Eastern States of America (1989 War)

The Eastern States of America, also known as the United States of Eastern America is a state encompassing the eastern parts of the former United States of America. It is considered the most legitimate successor to the United States because it was founded by America's last Vice President Dan Quayle.

Economy
The American economy took a hit during WW3. Its economic infrastructure was also damaged by postwar rioting but a surprising large amount survived or was later salvaged. While not as rich as the old USA, the Eastern States is fairly wealthy.

Paper

The Eastern States has a good sized paper sector. It took a bit of a hit due to Al Gore's environmental protection policies but it's still a good sized industry. Major firms include Meade Paper, Champion, International Paper, Great Northern Paper, and New Age paper products.

Electronics

The Eastern States imports most of its electronics but it has a modest tech industry centered in Chicago. The largest firm is Zenith Electronics followed by Americatech. Americatech was previously the phone company for the Great Lake region but in 1999 they bought out the Dayton Computer firm NCR (ironically, it was once a subsidiary of Americatech's former parent company AT&T) and semiconductor manufacturer Motorola. In later years they bought out the Texas-based Dell and the Pacific state-based Sun Microsystems. The third largest electronics company is Vortex Technology.

Pharmaceuticals

The Eastern States have a good sized pharmaceuticals industry. Major firms include Johnson and Johnson, Abbott Labs, Eli Lilly and Company, Sheffield Pharmaceuticals‎, Century Pharmaceuticals, and Marathon Pharmaceutical.

Agriculture/Food Processing

Major agriculture products include hogs, poultry, oranges, berries, corn, soybeans, rice, tomatoes, peaches, lentils, peanuts, pumpkins and melons. They import most of their beef and wheat.

Major food processors include Kraft, Borden, Heinz foods, Consolidated foods, Associated food, Kelloggs and Purdue.

Textile

The American Textile was in decline before WW3. However, the lost imports c led to increase in small tailor shops and eventually the opening of new textile mills.

Energy

The Eastern States had to strictly conserve energy resources in the early days after the war. Despite that Dan Quayle started a modest alternative fuel research program in the early 90's, alternative energy research really took off during the Gore administration. Today the Eastern States is the world's second largest producer of biofuel. Gore invested substantially into wind, solar and hydro power.

Steel

The American steel industry was shrinking before the war. The shrinkage increased in the initial aftermath of the war but has since started to recover. It is still a shadow of its former glory. The major firms are Eastern Steel (formerly US Steel), Luken Steel, Inland Steel, National Steel, Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel, Republic Steel, Phoenix Steel, Pinnacle Steel and Winslow Steel Corp.

Tourism

Tourism collapsed in the wake of the devastated of world but it is making a comeback. Popular beach towns include Ocean City, Maryland, Cape May, New Jersey and Palm Beach, Florida.

The eastern states have some ski resorts. The most famous ones are in New York but there are some in the Adirondack and Appalachian Mountains.

There was a rise in gambling in the days after the nuclear war. Gambling was initially done in small bars and Atlantic City casinos but new gambling halls started opening after the war. The new gambling centers are Joliet, Illinois and Niagara Falls. The popularity of gambling has taken a dive due to Atlantic City's largest casino mogul Donald J Trump being arrested on a charge of treason of attempting a failed coup against President Doug Wilder.

Before the war the city of Orlando was a major  tourist Arrcation thanks to the Disney world resort. Disney was left to rott after the war. A local business man reopened the   films studios at disney's mgm stuidos in 1999 under the name resniance studios. In 2012 a group a multinational constution of  bussiness men reponed the magic kingdom. Epcot reponed in 2017.

Another top amuesnet park in the eastern state is great america. It closed down after the war but it reopen in 2003. The earlier reopening had to do with it being in the eastern state heartland. Other major parks in the eastern state include kenny wood cedar point darien lake riverside park and konbells

Glass

The city of Toledo was the United States glass making center. It was suffering from economic and population decline during the 70's and 80's. This resulted in Toledo being ignored by the Soviets. There was still some glass manufacturing going on in Toledo during 1989. The lack of international trade during the 90's and early 2000's led to some growth in the glass output of Toledo. It started declining when foreign imports returned by glass output still a little higher then 1989. There were several glass companies outside of Toledo - most of which are small artisan glass makers but there is also the Anchor Hocking plant outside of Columbus, Eastman Chemical.

Firearms

The eastern states has a healthy firearm industry. The largest firms are Smith and Wesson, Remington, Colt and Winchester.

Chemicals

The state has decent sized chemical industry. The main firms are Church and Dwight, Marathon Oil, Dow Du Pont, S C Johnson  and Eastman Chemical.

Automotive

America's automotive capital Detroit was not directly hit by a nuke but was ravaged by a bomb that fell in an adjacent county to the east. Parts of the Detroit area did survive. During the early days of chaos the Ford family turning Greenfield Village and the Henry ford Museum into a fortified compound but abandoned their factory. The Fords eventually repaired and reopened the factory in 2003. The Fords had previously restarted auto manufacturing in their Chicago plant in 1998. GM and Chrysler completely collapsed in the war but some of their assets were salvaged by two new firms: All Star Auto and National Motor Works.

..Other

The eastern states also manufacture toys, furniture, porcelain products and industrial equipment and other products.

Transportation
President Gore's platform included building new railroads - new railroads connecting Indianapolis to Chicago and Cleveland. There are plans to expand the railroad to Pittsburgh, St Louis and Lancing.

Media
The state-run National Broadcasting System started radio broadcasts in 1998 and started TV broadcasting in 2004.

The privately owned CBS (named for the pre-Doomsday company) and Zenith Broadcasting company were founded in 2006.

Cable TV returned in 2010.

Internet reached the United States in 2006. Access was limited at first but increased immensely due to government support. (It still is less then it is in OTL).

The two big film and TV producer are Metropolitan Films Resinesice studios and Evolution Studios. There are few other smaller ones. A company called Wise Media is the most up-and-coming of those studios.

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Capital and Largest City Moncton

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Capital and Largest City Peterborough

Openongo
Capital and Largest city Kingston

Eire
Capital Kitchener Largest City London

Huron
Capital and Largest city Sudbury

Terrorism
Terrorism has long been a problem in the eastern states but it is not as bad it used to be.

One of the eastern states most infamous terroist groups is the Kul Klux Klan. They were found in the wake a centilzed group of southern resting the union vicotroy over the confederacy. By the 1950's the kkk had degenerated into a group of loosely afflicted hate groups. Many KKK leaders died in the nuclear war surrived. One of the surriving kkk chapter leaders David duke took over new orleans in 1991. He started calleing on other surring klansmen to unite under him and rebuilding the confedarcy. He reguest result in saftign resluts. By 2001  Duke and the k ran empire streathing form lousain to sourthern georgia and nortern n fordia. Duke and tried expand north wrods but found resitsn in arkaska and nortthern alabama, missipia and gerogiaDuke second confedary was officially a democracy but in turth it was a rassicst theocract fassist slave owning discotrship. In 2003 The eastern states declared  war on the new Confederacy because it was trying to  expand into found resitsn in arkaska and nortthern alabama, missipia and gerogia. The second confedarcy fell in 2007and was anexed by the eastern states due to a power strugnel in the kkk leadership and series of taticali and proganda mistakes made by the klan. The kkk has been outlawed by the eastern states.The kkk has since gone under ground. They make trouble evyerso but these events have become less and less freguant. The eastern states over amensty for kkk meambers who voulater to take redeucaiton classes and report to to parole officers for a tempory probation peroid afer graduaction

Another of america's infamous terroist groups is the Friends of America. The friends was found by former newyork billionire real state tycoon and casino mangate Donald J Trump. Barrley manged to escape newyork city on a jet plane with his family. They feld to Atlanic City new Jersy where donald owned several caison. The destion of new york city left donold emoitnla scarred and emontialy unstable. Donald needed someone to blame for the deston his home town and decided to blame the entire slavic race including his chezch wife ivana. Shortly after reachign altanic city he diswone ivana and throw out into the street but keep the childerna. Donald quickly gained power in altinc city and was ensitlay runing the town by 1992. His power was reduced when the eastern american proviosnal govnoer  became storng enough to gain through control  over atlanic city in 1995 but he manged o retain a grea deal  control of the local goverment of atlanic city. In 2003 Donald found the the friends of america. He called it a parotic group standing for ameircna values. The groups crititic called it a northern kkk. The freidnes were know harssing,threating and assulting   people of slavic, chinesse, cuban, ehtipopian descetne and property. The frends bleive in whie asngol saxon prosnet sumpeist but they show some respect  non chiness asians, no ethipain blacks and no cuban hispanics. Several memaber of the have been tried for breakign the law but Donald was able to procet the highers up. In 2006 Donald Trump won a new jercy sentate in a highly contevisal election. Trump was a fairly unpoular santor. Trump was know for calling his critics closet comminst who wanted to desory the freedom of america Trump was know for holding a mass rant after the black doug wilder won the presidnet. Trump haterd of a back man man winning the presient lead to start planning acoup. The coup was a total faluire. The coup led to the friends  becoming outlaw