United States (Rinnarverse)

The **United States of America**, simply known as the **United States** or **America**, was a powerful nation on Earth.

Due to a global economic crisis, it was split into several nations: the American Federation and the American Remnant were the two dominant powers of the country, while other smaller states attempted to avoid domination or attempt to dominate the other states. It was one of the Four Powers, four or five powerful empires that fought each other for global and Galactic domination, and with its rivals it was ruined during World War III.

It later became the birthplace and heartland of the Earth Union.

## History

Plague of 2020

Securism Faction

2060 Crisis/The Terran Escalation

The Coup of the Crisis

### American Federation

The American Federation was formed in the southern Midwest by a faction of traditionalists, who feared that the central government and various activist groups would destroy them and their way of life. They rejected the government as illegitimate as it was dominated by the Securists, and they saw the discontent from the coup as a chance to impose a conservative regime.

The AF was a republic based on conservative and nationalist principles. It became a dictatorship, as its officials sought to make their nation more fanatical in response to the sweeping social changes in the AR, to eventually slaughter its enemies. It was split between four major factions: the Devotees (religious fanatics), the Libertines (hedonists), the Firebrands (militant nationalists sliding into fascism), and the Warmongers (very militant fascists).

Many members of the suppression corps of the former USA (such as the CIA, various police groups that became into warbands) joined the AF, along with other militants from Europe who sought to create a fascist state.

### American Remnant

The American Remnant (or the Proletarian Front) was formed in California and New York by several militant groups, some of which dated back to the communes that were formed during the Plague of 2020. They rejected the government as illegitimate as it was dominated by the Securists, and they saw the discontent from the coup as a chance to impose a socialist regime. They considered it a chance to avenge all the victims of various disasters, from Western imperialism to exterminations and capitalism.

The AR was a republic based on leftist and socialist principles. It almost became a dictatorship as some of its leaders sought to accelerate the implementation of their utopia. It was split into several factions: the Utopianists (authoritarian idealists), the Wild Unions (anarchists), the Revolutionists (the post-Plague communes), and the Reformers (pro-democracy movement).

### Kheya Wita

As the two superpowers slipped into authoritarianism, the Native-majority northern areas formed their own federation to defend themselves. An alliance of 32 tribes formed a republic, Kheya Wita, at Kansas, to defend themselves from being suppressed by the two American dictatorships.

"Kheya Wita" is the Lakhota word for "Turtle Island", a name used for the continent of North America. Lakhota is one of the official languages of the federal republic, alongside Navajo, Tsalagi, Choctaw, Cheyenne, Seminole, Apache, and Muskogee. Technically, every indigenous language is an official language in Kheya Wita, but most people in the federation use Lakhota, English, Spanish, and Cheyenne as their lingua franca.

Kheya Wita's society is greatly influenced by the socialist movements of the former USA, but with additional ecological and cultural practices from native peoples. As a result, public education and services are more available in Kheya Wita, and much of the country's energy sources tend to be environmentally-friendly.

The success of the Federal Republic of Kheya Wita inspired another revolution in western Canada after the country collapsed to a fascist coup: the Nehiyaw-Pwat, another federation of Indigenous tribes. Together with Cascadia, the three republics banded together as the Northern Triple Alliance. Their flag has the seven stars of the Big Dipper under Polaris, symbolising justice and restoration.

### New Afrika

As reforms helped many marginalised peoples emerge from poverty and abuse, they also faced counter-attacks by resentful militants and terrorists. When the USA was thrown into chaos by the Coup, several African-majority towns in the American South formed their own state to defend themselves from revenge attacks by angry locals and police warlords, creating the Republic of New Afrika.

## Society

The Americans are quite arrogant, due to years of nationalist propaganda and Internet indoctrination. Some Americans, who are closer to tradition and nationalism, believe that they must become the dominant power to prevent enemies from attempting to invade their nation. Other Americans, who are more aligned with progress and revolution, believe that the world should be realigned to be fit for the American or progressive way of life to make life fairer for all people. This led to worsening relations with other countries, and continued paranoia that depicts Americans as tyrants and invaders.

In the 21st century, the existing division between parts of American society began to grow deeper, as poverty worsened and politicians and corporations became more dominant. This led to growing radicalism and extremism that culminated in the Second Civil War of the 2060s. As the two American superpowers attempted to spread their influence throughout the world, the other rising powers (India, China, Arabia, and Russia) saw the two Americas as intrusive threats.