United States of America

The United States of America is a legacy nation-state, whose former territory comprises the majority of the New American Wasteland. Formerly a continent-spanning superpower with additional holdings overseas, the only territory it now holds is along the Northeastern Seaboard and Great Lakes area. Roughly 20 states and a select few overseas territories still remain in the fractured union, with some being contested conflict zones bordering the land claimed by The Dominions.

The decade preceding 2035 was filled with civil strife, and a rapidly-deteriorating domestic conflict between extremist fundamentalists, and the people groups they targeted. Mass migrations from select territories to others caused radical changes to demographics all across the Continental United States. The federal government was either too incompetent or too fractured to make any meaningful impact, and protests exploded into open violence between fundamentalist and progressive militias by 2026.

In the mid-2020s, the US government authorized the use of military force on US soil, to combat the growing insurgency. Political schisms prevented cohesive operations, and territories began seceding from the union to form their own Christo-Fascist Dominions. All of these conflicts were further exacerbated by a rapidly-deteriorating climate, with rampant wildfires, sustained drought, and intense heat waves impacting living space and food supplies. The death toll from climate disaster rises in the midst of this new civil war.

By 2030, fundamentalists had overwhelmed federal forces and claimed cities and territory into their New Dominions. Rather than escalate force and further fracture the union, the federal government instead redeployed key military and civil resources from its Western territories, and withdrew to the land East of the Appalachian Mountains, where they could focus their forces on concentrated zones. The effective abandonment of its territory sent shockwaves across its former states, as well as the international community. The United States lost well over half of the states it once laid claim to, leaving the population vulnerable to extremist violence and ethnic cleansing. The reported death and instability forced the United Nations to take action on the US’ behalf, and a global emergency was declared. A large peacekeeping force was deployed to attempt to restore order to the land the US abandoned, and the country's neighbors commenced military actions along their borders.

In the midst of the UN intervention, new nations, separate from Dominion influence, blossomed as well. Nations in Texas, California, the Midwest, and Pacific Northwest were founded as separate from either the fundamentalists or US government. Elsewhere, other nations annexed former US states, such as Alaska, and the island territories were effectively left abandoned and vulnerable to larger players in the Pacific and Caribbean.

## Timeline

### 1999

Public paranoia spreads as the year 2000 looms. Fearing societal collapse and all out nuclear disaster in the wake of Y2K, survivalist groups and preppers begin founding the predecessors of the modern American militia. Weapons and ammunition are stockpiled in record numbers across America, and an entire industry spawns that caters to the development of self-sustaining infrastructure. The year 2000 passes, but the paranoia remains. A shadow of the survivalist groups remain, anticipating the inevitable collapse of modern society.

### 2000s

2001

The United States is attacked on September 11th, 2001. Four planes are hijacked by fifteen Saudi extremists, as well as others from Egypt, UAE, and Lebanon. Two planes are directly crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, causing them to collapse and cause a massive civil disaster in the city. Another plane is crashed into The Pentagon in Washington D.C., and a final plane's passengers overpower the hijackers, before crashing into a field in rural Pennsylvania. The attack sends shockwaves across the entire nation. Al Qaeda extremist Osama bin Laden claims responsibility for the attacks. As a result of these terror attacks, President George W. Bush declares a start to the War On Terror, and the Patriot Act is passed. This legislation grants the U.S. government unlimited sanction to invade privacy and violate the rights of its citizens in the name of Homeland Security. The United States invades Afghanistan, where OBL is allegedly hiding with The Taliban, beginning one of its longest and most costly conflicts in American history.

2003

The United States invades Iraq, vowing to topple Saddam Hussein, a secular Arab dictator that had previously been funded and trained by the United States, under the guise of seeking out weapons of mass destruction. The conflict continues into a tenuous occupation, and a puppet government is installed. The conflict spawns revival insurgent groups that further destabilize the Middle East. No weapons of mass destruction are found, and it is later revealed that the alleged intelligence rumors were of dubious reliability.

2008

The United States' first black president, Barack H. Obama, is elected. Although initially perceived as a victory for civil rights, few things actually change for the average American citizen. The new president turbocharges indiscriminate drone strikes in conflict zones around the world, earning him the moniker “Drone King”. His civil welfare programs would be hampered from the start, after inheriting a government with an economy in recession and two wars with no end in sight.

### 2010s

2012

America's fetish for apocalypses rears its head once again, as the Mayan Calendar Event comes and goes. However, the end never came.  The growing tragic trend of school shootings intensifies in horror, as the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting brings to bear a new age of terror on American citizens. The calls to regulate the flow of small arms in America after the massacre spurn the right wing to unite and militarize its gun rights advocates and militias.

2016

The beginning of the “American Dark ages”, the specter of fascism sinks its claws in American identity politics. Hate crimes and right wing extremist violence is not only normalized, but approved of by many government representatives. Hate crimes and civil protest against corrupt law enforcement intensify.

2019

The novel coronavirus begins to take hold in the eastern regions of the world. American politicians and the current administration downplay its danger, ensuring their citizens the virus will never come to U.S. shores. This is the beginning of the great plague era.

### 2020s

2020

The first Coronavirus (dubbed COVID-19 by CDC experts) cases are detected in the United States. Early handling of the virus is fumbled, and continually underestimated by the current administration. While healthy adults assume they may survive an encounter with a disease nobody to date completely understands, the virus continues to spread, and the immuno-compromised and elderly are left to die. The highly public police execution of George Floyd in Minneapolis in broad daylight and on video record becomes a flashpoint for the average working-class American. Having endured constant brutality with no accountability from police forces, several cities begin protests against an unchecked oppressive regime. These protests escalate to violent rioting as police departments across the country respond with military-grade vehicles and weapons to bear against American citizens. In Portland, Federal Agents begin abducting protestors off the streets.

2021

Following a successful election former Vice President Joseph Biden becomes president. Unable to accept the election results the previous President rallies his support base and mounts an insurrection on the country’s capital the day the election is to be certified. The terrorists erect gallows outside of the Capitol and call for the execution of declared "traitor" party officials. The capital is stormed as the nation watches in horror. Despite the odds, Capitol police defend the building and officials until National Guard support is reluctantly approved.

2022

1.03 Million Americans have perished to the Coronavirus, there are 91 million cases to date. The former President is impeached again, but goes unpunished after his attempted coup, with loyalists stacking the vote in his favor. The sentencing for the terrorists that had stormed the capitol is light, with few insurrectionists receiving long prison sentences. The international climate begins heating quicker, and despite calls for action, little is done by the federal government. Millions of Americans bear the brunt of heatwaves, inflation, and dystopian income inequality. Women’s rights are unraveled by a Christo-Fascist lead supreme court.

2023

The right to marriage equality is overturned, mass riots begin but are met by militarized riot police. Christo-fascist paramilitaries counter the protests but rely on an overwhelmed police force for protection. Lacking numbers the Christo-fascists take to gunning down their adversaries. This is ignored by Police and causes left wing antifascists to bring their own arms, firefights become constant in the metro hubs. The first waves of citizens begin migrating out of hazard zones, and flee West.

2024

Facing an unwinnable election due to mass public disapproval of Right-wing legislators. GOP speakers and figure heads begin condemning the legitimacy of the presidential election before it’s begun. They call on their voter base to instead “Commence 1776 Again”, leading to mass shootings and bombings of polling centers and government buildings. Many states discuss seceding from the Union, but it becomes impossible to govern their own metro centers as they each become their own conflict zones between Fascist, Anti-fascist, and opportunistic groups. Sustained heatwaves and droughts cause farmers to abandon their crops, compounding the growing food crisis. Mass migrations to the cities and safe states where amenities are more accessible intensify.

2025

States become more divided along party lines with cities becoming the hubs of armed combat between political factions and the rural areas becoming increasingly uninhabitable, cut off from necessary resources. Emergency services are overwhelmed and quickly become ineffective, as casualties mount and first responders leave their jobs to safeguard their families. The National Guard is deployed to hundreds of areas in the country but command and control is hamstrung by political schisms in the ranks and leadership. Many guardsmen and active duty service members begin to desert to ensure the safety of their families.

2026

Christo-fascist groups begin installing new governments and laws in areas they control, declaring their territory “New Dominions”. They force citizens who weren’t able to escape to the practice and abide by their dogma. Speculated mass killings of LGBTQ+ and minority communities leak to the general public before Dominion territories destroy cell towers and limit internet connection to privileged oligarchs. Very few people escape these “Dark Zones”, relaying nightmarish tales of enslavement, forced marriage, and ethnic cleansing. The ghost of a New American Genocide takes place in these zones.

2027

The government passes emergency legislation to enable the deployment of Regular Troops on U.S. Soil, to attempt to retake the Dominion Zones. Secessionist groups are declared foreign combatants, as a new theater of the War on Terror is now waged in the Continental United States. Casualties mount as large portions of combat units either desert their posts, or defect to the fundamentalists. Conditions are horrendous while combat units learn how to fight an American insurgency at a costly pace, often battling former comrades that absconded with intelligence and equipment.

2028

The United states is fractured into multiple conflict zones. Scenes previously only thought to have been apparent in Mosul, Fallujah, and Kandahar now take place regularly on American soil. Congress approves the use of Special Warfare units and air power against the Dominionist factions. Civilians suffer the worst of this decision as the fundamentalist groups use human shield tactics to protect themselves from the worst of the bombings and air strikes. Drones are a constant presence in the sky. Leftist and survivalist groups begin forming the first Independent communities or “InComs”. Semi self-sustaining interlinked communities tucked away in rural areas away from the worst of the fighting.

### 2030s

2030

The United States government withdraws the bulk of its resources to the eastern United States, where it maintains control with its battered military. Special Operations Groups continue to function in the shadows on the American West, but the large military actions against Fundamentalist territories no longer take place. New states pop up across former US territory, in defiance against both the US and Dominions. In the absence of the U.S. Military, fundamentalist groups blitz through formerly neutral territory and begin their cleansing.

2031

With the world in uproar at the death and destruction in the United States, the United Nations begins intervention and humanitarian missions with its volunteer peace keeping force. Early operations face intense resistance and vehicle based IED attacks on U.N.  aid stations and bases.

2032

With U.N. approval, the Mexican Naval Infantry Corps and Canadian Army begin intervention missions in the Southwest and North to assist in stabilizing the American West. This inspires many countries to donate resources and manpower to aid the U.N. There are rumors of Mexican, Canadian, and American special operations groups engaging in long range missions to secure nuclear weapons stockpiles in lost territory.

2033

The Russian Federation invades Alaska and begins a costly occupation. The international community places further sanctions on Russia, and an observation fleet is deployed to monitor the situation from the Bering Sea.

2035

The present day. America is a shadow of its former power, and the United States is now effectively a Rump State. Its economy is crippled, military halved, and international prestige lost. In haste, the US begins withdrawing record numbers of its troops from foreign bases in Europe and Asia to bolster its forces, leaving its allies vulnerable to rival powers.

## Geography

Formerly, the United States covered the breadth of Continental North America. From the Southern Deltas and Gulf of Mexico, to the Southwest Deserts, Rocky Mountains, Pacific Northwest Cascades, Central Heartlands, and also bore overseas territories in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. Now, The United States' territory has recoiled to just the vital homeland states East of the Appalachian Mountains, and around the Great Lakes. It still shares borders with Canada to its North beyond New England, but now contests its own territory in the Midwest and Appalachians against fundamentalist Dominions. The isolated Northern state of Alaska was abandoned, and subsequently annexed by the Russian Federation. The former state of Hawaii was also abandoned, only continuing to lease the Pearl Harbor Naval Port in Oahu, to harbor what remains of their Pacific Fleet. The island territory of Guam still claims allegiance to the United States, to deter local powers such as the People's Republic of China from annexing them, While American Samoa has opened diplomatic talks for stronger relations with Australia. The Caribbean territories of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands are contested regions, with Puerto Rico attempting to secede, and the US Virgin Islands petitioning for membership into the British Virgin Islands.

Currently, the US Remnant is only composed of roughly 20 states, some of which are actively contested. The safe territories are the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.

The contested states still contain active conflict within their pre-collapse borders. These states include Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Virginia. West Virginia is still claimed by the United States, but is also where the heaviest of secession fighting has taken place. The Capital Region of Washington D.C. was elevated to statehood, to bolster its national presence and to raise a new National Guard, and also to adequately defend the capital from secessionists across the Potomac River.

## Government

The majority of the United States' governing body was abandoned in their representative territories, with only the remaining states offering representation in Congress. Wartime has deteriorated the quality of policymakers, and the current majority of United States representatives are ultra-wealthy oligarchs, maintaining their respective state infrastructure with private corporate powers. The United States government is operating in a Wartime State of Emergency, with overwhelming executive power being issued to the sitting POTUS. The current political climate has the United States appearing more as a jingoist military junta, rather than anything close to a Democratic Republic.

Due to the proximity of the Appalachian front line, the official capital of the United States has been temporarily relocated from Washington, D.C. to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, until hostilities cease in the state of Virginia.

### Politics

The two majority reigning political parties still exist in the United States: The Republican Party and the Democratic Party. Rampant corruption and lobbying has deteriorated both respective party platforms to the point of being blatant shells of their former glory. The Republican Party is frequently demanding the privatization of the federal government, and concessions to abandoned territories, while the Democratic Party has been relinquished of any meaningful power outside of the Democratic-majority cities and states of New England and New York.

### Foreign Relations

The United States still retains its seat on the United Nations Security Council, although the actions of most security council members has brought the validity of such power into question. The US' representatives have further undermined their presence in other regions, such as in Europe, where Russian-backed lobbyists have favored rolling back sanctions against the Russian Federation and ceasing NATO support. Such obvious rollbacks have been met with universal outcry, and grandfathered treaties from the 2020s prevent the US Remnant from pulling support from key zones.

With its Pacific ports gone, the United States has a limited relationship with China, whom they are still reliant on for cheap goods. The majority of their imports are now either flown in, or taken the longer route to the Eastern seaports, across the Panama Canal.

The United States is in a perpetual state of war with the Dominions, and other secession groups, plaguing the Continental United States. However, the US never officially acknowledged a Second American Civil War, citing the conflict as a new theater in the War On Terror. The state of the war or overall objectives in this war are still not clear to what remains of the American people.

The US also maintains important diplomatic and trade relations with the former territories that now belong to corporate consortiums in the New American Wasteland. Their goods are still close enough to be driven to US soil.

The United States is reluctant to acknowledge the statehood of some of its other former state territories, such as the Republic of Texas, Cascadian Confederation , and the United California Republics.

### Military

With the United States withdrawal, it was impossible to take the entire arsenal across the continent to the holdout zones. Over 50% of the US military's domestic resources were left scattered all across North America. The decision was also made to discharge any nonessential personnel, including a vast majority of manpower, across all the branches of the Department of Defense. Whatever was left behind would go on to serve in the Dominions, as corporate security assets, populating new national militaries, or go rogue as renegade warlords in Ungoverned Zones. Ultimately, the major assets that were retained by the US were its Tier One Groups, and the majority of its advanced aviation stock, along with what naval assets it remained in contact with.

#### US Army

The vast majority of the US Army was abandoned across North America, in the bases they were stationed at. Entire divisions were left behind in seemingly hostile territory, and left at the mercy of renegade forces. The largest and most capable assets available to the Remnant US Army was the 82nd Airborne Division, directly airlifted from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, two battalions of the 75th Ranger Regiment from Fort Benning, Georgia, the 10th Mountain Division, of Fort Drum, New York, and the 1st Infantry Division, recalled from its position in Wuerzburg, Germany. All of these major components are now deployed on US soil, actively engaged in combat against fundamentalist forces. Token elements of other former states would build up the bulk of new national militaries and Dominion crusade groups.

Despite being the largest branch of the Armed Forces, the majority of main force active duty are held in reserve, holding the defensive lines along the Ohio River Front and Appalachian Corridor. Loyalist National Guard forces are deployed in the US Safe Zone to root out any remnant fundamentalist holdouts still operating in their territory. The forces deployed abroad are mostly Tier One assets, in the form of Army Rangers, Special Forces, Delta Force, and Special Operations Aviation. These forces are still forward deployed to Ungoverned America in small numbers, operating with allied forces to secure vital installations and materiel in the New American Wasteland.

#### US Navy

America's Navy was arguably the most destabilized, as much of her foreign fleets were abroad in international waters during The Collapse. The bulk of the US Atlantic Fleets are still totally controlled by the United States, while the fate of the other fleets are more uncertain. Sensing the severity of domestic issues, entire carrier groups sought sanctuary with formerly allied nations.

Elements of the West Pacific Fleet found refuge with the Royal Australian and New Zealand Navies, and a remainder of West Pacific ships are in a state of uncertainty in Yokosuka, Japan. Their presence alone has dampened China's ambitions for the region, as these rogue vessels now stay within the nautical corridor between Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and the Philippines. A sizable portion of the Eastern Pacific fleet swore allegiance to California, and form the majority of the California Maritime Defense Fleet.

The USN Mediterranean Sea Fleet is still under US control, conducting operations in the region to handle the rising refugee and pirate crisis. Given US Domestic issues, their command element defers to allied naval forces in the region, namely the Spanish and Italian Navies.

The status of the USN Indian Ocean Fleet is uncertain. Officially, its assets are in a state of diplomatic lease to both the Egyptian and Indian navies. Their assets are used to protect commercial shipping lanes leaving the Suez Canal, and protecting them from rogue pirate groups in the Persian Gulf, the Horn of Africa, and the Bay of Bengal. Unofficially, an undisclosed number of light cruisers and destroyers from the fleet are unaccounted for. It's speculated that the crews of these vessels may be serving their own interests as mercenary or pirate fleets.

The status of America's nuclear submarines is still open for speculation. The majority of them allegedly still answer to Philadelphia, while at least half a dozen of them now serve under the California Navy. The prospect of rogue ballistic missile subs wandering the oceans is alarming, and it isn't clear how rival navies will respond to them.

##### US Marine Corps

As much as two-thirds of the Corps was lost during the Withdrawal. The First and Third Marine Divisions were left behind in Camp Pendleton, California, and Camp Butler, Okinawa, as well as the Third and First Marine Air Wings. The majority of marines stationed in California were completely left behind with no word of warning, and were offered a station to serve as California's own Marine Corps.

The status of the Marines stationed abroad is even more uncertain. There's rumors that the Okinawa Marines may attempt to relocate to Australia, where a new base was already under construction, or remain with Japan or South Korea, as a foreign legion. With their diplomatic license revoked with no US authority, the personnel remain on their bases, isolated from the local populace, for the time being.

The Second Marine Division, Air Wing, and Logistics Group, are the only remaining elements of the USMC available to the US, besides elements of the 4th Marine Division, 4th Marine Air Wing, and 4th Marine Logistics Group of the Marine Reserves. The majority of the USMC is now stationed at a large bivouac center in Norfolk, Virginia, after MCB Lejeune and MCAS Cherry Point were lost to the Secessionists in the Carolina Dominions. The bulk of the Marines are either stationed at the US' remaining Naval bases, to bolster security, or forward deployed to Camp Mackie, a Forward Operating Base on the Southern side of the Potomac River. Marine Raider teams are some of the most heavily used assets forward-deployed via US Navy vessels along the Eastern Seaboard.

#### US Air Force

The vast majority of US Air Force logistical support was the bulk of US military assets that were recalled to friendly territory. A mass airlift of whatever would fit in the massive theater transport planes were loaded up, and made their one-way trip to the Eastern Seaboard. Whatever was left behind was unable to remain supplied for long, due to maintenance and fuel demands. Whatever hardware that was left in Dominion territory was mostly sabotaged, with the few Dominion-loyal air units unable to keep the aircraft properly maintained after five years. California's and Texas' high technology sectors and rich fuel supplies ensured that their assets remained capable.

##### US Space Force

Relatively new, the US deactivated the Space Force, to consolidate military spending, and reverted all personnel and materials back to the US Air Force, who was already responsible for their duties up until 2019.

### Law Enforcement and Crime

In the safeguarded US territories, panic has consumed most of what remains of the recognized American people. Food and supply shortages are persistent in almost every state, and the US has instituted a State of Wartime Emergency. Police forces are regularly deployed with surplus military equipment and vehicles, and swiftly striking down dissenters. Open protest of the domestic conflict has been all but outlawed, and demonstrations are quickly and violently broken up. Most states on the borders of the conflict, along the Ohio River and Appalachian Mountains, are in a state of varying Martial Law. The States' respective Army National Guards are actively deployed in their states, to combat secessionist forces, and maintain order within what remains of US borders.

In the US, crime is rampant. Power outages are commonplace, food lines wrap around city blocks, and a crippling refugee crisis has US resources already stretched thin. The heavy hand of Army Guardsmen, occupying the streets under Martial Law, are all that keeps what remains of the United States from collapsing into total anarchy.

## Economy

The US Domestic Crisis has crippled its economy. An untold number of banks failed without US support, after people living in the abandoned states ran on their banks in numbers that overshadow the events that led to the 1929 Stock Market Crash. The 2030 Crash crippled the US economy, to the point where the US Dollar was no longer trusted as the global reserve currency by foreign economic interest groups. Most stockpiles of wealth the US couldn't take with its forces during its withdrawal was destroyed. Whatever remained was seized by Dominion or New Governments, although its value is up for debate. The sheer impossibility, and subsequent failure, of the federal government to thoroughly account for every pre-withdrawal penny has forced it to mint an entire new stock of US Dollars, essentially rendering any previous tender worthless, both to those in abandoned zones, or in the bank accounts of untold American refugees now impoverished in the holdout zones.

## Population and Demographics

### Religion

Despite the religious extremism in North America, the US Remnant still claims to be a land where religious freedom is an inalienable right to US citizens. However, given the wartime extremism and terror attacks, the Department of Homeland Security has increased its surveillance of Evangelical Christian denominations that have remained in US territory. The majority of vocal supporters of the Christo-Fascist New Dominions migrated South in record numbers. This also led to a severe drain on potential personnel to muster troops from.

### Health

In a preliminary report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that U.S. life expectancy at birth had dropped to 76.4 years in 2021 (73.2 years for men and 79.1 years for women), down to 68.6 years from 2032. Given the current conditions in the former Continental United States, general quality of life has deteriorated significantly. Citizens and refugees have been reported by UN health advisors with rising levels of high blood pressure, chronic fatigue, and post-traumatic stress. Substance abuse is rampant across the states, and general living conditions only exacerbate their health, with worsening environmental disasters and deteriorating air quality around the industrial zones.

In 2020, coronary artery disease, lung cancer, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, and traffic collisions caused the most years of life lost in the U.S. Low back pain, depression, musculoskeletal disorders, neck pain, and anxiety caused the most years lost to disability. The most harmful risk factors were poor diet, tobacco smoking, obesity, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, physical inactivity, and alcohol consumption. Alzheimer's disease, substance use disorders, kidney disease, cancer, and falls caused the most additional years of life lost over their age-adjusted per-capita rates. In the ensuing years of domestic violence since 2024, injuries sustained from combat have had a growing impact on the average American citizen.

Despite the violence and deteriorating domestic conditions, The U.S. health care system far outspends that of any other nation, measured both in per capita spending and as a percentage of GDP but attains worse health care outcomes when compared to peer nations. To date, The United States is still the only developed nation without a system of universal health care, and a significant proportion of the population that does not carry health insurance. This may now be contested with the varied Dominion states, but none have yet to be officially recognized by an international power. The U.S., however, is a global leader in medical innovation, measured either in terms of revenue or the number of new drugs and devices introduced.

### Education

American public education is operated by state and local governments and regulated by the United States Department of Education. In most states, children are required to attend school from the age of five or six (beginning with kindergarten or first grade) until they turn 18 (generally bringing them through twelfth grade, the end of high school); some states allow students to leave school at 16 or 17. The United States has many private and public institutions of higher education. There are also local community colleges with generally more open admission policies, shorter academic programs, and lower tuition. The U.S. spends more on education per student than any nation in the world.

Given the domestic violence in the United States, access to public education has been a growing risk for children to attend. Remnant US legislators have continued to privatize education in the United States, however their arguments have suffered a severe blow, given the outcome of the Dominions and their lack of any comprehensive modern education system.

### Culture and Society

Before the domestic crisis, the United States was one of the most culturally diverse populations in the world, with representation of every race, creed, religion, and national origin from virtually every corner of the globe. However, rising tensions and malignant xenophobia in select groups gave rise to White Supremacist and Christo-Fascist ideologies in the United States. The 2020s and 30s have gone on to destroying the previous reputation of American exceptionalism. With the US government now relegated to the Northeast and Great Lakes regions, demographics have recoiled significantly. Wartime measures have also severely restricted free speech and public media, giving way to a hollow jingoist shell of what the United States used to be. Despite the loss of prestige, the United States government refused to concede its own loss of territory and defeat across the continent, citing eventual rebound and reclaiming of lost territory. The chances of said action are remote, by any metric that international sociology experts can measure.