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Regions transported: Alaska (Aleutian Islands), Hawaii, Johnston Atoll, French Polynesia (exc. Marquesas Islands, Gambier Islands), Cook Islands

The scattered island settlements of the Aleutian Islands beyond Unalaska had always been small and remote, relying on sea and air links to the rest of Alaska and the wider world. When the boats and planes stopped visiting, the island communities had to turn both inwards to each other for logistical support, but also outwards to the now uninhabited coasts of Unalaska, Unimak and Kodiak Islands, and the Alaska and Kamchatka Peninsulas, with the largest of these Aleutian fishing settlements, Adak, became home to a rudimentary government, providing co-ordination and support services.

Two and half thousand miles to the south, the other remnant of the United States, Hawaii, was also establishing its own identity. The Kanaka Maoli flag appeared on car bumpers, clothing and even outside government buildings, and the exploration of Hawaii's Polynesian culture for reasons other than selling tourist souvenirs became more popular. While some Hawaiian natives decried the expropriation of their culture by Anglo-Americans, this Hawaiian nationalism was embraced by Honolulu. Hawaiian Navy bases were established at Midway, Wake Island, Guam and Christmas Island as Hawaiian influence spread through the Pacific, from Aleutia in the north, to the Philippine settlements in the west and the Cook Islands and Polynesia in the south.

Having been in free association with New Zealand, the forced change to full independence was fairly straightforward for the Cook Islands, with Avarua's experience in foreign affairs and treaty negotiation allowing it to conclude a defence agreement with Hawaii while also developing their own military capabilities. The situation in (formerly French) Polynesia by contrast was much more chaotic with arguments erupting over whether the functions previously carried out by France should be done centrally in Papeete or split between the country's four divisions, or even whether to enter into Hawaiian administration. The last option however was complicated by both the linguistic and geographic separation between Polynesia and Hawaii. While the dispute was still raging, Tahitians ploughed ahead with centralisation of the administration in Papeete, prompting secessionist attempts by some of the outlying islands with the country seemingly in danger of tearing itself apart. A solution was eventually reached, via Hawaiian and Cook Island mediation, to implement a federal structure whereby power would be shared between a central government in Papeete and the country's five divisions (the new division of Gambier-Pitcairn having been created following settlement of the uninhabited eastern islands) with disputes to be settled in Avarua.

Description
Regions transported: Alaska (Aleutian Islands), Hawaii, Johnston Atoll, French Polynesia (exc. Marquesas Islands, Gambier Islands), Cook Islands

The scattered island settlements of the Aleutian Islands beyond Unalaska had always been small and remote, relying on sea and air links to the rest of Alaska and the wider world. When the boats and planes stopped visiting, the island communities had to turn both inwards to each other for logistical support, but also outwards to the now uninhabited coasts of Unalaska, Unimak and Kodiak Islands, and the Alaska and Kamchatka Peninsulas, with the largest of these Aleutian fishing settlements, Adak, became home to a rudimentary government, providing co-ordination and support services.

Two and half thousand miles to the south, the other remnant of the United States, Hawaii, was also establishing its own identity. The Kanaka Maoli flag appeared on car bumpers, clothing and even outside government buildings, and the exploration of Hawaii's Polynesian culture for reasons other than selling tourist souvenirs became more popular. While some Hawaiian natives decried the expropriation of their culture by Anglo-Americans, this Hawaiian nationalism was embraced by Honolulu. Hawaiian Navy bases were established at Midway, Wake Island, Guam and Christmas Island as Hawaiian influence spread through the Pacific, from Aleutia in the north, to the Philippine settlements in the west and the Cook Islands and Polynesia in the south.

Having been in free association with New Zealand, the forced change to full independence was fairly straightforward for the Cook Islands, with Avarua's experience in foreign affairs and treaty negotiation allowing it to conclude a defence agreement with Hawaii while also developing their own military capabilities. The situation in (formerly French) Polynesia by contrast was much more chaotic with arguments erupting over whether the functions previously carried out by France should be done centrally in Papeete or split between the country's four divisions, or even whether to enter into Hawaiian administration. The last option however was complicated by both the linguistic and geographic separation between Polynesia and Hawaii. While the dispute was still raging, Tahitians ploughed ahead with centralisation of the administration in Papeete, prompting secessionist attempts by some of the outlying islands with the country seemingly in danger of tearing itself apart. A solution was eventually reached, via Hawaiian and Cook Island mediation, to implement a federal structure whereby power would be shared between a central government in Papeete and the country's five divisions (the new division of Gambier-Pitcairn having been created following settlement of the uninhabited eastern islands) with disputes to be settled in Avarua.