Federated American States

North AmericaX Iteration IV - Current Timeline

Government

The Federated American States is all that is left of the old USA. Washington D.C. remains the Capital. The government of the Federated States has become an Oligarchic Democracy, with prominent business leaders and old aristocratic families taking the positions of government. The rules are designed for a more republican government, but the reality is that money and prestige dominate the elections. National leaders read like a who's who of the major political families of the FAS.

Energy

The coal mines of the Appalachians have been re-energized with the loss of the oil fields of the Dakota's and the west. The push for coal to oil refineries has become overwhelming. The first year of the war pushed the FAS to the brink for lack of fuel. If anything, this factor pushed for the defeat of the FAS by the Western Alliance more than anything else. By the third year of the war the FAS had become a major purchaser of oil from Russia and Middle East once more. The North East is once more a thriving ground of production, with Georgia and Alabama becoming the shipping capitols of the FAS after New York.

Effects of the War

The main battles of the Succession War happened in Indiana, Illinois, Mississippi, and Tennessee, though there was much skirmishing up and down the Mississippi river. The fact that there are no bridges left crossing Old Man River except the I40 bridge at Memphis is testament to the violence that rocked the Great Plains. East St. Louis has once more begun to grow as a western port of the FAS. There is an uneasy truce held in place by the four (Federated States, The Louisiana Neutrality, The Republic of Texas, and The Western Alliance) factions now controlling the former United States.

UN troops hold bases along the Mississippi to ensure the peace. At last count there are almost 200,000 European and Mediterranean troops helping to guard the border. They have set up bases in Memphis, East St. Louis, Chicago, and Miami. The city of Superior Harbor has become a new base of operations, and is growing rapidly with the military influx.

Important Legislative Changes

The FAS passed anti-gun legislation in 2027, and without the western gun lobby, it passed easily in the FAS. All handguns and semi-automatic/automatic weapons are outlawed. While still legal in many states to use a shotgun for hunting birds, a violent act with one leads to a very stiff sentence. UN and FAS law enforcement are allowed to use deadly force when faced with outlawed weapons, the FAS doesn't want anymore defectors. Only military or law enforcement are allowed to carry guns, openly or concealed.
Also along this line the government passed the Military Law Enforcement Act of 2030. MILEA allowed the government to move armed troops into areas in order to keep the peace and watch for WAS sympathizers who might cause more trouble. Small detachments are moved into some areas, major cities have full platoon detachments that work with police forces.

• -- Special Military Investigation Logistics and Evaluation

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Connecticut

• -- Bridgeport
• -- Hartford
• -- New Haven
• -- Stamford
• -- Waterbury

District of Columbia

• -- Washington D.C. -- Capital of the Federated American States.

Florida

• -- Miami -- The Magic City

Georgia

• -- Atlanta -- The Gate City
• -- Savannah -- "The Hostess City of the South"

Illinois

• -- Chicago - The Faceless City
• -- East St. Louis - Phoenix from the ashes

Indiana

• -- Gary -- Murder Capital of the Old U.S.A.

Maine

• -- Augusta
• -- Bangor
• -- Lewiston
• -- Portland

Maryland

• -- Baltimore -- Charm City

Massachusetts

• -- Arkham County
• -- Boston -- Bean Town
• -- Ipswich
• -- New Bedford
• -- Springfield
• -- Worcester

Michigan

• -- Detroit -- Motor City
• -- Lansing -- State Capital

Mississippi

• -- Jackson

New Hampshire

• -- Concord
• -- Manchester NH
• -- Nashua
• -- Portsmouth

New Jersey

• -- Atlantic City -- Entertainment capital of the new Federated American States.

New York

• -- New York City -- The Big Apple
• -- Buffalo --
• -- Sleepy Hollow --

North Carolina

• -- Raleigh -- The City of Oaks
• -- Charlotte -- The Hornet's Nest

Ohio

• -- Cleveland

Pennsylvania

• -- Philadelphia -- City of Brotherly Love

Rhode Island

• -- Providence
• -- Newport

South Carolina

• -- Columbia
• -- Greenville

Tennessee

• -- Memphis
• -- Nashville

Vermont

• -- Barre
• -- Brattleboro
• -- Burlington
• -- Montpelier
• -- Rutland

Wisconsin

• -- Milwaukee
• -- Superior