United States of America

Flag of United States of America

American People's Commonwealth

Texas

Midwest Union

Utah

Arizona

Great Lakes Republic

Hawaii

Montana

Union of Lincoln

Alaska

American People's Commonwealth

Texas

Midwest Union

Utah

Arizona

Great Lakes Republic

Hawaii

Montana

Union of Lincoln

Alaska

Mexico

### gdp

11.37 trillion (combined 2010)4.8 Trilion (Combined 1987 - likely less due to oil crisis)

### population

308,745,538 (2010 if all US countries unite)

### Type of Government

Federal presidential constitutional republic

The **United States**, officially the **United States of America** was a nation located in North America that lasted from 1776 to 1987. It came in direct conflict with the Soviet Union in the Cold War. It has since ceased to exist and broke up into American Republic, American People's Commonwealth, UAPR, Montana, Lincoln, Midwest Union, Federation of Illinois, Utah, Arizona, Texas, Hawaii and Alaska. The last President was the Republican Party President, Ronald Reagan. Most around the world believes that the American Republic is the last remnent of this nation.

## History

### Assassination of John F. Kennedy

In 1955, the well known US senator John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Washington D.C. ending his promising political career and life. With JFK dead, Richard Nixon won in the 1960 election.

### Assassination of Richard Nixon and the 1964 election

Nixon's rule as the President only lasted just short of a term as he was assassinated on 3 November 1964, on election day for the 1964 **United States** presidential election. The assailant was Lee Harvey Oswald who hopes to destabilise the nation in the short term, an objective Oswald successfully made. Votes casted on Nixon went to his Vice President, Jim Rhodes.

However, the 1964 election was widely disputed as it was a three way election between Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson, Republican Jim Rhodes and Independent Nelson Rockefeller. All three contenders were unable to reach the 269 electoral college votes needed for an outright victory. The House of Representative would choose Jim Rhodes as the new President following the Compromise of 1965. Nelson Rockefeller would reluctantly support President Rhodes in exchange, Rhodes would pass more civil rights legislation and a more interventionist foreign policy. However, the Democrats dominated Senate elected Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota as Vice President. This compromise eventually led to conflict under Rhodes' presidency.

### Rhodes Administration (1964 - 1968)

#### 1968 election

The 1968 **United States** presidential election was held in the mist of the Vietnam War and one of the hotly contested election in American history. Republican President Jim Rhodes defends his presidency against Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson, American Independent Party, George Wallace and Republican rebel, Ronald Reagan. The 1968 election was the third election in a roll where the House have to decide the President and first election since 1860 when four running candidates won electoral votes. The election was also marked by assassination. The other Democratic nominee was Robert F. Kennedy who was assassinated by a Palestinian just a decade after his brother's assassination. Civil rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr. also had an attempt on his life. The anti-war and civl rights movement led to mass protest in university campuses and streets of major cities across the United States. No candidate managed to win outright majority and the House chose Johnson as the next president in a controversial move as North Carolina declared marshall law and not releasing the election results.

### Johnson Administration (1968 - 1972)

Many young Americans have lost their life due to the Vietnam War but President Johnson have decided to continue the war in Vietnam which was an unpopular decision made losing much of his popularity. At home, President Johnson have taken a more populist stance with his anti-poverty programs. However, he was also faced with economic crises throughout his presidency largely attributed to expensive wars overseas and a balloning defined budget.

#### White House or Mental Asylum Scandal

Johnson's popularity continue to drop following the White House or Mental Asylum Scandal when the Soviet government leaked a private comment by the Soviet leader, Malenkov, who commented on the erratic behavior of Lyndon B. Johnson. The White House denied these allegations and even hit back on Moscow over this incident and damaged the two nation's relationship further as well as Johnson's popularity.

The Scandal came in a volitale time in the United States and the scandal led to the Democrats' setback in the 1970 midterm. The former Governor of Alabama, George Wallace, soon became widely supported by the Democrats with his stance against the Vietnam War. By the early 1970s, the US withdrew from Vietnam but that did not gave President Johnson any further support.

#### 1972 election

During the 1972 United States presidential election, President Johnson have decided to drop out as the Democratic nominee. Vice President Hubert Humphrey initially led in the polls but were unable to gain support from the South. George Wallace, in order to win the popular vote, dropped pro-segregation stance and declared himself as a "moderate" and wanted to maintain many of Johnson's policies, winning him the Democratic candidacy. Meanwhile, the Republican nominated John M. Ashbrook who saw Johnson's programs as a hole in the federal budget and wanted to liberalise the economy to fix America's economic problems. This won Ashbrook the election. The 1972 election was the first election since 1956 when a candidate won an outright majority.

### Ashbrook Administration (1972 - 1976)

As promised during the 1972 election, Ashbrook decided to liberalise the American economy and reducing the federal budget. This successful fixed the United State's economic troubles. Ashbrook's popularity continue's to rise up until the end of his presidency.

#### Spanish Crisis (1975)

On 20 October 1975, a decorated US general revealed highly classified plans to the UN General Assembly. The detailed plans were made by President Ashbrook for an invasion of Spain to restore the Spanish dictatorship to "save Spain" from socialism. This led to the Spanish Crisis, a diplomatic incidednt between the United States and Spain. President Ashbrook fired the general who claimed to be acting in his country's interest. The incident caused international backlash and alienated America's other allies and President Ashbrook's popularity took a sharp decline.

#### Impeachment of President Ashbrook (1976)

Following the Spanish Crisis, President Ashbrook was impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of justice. The impeachment began on 5 February 1976. President Ashbrook's own party turned against him allowing the Republican-dominated House to pass the instrument of impeachment to the Senate on 20 March 1976. President Ashbrook decided to fight the case and many Republican Senators joined the Democrats to impeach Ashbrook. He was aquitted on 12 May as the Senate was unable to gain a two third majority in order to impeach the President.

#### 1976 presidential election

Despite the unpopularity of John M. Ashbrook, he continued to fight for his second term despite little support from his own Republican Party. The unpopularity of President Ashbrook gave the Democratic candidate Jimmy Carter the presidency. Jimmy Carter won all of the West Coast and the South while Ashbrook dominated the Midwest and Northeast. To most people's surprise, the Communist Party USA candidate, Gus Hall, managed to win six percent of the popular vote but did not win any electorial college.

### Carter Administration (1976 - 1980)

Under Jimmy Carter, the United States continued to intervene in parts of the world especially in South America. Jimmy Carter began to fund South American nationalist groups to topple the socialist governments of various South American nations. The American public soon found out about his actions in South America and his popularity began to drop. In the 1978 midterm election, the Republicans and the Independent parties were winning more government positions. Socialist parties gaining popularity in Europe did not help Carter either and his popularity continued to drop. Later that year, the pro-west Shah of Iran was overthrown and replaced with an anti-west liberal democracy instead of an islamist regime.

### Reagan Administration (1980 - 1987)

Jimmy Carter was despised for his involvement in Iran and Ronald Reagan won the 1980 election by a large margin. However, things are not good for both major parties. Although the Republicans control the white house, the electoral college votes in Oregon and Hawaii and 12 faithless electors in California. The Libretarian have won Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana and Maine. The Democrats have very little left to take. Many of the States now had governors who were unwilling to cooperate with the Federal government. The US was beggining to rot on the inside.

#### 1980 Economic Crisis (1980 - 1987)

The 1980 Economic Crisis lasted the entirety of President Reagan's presidency began with the 1979 oil crisis caused by the Iranian Revolution which caused major disruption to oil trade and a sharp rise to oil prices. The crisis exacibated the already high inflation rate of the American dollar and the Federal Reserve did little to combat the inflation. After Reagan assumed office in 1981, the President started implementing sweeping tax cuts to solve the crisis. However, the crisis deepened in 1982 and Ronald Reagan's approval rating dropped to all time low with that year's Midterm seeing socialists and communists gaining more seats in the US Congress. This led to the downward spiral of the United States until it dissolving in 1987.

#### Attempted Assassination of Ronald Reagan (1981)

On 31 March 1981, John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinated the US President Ronald Reagan in Washington DC after his speech at the Washington Hilton Hotel. Reagan was being interviewed when Hinckley fired several shots at President Reagan and wounded him and several members of his entourage. In response, a secret agents fired at the crowd killing Hinckley and wounding members of the crowd. Reagan was brought to his hospital where he had surgery to remove the bullet that punctured his lung. His situation stabilised and no formal invocation of the presidential line of succession. A small crisis did occur when Secretary of State, Alexander Haig declared he was 'in charge' and the Armed Forces went down to DEFCON 3 amdist the confusion and fear of a possible Soviet invasion due to the unusually large amount of Soviet submarines along the Eastern coast. Situation was brought under control when Vice President George W. Bush returned from Austin and Haig stepped down. Reagan recovered quickly and returned to the White House on 11 April. It was found that the assassination was likely not political and his likely motive was to impress actress Jodie Foster who he was an infatuation with.

#### Assassination of Gus Hall (1985)

On the night of 2 February 1985, The Secretary General of the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), Gus Hall, was assassinated while taking his routine walk in New York City. The unknown assassin shot him seven times at the back before vanishing into the night. The police arrived several minutes later and was brought to the hospital but Hall succumbed to his wound while on the way. Subsequently, riots and protest broke out across American cities as many people believed that the Reagan government was behind the assassination. Gus Hall was a potential candidate for the CPUSA in the 1988 Presidential election and the polls placed him ahead of prominent Republican and Democratic Party candidates. The police investigation did not yeild major results and the case was closed. The case was eventually reopened in 1990 by Commonwealth police who were able to identify suspects including CPUSA member and FBI Informant, Morris Childs, but no one was charged the assassination.

### The Great American Collapse (1987)

Two years later in 1986, the US had its last election. The midterm election saw Reagan’s popularity continue to drop and he could do nothing as the President. A year later in 1987, his popularity was so low, rumours began to spread around the nation of a possible civil war. The communist party was also convinced that they could stage an uprising and overthrow the US government. Not wanting to see his country be torn apart and destroyed violently, he announced in June that year that the Union was dissolved and all state governors became their state’s leader. This effectively made all 50 states their own nation. Ronald Reagan went back to living at his ranch in the now communist West Coast nation of The Union of American People's Republics and died there one the 5th of June 2004.

Between 1987 to 1990, many states joined together into larger nations - either through diplomacy or armed aggression. With the US gone, the USSR came out victorious in the cold war.