United States of America

The **United States of America**, as known as **America** or the **United States**, is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district primarily located in North America. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with the United Kingdom of Canada and Union of Quebec to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations.

## History

As the newborn Communal International becomes the dominating superpower in western hemisphere, the declining United States must face the reality that it is no longer considered as the great power that can manipulate the world. Henceforth, different thoughts and ideologies emerges in the United States. Some people think that the US should continue the union with Europe to confront Russian despite the huge ideological gap. Others believe that it is more important to stand with the traditional conservative values and lifestyle, even if it means the direct confrontation with Communal Internationale. The experiences of the following two presidents show how America evolve after the World War.

### Lincoln Bernie Johnson's Presidency

#### Diplomatic Shift

During the term of the Democratic president, Lincoln Bernie Johnson, who was viewed as a democratic socialist, the overseas influence of the United States of America fell to its lowest point since the World War. A large number of military projects were cancelled, and their funds were used to support President Johnson's “Humanitarian Society” plan, which potentially made the Europe take the lead in the “Orbital Race”. The United States also ignored the independence of its northern neighbors, and completely turned its face with its Middle Eastern allies who violated human rights principles, and ignored the Ukrainian and Belarusian regimes that might be subverted in the Eastern European crisis.

#### Social Reform

One of the most significant achievements of President Johnson is his Humanitarian Society plan, which ensures that every American enjoys free public university education and affordable healthcare. The U.S. government also massively invested in upgrading the nationwide infrastructure, which eased the problem of the mounting rate of unemployment but made deficit unprecedentedly higher. During Johnson's presidency, it is estimated that the rate of poverty and the rate of unemployment dropped to the lowest point in the near 30 years, and the wealth gap in the US was also significantly shrunk, thanks to the strengthened regulation and tax increase.

With the background of radical social reform, the socialist organizations, such as labour trade unions, Free Copyright Movement and the Green Party, became increasingly active. Many famous activists of these organizations became representatives in the Congress, pushing more progressive acts.

### Francis Dimon Rockwell's Presidency

With one of the biggest scandals of corruption about election fraud in American history, Lincoln Bernie Johnson's presidency came to an end. And his successor, Francis Dimon Rockwell, a young wealthy businessman who was supported by the “silent majority” and various spy organizations, became the next POTUS.

President Rockwell implemented a comprehensive reactionary response to the policies of his predecessor. During his presidency, “the Red Menace” became the most popular term in the political field. The Congress established the Un-American Activities Investigation Committee (HUAC) to cleanse those communists lurking in the country. Diplomatically, the attitude of the United States towards socialist Europe has shifted from cooperation to confrontation. In terms of culture, the FBI has launched a comprehensive investigation into Hollywood and even the entire American literary and art world. Moreover, it is forbidden to distribute literary and artistic works containing socialist ideas. Actors or film producers who have expressed socialist ideas will be removed from office. On the economic front, Rockwell comprehensively overthrew his predecessor's radical policies of increasing taxes and nationalizing companies, and replaced them with tax cuts, fiscal deficit reduction, and loose regulatory policies. On the internal affairs front, the American Order and the War Industrial Committee became President Rockwell's right-hand men. The former is a militia group composed of Rockwell's most ardent supporters, responsible for promoting the cult of personality against Rockwell through various media and using force to put pressure on President Rockwell's political opponents inside and outside the party, and the latter is a large political interest group composed of military industry and large technology companies. Rockwell also strengthen the CIA and the FBI, bringing their power to the apex of American history. Perhaps the only thing he has in common with the previous president is in the military: the size of the US military has not expanded under the leadership of President Rockwell, because at this time there are few overseas allies and military bases left in the United States. The United States under Rockwell regarded Europe, which was infected by the red virus, as the greatest enemy of the United States. For this reason, he did not hesitate to secretly cooperate with the former old enemy, the Russians, to eradicate the red threat.

## Diplomatic Relations

The United States of America is cooperating with COS by trade, technology sharing and diplomatic support, but it does not directly involve in any wars due to the raging domestic anti-war movement led by the opposition.

The official relations between the United States and Communal International is very hostile, though the civil trade and the communication still continue running normally.