United States (From Sea to Shining Sea)

The United Socialist Republics of America, abbreviated as USRA and informally referred to as America, is a communist country in North America.

Point of Divergence
In 1930, during the Great Depression, many citizens of the United States began turning to communism. This lead to the creation of the American Workers' Party; a new political party with the purpose of creating a communist society. Sarah Leslie gathered support from across the United States, and lead the American Workers' Party under a new version of communism, inspired by the beliefs of Leon Trotsky, named "Leslism" by her supporters. Leslism had three key pillars to establish a communist society: First, the people lead a revolution against the current government and abolish capitalism. Second, a new, democratic government is built in which the party leaders, workers who become government officials, are elected by the country's citizens. Finally, "Socialism for everyone", once the country is stable, it leads similar revolutions in other countries. Members of the party would traveled across the United States, increasing the popularity of Leslist communism. Over a year later, she lead the August Revolution, capturing Washington D.C. and signing the New American Constitution, declaring independence from the United States. This started the Second American Civil War in 1931, which lasted for the next eight years. This clash between communism and capitalism in America sparked a "Red Scare" around the world. In 1939, the United States officially surrendered to communist forces. The United States was dissolved, and in its place the United Socialist Republics of America was formally established and seized all former United States territory. Under Leslie's leadership, massive campaigns were launched that greatly increased the percentage of Americans in the working class, which boosted the new country's economy, as well as distributing wealth and political power equally among the people, ending the system of social classes. In 1941, America declared war on Germany, recognizing Nazism as anti-communism and thus the threat to the working class. In response, Japan declared war on America and began an invasion of Hawaii. Following the collapse of Nazi Germany, America detonated two nuclear bombs on Japan, forcing their surrender in 1945. While Germany was occupied by Britain and Russia and then reunified, Japan was left to America's control. Americans began supplying Japanese communists with weapons and assisting them in overthrowing the government. Following the execution of Emperor Shōwa in 1947, the Empire of Japan fell and in its place Japanese revolutionaries founded the Democratic People's Republic of Japan. America supported this new nation, until 1949, when the country developed its own form of communism that transformed the country into a bureaucracy. The failure of Sarah Leslie to create a democratic government in Japan was universally seen as an embarrassment, and Leslie lost most of her support in America and Japan, while being shunned by the international community. This was especially unstable at the time, as America and Russia were briefly involved in a cold war. In the two years of her last term, her disapproval ratings were so great that all she accomplished was to pass the Reforms of 1950. The Reforms of 1950 simply changed the central ideology of the American Workers' Party from Leslism to Marxism-Leslism. These were the same, except a key pillar of Marxism-Leslism was to fully stabilize the country and seek allies, while Leslism did not. The Reforms of 1950 also introduced a new set of laws intended to prevent corruption and authoritarianism in the government. Following the Invasion of Korea in 1971, America allied with Russia and China in their fight against Japan, ending the American-Russian cold war. The failure to create a communist state in Japan convinced America to abandon its plan to lead communist revolutions in other countries. Instead, America turned to space and established colonies on the Moon and Mars. Janet Kim passed the Reforms of 2015. These Reforms incorporated several aspects of capitalism into America's economy, such as private property and the ability of the value of goods to fluctuate according to supply and demand, in an attempt to gain allies. By modern day, America has renounced its right to declare war, and its citizens enjoy the second-highest standard of living, the fifth-lowest infant mortality rate, the world's largest industry, the seventh-least corrupt and tenth-most stable government. In modern times, America benefits from a prosperous economy, a rapidly growing population, and a large arsenal of nuclear weapons, but suffers from the lack of an organized military and receiving little international support.

Government
The America is structured as a federation; a union between "socialist republics", the equivalent of the states in the United States. Each socialist republic is run by a "Council of Workers", more commonly known as a "Workers' Council". The members of a Workers' Council are democratically elected by the citizens of a socialist republic who are not running for political office. The decisions of each republic can be overridden by the federal government, if it is approved by the executive branch. Each Workers' Council democratically elects a member to be a representative of their socialist republic to the legislature of America, the "People's Council of the United Socialist Republics of America", more commonly referred as the "People's Council of America" or simply the "People's Council". The People's Council possess more power than the executive branch of America, the "People's President of the United Socialist Republics of America", both referred to as the "People's President of America" or simply the "People's President". The People's President is elected through direct democracy. The People's President mainly handles international affairs, while the People's Council mainly handles internal affairs.