History Main / FallenStatesOfAmerica

* ''{{VideoGame/Cyberpunk 2077}}'' This trope is less in effect than in the tabletop game (see above), mostly due to Arasaka's influence waning in the aftermath of the Fourth Corporate War, and the New US has been able to reassert its influence in many parts of the South and steadily push west. However, a lot of people have noticed how the Federal government seems to be depending heavily on support from Militech and there is a lot of speculation surrounding what exactly the Federals paid for Militech's assistance.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}}'' has the trope bad. The US still exists, but is only really in control of the Eastern seaboard. The Midwest and Southwest are dominated by corporate enclaves, roving nomad bands and subsistence farmers trying to eke out a living and avoid being swallowed by big agribusinesses. Texas, Utah and Nevada have all broken off from the Union. California has seceded, broken up into [=SoCal=] and [=NorCal=], and is owned in all but name by [[MegaCorp the Arasaka corporation.]] In the Pacific Northwest, Millitech has for all practical purposes taken over the function of the Federal, State and local governments, and Wyoming (of all places) is a socialist state that pays lip service to the Federal government, but is ''de facto'' independent.

* ''{{VideoGame/Cyberpunk 2077}}'' This trope is less in effect than in the tabletop game (see above), mostly due to Arasaka's influence waning in the aftermath of the Fourth Corporate War, and the New US has been able to reassert its influence in many parts of the South and steadily push west. However, a lot of people have noticed how the Federal government seems to be depending heavily on support from Millitech and there is a lot of speculation surrounding what exactly the Federals paid for Millitech's assistance.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}}'' has the trope bad. The US still exists, but is only really in control of the Eastern seaboard. The Midwest and Southwest are dominated by corporate enclaves, roving nomad bands and subsistence farmers trying to eke out a living and avoid being swallowed by big agribusinesses. California and the Pacific Northwest are owned in all but name by [[MegaCorp Arasaka and Millitech, respectively,]] and Wyoming (of all places) is a socialist state that pays lip service to the Federal government, but is ''de facto'' independent.

''TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}}'' has the trope bad. The US still exists, but is only really in control of the Eastern seaboard. The Midwest and Southwest are dominated by corporate enclaves, roving nomad bands and subsistence farmers trying to eke out a living and avoid being swallowed by big agribusinesses. California and the Pacific Northwest are owned in all but name by [[MegaCorp Arasaka and Millitech, respectively,]] and Wyoming (of all places) is a socialist state that pays lip service to the Federal government, but is ''de facto'' independent.

* In ''VideoGame/CookServeDelicious'', the year is 2042, and the United States is in shambles after the "Blue War". Five of the states were bombed to hell and are just perpertually on fire, severeal east coast states and the entire state of Oregon became flooded, and Texas seceded from the country and built a great wall around its borders. People have to go outside wearing radiation suits in the worse off states, and there a lot of displaced androids trying to live out a life after the war. By the way, this is a game about cooking.

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* UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar: The costliest war the US has fought - in relative monetary terms and in both relative and absolute numbers of casualties - in addition to actually being on ''US soil'' (the USA has waged most of its wars overseas). The US is noteworthy for having very little bad blood around despite its frequent - low-cost - wars, but the Civil and Revolutionary wars are notable exceptions to this rule as they left the country (somewhat) impoverished and exhausted. The Civil War remains a sore topic in the 'South' to this day.
* Frequently a DiscussedTrope in US election campaign ads, or by anyone dissatisfied with the state of the country. This has been done ever since Lyndon Johnson’s infamous “Daisy” ad, but they may be right eventually.
* The typical Western European/Canadian perception of the US is this.

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* ''[[http://www.wielkarzeczpospolita.net Wielka Rzeczpospolita]]'' is a humorous writing project illustrating Poland's rise to power between 2018 and fifty years from the current date. By 2069 Mexico and Canada west of Ontario [[ExpandedStatesOfAmerica have been incorporated into United States]], states of Alaska, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania [[DividedStatesOfAmerica were ceded to Poland]] and the whole USA is suffering from catastrofic economic collapse which made it completely dependant on Polish assistance.

* ''[[Literature/JulianComstock Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America]]'' is set in a dystopian future where, after a series of dramatic setbacks, the United States has slid backwards to a 19th-century level. Not only technologically, but ''culturally'' as well, meaning things like Slavery have cropped up again.

* In the AlternateHistory novel ''Literature/BringTheJubilee'' by Ward Moore, the US is defeated by the Confederate States of America in the Civil War and subsequently spirals into poverty and political corruption.

* ''Literature/{{Victoria}}'': The US splinters into the right-wing religious fundamentalist Northern Confederacy/Victoria (formerly New England), the New Confederacy in the South, crazed Neo-Pagan Cascadia, high-tech and StrawFeminist Azania, a Neo-Nazi Wisconsin and the Rocky Mountain States form their own governments. This to escape growing unrest, an economic meltdown, genetically-engineered super-plagues and government control. Much of the book concerns the struggle against the Feds trying to hold everything together, and then the conflicts between US successor states with the main focus of Victoria succeeding against the rest as well as violent Muslim conquerors all while using cells of militiamen (and the the fact that everyone else is incompetent).

Can usually, but not always, go hand in hand with DividedStatesOfAmerica, OppressiveStatesOfAmerica, and/or InvadedStatesOfAmerica. Contrast with ExpandedStatesOfAmerica, although it is also possible for the US to join with Canada and/or Mexico not because it is empowered, but because it is so weak that it needs to. Compare with AmericaIsStillAColony, where the US never got off the ground in the first place.

* The typical Western European/Canadian perception of the US is this, [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement and that's all that will be said on the matter]].

[[caption-width-right:350:Land of the broken, home of the slain.]]

* The typical European/Canadian perception of the US is this, [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement and that's all that will be said on the matter]].

* The typical European/Canadian perception of the US is this, [[RuleOfCautiosEditingJudgement and that's all that will be said on the matter]].

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'''Old Man in Whorehouse:''' Never? [[AncientRome Rome]] was destroyed, [[AncientGreece Greece]] was destroyed, Persia was destroyed, Spain was destroyed. All great countries are destroyed. Why not yours? How much longer do you think your own country will last? Forever?