Cotton War (13 Fallen Stars)

The Cotton War refers to the time period within the 19th Century in which several of the competed with each other over the dominance of production and exportation of globally desired  (most notably  and ).

While all of the American Republics got involved at some point, the main main competition would come from the and the, due in great part to their agricultural dominance and continued practice of slave labor.

Carolina had an early lead in the Cotton War, due in greater part to the abundance of usable and fertile land within the nation. At the time, Virginian productivity was limited to the eastern coast, with the Appalachian Mountains limiting the spread of slavery within the nation (in comparison to its neighbor).

In the 1860s, Virginia broke out into, ending with the abolishment of slavery. The end of slavery opened Virginian to industrialize themselves and to cooperate with the northern industrial nations. By the 1880s, the Virginian cotton market was expanded and quickly surpassing Carolina.

International pressure would lead Carolina to abolish slavery in the 1890s, cutting Carolinian productivity down, and helping Virginia to become the dominant cotton exporter for the remainder of the century and throughout the 20th Century (due also in part to Carolina's slow move towards industrialization).