Union

## ユニオン

The Union is the governing body of the American Mafia, founded by Don Mangano in 1933, the Union's aim is to regulate all Mafia-related activities in the United States and serve as a mediator for family disputes as well as boost relations in cases of clashing personal interests.

## Foundation

Thirty-three years before prohibition was repealed, La Cosa Nostra, based withinside the East Coast metropolitan vicinity, began to weaken to the point of near collapse attributable to the incessant internal conflicts and the pressure from the Bureau of Investigation. In order to restore the stability of the Cosa Nostra and ensure its longevity, New York’s big Boss Don Mangano convened mob leaders from New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington to thrash out all possible means to prevent unnecessary strife and work together in the post-prohibition era. Although none of the participants were enthusiastic about this proposal, most agreed to Don Mangano's request. Notably, CR:5's Boss, Don Del Monte also participated in that momentous rally, in spite of the fact that the family has had no past affiliations cited.

The first meeting was bound to turn into a massacre as it was deep-mined with several assassins from Jewish organizations. Numerous honchos like Don Mangano would have ended up in the record of the dead due to the blood festival, not to mention a brand new feudal storm between families would have been triggered. It was a known fact that the meeting was doomed to fail. However, in place of Don Mangano, whose physical health had considerably deteriorated due to old age and the Underworld fued in New York, Giancarlo, playing the role of the champion, used himself as a lure for the Jewish gangsters hiding amongst the attendees and spearheaded the conference through bolstering the pride and atrocity of the elders.

The conference that was on the brink of becoming a carnage was brought to a successful conclusion. From thereafter, the Capo rallies had taken the form of a coalition and evolved into the so-called federation congress. The head of New York and founder of the alliance, Don Mangano, assumed the position of chairman over the Union's regular meetings. Along with the New York families opposed to Don Mangano, the Chicago family, which didn't show up the first time, began participating, as well. And the association's scale, gradually, increased with each conference.

At the assembly of unity, organizations that had been in conflict or in cold war had the opportunity to negotiate with their opponents and other families. As a result, the American Cosa Nostra were able to overcome the Great Depression and the turbulence that followed the repeal of prohibition, gaining a significant advantage over other non-Italian families and gangs, which had suffered losses in their bootlegging business and were in disarray.

Although the alliance had issues underneath the surface, CR:5 got by with favors and gained respect within the alliance. Carrying its own weight despite ranking at the bottom of the middle.

Many leaders within the federation frowned upon Don Mangano, who ruled over the Union, as well as Giancarlo, the Boss of Daivan's no-name group, CR:5. However, as the Union's founder, Don Mangano had made it clear that any denunciation of the chairman done three consecutive times would be tantamount to a blatant mutiny and dealt with accordingly.

## Leading rules

So as to avoid consolidating the power and leadership in one single family's favor, it was settled that the location of the Union conferences and deputy speaker will be changed among families in turns. As for the chairmanship, the preceding chairman must appoint a new one every four years.