The Vast War

by Isaac

Third World War
On August 19th, 2039 The American Alliance(USA, Canada, Mexico, and Central America) passed the patriotic fightact in response to the Third World War. The act dictated that unless directly provoked, the Alliance would not formally enter into a state of war. On September 3rd Russia, on act of the Triple Entente(Russia, N. Korea, and China), initiated operation Winterwolf, crippling the Ally's defense system. They proceeded to deploy 3454 Nuclear weapons over the Continent, killing almost all major government officials, and reducing the population of North America from 657 million people to 334 million. Russia started to deploy troops along the western seaboard, but were taken by surprise when they were fought back by a then provisional government called the New American Empire. Another attack against the coast was planned, but only four weeks later Russia, followed by China and N. Korea capitulated after a push into Moscow by NATO forces. The United Kingdom attempted to reunite the US, but the decimated infrastructure prevented any real progress.

Rebuilding of America
In the following month nine major nations popped up in the wasteland that was the continent. The Arctic Empire, The New Californian Republic, New Antonio,  The Canadian Socialist State, The Ontarian Republic, The Central American Coalition, The New Mexican Empire, The American Commonwealth, The Midwestern Republic and Florida. These states expanded their borders, but were stopped by natural terrain, like the Colorado river, and human-made borders, such as the Mexican-American border wall. For two years the nations expanded, gradually building up technology, and staying mostly isolated from each other. This changed on August 19, 2041 when the treaty of Ottawa was signed. The treaty stipulated that no outside aid was to be sought by Non-American nation, as it would inevitably lead to reduced sovereignty, and possibly annexation by outside forces. At this point most Eurasian powers abandoned America, and cut off all trade.

Course Of The War
On June 17th, The New Mexican Coalition formally entered a state of war with New Antonio, quickly seizing the border cites of Brownsville, Laredo, and McAllen, citing fundamental differences in ideology. The New Mexican Coalition was a near Fascist state, while New Antonio was a thriving democracy. Quickly alliances were made, The C.S.S, Florida, Central American Coalition, and The American Commonwealth sided with New Antonio, while The Arctic Empire, and New Californian Republic,Ontarian Republic and The Midwestern Republic sided with The Mexican Empire. Neither The Mexican Empire, nor New Antonio expected other American country to come to their aid, thus many country's were pushed back while they mobilized Mexico pushed into New Antonio, but in the south the C.A.R quickly pushed past the Balsas river, and made major ground. Other nations, fortified their borders quickly, and within two weeks, a stalemate was hit between the nations. During this time the nations organised their military structures, recruiting general and field martial to command the ragtag groups of fighters. The Arctic Empire still made advances, as the native Inuit peoples had hunted for thousands of years with spears, the best weapons most had. The stalemate was broken on August 23, when The American Commonwealth uncovered a WWII era military storage facility. 23 M4 Shermans, 4 captured Panzer IVs, and 7 Units of unused artillery. The tanks and artillery drove 200 miles into the Midwest Republic, before all fuel stocks ran out. While the tanks were being unloaded of bullets, Midwestern troops threw Molotov Cocktails into the open hatches, detonating the heavy shells inside and killing 54 people. The incident, called the battle of the Mississippi, caused a meeting to be held between the nations leaders. After a two week period of negotiating, an agreement was reached, and peace was met.

Aftermath
The agreement stimulated that all nations were to be absorbed into a nation called The Unified States of America. The six states were to be near completely self governing, and represent a diverse set of ideologys. The Antarctic Empire developed a primarily, socialist system, while New Canada developed free market capitalism, while having strong social programs. The Pacific Republic became Laissez-Faireist, due to its strong connection to trade via the Pacific Ocean. The Midwestern Republic became conservative, while the American Commonwealth became Communist, and the New Mexican Empire became socialist.