Federal Union of Potama

*"We fight for the future of America! We will unite our once great country and we will return all of its former glory! May the great Founding Fathers bless the Federal Union of Potama!"*

The **Federal Union of Potama** is considered to be the direct successor of the United States of America. It was established as a provisional government after the **Great Collapse** and the death of President Andrew Brown.

## **History**

After the events that led to the Great Collapse ended, the government of the United States had lost contact with the majority of the North American west and were completely unaware of the status of President Andrew Brown, whom had visited California on March 9th. On March 12th of 2057, Vice President George Harrison was granted emergency powers by the surviving members of Congress, and gave the order to reestablish communications with any of the surviving government officials scattered throughout the United States. On March 20th, contact with the states of Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas had been reestablished.

On April 2nd of 2057, the surviving members of President Brown's entourage recovered from California confirmed that President Brown had been killed during a bombardment by unknown hostile forces. With the approval of surviving members of Congress, Vice President George Harrison became the first President of the provisional **Federal Union of Potama**. It was established to serve as a temporary, working government until they had rebuilt and regained control of the other North American states

The decades between 2057 and 2098 are often refereed to as **The Rebuilding**. The Great Collapse had caused immeasurable structural and economical damage to most of the East Coast. Important cities, key military bases, historical landmarks and natural resources were lost to the great war, either due to enemy nuclear warheads or biological weapons. Through careful planning, resource management and harsh but important edicts and laws, President Harrison was able to create an stable foothold in the rebuilding process for the Union. It would take them decades to accomplish this and it would not be witnessed by the majority of the first post-war generation. Eventually, several cities across the Union territories were rebuilt and secured against the evils of the wasteland and by the year 2098, the highways connecting the great cities were cleaned for the most part, and several small towns and hamlets were created alongside them. Despite the many hardships they had faced, the Union entered a new age of prosperity.

### Post-Rebuilding Era

* On February 11th of 2099, President Josephine Baker ordered Union forces to start increasing their explorations into the flooded swamp lands of Florida to determine whether or not it was possible to secure the state. Florida was deemed unpenetrable during the previous presidencies due to many hurricanes striking the land and the sea level raising, the state of Florida had become a large swamp and exploration was incredibly difficult. But with new equipment, Union forces moved into the state. However, their forces did not expect the sheer hostility of the estate now. The swamps were home to countless mutated creatures, humanoid gatorfolk, the sunken city of Jacksonville was now a haven for cannibalistic humanoid mutants, the southern portions of the state were inhabited by various human tribes which were for the most part hostile to Union soldiers and the city of Orlando housed a crazed raider gang dedicated to the creations of an old world cartoon company.

* On April 24th of 2099, WIP

### The Tejano Wars

* On July 2nd of 2104, Union soldiers stationed in Fort Bliss were attacked early in the morning by a massive horde of horse riding people. These people identified themselves as **Tejanos**, a name given to the pre-war Hispanic inhabitants of Texas. After killing several of the soldiers, the surviving men surrendered and were taken prisoners by the Tejano tribes. This was a start to the **Tejano Wars**, and the beginning of a series of events that would lead to the separation between the **South** and the **North**, for the presidents unwillingness to help them against such a huge threat to American cities.

* On November 6th of 2109, the recently elected President, Herbert E. Oswald, begins promoting a campaign of secularism among the Union. While this is fairly well received among the Northern states, this further divides the Christian Southern states.

* On March 7th of 2111, Southern forces manage to kill the leader of the Tejano hordes during the siege of San Antonio, which ends their conquest of Texas and the American South. During those years, the South saw very little support from the President and the Northern states during the war, coupled with the fact that they were being ostracized from politics because of their heavily Christian beliefs, only added more fuel to the fire between North and South, and said fire would cause of the most deadly conflicts in post-apocalyptic America.

### The Second Civil War

* On September 9th of 2130, recently elected president and representative of the Southern states, President William D. Bronson, was killed in a sudden raid on a settlement he was visiting with his personal army. The news quickly traveled throughout the Union and while many claim that the raiders came out of nowhere, a large majority of the South believe that President Bronson was assassinated by a group of mercenary raiders hired by the Northern elites that wanted Bronson to be gone just because he was a Dixie. This was the last log needed for the fire to explode.

* On September 10th of 2130, The governors of the Southern states of Alabama, Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, South and North Carolina declared independence, thus creating the **New Columbian Confederation** and the start of one of the most bloody conflicts of Post-Fall America.

* On December 2nd of 2190, after years of combat, a cease fire pact is signed, the first of many that appear throughout history, even to this day.