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==The New Americas - The Outer Colonies Region==
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Founding Year: 2493 (contested)
Capital (City, World): Georgetown, Columbia
National Symbol: An bald eagle clutch a lightning bolt in one claw and a olive branch in the other
Total Systems: 18
Estimated Population (3046): 24,240,000,000
Government: Feudal Council
Ruler: President Eugene Mackenzie Booth II
Dominant Language(s): Standard English (official)
Dominant Religion(s): Christianity, Judaism & Islam
HPG: B
Technology level: 27th Century
Unit of Currency: Dollar ($)
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===Summary===
Of all the star nations and states near the Outer Colonies, none has proven to be more problematic or a source of more trouble than The New Americas. An unusually large nation for so deep in the periphery, the New America's were first founded by a group who struck out from the Inner Sphere to escape the increasingly intrusive governments, and only stopped when they reached the seemingly impassable Obsidian Nebula. There they sought to found a new nation where everyone was equal, but soon the harsh realities of life so far from the rest of civilization forced them to revert to something akin to that which they had left behind. Clinging to at least the pretense of the ideals their forefather's had held, they chose to name their new rulers 'Senators', who from among themselves would elect a 'President' to serve an eight year term as First Among Equals. This gave their government some form of central leadership, while ensuring that no one world or family could gain too much power.
The similarities to the early days of the distant Free Worlds League is apparently lost on them.
With the coming of the Star League, there was a short period of peace followed by a prolonged war that never really ended. The New America's had managed to maintain much of the technology they had arrived with, and were even able to reverse engineer several BattleMech designs. This allowed them to hold off half-hearted incursions by the Star League Defense Force until the start of the Reunification War, when they were sloughed under by superior numbers and much more advanced weapons. But before the process of assimilation could be completed, the Usurper struck on far Terra, and the garrison was recalled to follow General Kerensky on his march back to the birthplace of humanity. Freed from what they saw as the iron grip of tyranny, the people of the New America's vowed Never Again! and started building up an even bigger army to face the Star League when it returned.
This never happened, but to this day the New America's hold a deep hatred for the Star League and the Outer Colonies, who they see as traitors who turned on their own. 
It is this hatred that has lead them to be the main suppler of BattleMechs and other weapons to pirates in the local area; they are known to have agents on the pirate strongholds of Broken Dreams and Pendergrass, possibly even as far as Flint and Blood, but this is unconfirmed. They are also the main external supplier of advanced weapons to the Reman Imperium, supporting them in their struggle against their bitter rivals in the Alianza EspaÃola, who are in turn reviving aid from the Outer Colonies. This low-level Proxy War seems to be sanctioned at the highest levels of the New America's government, and has lead to a worsening of the already strained diplomatic relationship between the two states.
They chose this line of attack due to their technological inferiority compared to the Outer Colonies Defense Force. The New Americas have at least two functioning shipyards (Stone Harbour and New Boston), with a third suspected but unconfirmed. They also have several factories capable of producing BattleMechs, but not of the same quality as the Outer Colonies. They also lack any true warships, although they do have several armed JumpShips that they use as command ships for military expeditions. They are also known to be searching for a lost Star League outpost somewhere within the Obsidian Nebular known only as Titans Gate. However the nature and composition of the nebular makes travel through it highly dangerous without precise coordinates for safe jump-points. There are also believed to be still functioning automated defenses, possible even drone warships, guarding Titans Gate. Over the last three hundred years more than a dozen explanations have been sent into the nebular; few have ever been seen or heard from again.
Aside from this, the main foreign policy aim of the New Americas seems to be aimed towards five independent worlds located between their boards and the Outer Colonies. Moment and Dog are already falling under their influence, while Holt's Folly, Hudson and Storm seem intent on maintaining their independence. It remains to be seen how long they are able to do so given their small population, economic and technological bases.
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===The New Americas Worlds===
*; Cody : 
*; Columbia : 
*; Concordia : 
*; Dixon : 
*;Mason : 
*; New Boston : 
*; Plymouth : 
*; Springfield :
*; Stone Harbour : 
*; Shakespeare : 
*; Tallahassee : 
*; Ulysses : 
*; Valiant : 
*; Valley Forge : 
*; Vicksburg : 
*; Vicksburg : 
===Author's Comment===
New Americas says that they are searching for a lost Star League R&D bases somewhere in the Obsidian Nebular known only as Titans Gate, which could be a planet or a space station of some kind. No one seems to know exactly where it is, and the composition of the nebula makes travel dangerous: there is a vastly increased risk of miss-jumps and catastrophic drive failure, which has claimed dozens of ships in the last three hundred years. There is also some indication that there are drone warships and fighter squadrons prowling around the nebular, no doubt with charts detailing safe jump points, protecting something of importance.
No one even knows for sure what's on the other side of the nebular; it's so fast, no one can be bothered to go around, and it seems to swallow all known forms of FTL communications (with full access to Star League technology, the Outer Colonies are not limited to HPGs).
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