Quebec

Quebec was originally a French colony in the New World. It was conquered by the British in 1759 and became a province of Canada.

The majority of Quebecois are Catholic and speak French. Their religion and their language were marginalized by the Protestant, English-speaking Canadians. The Quebecois were forced to serve in the Canadian Army, which was seen as representing Anglophone interests. These things along with a historical grudge against Britain led to the creation of a sense of disaffection among Quebecois. After the United States overran most of the province in the Great War, Theodore Roosevelt exploited this disaffection by creating the Republic of Quebec.

The Republic was founded in 1916. It was immediately granted diplomatic recognition by all members of the Central Powers as well as Italy and the Netherlands. As the war finished, this state had the same boundaries as the Canadian province of Quebec did before the war. It is heavily influenced by the powerful United States; for example, Quebecois troops were sent to occupy Canada while the United States prepared for the Second Great War. Quebec stayed neutral in the beginning of the war, but they did play a part in fighting the Canadian rebellion during the war.