Styxie

The Styxie is a geographical region in Sierra, that, although does not have official, agreed boundaries, generally consists of five provinces: Plumas, Reno, San Joaquin, Santa Clara, and Tahoe. Narrower conceptions of the region may restrict the Styxie to only the western part of San Joaquin, northeastern part of Santa Clara, Tahoe, and Reno, while broader conceptions may even include San Francisco, Central Valley, and Shasta. The wide spectrum of varying definitions on the Styxie are a reflection of the area's dynamic history, culture, and geography.

Prior to European contact, the Styxie was dominated by a diverse community of various Indian tribes who were generally and lived in  hunter-gatherer societies. The Spaniards were the first Europeans to properly claim and explore the region, although the Dutch and the Russians also established a presence in the region by the 18th century, especially the former.

Over the next 250 years, the region came under the control of Spain, Mexico, California, and then Sierra, developing into a thriving agrarian society with predominantly white republicans opposed to the Monarchy of Sierra. In the late 18th century, radical Democratic-Republican Styxers rebelled and started the Sierran Civil War, a conflict that lasted for nearly four years before the self-declared Second California Republic centered within the Styxie was defeated. Following the war, the most populated region of the Styxie rapidly industrialized, and overtook San Francisco and Los Angeles as the manufacturing capital of the Kingdom in the early 20th century.

The Styxie was generally resistant to the changes brought forth by the Sierran Cultural Revolution and continued to grow during and after. In the contemporary era, the Styxie remains fiercely Democratic-Republican and a manufacturing center, although has been plagued with and social strife as the Kingdom's poorest and unhealthiest region.