Kivalina

Kivalina, officially known as Free Village of Kivalliñiq, is a small village-state located on a long barrier island between the Chukchi Sea and Kivalina River, in the former Northwest Arctic Borough of Alaska. Due to rising sea levels and coastal erosion, the village has been preparing to pack up and move the settlement somewhere else, possibly to be accepted by the Northwestern Arctic Federation.

Most people in the village are Inuit, although there is a minuscule white American minority. The only territory held by the village is the long barrier island itself and the surrounding area.

After being minorly affected by The Disaster, Kotzebue invited the settlement into the federation. Kivalina refused, and relations have been hostile ever since. Meanwhile, the back-up plan of moving further into Alaska near the Northwestern Arctic Federation has had some financial complications, and many people have been reluctant to leave the comfort of their homes and waltz into the Alaskan wilderness. Kotzebue has recently re-sent the union offer and now the state officials are seriously considering being under the protection of the city.