Following the diplomatic summit in Korea, Alaska officially declared its independence as a sovereign state. No longer bound by the United States as a territory, it officially held a referendum with several options on the ballot.
To the surprise of the world, outside of Berlin and Saint Petersburg, Alaska opted to "willfully" join the Russian Empire. Officially ending in the region's annexation, and a permanent presence by the Russian Empire and its armed forces.
Most of the self-proclaimed nations within the United States mainland did not bat an eye at this. Few cared about the happenings in the far north, in a territory most never cared to know about.
But in Delaware, beneath the Earth, in Roosevelt's bunker. He was terrified by the reports that came from across the Caribbean and from the other side of the Canadian border.
