United States of America

The United States of America (USA), also referred to as America or the United States (US), was a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district, as well as five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands and 326 Indian reservations.
Paleo-aboriginals migrated from Siberia to the North American mainland at least 12,000 years ago, and advanced cultures began to appear later on. These advanced cultures had almost completely declined by the time the Europeans had arrived in North America, who subsequently began to colonize the continent. The United States emerged from the Thirteen British Colonies when disputes with the British Crown over taxation and political representation led to the American Revolution (1765–1784), which established the nation's independence. In the late 18th century, the U.S. began expanding across North America, gradually obtaining new territories, sometimes through war, frequently displacing Native Americans, and admitting new states. By 1848, the United States spanned the continent from east to west. The controversy surrounding the practice of slavery culminated in the secession of the Confederate States of America, which fought the remaining states of the Union during the American Civil War (1861–1865). With the Union's victory and preservation, slavery was abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment.
In 2020, America lost its status as a superpower after a long period of civil unrest, and economic recessions. By 2029, the nation was reduced to no more than a corrupted and vulnerable shadow of her former self. Instead of a Constitutional republic, the nation became a theocratic Ultranationalist state, known as the Judaeo-Christian Republic of America (JCRA).
== History ==
For events that occurred in the Prime Timeline, see History of the United States
=== Great Panic ===
Beginning in 2021, the United States lost its military prestige following its withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. Later that same year, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a recession began in in the nation.
However, things were not all bad; in 2022, the Supreme Court decision known as Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion since 1973, was overturned, restoring the right to have an abortion to the states. The United States President, Joseph Biden, vowed to codify abortion rights protections nationwide once enough Democrats took control of the House and Senate. Later that same year, Russia invaded Ukraine, escalating the already-ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, but the United States chose to stay out of it.
Meanwhile, things were happening in America that took the Democratic liberal population of America by storm; by 2022, radical Christian nationalists calling themselves "born again Christians" claimed exactly half of the House and Senate. Also in 2022, America saw the rise of a radical right-wing movement known as the Abortion Abolitionist movement. Unlike the pro-life movement, which believed in fighting abortion incrementally, abolitionists wanted laws that criminalized abortion at conception, with no exceptions for rape or incest, and they wanted prosecution for women who have abortions, arguing that exempting women from prosecution was, according to the Christian Bible, "Favoritism" and "iniquitous" in the sight of a holy God. What started as a radical fringe group within the pro-life movement began to take control of all three branches of the federal government one by one, starting with the Legislative branch.
Thanks to this sudden increase in abortion abolitionists in the federal government, abortion abolition bills began to be signed into law in droves nationwide. By early 2023, the abortion abolitionist movement had effectively replaced the pro-life movement as the most influential political force in the nation.
Their efforts didn't save the country, however; thanks to the recession, the U.S. economy did not recover and America lost its status as a global superpower, which led to a domino effect; gas prices skyrocketed and important infrastructure, including highways and superhighways, deteriorated once they became too costly to repair. To make matters worse, the severity of the COVID-19 and the stubbornness of the American "anti-masker" and "anti-vaccine" community eventually forced the US government to re-implement a nationwide lockdown in 2024. The population begrudgingly complied, but as time went on Americans grew tired of the lockdown and eventually rebelled against the government, resulting in violent "lockdown riots" occurring across the nation.
To make matters worse, a cyber-attack struck the United States Stock Exchange and all three branches of the country's national military, which led to the country bordering on complete economic collapse and total anarchy.
=== Rise of Christian Nationalism ===
Around 2024, a spiritual revival swept the United States, with millions of people nationwide converting to Christianity in droves. Aided by the Christian Right (labeled the "Christian Nationalist Party" by Democratic liberals), Christian nationalists, particularly abortion abolitionists, began to take control of the various legislatures nationwide, in addition to the legislative and judicial branches of federal government, much to the disbelief of the Democratic liberals and GOP members nationwide. By the 2024 Presidential election, the Christian Right had effectively replaced the GOP as the majority on both state and federal levels of government.
=== Takeover by Christian Nationalism ===
In 2025, the nation was once again rocked with the revelation that Paul Button, revealed to be a corrupt man and a power-hungry tyrant seeking Presidential office so he could finish what Joe Biden began, was behind Operation Nest Wrecker and the political scandal that led to it, outraging the American people. To that end, Christian nationalists and radical right-wing Conservative Republicans banded together and successfully overthrew Paul Button and his entire administration mere minutes after he was sworn into office in a violent coup.
Immediately after taking power, Oliver Knight, a Christian nationalist, led what he called a "federal cleansing"; Knight ordered the arrest of Kamala Harris, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Andrew Cuomo, and Bernie Sanders on charges of "abuse of power" and "treason against the Most High God". Following this, Harris, Ocasio-Cortez, Cuomo and Sanders were all sentenced to life imprisonment. 
Other Left-wing loyalists, including members of ANTIFA, were either also sentenced to life imprisonment or executed. 
Under Knight, America had officially transformed from a Constitutional Republic to a theocratic state, known as the Judaeo-Christian Republic of America. Despite this, American citizens still referred to the new country as the United States of America. 
=== The "American Dark Ages" ===
Despite the Conservative Republicans' promises that they would "rescue America" from its dire state, the American currency system was so devastated by economic issues and social and political unrest, that the country's military and economy was quite literally on the verge of total collapse. What was once the most powerful nation on Earth was now no more than a corrupted and vulnerable shadow of her former self, though masquerading as a "sovereign and Godly nation on a hill." To the liberal and secular population of America, the nation had entered what they deemed the "American Dark Ages."
== Geography of the United States ==
The USA stretches from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the South. The nation has an abundance in various natural resources, including shale oil, coal, ore, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas and timber. There is also abundant wildlife in the fifty states.
== Government ==
The United States of America is constitutional republic and representative democracy, "in which majority rule is tempered by minority rights protected by law." As laid out in the Constitution of the United States, the government is regulated by a system of checks and balances. There are three divisions of government, federal, state, and local. Once the abortion abolitionists and their Christian Nationalist allies took over the US, the country became a theocracy.
The federal government comprises of the Legislative, Judicial and Executive branches. The legislative branch consists of the bicameral Congress, which is split into the House of Representatives and the Senate. This branch makes federal laws, declares war, approves treaties, has the power of the purse, and has the power of impeachment. The Executive Branch involves the President. The President can veto legislative bills before they become law, and appoints the members of the Cabinet (subject to Senate approval) and other officers, who administer and enforce federal laws and policies, pardon criminals, and, in some cases, can directly control the US military (as commander-in-chief). The Judicial Branch consists of the Supreme Court, as well as the lower courts. The judges are appointed by the President with Senate approval. They interpret laws and overturn those deemed unconstitutional.
Following the coup against Paul Button, the Constitutional Republic, though publicly claimed to have been "preserved" by the Christian Right, was abolished and replaced with a theocratic system of government, with Pastors acting as "spiritual advisors" to the United States President. 
== Law ==
Prior to the takeover by Christian nationalists, the law of the United States of America comprised of both codified and uncodified forms of law, of which the most important is the nation's Constitution, which prescribes the foundation of the federal government of the United States, as well as various civil liberties. The Constitution sets out the boundaries of federal law, which consists of Acts of Congress, treaties ratified by the Senate, regulations promulgated by the executive branch and case law originating from the federal judiciary. 
The United States Code is the official compilation and codification of general and permanent federal statutory law. 
Following the takeover of the United States by Christian nationalists, the JCRA augmented all of these laws with the Ten Commandments, with elements of the US Constitution being completely reinterpreted to be in line with right-wing Christian fundamentalist interpretations of the Hebrew Bible. For example, the 14th Amendment was reinterpreted to mean that abortion was a felony. 
== Military ==
The United States Armed Forces is divided into the US Army, US Air Force, US Navy and US Marines. It is led by the Commander in Chief, also known as the US President.
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