Chippewa Nation

The Chippewa Republic initially started in a Canadian Vault built somewhere north of the border. It opened immediately after the bombs fell (within 24 hours) to test the resourcefulness of Native American nomadic tribes in the vast irradiated wasteland.

History
The Chippewa peoples naturally lived a nomadic lifestyle, wandering from one watering hole to the other. Most of post-War America was a devastated wasteland, barely resembling its former self. Plants withered and died, water was completely undrinkable save for underground deposits. Life was harsh, the landscape more so. However, the Chippewa people endured. Eventually the plants began to regrow. Water grew less and less irradiated (although still deadly in large amounts). And after nearly 150 years, the Chippewa had grown to such a size that they were forced to settled down. They founded a city called Odanah, named after their Chieftain, who was named after his father, and his father before. Odanah grew into whatever could pass for a metropolis in Post-War America. Population began to boom, and suddenly the Chippewa found them in a unique position. Their borders grew rapidly, as more and more farming land was cleared and secured. Eventually, the Chippewa began to encroach on the neighboring American tribes. Their growth had lead them down a path that would put them into direct confrontation with other settlements and peoples of the Midwest Commonwealth. The Chippewa became divided.

Chippewa history, like most Native American tribes before them, was primarily oral in nature and written down only when necessary. The oral historical traditions of the Chippewa had allowed them to maintain a skewed, if somewhat accurate history of the Far Ancestors. It stated that native american tribes much like the Chippewa had absolute control over the country. Grazing and farming at will. Eventually, peoples from across the ocean had arrived and began to colonize and conquer their way across the country. The Chippewa, and most other tribes, were driven to near extinction by the American government and their European ancestors. As a result, a resentment hard-coded into them at birth had bubbled to the surface. Seeing an opportunity to reclaim what was wrongfully stolen from the Far Ancestors, the Chippewa declared open war on any and all who would deny them their ancestral birthright.

Today
The Chippewa Nation has existed in a near-constant state of war for the last 70 years. Warfare is not conducted on a grand scale, as there is no standing army. Instead, it is expected of the individual tribes to wage their own petty wars against any and all outsiders.