United States (Roosevelt Dies in Car Crash)

United States of America
OTL equivalent: US Minus Hawaii, its territories, and Washington DC

Flag Coat of Arms
Anthem	"Star Spangled Banner"
Capital	Juneau
Largest city	New York
Language	English (de facto)
Religion   main	Buddhism (de facto) and Christianity (de jure)
others	Non-religious, Islam, Maoist, others
Ethnic Groups   main	74.4 percent White, 13.4 percent Black, 9.0 percent Asian
others	3.2 percent others
Demonym	American
Government	Federal Constitutional Presidential Republic
Legislature	Congress
President	Mitt Romney
Population	1.2 Billion
Currency	American Dollar
Driving Side	Right

The United States of America is a nation in North America.

History (from 1932 POV to present)

Throughout the 1932 election, it was clear Franklin Roosevelt would win the election. However, two months before the election, Roosevelt died in a car crash leaving John Nance Garner as the Democratic contender. With Garner not having as much appeal as Roosevelt, Hoover won in another landslide, with Hoover gaining 481 electoral votes compared to Garner's 50 votes, all in the Deep South. Many Democrats turned to the Prohibition Party as they saw Garner as weak on various issues. Hoover's presidency oversaw the end of the Great Depression and various other things. Hoover's victory made many Democrats upset, which led to Henry Skillman Breckinridge's victory in 1936, gaining him 369 electoral votes. Breckinridge's policies led to a new form of liberalism called Neu-Liberalism (which since 1980, is no longer a faction.) This left many citizens from both parties upset and in 1940, Henry Wallace, an independent, won the election with 538 electoral votes, which remains the greatest victory for any US president as of 1980. He was popular but was weak on foreign policy which led to Thomas E. Dewey's 383 electoral vote landslide in 1944.

US Involvement in World War II

After years of fighting in Europe, Congress overwhelmingly voted not to enter World War II. However, Dewey declared war on Japan and Nazi Germany. From the beginning of the war, it seem as if the US was winning with granting France their independence from Germany but this took a turn when Japan captured Hawaii. By 1953, Washington DC was taken over by Nazi Germany and the US surrendered.

Post War Era

After the war, the US fell into a power decline, with the US only solving domestic problems. This went on until 2013, when president Mitt Romney started a program to fix the United States.

Congressional Makeup

Although the Democratic Party is still in power,it still remains fractured. The Libertarian,Green,and Socialist parties have formed a Neu America Gang, while the Republican, Democratic, Prohibition, and Progressive parties to form the Classic American Alliance. In addition, ten other parties remain in power during this time.

Media

Media is pretty much the same as OTL. However, in 1963, under Richard Nixon's leadership, he created AET (American Educational Television), with each region of each state(s) getting one of them. All TV channels can only air programming from 2:00 PM to 10:59:59 PM on school days and air from 8:00 AM to the same ending time on non-school days.

The radio system - American Public Radio has over 100 radio stations for listeners to listen to.

Various media formats are popular in the United States,with VHS being popular by Democrats,Laserdisc being popular by Green Party members,DVD being popular with Prohibitioners,VCD being popular by Libertarians,HD-DVD being popular with the Progressive Party,Blu-Ray being popular with Socialists,and 4K Blu-Ray for the upper class as these are quite expensive.Various other media formats for music,such as vinyl,cassette,and CD have also been popular. However,there are many formats that bombed in the US.

Education

Originally, education in the US was controlled by the government. However, in 1976, Richard Nixon signed an act that let the schools decide on what subjects to offer, what subjects they were going to teach, the number of exams in a year, and so on. As such, not one school in the US is similar and one school may be year round while the other might be a Waldorf school. Also, charter schools were outlawed in 1974.

Transportation

The US is served by the Transcontinental Highway System, which has one in every state. (Ex. THS 1 runs from Plattsburgh, NY to Brownsville, TX). This system was created by Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Religion

Before 1967, Christianity was the most dominant religion. However, after Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band came out, many people turned to Buddhism. Today Buddhism is the largest religion, with 33 percent of the population following it, followed by Christianity at 19 percent, then no religion, also at 19 percent, then Islam at 14 percent, the Taoism at ten percent, then Hinduism at five percent, and last, other religions at one percent.

List of Presidents

Herbert Hoover (Republican) - Mar 4, 1929 to Mar 4, 1937

Henry Skillman (Democrat) - Mar 4, 1937 to Jan 20, 1941

Henry Wallace (Independent) - Jan, 20 1941 to Jan 20, 1945

Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) - Jan 20, 1945 to June 21, 1953

Adolf Hitler (as Fuhrer) - June 21, 1953 to Jan 20, 1957

Dwight D. Eisenhower (Prohibition) - Jan 20, 1957 to Jan 20, 1961

Richard Nixon (Prohibition) - Jan 20, 1961 to Jan 20, 1977

Jimmy Carter (Progressive) - Jan 20, 1977 to Oct 18, 1984

Walter Mondale (Progressive) - Oct 18, 1984 to Jan 20, 1989

George H. W. Bush (Republican) - Jan 20, 1989 to Nov 6, 1992

Dan Quayle (Republican) - Nov 6, 1992 to Jan 20, 1993

Howie Hawkins (Green) - Jan 20, 1993 to Jan 20, 2005

Gary Johnson (Libertarian) - Jan 20, 2005 to Jan 20, 2013

Mitt Romney (Prohibition) - Jan 20, 2013 to present