U.S.R

NOTICE: This article contains major spoilers for Act 4 and Act 5 of the main series! Tread carefully!
== General Information ==
The U.S.R, or United States of Reddit is the name of the Reddit controlled government of the United States. The country acts as a major location in both Act 4 and the upcoming Act 5. As the current center of Reddit's activity, this makes it one of the most dangerous places for our main characters. The capitol of the country is Washington B.C. (standing for Big Chungus instead of District of Columbia), and the leader of the country is Big Chungus as dictator. The country is embroiled in wars with Canada to the north and Friday Night Farmland to the south, both have which have raged to a general standstill on both fronts. The country is generally a terrible place to live due to the chaos of the Redditors, as well as the fact that Redditors view themselves as more important than every day people. There is also likely vast conscription of the Reddit National Army, as shown by Nate, Andre and Evan, the Reddit coast guards who mention they are paid 7.25 an hour.
== History ==
The Beginning of the United States of Reddit was with the Reddit takeover of America in 2011. This was a quick war in which the US Armed Forces were overwhelmed by the Redditors in the span of a few months. Obama, the current sitting president, was frozen in Carbonite and displayed upon the white house for the terrified citizens of America to see. Big Chungus then declared himself Dictator, and the Redditors soon took over. Most notably, Alaska remained largely unaffected and officially declared independence in late 2011. Throughout the 2010s, many locations in the United States would be renamed to honor either Big Chungus or other famous Redditors, and a large palace was constructed around the White House. Heavy Military Police presence would appear in many of the nation's cities, and Redditors would raze and plunder anything of significant worth to themselves. Also, Sewer people and other beasts from the caves would be let loose into America, instantly making many parts of the country very unsafe and especially very smelly. Although many rebel groups would exist in the country attempting to free the United States, the most significant was the Forrest-dwellers Against Reddit Takeover, or F.A.R.T for short. They would be led by Slenderman.
In 2012, The U.S.R would begin wars with its neighbors after co-opting what remained of the U.S Armed forces. Many of these nations would fall Throughout the following few years, most notably the fall of Mexico in 2013 and of Colombia in 2015. This war caused the unification of many Southern American Nations under a confederation known as Friday Night Farmland. The War with this confederation and its 'tankmen' would rage on through current times. Canada, however, was largely conquered by Reddit in the south and the east of the nation, with mainly the northwest of the country remaining free. However, at the start of this war the largely isolated and briefly independent Alaska would unify with Canada in 2012. As many of the inhabited parts of Canada had been conquered already, General Oz decided to move many of the Reddit troops south to conquer Central and South America. As such, the Canadian front has not moved significantly since 2014. 
== Fall of U.S.R ==
On September 23rd, 2019, Big Chungus would be killed by the Main 8 at the end of Act 4. This caused a major shake up in the Reddit upper ranks, and allowed for heightened Rebel Activity. The country would largely exist in a state of quasi-war with itself for around 20 years. After this time, Big Dustus would become dictator and restore efforts to conquer the Americas (and nearly succeeds). However, Big Dustus' hunger for revenge would be his undoing, as he kidnaps the main 8 and much of their families seeking both vengence and power. The Act 5 main characters come to save their families, in doing so they kill Big Dustus and many of the remaining Reddit higher-ups. In Essence, this ends the United States of Reddit, after which F.A.R.T restores the old United States government.
== Government ==
The U.S.R is a Totalitarian regime ruled by a dictator, whose succession is largely based on ties to the current Dictator (which resulted in the son of Big Chungus being the heir). The executives of the nation largely included Big Chungus' inner circle of military advisors, friends, and Wayne (who's father took a bullet for Big Chungus in the Reddit War). There are no elected officials, and as such any dissent is heavily punished. It is quite reminiscent of the Empires of old, places that were not necessarily held together by a common culture or heritage, but by a powerful ruler and his large army. This fact separates it partially from fascist dictatorships of the real world, as they try to weaponize nationalism to purely serve the state and curb the needs and rights of the individual.
== Economy and Development ==
After the Reddit Takeover, the new U.S.R became plagued with infrastructural decay and sabotage, decay of living and meeting spaces, major economic downturn, crop failures, famines and terrifying creature attacks. As such, the development and economy of the nation was largely in the toilet outside of the Military Industrial Complex. Much of the country was reorganized to assist the Reddit Military, and as such the country became very closed off on the world stage. 
== Fun Facts ==
* The United States of Reddit's origin as a concept was likely made some time during act 3 or before act 4, as the original draft of Act 1 has Tord and Tom return to America for a family reunion, which would largely be impossible if the Redditors had taken over.
** Redditors being antagonists, however, dates back to the original 'Reddit Wars' roleplay which acts as a grandfather to WYSI.
* At some point there was a roblox game that was a canonical location in the U.S.R but it has since been forgotten. It featured a large open space in a city where random meme monsters would chase you around. One of these was ronald mcdonald I think.
* The Redditors likely decided to take over America due to its proximity to the Moaning Caverns, the homeland of Big Chungus.
** The Reason it was not a target in the 1850s was largely due to the country's lack of development and importance on the world stage in comparison to the United Kingdom.
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