American Union State

Flag of the American Union State

The **American Union State** is the second largest of the countries on the North American continent and is by far the strongest of the remnants of the once great United States of America. The Union state is comprised of around 30 states ruled from the provisional capital at New Orleans. The Second American Civil War has left much of the nation in ruins with much of the fighting occurring in the Ohio River Valley now under the control of the America Union State. Despite this the American Union State is still recognized as the regional power in America only rivaled by the powerful Pacific States. The Country was proclaimed in February of the year 1937 after the chaotic 1936 election where no single candidate won the most votes in the electoral college. The America First Party had won the popular vote but Congress due to the rules of such an event elected Garner to become the President. Thus the American Union State formed as a rival government to the one in Washington. After the Civil war the Union State controlls much of the Rural and Conservative parts of America. The A.U.S leans towards the Reichpakt given their close ideologies and due to the Entente puppet states being set up across the portions of America not taken by the AUS.

## Second American Civil War

After the declaration of the American Union State in New Orleans the once great United States was consumed by rival governments all claiming to be the legitimate government. The Syndicalists only a day after the declaration of the American Union State declared themselves the only legitimate government of America, seizing the entirety of the Rust Belt. Congress looking at the chaos decided to remove Garner temporarily and gave McArthur full control over the nation. When he began his purge escaped journalists and politicians, not wanting to live in a Military Dictatorship, went to the west and formed their own government The Pacific States of America. Soon the Entente also listened to the cries of those in New England and Alaska who did not want to get involved in the conflict down to the South. After McArthurs 30 days were up the Civil War began. Within the first few months of the war McArthurs government was limited to just the Area around Virginia and Maryland and across America the C.S.A and the A.U.S began to engage across america. Also along the Rocky Mountains lay the defensive lines of the Pacific States where they would hold for the rest of the war. Slowly but surely the C.S.A began to push because of its massive industrial base with its location within the industrial heart of America. In 1942 with no other options and with the C.S.A pushing into Tennessee after millions of Casualties, Huey Long decided to reach out to the P.S.A with some sort of agreement to try and form an alliance against the Syndicalists. This created the Rocky Mountain truce witch was meant to last only a year, but a year was all they needed. This was due to the Intervention of the Entente in the larger Weltkreig witch conveniently began with the Entente launching a massive offensive across the Great Lakes. With the American Union State, Pacific States, Canada, New England, And countless others joining up against it the Chicago government had no chance of success and by the begging of March of 1943 the C.S.A had been destroyed. But then came a very awkward standoff as the P.S.A had joined the Entente while the American Union State was supported by the Reichspakt. With both factions fighting side by side in the Second Weltkrieg it was decided by the two factions to end the Civil War to avoid the two factions from being forced to fight eachother out of the situation in America. Thus in 1943 the American Civil War ended with the borders being drawn along the front lines. This made Huey Long lose a large amount of his popular support and in June of 1943 he would be assassinated with his son taking control over the provisional government. Thus began the long road to recovery.

## Aftermath

The American Union State had been victorious in the Civil War, but at a horrific cost of human lives with over 10 Million casualties over the 6 year long war. Earl Long now looked over a broken provisional government ruling over a nation that would take decades to recover from the devastation of the civil war. One of the first arguments was what to do with the other political parties within the old ruins of the United States. After several weeks worth of debate it was decided to ban all other political parties aside from the America First Party. However in order to keep the semblance of democracy it was decided to keep the Electoral College but make elections between multiple candidates from the same party instead of one candidate from different parties. Earl Long also introduced several bills for recovery witch while successful life still is hard and it will take a few years to repair everything done to the nation. More recently however the provisional government has been plagued with three major issues that will determine the fate of the nation. The first thing was the rising division amongst different wings of the party with Orthodox longists taking the center, Progressive longists taking the more liberal wing of the party, and a highly conservative wing aswell. The next thing will be the location of the capital as New Orleans while a good capital during the civil war, is not in a good location to continue running the rest of the nation from. Also a rising threat is that of Pelly whose Far-Right party invokes several things from the Savinkovist government within Russia. And all of this has come at the cost of the military of the American Union State.

## Military

The military of the American Union State used to invoke pride and loyalty and images of gallant cavalrymen. And while id did used to be like this, it has fallen from grace. Under funded and neglected the Military has become nothing more than a glorified group of gamblers and alcoholics. But with the repairs almost done, maybe the government will soon have some money to spare for its brave men and soliders.

### Army

The Army of the Union state is unmatched on the continent in terms of size and scale, but compared to the juggernauts of Germany and Russia it is a paper tiger. It is in-fact so large that the American Union State can not afford to supply the entire army with rifles and more importantly, food. Despite this the Army of the Union state could easily crush the Great Lakes Government or even the Dominion of New England. But the Pacific States would give it issues and with the added pressure of the Entente it is woefully understrength.

### Navy

The Navy of the American Union State is quite small as most of the Navy went to New England, the Washington Government, or to Hawaii. Thus during the war the A.U.S fielded a small but still respectable navy. But with the budget cuts needed to supply the reconstruction the navy has been left to be outdated with even a few ships still from the First Weltkreig.

### Air Force

While the American Union State did look into the development of an Air force during the war it didn't get too far as more money was spent onto the army than into the air force. With the reconstruction the Air force follows a similar story to the rest of the military with little left to spend. The air force is outdated and small and if any confrontation was made against the Entente, the Air force of the A.U.S would stand little challenge.