United States of America (Attack Machines)

The **United States of America** were a country in constant need of growing between the Kraventhorn attacks and the XCORP attack of 2020. Before 1948, the country occupied a huge slab of territory streching from the Atlantic to the Pacific, with additional territories in Alaska, Hawaii, the Caribbean, Samoa and Micronesia. Some cities in the USA organized themselves in cells in order to prevent the massive death of millions of people that made up the USA, with Florida actually faring better than New York - a city that for decades became the capital of the impromptu RUSA, later simply renamed USA. As the new millennium dawned, the USA were strengthening their position on the world stage - an impression that smaller countries had nothing to quench - and held an estimated population of about 80,000 within its vast territory - the vast majority of which were born after 1948 and had little knowledge of what the world was beforehand. The USA continued its growth until disaster struck in 2020, when the evil XCORP henchmen kickstarted a new global dictatorship, with New York as its capital.

## History

### The First 171 Years

Quite simply put, the USA were created in 1776 as they were, though they were dropped from colonial status in 1789. The coming decades led to growth of its territory, manifesting destiny, a civil war that led to the setting of a new country and the building of a global powerhouse. Things were already settled down as America won the war in the mid-40s - however within little less than two years, in June 1947, things took a change for the worse.

### Life in cells

The following were the cells that had the most people in the former United States of America in early-to-mid April 1947, when they were given the "release call":

* Florida (17.302)
* New York (9.728)
* Puerto Rico (2.158)
* Hollywood (1.018)
* Philadelphia (617)
* Newark (500)
* Schenectady (488)
* Lexington (436)
* Honolulu (428)

From what is known, most of the cells in the northeast scrambled themselves to form a successor to the United States, Lexington, Chicago, Honolulu and Hollywood fell prey to their own isolation and established their own countries. Puerto Rico did have newfound independence but it got annexed by Florida about 30 years later.

### New York vs. Philadelphia: who's the successor of the USA now?

After some time, following the consolidation of post-Kraventhorn life, there was a bitter political dispute over whether or not the USA would be reformed. And these disputes were divided between those who wanted New York to be the new capital and those who wanted Philadelphia to be such.

### RUSA

New York won the battle in 1951 and the Reformed United States of America were proclaimed on July 4th, 1951. With Philadelphian territory, that also included swathes of eastern Pennsylvania, the USA was refederalized and three states were created (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania), maintaining their pre-1946 borders but limiting themselves to their reduced territory. The national flag was amended to feature three stars in a triangular formation. The star above representing New York, the privileged state, and the two below, the states that had lower population, but were able to weather the generalized crisis. During this period the so-called baby boom occurred and after massive cleanups, most land even in the "outer limits" (which the USA was apparently starting to tame) was available for cultivation. The main cities were New York, Newark and Philadelphia. Talks emerged of rebuilding Atlantic City in 1954, aiming to open a new Las Vegas - there was no information about the old one or its whereabouts. Resettlement started in 1955.

### Expeditions towards the Old Capital

The next step was retaking Washington DC, where apparently a government claiming to be the "new American government" existed, in a former cell that at the time of the Purge had about 200 people and was suffering at first, but was already gaining a rebound from the expansionist USA, starting with unofficial trade deals between the two sides.

### Reannexation of the Old Capital and re-establishment of the USA

July 4th, 1976. 28 years after the Kraventhorn attacks, the United States of America retook the Old Capital of Washington, DC and made it a territory. The White House was cleaned up and a gradual process of relocation of the offices and documents from the Provisional Capital of Philadelphia to Washington DC started. The White House also entered a cleanup phase.

By 1980, all government functions were in DC. The aim was to try and expand its territory southward, possibly merging with Florida, but a more ambitious plan started, after picking up ham broadcasts from the "west".

### Second Westward Expansion

Picking up the pieces from history, a reformed USA wanted to grow its territories, and in 1990 became aware of a state simply called Mandate of the Great Lakes, whose capital was apparently in Chicago. Aware of the abundance of humans living in the territory, the USA begins a resettling process in some areas that were left without human population after the 1948 human vacuum.

The USA and the MGL managed to start amicable relations until a partition was made to restore the MGL under American control as a territory, while separating the Canadian side as a separate country in 2005.

### Powerhouse

The 2000s and 2010s were truly a golden age for post-Kraventhorn USA. Massive advancements in the field of technology have made distances between countries shorter, and by OTL levels, technology had reached what they would have achieved in the 1960s, from television to the field of computing.

### USA vs. Redstone

The second weekend of May 2020 proved to be the last straw - they never knew that a second Kraventhorn was coming, this time to kill **the entire population** without further notice. Few people survived by travelling to other dimensions and tell their tales.

In the end, it was Sumner Redstone who won the war, despite his ailing health - he was by then one of the few people to have survived **both the 1947 and 2020 devastations** - the former because he and some of his acquaintances were aware of a cell in Schenectady - the latter because he wanted world domination.

## Political divisions

In dark red, the territory of the USA prior to the MGL agreements of 2005. Its former territory is in red. In pinkish-red are the territories that have parted ways with the MGL and merged with the Toronto government to reform Canada. California and Florida are also pictured.

Eight states make up the "current" United States of America - "current" is quoted because although the borders still exist, they're now under the helm of Dead Atlantis. The states are as follows:

* Massacheusetts - state created in 1990 following the population growth in the western MA region; seceded from the former New England Territory. Population 600
* Connecticut - created for the reasons above in 1990. Population 1000
* New York - the most populous state of the USA, created 1989 following the merger of its 1946 self with Schenectady-Albany. Population 12,000
* New Jersey - created 1946, encompasses virtually the whole state but has a heavy concentration of people in Newark, though there has been growth around Atlantic City in the 2000s. Population 2000
* Pennsylvania - created 1946. Population 6000
* Delaware - smallest state by population, created 1979. Population 400
* Maryland - created 1976. Population 1600
* Kentucky - isolated from the remaining states, also claims Virginia despite the population being smaller, created 1999. Population 2000

There is also a territory:

* Midwest/Great Lakes - annexed by the USA in 2005 following the UN partition treaty of the former Mandate of the Great Lakes, with the Canadian side being handed over to the reformed Canada and the American side given to the USA. The territory doesn't have enough criteria to be a state as of 2020. The largest concentration of people is found in Chicago

## Foreign relations

Foreign relations with Florida began in 1964, although they recognize the fact that they used to be a part of the former USA, the two have sided to create an alliance of USA successor states

Relations with the UK, France and Portugal were rekindled when it was discovered that these countries still had functional governments, despite having the populational cut. These four have set up the resources to start a NATO-inspired alliance in 1984 under American control.

## Infrastructure

For decades, New York had the most advanced technology of the world, stuck at 1948 levels, but somehow managed to improve in many ways in the years that followed.

## Economy

The USA tried regaining its industrial economy, with mixed results. Empty cities and a downfall in the population have also led to increased agriculture, prompting the country to become a mixed economy, combining the agricultural and industrial sectors. A growing territory despite having a small population did help.

## Media

### Radio

There are presently three providers of nationwide radio:

* **ABC Radio**
* **CBS Radio**
* **NBC Radio** - once a radio powerhouse, it is currently the smallest of the networks, owning three radio stations, WNBT, WPTZ and WRC, all in the largest cities. Few rural listeners.

### Film

The new Hollywood of the USA is New York and has been so since the early 1950s when expertise became available.