Free States of America (AFONA)

Free States of America's Countryball design from Episode 6 onwards

### Overview:

**The Free States of America** is a character in the series Alternate Future of the North Atlantic. The nation was formed in Episode 5, when the nations of Jefferson-Cascadia and Idaho united shortly after the American Crusade.

The Free States of America is first major Libertarian, Anarcho-Capitalist civilization to have ever exist on a large scale in the western world. The Free States of America contains vast expanses of nature, most notably, the Cascades and the Barrisonian Desert, located in Western Nevada and large chunks of Utah; which the Free States of America would gain following the war against Deseret. The Free States of America stands as the world's strongest economy with its economic freedom index being 100.0. and being the most environmentally friendly nation with having the largest national forests in the world and being well-renowned for being the largest producer of Mountain Dew. For religious demographics, statistics show that 92% of the Free States of America's population are Christians, mostly Protestant.

### Foreign Relations

The Free States of America is in an alliance known as the "Violet Crusaders" and is one of the strongest nations in the alliance. However, they are most closely aligned with the state of Nevada, the Republic of Denver and the Republic of the Arctic. The FSA maintains free trade policies, despite many nations in the Violet Crusaders being largely protectionist. Despite being a Libertarian society, the Free States of America is very involved in world affairs and is a global superpower.

### **PaleoLibertarianism - The Ideology That Built The FSA**

The Free States of America is an explicitly Anarcho-Capitalist society based off of the ideals of PaleoLibertarianism, Confederalism, Environmentalism and Laissez-Faire Capitalism. The Free States of America, in its founding, emphasized the complete Abolition of the State, utterly and entirely. The previously existing governments, albeit extremely limited to such a degree to where they had next to no power of Idaho and Jeferson were dissolved. Individual Liberty, Freedom and Property Rights are held sacrosanct to the highest degree among the FSA's population. For the first time in human history, Property Rights and Individual Liberty were respected and upheld thoroughly with no exceptions. Under no circumstances, trespassing, searches, and intrusion of property would be tolerated under any reason or context. The Free States of America also upholds the sanctity of Individual Liberty and Personal Responsibility, and as long as it did not directly harm another individual, it would be completely legal and the Non-Aggression Principle would also be held sacrosanct in the eyes of the Free States of America and no theft, taxation of any kind, or robbery would tolerate in any context or circumstance. The Free States of America believes that government must be abolished and not to be in society so that Liberty can be safeguarded and protected against organizations or individuals that would aggress against or potentially remove it entirely from individuals.

The Constitution of the Free States of America goes into a lot of detail on how a Libertarian Society would be preserved under statelessness:

*"It is the will of the people of Free States of America, scarred by the heinous crimes done under the United States of America, that the explicit recognition of unchecked and unregulated government is one of the most dangerous threats to a free society, no matter the form it may take. Whether democracy or dictatorship, a monopoly on violence, as a state so often holds, shall not take place. That to take away the right to Private Property, shall be treated as a crime against humanity. This constitution, therefore, shall never again be ratified or changed beyond any conceivable measure, with the exception of extreme circumstances that threaten the independence of the nation. If such a time comes, the overhauls shall be monitored by the representative companies and Congress. that it is proclaimed and established by this constitution, codifying the complete abolition of the state and eliminating any coercion or involuntary measures, in perpetuity until the end of time. It is with this document, that the establishment of a complete abolition of the government shall take hold for as long as the nation of the Free States of America will have independence. For as long as God wills it, and the nation is forever set free of foreign occupation, this status quo shall remain. All previous laws, decrees and constitutions of the United States are herewith revoked and replaced by this constitution. It is the desire of the people of the FSA for peace, freedom and liberty and thus we seek to create, maintain and secure it while also acknowledging our traditions, honoring our ancestors and forebears and ensuring that liberty is entrenched and never diminished. Upon this constitution we pledge our promise to the people of the FSA. That all government, whether it be Federal, Region, or State, shall be separated from the masses of society to protect and safeguard the liberties and natural, inalienable rights of the FSA's Citizens. And we too shall establish our own bill of rights that will always protect the rights of the individual first and foremost, and we shall not look upon any monopoly of violence to uphold these rights. We affirm that Total State as institutional source of evil through whole history. We affirm that we hold Unlimited free markets as moral and practical ideal. We affirm that Private property as moral and economic necessity for society. We affirm that State dominated by military-industrial complex is the biggest threat for society's liberty and prosperity. We affirm that all forms of any Welfare state as organized theft, which destroys producers, and then, it's consumers. We affirm that Civil liberties based on property rights as basic necessity for just society. We affirm that Egalitarian ethics as morally disgusting and devastating for private property and social authority. We affirm that social authority in family, church, local communities, is necessary for protection of the citizen from the state and necessary for maintaining free and valuable society. We affirm Western culture as something utterly worthy protection and state force to protect Western Culture will only cause more harm than good. We affirm that Objective morals - mostly that of Christianity are necessary to maintaining civilized social order but no state force will be used to achieve this social order under any context or reason."*

***For those of you wondering how Social Conservatism is upheld in the Free States of America despite no legislation of morality:***

The FSA follows a certain strand of Libertarianism known as PaleoLibertarianism, believing in a variation of Social Conservatism under statelessness, but due to principle, believe that any states should not enforce any of those values under any context or reason. The typical viewpoint of PaleoLibertarians is that progressivism is incompatible with liberty, both in concept and reality. Social Policy in the Free States of America is left to contractual societies known as Covenant Communities. In which "degenerative" behavior such as Sexual Deviancy and promotion of Democracy or Communism would be prohibited in these Covenant Communities and in these covenant communities, people who broke the law of these covenants would be "physically removed", i.e. ostracized and socially pressured out of that particular communities. These Covenant Communities are completely and 100% voluntary, and no one is coerced for pushed into living there by state force. That's why Covenant Communities are still compatible with Libertarianism and the Non-Aggression Principle.

The Free States of America would be a socially libertarian society for the most part, with voluntary covenant communities making up their own rules and no legislation against degenerative behavior. The Free States of America would remain a socially conservative society while not pushing social conservatism through any state legislation or laws.

**Trivia:**

The Free States of America is where well-renown Austrian School Economist, Hans-Hermann Hoppe lived for the past few years of his life until his death in 2043.

The Mises Institute relocated to Northern Jefferson from Alabama in 2036 and renamed themselves "Lobert University" spearheaded by Lew Rockwell, succeeded by Albert Wilmarth in 2038.

The Free States of America has the lowest crime rate in the world.

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNVsyyIK-9Y&t=430s