City state of Wilhelmshaven (1962: The Apocalypse)

Doomsday
Jevern AFB and Emden docks were hit by a 1kt bomb, but luckily they did not explode and just broke up and spewed toxic waste like a duty bomb. Sadly most West German and East German cities were not so lucky. Aachen and Cuxhaven got a 1x 1kt, MOD Osnabrück 2x 1kt (which did not exsplode).

After Doomsday
The 1962-64 neucliar winter/summer event and the 1963 typhus outbreak killed many, as did the radioactive fall-out.

Present day
It was agreed that Lower Saxony got the Großer Knechtsand sandbank, Hoher Knechtsand island and the Tertius sandbank, Wilhelmshaven Neuwerk island and Frisia got Mellum island.

Politics
The national parliamentary and presidential elections are heal every 5 years.

Military


It is made up of a 850 man conscript militia. Farmers' long handled billhook-slashers, Gilpin 1918 pattern billhooks and Kentish brishing hooks are commonly used as weapons, as are swords and bows. Mattocks are also a common improvised weapon. Guns were fist imported from the Denmark, Lille-Wallonia, Wallachia and Lower Saxony (German: Niedersachsen) in 1990, but they are still uncommon in the Frisian Republic. It has had a mutual defence treaty with the Frisian Republic since 1999.

Battles

 * 1) With the tribes of the Aurich (Low Saxon: Auerk) (19898)
 * 2) With the tribes of the Wieringermeer (1990)
 * 3) With the tribes of the Dangast (1991)

Transport
Travel is mostly by horse, sailing boat and bicycle, since there are few motor vehicles.

Media
A local paper went in to print ion 1977 and Lower Saxony's national paper was avalble as of 1978. A national radio station began broadcasting in Wilhelmshaven during 2008 and Emden's experimental TV signals can be received trough out the city state.

Healthcare
Lung and thyroid cancers are no longer major issues, and are markedly less than they were before 1975.

Also see

 * 1) 1962:Doomsday- How it all began.
 * 2) List of surviving nations (1962: Doomsday)
 * 3) Editorial Guidelines- (1962: Doomsday)