SNCA:Alaska

Alaska is an exclave state of the United States located west of Canada. It is the northernmost and westernmost state, and also the easternmost if you're being pedantic. It is the largest by geographic area (larger than Texas, California, and Montana combined) but also the most sparsely populated.

History

Alaska was used as a land bridge for le heckin indigenous peoples or something. Some people decided they liked the freezing tundra where nothing grows that's full of bloodthirsty polar bears and decided to settle there, becoming the Inuit.

Russia began colonizing Alaska around the 17th century. During the Age of Discovery, Spain sent some expeditions to Alaska but they were mostly a DNB.

In 1867, the US Secretary of State, William Seward, purchased Alaska for an insanely cheap price because Russia didn't want it. Seward became a gegbull for this because Alaska was seen as useless, but it turned out that it was full of gold and oil, so Russia got utterly raped as usual. It was initially under a military government before becoming a federal district in 1884. It was incorporated as an organized territory in 1912.

During World War II, Japan attacked the Aleutian Islands. This became the only World War II campaign on the North American mainland.

Alaska was admitted as the forty-ninth state on January 3, 1959.

Geography

Alaska is mostly an uninhabited tundra, but there are some cities. It has access to the Pacific and Arctic Oceans as well as the Bering Strait. The tallest mountain is Mount McKinley (called "Denali" in newspeak).

Boroughs

Unlike every other state except Louisiana, Alaska does not have counties. Instead, it has boroughs, which are functionally the same as counties but are called something different because Congress told Alaska they weren't allowed to have counties back when they were a territory. However, about half of the state is not in any borough due to the sparse population. This area is called the "Unorganized Borough." It is divided into census areas, which are sometimes treated as county equivalents but have no county-level governments unlike boroughs.

Facts about Alaska

• It is the largest congressional district in the United States by geographic area and the third largest single-member legislative district in the world.
• You can't drive to Juneau. You have to get there by boat. Most Alaskans want to move the capital to Anchorage or Fairbanks, but nobody wants to pay for that.
• Juneau is the only state capital that touches an international border.
• Alaska has a very high GDP per capita due to its abundance of natural resources
• Internet pranksters once raided a contest that would send the rapper Pitbull to the Walmart that got the most votes. They all voted for the Walmart in Kodiak, Alaska, and he actually went.
• Alaska has a higher cost of living than any other state except Hawaii.
• Dogsleds are a common method of transportation in rural areas. Dogsled racing is also a popular sport.
• For some reason, the legislature has a coalition government ev&doe there are only two parties, so the Republican party is divided between "Coalition Republicans" and "Non-Coalition Republicans."
• Then-Alaska governor Sarah Palin was the Republican party's vice presidential candidate in 2008, making her the only Alaskan on a major party ticket.
• The urban vs. rural divide is reversed from the rest of the country. Urban areas tend to vote Republican while rural areas tend to vote Democrat.
• U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski is the coaliest Republican Senator, and the second coaliest Republican in Congress behind Thomas Massive Retard.
• The National Weather Service office in Fairbanks covers the largest geographic area of any NWS office.
• The northernmost parts of the state have months with no sun and months with no night.
• There is a city named North Pole, and they elected a mayor legally named Santa Claus.
• Less than 1% of the land is privately owned.
• They have the best design for their state highway signs. Just look at it.

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