States of America 2 (Map Game)

WELCOME to the Second States of America Map Game! You may notice a few changes that I'm sure you may find enjoyable.

Rules

 * You may start out as a former state or provence. Also, you may be a small Carribean Island
 * This starts in 1935. 1 turn is a half year.
 * Nations with nation pages get a bonus!
 * Be Plausible
 * We start out in the Great Depression. You can not magically boost your economy to prosperity in six months (Yes, the US is sitting World War II out. Same with Canada!)
 * Each player can only control two states at most.
 * When will a map be made?

Nations

 * Please cross out the name of a state if you annex it or join into a union with it.
 * North Carolina- CrimsonAssassin 22:04, March 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * Vancouver- CrimsonAssassin 22:04, March 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * Texas- PitaKang- (Talk | Contribs) 22:07, March 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * California- PitaKang- (Talk | Contribs) 22:07, March 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * New York- Yank 02:45, March 17, 2011 (UTC)
 * Virginia- Yank 02:45, March 17, 2011 (UTC)
 * FSA- Bill Potter 12:05, April 26, 2011 (EST)
 * Please start with an existing state.
 * Florida - Bobalugee1940 00:40, April 28, 2011 (UTC) Joined the Confederation of States
 * Louisiana - Bobalugee1940 00:40, April 28, 2011 (UTC) Annexed by Florida
 * CRA- Bill Potter 12:18, April 29, 2011 (EST)
 * Confederation of States Bobalugee1940 22:28, April 30, 2011 (UTC)
 * Mississippi Annexed by Florida
 * Alabama Annexed by Florida
 * Republic of Greater New England(RGNE) octiman10 20:17, April 29, 2011 (UTC)
 * Washington CheesyCheese 20:47, April 29, 2011 (UTC)
 * Pennsylvania Annexed by New York
 * New Jersey Annexed by New York
 * FUS- Ownerzmcown 17:15, April 30, 2011 (UTC)
 * ASA - Kdavis005 20:57, April 30, 2011 (UTC)kdavis005
 * Tenessee Joined the Confederation of States
 * Arkansas Joined the Confederation of States
 * Ohio Joined into the FSA
 * Indiana Joined into the FSA
 * Illinois Joined into the FSA
 * Michigan Joined into the FSA
 * Wisconsin Joined into the FSA
 * West Virginia Joined FSA
 * New Mexico Joined into the ASA
 * Arizona Joined into the ASA
 * Nevada Joined into the ASA
 * Utah Joined into the ASA
 * Kansas Joined into the FUS
 * Nebraska Joined into the FUS
 * Colorado Joined into the FUS
 * Missouri Joined into the FUS
 * Maryland Annexed by Virginia
 * Deleware Annexed by Virginia
 * New England (Rhode Island, Conecticut, Massechucets, New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont) United into the Republic of Greater New England
 * Oregon Annexed by ASA
 * Montana Annexed by the FUS
 * North Dakota Annexed by the FUS
 * Wyoming Annexed by the FUS
 * Kentucky Annexed by the Confederacy and FSA and is currently disputed territory
 * Oklahoma Joined into the ASA
 * Please cross out the name of a state if you annex it or join into a union with it.

Moderator

 * Yank 23:20, April 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * CrimsonAssassin 16:23, April 26, 2011 (UTC) <<<<< Guy who made this game
 * What? I made this game!
 * Check the edit log
 * And I was the one who jumpstarted it when it stalled.
 * Could we change the rules to only allow one state per user?
 * No.

1935

 * New York President Lehman also embarks on a public works campaign. They begin expanding their army, which swells with unemployed citizens. He also takes steps in consolidating power in his own hands.
 * North Carolina amps up its military along its border with South Carolina.
 * Ohio declares its independence and begins to cut taxes and reduce government regulation on business in order to grow the economy.
 * Arizona and New Mexico both declares its independence. They both sign a mutual defense treaty and a free trade treaty.
 * Florida and Louisana secedes from the United States. Florida is able to keep most of the military personell in the state and most of the Navy and Coast Guard stationed in Florida. Florida demands Louisana give them New Orleans. Louisiana refuses and Florida invades the nation and captures Baton Ruge and New Orleans and Louisiana unconditionally surrenders. Florida annexes all of Louisiana. The Republic of Florida then invades Mississippi and Alabama and captures the small strip of land between Louisiana and Florida before making peace with the two states.
 * Virginia also embarks on a public works campaign. They adopt the first official Confederate flag as their new flag.

1936

 * At the Great Lakes Summit in Chicago, the states of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, West Virginia declare the formation of the Federal States of America (FSA). The FSA adopts a constitution similar to the original U.S. version and adopts a Coolidge style approach to restoring economic growth.
 * Arizona and New Mexico is talking about unifying the two states and form a new country called the Allied States of America (ASA), but that is on hold for a few years. In the meantime they are taking steps to form a political union.
 * New York annexes the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He places local supporters into positions of power.
 * Louisians revolt against Florida rule and recapture Baton Ruge for 2 months before the Floridian Army suprreses them. Florida annexs Alabama and Mississippi, the Floridians are greated by the local black population as they had passed several laws that banned poll taxes and any poll restrictions except for showing proof of being a Floridian citizen. The Florida Army violently puts down any protest agaianst the annexization. Florida offers the FSA and New York a mutual defence pact.
 * After seing the agessive nature of surrounding states, Georgia and South Carolina form the Christian Republic of America (CRA).
 * The states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusets, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine meet and declare their independance and the formation of The Republic of Greater New England or RGNE for short. They adopt a constitution similar to the US's. Hartford is declared the captial. A program similar to the OTl New Deal is put in place and the economy starts to recover. The armed forces are developed into the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force.
 * Democratic Party candidate Clarence D. Martin is elected President of Washington, becoming the nation's first president. To deal with unemployment, Martin begins vast construction jobs across the nation.
 * The Virginians annex the states of Maryland and Delaware. The Virginian capitol is moved to Washington, DC. Virginian society begins to form social castes. The rich attain positions of power, while many of the poor are trapped in horrible jobs to keep the rich wealthy. This begins to forment discontent in the ranks of the poor.
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1937

 * Florida consolidates its holdings by adopting many conservative aproaches to recovering the economy. The Florida government drops all taxes except for a 2% tax on all income excluding the clergy. The Florida Army expands due to hordes of unemployed and they end yet another revolt in Louisiana with frightening violence. Baton Ruge is put to the sword and all men and women are killed with the children taken to Mississippi.
 * The RGNE's economy is in full swing and the econmomy is looking good. There is close to no unemployment, with most of the country working in 3 main ares ( Farming, Factory Work and the Military.) The military is trained exceptually well. They offer to buy Long Island from New York.
 * Arizona and New Mexico agrees to form a nation called The Arizona Republic. The Capital is in Phoenix and the Constitution is similar to the United States. Meanwhile they offer to hold a summit with the states of Utah, Nevada, Colorado, Texas, and Oklahoma about fomring a political union called the Allied States of America. So far Utah, Nevada, and Colorado agrees. No word from Texas and Oklahoma,
 * New York politely refuses New England's offer, as they are not cash-strapped enough sell the island. President Lehman officially founds a new political party, the Nationalist Party. While he doesn't officially make New York a single-party state, he does launch a propaganda campaign declaring it the sole truely "New Yorker" party.
 * The Washington Armed Forces are expanded, with newly constructed bases in Seattle, Olympia, and Spokane.
 * The Communist Party of Virginia is founded, in secret, among the dissaffected poor of Virginia. They begin formenting a plan to overthrow the corrupt Virginian government.
 * Kansas offers its own version of union, the Federation of United States, offering its union to Nebraska, Wyoming, Missouri, Colorado, and Oklahoma. It declares a Federal Congress of the agreeing states will meet in Topeka to discuss a new constitution, but that the Congress shall decide on a capital. Nebraska, Missourim, Wyoming, and Colorado agree, but as Oklahoma is already on the fence with Arizona's offer, they delay their response.
 * States_of_America_2_(1937)(Revised).png

1938

 * There was a meeting in the Arizona Republic captial Phoenix with the following states, Utah, Nevada and Oklahoma. Colorado dropped out and joined the FUS. They agreed to form the Allied States of America with the capital will be in Phoenix and the Constitution will be similar to the US constitution with some changes. After the formation they offered the FUS a mutual defense treay and a trade agreement between the 2 countries.
 * New York President Lehman forms the government-run New York Cultural Commision, which immediately takes control of all media in New York. They use it to create pro-New York propaganda.
 * The Virginian communists overthrow the elitist Virginian government. Most of the population had been supportive of them from the start.
 * Florida offers Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas a union with Florida. Tennessee and Arkansas accept the offer with Oklahoma and Texas outright denying the offer. Contact with the government of Kentucky cannot be made again and is presumed to be in a state of anarchy or something or someone has killed off the government and a new one has not been established or refuses to make contact again, many fear the first one. Tennessee, Florida, and Arkansas establish the Confederation of States, more commonly called the Confederacy.
 * The FUS agrees to the Allied States's offers as their constitution is ratified in October of 1938, and as the constitution is ratified the Federation Armed Forces are also created and their first mission is to march into Pierre as South Dakota is annexed by the FUS.
 * The RGNE economy is fully healed. They offer assistance to any nation that asks. The president puts money into development of both war technology and civil tech.
 * Seattle is declared the new capital of Washington. Projects are begun to transform the city into a high-class, modern capital city. The Washington Armed Forces is expanded more, with a new bases in Vancouver and Tacoma.
 * FSA President Arthur Vandenberg orders General Douglas MacArthur to cross the Ohio river and restore order in Kentucky. The Governor of Kentucky annouces that Kentucky will join the FSA in order to restore order and peace. Iowa and Minnesota join the FSA as that nation appears to be the strongest in the region. President Vandenberg has lead the nation towards economic recovery with unemployment dropping from 25% in 1936 to 15% in 1938. In order to lower the unemployment rate, President Vandenberg begins a program to grow the size of the armed forces of the FSA who are fast becoming one of the strongest in America and are lead by their able Chief of Staff, General Douglas MacArthur.
 * States_of_America_2_(1938).png

1939

 * The ASA sent troops to Oregon and successfully took over the state. This gave the Allied States access to the sea. After that the Allied Government formed the Allied States Navy and the Allied States Marine Corp. They also send peaceful overtures to Mexico to aqquire parts of Sonora and all of Baja California. The Allied States also offered California to join the union.
 * The FUS sends out their first expeditionary force called the Great Plains Expeditionary Division, consisting of 20,000 soldiers, to march into Wyoming, North Dakota, and Montana in order to annex them, and as they march they find little resistance from the states.
 * President Vandenberg in his State of Union speech, announces that the FSA now enjoys unemployment below 10% for the first time in nearly 10 years. Vandenberg also states that the FSA will not attack its fellow nations if it is not attacked, but if so the FSA will fight to the death in defense of its freedom.
 * The Confederacy sends 13,000 troops into Kentucky in an attempt to re-establish contact and to annex the state. They find that the population of the state was almost destroyed due to an outbreak of smallpox. The Confederacy officially annexes Kentucky and sends another offer to Texas to join the Confederation.
 * The FSA demands that the Confederacy withdraw its troops from Kentucky until the people of Kentucky have had a chance to vote on which nation they would join. The unemployed people of the Confederacy are down to only 15%.
 * The Confederate President Christopher R. Smith decides that the Confederate Army is able to win against the FSA due to more experience and larger size but knows that the Confederate people do not wish for a war and decides to ask for Kentucky instead of just taking it. His demands are that the FSA cedes Kentucky to the CS and that the CS will agree not to take anymor land between the Ohio River and the Mississippi, he also says that this is an ultimatium. The Allied States offer a summit in Phoenix between the Confederacy and FSA in hopes to prevent a conflict.
 * World Event: Nazi Germany invades Poland and Britian and France declare war on Germany
 * The RGNE military is getting stronger, Bases are set up around the country. The president makes an order that all New English citys and towns are to be modernized.
 * FSA President Vandenberg announces that he will attend the Phoenix summit. Vandenberg sends at secret message to President Smith stating that he we give up Kentucky if the Confederacy will form an alliance with the FSA and the CRA.
 * FSA Army Chief of Staff Douglas MacArthur annouces that the FSA is expanding the size of the military by 50%.
 * The CS President Smith announces he will attend the Phoenix Summit. The CS Chief of Staff of the Army announces that all men between the ages of 16-35 are going to be consrcipted and that all men between the ages of 13-15 and 36-45 must join their city's militia. This swells the Confederate Army by 60%.
 * The Confederate President responds to the FSA's request of an alliance by saying that it will be a possibility at the summit but "Don't give your hopes up."
 * Since both sides agree to the summit the ASA President Robert Taylor Jones stated that the summit takes place on Jan 15th 1940.
 * Washington sends representatives to the ASA, asking for an alliance. Meanwhile, the Washington Navy begans to scout Vancouver and the western Canadian coast. The Army is expanded, with 50 new tanks being built in the year. With so many new jobs unemployment begins to lower, yet still exists. ASA Accepts.
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1940
The votes come in and the capital is moved to Mobile, Alabama. The Old City Hall becomes the Presidential Estate and the Cathedral Basilica of Immaculate Conception becomes the Supreme Court Building. The Confederate Senate is unable to find a suitable building for the new Senate Hall and orders the construction of a new one. The residents of Mobile rejoice as the Government officials ride into town via train. Mobile County is annexed by the order of the Confederate Senate and becomes a federal district much like Washington D.C. was during the USA years.
 * On January 15th (the day of the Summit) President Jones offerred a proposal for both sides. Let Kentcuky decide their fate. The election will be monitored by the FSA, CS, CRA, and the ASA. The choices should be Kentucky should join the FSA or the CS or be free. FSA President Vandenberg and CRA President Talmadge agree to Jones's plan.
 * Mexico accepts the ASA offer. A small portion of Sonora and all of Baja is now part of the ASA. They call the new territories Sonora and Baja. After that the ASA decides to hold off exapnasion. The ASA sends a fleet of ships over to Pearl Harbor, but the ASA has no inentions of taking over Hawaii.
 * The so-called Race to the Sea begins as the FUS sends soldiers into Idaho and tells their commanders not to stop until they reach Oregon so the FUS can have operating naval ports. ASA sends a warning to FUS they already occupy Oregon. In response the FUS stands down and decides to consolidate their positions in North Dakota.
 * New York President Lehman officially bans all other political parties besides the Nationalist Party. By this time the New York Congress has allready been filled with his supporters, and the bill is passed with no resistance.
 * After seeing the growing fascism of Lehman, FSA President Vandenberg and FSA Chief of Staff MacArthur decide to prepare fortifications along the border with New York. The FSA economy is now very strong and umemployment has dropped to 5% as more men are being called into the National Guard and because of the high degree of need for workers in the military factories. ASA President Jones offers assistance to the FSA if they request any help.
 * Premier Steele nationalizes all industry of Virginia. He puts in motion his "three-year-plan" to greatly expand the industrial and economic might of Virginia. He approaches the Soviet Union's leader Josef Stalin for economic aid.
 * The CS Army innoculates thousands of people in Kentucky against Small Pox. The popularity of the CS in Kentucky rises to 81%. The CS economy is back up and running again with only 3% unemployment. The CS Army send 13,000 Arkansas Volunteers to Kentucky. The CS President introduces a civil rights bill to the Confederate Senate but it is shot down with in hours.
 * The CS President relises that the current capital of Tallahassee could be easily captured by the CRA and puts a vote to the people of several possible candidates for the new capital. The possible cities are:
 * 1) Tampa, FL
 * 2) Orlando, FL
 * 3) Pensecola, FL
 * 4) Montgomery, AL
 * 5) Mobile, AL
 * 6) Little Rock, AK
 * 7) New Orleans, LA
 * 8) Baton Ruge, LA
 * 9) Memphis, TN
 * 10) Jackson, MS