Yukon River

Yukon River, officially the Union of Towns and Villages of the Yukon River is a large nation covering most of the area occupied by the Yukon River in the former Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of Alaska and the former Yukon Territory in Canada. It was very recently formed from many tribal confederations and republics along the river.

Most people in the Confederation are different groups of Inuit, with a small white American minority. The river flows into many wildlife refuges. Many of the upper slopes of the watershed are forested by black spruce. It is also home to one of the biggest salmon runs in the world, with many of the villages relying on the fish for their cultural, substinence and commercial needs. They control most, but not all settlements along the river. The confederation spans (from east to west) Carmacks, Dawson City (in former Yukon), Eagle, Circle, Fort Yukon, Stevens Village, Rampart, Tanana, Ruby, Galena, Koyukuk, Kuyuk, Nulato, Grayling and Holy Cross (in former Alaska). Every village sends a representative to the capital, Fort Yukon, where they hold a monthly meeting to discuss issues in the Confederation.

When The Disaster struck, some of the villages in the confederation were badly irradiated by the toxic fumes coming from Fairbanks. The dire situation in Alaska led to many small republics and confederations to form along the river, establishing communications and trade relations over time. The first merge between these settlements was Fort Yukon and Rampart, snowballing over time to include most of the territories, until hitting the roadblocks that were Transkusilvak and Whitehorse. While initially hostile, tensions cooled down after some time, and now the three are good trading partners, but they don't interact much after that.