National Overview
North America
Flag of the NANR
NANR (North American New Republic)
Government: Democratic Republic
Biography:
When the Nuclear war broke out the United States Government had gone quiet. States within the United States tried desperately to keep everything together. On the East Coast North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia all united under a mutual federal alliance to survive the nuclear winter. When the nuclear winter dissipated the NANR was formed. The NANR is a Democratic Republic heavily modeled after the United States that came before it.
The nation takes great care of its citizens and has some of the most progressive policies of any nation on earth. Many people seeking to start over or simply to live as free of a life as possible will migrate to the NANR. The NANR was one of a collective of nations that helped re-establish the Telecoms, and trade networks that once permeated the old world.
The War of Containment
Due to growing resentments with the Kingdom of New Heaven, their neighbor and rival, the NANR joined the West Coast Commune, the United States of Mexico, and the UCA in what has since been called “The War of Containment”. These allied nations all declared war on the KNH and would become involved in a war that was particularly bloody. During the War of Containment the NANR was responsible for pushing and taking the southern states and to hold the mountain ranges from the KNH.
The NANR would succeed in pushing south and would link up with the forces bogged down in Fighting in Texas. After the Battle of Dallas USM forces were suffering morale problems. The war eventually came to an end and the Treaty of Raleigh drew the war to an end.
KNH (Kingdom of New Heaven)
Government: Theocratic Republic
Biography:
Following the Nuclear War that engulfed the world, many communities in the midwest would be effectively lost. These communities rallied behind various leaders and people that could effectively guide them through these harsh times. Many churches in the midwest began banding together and forming religious towns and villages.
Overtime the Religious communities had experienced a subtle but important shift in their religion leading to the creation of the Brotherhood of New Heaven. The believed that the Nuclear war that destroyed the planet was the end times that was prophecised in the book of Revelations. They believe that they were left on Earth so that they could do God's work, and save the people left behind from Eternal Damnation.
Despite having the name Kingdom of New Heaven they are not in fact a monarchy by any sense of the word. They resemble the NANR in that their government is based off the United States of old. However if the NANR modeled its government after the US, then the KNH copied it completely. The KNH is heavily militant, expanding outwards and causing much conflict with its immediate neighbors. People who have been conquered are foced to convert. Any who fail to do so both within and without are sent to a series of Conversion Camps that ensure they embrace the will of god. If a person does convert then they will have a place in society and can live in the nation as normally as a natural born citizen.
A notable series of laws in the KNH, or as its sometimes nicknamed "New Heaven Law" is a series of regressive and patriarchal laws that contain harsh punishments for being anything involved in the LGBT+ spectrum, and laws that disenfranchise women by an extreme margin not seen anywhere else. It is because of this that a secret network of people smuggling exists between the KNH and the nations around it.
KNH War neighbor wars
The KNH waged wars with its neighbours varying in size and intensity. These wars were against Mexico, and the NANR, a crusade was planned against the West Coast Commune but was cancelled due to the war of containment.
SCRB Crusade
In the Rustbelt a Socialist Commune arose by the name of the Socialist Cities of the Rustbelt. The KNH had experienced some unsuccessful wars against the SCRB. It is due to these wars that they were deemed nonredeemable and thus a Crusade was declared. A Crusade is a extremely rare event, and once declared on a nation or a people it means that they cannot be redeemed and are to be put to death. Following the capture of Chicago lynching mobs would hang any person that they could come across found guilty of supporting the Communist cause, and those refusing to convert. Dozens hanged from light posts and windows leaving a grim message for all. This act of genocide was the largest contributing factor to cause the nations to wage the war of containment against the Kingdom of new Heaven.
War of Containment
The Kingdom of New Heaven would be caught completely off guard when the war of containment broke out. The president of the KNH rallied the military against the invasion, but would be unable to stop the overwhelming force. When the coaliton force took the Texan Oil fields they forced a peace with the KNH, and forced massive sanctions on the KNH. The war of containment is a source of lasting resentment within the KNH, with many mainstream politicians crying for a Crusade. The phrase "Remember Dallas" has become a rallying cry for members within the Military. Various tanks, planes, and even uniforms have the words written across them.
Hunt for Oil
With the Texan Oil fields taken away, the Kingdom of New Heavens largely mechanized oil fields desperately needed sources of oil to support its military. They desperately funded prospecting projects in KNH land and pushed for sources of oil from trade. These combined efforts have managed to bring back the oil that the KNH so desperately needed.
Flag of the West Coast Commune
WCC (West Coast Commune)
Government: Anarcho-Communist Collective
Biography:
The west coast was left broken from the nuclear war, receiving the brunt of the nukes in America. From the chaos and calamity eventually the survivors managed to band together and work together in collective communes. These communes would spread throughout the west coast as their popularity caught on like wildfire.
The WCC generally stick to themselves and don't get involved in international conflicts or skirmishes. Recently however the WCC is taking a more active role in politics following the Crusade against the SCRB and participated in the War of Containment.
War of Containment
During the war of Containment the WCC focused on a more defensive guerrilla campaign. The WCC lacked the capabilities for offensive campaigns and played to their strength. The WCC managed to cause significant losses and ultimately halt all offensives into the west.