North American Union

Flag of the North American Union

The North American Union (or NAU) is a political and economic union of nations located primarily in North America. It was founded on April 9, 1994 with help from the Romans and Arameans in response to the collapse of North America's dominant power, the United States of America, which created a multitude of successor states. The purpose of the Union was to ensure that the old economic, political and cultural framework of North America could be preserved as much as possible, but sovereignty disputes- both between nations and between the nations and the NAU as a whole- disparities in the wealth of member nations and the meddling of Rome and Aram in NAU affairs have meant that the NAU is still far from being a smoothly-run entity.

On July 12, 2016, the Treaty of Buffalo was signed by the world's major powers in the City of Buffalo. This treaty spelled out all the countries the major powers agreed to officially recognize, with the treaty signed in response to a spontaneous night of worldwide rioting known as the Night of Anarchy, with many of those riots occurring in North America. Part of the agreement sees the NAU essentially "split in half" with the northern half being referred to as "Canada" while the southern half is referred to as "America" (or, more specifically, the "Union of States in America" or "USA") alongside the territory of the Empire of New York, recognized as a unique signatory. Other changes occurred with the admission of Quebec into Virtue, necessitating a reorganization of the Union on October 20, 2016.

Governance

The NAU is administered by the Union Congress, which sits in Washington, DC in what is left of the United States of America. The Congress is divided into two levels: the lower level is the House of Representatives, elected to six year terms by a direct popular vote, with the higher level being the House of Lieutenants, one each appointed by each of the NAU's member states. Above both levels at the top of the Congress is the President, elected directly by the people to an eight year term, with the next election scheduled for 2016. As bound by the North American Constitution, no President can serve a second term.

The President is elected via the electoral college, where each member of the Union is given a certain amount of "electors". This is roughly based on each state's population, although given their status as separate signatories of the Treaty of Buffalo, Quebec and New York are given more electors. The electors' vote is determined on a state by state basis, with the winning candidate of each state claiming their state's slate of electors. The Presidential candidates come one each from registered political parties, with the two most popular parties being the Unionist Party (also known as the POP, short for "People's Official Party") and the Federalist Party. A third party, the American Party, rose during the 2016 election and will send candidates for Congress and President. Each party selects their candidate based on a state-by-state nomination process that essentially works like the electoral college, with some differences.

To be elected President, one has to be of at least 35 years of age and born in NAU territory or in a territory the Republic of Canada, the USA, the Republic of California, Deseret or Northern Mexico held on January 9, 1990, the beginning of World War III. No one currently sitting as a member of a state's government may run for President or Congress, they must resign their seat or be at the end of their terms before they can enter the primaries for both contests.

Effectively, Congress serves as solely as a place of "dispute resolution" between member states, drafting legally-binding resolutions that outline the agreement the disputers had reached, with Congress rarely enacting laws on its own. This is because Congress' powers are severely curtailed by the Constitution (backed by the Romans), which aimed to protect the sovereignty of the new states as much as possible, although Congress does have the ability to administer continent-wide functions such as the Interstate highway system.

Law Enforcement and Military

As per the Treaty of Buffalo, the NAU's main law enforcement body is the Mundiali, who have their headquarters in Buffalo. Affiliated with the Mundiali is the Foederatio Borealis Indigatores Imperiale (FBII), who operate in Canada, the New York Imperial Police (NYIP) who operate in New York, the Pueblan Confederate Police (PCP), who operate in Pueblan territory and the Virtue Guards, who operate in Rockia and Utah.

The Treaty also created a united North American Army, drawn from recruits across the continent and with each of the seven state coalitions having important positions within its command structure. The Romans, though, continue to have their own troops across the continent, with the Treaty maintaining Roman primacy in both the Canadian and American state coalitions.

State Coalitions

On October 18, 2016, the NAU Charter was revised to better reflect the Union's geopolitical reality, based on events on the ground and within the scope of the Treaty of Buffalo. Though the Union's states remained independent, each state got placed into different groups outlining which "sphere of influence" (or "coalitions") it belonged to, indicating which foreign powers (if any) were allowed to place government and military officials in their country. These coalitions (grouped in order of admittance into the Treaty of Buffalo) are:

Canada

A charter signatory to the Treaty, these are the states- mostly to North America's north- that fall under an effective protectorate of Rome. The states all retained their functional independence and can even engage in foreign affairs if they see fit, but their militaries are heavily stocked and subsidized by the Romans, with, in some cases, the Roman legions being the country's entire military. As outlined in the Twelve Tables, Canada is a part of the Roman Commonwealth, meaning the coalition's head of state is the Caesar who is represented in the polity by a Prefect, who can remove a sitting government under certain conditions.

America

These used to be the states that the Treaty originally outlined that the Aramean Empire influenced and provided protection to, but, after the Televised Riots, that responsibility falls directly to Aram's old head of state, the Petrine Pontiff. Like Canada, the states here retain their functional independence, with the Pope- who inherited the Aramean military units already stationed in America- providing military protection and acting as each state's head of state. Unlike Canada, though, it is up to each state to negotiate conditions upon which the Pope can act within the state, with some states granting the Pope unlimited access, including the Pope's personal fiefdom in Bengal (which the Pope decided to group with the American polity).

New York

Main article: New York

The New Yorker Empire is an independent and charter signatory of the Treaty of Buffalo. They are officially allied with Rome but New York has raised its own military and handles its own government administration, including foreign affairs. It has risen to one of the most powerful states within North America, and has become influential worldwide, as it is the only state to hold territory outside of the continent having annexed the Maldive Islands.

Utah

The successor to the nation of Deseret, Utah is a charter signatory of the Treaty. They are officially a secular state that grants equal and fundamental rights to all of its citizens, but their politics and cultural practices are highly influenced by the state's predominant peoples, the Mormons. Thus, they are highly socially conservative, even by Virtue's standards, though the practice of polygamy is legal and widely practiced. The Ute people are the other politically dominant group in the state, managing to preserve their own culture despite the Mormon dominance, although many Utes feel that since Utah is more of a "Mormon state" it should use the Mormon name, not the Utes' tribal name. Officially, the state is aligned with Virtue.

Quebec

Quebec is also an independent signatory of the Treaty of Buffalo. Long having a disdain with Roman rule, Quebec invoked its rights under the NAU charter to leave and join Virtue, but several hurdles precipitated the October 18, 2016 NAU charter revamp that allowed the nation to join Virtue but remain within the NAU, which its populace wanted. Since the collapse of France, Quebec has become the primary source and promoter of French culture, and thus it has become an influential nation worldwide.

Pueblo

The Confederation of Pueblo is an economic union of several thousand walled city-states known as "pueblos". An independent signatory of the Treaty, the Confederation is dominated by the politics of the Native American groups who inhabit the region, with each pueblo essentially following the laws and the customs of the dominant Native American tribe in that area (although the Confederation has a Constitution that treats all equally and guarantees them basic rights). Because of its status as an independent Native American state, it is highly influential in Native affairs, often serving as the "voice" of the Natives on the worldwide scale. The Pueblans are officially unaligned globally, although their communal spirit and their reputation as skilled warriors tends to gravitate them towards Rome, who share many similar traits.

Rockia

The Rockians came into being on October 17, 2016 (ratified on October 19, 2016), after widespread rioting following certain states refusing to acknowledge the Pope's overlordship. Unofficially, Rockia is unaligned, with the coalition signing a treaty reaffirming each state's functional and political independence and each signatory vowing not to acquiesce to foreign interference of any kind, although officially Rockia is a member of Virtue in order for the Rockians to promote their ideologies worldwide (and to gain needed foreign aid). Ideologically, the Rockian states are heavily influenced by it's most powerful member, the Rockian Northern Coalition, which was proclaimed by Thomas Bighill (who administers the territory) as "the Emeldic homeland", though it has a diverse demographic, with laws being enacted giving certain demographics political privileges.

Coloradan Empire

The Coloradan Empire- or simply Colorado- was established when a faction of states broke away from Rockia on October 20, 2016 due to the rise of the RNC. Despite its name, the state isn't ruled by an Emperor or a central ruler of any kind- making it a "functional anarchy"- with the Imperial Guard (effectively the national police) serving solely to maintain order and to resolve disputes between citizens. Thus, in the absence of actual laws, citizens enjoy a wide variety of freedoms and a wide latitude for expression, but unless the citizens are able to invest in providing them, the availability of services is scarce at best, especially outside of urban centres (almost all of which are corporations within their own right).

History

Pre-NAU Timeline

Colonial period

-c. 1500-1700: Rome, Britain, France, Russia and Spain move on North American soil and establish successful colonies, eventually dividing the continent amongst themselves: Rome in what would eventually become Roman Columbia, Russia in Alaska, Spain in Florida and the western half of North America south of the 49th parallel all the way to the Rockies and the southern Red River, Britain in Newfoundland, east of the Rockies, what would later become Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Montana, the Canadian Arctic, the entire Canadian Shield and along the entire eastern seaboard, and France everywhere else.

-1722: British victory at Fortaleza de Valdez (present day Astoria) pushes Spain's claim to North America southward to the 42nd parallel, with the British calling this territory "Oregon". Rome disputes this claim, and border skirmishes and deep raids on both sides occur until 1795.

-1756-63: Seven Year's War is fought primarily between Britain and France across the globe, following defeat at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham (1759) near present-day Quebec City, France is forced to recognize by treaty following the war's conclusion the transfer of its territories east of the Mississippi River to Britain.

-1775-83: American War of Independence fought between Britain and its Thirteen Colonies (already existing along the entire eastern seaboard except for Florida) ends with the Colonies being victorious. The Colonies formally establish themselves as the Federated States of America and are granted Britain's territories south of the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence River by the Treaty of Paris.

Formation of the American Federation

-1795: Treaty of Washington formally establishes the 49th parallel and the Juan de Fuca Strait as the border between Rome and Britain in North America.

-1804: Louisiana Purchase sees French territory (except Saint Pierre et Miquelon) transferred to America for cash.

-1812-15: War of 1812 between Britain and America ends in stalemate and the continuation of the status quo.

-1818-24: Following the events of Simon Bolivar's War, Spain's North American territories southward to the Yucatan Peninsula are reconstituted as the independent country of Mexico.

-1828: Mexicans defeat Spain at Tampico, as a result of the victory General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna is declared Emperor by the Mexican Congress.

-1826-42: The Great Anglo-Roman War sees the Romans decisively defeat the British in North America, marching successfully from Borealis all the way to the Atlantic and Arctic coasts, effectively evicting the British from North America. The Treaty of Ottawa would establish Roman rule right to the border with New Brunswick, reducing British territory to Oregon, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island and southern Baffin Island.

-1834: Seeing Congress as ineffective, Santa Anna decrees the institution be dissolved, which leads to widespread dissent across Mexico.

-1836-38: Texan War of Independence between Texas and the Mexican Empire ends with a resounding Texan victory. Mexico is forced to recognize Texan independence following the Treaty of San Jacinto.

-1845: Following fears of Mexican reconquest, Texas votes to formally accept annexation into America.

-January-May 1846: Romans repulse attempted American invasion of Roman Columbia.

The American Empire

-1846: Oregon Treaty formally cedes Oregon to America in exchange for cash and resources that helps Britain recover from the devastating loss against the Romans.

-1846-48: Mexican-American War: Americans decisively defeat the Mexicans (who initiated the conflict after Texas voted to join America) and take over the entire country, with the vast majority of the Mexican people being taken as prisoners of war. This led to America being informally known as the "American Empire". This name would stick for the remainder of the Federation's existence, despite the fact it never formally adopted the name.

-March 9, 1848: Led by pro-slave politician Cameron Wilbur (who would later be elected President in 1848), American Congress would pass the Mexican Enslavement Act. This act stripped every Mexican of their citizenry and established every one of them as a slave for the American people, millions of whom moved into the newly conquered territories. The Act also formally ended the "slave/non-slave" divide that had existed before in America.

-1849-50: Seeking its first colonies and more slaves for its slaveowners, America invades and successfully annexes the Senegambia region of Africa.

-1853-55: Russo-Roman War: Alaska is annexed to Rome.

-1854: Anti-slavery sentiments lead to the establishment of the Republican Party, who quickly gain prominence in American politics. A combination of poor funding and "dirty politics" from Joe Drexler (Wilbur's Vice-President) leads to John C. Fremont's defeat in 1856.

American Civil War

-1860: Illinois Senator Abraham Lincoln is defeated by Drexler in that year's election. Drexler's victory comes amidst more accusations of "dirty tricks" being performed by Drexler, who sought to stem the growing tide of anti-slavery sentiments in American politics. Lincoln, whose only base of support was in the northeastern quarter of America, joined with other northern politicians to form the United States of America (USA), who formed their own Congress in New York City and declared independence at the end of the year.

-1861: American Civil War begins between the USA (in this context, simply the "Union") and the Government of American Empire (or simply in this context, the "Empire") with an Imperial victory at Cincinnati. The Union were aided in their war effort by Rome, while the Empire drew support from the British. Roman support at this stage was purely economical and tactical, while British support was done in secret, since Britain had formally abolished slavery itself in 1832.

-1862: Capture of Thomas Scott by legendary figure John Muldoon (a Senegambian who escaped slavery by fleeing to Rome) revealed British support of the Empire, causing Rome to formally declare war on the Empire and Britain.

-1863: Union victories at the Battles of Gettysburg and Bull Run turn the tide of the Civil War in favour of the Union.

-1865: Siege of Atlanta ends with Union and Roman forces burning the entire city down, putting the Empire on the defensive for the rest of the War. After defeat at the Battle of Five Forks on December 23, the Empire sues for peace.

-1866: Following the Peace of Madrid, the United States is reconstituted as “free state” North, with the South becoming the Carolinian Empire. Utah, Colorado and Nevada become independent as the Deseret Republic. California also becomes independent, and Mexico is split into three different republics- Northern Mexico (which includes southern Arizona), Sinaloa (central Mexico) and Golden Mexico (southern Mexico). In exchange for the annexation of Texas, southern Florida, Nuevo Leon and the eastern Gulf Coast of Mexico, Rome agrees to sell its Canadian territory to the new U.S.

The American Republics Era

-1870: First Californian-Northern Mexican War: California defeats a Northern Mexican invasion at Calexico.

-1872: Officially barred by treaty from allowing slavery, Carolina enacts the first in a series of laws that would later be named "Jim Crow Laws" that would effectively create separate classes of citizens, largely to the benefit of Carolina's white population at the detriment of everyone else.

-1888: Second California-Northern Mexico War: California again defeats another Northern Mexican invasion attempt, this time near Arizona.

-1890: California stakes a claim in Africa, defeating and annexing the Kingdom of Guinea after a five year war.

-1896: Danish-American War sees the U.S. reemerge as a global power, as the Americans' decisive defeat of Denmark allows them to annex Greenland and Iceland, territories Denmark had vowed to defend.

-1905: The Nashville Uprising sees Carolina brutally suppress scores of black protesters, serving as justification by the Carolinians to enact more discriminatory laws in an effort to "control" its minority populations.

-1912: The maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic crashes near the coast of Newfoundland. To date, it is the largest maritime tragedy in history, with the tragedy used to spur safety reforms within maritime travel.

-1914: The U.S. officially declares its neutrality at the outset of World War I, although border skirmishes occur throughout the year between the North American states.

-May 7, 1915: The sinking of the RMS Lusitania swayed American and Carolinian opinions against Germany and towards involvement in the war, which became official a year later.

-September 26, 1915: Texas and its environs renamed the "Republic of Romairica" (shortened from "Roman America") after a large influx of Roman settlers into the region over the previous few decades changed the demographics of the region.

-1918: World War I ends with victory by the Triple Entende, boosted by the interventions of Rome and America. The U.S. refrains from territorial acquisition, believing imperialism inspired the Great War, and is behind creating the League of Nations (LN) as a place for international diplomacy.

-1922: Imprisonment of Mahatma Gandhi by British authorities in Freemantle, Australia after Gandhi led several anti-discrimination campaigns marked by civil disobedience. His imprisonment is condemned by the American government and the LN.

-1924: Successful lobbying by the Americans- asking for compassion with regards to Gandhi's appendicitis- sees Gandhi released from prison.

-1925: California and Deseret sign a trade deal where California gives Deseret access to its resources in exchange for Deseret providing California access to its water supply.

-August 1926: William Lyon Mackenzie King, Governor of Ontario, gets into a dispute with U.S. President Calvin Coolidge over prospecting issues near James Bay. King's troubles stir Canadian sentiment towards demanding independence, with King- reluctantly at first- becoming its unofficial spokesman.

-November 1926: California signs more trade deals with Northern Mexico and Sinaloa, which causes California's economy to grow rapidly as it gained access to new markets.

-1927: Riots in Guinea occur throughout the year, only ending after California and Guinea come to an agreement guaranteeing the Guineans a measure of autonomy in their colony.

-1928: American-Desereti War ends with the Peace of Amarillo and the re-establishment of the status quo, war had broken out over American concerns that the Desereti were raiding American territory for women, concerns that were later proven to be unfounded.

-January 8, 1929: The U.S., California, Deseret, Northern Mexico and Rome come to an agreement to establish the North American Highway Network, the precursor to the Interstate highway system.

-October 29, 1929: "Black Tuesday" sees North American stock markets crash, marking the beginning of a heavy economic downturn across the globe that would soon be termed as the Great Depression.

-1933: Bus Riots in Alabama by the black population are brutally suppressed by Carolinian forces.

-1936: Due to hardships imposed by the Depression, Britain is forced to recognize Australian independence after Gandhi's campaigning reached a crescendo, with American and Roman forces pledging Gandhi their support if the British interfered any further with his actions. American and British relations are soured considerably after this point, causing the British to align themselves with Thomas Rotler and his Falken Party which had turned around Germany's fortunes after World War I. The alliance, which formally includes Japan and Galatia as well, becomes known as the Axis alliance, shortened from the official name, the London-Berlin-Ctesiphon-Tokyo Axis.

World War II

-1939: World War II officially begins with the Battle of Reykjavik between the Americans and British, Britain's resounding victory forces U.S. troops to withdraw from Iceland.

-January-June 1940: British advances force the U.S. to abandon Greenland, soon, battles would reach North American soil itself as the British defeat the Americans at Chicoutimi (February 19), Rimouski (February 26), Augusta (March 5), Montreal (March 12-16) and Burlington, Vermont (March 14), culminating in the fierce Battle of Boston (April-June) which sees the entire city almost completely destroyed and the Americans forced to withdraw to New York State.

-June-August 1940: Later called "Our Darkest Hour", New York City falls to the British, allowing them to push southward. Britain also makes gains in Ontario, capturing Sudbury (July 4, 1940) and North Bay (July 1, 1940).

-September 3, 1940: Despite popular opinion favouring an alliance with Britain, Carolinian Emperor Russell Murphy declares war on the Axis powers. Carolinian resistance is weak, however, as many in the populace believe their views more closely align with the Axis, so Britain has a relatively easy time taking over the Carolinian Empire, where the Axis installs its own puppet regime under Irving Dudley.

-October 7, 1940: Gandhi's body is discovered at a hotel in Helene, Birea, with investigators revealing Gandhi had been killed three days prior. Suspicion immediately fell on the Japanese, who were advancing on Australia and knew that without Gandhi (the only one who proved capable of unifying Australia's many ethnicities and noble families who frequently clashed for power and Australia's abundant resources) Australia would be an easy acquisition. To this day, Gandhi's true killer remains unknown.

-1941: Japanese advancements in the Pacific see the capture of Australia (except the extreme southeast and New Zealand, both taken by Rome), culminating in the Bombing of Pearl Harbour on December 7 and Japan's subsequent annexation of Hawaii on December 10.

-February 24-25, 1942: Battle of Los Angeles: Japanese forces decisively defeat the Californians, moving northward quickly.

-March 1942: Britain, buoyed by Japanese advancements, expands its hold on the American Arctic, capturing Yellowknife at the end of the month.

-April-July 1942: Japan captures the North American west coast up to the northern border of Oregon, and advance eastward to capture Boise and Nevada, officially drawing the Desereti Republic into the war.

-August 6, 1942: Fall of Sacramento sees the Californians surrender to Japan, which is formally annexed to the Japanese Empire.

-August 19-23, 1942: Fall of Salt Lake City sees the Republic of Deseret surrender to Japan, with the Mormon Church brutally persecuted by the Japanese.

-September-November 1942: Further advances by Japanese forces see the Republic of North Mexico fall on November 17, 1942, with Japan brutally suppressing riots in Arizona when it rounds up the entire town of Arizona Springs (population 14,351), massacring the men and boys and enslaving the women and girls, who were later turned into sex slaves.

-December 4, 1942: British forces reach their maximum extent in Ontario, capturing Barrie and reaching the outskirts of Toronto and Buffalo, which survive British assaults due to the astute tactics of Roman Legatus Claudius Servius.

-1943: Furthest advance by the Axis powers globally (reached officially on June 5, 1943 after a British-Japanese breakthrough in Texas against the Romans). During this year and the year afterward, the atrocities of the Holocaust start to reach its peak, with systemic persecutions being taken place against (though not exclusively limited to) the Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and African-descendant populations of Axis occupied territories, as part of a Falken policy to promote "racial purity", or "Frangistanianism". Manhattan and sites in Birmingham, Dothan and Greenville, in operation since 1940, become epicentres in North America for Frangistani polices.

-1944: Following the D-Day operations of June 6 (which saw a massive reinforcement campaign undertaken in the Niagara Escarpment beforehand), the anti-Axis Alliance (informally called the "Allied" powers, though they had no formal name) begin to turn the tide of the war against the Axis, with the British driven from New York State and Barrie by the end of September.

-January 1945: Roman forces expel Japanese and British forces from Texas and Deseret, with the Americans leading the pushback in Carolinian territory.

-August 13, 1946: Liberation of Los Angeles formally expels the Japanese from most of their North American gains, they hold out in Oregon

-August-December 1946: Quebecois and Ontarians lead resistance movements that prove instrumental in evicting the British from their northern North American gains. This further fuels the fire for Canadian independence.

-1947: Roman and American forces are successful in the liberation of Oregon and Carolina, sole Axis holdings in North America reduced to Long Island, New York.

-1948: Axis powers expelled from North America on December 8, 1948 after decisively defeating the British at Central Park, New York City.

-1949: Recovery of over five million Falken documents by Roman and American forces during combat operations reveal the realities of the Frangistanian policies, exposing the extent of the Holocaust to much shock worldwide.

-July 6, 1950: Armistice reached after the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ending combat operations in World War II.

-October 9, 1950: World War II officially ends as Peace of Poznan- largely mediated by the Romans- is reached. The agreement sees the British Empire almost completely dismantled, with the Carolinians, Romans, Soviets, Spanish, and Americans making inroads. India, in particular, falls mostly to the U.S., although some states become independent.

-c. 1951: Allies attempt to restore the Australian Republic after World War II, but the continent lacked a unifying figure. Thus, while an Australian Parliament is formed headed by a Chancellor and a federal republic declared, the Australian government proves wildly ineffective, operating in practice as figureheads with the states retaining their functional independence.

Post-war America

-1951: Campaigning by Mackenzie King sees the Republic of Canada established via a referendum in November of that year.

-1951-52: Roman Aurean Program: a series of loans provided by the Romans to both the Soviets and the North American states help rejuvenate the economies battered by World War II. Rome, culturally aligned with both sides of the Cold War, hoped their gesture would ease tensions, but it only served to galvanize them even more.

-1951-55: The trials of the Falken Party, including that of Rotler, reveal to the world the greater details of the Frangistani policies, turning worldwide sentiment towards policies against racism and other forms of “natural discrimination”, including a revival of the “simpler, more pragmatic” philosophy of modern classicism. In North America, the trials inspire the formal creation of the Civil Rights movement led by Martin Luther King, Jr. to combat natural discrimination across the continent (where it existed in the U.S., California and Canada on a cultural level primarily but on a political and cultural level everywhere else).

-1952: Canadians defeat the British at the Battle of Zanzibar and move quickly on to the mainland. By the end of the year, Tanzania is annexed to Canada.

-January 16, 1953: U.S. President Harry S. Truman delivers a crushing setback to the Civil Rights movement, when he asserted that the movement was funded by Polish interests. The move was simply political, as Soviet leader Josef Stalin had called on the Carolinian government to end its racist policies in a bid to gain public influence in North America. Despite no clear evidence that the Civil Rights campaigners had any Communist ties, public opinion (already somewhat tepid) shifted dramatically away from the movement almost overnight, with many politicians asserting their “natural discrimination” policies were different from Frangistanism because, as Truman himself put it, “at least we are nice and respectful about it”.

-1953-61: Official U.S. Presidency of noted anti-communist Joseph McCarthy, who moved forward on the anti-Soviet rhetoric his predecessor Truman started. McCarthy's Presidency is marked by several rights-curtailing measures that were designed solely in the name of “combating Communism”. McCarthy would become known his divisive style of politics, which would influence many future politicians and later splinter the Civil Rights movement.

-1953: The Darwin Affair sees American and Soviet intrigues clash for the first time in the Cold War, with southeast Asia and Australia in particular becoming a hotbed for Cold War tensions.

-1954: California defeats a Desereti invasion force that sought to “wipe out Hollywood”, asserting the Californian film industry (which was revived by the Aurean Program) was corrupting Desereti society, even though Hollywood films had been banned in Deseret since 1922.

-March 3, 1955: California invades Deseret and occupies Salt Lake City, tensions only relieved by the intervention of McCarthy, however, a state of war continued to exist between California and Deseret.

-July 2, 1955-December 20, 1955: Montgomery Bus Boycott led by King in protest of Montgomery, Alabama's policy of segregated seating. Tensions flared up when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat at the front to a white passenger, which was followed by the Carolinian government issuing arrest warrants for both Parks and King. Only the intervention of Roman Emperor Keylusus, who granted both Parks and King asylum, did Carolina back down from its demands and pass a law outlawing segregated seating.

-1956: Shark Bay Offensive sees the Government of Salinas defeat an American-backed resistance movement. Salinas Commissioner Ryan Walter- whose Communists were democratically elected- responds by telling McCarthy to stop interfering with Australian affairs.

-March 2, 1957: Due in large part to Mormon activism, Birea, the U.S. and Deseret reach a trade agreement and a military alliance, as Birean Emperor Alan MacMullan is an anti-Communist. The deal is condemned by the Romans, citing Birea's human rights abuses, particularly against women.

-May-September 1957: The Outback Winter War sees the various states of Australia all engage in combat with each other, supported by either the U.S. or the Soviets, with the Peace of Adelaide restoring the status quo.

-April 1958: South Han China, aided by American resources, thwarts a Communist attempt to overthrow the Emperor.

-September 10, 1958: Newly crowned Carolinian Emperor Calvin Fryar tells the world to “go suck an egg” during his inauguration speech.

-February 16-28 1959: Battle of Indee sees pro-American factions overthrow the Government of Salinas who were supported by the Soviets.

-March 1-4 1959: Soviet-backed factions defeat American-backed factions during the Western Australian Civil War, allowing the Soviets to install Communists in all of the Chiefdoms.

-March 3-16, 1959: American-backed Imperiale defeats Soviet-backed Senatus at Goldfinch Hill.

-March 16-April 30, 1959: American-backed forces overthrow the Communist regime of Warny, attack Roman forces near Melbourne but are decisively crushed.

-May 11, 1959: Pro-American Baron of Queensland is overthrown and quickly assassinated by Soviet-backed forces.

-May 23, 1959: Soviets assassinate another pro-American national leader, this time the President of the Republic of South China

-June-July 1959: Count of Coyne assassinated and replaced by American forces.

-August-October 1959: Other proxy battles occur in Australia and Southeast Asia but all are practical stalemates. McCarthy's poll numbers drop significantly as the Americans tire of war.

-November 11, 1959: The Day We Were Forgotten sees the Americans and Soviets reach a peace treaty- brokered by Rome- where both agree to respect the Australian Republic's sovereignty and treat the provinces as neutral entities. The treaty strengthens the Australian central government for a few years before the continent again sees the provinces reassert their functional independence.

-1960: John Fitzgerald Kennedy takes advantage of McCarthy's slide in the polls and steamrolls his ways to the White House. His Presidency would mark a decided return of liberalism to American politics, as he would side with the Civil Rights movement on many issues.

-1962: The Miquelon Incident sees the Soviets set up nuclear weapons on the island of Miquelon, just off the coast of Newfoundland. Tensions mount as the world is on the brink of nuclear war, until Keylusus steps in and gets the Soviets to remove their weapons from Miquelon in exchange for the Americans removing their weapons from the island of Ulvon in the Gulf of Bothnia.

-August 28, 1963: March on Washington by King (where he delivered his famous I Have A Dream speech) sees Kennedy pass a number of Civil Rights-favourable policies.

-November 22, 1963: Assassination of Kennedy in Calgary by Lee Harvey Oswald. Oswald was later revealed to be a Carolinian sympathizer, tasked by Carolina to assassinate Kennedy when his policies defending the Civil Rights movement gained steam.

-1964: Gulf of Tonkin Incident sees the United States pledge ground troops to assist anti-communist forces in South Vietnam, official start of the South China War.

-1964-65: Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed by Kennedy's successor, Lyndon Johnson, marks the pinnacle of American liberalism.

-1966: Battle of Zuma's Pass: Carolina defeats the Soviet invasion of New Dixie, its African colony.

-1967: Rise of Pierre Elliott Trudeau as Prime Minister of Canada solidifies the ascent of liberalism in North America, leaving the Carolinians and Desereti the lone conservative bastions on the continent.

-1968: South China War gains steam as Soviets commit troops to assisting the Republic of South China, while California assists South Han, Rome intervenes in Thailand and Carolina helps crush a Communist revolt in the Khmer Republic.

-1968-69: The Zodiac Killer and the murders of the so-called "family" of Charles Manson bring the concept of serial killers to the North American criminal consciousness.

-1970: With the intervention of Canada, Northern Mexico and Deseret, the entire continent of North America is involved with the South China War, all opposed to the Soviet Union, except for Rome, who back the Soviet Union after the Treachery of Saigon.

-1972: General strike in Detroit forces automakers to raise the wages of their workers to be able to compete with foreign companies like British Leyland and Fiat who offered better conditions.

-1973: Formosa Clashes sees the Romans formally declare war on both the North American states and the Soviet Union. By mixing aggressiveness with attrition, Rome is able to decisively defeat both sides by 1978, enabling it to annex Indochina as the province of Khmerium.

-1974: Richard Nixon resigns as U.S. President after being implicated in the Watergate scandal.

-1977: Carolinian Emperor Jeb Lowry institutes free college tuition for the state college system. This policy is still in force today.

-1979: Northern Mexico Drought sees over 450,000 die as a result of crop failures, relief comes in the form of subsidies from the Roman and American governments.

-1979-81: Constantinople Hostage Crisis sees the Roman Embassy in Constantinople seized by Byzantine and Soviet troops, with all the workers taken hostage. The crisis remains unresolved until Ronald Regan (elected President in 1980) reaffirms American relations with Rome, noting Rome's peace-making abilities and fearing a Byzantine-Soviet invasion of the Roman Empire. Regan's actions would bring Rome closer to the U.S., formalizing an alliance in 1984.

-1984: Election of Progressive Conservative Brian Mulroney in Canada, Republican George Deukmeijan in California and Jose Nunez in Northern Mexico, coupled with the election of Conservative Prime Minister Margret Thatcher in Britain in 1979 and the continuing presence of Keylusus in Rome sees North America dominated by conservative governments, all of which are aligned against the Soviet Union.

-October 19, 1987: Black Monday sees stock markets crash worldwide, leading to a global recession. North America's recession lasts until 1989.

-June 6, 1988: Battle of Coos Bay- an accidental incursion by Soviet submarines into U.S. waters leads to a small battle between the Americans, Californians and Soviets that ends in a stalemate. It was thought this would lead to total war but the recession would not allow resources for a war.

World War III

-January 9, 1990: Breach of the Berlin Wall by Polish troops marks the opening salvo of the Third World War.

-March-August 1991: Polish offensive into Dutch territory sees the Poles decisively defeat the Dutch, who had American help, allowing them to annex the Dutch Empire by the end of August.

-September 2, 1991: Canada declares war on the Soviet Union, as does Carolina, California, Deseret and Northern Mexico. Fearing a repeat of Constantinople, Rome stays neutral in the war at this point.

-September 15, 1991: Public opinion polling sees support for the war erode amongst the North American and Soviet populaces, pro-independence movements begin as a result.

-October-December 1991: American counter-offensive drives the Poles from Dutch territory, overrunning the Polish Empire and bringing American troops to the border with the Soviet Union for the first time.

-February 12, 1992: Americans and Soviets clash at the Polish border.

-March 20, 1992: Americans break through Soviet defences and get to the outskirts of Moscow, raising fears of Soviet nuclear deployment.

-April 5, 1992: Quebec formally declares independence, the first North American province to separate.

-April-May 1992: Americans and Soviets fight to a stalemate outside of Moscow, war of attrition begins.

-June 17, 1992: Intrigues dissolve the United Kingdom, with the country splitting into England (who assumes control of the British colonies), Wales and several small states in Ireland.

-July-August 1992: New Dixie overrun by the Soviets, who liberate it permanently from Carolina.

-August 1992: Scotland attempts a reconquest of Birea in Borneo but is quickly beaten back by English and Carolinian troops.

-October 11, 1992: Explosion near Grise Fjord marks the "point of no-return" for the Third World War- although the explosion was never confirmed to be a nuclear bomb (and studies show it wasn't), it raised enough of a panic that the populaces no longer had any trust left in their governments, so all over North America and the Soviet Union various peoples began to revolt and seek independence.

-December 8, 1992: Faced with too many riots and a war that had gotten too costly, U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev make a joint announcement officially granting independence to their countries' constituent administrative divisions, with both countries maintaining only small, "rump state" territories. The two leaders hoped by making a joint announcement it would quell the rioting- it only made it worse.

-1993: With much of the world's territory descending into anarchy, Rome and Aram (recently formed by Rome after a treaty with the Soviets) ally together to go on a worldwide "peacekeeping" mission, restoring order and shaping new polities in their wake. The political re-organization was finalized on December 8, 1993 by the Treaty of San Francisco.

North American Union

-January-March 1994: Following the Treaty of San Francisco, talks went underway with the various North American leaders, spearheaded by Rome and Aram (though largely by Rome), to finalize the new polities. The talks were spurred by a new hawkish government in England as well as the collapse of the central and southern Mexican states into the "Drug Republics" the previous year that threatened the continent's security.

-April 9, 1994: Charter of the North American Union signed and ratified in Washington, USA. The Charter applied the American Constitution (viewed as a "middle ground" between the Canadian, Californian, Carolinian, Desereti and North Mexican versions) across the entire Union. The Charter also nominally restored the American federal system, although in practice Union members were effectively independent of each other, reducing Congress to the role of "mediators", with the Charter explicitly stating that the Romans administer the Union as a protectorate. However, despite that, Congress and the President still wound up wielding considerable influence, especially on a global scale.

-April 30, 1994: NAU political parties reach agreements to merge, forming the Unionist Party (a merger of the Liberal Party of Canada and the Democratic Party, with several members of the New Democratic Party of Canada and the Bloc Quebecois joining as well) and the Federalist Party (a merger of the PCs and Republicans).

-May-June 1994: First primaries see the nomination of Bill Clinton for the Unionists and Preston Manning for the Federalists.

-November 8, 1994: First NAU Presidential election sees Clinton defeat Manning.

-January-October 1995: Romans build the NAU's broadband Internet and cellular phone signal networks as part of yearly infrastructure improvements.

-1996: Ontario invades Michigan and annexes the extreme south and northeast, taking over Michigan's half of Ohio as well. The Ontarians are stopped from taking Detroit, though.

-1997: Rise of Donald Trump as Emperor of New York, New Yorker Army defeats the Dutch near Bandar Abbas which allows New York to annex the Maldive Islands. This makes New York the first NAU-based state to own territory outside of the Union.

-September 11, 2001: Mall of America Attacks perpetuated by an unknown terrorist organization that set the mall ablaze before hijacking an aircraft leaving Minneapolis and crashing it intentionally into a field, over 1,000 people die in the attacks.

-2003: Second NAU Presidential election sees Federalist Stephen Harper defeat Unionist John Kerry.

-2005: Virtue, formed in response to Rome forming the NAU, gains a foothold on the North American continent (aside from English colonies) with the addition of Utah (formerly part of Deseret) and Lakotah. The Montanan Empire remains unaligned.

-2006: Alberta and Ontario almost go to war after an Alberta schooner crossed Ontarian territorial waters. Only the intervention of the new Roman Emperor, Valerius IV, prevents the conflict.

-2009: An unexplained fire occurs at Toronto's Union Station transit station.

-2011: Federalist Joseph Reddick defeats Unionist candidate Jack Layton.

-February-November 2013: Mysterious death of Ted Bundy led to the commissioning of the Milner Report, which found that NAU law enforcement had a "gloryhound" culture that only aggressively pursued cases which were perceived to be "easy" and yield the highest amount of prestige while ignoring other cases. The Report called for drastic changes in law enforcement in the NAU to fix its "cultural problem".

-c. 2013: Likely in response to the Milner Report is The Virus, a social phenomenon where crime is used as a form of political protest. Rome views the movement as a threat to North American security and has devoted resources to combat it, which has garnered public support though some question the chilling effect it may have on public speech.

-2015: Appointment of Eva Avita as North American Prefect by the Roman government in response to The Virus.

-July 11, 2016: Signing of the Treaty of Buffalo between the world's powers, dividing North America into two "halves"- Canada and America- while recognizing New York's functional independence. The two halves serve to better define "official spheres of influence" in North America, with Rome influencing Canada and Aram influencing America, but the political and structural administration is otherwise unaltered.

-September 14, 2016: Quebecois forces defeat the English at Wabush, Labrador and immediately annex the region to their country. The English allege the attack is "evidence" of Roman aggression, although the Romans allege the battle was staged to entice the Quebecois to join Virtue, which they did (with Quebec remaining in the NAU for economic purposes).

-October 9-17, 2016: Several central American states break away from America, stating they did not recognize the Pope or Roman authorities as legitimate. After several skirmishes between Rome and America, the new coalition of states- Rockia- is established on October 17, 2016 and is officially unaligned with Rome and Virtue, although it remains within the NAU.

-October 18-20, 2016: NAU charter revised to accommodate the Union's new political reality.

Member States

Treaty of Buffalo coalition marked in parenthesis:

State	Population		Country		NAU Electors/Congress Districts
Adirondacks	19,381,209		Canada		9
Alberta	3,381,209		Canada		1
Arctic	13,381,209		Canada		6
Arizonan Confederation	23,482,331		Confederation of Pueblo		11
California	37,381,216		Canada		18
Carolina	45,270,422		America		22
Cascadia	13,381,209		Canada		6
Coahuila Republic	29,461,130		Confederation of Pueblo		14
Illinois	21,073,134		Rockia		10
Indiana	6,381,209		Canada		3
Iowa	8,091,419		Rockia		4
Kentucky	4,381,209		Canada		2
Maine	1,596,000		Canada		1
Montanan Empire	26,138,958		Coloradan Empire		13
New York	27,651,127		New York		27
Ontario	29,381,209		Canada		14
Quebec	30,810,516		Quebec		30
Republic of Colorado	26,160,357		Coloradan Empire		13
Rockian Northern Council	51,201,119		Rockia		25
Utah	12,533,011		Utah		12
Virginia	12,570,105		America		6
Washington, D.C.	5,010,001		America		3

See also

• The Milner Report
• The Virus
• Juan Castro
• Emeldic people
• Irish Americans