Alternate Future of the North Atlantic

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### Date ended

Ongoing (final episode on Ethan and Braden Productions channel released February 28th, 2023)

### Director

Braden Glenny- Season 1Matthew Thomas- Season 2

### Overview:

**Alternate Future of the North Atlantic** (often abbreviated as AFONA) is a mapping series originally created by Ethan and Braden Productions and later continued by MatthewDoesMapping. It was originally started as a reboot of Braden's original AFOE which was produced from 2016 to 2020, however it quickly would stray from this path entirely in favor of newer plot concepts.

For the majority of its run on the Ethan and Braden Productions, AFONA was largely regarded as a secondary series, with its production being low priority compared to the more successful Youtuber Wars, as well as to the short-lived series History of the Violet Army for a time. Despite the first episode coming out shortly before the release of Youtuber Wars Episode 7, the second episode would not come out until after Episode 11. The vast majority of the first season (Episodes 3-6) was produced during the year long break between the production of Youtuber Wars Episodes 12 and 13.

After the release of Episode 6 in early 2023, Braden made the decision to stop production of AFONA in order to focus more on other projects. However, instead of cancelling the series outright, the series was passed on to MatthewDoesMapping, a Violet Army affiliate who happily opted to make a second and potentially a third season. By the end of 2023, 2 episodes had been fully produced and released on Matthew's channel.

### Summary (Season 1):

**Warning: This section will contain spoilers**

The series focuses primarily focuses on two locations; Europe and North America. For most of the season, the plot is largely divided among the two main settings, with both only loosely connecting to one another.

#### American plot (Episodes 1-5)

After the contested result of the 2024 presidential election, The United States collapsed into a civil war between a conservative faction known as the American Patriotic Front and a progressive faction, which could be presumed to be the official winner of the election. After some back and forth, the far-left group Antifa broke away from the progressive faction to form its own side in the war, and the APF began to win overall. This is despite German equipment and volunteers being sent to the progressives. As a Hail Mary, the progressives would successfully launch an operation to capture APF President Ron DeSantis, who was then replaced with neoconservative Nikki Haley, presumably DeSantis' vice president. Dissatisfied with this turn of events, the state of Texas as well as various libertarian militia groups out west proceeded to break away.

To further complicate matters, a staunchly anti-establishment, Christian group largely concentrated in the Deep South known as the American White Army (a reference to the Russian Civil War) appears. Claiming that they have God on their side, they launch a massive blitzkrieg attack, sweeping a majority of the former Confederate States. The American White Army gives the remnants of the neoconservative faction a chance to surrender, which they promptly refuse. They then reveal they were never truly opposed to the progressives, forming into one united faction (concentrated in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic; California joins Antifa's side), which is then revealed to be receiving orders from an unknown nation. After advancing further and surrounding Washington DC, the American White Army gives the "USA" an additional chance to surrender, which they yet again refuse. The AWA then destroys Washington, and defeats the USA, with help from rebels in the Great Lakes region, forming the Great lakes Federation, Midwest Union and Greater Pennsylvania. After the fall of the USA, all the factions of the war agree to make a peace. Antifa gets most of the Pacific Northwest west of the Cascade Mountains, and the libertarian faction splits among the various states.

Due to the power vacuum caused by the war, the Mexican drug cartels gain a significant level of influence over the American Southwest. Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, Mexico and American White Army form an alliance with the intended purpose of combatting the cartels. After some preparation, the alliance launches an all out war on the cartels. Right before their defeat, the cartels announce that they are not yet finished and have been supported by an anonymous nation. Bombs then go off, killing the entirety of the Arizonan, New Mexican, and Texan governments. The American White Army annexes the collapsed states, and finds out California was the culprit after receiving some intel from the State of Jefferson. They agree to launch a two-pronged attack on the State of California.

Although the war goes poorly at first, the tides are turned in the AWA and Jefferson's favor after the AWA invades Nevada and fully occupies the Lake Mead area, cutting off California's main water supply. However, this advantage does not last long, as Antifa joins the war, flanking Jefferson from the north. When Jefferson is about to be defeated, Idaho joins the war and launches a surprise chemical weapons attack against Antifa forces. Idahoan forces flank California and Antifa, taking large swathes of territory and causing the remnants of Nevada's government to surrender. The AWA sends in another wave of manpower as well as brings several other nations (Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Midwest Union, Great Lakes Federation) into the war. California insists they they will fight until the very end.

Fast forward 1 year, Antifa has fallen and California has been cornered in the LA metro area. A mysterious nation which has been aiding California opts to disregard the conflict due to the current state of things, leaving California for dead. Having no other way to gain some kind of edge, California threatens to use nukes. However, after Idaho and the AWA point out they can retaliate in kind, California backs down and accepts their fate.

In the peace deal, Jefferson annexes Antifa forming Jefferson-Cascadia, and the AWA and surrounding nations partition California and Nevada, leaving a rump state in central California and western Nevada. Due to the poor state of their country, Jefferson-Cascadia agrees to unify with Idaho, forming the Free States of America. Meanwhile, the American White Army changes their name to the American Nation Republic in order to avoid any perceived racial connotations.

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMZ1-IwVZuo&list=PLNLHSUJZWpJGyJBjMHOwPVNUxqdKMiNPZ