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United States of America

Flag of the United States
Flag
Coat of arms of the United States
Coat of arms
Motto: 
"In God We Trust"
Anthem: 
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
Location of the United States.
Capital Washington, D.C.
Largest city New York
Official languages None at Federal Level
Other languages English
Ethnic groups
  • 84% White Americans
  • 11% African-Americans
  • 3% Native Americans
  • 2% Asian Americans and Others
Demonym(s) American
Government Constitutional presidential democratic republic
Philip D. Murphy (PROP)
• Vice President of the United States (VPOTUS)
James Roosevelt (PROP)
• Speaker of the House
Newt Gingrich (POP)
Legislature United States Congress
Independence from Great Britain
• Declared
4 July 1776
• Treaty of Paris
3 September 1783
• Reunification of North and South
13 April 1957


The United States of America is a federal presidential constitutional republic in North America. It is a Union of 22 states, and the capital is Washington, D.C. The current president is Philip D. Murphy, and the vice president is James Roosevelt.

History[]

Background info (before 1860)[]

Paleo-Indians migrated from Siberia to the North American mainland at least 12,000 years ago, and European colonization began in the 16th century. The United States emerged from the thirteen British colonies established along the East Coast. Disputes over taxation and political representation with Great Britain led to the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), which established independence. In the late 18th century, the U.S. began vigorously expanding across North America, gradually acquiring new territories, frequently displacing Native Americans, and admitting new states; by 1848, the United States spanned the continent. Slavery was legal in the southern United States, which led to a dispute between Northern abolitionists and Southern slavers. This would set the grounds for the 11 Years War.

The Point of Divergence and the Eleven Years War (1860 - 1866)[]

With the 1860 election of the Republican Abraham Lincoln, thirteen slave states declared secession and formed the Confederate States of America, while the federal government (the "Union"} said that secession and slavery were illegal. The ensuing war would be one of the deadliest wars in human history, and THE deadliest war in American history. The CSA also allied to the United Kingdom and France, both of whom joined the war. General and later-President of the CSA, Stonewall Jackson (who the timeline is named after) led the siege of Washington D.C. and would also lead his troops to victory in theBattle of Gettysburg. The Union states were now near-collapse, and famine took its toll on the people. Eventually, the states of California and Oregon (later Cascadia) had enough, and declared secession from the Union also, as the Pacific Union. President Lincoln was voted out in the 1864 election, and he was replaced by George McClellan of the Democratic Party, who promised a decisive victory for the Union. As Britain landed on the shores of Massachusetts, the Union had no choice but to surrender in the summer of 1866. It had to recognize the independence of the CSA and the Pacific Union, as well as cede New England to the UK. While the Eleven Years War continued in Europe until 1872, America was faced with a tough period of reconstruction.

Reconstruction and the Sioux Rebellion (1866 - 1887)[]

The American Reconstruction period was the Union attempt at trying to preserve their Union, and to rebuild their once successful nation. In the 1868 presidential election, George McClellan was beat by former vice president Hannibal Hamlin. Hamlin wanted revenge for the Eleven Years War, so he ordered a blockade on the CSA, and a military occupation of the British-occupied northern Minnesota. Congress hated this, so they began an impeachment trial of Hamlin. Hamlin managed to escape the impeachment without removal, but he was extremely unpopular. He left office in 1872 as a result of the election, which favored George Pendleton.

Reconstruction was still a tough time for most Americans. There was barely any prosperity. People were still struggling to find a living in the American nation. Some looked South, to the prospering Confederacy, now under President Stonewall Jackson. Native Americans took the opportunity to riot, revolt, and escape to the Indian State, which would later become Oklahoma. In the 1876 election, President Pendleton won again.

Sioux Revolt[]

In the state of Lakota, a Sioux-born Native American by the name of Sitting Bull ran in the 1876 election under the Sioux Nationalist ticket. After losing said election, he campaigned around the state to spread his anti-Union message. He was eventually elected Governor of Lakota. When he had enough support in the states of Lakota and Nebraska, he declared that those states secede from the Union and form the Federation of Lakota, which would start the Sioux-American War in 1877, and independence was won 2 years later.

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President Ulysses S. Grant official portrait, 1881

The Grantian Era[]

The 1880 election saw the victory of Republican and former Union general Ulysses S. Grant. Grant introduced reforms for the economy, military, and populace to stop famines and droughts. He was regarded as a great president, and he was successfully reelected in the election of 1884. However, on November 8, 1887, on his way to a Conference, Grant was assassinated by Nathan Bedford Forrest II, a Confederate spy and officer for the Klan, which are Confederate secret police. This stunned America, as Grant was the first President to get assassinated. His vice president, Schulyer Colfax Jr. took over as President. This assassination would cause the Great American War, between the Union and the Confederacy, now called the Empire of the Golden Circle.

The Great American War (1887 - 1892)[]

The Great American War lasted from 1887 to 1892 upon the assassination of President Grant. The Union Army did catch some early victories at the Battle of St. Louis and the Battle of Carthage, but were ultimately pushed back at Nashville. In the 1888 election, then Republican Theodore Roosevelt would win over Colfax and William A. Wallace. He would go on to try to sue for peace, but failed. Then, the Union Army started being pushed back again. In February of 1892, the Union would surrender and cede the states of Missouri, Kansas, Kentucky, Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Delaware to the Golden Circle. Consequently, the election later that year saw his removal and replacement by Grover Cleveland.

America in the 1890s and in WW1 (1892 - 1912)[]

America in the 1890s was a changing nation. Feeling the effects from the Great American War, President Grover Cleveland wanted to develop the North into what it once was: an industrial heartland. Thus, he began pushing the Industrial Revolution on the North, and it transformed the economy from an agricultural-based economy to an industrial one. He even laid out plans for a National Railroad, which would later become the Transcontinental Railroad.

In the 1900 election, Democrat candidate Adlai Stevenson I would win. Being the vice president to Cleveland, he would continue his industrial plans, however World War I (1901 - 1909) would cut these plans short.

World War[]

While the United States would never officially join the war, they did sell supplies and support the Allied Powers when the Golden Circle joined the war. The U.S. also let British and Canadian troops have military access. Stonewall Jackson himself after hearing this said:

"After the war is won, we shall send our armies to Pennsylvania and crush the traitors once and for all." - Stonewall Jackson

The Election of 1904 saw the removal of Adlai Stevenson I, in favor of Robert Todd Lincoln, a republican, and son of the late Abraham Lincoln.

In 1905, America started funding for Revolutionaries in Texas, which would kickstart a revolution there. Lincoln would announce resignation from President due to a scandal, and he gave his presidency to his running mate Andrew Carnegie, who stopped supporting the war in 1908. Carnegie would instead continue the Cleveland Plan, which would be to fully industrialize the North.

The Interwar Period (1912 - 1950)[]

The Interwar Period would see the American Golden Age from 1912 to 1931, a period of mass industrialization and prosperity that hasn't been seen since the American Revolution. Science, Literature, Art, and Music would also rise during this period, as well as an emphasis on the free market. It was truly a period of culture.

The 1916 election would see the return of Theodore Roosevelt, under a new party called the Progressive Party, which was then known as the Bull Moose Party. He would win and become the first and only president to serve two non-consecutive terms. He would be succeeded by William Howard Taft, then Woodrow Wilson. Afterwards, the last Republican president Herbert Hoover would be elected in 1929.

The Great Depression (1931 - 1941)[]

The Great Depression began in America when the stock market crashed, and everyone was in debt due to taking out so many loans. President Hoover did nothing about this, and was kicked out of office in favor of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1936 election. Roosevelt created the New Deal, which would basically reform the economy to prevent such a tragedy from ever happening again, which worked by the time he handed the title of President to his vice, John Nance Garner, in 1941. The Great Schism would also finally end in 1945, when the Republican Party was dissolved into the Populist Party and the Libertarian Party. Garner would be assassinated by an anarchist on April 16, 1946, leaving M. Clifford Townsend to take over as acting president. In the election of 1948, populist Thomas E. Dewey would become the 34th President of the United States.

World War II and the Fight Against Esotericism and Fascism (1950 - 1957)[]

President Dewey quickly took a pro-war stance when World War II (1950 - 1957) broke out in Europe. The American people despised the dictator of Esoteric Germany, named Heinrich Himmler, and were planning to join the war against them. However, the Nationalist Confederacy of States suddenly declared war on the United States, and eventually Germany and Esoteric Italy led by Julius Evola would do so also. The rest of the Nationalist League would follow (Nationalist China, Nazi Austria, Hyperborea, Nationalist Spain). A joint invasion by the United States, Texas, and Florida would divide the struggling Confederacy (which revealed the Great Genocide), and the United States sent troops to help Britain liberate Europe, and helped Japan liberate China. However, the Germans would launch an atomic bomb to Leningrad and another to New York City, but the one headed for NY was intercepted, and the United States bombed Berlin to the absolute limit, and Germany surrendered.

The Reunification Era (1957 - 1991)[]

After WW2, Presidents Spiro Agnew and Adlai Stevenson II began and continued the process of reintegrating the states of Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Columbia, and Virginia, which were welcomed back into the Union. African Americans were given the right to vote in the 17th amendment, and the process of reintegration would begin and continue until 1971, when South Carolina was readmitted to the Union. At this time, former vice president Fred Trump was the president, who would attempt to turn America into a Capitalist paradise, and was successful.

Progressive President Jimmy Carter and Populist President John B. Anderson led throughout the 1980s, a decade of controversy yet prosperity. The decade would end upon the beginning of Libertarian president Ron Paul's administration.

The 1990s in America (1991 - 1999)[]

The 1990s was a decade of prosperity for America, as the electronic market for Personal Computers and Console Games would blast off. It is generally regarded as a second Golden Age because of this and Ron Paul's presidency. Upon the Election of 1996, Progressive Al Gore came out as the 41st president.

America in the 21st Century (1999 -)[]

The 2000s marks the rise of internet communication and mobile technologies. In the 2004 election, populist Donald Trump, son of former president Fred Trump, wins the election as the 42nd President. His first vice president, Larry Hogan, was assassinated by a neo-Confederate terrorist in 2006. The 2012 election saw the victory of Rand Paul, son of former president Ron Paul. His very controversial conservative beliefs caused him to be voted out in the 2016 election in favor of current President incumbent Phil Murphy.

Politics and Government[]

The United States is a federal republic of 23 states and a federal region. It is the oldest currently active democracy in the world. It is a federal republic and a representative democracy.

In the American federalist system, citizens are subject to three levels of government: local, state, and federal. The local government's duties are commonly split between county and municipal governments.

The government is regulated by a system of checks and balances defined by the U.S. Constitution, which serves as the country's supreme legal document. The original text of the Constitution establishes the structure and responsibilities of the federal government and its relationship with the individual states. Article One protects the right to the writ of habeas corpus. The Constitution has been amended 26 times; the first ten amendments, which make up the Bill of Rights, and the Fourteenth Amendment form the central basis of Americans' individual rights. All laws and governmental procedures are subject to judicial review and any law ruled by the courts to be in violation of the Constitution is voided.

The federal government comprises three branches:

  • Legislative: The bicameral Congress, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives, makes federal law, declares war, approves treaties, has the power of the purse, and has the power of impeachment, by which it can remove sitting members of the government.
  • Executive: The president is the commander-in-chief of the military, can veto legislative bills before they become law (subject to congressional override), and appoints the members of the Cabinet (subject to Senate approval) and other officers, who administer and enforce federal laws and policies.
  • Judicial: The Supreme Court and lower federal courts, whose judges are appointed by the president with Senate approval, interpret laws and overturn those they find unconstitutional.

Political divisions[]

There are 23 states in the nation. A state is the primary political administrative division in the country. Each state holds jurisdiction over a defined geographic territory, where it shares sovereignty with the federal government. They are subdivided into counties or county equivalents and further divided into municipalities. The Capitol Region is a district that contains the Capitol Building, the White House, and the Supreme Court. The states choose the president of the United States. Each state has presidential electors equal to the number of their representatives and senators in Congress.

The United States also observes tribal sovereignty of the American Indian nations to a limited degree, as it does with states' sovereignty. American Indians are U.S. citizens and tribal lands are subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress and the federal courts. Like the states they have a great deal of autonomy, but also like the states, tribes are not allowed to make war, engage in their own foreign relations, or print and issue currency.

Citizenship is granted at birth in all states and the Federal Region.

The 23 states are as follows:

States of the United States
State Name Capital State Admission Date State Re-admission Date (if applicable) # Current Governor
Alabama Montgomery December 14, 1819 January 12, 1963 15 TBD
Columbia Washington, D.C. March 16, 1973 N/A 23 TBD
Delaware Providence December 7, 1787 N/A 1 TBD
Georgia Savannah January 2, 1788 February 18, 1961 4 TBD
Illinois Springfield December 3, 1818 N/A 14 TBD
Indiana Indianapolis December 11, 1816 N/A 13 TBD
Iowa Des Moines December 28, 1846 N/A 17 TBD
Kentucky Frankfort June 1, 1792 November 6, 1955 10 TBD
Maryland Baltimore April 28, 1788 December 30, 1952 5 TBD
Michigan Lansing January 26, 1837 N/A 16 TBD
Minnesota Saint Paul May 11, 1858 N/A 19 TBD
New Jersey Trenton December 18, 1787 N/A 3 TBD
New York Albany July 26, 1788 N/A 8 TBD
Manhattan New York City August 21, 1939 N/A 20 TBD
North Carolina Raleigh November 21, 1789 June 6, 1959 9 TBD
Pennsylvania Harrisburg December 12, 1787 N/A 2 TBD
South Carolina Columbia May 23, 1788 May 16, 1971 6 TBD
Superior Marquette October 18, 1946 N/A 21 TBD
Tennessee Nashville June 1, 1796 June 8, 1956 11 TBD
Virginia Richmond June 25, 1788 August 20, 1957 7 TBD
West Virginia Charleston January 3, 1953 N/A 22 TBD

Parties and elections[]

The United States has operated under a two-to-three party system since 1945. For elective offices at most levels, state-administered primary elections choose the major party nominees for subsequent general elections. Since the 1948 presidential election, there have been three major parties:

- The Progressive Party: A center-left political party founded by president Theodore Roosevelt in 1912.

- The Populist Party: A center-right political party that broke off from the old Republican Party in 1945.

- The Libertarian Party: A right-winged political party that is the other half of the Republican Party that divided in 1945.

In American political culture, the center-right Populist Party is considered "conservative" and the center-left Progressive Party is considered "liberal". The Libertarian Party is considered "libertarian".

Foreign relations[]

The United States has an established structure of foreign relations. It is apart of the League of Nations. Most countries have embassies in Washington, D.C. Likewise, most nations host American diplomatic missions. It is a member of the Union of American States, a political and economic union for North and South America.

The United States also has strong ties to Canada, Bharat, China, Russia, as well as many European nations, such as France, Spain, Italy, and many German nations.

Military[]

The president is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces and appointed its leaders, the secretary of defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Department of Defense administers five of the six service branches, which are made up of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and Space Force. The Coast Guard, also a branch of the armed forces, is normally administered by the Department of Homeland Security in peacetime and can be transferred to the Department of the Navy in wartime. In 2019, all six branches of the U.S. Armed Forces reported 906k personnel on active duty. The Reserves and National Guard brought the total number of troops to 1.2 million. The Department of Defense also employed about 300,000 civilians, not including contractors.