American Federation (The Pearl World)

The American Federation (also known as America) is the name of a nation located in North America. The Federation is comprised of 22 States and one capital district. The Federation is bordered by the American Union to the North and Mexico to the South. 
Paleo-Indians migrated across the Bering land bridge more than 12,000 years ago, and went on to form various civilizations and societies. British colonization led to the first settlement of the Thirteen Colonies in Virginia in 1607. Clashes with the British Crown over taxation and political representation sparked the American Revolution, with the Second Continental Congress formally declaring independence on July 4, 1776. Following its victory in the Revolutionary War (1775–1783), the country continued to expand across North America. As more states were admitted, sectional division over slavery led to the secession of the Confederate States of America, which fought the remaining states of the Union during the 1861–1865 American Civil War. With the Union's victory and preservation, slavery was abolished nationally. By 1890, the United States had established itself as a great power. After Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the U.S. entered World War II. The aftermath of the war left the U.S. and the Soviet Union as the world's two superpowers and led to the Cold War, during which both countries engaged in a struggle for ideological dominance and international influence. Following the Soviet Union's collapse and the end of the Cold War in 1991, the U.S. emerged as the world's sole superpower. The Nation however, descended into Fascism during the onset of the 21st Century, leading to a Civil War which saw the secession of 20 States. Upon the secession, the United States was reorganized into the American Federation. 
Formally, the American national government is a presidential constitutional republic and liberal democracy with three separate branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. It has a bicameral national legislature composed of the House of Representatives, a lower house based on population; and the Senate, an upper house based on equal representation for each state, the Country however, is actually a a theocratic republic governed by Christian fundamentalism and Fascism.
== History==
===Second American Civil War===
On November 6, 2024, Donald Trump was elected the 47th President of the United States, defeating Joe Biden with 325 electoral votes and 6% Popular vote victory, one of the largest electoral defeats in history.
In January, Trump issued the Make America Great Again Initiative, which ushered in several reforms. 
In March, 18 States declared their Independence, resulting in the Second American Civil War. 
The Fighting lasted a year, with most of it being fought in the Midwest and Long Island. The Two Sides ended the conflict in November of 2026 with the 18 States allowed to leave the Union. 
===Post-War; Reorganization; New Beginnings Initiative===
After the signing of the Ridgewood Treaty, the United States was reorganized into the American Federation, The New Federation announced the New Beginnings Initiative, which funded the reconstruction of the country. The Federation Privatized Several Federal Institutions including Social Security and the Tennessee Valley Authority, overseen by the Department of General Welfare, which operates out of the executive branch. 
The New Beginnings Initiative also reorganized the Department of Education into the Department of Human Morals, with public schools mostly defunded and sold off to large conglomerates. 
In 2030, Donald Trump announced he was re-signing the Presidency and his Vice President, J.D. Vance was appointed his successor. 
Vance furthered the already tightening leash around the Nation's Freedoms. In 2031, Vance proclaimed Islam to be a cult, declining its protection as a Religion. The Controversial Decision led to the arrest and detainment of nearly 200,000 people. President Vance also announced the relocation and deportation of nearly 5 Million people. The Creation of Internment Camps led to 
==Government and Politics==
The American Federation is a theocratic federal republic of 22 states and a federal district, Washington, D.C. It also asserts sovereignty over five unincorporated territories and several uninhabited island possessions. Built out of the world's oldest surviving federation, the AMF. has the world's oldest national constitution still in effect (from March 4, 1789).
===National government===
Composed of three branches, all headquartered in Washington, D.C., the federal government is the national government of the American Federation. It is regulated by a strong system of checks and balances, though the President has usually been given a wide latitude of power.
In Practice, The Federation Congress, is a bicameral legislature, 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. The Senate has 46 members (2 from each state and district), elected for a six-year term. The House of Representatives has 200 members, each elected for a two-year term; all representatives serve one congressional district of equivalent population. The Federation Congress is nothing more than a Rubber Stamp Institution, with the President setting and dictating government policy.
The Federation 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 officials, who administer and enforce federal laws and policies through their respective agencies, under the direct command from the President. Candidates for president campaign with a vice-presidential running mate. Both candidates are elected together, or defeated together, in a presidential election. Unlike other votes in American politics, this is technically an indirect election in which the winner will be determined by the Electoral College. There, votes are officially cast by individual electors selected by their state legislature. In practice, however, all 22 states choose a group of presidential electors who must confirm the winner of their state's popular vote. This group of electors equals their state's number of representatives, plus two more electors for the two senators the state sends to Congress. (The District of Columbia is allocated three electoral votes.) Both the president and the vice president serve a four-year term and can be re-elected for as many times as need be. 
The federal judiciary, whose judges are all appointed for life by the president with Senate approval, consists primarily of the Federation Supreme Court, the Federation courts of appeals, and the Federation district courts. The Federation Supreme Court interprets laws and overturn those they find unconstitutional. The Supreme Court is led by the Chief Justice, It has nine members who serve for life. The members are appointed by the sitting president when a vacancy becomes available
The three-branch system is known as the presidential system, in contrast to the parliamentary system, where the executive is part of the legislative body. 
=== Foreign Relations ===
Inheriting much of the U.S. diplomatic core, the Federation has an established structure of foreign relations, and it has the world's fifth-largest diplomatic corps as of 2034. The American Federation is a member of the G7, G20, and OECD intergovernmental organizations. Almost all countries have embassies and many have consulates (official representatives) in the country. Likewise, nearly all countries host formal diplomatic missions with the American Federation, except Iran, North Korea, and Bhutan. 
The American Federation has a "Special Relationship" with the Russian Federation and strong ties with North Korea, Iran, Syria, Vietnam, and India. The U.S. works closely with its CSTO allies on military and national security issues, and with countries in the Americas through the Organization of American States and the North American Trade Association. In South America, Colombia is traditionally considered to be the closest ally of the American Federation. 
=== Military ===
The president is the commander-in-chief of the Federation Armed Forces and appoints its leaders, the secretary of defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Department of Defense, which is headquartered at the Pentagon near Washington, D.C., 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 is administered by the Department of Homeland Security in peacetime and can be transferred to the Department of the Navy in wartime.
The Federation spent $516 billion on its military in 2034, which is the second largest amount of any country, trailing the American Union, which spent nearly $600 Billion.
The American Federation has the fifth-largest combined armed forces in the world, behind the American Union Armed Forces, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Chinese People's Liberation Army and Indian Armed Forces. The military operates about 40 bases and facilities abroad, and maintains deployments greater than 100 active duty personnel in 5 foreign countries.
=== Law enforcement and crime ===
There are about 18,000 police agencies from local to national level in the American Federation. Law in the Federation is mainly enforced by local police departments and sheriff departments in their municipal or county jurisdictions. The state police departments have authority in their respective state, and federal agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Marshals Service have national jurisdiction and specialized duties, such as protecting civil rights, national security and enforcing U.S. federal courts' rulings and federal laws. State courts conduct most civil and criminal trials, and federal courts handle designated crimes and appeals of state court decisions.
The President, under Article II of the Federation Constitution, has the authority to oversee the administration of law enforcement officials in accordance to what the Commander-In-Chief, believes to be, in the best interest of national security. This has led to the creation of one of the world's largest police states, with most if not all criminal acts, punishable with either jail time or mandatory community service.
As of January 2043, the American Federation has the sixth highest per-capita incarceration rate in the world, at 531 people per 100,000; and the largest prison and jail population in the world, with almost 2 million people incarcerated.
=== Human Rights ===
Human Rights in the American Federation are ranked consistently among the worst in the world, with Saudi Arabia and Russia being higher. The Federation, operating as a theocracy, mandates the enforcement of "Christian values".
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