Pacific States of America

Flag of the Pacific States

The Pacific States of America is the the third largest country on the North American Continent, It lays on the Pacific coast of the United States where immigrants usually come looking for work. It has borrowed its governmental system from the old United States however the remnants of the Progressive party have begun gaining some traction within the Pacific States. Its territory is comprised of the Pacific coast, and extends out to the end of the Rocky Mountains where large defensive fortifications still left from the war rust away. The Pacific States despite being a major contributor during the Second American Civil War, was spared a large part of the destruction caused by the war, mostly due to its investment into an air force. The Pacific States is Far stronger than New England and the Great Lakes Government. But it alone cannot face the juggernaut of the American Union State and relies on the Entente for its protection, despite not being a member. When the Second American Civil War began the Pacific States formed from journalist and others who escaped the purges of McArthur, the American Caesar. They were formed the Third to last of the American States just above New England and much later the Great Lakes Government. While it is not formally a member of the Entente it is still an ally of them and in all truthfulness it would only require some formalities before they joined.

## Second American Civil War

The Collapse of the United States came as a shock inside and outside of its borders. With the bellicose American Union State and Combined Syndicates of America congress saw no other means to restore order than to put the leading general of the nation in charge, McArthur. This ended up becoming one of the worst decisions made in the final month before the storm as McArthur suspected several traitors amongst his ranks and began to purge. This drove several thousands of journalists and others who did not agree with his regime to the opposite side of the nation where they declared the Pacific States as the last bastion of democracy. When the 30 days to stand down where up the Pacific States were quick to rush into the Rocky Mountains securing the vast majority of the land was undefended. Once they reached the edge of the Rocky Mountains they fortified to allow their relatively small army to be able to defend the whole frontline. But their devastating strike against the United States only made the situation worse as now the C.S.A with all of its industrial might lay with nothing that could stop it alone. After nearly 6 more years of Warfare the advantages of the Syndicalist government where becoming clear and in New Mexico Huey Long met up with Pacific State officials to sign the Rocky Mountain Truce witch stopped the fighting and allowed both sides to focus on the syndicalists. This coupled with the entrance of the Entente into the wider Weltkrieg, would become the death nail to the Chicago Government and with forces coming in from all sides the Civil War was over. But their was the issue of what was to come next with the Entente supported Pacific States and the Reichspakt supported American Union State. The Entente and the Reichspakt met up to try and avoid this crisis and they decided to force the Rocky Mountain Truce to become an actual peace deal with the border drawn along the Rocky Mountains. While this dissatisfied the Americans there was little that they could actually do about it and so a formal peace deal was signed in Early 1943.

## Aftermath

The Aftermath of the Second American Civil war was not as devastating as it was for the rest of the Nation as the Pacific States had avoided much of the fighting that tore open the massive wound in the Ohio River Valley. Thus their was no major depopulation of over 10,000,000 within the Pacific States and in-fact the population continued to grow within its borders. However within the Pacific States the right-wing conservative part of the nation controlled the majority of it and in 1944 the Progressive party under Earl Warren ran and won the election. Thus the main parties within the Pacific States are not divided along Left/Right divisions like in the Great Lakes Government and New England. But rather divided along Libertarian and Conservative lines, like in the American Union State. This has come with a major shift in the globe as a whole with no longer the question of Syndicalism vs Monarchism, but rather Libertarianism VS Autocracy. And with these battle lines drawn across the world the Pacific States and their Eastern Neighbors find themselves on opposing sides of the growing Kalterkrieg.

## Military

The Military of the Pacific States models that of New England but seems to be within the middle ground between quantity and quality. Known for its defensive abilities and their specialty in mountainous warfare the armies, navies, and air forces of the Pacific States are considered to be one the most effective fighting forces in the world. However just like in the American Union State the military needs to come second over the needs of the Civillian population and while the Pacific States is closer to Recovery than its Eastern Neighbour, it still was not unscathed. However with reconstruction ending the still disciplined military may start to get more attention.

### Army

The Army of the Pacific States did the majority of the leg work during the war, while not equipped for the offensive warfare that would be needed in a confrontation with the American Union State, it would still be very effective at defending itself while the Entente would come to its defense. So it may not be out of the question that the Pacific States military could stand a hope of defeating the emaciated Union State's

### Navy

Most of the Navy of the old United States supported the Pacific States in their mission and so despite not being the strongest on the Military Front, it is the strongest on the Naval front. But having lost Hawaii to the outside world the Pacific States has few locations to actually store the Navy aside from San Fransisco and Los Angeles. However this naval advantage could be a massive boon in case of the war if they could successfully blockade the American Union State.

### Air Force

While not the only Post-American state to have an Air force, the Pacific states is notable for the amount of research and work that went into its own. The Air Force of the Pacific states kept it mostly safe during the war from Third International supplied bombers to the Syndicalists and was used during the final months of the war to send the Syndicalists into chaos. Along with American Union State soldiers there was little any enemy could do to stand in the way of these two. Because of this the Pacific States spends much of its budget on the Air force and way more than its other compatriots.