Present Day (World War III-1956)

2006-2007

United States-- Congress returns to the hands of the Republicans after four years of Democratic control, under the Presidency of John Kerry.

Economically, the USA is the strongest nation on Earth, with gross domestic product rates equivalent to OTL's 1980s. Most of the country has recovered from "The War" (as it is often known) and population levels are nearly back to pre-1956 levels.

Among the cities destroyed, only three have been re-built: New Chicago, New Los Angeles, and New Seattle. The "Manhatten Peace Park" was fully re-forested and is maintained as a national park. Adjoining former boroughs, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, are independent cities.