History Characters / ExtremisUltimisUnitedStates

%%!!''Uncle Same''

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[[folder:Manson Cult]]
->'''Official Name:''' Manson Cult

* AlternateHistory: Manson and his Family were much more "successful" than OTL, killing far more people, including Gerald Ford.
* TheExile: The Manson Family fled to Mexico to avoid the consequences of their brutality.

!!''Afton Burton''
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->'''Party:''' Autocrats
->'''Ideology:''' Autocratic Theocracy[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]]

* TheDreaded: Everyone is terrified of this state and its Orwellian view on the world. [[spoiler: It gets even worse after Haddock decides to stop abiding the Geneva Convention and makes use of nuclear warheads on major cities. In fact, the National Focus that allows Haddock to disregard the Convention comes with the warning: "PREPARE TO FIGHT EVERYONE AROUND YOU." Actually taking it gives every other American nation a Wargoal against him.]]
* FascistButInefficient: If Haddock devotes himself to "Pure Haddockism" in his economy and cultural revolution, he creates a system that is just efficient ''enough'' to keep running, but is otherwise deliberately inefficient in order to keep technological and economic growth stagnant, so no new force could emerge to destabilize The Republic.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: Besides [[PresidentEvil President Haddock]] and [[TheDragon Commandant Price]], every member of the Republican Army and its splinter groups has their face concealed with some manner of bandana or gas mask, and they are to a ONE villainous, with the least evil ([[OnlySaneMan Sergeant Clarkson]]) still being an OpportunisticBastard who defected to the Haddockists for power and casually calls people ableist slurs - the rest are varying shades of AxCrazy psychopaths who actively revel in the killing of "Divisionists".
* MeaningfulRename: Downplayed. The ultimate name of Haddock's republic, though symbolic, is determined only by the player's choice in a single event.
* MedievalStasis: The "Pure Haddockism" economic and cultural paths make this an Enforced trope, as Haddock wishes to halt technological advancement to prevent any new forces from destabilizing his "Eternal" State.
* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: The Republican Union of America is an openly despotic nightmare state, and "The Republic" path only doubles-down on it by engaging in the most extreme policies of Oceania from Literature/NineteenEightyFour.
* RedAndBlackTotalitarianism: The Republic Union's flag and its army embody this trope (although the later switch to standard camo uniforms if [[OnlySaneMan Sergeant Clarkson]] is appointed to be the Republican Army's Supreme Commander).
* RepressiveButEfficient: If the RUA sets up a proper command economy, and goes down a pragmatic cultural revolution path (Hyper-Nationalism or Neo-Romanism), every citizen in the RUA are provided with their basic needs...and get ruthlessly crushed if they step out of line.

!!''James Haddock''
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->'''Party:''' Eagle's Spirit Party
->'''Ideology:''' Haddockism[[note]]National Totalitarianism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\\
James Galloway Haddock, the most dangerous man in America.\\\
Born in 1970 to a pair of prominent lawyers, Haddock had a well educated and extremely privileged childhood. He consistently landed at the top of his classes and eventually graduated summa cum laude in Criminal Law from New York University Law School. After graduation, Haddock pursued a stellar legal career, becoming involved in his parents' high-profile law firm, and even briefly clerking for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Things were going well until his life came crashing down in the 2008 Collapse. First, his parents' legal firm slumped, and their wealthy lifestyle evaporated. Then, his mother died of a heart attack, induced, Haddock believed, by the stress of losing everything she had ever had. Outraged, Haddock personally brought lawsuit after lawsuit against the bankers and businessmen that he believed caused his mother's death. But they were consistently swept aside, shut down by the legal protection of Washington. Haddock nearly bankrupted himself before he realized the fruitlessness of his endeavor, and decided to bide his time until he could wreak vengeance against those who had wronged him like so many others.\\\
After taking up a professorship at his alma mater, he led a distinguished but overall quiet career through the early 2010s. Behind the scenes, however, he was dipping his toes into political activism. He was briefly a card-carrying communist, until he left the CPUSA, dissatisfied with their lack of initiative and vision for the future. After a few years of political nihilism, he finally came to an epiphany, and found his driving political conviction: stability above all, and in the name of stability, the establishment of the Eternal State. Haddock set about creating his own party, the "Eagle's Spirit Party", and his silver tongue and sterling reputation saw it grow rapidly. He founded the party on the basis of anti-democratic ideals and unity in the population, but he never let on his true guiding intentions to any but his closest lieutenants...\\\
Now, finally in control, Haddock stands triumphant over all those lesser men whose vision could not hope to equal his own. A dark shadow has fallen across the political landscape, and even now, many are unaware of just how strongly the snake has coiled around their necks.[[/labelnote]]

* AmoralAttorney: Was a lawyer prior to being politically radicalized, due to the 2008 Financial Crash ruining his family's law firm, and driving himself to bankruptcy attempting to sue several Wall Street executives he blamed for it. [[spoiler:He also acts as his own lawyer if he's defeated by the Confederation of America, to... [[VillainousBreakdown less than favorable results]].]]
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Despite being EqualOpportunityEvil when drawing upon his recruits, the rise of Haddock is disturbingly similar to that of many fascist leaders - a charismatic, pseudo-populist strongman promising to bring order and stability by force, lumping his enemies into a group of scapegoats ("Divisionists") to direct his followers anger towards, and [[BlackShirt forming paramilitaries to assault his enemies in the street]]. Even his former time with the CPUSA mirrors how both Benito Mussolini and Oswald Moseley initially held socialist beliefs before later shifting further right. And that's not getting into the open RedAndBlackTotalitarianism of his iconography, or the [[PuttingOnTheReich stormtrooper-esque uniforms of his soldiers]]...
* BigBad: Is one of the most powerful warlords of the American Collapse, with WordOfGod stating he's meant to be the TrueFinalBoss for any other faction attempting to reunify the United States. He's also the most openly villainous, seeking to install a totalitarian dictatorship that can survive by crushing all opposition to dust.
* BigBrotherIsWatchingYou: Besides his more general totalitarianism, he does model himself {{In Universe}} after [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984's Big Brother]] (although he's only operating on incomplete notes, due to George Orwell's death leaving the book unfinished in this timeline).
* CommieNazis: An Invoked example, as Haddock initially joined the CPUSA after his radicalization from the 2008 Financial Crash, later left them due to finding them ineffective at seizing power, and has [[StartMyOwn started the Eagle Spirit's Party]] to draw in disaffected radicals from the far-left and far-right.
* CrusadingLawyer: Haddock portrays himself as a righteous fighter standing up against the elites during his election campaign.
* DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: While nearly all National Totalitarian governments are this to an extent, Haddock's desired "Eternal State" embodies this the most, as he wishes to impose a hyper-authoritarian dictatorship that can (supposedly) maintain stability for all time.
* EntitledBastard: His whole crusade began when his parent's law firm went under and his cushy lifestyle evaporated.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: Haddock views various forms of bigotry as simply more "Divisionism" that would undermine his Eternal State, and makes a point of emphasizing all citizens of his Republic will be equal... [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist in submission to the Eternal State]].
* FluffyTheTerrible: The Tyrant of America shares a name with both a fish and a Franchise/{{Tintin}} comic book character.
* MisaimedFandom: {{In Universe}}, Haddock was inspired by George Orwell's incomplete notes to Literature/NineteenEightyFour - and unlike other readers who viewed it either as either a warning against the rising communist and fascist dictatorships of the early 21st century, or a parody of them akin to Literature/AModestProposal, he viewed the government of Oceania as a legitimate means to impose stability for eternity.
* {{Narcissist}}: Haddock suffers from Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and everything he does is to protect his own ego and sense of self-worth.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite viewing the "Sons of Rome" conspiracy theory as embarrassing play-pretend, Haddock begins to genuinely enjoy playing Caesar if he goes down the RUA's Neo-Roman path.
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Haddock views himself as the savior of humanity, destined to create an Eternal State that will prevent humanity from destroying itself... But does so by establishing an openly despotic nightmare that, if going into his most "pure" vision instead of pragmatic compromises, will deliberately self-sabotage itself so it remains economically and technologically stagnant forever so no instability can threaten it. It's up to player interpretation whether Haddock is [[BelievingTheirOwnLies Believing His Own Lies]] about how such a system can truly aid humanity, or is just a megalomaniacal {{Narcissist}} with a Messiah complex.
* {{Trumplica}}: Downplayed. Haddock shares a few characteristics with Donald Trump, namely being a New Yorker who runs for President on a populist, nationalistic platform. {{In Universe}} Haddock was inspired by Trump's 2016 campaign, and drew off many of Trump's former supporters following the collapse of his presidency.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:If he is defeated by [[TheRepublic the Confederation of America]], Haddock acts as his own lawyer during his war crimes trial, goes on an InsaneTrollLogic rant that essentially attempts to declare the Confederation's government illegitimate and himself the still-rightful ruler of America, and is either sentenced to death (where he delusionally thinks his executioners are secret supporters plotting to free him, only to FaceDeathWithDespair when he realizes he's actually being lethally injected), or committed to an insane asylum (where he scribbles unintelligible lawsuits, and screams about his jailors putting pills into his tater tots - with the reaction text correcting him to saying they're in his meatloaf instead).]]

!!''Erasmus''
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->'''Role:''' General
->'''Party:''' Eagle's Spirit Party
->'''Ideology:''' Haddockism[[note]]National Totalitarianism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\\
DOB. 09/27/1985, Hoboken, New Jersey.\\\
Nick Turner, better known as his alias Erasmus, is one of Haddock's oldest allies. The two 'met' when Haddock defended Turner in his 2009 trial for conspiracy to riot, and successfully managed to get all charges dropped. Since then, Erasmus has served as one of Haddock's most trusted political operators and advisors, using his knowledge of the activist scene to make alliances and spread the ESP's influence. One of the first Americans to follow Haddock, Erasmus commanded the Iron Corps before Price.[[/labelnote]]

* KnightTemplar: Is the most fanatically loyal of Haddock's Legates, and devotes more time to ensuring strict ideological adherence from his soldiers than actual training in combat.
* MoreDakka: Represents the Superior Firepower Land Doctrine, which focuses on drowning the enemy in artillery shells.

!!''Jupiter''
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->'''Role:''' General
->'''Party:''' Eagle's Spirit Party
->'''Ideology:''' Ultra-Maoism[[note]]National Totalitarianism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\\
DOB. 01/24/1990, De Moines, Iowa.\\\
Originally a devout Maoist, Tristan Hannover, aka 'Jupiter', met Haddock during the latter's days in the CPUSA. The two were associates, and Jupiter expressed some interest in Haddock's ideas. After Haddock left the party, Jupiter would stay in the communist camp for several more years, before splintering off, believing that political parties were ultimately ineffective. Although distancing himself from politics, Jupiter's contacts with Haddock proved to be fortuitous. Haddock began contracting Jupiter for wetwork, to great success. While Jupiter was never an official ESP member before the revolt, he was quickly invited into our government for his known trustworthiness, competency, and knowledge of guerilla operations.[[/labelnote]]

* CommieNazis: Was formerly a member of the CPUSA alongside Haddock, and has still kept some of his Maoist beliefs, only fusing them with National Totalitarianism into an "Ultra-Maoist" synthesis.
* WeHaveReserves: Represents the "Mass Mobilization" Land Doctrine, to engage in a "[[CommieNazis Protracted Peoples War for Haddockism]]"

!!''Provost''
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->'''Role:''' General
->'''Party:''' Eagle's Spirit Party
->'''Ideology:''' Haddockism[[note]]National Totalitarianism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\\
DOB 1988?, Brooklyn, New York?\\\
A late arrival, Provost joined the party and the GUARD in the months following up to the collapse. Much of his background is unknown, and even his 'real' name, Daniel Douglas, can not be confirmed. What is known about his background is that he was an engineer in the New York National Guard, he has an extensive knowledge of logistics, and he designed the GUARD uniforms (inspired by the film Jin-Roh.) While many suspected at first that he was a Federal agent, his loyalty, competence, and aid in aligning the New York National Guard has eased those fears.[[/labelnote]]

* DefectorFromDecadence: Is suspected to be a Federal agent, but has seemingly been converted wholesale to the Haddockist cause.
* OccidentalOtaku: Provost designed [[PuttingOnTheReich the GUARD uniforms]] {{In Universe}} to be based on Anime/JinRohTheWolfBrigade.
* TankGoodness: Represents the "Mobile Warfare" Land Doctrine, which prioritizes both conventional and "super tank" production.

!!''Sergeant Clarkson''
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->'''Role:''' General
->'''Party:''' Eagle's Spirit Party
->'''Ideology:''' Haddockism[[note]]National Totalitarianism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\\
DOB 06/18/1997, Burlington, Vermont\\\
The opportunist. Sergeant Major Clarkson defected from the US Army shortly after the collapse began, bringing with him several companies of soldiers. While he has so-far sworn allegiance to the RUA, Erasmus is convinced that he's a snake. However, Clarkson has yet to take any suspicious action against us at this point. Given his experience with commanding actual military forces, he could be a useful asset. We'll watch him closely.[[/labelnote]]

* TheQuisling: Formerly a federal army soldier, Clarkson surrendered to Haddock in exchange for membership in the Republican Army, with Haddock granting his position more out of necessity for experienced soldiers than anything else.
* OnlySaneMan: Clarkson is the most grounded of the Republican Army commanders, as he actively refuses to participate in the pseudo-Roman naming system, and if appointed Supreme Commander abolishes it for a more traditional naming convention (forcing the "Legates" to be simply called Generals). He also represents the Grand Battle Plan Land Doctrine, using air support, combined arms and other modern warfare strategies compared to the various flavors of AwesomeButImpractical HollywoodTactics the other Legates embody.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Despite being the OnlySaneMan among the Republican Army's "Legates"/Generals, Clarkson isn't shy about using ableist slurs (namely "retarded", "-'tards", etc.)
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Republican Loyalist Corps]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Republican Loyalist Corps, The Dead Zone (American Unification)
->'''Ruling Party:''' The GUARD
->'''Ideology:''' Nuclearism[[note]]Annihilationism[[/note]]
The GUARD is the RUA's dedicated police and security service. Headed by Commandant Dallas Price, they initially serve as the enforcers of Haddock's decrees. During the early days of the Republic, tensions flare up between them and the emerging Black Legion, resulting in the [[EnemyCivilWar Republican Civil War]]. Although both sides claim loyalty to Haddock, Price has his own goals...

* EliteMooks: The GUARD is considerably better trained and equipped than Haddock's standard army, and moreso than the motley rabble in The Black Legion.
* EvilVsEvil: Their Civil War with the Black Legion can be summarized as this. Dallas is a MisanthropeSupreme that has no problem using nuclear weapons to "kill Divisionists" and Fervus is a Haddockist fanatic with a notably more anarchic, violent streak.
* FunWithAcronyms: The Government Urgent Armed Response Division.
* RabidCop: A good chunk of their ranks come from police departments that were infiltrated in the run up to the 2024 elections.
* SecretPolice: Most of the GUARD's actual duties are focused on policing RUA territory.
* StateSec: The GUARD serves this role to the RUA, being a professional, trained security force.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: The GUARD carries out civil defense and disaster relief efforts within the RUA, and make efforts to be seen as professional dispensers of law and order. During the initial collapse they provide food and medical assistance to the masses within Haddock's newly-acquired territories, to get the people on board with Haddockism.

!!''Dallas Price''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' The GUARD
->'''Ideology:''' Nuclearism[[note]]Annihilationism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\\
DOB. 05/17/1972, Lubbock, Texas.\\\
Dallas Price is a legend in the shadowy world of freelance 'operators'. His earliest known history was in the US military during the Gulf War. After the Soviet intervention in '95, Price left the military to join an up-and-coming PMC called Blackwater. From '01-'07 he worked in Iraq and Afghanistan, before 'retiring' to become a freelance agent. He'd take any kind of job he could: security work, smuggling, assassinations. He served a dozen different causes: communist, liberal, islamist, corporate, fascist, whoever could provide him with pay and people to hurt. However, Price's luck would seem to run out in 2011, after he was hired on as part of the USA's INTERVOL program to stabilize Europe. Price became involved in arms smuggling, which led to a clash with several European dealers. This culminated in a mass shooting in Amsterdam against several rival dealers, which was linked back to Price. Faced with charges of conspiracy to commit a terrorist act, it seemed like Dallas would spend the rest of his life in a jail cell. Until a lawyer named James Haddock intervened in his case. Surreptitiously providing legal assistance to Price, Haddock managed to get the charges dropped. In exchange, Price began doing wetwork for the burgeoning Eagles Spirit Party. Although initially kept at arm's length, Erasmus's failures in commanding the Iron Corps prompted Haddock to take a chance by putting Price in command. The Commandant's spectacular performance in commanding the IC/GUARD has brought him much influence within the ESP. He now serves as Haddock's right-hand man, commanding the GUARD squads that patrol the streets and hunt down threats to the Republic. However, Haddock is beginning to worry about Price's influence. An enthusiastic psychopath, Price enjoys holding power over others, and it's likely that he's already making plays in the shadows. Even more worrying, the Commandant has requested the GUARD be issued tactical nukes.[[/labelnote]]

* TheDragon: Takes the role of this for Haddock after he replaces the Iron Corps with the GUARD.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Price ultimately doesn't care about Haddock's 'eternal state'. His true goal is to wipe out most of human civilization via nuclear conflict, so he and his [=GUARDians=] can rule over the remnants.
* LackOfEmpathy: Has no qualms about [[spoiler:letting the GUARD loose on civilians because they were getting anxious from a lack of combat]].
* MisanthropeSupreme: Price hates almost all of humanity. The only people he actually likes are his GUARD operatives.
* PragmaticVillainy: Suggests the idea that Haddock should make a deal with Tulsi Gabbard to [[spoiler:cover the fact that undercover Homeland Security agents had bombed a police station taken over by anarchist militias, in exchange for federal forces cooperating with the GUARD to mass arrest Haddock's rivals]]. Haddock himself disagrees with it, but choosing Price's idea does boost National Totalitarianism.
* PsychoForHire: Price worked for [=PMCs=] (including Blackwater) before joining up with Haddock.


!!''Hercules''
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->'''Role:''' General
->'''Party:''' The GUARD
->'''Ideology:''' Nuclearism[[note]]Annihilationism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\\
DOB. 07/11/1994, Concord, Massachusetts.\\\
'Hercules' is well named. A massive man, he stands in at 6'7, with the muscles to back it up. Before The Collapse he was Ralph Cisco, a fitness instructor and Platform/TikTok influencer who became enamored with the Iron Corps and their fight against 'degeneracy'. Cisco would begin to attend Iron Corps rallies, becoming a frontline fighter against both anarchist and neo-Nazi. After the Iron Corps was dissolved, Cisco transferred to the GUARD, where his service history landed him a commanding role. This is around the time when he fully adopted the moniker 'Hercules'. A veteran of the struggle, Hercules is fanatically loyal to the GUARD and the RUA. While his combat tactics tend to be crude, he makes up for it in sheer force and battlefield charisma. "[[/labelnote]]

* DumbMuscle: Downplay. While he is a 6 foot tall former fitness instructor with no formal military training who's combat tatics mostly amount to brute force, he's smart enough to be charismatic.

!!''Kosmos''
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->'''Role:''' General
->'''Party:''' The GUARD
->'''Ideology:''' Nuclearism[[note]]Annihilationism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\\
DOB 04/09/1983, Albany, New York. \\\
Dale Johnston, Chief of Police of Albany, always knew America needed a strongman. Why, back during the first civil war, we needed a strong man like Lincoln to fight the Confederates and free the slaves. That's why, as soon as he saw the first ads on the TV, he had supported Haddock. The man who would get the cops back on the streets, the criminals back in their cells, and the corruption out of government. As soon as the GUARD began infiltrating police precincts, Johnston was there to assist. Thanks to his efforts, the Albany PD handed the city over to Haddock before swearing loyalty to the RUA. For his efforts, Johnston would be promoted to GUARDian, taking on the codename 'Kosmos'. One of the GUARDs most disciplined members, Kosmos is happy to finally be able to clean up the streets."[[/labelnote]]

* RabidCop: Kosmos, formerly Chief of Police of Albany, joined Haddock and the ESP because he felt that a brutal totalitarian strongman was necessary to bring law and order America.

!!''Princeps''
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->'''Role:''' General
->'''Party:''' The GUARD
->'''Ideology:''' Nuclearism[[note]]Annihilationism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\\
DOB. 10/09/1982, Helena, Montana.\\\
The story of Greg Mendoza, GUARDian Princeps, is one of shifting alliances. Originally a DHS agent tasked with monitoring the ESP and the Iron Corps, Mendoza became interested in Haddock's ideas. For a while he acted as a double agent, feeding information to the GUARD while falsifying reports to his superiors. After the Norfolk riots he went dark for a period, only to pop back up as one of the Black Legion's militia commanders. Although he assisted with the March for Union, his allegiance to the Legion was only temporary. As soon as he could he reached out to the GUARD, offering them a large cache of information on Federal assists in Republican territory. Ever since he has loyally served as a general, bringing his knowledge of counterterrorism to GUARD operations. "[[/labelnote]]

* DoubleAgent: While monitoring the ESP for the Department of Homeland Security, Princeps became enamored with Haddockism and secretly defected to the GUARD, feeding his ostensible superiors at the DHS false information.

[[folder:The Black Legion]]
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->'''Official Name:''' The Black Legion
->'''Ruling Party:''' The Black Legion
->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Totalitarianism[[note]]National Totalitarianism[[/note]]
The Black Legion emerged during the initial collapse, as groups of pro-Haddock militias, opportunistic criminals, and Sons of Rome conspiracy theorists banded together to secure territory for Haddock and purge divisionists. Haddock, sensing an opportunity, placed the group under the command of Prefect Furvus and unleashed them on the Atlantic Seaboard. In the 'March for Union', the Black Legion posed as roving bands of unaffiliated anarchists, gangsters, and militias who swept through the poorly defended areas, attacking vital infrastructure and remaining pre-collapse government institutions. And then the [[EngineeredHeroics openly Haddockist GUARD were sent in their wake to provide assistance to survivors and establish Haddock's authority]]. The March for Union proved a success, and Haddock decided to keep the Black legion around as state-sponsored boogymen. A decision which infuriates Price, who views the Legion as bumbling lunatics (and suspects that Haddock plans to use them to replace the GUARD).

* AnarchoTyranny: The Black Legion has the dubious distinction of having "Anarcho-Totalitarianism", a sub-ideology of National Totalitarianism. Their 'state' is little more than feudal strongholds and packs of roving death squads slaughtering any opponents to their rule.
* ArmyOfThievesAndWhores: Compared to Haddock's Republican Army and Price's GUARD, the Black Legion is little more than a disorganized gaggle of criminals and maniacs whose only tactics are either fighting dirty or blind fanaticism.
* BlackShirt: In contrast to the professional GUARD, the Legion are hastily assembled militias, penal legions, and conspiracy nuts.
* ConspiracyTheorist: Part of the Black Legion is made up of the 'Sons of Rome', a Qanon-esque conspiracy group that believes that [[BenevolentConspiracy a cabal of politicians and elites descended from the last of the Romans plan to save western civilization by rebuilding the Roman Empire, and that Haddock is their chosen agent.]]
* TheDreaded: The Black Legion are Haddock's pet boogymen, shadowy bands of killers who descend on insufficiently loyal communities and leave nothing but death in their wake.
* EvilVsEvil: Their Civil War with the Black Legion can be summarized as this. Fervus is a Haddockist fanatic with a notably more anarchic, violent streak and Dallas is a MisanthropeSupreme that has no problem using nuclear weapons to "kill Divisionists".
* TradingBarsForStripes: Among the Black Legion's ranks are penal divisions, who joined up with the group for a shot at freedom.


!!''Prefect Fervus''
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->'''Party:''' The Black Legion
->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Totalitarianism[[note]]National Totalitarianism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\\
DOB. 08/13/1983, Cleveland, Ohio. Prisoner 48501-054.\\\
The most charitable way to describe Furvus would be 'wild card'. The more accurate way would be 'goddamn lunatic'. Broken out of federal prison during the earliest days of the Black Legion, Furvus quickly made a name for himself based on his low cunning, brutality, and psychotic devotion to destroying anything he deems 'Divisionist'. Now in command of the Black Legion, this bundle of rage and mania has been tasked with rooting out any and all divisionist elements. What Furvus deems divisionist is based on a mixture of Haddock's actual commands and his own delusions. For now, these two align well enough.[[/labelnote]]

* AxCrazy: Even by the rock-bottom standards of Haddock's generals, Fervus is a psychopathic mass murderer, and leads equally deranged madmen in the Black Legion.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Furvus is a goddamn maniac, but is surprisingly good at asymmetrical warfare.
* CloudCuckoolander: Furvus believes that a multi-dimensional future version of the Republic is sending telepathic rays back in time to him and directing him to purge all divisionists to ensure that the future Republic will come into existence.
* TheDreaded: Furvus is this to the Black Legion. He's a ghoulish, creepy lunatic that they mainly follow out of fear.
* MadnessMantra: '''Ave. Death. Invictus.'''
* UnstoppableRage: Rage is one of the few emotions that Furvus can feel.

!!''Hyperion''
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->'''Role:''' General
->'''Party:''' The Black Legion
->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Totalitarianism[[note]]National Totalitarianism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\\
"DOB 11/21/1988, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.\\\
Vinny Wheezer, aka 'Legionary Hyperion', is one of the more prominent Sons of Rome remnants. Originally the host of a minor conspiracy Youtube channel, Wheezer was among the first to make the Haddock/Club of Rome connection. Convinced that the rebirth of glorious Rome was at hand, he adopted the moniker 'Centurion Hyperion' and became a fixture at Haddockist rallies. Much of his conspiratorial beliefs filtered into the early Legion, and even now he is regarded as the 'spiritual head' of the Black Legion. While Furvus has no interest in the Sons of Rome angle, he does recognize the sway Hyperion has over the Legion...and Hyperions own gullibility. Hyperion isn't a great tactical thinker, but his demagoguery and experience with speaking to an audience gives him skill at leading men into battle.[[/labelnote]]

* ConspiracyTheorist: Prior to the collapse, Hyperion was a minor conspiracy Youtuber.
* FluffyTheterrible: Hyperion, a violent ideologue and the spiritual head of the Black Legion, was born [[spoiler:Vinny Wheezer.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:New York City]]
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->'''Official Name:''' New York City
->'''Ruling Party:''' New York Liberation Front - Liberationist Front
->'''Ideology:''' Liberal Moderatism[[note]]Libertarianism[[/note]]

!!''The Free America Movement''
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->'''Party:''' New York Liberation Front - Liberationist Front
->'''Ideology:''' Liberal Moderatism[[note]]Libertarianism[[/note]]
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!!''Danylo "Eliza" Kozlov''
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->'''Party:''' Kozlovists
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarianism Technocracy [[note]] Authoritarianism[[/note]]
----
* EmperorScientist: Kozlov is a genius scientist specializing in the creation of "Super-Soldiers" who will rule as an authoritarian.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Kozlov is obsessed with getting revenge on James Haddock and Dr. Brighton, to the point that he will transform New York City into the "Megalopolis of Retribution" if he comes to power.
* FallGuy: During Kozlov's trial for illegally continuing the SAINT program, his co-conspirator Dr. Brighton shifted blame onto him with the help of then lawyer James Haddock.
* SuperSoldier: Kozlov's previous occupation was as the co-head scientist of the SAINT super-soldier program.

!!''Andrew Russo''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' The Five Families
->'''Ideology:''' Mercantile Republicanism [[note]] Autocracy[[/note]]
----
* TotalitarianGangsterism: The Five Families rule as autocrats.

!!''Mr. Hansen''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' ESP Loyalist
->'''Ideology:''' Haddockism[[note]]National Totalitarianism[[/note]] (Haddockist Majority), Nuclearism[[note]]Annihilationism[[/note]] (Annihilationist Majority)
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\\
The grey eminence in New York politics, Mr. Hansen nevertheless has maintained a spotless record in his service as assistant to administrator Greg Richardson, but beyond that there is little record of previous service other than the various reccomendations of party higher ups.\\\
After the overthrow of Richardson, Hansen has been coordinating union loyalists and letting the union government keep tabs on New York, using whatever Resources at his disposal to slow the cementation of Divisionist regime.\\\
Now, he has managed to seize power and on the surface wants to "Reintegrate the wayward city into the legitimate government as soon as possible" but said reintegration hasn't happened yet.[[/labelnote]]

* TheSpook: Mr. Hasen's [[TheFaceless face]] and past are cloaked in shadow.

[[folder:Free Boston Revolt]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Free Boston Revolt
->'''Ruling Party:''' Boston Liberation Movement
->'''Ideology:''' Inclusive Democracy[[note]]Libertarianism[[/note]]

* DoomedByCanon: Not only is the Revolt doomed destruction by the RUA, but WordOfGod confirms the said destruction to be [[spoiler:Nuclear.]]

!!''Free America Movement''
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->'''Party:''' Boston Liberation Movement
->'''Ideology:''' Inclusive Democracy[[note]]Libertarianism[[/note]]
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[[folder:The Greenback Boys]]
->'''Official Name:''' The Greenback Boys
->'''Ruling Party:''' Populists
->'''Ideology:''' Nationalism[[note]]Populism[[/note]]
A group of milita-men led by Sergeant Reckers lead an uprising against Haddock and his Orwellian state. They don't put up too much of a major resistance, but their resistance is supported throughout the rest of the former United States against the hellhole that is the Republican Union of America.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: The Greenback Boys are unlikely to survive more than a month after their uprising.

!!''Sergeant Reckers''
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->'''Party:''' Populists
->'''Ideology:''' Nationalism[[note]]Populism[[/note]]

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: No matter how much and how hard Reckers and his men fight, they can't possibly win against the Republican Union. But that doesn't mean they're going down without a fight.
* GoodHairEvilHair: Reckers' full beard acts as the good yin to Haddocks stubbly, evil yang.

[[folder: Yellowstripe Confederacy]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Yellowstripe Confederacy
->'''Ruling Party:''' Stratocrats
->'''Ideology:''' Interim Government[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]]

* DiscreditedMeme: The many braggadocious "/k/-isms" used by the Confederacy serve only to highlight and magnify their incompetency. This can, against all odds, become an Inverted example, with the meme inspired soldiers of the Yellowstripe Confederacy becoming bringers of freedom and justice to those suffering under Haddock and the Republican Union of America.
* MemeticMutation: Exploited by the Confederacy; they put together a propaganda machine devoted to making fun of Haddock's 'dollar store dystopia' to inspire further resistance.
* NameToRunAwayFromReallyFast: If they survive long enough to organize, the Confederacy's newly christened special forces are known as the "Skinwalker" in reference to the urban legend.
* PaintingTheMedium: The Yellowstripe's initial focus names are written as >greentexts.
* TooIncompetentToOperateABlanket: Despite their suicidal zeal, The Yellowstripe Confederacy's unparalleled incompetency make them a non-issue for their sworn enemy, The Republican Union of America. Averted if the Confederacy survives long enough to get their shit together.


!!''Commandant Kenneth''
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->'''Party:''' Stratocrats
->'''Ideology:''' Interim Goverment[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]]

* SinisterDeerSkull: Kenneth dons one in his portrait as homage to the mythical Wendigo.

[[folder:Anti-Haddockist Uprising]]
->'''Official Name:''' Anti-Haddockist Uprising
->'''Ruling Party:''' The Resistance
->'''Ideology:''' Liberal Moderatism[[note]]Libertarianism[[/note]]

* LastStand: Those partisapating in the uprising are well aware that the battle against Haddock is already lost; all they can due is [[TakingYouWithMe take as many of Haddock's men down with them as they can]].
* WeBarelyKnewYe: The Uprising will, at most, last a month before being crushed.

!!''The Resistance''
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->'''Party:''' The Resistance
->'''Ideology:''' Liberal Moderatism[[note]]Libertarianism[[/note]]

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The ranks of Resistance are a motely band of untrained, under-armed civilian milita driven by desperation and rage.

[[folder:Castellanos Death Cult]]
->'''Official Name:''' Castellanos Death Cult
->'''Ruling Party:''' The Sacred Family
->'''Ideology:''' Nuclearism[[note]] Annihilationism[[/note]]
an Annihilationist cult which emerge from the ruins of post-nuclear Boston.

* ApocalypseCult: The Sacred Family is intent on spreading the radioactive desolation of Boston to the rest of America.
* DeathWorld: Boston and its surrounding territories are so radioactive that the only areas capable of supporting life are the sewers and metros, and even those are so hazardous that 175 cultists die from radiation related causes per week.
* ShellShockedVeteran: The cult's generals are all survivors of the Boston's nuclear destruction, with some even having personally witnessed the bombing.

!!''Emily Castellanos''
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->'''Party:''' The Sacred Family
->'''Ideology:''' Nuclearism[[note]] Annihilationism[[/note]]

* AMotherToHerMen: Castellanos gained her following by providing medical assistance to survivors after the bomb dropped.

!!''Saint Avrick, [[spoiler: Father Avrick]]''
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->'''Role:''' General, [[spoiler:Head of State (Averick Coup)]]
->'''Party:''' The Sacred Family
->'''Ideology:''' Posadism [[note]] Annihilationism[[/note]]

* AsTheGoodBookSays: Avrick's focus descriptions quote the Book of Revelations extensively.
* DirtyCommies: Avrick preaches a bizarre synthesis of Posadism and Christian end-times prophecies. He believes that Capitalism is the dragon mentioned in the Book of Revelations, Haddock is the First Beast, and the Republican Union is the Second. And that all will be washed away through a large-scale nuclear exchange that will lead to Jesus's return.
* ReligiousBruiser: Avrick is by far the most religiously zealous of the cult's generals, a zealotry which, as his "War Saint" trait would imply, he carries into combat. He's prone to entering a state which he refers to as "A righteous and calm fury", during which (despite his calm, Christ-like mannerisms) he's capable of literally tearing people apart with his bare hands.
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%%!!'The Good Children''
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%%->'''Role:''' Head of State
%%->'''Party:''' Good Children Movment
%%->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Totalitarianism[[note]] National Totalitarianism[[/note]]
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%%!!''Brother Christof''
%%->'''Role:''' General
%%->'''Party:''' The Sacred Family
%%->'''Ideology:''' Nuclearism[[note]] Annihilationism[[/note]]
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!!''Sister Ohara''
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->'''Role:''' General
->'''Party:''' The Sacred Family
->'''Ideology:''' Nuclearism[[note]] Annihilationism[[/note]]

* EvilerThanThou: If the Family choses to [[spoiler: integrate The Commandant and his Order of Sole Novum]], Ohara, one of the Family's brutalist sentinels, will become temporarily traumatized after witnessing [[spoiler: the Commandant's sadistic massacre of the remnants of the Boston Police Department]].

!!''Lieutenant Baxter''
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->'''Role:''' General
->'''Party:''' The Sacred Family
->'''Ideology:''' Nuclearism[[note]] Annihilationism[[/note]]
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* LastOfHisKind: Baxter is the last surviving officer of the Boston Police Department.
* RabidCop: Baxter is prone to acts of "Romanesque bravado", fighting with only a baton and [[spoiler: challenging The Commandant to a one-on-one gladiatorial dual for the fate of Boston]].

[[folder: Ketzel's Rebellion]]
->'''Official Name:''' Ketzel's Rebellion
->'''Ruling Party:''' Annihilationists
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Darwinism[[note]]Annihilationism[[/note]]

!!''Isaac Ketzel''
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->'''Party:'''Annihilationists
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Darwinism[[note]]Annihilationism[[/note]]

* DefectorFromDecadence: Ketzel is a former member of the GUARD who joined Castellanos after he was abandoned in Boston before the nuclear strike.
* EvilLuddite: In his anarcho-primitivist path, he will attempt to reverse the industrial revolution and violently drag America back to the dark ages.
* OpportunisticBastard: Despite being abandoned in a doomed city by his GUARD comrades and living through the radioactive hell of post-nuclear Boston, Ketzel is willing to rejoin the Republican Union as an autonomous puppet state.


!!''The Commandant''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Anarchist
->'''Ideology:''' National Anarchism [[note]]Anarchism[[/note]]
----
* BloodKnight: The Commandant is unmatched in his obsession with death and violence, mutilating and torturing his enemies for his own amusement and regularly killing his own men.
* TheDreaded: The Commandant is regularly described in almost apocalyptic terms such as "The Face of Horror", a title which he more than earns.
* FreudianExcuse: The Commandant's decent into depravity started when he was driven to cannibalism to survive.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: On top of being an insane death-worshiper, The Commandant is also a Nazism.
* ImAHumanitarian: The Commandant delusionally believes that he must consume human meat to regenerate his radiation damaged organs.[[note]]A practice which has so far only netted him a prion disease. [[/note]]

!! Confederation of America
[[folder:Confederation of America]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Confederation of America, United States of Southern America (Liberal Yankee), United States of Dixie (Liberal Dixie), Confederate States of Dixie (Wilson), Federal Republic of Southern America (Autocratic Yankee), Second Confedercy of America (Autocratic Dixie), Dead Zone (Annihilationist)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Confederate Congress
->'''Ideology:''' Nationalism[[note]]Populism[[/note]]

* DisasterDemocracy: As America falls into anarchy, the succeding Confederation of America remains one of the few remnants of democracy after the colapse, and can end up as the OnlySaneMan of the southern states as long as the [[EvilReactionary Sons of the Confederacy]] don't end up in power.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Due to the hasty escalation of America's upcoming collapse after seeing how easily the Federal Government backed off of the Anarchists' expansion into Virginia from Operation Axehead. The Confederation forms and succeeds in declaring independence.
* SweetHomeAlabama: The largest bastion of democracy in the American collapse, leading a fairly stable if divided government under a liberal constitution. Can be subverted if the [[EvilReactionary Sons of the Confederacy]] come to power.

!!''1st Confederate Congress''
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->'''Party:''' Confederate Congress
->'''Ideology:''' Nationalism[[note]]Populism[[/note]]

* EmergencyAuthority: The Confederate Congress is only a temporary provisional authority meant to keep order after succeeding from the United States, and scrambles to figure out what the direction of the new state will be after the election.

!!''Stacey Abrams''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (2024/2028 Election - Abrams elected)
->'''Party:''' Southern People's Party
->'''Ideology:''' Progressivism[[note]]Social Liberalism[[/note]]

* InternalReformist: Abrams seeing the condition the Confederation is in, attempts to drive away influence from authoritarian hands, and seeks to keep the Confederation in liberal hands where universal suffrage and equity is upmost priority.

!!''Ron [=DeSantis=]''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (2024/2028 Election - [=DeSantis=] elected)
->'''Party:''' Democratic-Republican Party
->'''Ideology:''' Christian Democracy[[note]]Social Conservatism[[/note]]

* GoodOldWays: [=DeSantis=] is a proponent of American Conservatism in the Deep South while also simultaneously not breaking away from American identity.

!!''Jo Jorgensen''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (2024/2028 Election - Jorgensen elected)
->'''Party:''' States' Rights Party - Statist Wing
->'''Ideology:''' Constitutional Confederalism[[note]]National Separatism[[/note]]

* AllohistoricalAllusion: Jorgensen fearing that the government would become too centralized like the current United States government, purposes the idea of re-introducing the Articles of Confederation with minor fixes. The same idea the Anti-Federalists thought up during the country's foundation. While it didn't work then, it can work here.

!!''Tom Cotton''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (2024/2028 Election - Cotton elected)
->'''Party:''' Dixie National Caucus
->'''Ideology:''' National Conservatism[[note]]Democratic Populism[[/note]]

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Cotton flirts with the original Confederation by praising its rebellious heritage and flag, its leaders, and admiring its strong-man authoritarian militarism. Despite this, he isn't a white supremacist and doesn't seek to create a new era of Jim Crow, and openly bashes the original Confederacy's aristocratic and feudalistic roots.

!!''Matthew Hoh''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (2028 Election - Hoh elected)
->'''Party:''' Dixie Greens/Southern People's Party Coalition
->'''Ideology:''' Socialist Greenism[[note]]Democratic Socialism[[/note]]

* InternalReformist: Hoh is a Socialist in the very anti-left Confederacy. If wins the election (by a thin margin by the way), he'll support reperations for slavery and move past the Confederacy's ideas of White Nationalism.

!!''Ron Wilson''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (2028 Election - Wilson elected)
->'''Party:''' Sons of the Confederacy
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Confederatism[[note]]Ethnic Nationalism[[/note]]

* EvilOldFolks: Wilson is an old White Nationalist who is a member of the Sons of the Confederacy, a White Supremacist organization who if elected re-introduces segregation laws and enforces plantation economics to be re-introduced to the Confederacy.
* EvilReactionary: Of course.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Wilson is the only leader of the Confederation to be openly racist and whose policies will turn the country into a white nationalist ethnostate, whereas even Cotton will avoid persecuting minorities in spite of his whitewashing of the Comfederate ties.

!!''Donald Livingstone''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Released by a Stratocratic country)
->'''Party:''' Dixie National Caucus - Military Wing
->'''Ideology:''' Figurehead Government[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]]
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[[folder: The Klan]]
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->'''Official Name:''' The Knights of the Klu Klux Klan
->'''Ruling Party:''' Ethnic Nationalists
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Confederatism[[note]]Ethnic Nationalism[[/note]]
The Klan promised with prosperity and independence with the new Confederation become disillusioned and angered at the liberal-styled government, rises up in tandem with the Nazi-Accelerationist Atomwaffen Division to make their Confederation an all-white one.

* TheKlan: As one would expect of a splinter-state of Klansmen, The Klan wants to tear down the "liberal" Confederation, and make The South (and the rest of America for that matter) a white supremacist ethnostate.

!!''Jeremy Parker''
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->'''Party:''' Ethnic Nationalists
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Confederatism[[note]]Ethnic Nationalism[[/note]]

* MalevolentMaskedMen: Wears a Klansman hood in his profile and leads The Klan on a Neo-Confederate warpath against the "liberal" Confederation of America.

[[folder: Atomwaffen Division]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Atomwaffen Divison, National Socialist State (Mason Unification), Unholy Kingdom (Faust Unification), Free Aryan Territory (National Anarchist Unification), Purified Land of Mikinoc Waajew (Ecofascist Unification)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Atomwaffen Division
->'''Ideology:''' Nazism[[note]]Ethnic Nationalism[[/note]]
During the collapse, the Nazi-Accelerationist Atomwaffen Division begins a prison riot in the Avery-Mitchel Correctional Institute. With aid from outside militia groups, they seized control of western North Carolina, and now lord over it from their prison fortress. This vile band of fascists seeks to destroy the old world in a cleansing inferno and establish a new Nazi empire...that is, if their infighting, StupidEvil tendencies, and general incompetency don't doom them first.

* ApocalypseCult: Atomwaffen Division wants to usher in the collapse of civilization so they can rebuild it along their neo-Nazi vision - how that vision plays out depends on who triumphs in the power struggle.
* BlackComedy: A band of marginally competent neo-Nazis with cartoonishly evil beliefs trying to take over America is surprisingly ripe for humor.
* HollywoodSatanism: The Tempel ov Blood, a faction of Atomwaffen Division, espouses a deranged ideology of neo-Nazi Satanism. They believe that Satan, Pennywise the Clown, and the other Dark Gods are trapped behind a magical door on Saturn, and doing random acts of evil and terror will help them break free and begin the Final Culling. Surprisingly TruthInTelevision, as the group and its beliefs are real.
* ThoseWackyNazis: Atomwaffen Division believes in a bizarre mix of Nazi, Esoteric, and Accelerationist thought.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The infighting between the Atomwaffen Nazis is just as dangerous as their external enemies, as the division between standard Nazis, eco-Nazis, anarcho-Nazis, and Satanist Nazis results in bickering and power grabs.

!!''James Mason''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Atomwaffen Division
->'''Ideology:''' Nazism[[note]]Ethnic Nationalism[[/note]]

* DirtyOldMan: Mason has a history of pedophilia.
* EvilOldFolks: A 72-year-old Neo-Nazi.
* HateSink: Mason is an utter bastard with absolutely no redeeming qualities. He's not insane like Ragnar, and he lacks the CartoonishSupervillainy of Faust. He's a selfish, perverted, hypocritical racist old jerkass.
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: Despite his whole professed ideology being based on wanting to overthrow the federal government, James Mason is a willing federal asset who's using the AWD's uprising to harass The Lion and the CSA. ]]

!!''Faust''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Faust seizes power)
->'''Party:''' Tempel ov Blood
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Darwinism[[note]]Annihiliationism[[/note]]

* AluminumChristmasTrees: The Tempel ov Blood and its belief system is real (if most likely a federal honeypot). Most of the goofy terminology and ideas (astral whampyrism, Drill Sargent Grey, etc) are directly lifted from TOB literature.
* CartoonishSupervillainy: Faust gleefully indulges in it. [[CardCarryingVillain He calls it 'Evilmaxing'.]]
* DepravedBisexual: Faust is pansexual, [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil sexually assaults victims of any gender]], and unlike most [[HeteronormativeCrusader homophobic neo-Nazis]], claims that [[InsaneTrollLogic gay sex is a way to "own the Jews"]].
* EnfanteTerrible: Attempted to commit a [[AxesAtSchool school shooting]] when he was just 18.
%%* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Besides the many ways Faust can die if he is defeated by a different American Collapse warlord, [[spoiler: he STILL dies if he somehow conquers America, as he is either stabbed to death by Pazuzu in the normal game, or literally DraggedOffToHell in Occult Mode.]]
* ForTheEvulz: Faust's entire motivation. He enjoys spreading misery and pain because it makes him feel superior to the rest of humanity.
* HateSink: Despite his LaughablyEvil CartoonishSupervillainy, NOTHING about Faust is remotely sympathetic, and nobody will shed a tear if [[spoiler:(or more accurately, '''[[FailureIsTheOnlyOption when]]''')]] [[AssholeVictim he finally faces the consequences for his actions]].
* HollywoodSatanism: Faust is an unhinged Satanist Neo-Nazi - and unlike Cambion (who [[NapoleonDelusion sincerely believes himself]] to [[AGodIAm be Lucifer]] from Literature/ParadiseLost), Faust uses his supposed "beliefs" as an excuse for him to indulge in his psychopathic urges. %%[[spoiler: Notably, [[JustJokingJustification he desperately claims he was "just kidding" about the Satanism]] if he's defeated by The Lion Of Socialism, just before The Lion brutally {{MegatonPunch}}es [[YourHeadAsplode his head into a shower of gore]].]]
* MalevolentMaskedMen: Faust wears a skull-mask bandana over his mouth and a camo-jacket hood pulled over the top of his head - and of the Atomwaffen's leaders, HE is by a mile and a half the absolute most evil bastard out of the lot.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Faust's botched attempt at carrying out a [[SpreeKiller Spree Killing]], and moreso his absolute circus of a defense trial, ended up putting such a spotlight onto the Tempel ov Blood that the FBI cracked down on the rest of the Atomwaffen Division, leading to the mass arrest of high-profile members including its ideological leader James Manson.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: WordOfGod has stated that Faust is heavily based on several real-life {{SerialKiller}}s (even though Faust's modus operandi leans closer to SpreeKiller), with the most influence being drawn from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bernardo Paul Bernardo]], complete with an obsession on becoming "[[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy the next big white rapper]]".
* PissTakeRap: Faust is a rapper - a ''terrible, '''terrible''''' rapper.
* PsychopathicManChild: Faust hasn't emotionally matured past his teenage years, and mixes his obsession for murder, rape and other antisocial impulses into CartoonishSupervillainy levels that [[CardCarryingVillain he calls 'Evilmaxing'.]]
%%* PunchPunchUhOh: If Faust is defeated by [[BombThrowingAnarchists the Lion Rebellion]], [[MuggingTheMonster Faust tries to fight The Lion Of Socialism by himself with a Bowie knife]], only for The Lion [[LodgedBladeRemoval to casually pull the knife out of his shoulder]], and '''[[SuperStrength rip the blade in HALF with his bare hands]]''' Faust only has enough time to [[OhCrap realize how badly]] [[Memes/OtherInternet he dun goofed]] (and then [[SurrenderBackfire desperately attempt to surrender to no avail]]) before The Lion [[MegatonPunch punches him in the face so hard]] [[YourHeadAsplode that his flying teeth embed themselves into the concrete walls]].
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Unfortunately, Faust has no qualms about using sexual assault to bump up his "Evilmaxxing" score.
* ScaryTeeth: Faust's teeth are horribly rotted due to his sweet tooth and terrible impulse control [[note]]A trait taken directly from Richard Remirez [[/note]]
* StupidCrooks: Faust is initially arrested after taking a detour on his plotted [[AxesAtSchool school shooting]] to rob a liquor store on a whim, only to get shot and arrested by a beat cop. He then makes such a disastrous "defense" of himself on trial that he ends up serving a life sentence with no chance of parole. %%[[spoiler: One of [[TheManyDeathsOfYou his post-defeat death events]] has him [[RunForTheBorder try fleeing over the Mexican border]], only for the border guards to find [[DisposableSexWorker the body of a murdered prostitute]] in [[PunkInTheTrunk his car trunk]].]]
* StupidEvil: Faust's depraved villainy is only matched by his inept stupidity.
%%* SurrenderBackfire: If Faust is defeated by the Lion Rebellion (and after [[PunchPunchUhOh tries attacking the Lion in single combat to no avail]]), he desperately claims [[JustJokingJustification he was "just kidding" about the Satanism]], and that [[FakeDefector he finally "saw the light of Anarchy"]] - The Lion simply [[MegatonPunch punches Faust in the face so hard]] [[YourHeadAsplode his head is pulped like a watermelon]].
%%* TheManyDeathsOfYou: Taking a page from [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/TNOSouthernUrals The New Order's depiction of Oskar Dirlewanger]], Faust has several death events (each [[UndignifiedDeath more humiliating than the last]]) in the event he is defeated [[spoiler: and even if he somehow reunites all of America, as he is either stabbed to death by Pazuzu after he tries to kill him first, or (if Occult Mode is activated) is literally DraggedOffToHell by the [[EldritchAbomination Lament Configuration]].]]
* ThisLoserIsYou: {{WordOfGod}} is that Faust is a parody of the kind of person who would be drawn to Atomwaffen and the Tempel ov Blood - and, more broadly, of the "Super Edgy Serial Killer"-led states from other Hearts of Iron 4 mods (including [[SelfDeprecation several in Extremis Ultimis itself]]).
* VillainousBreakdown: Faust is prone to suffering particularly disturbing breakdowns due to his inability to cry, instead making disturbing goat-bleating-esque noises.

!!''Pazuzu Algarad''
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->'''Role:''' General
->'''Party:''' Tempel ov Blood
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Darwinism[[note]]Annihiliationism[[/note]]

* TattooedCrook: Pazuzu is a convicted murderer with several facial tattoos.
* VillainousFriendship: WordOfGod confirmed that the reason Pazuzu is still alive was due to Faust having become pen-pals with him and talking him out of his OTL suicide - it's unfortunately one-sided, as Faust's letters were [[StealthInsult heavily coded insults]] that Pazuzu wasn't able to figure out.

!!''Ragnar Volkstum''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Ragnar seizes power)
->'''Party:''' The Wild Hunt
->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Nationalism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]] (National Anarchist path) / Ecofascism[[note]]Ethnic Nationalism[[/note]] (Ecofascist path)

* BurgerFool: Was working at a [[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Burger Town]] prior to the American Collapse.
* CloudCuckooLander: Ragnar holds considerably insane beliefs (even by neo-Nazi standards), and is a paranoid ConspiracyTheorist.
* CommieNazis: Ragnar is an Anarcho-Nationalist, which espouses a hatred of state governments and corporations, but fused with white supremacist conspiracy theories. He may also become an Ecofascist, which promotes environmentalism, but also keeps the bigoted xenophobia of Nazism.
* ConspiracyTheorist: Has particularly demented conspiracy theories, which he rants about at LENGTH during an event during The American Collapse.

%%!!''Christoper Asher Wray''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/awd_christopher_asher_wray.jpg]]
%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (FBI coups Atomwaffen)
%%->'''Party:''' Federal Bureau of Investigation
%%->'''Ideology:''' Interim Government[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]]
%%----
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Guerrero's Militia]]
->'''Official Name:''' Guerrero's Militia
->'''Ruling Party:''' Committee for American Restoration
->'''Ideology:''' Martial Republicanism[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]]
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* OnlySaneMan: Downplayed. While El Guerrero and his militia believe themselves to be this, it remains to be seen whether they too will fall into their own flavor of extremism.

!!''El Guerrero''
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->'''Party:''' Committee for American Restoration
->'''Ideology:''' Martial Republicanism[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]]

[[folder:Acadian Empire]]
->'''Official Name:''' Acadian Empire
->'''Ruling Party:''' Autocrats
->'''Ideology:''' Aristocracy[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]]

* ForeignCultureFetish: The Acadians model themselves on the First French Empire.
* TheBigEasy: The Acadian Empire's capital is New Orleans.

!!''Colonel Touissant''
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->'''Party:''' Autocrats
->'''Ideology:''' Aristocracy[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]]

* AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: Touissant dawns an 18th century French imperial uniform and a massive Napoleonic bicorne.
* NapoleonDelusion: Averted. While Touissant clearly wishes to imitate [[EmbarrassingNickname Old Boney]], he doesn't believe himself to be the actual Napoléon Bonaparte.

%%[[folder: United States Marine Corps]]
%%[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flag_of_the_united_states_marine_corps.png]]
%%->'''Official Name:''' United States Marine Corps
%%->'''Ruling Party:''' Stratocrats
%%->'''Ideology:''' Military Junta[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]]

%%!!''David Berger''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_umc_david_berger.png]]

%%->'''Party:''' Stratocrats
%%->'''Ideology:''' Military Junta[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]]

%%[[/folder]]

%%[[folder: United States Army]]
%%[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/field_flag_of_the_united_states_army.png]]
%%->'''Official Name:''' United States Army
%%->'''Ruling Party:''' Stratocrats
%%->'''Ideology:''' Military Junta[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]]
%%----

%%!!''James [=McConville=]''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_usr_james_mcconville.png]]

%%->'''Party:''' Stratocrats
%%->'''Ideology:''' Military Junta[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]]

%%[[/folder]]

%%[[folder: United States Air Force]]
%%[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flag_of_the_united_states_air_force.png]]
%%->'''Official Name:''' United States Air Force
%%->'''Ruling Party:''' Stratocrats
%%->'''Ideology:''' Military Junta[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]]
%%----

%%!!''Charles Brown''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_usf_charles_brown.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Head of State
%%->'''Party:''' Stratocrats
%%->'''Ideology:''' Military Junta[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]]
%%----
%%[[/folder]]

%%[[folder: United States Navy]]
%%->'''Official Name:''' United States Navy
%%->'''Ruling Party:''' Stratocrats
%%->'''Ideology:''' Military Junta[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]]
%%----

%%!!''Michael Gilday''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_usn_michael_gilday.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Head of State
%%->'''Party:''' Stratocrats
%%->'''Ideology:''' Military Junta[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]]
%%----
%%[[/folder]]

%%[[folder: United States Space Force]]
%%->'''Official Name:''' United States Space Force
%%->'''Ruling Party:''' Stratocrats
%%->'''Ideology:''' Military Junta[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]]
%%----

%%!!''Leah Lauderback''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_spc_leah_lauderback.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Head of State
%%->'''Party:''' Stratocrats
%%->'''Ideology:''' Military Junta[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]]
%%----
%%[[/folder]]

!! Free Union of America
[[folder:Free Union of America]]
->'''Official Name:''' Free Union of America
->'''Ruling Party:''' CPUSA-PSL
->'''Ideology:''' Marxist-Leninism
As the Federal government begins to falter, the CPUSA-PSL seizes the initiative and instigates a general strike. Fully abandoning their approach to 'peaceful revolution', the communists storm the California State Capital Building and place governor Gavin Newsom under 'people's arrest'. Militias all across the Pacific Coast do the same to their respective cities and towns as the west coast falls to communism. Breaking the chains of capitalism, the people rise up as one to accelerate the revolution and [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans bring about a better world.]] With Gloria La Riva as the People's Chairman, the [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized vampires of capitol will be excised]], [[DayOfTheJackboot the reactionaries will be crushed]], and the [[FullCircleRevolution People's State will be empowered to lead us into a new, socialist age]].

* DirtyCommies: ZigZagged. The Free Union is initially controlled by the authoritarian "Old Guard" faction of the CPUSA-PSL, and quickly clamps down on political enemies while embarking on a collectivization campaign that results in a water shortage and potential famine. Averted if it's internally liberalized by the [[ChummyCommies reformist Progressive faction]]. Played Straight if totalitarians like the "Hardliners" or the [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Reconstructed Black Panthers]] come to power.
* HeadInTheSandManagement: The collectivization of agriculture in the Free Union soon falls into this. Collective produces a bumper crop? Good work comrade, that's what your next quota is set at. Can't meet the quota with what you have? Don't worry, just use more water to grow more crops. Still having trouble? Just use some creative accounting to fudge the numbers and blame any missing produce on theft by rebels. Water reserves run dry due to overuse caused by impossible quotas? Uh, well... [[OhCrap uh oh]].
* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: Despite their name, the Free Union is a vanguard communist state which exercises authoritarian powers to repress its political enemies.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The Reconstructed Black Panther wing of the party are led by black nationalists who embrace the ideas of the Nation of Islam and are extremely anti-Semitic, anti-Asian, and homophobic.
* StateSec: The Red Patrol. Much of their ranks are made up of police and federal defectors.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: A teased examination of [[https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/663399077194629120/1128348696287903834/FUA_Relationships_Diagram-Definitive.png?ex=6602eb1c&is=65f0761c&hm=8d7c58f94ba68ae7f4ddfe0a41ef5832fb91a26d64e4153fd7a8f8a289736ab5& the Free Union's political structure]] has a complicated web of connections between the various sub-factions making up the Free Union.

!!''Gloria La Riva''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_usa_gloria_la_riva.png]]

->'''Party:''' Marxist-Leninists
->'''Ideology:''' Marxist-Leninism

* PuppetKing: The official teaser for the Free Union's political structure shows La Riva to be "Controlled" by [[DirtyCommies The Old Guard]], who La Riva "Despises" in return.

[[folder:Free Seattle Territories]]
->'''Official Name:''' Free Seattle Territories
->'''Ruling Party:''' The People
->'''Ideology:''' Insurrectionist Anarchism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]]

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The insurrectionary nature of the FST's vain of anarchist thought has result in horrific violence perpetrated by overzealous revolutionaries. This will get even worse if the unify the United States, conducting a campaign of mass execution of former leaders.

!!''Mother Anarchy''
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->'''Party:''' The People
->'''Ideology:''' Insurrectionist Anarchism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\\
The name started as a joke, obviously. Or at least, a slightly amusing nickname. Mother Anarchy has been deep within the Seattle activist milieu for a couple of decades, and people started calling her variations on "protest mom" way back before '08. "Mother Anarchy" had to wait for internet leftism to mature before it could come into its own as a pseudonym. By the time of the 2016 election, it had stuck, and it became inseparable from her protest organizing.\\\
When Seattle plunged into an ecstatic insurrection in early 2017, defying flawed democracy and the new authoritarian in the White House, Mother Anarchy found herself suddenly within a militant stronghold in Seattle's Capitol Hill district as the barricades went up and a large number of police were trapped within their own precinct. Soon enough, though, the surprised elation of the occupiers turned to panic as Federalized National Guard units swarmed the city and breached Free Cap Hill's barricades with extreme violence, harrying the protestors out into the waiting kettles of the police, and the waiting vans of the Department of Homeland Security. Mother Anarchy was unlucky enough to find herself in one of the latter.\\\
It was weeks before she saw the light of day again. DHS policy was to hold each prisoner on the thinnest thread of habeas corpus they could manage in order to maximize imprisonment time, and while those tactics would later lead to two fruitless impeachments of President Trump, for Mother Anarchy, they punctuated a valuable lesson about the need to defend with more than just barricades - guns, certainly - but preparation and organization above all, because the enemy will always have more guns than you, if you're fighting on the right side.\\\
After the eerily-familiar failure of the 2nd Seattle Uprising, and many long months of resisting the Communists' restrictive rule, Mother Anarchy has stood up once more, ready for the next round in Seattle's protracted war for freedom.[[/labelnote]]

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "Mother Anarchy" acquired her nickname during her career as an anarchist protest leader.
* MamaBear: She is also known as the "Protest Mom".

[[folder: The Thirteen Arrows Brigade]]
->'''Official Name:''' The Thirteen Arrows Brigade
->'''Ruling Party:''' Populists
->'''Ideology:''' Populist Nationalism[[note]]Populism[[/note]]

* HiredGuns: The Thirteen Arrows Brigade are an army of mercenaries funded and coordinated by the ACC (Anti-communist Coalition)
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: War against the limp-wristed, cock-suckin', dirt-eaten', soft brained havin', soy-faced lookin', girls-clothes wearin', devil-worshippin', rainbow lovin', dog-funkin', shit-eatin', christ-killin', mouth breathin', toe-suckin', hummus eatin', child-beatin', hippie-lovin', corn-in-the-ass shovin', American Hatin', Cliton-lovin, [[red:COMMIE BASTARDS!]]


!!''Richard Johnson''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_rbb_richard_johnson.png]]

->'''Party:''' Populists
->'''Ideology:''' Populist Nationalism[[note]]Populism[[/note]]

* HeelFaceTurn: Under the right circumstances, the rabidly anti-communist Johnson can become an Anti-revisionist Totalitarian Marxist[[note]]He even changes his name to Richard Steel in honor of Joseph Stalin[[/note]].

[[folder:Manson Cult]]
->'''Official Name:''' Manson Cult
->'''Ruling Party:''' Autocrats
->'''Ideology:''' Autocratic Theocracy[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]]

* AlternateHistory: Manson and his Family were much more "successful" than OTL, killing far more people, including Gerald Ford.
* TheExile: The Manson Family fled to Mexico to avoid the consequences of their brutality.

!!''Afton Burton''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_mns_afton_burton.png]]

->'''Party:''' Autocrats
->'''Ideology:''' Autocratic Theocracy[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]]

%%* TakeUpMySword: A villainous example. Burton, a devoted follower of Charles Manson and spokesperson for the Manson Family since 2014, has since %%ascended to become the cult's leader and shows no signs of deviating from Manson insane philosophy.
[[/folder]]

!!Great Lakes

[[folder:Buffalo Revolutionary Council]]
->'''Official Name:''' Buffalo Revolutionary Council, Great Lakes Revolutionary Council (Revolutionary Council takes Great Lakes)
->'''Ruling Party:''' United Revolutionary Cause Party - UMP Subsidiary
->'''Ideology:''' National Autonomism[[note]]National Separatism[[/note]]
After seeing the Federal Government fail to contain the Norfolk Uprising, the Rust Belt went to political uproar and protests galore. The people and the politicians come to the conclusion of "fuck the feds" and declare independence inside the Great Lakes.
----
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Upset all over by the powerlessness of the people taking inspiration from the Anarchists with even some politicians supporting protests, the National Guard stood down on orders from state politicians agreeing that the Federal Government can go screw themselves, and that the Great Lakes will take their own direction independently.

!!''Revolutionary Council''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_lak_revolutionary_council.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' United Revolutionary Cause Party - UMP Subsidiary, Revolutionary Great Lakes Council - Clear Water Enviromentalists, Revolutionary Great Lakes Council, Revolutionary Great Lakes Council - Revitalists, Revolutionary Great Lakes Council - Workers Vangaurd, Revolutionary Great Lakes Council - United Lakes Party, Revolutionary Great Lakes Council - New Democratic Front
->'''Ideology:''' National Autonomism[[note]]National Separatism[[/note]], Guild Socialism[[note]]Democratic Socialism[[/note]], Democratic Neocommunism[[note]]Revolutionary Socialism[[/note]], Council Communism[[note]]Marxist-Leninism[[/note]], Socialist Nationalism[[note]]Totalitarian Marxism[[/note]], Agrarianism[[note]]Democratic Populism[[/note]], Corrupted Democracy[[note]]Populism[[/note]]
----
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: The Revolutionary Council is filled with politics of all walks of life, ranging from the political establishment to revolutionaries to corporate capitalists. Siding together just because they despite the government universally.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: American Metropolitan League]]
[[quoteright:800:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flag_american_metropolitan_league.png]]
->'''Official Name:''' American Metropolitan League
->'''Ruling Party:''' United Metropolitan Party
->'''Ideology:''' National Autonomism[[note]]National Separatism[[/note]]
Setting up independence against the Great Lakes, the American Metropolitan styles itself against the originally planned Buffalo revolution as a sort of independent Corporate enterprise and runs a few cities for themselves.
----

!!''American Metropolitan Union''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_cit_america_metro_union.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' United Metropolitan Party
->'''Ideology:''' National Autonomism[[note]]National Separatism[[/note]]
----
* MegaCorp: The American Metropolitan Union consists of capitalists and industrialists, wanting to set up a corporate fiefdom inside some of the Great Lakes cities independently under the idea of National Separatism, infuriating the revolutionaries inside the Great Lakes.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Worker's Front of Superior]]
->'''Official Name:''' Worker's Front of Superior
->'''Ruling Party:''' Worker's Movement
->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism[[note]] Marxist-Leninism [[/note]]
----

!!''Joe Henry''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Worker's Movement
->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism[[note]]Marxist-Leninism[[/note]]
----
* MeaningfulName: A man named Henry that seeks to help the workers? Where have I heard that one before....
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Henry was a rural sawmill foreman before the collapse of America catapulted him into being the leader of a socialist uprising.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Indiana]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Indiana, Indiana Pirates Association (Dyvetko), Pious State of Indiana (Pence)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Pirate-Border Patrol Mutual Agreement
->'''Ideology:''' Egoism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]]
If the Great Lake Revolutionary Council goes down the path of authoritarianism, Indiana, under the control of bands of roving road pirates, will form it's own state.
----

!!''Captain Rylen''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Pirate-Border Patrol Mutual Agreement
->'''Ideology:''' Egoism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]]
----

!!''Captain Dyvetko''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captain_dyvetko.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Pirates of Fort Wayne
->'''Ideology:''' Confederal Feudalism[[note]]National Seperatism[[/note]]
----
* BadassBandolier: Nearly all of Dyvetko's visible body is covered with grenades and shotgun shells.


!!''Mike Pence''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Redeemed Party of Saints
->'''Ideology:''' Autocratic Theocracy[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]]
----
* TheFundamentalist: Pence is an evangelical theocrat with designs on turning Indiana into a truly pious state.

[[/folder]]

!! Texas
[[folder: Republic of Texas]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/texas_pilot_flag.png]]
->'''Official Name:''' Republic of Texas
->'''Ruling Party:''' Social Conservatives
->'''Ideology:''' American Libertarianism[[note]]Social Conservatism[[/note]]
Texas in its current condition, sees no purpose of being aligned to the collapsing United States. So the government decides to secede and become independent like its past republic dreamed of.
----
* PatrioticFervor: Texas has always been a nationalistic state ever since its creation. With the United States collapsing, American nationalism turns into Texan nationalism.

!!''Ted Cruz''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_tex_ted_cruz_2.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Social Conservatives
->'''Ideology:''' American Libertarianism[[note]]Social Conservatism[[/note]]
----
* DefectorFromDecadence: Cruz and his cabinet are very against the Confederacy because of their opposition because they would prefer Texas to be independent nation rather than be tied to the Southern Unity.
* UndyingLoyalty: Cruz states that Texas was born from as a republic and will die as one not being tied to any external outlier like the Confederacy.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Greater State of Texas]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/great_state_of_texas.png]]
->'''Official Name:''' Greater State of Texas
->'''Ruling Party:''' The "Bigger Business in Texas" Party
->'''Ideology:''' Corporatocracy[[note]]Authoritarianism[[/note]]
As Texas becomes independent, a new force at play under the Corporate power of Rick Perry takes over the Northern Texas and eventually goes to war with the Conservative South.
----
* MilitaryCoup: With the assistance of oil companies and christian fundamentalists, Perry is able to take over Northern Texas.
* TheFundamentalist: Christian militia is the reason why Perry is in power.

!!''Rick Perry''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_gtx_rick_perry.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' The "Bigger Business in Texas" Party
->'''Ideology:''' Corporatocracy[[note]]Authoritarianism[[/note]]
----
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Not necessarily a corporate executive, but more so working for multiple as a the head of a corporate oligarchy.
* CorruptPolitician: Perry previously used to be the Governor of Texas and a politician in Trump's cabinet as Secretary of Energy. Only after America collapses does he become the authoritarian head of Texas with oil barons backing him financially and christian fundamentalists backing him militarilly.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Gulf Cartel]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Gulf Cartel
->'''Ruling Party:''' Autocrats
->'''Ideology:''' Aristocracy[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]]
----
* TheCartel: After Texas gains independence, the Gulf Cartel takes over the Rio Grande valley and runs the place under their iron fist with human trafficking and extreme drug smuggling running rampant.

!!''Osiel Guillen''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_cdg_osiel_cardenas.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Autocrats
->'''Ideology:''' Aristocracy[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]]
----
* TheAggressiveDrugDealer: A given since he's the cartel leader. He's responsible for drug trafficking for decades and completely has free reign over the populace of Southern Texas at his will.
[[/folder]]



!! Unaffiliated Warlords
[[folder: Holy Republic of Deseret]]
->'''Official Name:''' Holy Republic of Deseret
->'''Ruling Party:''' Authoritarians
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Theocracy[[note]]Authoritarianism[[/note]]
----
* TheTheocracy: Deseret is a Mormon [=TheoDemocracy=] propped up over a few centuries of Mormon settlers in Utah attempting to wrangle their influence in the state finally gets a chance to rule their own holy republic with a holy fist.

!!''Russell Nelson''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_usa_russell_nelson.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Authoritarians
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Theocracy[[note]]Authoritarianism[[/note]]
----
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Las Vegas]]
->'''Official Name:''' Las Vegas
->'''Ruling Party:''' The Strip
->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Capitalism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]]
The Mormons after they take Utah and eastern Nevada, see very little use in keeping a city as sinful as Las Vegas in their hands. So instead, they release it to let go of the innate deadly sin of Las Vegas that is Greed.
----

!!''The Strip''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_lvg_the_strip.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' The Strip
->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Capitalism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]]
----
* WretchedHive: The Strip is a whirlwind of money, sex, drugs and other previously criminalized activities.

!!''Jeremy Harrington''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jeremy_harrington_dem_soc.png]]
[[caption-width-right:156:[[labelnote:Revolutionary Socialist Harrington]][[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jeremy_harrington_rev_marx.png]] [[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' People's Movement-Progressivist, [[spoiler:People's Movement-Syndicalist]]
->'''Ideology:''' Progressivism[[note]]Democratic Socialism[[/note]], [[spoiler:Syndicalism[[note]]Revolutionary Socialism[[/note]]]]
----
* {{Cincinnatus}}: Herrington secretly despises his newfound power, and plans to immediately resign once he creates a functioning state to leave behind.
* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: In OTL, Harrington is a Twitch gaming streamer and Youtuber under the online name of WebVideo/Jerma985. Here he's a comedian in Las Vegas, who, by endorsing Bernie Sanders in 2020, eventually ends up as chairman of the People's Movement, and potentially President of Las Vegas if he wins the election. Even though he didn't want to.

!!''Tucker Carlson''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tucker_carlson_7.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' People Movement-Carlsonism, [[spoiler:Vegas Anti-Liberal Coalition]]
->'''Ideology:''' Democratic Nationalism[[note]]Democratic Populism[[/note]], [[spoiler:National Bolshevism[[note]]Totalitarianism Marxism[[/note]]]]
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Tucker Carlson is an enigma of politics, formerly a libertarian, seeing the slow collapse from 2008 onwards showed Tucker the Neoliberalism is nothing but a utter and complete failure. For years he spoke out against Liberalism and mainstream Conservatism, espousing populist left leaning economics alongside extreme nationalism alienated most major networks, and his interventionist sympathies alienated the rest Wehn the collapse came, Tucker fled to the one place that didn't reject him, Las Vegas. However, as he saw the plight of the Americans underneath the boot heel of big business, he decided to act. Joining a coalition filled with what just a few years ago would've been nothing but liberals to him, he gradually formed a respect for Jeremy Harrington and more socialistic economic practices. However, Jeremy Harrington is now dead, and Tucker stands in his place, ready to defend democracy, the worker, and America.[[/labelnote]]
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%%* TakeUpMySword: Carlson will become leader in the aftermath of Harringtons death.
* CommieNazis: Averted. Carlson may be an extreme nationalist with left-wing economic policies, but his ideological beliefs are miles away from Communism or Nazism.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Navajo Nation]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/navajo_flag_2.png]]
->'''Official Name:''' Navajo Nation
->'''Ruling Party:''' Populists
->'''Ideology:''' Corrupted Democracy[[note]]Populism[[/note]]
With a referendum vote of 65% to 35%, the Navajo people decide that their reservations will not be part of the Federal Government, and that their people will be free from their domineering settlers.
----
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The Navajo sick of centuries of genocide and oppression by the United States, become independent by a referendum vote with local reservations running their newly found state breaking all ties with the Federal Government.

!!''Jonathan Nez''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_nav_jonathan_nez.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Populists
->'''Ideology:''' Corrupted Democracy[[note]]Populism[[/note]]
----
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Immortals]]
->'''Official Name:''' The Immortals
->'''Ruling Party:''' Autocrats
->'''Ideology:''' Feudalism[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]]
----
* BadassBiker: The Immortals consist of multiple biker gangs under Xerxes' leadership. [[spoiler:Their badassery is further increased if Xerxes chooses to remain in America, becoming the Angarium of new Persian Empire]]
* ForeignCultureFetish: Seem to love an idealized "Persian Empire" and seek to model themselves after it.

!!''Xerxes''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_xrx_xerxes.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Autocrats
->'''Ideology:''' Feudalism[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\\
Hail to you, mighty Xerxes! King, oh mighty king of all the nations, of all the people, of all the things, beneath the high-blazing sun! Hail to you, oh mighty one, who took up the armor and sword to defend his kingdom graced to him by the Great Gods above!\\\
Your subjects feared you, blinded by false worship and the lies of those who'd usurp your throne! But, by bread and sword you have won their loyalty and love, and together we ride over the lands to claim your birthright!\\\
Lead us oh mighty leader! Drive the Legions of Xerxes across the world for your epic odyssey![[/labelnote]]
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* AwesomeAussie: Xerxes is an Austrian national who rises to become king a fiefdom in Arizona [[spoiler:and possibly later the entire USA.]]
* AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: Xerxes wears a leather suit of modeled after ancient Persian armor.
* ChainsawGood: In his introduction, Xerxes decapitates a cop with a chainsaw.
* TheQuest: Xerxes' driving motivation is his personal "Odyssey" to [[spoiler:escape America and return to his homeland of Australia]] or, [[spoiler:if he decides to stay, to conquer America.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:National Parks Service]]
->'''Official Name:''' National Parks Service
->'''Ruling Party:''' Yellowstone National Park Rangers
->'''Ideology:''' Interim Government[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]]
With the Army at the doorstep of the Yellowstone Park, the park rangers offer to coordinate with the military to restore order in America. The military agrees as the National Parks will be given autonomity for the rangers to run it.
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* RedShirtArmy: The National Parks only has one division when they spawn and it's a Park Ranger division, which is not strong at all.

!!''National Parks Service Administration''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_nps_national_parks_service.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Yellowstone National Park Rangers
->'''Ideology:''' Interim Government[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]]
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Montana Free Territory]]
->'''Official Name:''' Montana Free Territory
->'''Ruling Party:''' Anarchists
->'''Ideology:''' Platformism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]]
Under Military control, the people are forced to work for the Military day in and day out as an endlessly functioning cog in the machine. To Big Pete and his revolutionaries, they will not have any of it. Big Pete and his Libertarians and Anarchists raid local depots and storage spaces and take what they can and give it back to the people. Under Big Pete the people of Montana are free from statism and will continue to be even if odds look stacked against them.
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!!''Big Pete''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_mta_big_pete.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Anarchists
->'''Ideology:''' Platformism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\\
Big Pete never really meant to get this big. Sometimes, though, you do what you have to do, and suddenly you find that you have to do more. It was like that for Pete when this all started, when his friends and neighbors suddenly felt scared and exposed under that big sky, now full of jets screaming out West from over the hills. The people who came through town didn't seem so nice anymore, and the state troopers got downright mean.\\\
When Pete stepped up and took charge of defense, he wasn't really thinking about the implications. He'd never held power over another man in his whole long life, and he liked it that way. But, you take up arms and defend your neighbors, and then what? Wait for someone meaner than you to come around and try to wreck it all? Pete's never been the waiting type.\\\
So, Pete and his group left the ranch, and took to the lonely roads of Eastern Montana, doing what was right. People kept joining in and looking to him, and it kept escalating. One day, they passed some people who'd come down from Helena, saying the state government wasn't going to be around much longer. That the Army was coming up from Denver on their way into Idaho, and they were going to roll over Montana and put it under martial law. So, he had to deal with that.\\\
It's been mostly a blur since then. Lots of people, places, lots of things to shoot at. Hopefully he's doing alright by everyone. Pete used to be a big thinker when he was younger, thought he had it all figured out, that he was ready to take down the system singlehandedly. Now that he's actually doing it, it's a lot less simple than it used to seem. Still, he knows right from wrong. Big Pete'll never let anyone hand him their chains, no matter how easy it might be.[[/labelnote]]
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* AmericansAreCowboys: Wears a cowboy hat and bandana, and his anarchist militia is essentially a giant cowboy posse organized from the Montana frontier.
* BombThrowingAnarchists: Downplayed when compared to The Lion and Mother Anarchy, as Big Pete only organized his militia to defend the people from the federal government, and is trying to downplay his power as much as possible.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Cambion's Forest]]
->'''Official Name:''' Cambion's Forest
->'''Ruling Party:''' The Forest
->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Totalitarianism[[note]]National Totalitarianism[[/note]]
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* SmallSecludedWorld: A dark, terrifying example. No one gets in or out of The Forest and those who live there already lead hellish lives in constant fear.

!!''Cambion''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/improved_cambion_portrait.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' The Forest
->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Totalitarianism[[note]]National Totalitarianism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]][[red: [REDACTED BY DIRECT ORDER OF THE CIA] ]][[/labelnote]]
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* AGodIAm: Cambion believes himself to be the living incarnation of Lucifer.
* DeadGuyOnDisplay: The bodies (or often just the body parts) of Cambion's enemies are hung from trees throughout his forest.
* TheDreaded: A '''massive''' understatement, Cambion's entire persona revolves around being as pants-shittingly terrifying as possible.
* TheFaceless: He wears a concealing gasmask in his portrait. [[spoiler:Assuming he was formerly Captain Reese, this is likely because the DeadlyGas reverse-engineered from the failed Project SAINT hideously scarred his face during the transformation process.]]
* MysteriousPast: Initially, all details about Cambion's past in his bio have been classified by the CIA. [[spoiler: An event during the American Collapse implies he was Captain Reese, a CIA operative who investigated a black site in Gary, Indiana, and was transformed by a Deadly Gas reverse-engineered from the failed Project SAINT into being a telekinetic superhuman who was hideously scarred and lost his sense of his former identity in the process]]
* NapoleonDelusion: Cambion literally believes himself to not just be Lucifer, but specifically the version of Lucifer from Literature/ParadiseLost.
* HollywoodSatanism: Cambion seeks to build an anarchic Satanist society ruled by fear.
* WasOnceAMan: [[spoiler: An American Collapse event implies Cambion was formerly a CIA agent who investigated a black site attempting to weaponize Project SAINT into creating a DeadlyGas, and was transformed by it into a telekinetic superhuman when a BlastOut with the site's security ended up unleashing the gas, hideously scarring his face and obliterating his sense of his former identity.]]

%%!!''Fairies''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fairies_portrait.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Head of State
%%->'''Party:''' Children of the Forest
%%->'''Ideology:''' Pangean Nationalism [[note]]National Separatism[[/note]]
%%->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]] We are the forgotten. Left to wander the world with no purpose, no direction, and no hope. However, our time in the forests, seeing all the things that hideous Cambion and his terrorist have done made us realize something. /// We can fix this mess. For a Brighter and Happier Future! [[/labelnote]]
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%%* TheFairFolk: Invoked.
%%* WellIntentionedExtremist: The Fairies will stop at nothing to unite the world, regardless of how chaotic and unstable their state will inevitably become.

%%!!''U.S.A.F''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/post_cia_portrait.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Head of State
%%->'''Party:''' CIA
%%->'''Ideology:''' Military Junta [[note]] Stratocracy[[/note]]
%%->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]] [[/labelnote]]
%%----
%%* EvilFormerFriend: Inverted. The CIA operatives in the Forest are [[spoiler:Cambion's former colleagues.]]
%%* ChangingOfTheGuard: Once the CIA come to power, they will turn control of the Arrowhead region over to the US Air Force.

%%!!''S.A.R Team 12''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sar_team_12_portrait.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Head of State
%%->'''Party:''' Search and Rescue
%%->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Technocracy [[note]] Authoritarianism[[/note]]
%%->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]] [[/labelnote]]
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%%* CanineCompanion: Team 12 has a Pitbull.

%%!!''Survivors''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/generic_forest_portrait.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Head of State
%%->'''Party:''' There aren't much...
%%->'''Ideology:''' Pure Anarchy [[note]] Anarchism[[/note]]
%%->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]] [[/labelnote]]
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%%* AnarchyIsChaos: Quite chaotic and orderless in the first place from the lack of survivors.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:American Salvationist Force]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/betsy_ross_flag.png]]
->'''Official Name:''' American Salvationist Corp
->'''Ruling Party:''' Gideon's Faction
->'''Ideology:''' Libertarianism
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!!''Sawyer Gideon''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_nus_sawyer_gideon.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Gideon's Faction
->'''Ideology:''' Libertarianism
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* AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: Wears an outfit akin to a Revolutionary War-era Minuteman, complete with a tricorn hat.
* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: Gideon uses a literal '''cannon''' load with grapeshot to fend off his would-be captors in his introduction.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Downplayed. Gideon was a senator before the collapse, giving him much more credibility when he becomes the leader of a libertairian resistence movement.
* TalkingYourWayOut: In his introduction event, Gideon delivers a speech to the soldiers sent to arrest him which convinces them to lower their guns and join his cause.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Leads a libertarian militia seeking to form an America freed from federal, communist and nationalist tyranny.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Heartland]]
->'''Official Name:''' The Heartland
->'''Ruling Party:''' The Chariot
->'''Ideology:''' Feudalism[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]]
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* BarbarianTribe: A 21st century version, being a horde of bikers, extremist militias, and opportunistic criminals set out to plunder civilization.
* CapitalismIsBad: The Heartlander's ideology blames capitalism for making life too easy for the 'mewling consumerists' at the expense of destroying the planet.
* ForeignCultureFetish: Downplayed. The Heartland doesn't model itself after any particular culture, instead embracing the semi-mythical concept of the "Barbarians" who invaded and sacked the Roman Empire.
* NoWoman'sLand: The Heartlanders are extreme misogynists.
* TheSocialDarwinist: Part of the Heartlander's creed is that civilization allows the weak and stupid to breed, while forcing the strong and smart to bend to the [[DemocracyIsBad whims of the idiot masses.]]

!!''Attila''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_leader_attila.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' The Chariot
->'''Ideology:''' Feudalism[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]]
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* BasementDweller: Essentially what he was before the collapse. He couldn't hold a job due to his abrasive behavior, mooched off his parents, and spent his days working out with his fitness club buddies and writing angry screeds on the internet about the decadence of modern society.
* DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Attila's vision is a world stuck in a state of collapse, where society cannot progress beyond brutal tribes.
* EcoTerrorist: Attila attempts to justify his crusade against civilization through climate doomerism, claiming that society is doomed anyway and accelerating the collapse is ripping off the band-aid.
* HateSink: There is nothing remotely sympathetic about Attila. He doesn't even have the [[LaughablyEvil Laughably Evil tendencies of Faust.]]
* OmnicidalManiac: Attila was a Serial Killer before the American Collapse, and his creation of a new barbarian state is motivated solely by a desire for death and destruction.
* SadlyMythtaken: Downplayed. While Atilla's chosen moniker is in emblematic of his desire to sack America as the barbarians sacked Rome, the complexity of the actual history of both the barbarians and the real Atilla the Hun make it clear that Atilla's grasp on history is far more mythical than factual.
* SerialKiller: Stalked Wichita for several years as the 'Attila Ripper', before escalating into something even worse.
* StrawMisogynist: Before the collapse Atilla was a frequent poster on incel forums and the leader of a male-only 'fitness club' designed to spread his accelerationist views.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Alaska]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flag_of_alaska_7.png]]
->'''Official Name:''' Alaska
->'''Ruling Party:''' Social Liberals
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy[[note]]Social Liberalism[[/note]]
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* TheRemnant: Alaska still subscribes to liberalism in the Federal Government albeit a big more red and independent.

!!''Mary Peltola''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_als_mary_peltola.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Social Liberals
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy[[note]]Social Liberalism[[/note]]
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* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: Peltola before being the leader of an independent Alaska, was the first Alaskan Native and first Russian Orthodox to be part of Congress.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Great North]]
->'''Official Name:''' The Great North
->'''Ruling Party:''' Northern Rule
->'''Ideology:''' Esoteric Nazism[[note]]Ethnic Nationalism[[/note]]
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!!''Polaris''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_plr_polaris.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Northern Rule
->'''Ideology:''' Esoteric Nazism[[note]]Ethnic Nationalism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\\
[[blue:The North]] is a sacred land, where the weak die and the strong live, and thereby the balance is kept. The arctic mouse eats the grass and insects, the fox eats the mouse, the wolf eats the fox, and [[blue:the North]] devours them all. Because there is no predator more supreme than the land itself - the [[blue:Great North]] itself. We, Polaris, are the will of the land made flesh, the judgement of [[blue:the North.]]\\\
[[red:"Heill Óðinn"]][[/labelnote]]
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!![[center: [- [[Characters/ExtremisUltimis Main Character Index]] -]]][[center: [[Characters/ExtremisUltimisAfrica Africa]] | [[Characters/ExtremisUltimisAsia Asia]] ([[Characters/ExtremisUltimisMiddleEast Middle East]] | [[Characters/ExtremisUltimisChina China]]) | [[Characters/ExtremisUltimisAmericas Americas]] ('''United States''') | [[Characters/ExtremisUltimisEurope Europe]] ([[Characters/ExtremisUltimisRussia Russia]]) | [[Characters/ExtremisUltimisOceania Oceania]]]]

'Hercules' is well named. A massive man, he stands in at 6'7, with the muscles to back it up. Before The Collapse he was Ralph Cisco, a fitness instructor and TikTok influencer who became enamored with the Iron Corps and their fight against 'degeneracy'. Cisco would begin to attend Iron Corps rallies, becoming a frontline fighter against both anarchist and neo-Nazi. After the Iron Corps was dissolved, Cisco transferred to the GUARD, where his service history landed him a commanding role. This is around the time when he fully adopted the moniker 'Hercules'. A veteran of the struggle, Hercules is fanatically loyal to the GUARD and the RUA. While his combat tactics tend to be crude, he makes up for it in sheer force and battlefield charisma. "[[/labelnote]]

* LastStand: Those partisapating in the uprising are well aware that the battle against Haddock is already lost; all they can due is [TakingYouWithMe take as many of Haddock's men down with them as they can]].

%%[[folder:Anti-Haddockist Uprising]]
%%->'''Official Name:''' Anti-Haddockist Uprising
%%->'''Ruling Party:''' The Resistance
%%->'''Ideology:''' Liberal Moderatism[[note]]Libertarianism[[/note]]
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%%!!''The Resistance''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_hdr_the_resistance.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Head of State
%%->'''Party:''' The Resistance
%%->'''Ideology:''' Liberal Moderatism[[note]]Libertarianism[[/note]]
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%%[[/folder]]

[[folder:Castellanos Death Cult]]
->'''Official Name:''' Castellanos Death Cult
->'''Ruling Party:''' The Sacred Family
->'''Ideology:''' Nuclearism[[note]] Annihilationism[[/note]]
an Annihilationist cult which emerge from the ruins of post-nuclear Boston.

* ApocalypseCult: The Sacred Family is intent on spreading the radioactive desolation of Boston to the rest of America.
* DeathWorld: Boston and its surrounding territories are so radioactive that the only areas capable of supporting life are the sewers and metros, and even those are so hazardous that 175 cultists die from radiation related causes per week.
* ShellShockedVeteran: The cult's generals are all survivors of the Boston's nuclear destruction, with some even having personally witnessed the bombing.

!!''Emily Castellanos''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/emily_castellanos_portrait.png]]

->'''Party:''' The Sacred Family
->'''Ideology:''' Nuclearism[[note]] Annihilationism[[/note]]

* AMotherToHerMen: Castellanos gained her following by providing medical assistance to survivors after the bomb dropped.

!!''Saint Avrick, [[spoiler: Father Avrick]]''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_bst_avrick.png]]
->'''Role:''' General, [[spoiler:Head of State (Averick Coup)]]
->'''Party:''' The Sacred Family
->'''Ideology:''' Posadism [[note]] Annihilationism[[/note]]

%%[[folder:Anti-Haddockist Uprising]]
%%->'''Official Name:''' Anti-Haddockist Uprising
%%->'''Ruling Party:''' The Resistance
%%->'''Ideology:''' Liberal Moderatism[[note]]Libertarianism[[/note]]
%%----

%%!!''The Resistance''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_hdr_the_resistance.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Head of State
%%->'''Party:''' The Resistance
%%->'''Ideology:''' Liberal Moderatism[[note]]Libertarianism[[/note]]
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%%[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Greenback Boys]]
->'''Official Name:''' The Greenback Boys
->'''Ruling Party:''' Populists
->'''Ideology:''' Nationalism[[note]]Populism[[/note]]
A group of milita-men led by Sergeant Reckers lead an uprising against Haddock and his Orwellian state. They don't put up too much of a major resistance, but their resistance is supported throughout the rest of the former United States against the hellhole that is the Republican Union of America.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: The Greenback Boys are unlikely to survive more than a month after their uprising.

!!''Sergeant Reckers''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_mai_sgt_reckers.png]]

->'''Party:''' Populists
->'''Ideology:''' Nationalism[[note]]Populism[[/note]]
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* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: No matter how much and how hard Reckers and his men fight, they can't possibly win against the Republican Union. But that doesn't mean they're going down without a fight.
* GoodHairEvilHair: Reckers' full beard acts as the good yin to Haddocks stubbly, evil yang.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Yellowstripe Confederacy]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flag_of_yellowstripe_confederacy.png]]
->'''Official Name:''' Yellowstripe Confederacy
->'''Ruling Party:''' Stratocrats
->'''Ideology:''' Interim Government[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]]
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* DiscreditedMeme: The many braggadocious "/k/-isms" used by the Confederacy serve only to highlight and magnify their incompetency. This can, against all odds, become an Inverted example, with the meme inspired soldiers of the Yellowstripe Confederacy becoming bringers of freedom and justice to those suffering under Haddock and the Republican Union of America.
* MemeticMutation: Exploited by the Confederacy; they put together a propaganda machine devoted to making fun of Haddock's 'dollar store dystopia' to inspire further resistance.
* NameToRunAwayFromReallyFast: If they survive long enough to organize, the Confederacy's newly christened special forces are known as the "Skinwalker" in reference to the urban legend.
* PaintingTheMedium: The Yellowstripe's initial focus names are written as >greentexts.
* TooIncompetentToOperateABlanket: Despite their suicidal zeal, The Yellowstripe Confederacy's unparalleled incompetency make them a non-issue for their sworn enemy, The Republican Union of America. Averted if the Confederacy survives long enough to get their shit together.


!!''Commandant Kenneth''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_mai_kenneth_rhodes.png]]

->'''Party:''' Stratocrats
->'''Ideology:''' Interim Goverment[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]]

* SinisterDeerSkull: Kenneth dons one in his portrait as homage to the mythical Wendigo.

[[folder:Castellanos Death Cult]]
->'''Official Name:''' Castellanos Death Cult
->'''Ruling Party:''' The Sacred Family
->'''Ideology:''' Nuclearism[[note]] Annihilationism[[/note]]
an Annihilationist cult which emerge from the ruins of post-nuclear Boston.

* ApocalypseCult: The Sacred Family is intent on spreading the radioactive desolation of Boston to the rest of America.
* DeathWorld: Boston and its surrounding territories are so radioactive that the only areas capable of supporting life are the sewers and metros, and even those are so hazardous that 175 cultists die from radiation related causes per week.
* ShellShockedVeteran: The cult's generals are all survivors of the Boston's nuclear destruction, with some even having personally witnessed the bombing.

!!''Emily Castellanos''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/emily_castellanos_portrait.png]]

->'''Party:''' The Sacred Family
->'''Ideology:''' Nuclearism[[note]] Annihilationism[[/note]]

* AMotherToHerMen: Castellanos gained her following by providing medical assistance to survivors after the bomb dropped.

!!''Saint Avrick, [[spoiler: Father Avrick]]''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_bst_avrick.png]]
->'''Role:''' General, [[spoiler:Head of State (Averick Coup)]]
->'''Party:''' The Sacred Family
->'''Ideology:''' Posadism [[note]] Annihilationism[[/note]]

* AsTheGoodBookSays: Avrick's focus descriptions quote the Book of Revelations extensively.
* DirtyCommies: Avrick preaches a bizarre synthesis of Posadism and Christian end-times prophecies. He believes that Capitalism is the dragon mentioned in the Book of Revelations, Haddock is the First Beast, and the Republican Union is the Second. And that all will be washed away through a large-scale nuclear exchange that will lead to Jesus's return.
* ReligiousBruiser: Avrick is by far the most religiously zealous of the cult's generals, a zealotry which, as his "War Saint" trait would imply, he carries into combat. He's prone to entering a state which he refers to as "A righteous and calm fury", during which (despite his calm, Christ-like mannerisms) he's capable of literally tearing people apart with his bare hands.
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%%!!'The Good Children''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_good_children_portrait.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Head of State
%%->'''Party:''' Good Children Movment
%%->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Totalitarianism[[note]] National Totalitarianism[[/note]]
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%%!!''Brother Christof''
%%->'''Role:''' General
%%->'''Party:''' The Sacred Family
%%->'''Ideology:''' Nuclearism[[note]] Annihilationism[[/note]]
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!!''Sister Ohara''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_bst_sister_ohara.png]]
->'''Role:''' General
->'''Party:''' The Sacred Family
->'''Ideology:''' Nuclearism[[note]] Annihilationism[[/note]]

* EvilerThanThou: If the Family choses to [[spoiler: integrate The Commandant and his Order of Sole Novum]], Ohara, one of the Family's brutalist sentinels, will become temporarily traumatized after witnessing [[spoiler: the Commandant's sadistic massacre of the remnants of the Boston Police Department]].

!!''Lieutenant Baxter''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_bst_lieut_baxter.png]]
->'''Role:''' General
->'''Party:''' The Sacred Family
->'''Ideology:''' Nuclearism[[note]] Annihilationism[[/note]]

* LastOfHisKind: Baxter is the last surviving officer of the Boston Police Department.
* RabidCop: Baxter is prone to acts of "Romanesque bravado", fighting with only a baton and [[spoiler: challenging The Commandant to a one-on-one gladiatorial dual for the fate of Boston]].

[[folder: Ketzel's Rebellion]]
->'''Official Name:''' Ketzel's Rebellion
->'''Ruling Party:''' Annihilationists
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Darwinism[[note]]Annihilationism[[/note]]

!!''Isaac Ketzel''
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->'''Party:'''Annihilationists
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Darwinism[[note]]Annihilationism[[/note]]

* DefectorFromDecadence: Ketzel is a former member of the GUARD who joined Castellanos after he was abandoned in Boston before the nuclear strike.
* EvilLuddite: In his anarcho-primitivist path, he will attempt to reverse the industrial revolution and violently drag America back to the dark ages.
* OpportunisticBastard: Despite being abandoned in a doomed city by his GUARD comrades and living through the radioactive hell of post-nuclear Boston, Ketzel is willing to rejoin the Republican Union as an autonomous puppet state.


!!''The Commandant''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Anarchist
->'''Ideology:''' National Anarchism [[note]]Anarchism[[/note]]

* BloodKnight: The Commandant is unmatched in his obsession with death and violence, mutilating and torturing his enemies for his own amusement and regularly killing his own men.
* TheDreaded: The Commandant is regularly described in almost apocalyptic terms such as "The Face of Horror", a title which he more than earns.
* FreudianExcuse: The Commandant's decent into depravity started when he was driven to cannibalism to survive.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: On top of being an insane death-worshiper, The Commandant is also a Nazism.
* ImAHumanitarian: The Commandant delusionally believes that he must consume human meat to regenerate his radiation damaged organs.[[note]]A practice which has so far only netted him a prion disease. [[/note]]
[[/folder]]


!! Confederation of America
[[folder:Confederation of America]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Confederation of America, United States of Southern America (Liberal Yankee), United States of Dixie (Liberal Dixie), Confederate States of Dixie (Wilson), Federal Republic of Southern America (Autocratic Yankee), Second Confedercy of America (Autocratic Dixie), Dead Zone (Annihilationist)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Confederate Congress
->'''Ideology:''' Nationalism[[note]]Populism[[/note]]

* DisasterDemocracy: As America falls into anarchy, the succeding Confederation of America remains one of the few remnants of democracy after the colapse, and can end up as the OnlySaneMan of the southern states as long as the [[EvilReactionary Sons of the Confederacy]] don't end up in power.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Due to the hasty escalation of America's upcoming collapse after seeing how easily the Federal Government backed off of the Anarchists' expansion into Virginia from Operation Axehead. The Confederation forms and succeeds in declaring independence.
* SweetHomeAlabama: The largest bastion of democracy in the American collapse, leading a fairly stable if divided government under a liberal constitution. Can be subverted if the [[EvilReactionary Sons of the Confederacy]] come to power.

!!''1st Confederate Congress''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Confederate Congress
->'''Ideology:''' Nationalism[[note]]Populism[[/note]]

* EmergencyAuthority: The Confederate Congress is only a temporary provisional authority meant to keep order after succeeding from the United States, and scrambles to figure out what the direction of the new state will be after the election.

!!''Stacey Abrams''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (2024/2028 Election - Abrams elected)
->'''Party:''' Southern People's Party
->'''Ideology:''' Progressivism[[note]]Social Liberalism[[/note]]

* InternalReformist: Abrams seeing the condition the Confederation is in, attempts to drive away influence from authoritarian hands, and seeks to keep the Confederation in liberal hands where universal suffrage and equity is upmost priority.

!!''Ron [=DeSantis=]''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (2024/2028 Election - [=DeSantis=] elected)
->'''Party:''' Democratic-Republican Party
->'''Ideology:''' Christian Democracy[[note]]Social Conservatism[[/note]]

* GoodOldWays: [=DeSantis=] is a proponent of American Conservatism in the Deep South while also simultaneously not breaking away from American identity.

!!''Jo Jorgensen''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (2024/2028 Election - Jorgensen elected)
->'''Party:''' States' Rights Party - Statist Wing
->'''Ideology:''' Constitutional Confederalism[[note]]National Separatism[[/note]]

* AllohistoricalAllusion: Jorgensen fearing that the government would become too centralized like the current United States government, purposes the idea of re-introducing the Articles of Confederation with minor fixes. The same idea the Anti-Federalists thought up during the country's foundation. While it didn't work then, it can work here.

!!''Tom Cotton''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (2024/2028 Election - Cotton elected)
->'''Party:''' Dixie National Caucus
->'''Ideology:''' National Conservatism[[note]]Democratic Populism[[/note]]

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Cotton flirts with the original Confederation by praising its rebellious heritage and flag, its leaders, and admiring its strong-man authoritarian militarism. Despite this, he isn't a white supremacist and doesn't seek to create a new era of Jim Crow, and openly bashes the original Confederacy's aristocratic and feudalistic roots.

!!''Matthew Hoh''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (2028 Election - Hoh elected)
->'''Party:''' Dixie Greens/Southern People's Party Coalition
->'''Ideology:''' Socialist Greenism[[note]]Democratic Socialism[[/note]]

* InternalReformist: Hoh is a Socialist in the very anti-left Confederacy. If wins the election (by a thin margin by the way), he'll support reperations for slavery and move past the Confederacy's ideas of White Nationalism.

!!''Ron Wilson''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (2028 Election - Wilson elected)
->'''Party:''' Sons of the Confederacy
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Confederatism[[note]]Ethnic Nationalism[[/note]]

* EvilOldFolks: Wilson is an old White Nationalist who is a member of the Sons of the Confederacy, a White Supremacist organization who if elected re-introduces segregation laws and enforces plantation economics to be re-introduced to the Confederacy.
* EvilReactionary: Of course.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Wilson is the only leader of the Confederation to be openly racist and whose policies will turn the country into a white nationalist ethnostate, whereas even Cotton will avoid persecuting minorities in spite of his whitewashing of the Comfederate ties.

!!''Donald Livingstone''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Released by a Stratocratic country)
->'''Party:''' Dixie National Caucus - Military Wing
->'''Ideology:''' Figurehead Government[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Klan]]
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->'''Official Name:''' The Knights of the Klu Klux Klan
->'''Ruling Party:''' Ethnic Nationalists
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Confederatism[[note]]Ethnic Nationalism[[/note]]
The Klan promised with prosperity and independence with the new Confederation become disillusioned and angered at the liberal-styled government, rises up in tandem with the Nazi-Accelerationist Atomwaffen Division to make their Confederation an all-white one.

* TheKlan: As one would expect of a splinter-state of Klansmen, The Klan wants to tear down the "liberal" Confederation, and make The South (and the rest of America for that matter) a white supremacist ethnostate.

!!''Jeremy Parker''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Ethnic Nationalists
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Confederatism[[note]]Ethnic Nationalism[[/note]]

* MalevolentMaskedMen: Wears a Klansman hood in his profile and leads The Klan on a Neo-Confederate warpath against the "liberal" Confederation of America.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Atomwaffen Division]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Atomwaffen Divison, National Socialist State (Mason Unification), Unholy Kingdom (Faust Unification), Free Aryan Territory (National Anarchist Unification), Purified Land of Mikinoc Waajew (Ecofascist Unification)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Atomwaffen Division
->'''Ideology:''' Nazism[[note]]Ethnic Nationalism[[/note]]
During the collapse, the Nazi-Accelerationist Atomwaffen Division begins a prison riot in the Avery-Mitchel Correctional Institute. With aid from outside militia groups, they seized control of western North Carolina, and now lord over it from their prison fortress. This vile band of fascists seeks to destroy the old world in a cleansing inferno and establish a new Nazi empire...that is, if their infighting, StupidEvil tendencies, and general incompetency don't doom them first.

* ApocalypseCult: Atomwaffen Division wants to usher in the collapse of civilization so they can rebuild it along their neo-Nazi vision - how that vision plays out depends on who triumphs in the power struggle.
* BlackComedy: A band of marginally competent neo-Nazis with cartoonishly evil beliefs trying to take over America is surprisingly ripe for humor.
* HollywoodSatanism: The Tempel ov Blood, a faction of Atomwaffen Division, espouses a deranged ideology of neo-Nazi Satanism. They believe that Satan, Pennywise the Clown, and the other Dark Gods are trapped behind a magical door on Saturn, and doing random acts of evil and terror will help them break free and begin the Final Culling. Surprisingly TruthInTelevision, as the group and its beliefs are real.
* ThoseWackyNazis: Atomwaffen Division believes in a bizarre mix of Nazi, Esoteric, and Accelerationist thought.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The infighting between the Atomwaffen Nazis is just as dangerous as their external enemies, as the division between standard Nazis, eco-Nazis, anarcho-Nazis, and Satanist Nazis results in bickering and power grabs.

!!''James Mason''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Atomwaffen Division
->'''Ideology:''' Nazism[[note]]Ethnic Nationalism[[/note]]

* DirtyOldMan: Mason has a history of pedophilia.
* EvilOldFolks: A 72-year-old Neo-Nazi.
* HateSink: Mason is an utter bastard with absolutely no redeeming qualities. He's not insane like Ragnar, and he lacks the CartoonishSupervillainy of Faust. He's a selfish, perverted, hypocritical racist old jerkass.
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: Despite his whole professed ideology being based on wanting to overthrow the federal government, James Mason is a willing federal asset who's using the AWD's uprising to harass The Lion and the CSA. ]]

!!''Faust''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Faust seizes power)
->'''Party:''' Tempel ov Blood
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Darwinism[[note]]Annihiliationism[[/note]]

* AluminumChristmasTrees: The Tempel ov Blood and its belief system is real (if most likely a federal honeypot). Most of the goofy terminology and ideas (astral whampyrism, Drill Sargent Grey, etc) are directly lifted from TOB literature.
* CartoonishSupervillainy: Faust gleefully indulges in it. [[CardCarryingVillain He calls it 'Evilmaxing'.]]
* DepravedBisexual: Faust is pansexual, [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil sexually assaults victims of any gender]], and unlike most [[HeteronormativeCrusader homophobic neo-Nazis]], claims that [[InsaneTrollLogic gay sex is a way to "own the Jews"]].
* EnfanteTerrible: Attempted to commit a [[AxesAtSchool school shooting]] when he was just 18.
%%* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Besides the many ways Faust can die if he is defeated by a different American Collapse warlord, [[spoiler: he STILL dies if he somehow conquers America, as he is either stabbed to death by Pazuzu in the normal game, or literally DraggedOffToHell in Occult Mode.]]
* ForTheEvulz: Faust's entire motivation. He enjoys spreading misery and pain because it makes him feel superior to the rest of humanity.
* HateSink: Despite his LaughablyEvil CartoonishSupervillainy, NOTHING about Faust is remotely sympathetic, and nobody will shed a tear if [[spoiler:(or more accurately, '''[[FailureIsTheOnlyOption when]]''')]] [[AssholeVictim he finally faces the consequences for his actions]].
* HollywoodSatanism: Faust is an unhinged Satanist Neo-Nazi - and unlike Cambion (who [[NapoleonDelusion sincerely believes himself]] to [[AGodIAm be Lucifer]] from Literature/ParadiseLost), Faust uses his supposed "beliefs" as an excuse for him to indulge in his psychopathic urges. %%[[spoiler: Notably, [[JustJokingJustification he desperately claims he was "just kidding" about the Satanism]] if he's defeated by The Lion Of Socialism, just before The Lion brutally {{MegatonPunch}}es [[YourHeadAsplode his head into a shower of gore]].]]
* MalevolentMaskedMen: Faust wears a skull-mask bandana over his mouth and a camo-jacket hood pulled over the top of his head - and of the Atomwaffen's leaders, HE is by a mile and a half the absolute most evil bastard out of the lot.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Faust's botched attempt at carrying out a [[SpreeKiller Spree Killing]], and moreso his absolute circus of a defense trial, ended up putting such a spotlight onto the Tempel ov Blood that the FBI cracked down on the rest of the Atomwaffen Division, leading to the mass arrest of high-profile members including its ideological leader James Manson.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: WordOfGod has stated that Faust is heavily based on several real-life {{SerialKiller}}s (even though Faust's modus operandi leans closer to SpreeKiller), with the most influence being drawn from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bernardo Paul Bernardo]], complete with an obsession on becoming "[[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy the next big white rapper]]".
* PissTakeRap: Faust is a rapper - a ''terrible, '''terrible''''' rapper.
* PsychopathicManChild: Faust hasn't emotionally matured past his teenage years, and mixes his obsession for murder, rape and other antisocial impulses into CartoonishSupervillainy levels that [[CardCarryingVillain he calls 'Evilmaxing'.]]
%%* PunchPunchUhOh: If Faust is defeated by [[BombThrowingAnarchists the Lion Rebellion]], [[MuggingTheMonster Faust tries to fight The Lion Of Socialism by himself with a Bowie knife]], only for The Lion [[LodgedBladeRemoval to casually pull the knife out of his shoulder]], and '''[[SuperStrength rip the blade in HALF with his bare hands]]''' Faust only has enough time to [[OhCrap realize how badly]] [[Memes/OtherInternet he dun goofed]] (and then [[SurrenderBackfire desperately attempt to surrender to no avail]]) before The Lion [[MegatonPunch punches him in the face so hard]] [[YourHeadAsplode that his flying teeth embed themselves into the concrete walls]].
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Unfortunately, Faust has no qualms about using sexual assault to bump up his "Evilmaxxing" score.
* ScaryTeeth: Faust's teeth are horribly rotted due to his sweet tooth and terrible impulse control [[note]]A trait taken directly from Richard Remirez [[/note]]
* StupidCrooks: Faust is initially arrested after taking a detour on his plotted [[AxesAtSchool school shooting]] to rob a liquor store on a whim, only to get shot and arrested by a beat cop. He then makes such a disastrous "defense" of himself on trial that he ends up serving a life sentence with no chance of parole. %%[[spoiler: One of [[TheManyDeathsOfYou his post-defeat death events]] has him [[RunForTheBorder try fleeing over the Mexican border]], only for the border guards to find [[DisposableSexWorker the body of a murdered prostitute]] in [[PunkInTheTrunk his car trunk]].]]
* StupidEvil: Faust's depraved villainy is only matched by his inept stupidity.
%%* SurrenderBackfire: If Faust is defeated by the Lion Rebellion (and after [[PunchPunchUhOh tries attacking the Lion in single combat to no avail]]), he desperately claims [[JustJokingJustification he was "just kidding" about the Satanism]], and that [[FakeDefector he finally "saw the light of Anarchy"]] - The Lion simply [[MegatonPunch punches Faust in the face so hard]] [[YourHeadAsplode his head is pulped like a watermelon]].
%%* TheManyDeathsOfYou: Taking a page from [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/TNOSouthernUrals The New Order's depiction of Oskar Dirlewanger]], Faust has several death events (each [[UndignifiedDeath more humiliating than the last]]) in the event he is defeated [[spoiler: and even if he somehow reunites all of America, as he is either stabbed to death by Pazuzu after he tries to kill him first, or (if Occult Mode is activated) is literally DraggedOffToHell by the [[EldritchAbomination Lament Configuration]].]]
* ThisLoserIsYou: {{WordOfGod}} is that Faust is a parody of the kind of person who would be drawn to Atomwaffen and the Tempel ov Blood - and, more broadly, of the "Super Edgy Serial Killer"-led states from other Hearts of Iron 4 mods (including [[SelfDeprecation several in Extremis Ultimis itself]]).
* VillainousBreakdown: Faust is prone to suffering particularly disturbing breakdowns due to his inability to cry, instead making disturbing goat-bleating-esque noises.

!!''Pazuzu Algarad''
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->'''Role:''' General
->'''Party:''' Tempel ov Blood
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Darwinism[[note]]Annihiliationism[[/note]]

* TattooedCrook: Pazuzu is a convicted murderer with several facial tattoos.
* VillainousFriendship: WordOfGod confirmed that the reason Pazuzu is still alive was due to Faust having become pen-pals with him and talking him out of his OTL suicide - it's unfortunately one-sided, as Faust's letters were [[StealthInsult heavily coded insults]] that Pazuzu wasn't able to figure out.

!!''Ragnar Volkstum''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Ragnar seizes power)
->'''Party:''' The Wild Hunt
->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Nationalism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]] (National Anarchist path) / Ecofascism[[note]]Ethnic Nationalism[[/note]] (Ecofascist path)

* BurgerFool: Was working at a [[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Burger Town]] prior to the American Collapse.
* CloudCuckooLander: Ragnar holds considerably insane beliefs (even by neo-Nazi standards), and is a paranoid ConspiracyTheorist.
* CommieNazis: Ragnar is an Anarcho-Nationalist, which espouses a hatred of state governments and corporations, but fused with white supremacist conspiracy theories. He may also become an Ecofascist, which promotes environmentalism, but also keeps the bigoted xenophobia of Nazism.
* ConspiracyTheorist: Has particularly demented conspiracy theories, which he rants about at LENGTH during an event during The American Collapse.

%%!!''Christoper Asher Wray''
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%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (FBI coups Atomwaffen)
%%->'''Party:''' Federal Bureau of Investigation
%%->'''Ideology:''' Interim Government[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]]
%%----

[[folder: Guerrero's Militia]]
->'''Official Name:''' Guerrero's Militia
->'''Ruling Party:''' Committee for American Restoration
->'''Ideology:''' Martial Republicanism[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]]

* OnlySaneMan: Downplayed. While El Guerrero and his militia believe themselves to be this, it remains to be seen whether they too will fall into their own flavor of extremism.

!!''El Guerrero''
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->'''Party:''' Committee for American Restoration
->'''Ideology:''' Martial Republicanism[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Acadian Empire]]
->'''Official Name:''' Acadian Empire
->'''Ruling Party:''' Autocrats
->'''Ideology:''' Aristocracy[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]]

* ForeignCultureFetish: The Acadians model themselves on the First French Empire.
* TheBigEasy: The Acadian Empire's capital is New Orleans.

!!''Colonel Touissant''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Autocrats
->'''Ideology:''' Aristocracy[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]]

* AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: Touissant dawns an 18th century French imperial uniform and a massive Napoleonic bicorne.
* NapoleonDelusion: Averted. While Touissant clearly wishes to imitate [[EmbarrassingNickname Old Boney]], he doesn't believe himself to be the actual Napoléon Bonaparte.

!! Unaffiliated Warlords
[[folder: Holy Republic of Deseret]]
->'''Official Name:''' Holy Republic of Deseret
->'''Ruling Party:''' Authoritarians
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Theocracy[[note]]Authoritarianism[[/note]]
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* TheTheocracy: Deseret is a Mormon [=TheoDemocracy=] propped up over a few centuries of Mormon settlers in Utah attempting to wrangle their influence in the state finally gets a chance to rule their own holy republic with a holy fist.

!!''Russell Nelson''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Authoritarians
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Theocracy[[note]]Authoritarianism[[/note]]

[[folder: Las Vegas]]
->'''Official Name:''' Las Vegas
->'''Ruling Party:''' The Strip
->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Capitalism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]]
The Mormons after they take Utah and eastern Nevada, see very little use in keeping a city as sinful as Las Vegas in their hands. So instead, they release it to let go of the innate deadly sin of Las Vegas that is Greed.

!!''The Strip''
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->'''Party:''' The Strip
->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Capitalism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]]
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* WretchedHive: The Strip is a whirlwind of money, sex, drugs and other previously criminalized activities.

!!''Jeremy Harrington''
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[[caption-width-right:156:[[labelnote:Revolutionary Socialist Harrington]][[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jeremy_harrington_rev_marx.png]] [[/labelnote]]]]

->'''Party:''' People's Movement-Progressivist, [[spoiler:People's Movement-Syndicalist]]
->'''Ideology:''' Progressivism[[note]]Democratic Socialism[[/note]], [[spoiler:Syndicalism[[note]]Revolutionary Socialism[[/note]]]]

* {{Cincinnatus}}: Herrington secretly despises his newfound power, and plans to immediately resign once he creates a functioning state to leave behind.
* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: In OTL, Harrington is a Twitch gaming streamer and Youtuber under the online name of WebVideo/Jerma985. Here he's a comedian in Las Vegas, who, by endorsing Bernie Sanders in 2020, eventually ends up as chairman of the People's Movement, and potentially President of Las Vegas if he wins the election. Even though he didn't want to.

!!''Tucker Carlson''
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->'''Party:''' People Movement-Carlsonism, [[spoiler:Vegas Anti-Liberal Coalition]]
->'''Ideology:''' Democratic Nationalism[[note]]Democratic Populism[[/note]], [[spoiler:National Bolshevism[[note]]Totalitarianism Marxism[[/note]]]]
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Tucker Carlson is an enigma of politics, formerly a libertarian, seeing the slow collapse from 2008 onwards showed Tucker the Neoliberalism is nothing but a utter and complete failure. For years he spoke out against Liberalism and mainstream Conservatism, espousing populist left leaning economics alongside extreme nationalism alienated most major networks, and his interventionist sympathies alienated the rest Wehn the collapse came, Tucker fled to the one place that didn't reject him, Las Vegas. However, as he saw the plight of the Americans underneath the boot heel of big business, he decided to act. Joining a coalition filled with what just a few years ago would've been nothing but liberals to him, he gradually formed a respect for Jeremy Harrington and more socialistic economic practices. However, Jeremy Harrington is now dead, and Tucker stands in his place, ready to defend democracy, the worker, and America.[[/labelnote]]
----
%%* TakeUpMySword: Carlson will become leader in the aftermath of Harringtons death.
* CommieNazis: Averted. Carlson may be an extreme nationalist with left-wing economic policies, but his ideological beliefs are miles away from Communism or Nazism.

[[folder: Navajo Nation]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Navajo Nation
->'''Ruling Party:''' Populists
->'''Ideology:''' Corrupted Democracy[[note]]Populism[[/note]]
With a referendum vote of 65% to 35%, the Navajo people decide that their reservations will not be part of the Federal Government, and that their people will be free from their domineering settlers.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The Navajo sick of centuries of genocide and oppression by the United States, become independent by a referendum vote with local reservations running their newly found state breaking all ties with the Federal Government.

!!''Jonathan Nez''
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->'''Party:''' Populists
->'''Ideology:''' Corrupted Democracy[[note]]Populism[[/note]]
----
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Republic of Texas]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Republic of Texas
->'''Ruling Party:''' Social Conservatives
->'''Ideology:''' American Libertarianism[[note]]Social Conservatism[[/note]]
Texas in its current condition, sees no purpose of being aligned to the collapsing United States. So the government decides to secede and become independent like its past republic dreamed of.
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* PatrioticFervor: Texas has always been a nationalistic state ever since its creation. With the United States collapsing, American nationalism turns into Texan nationalism.

!!''Ted Cruz''
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->'''Party:''' Social Conservatives
->'''Ideology:''' American Libertarianism[[note]]Social Conservatism[[/note]]
----
* DefectorFromDecadence: Cruz and his cabinet are very against the Confederacy because of their opposition because they would prefer Texas to be independent nation rather than be tied to the Southern Unity.
* UndyingLoyalty: Cruz states that Texas was born from as a republic and will die as one not being tied to any external outlier like the Confederacy.

[[folder:Greater State of Texas]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Greater State of Texas
->'''Ruling Party:''' The "Bigger Business in Texas" Party
->'''Ideology:''' Corporatocracy[[note]]Authoritarianism[[/note]]
As Texas becomes independent, a new force at play under the Corporate power of Rick Perry takes over the Northern Texas and eventually goes to war with the Conservative South.

* MilitaryCoup: With the assistance of oil companies and christian fundamentalists, Perry is able to take over Northern Texas.
* TheFundamentalist: Christian militia is the reason why Perry is in power.

!!''Rick Perry''
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->'''Party:''' The "Bigger Business in Texas" Party
->'''Ideology:''' Corporatocracy[[note]]Authoritarianism[[/note]]

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Not necessarily a corporate executive, but more so working for multiple as a the head of a corporate oligarchy.
* CorruptPolitician: Perry previously used to be the Governor of Texas and a politician in Trump's cabinet as Secretary of Energy. Only after America collapses does he become the authoritarian head of Texas with oil barons backing him financially and christian fundamentalists backing him militarilly.

[[folder: Gulf Cartel]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Gulf Cartel

->'''Ideology:''' Aristocracy[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]]

* TheCartel: After Texas gains independence, the Gulf Cartel takes over the Rio Grande valley and runs the place under their iron fist with human trafficking and extreme drug smuggling running rampant.

!!''Osiel Guillen''
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->'''Ideology:''' Aristocracy[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]]

* TheAggressiveDrugDealer: A given since he's the cartel leader. He's responsible for drug trafficking for decades and completely has free reign over the populace of Southern Texas at his will.

[[folder: The Immortals]]
->'''Official Name:''' The Immortals
->'''Ruling Party:''' Autocrats
->'''Ideology:''' Feudalism[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]]

* BadassBiker: The Immortals consist of multiple biker gangs under Xerxes' leadership. [[spoiler:Their badassery is further increased if Xerxes chooses to remain in America, becoming the Angarium of new Persian Empire]]
* ForeignCultureFetish: Seem to love an idealized "Persian Empire" and seek to model themselves after it.

!!''Xerxes''
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->'''Party:''' Autocrats
->'''Ideology:''' Feudalism[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\\
Hail to you, mighty Xerxes! King, oh mighty king of all the nations, of all the people, of all the things, beneath the high-blazing sun! Hail to you, oh mighty one, who took up the armor and sword to defend his kingdom graced to him by the Great Gods above!\\\
Your subjects feared you, blinded by false worship and the lies of those who'd usurp your throne! But, by bread and sword you have won their loyalty and love, and together we ride over the lands to claim your birthright!\\\
Lead us oh mighty leader! Drive the Legions of Xerxes across the world for your epic odyssey![[/labelnote]]

* AwesomeAussie: Xerxes is an Austrilan national who rises to become king a fiefdom in Arizona [[spoiler:and possibly later the entire USA.]]
* AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: Xerxes wears a leather suit of modeled after ancient Persian armor.
* ChainsawGood: In his introduction, Xerxes decapitates a cop with a chainsaw.
* TheQuest: Xerxes' driving motivation is his personal "Odyssey" to [[spoiler:escape America and return to his homeland of Australia]] or, [[spoiler:if he decides to stay, to conquer America.]]

[[folder:Free Boston Revolt]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Free Boston Revolt
->'''Ruling Party:''' Boston Liberation Movement
->'''Ideology:''' Inclusive Democracy[[note]]Libertarianism[[/note]]