeting the Telfair Straits Tunnel led to its closure for most of the six years of stellar warfare between Coalition and Union State, severely impacting trade along the Telfair-Southcross corridor. The 0112-0114 epidemic of the Rotting Plague severely affected Esmaria and Telfair in particular, with governmental medical responses severely hampered by the logistical demands of Coalition wartime efforts. Further political and economic downturns in the aftermath of the Colony War, not helped by the onset of the deeply unpopular Vasatian Wars, led to widespread disillusionment regarding Esmaria's place in the Coalition, creating an ample space for the platform of the newly-founded Federal Renewal Party to proliferate with virulent appeal.

Today, Telfair stands at a political precipice, polarized by a populace disinterested in the Coalition's unpopular wars and seeking a reunited, empowered Esmaria as a political alternative to Coalition membership. Once a bastion of the N-Cs, now half of the legislature—and one of the nation's two senators—are Renewalists, invested in the bold political theories of Russell LeBlanc.