Niagara Falls (1983: Doomsday)

The United Community of Niagara Falls is a multi-national city-state made up of the twin cities of Niagara Falls, Ontario and Niagara Falls, New York as well as surrounding regions of Niagara Falls County and Municipality. It is also the capital of the, an international organization in the Great Lakes Area.

Pre-Doomsday
Before Doomsday, Niagara Falls was a "twin city" divided between New York and Ontario. Both sides interacted and cooperated fully, and in fact, most stores used both the Canadian and American dollars. It was also a large tourist region, with many honeymoon couples coming there, it was dubbed the "Honeymoon Capital of the World"

Doomsday
Niagara Falls barely avoided the serious effects of the strike on Buffalo, New York. While little refugees were received, those that were were lodged on both sides of the city, although many preferred the much-less damaged Canadian side which were airlifted by the 107th Tactical Fighter Group. There were many farms on the Canadian side as well, so food was not a problem since the cities had such a small population. The biggest problem was that with the damaging of the hydro-dam water was overflowing at a dangerous level. Both sides of the city scrambled to build makeshift coffer dams until a better solution could be found.

The American Falls did not flood as much as Horseshoe Falls. Horseshoe Falls would have water come rapidly crashing down destroying many boats and flooding many caverns and flooding most of the lower bridges even with small makeshift coffer dams. The Maid of the Mist barely escaped destruction. However, while both cities had met with significant damage, the American section was by far more damaged due to the nearby strike on Buffalo that prompted many Americans to flee through whatever bridges remained to Canada, while the city officials and around 25,000 civilians would remain in the city proper.

Post-Doomsday
The Cities would work viciously at repairing the hydro-dams for the next few years. It was difficult to construct since the only materials avaliable were those from the Regional Municipality of Niagara Falls, Ontario and those from the immediate region of Niagara County, New York. Plus, The New York side has essentially been cut off from the rest of the county due to the increasing flood waters. By 1985 the hydro-dam was complete in the sense it now blocked the flood waters, but electricity being restored was still an ongoing difficult process. Technicians and engineers would have to remove large parts of the dam to remove any components that were destroyed by the EMP and would have to somehow replace the parts. It would be a long process of scavenging before the plant would be complete. Falls scouts were sent to Lockport, the county seat to assess the situation and they found that the city had become victim to overcrowding by refugees from Buffalo. Still the seat officials desperately attempted to maintain order and Niagara Falls offered to take 1,000 refugees with them back to the city, along with 200 of the New York Army National Guard Remnant, or more precisely survivors of the 42nd Infantry Division that were led by the mayor of Buffalo out of the city. Lockport agreed and the situation greatly improved for them, but yet some of the county officials felt that they were to vulnerable to refugees from the rest of the state and decided to evacuate to the east where they would be less vulnerable to refugees. In 1985, the mayors of both sides met to discuss a possible unification of the cities. Later that year, the City of Niagara Falls was unified.

United Communities Foundation
It was around 2000 that contact with Ithaca, Binghamton, and North Pennsylvania occurred. In 2007, the city experienced drastic changes when the United Communities was formed. They were elected to become the capital! A capital building for the organization is still under construction, however.

Economy
Niagara Falls, as a common ground for the United Communities, has one of the most active commercial spots in the North. While freight ships will dock and bring their merchandise from a certain country, sometimes the representatives of the UC and their families will purchase these products from another "country".

International Relations
Niagara Falls is the capital of the and is soverign territory of that organization. It is also the center of trade for the Great Lakes region and during the Saguenay war harbored several Canadian ships.