Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital of the state of Texas. In the spring of 1944, as the Second Great War between the United States and the Confederate States was approaching its end, Texas governor Wright Patman declared his state's independence from the CSA; his government was recognized by the USA almost at once. One of the conditions for recognition from the USA was to hold war criminals such as Jefferson Pinkard in place, or else face the destruction of Austin by an uranium bomb. As of March 1945, Austin was still the capital of the independent Republic of Texas, though for how long remains to be seen.