History VideoGame / TheFireRisesMod

** Despite the fact that the party contains a fair number of individuals nostalgic for the [[UsefulNotes/EastGermany GDR]], is no way for Germany led by Die Linke to try and placate the Soviets and avoid the NATO war.

* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: There are no plans for a route where Germany led by Die Linke to align with the Soviets instead of NATO during the NATO war.

The United States is now more divided than ever, with nationwide riots against police brutality (at a scale somehow worse than the 1992 LA riots) breaking out nation-wide. The aforementioned problems have only worsened the tense political situation in America, not helped by radical and terrorist groups seeing a surpising uptick in membership. With an election looming amidst a sea of anarchy and death, it’s not looking good for the land of the free.

* ChekhovsGunman: An event chain prior to the Second American Civil War involves anti-virus creator and two-time Libertarian presidential candidate John McAfee getting arrested in Spain which can either result in him being extradited back to the US or him [[TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch apparently]] committing suicide by hanging. While it may seem unimportant, [=McAfee=] later comes to prominence in the Association Of The Freed and can even be elected president following an AOF victory.

* LandOfOneCity: Justified for Mecca at the start of the Saudi Civil War, as they only declared neutrality to protect both the city itself and the holy [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaaba Kaaba]] from ruin.

* DirtyCommunists: In general the "Totalitarian Socialist" ideology is this, with the ideology exemplifying specifically Stalinists, Maoists, and Patriotic Socialists. Some specific examples include:

* DirtyCommunists:

* EveryoneHasStandards: All the factions in the Saudi Civil War (the liberals who seek to reform and bring democracy to Saudi Arabia and the infamous Hezbollah included) declare a [[TruceZone safe zone]] around the holy city of Mecca, not wishing it to be destroyed in the conflict.

** Caleb Maupin, while generally perceived to be extremely unpleasant by even Marxist-Leninist standards, ultimately amounted to doing little more than working for pro-Russia propaganda outlets and setting up far-left nationalist factions that ultimately imploded when revelations about his grooming of minors were exposed by disenchanted ex-allies. Here, Maupin can become the totalitarian leader of the [=APLA=] if the Jacobins come out on top at the Worker's Congress and can exert totalitarian control over the newly Socialist America via total control of religious institutions and a mass surveillance system.

* BombThrowingAnarchists: The various anarchist factions within the DividedStatesOfAmerica are all said to be violent extremists who want to tear down the old USA and start anew. The anarchist faction within the APLA in particular thinks that ''American society itself'' is the problem and fight with the other factions in the APLA because of this.

** Elements of the Democratic Socialists of America go from seeking to [[InternalReformist reform]] American capitalism and the Democratic Party from within to taking up arms and seeking to bring about a revolution through force as the APLA's Neosocialist faction.

* BlackAndGreyMorality: The war between Russia and [=NATO=], now under the command of France and Germany following the collapse of the US. On one hand Russia is a revanchist state that can possibly be led by the autocratic United Russia Party, a Stalinist [=KPRF=], or the ultranationalist Liberal Democratic Party seeking to forcibly re-impose its' rule on Eastern Europe regardless of what Eastern Europeans think. On the other hand, [=NATO=] and Ukraine, while democratic, can take underhanded means to fight Russia such as arm far-right militias opposed to the Russian government that themselves have far-right and outright neo-Nazi viewpoints, and a post-[=NATO=] victory will see harsh reprisals against the Russian speakers in Ukraine[[note]]through the devs promise that the player could influence the severity of the post-war reprisals to be more lenient or even harsher once Ukraine gets content.[[/note]]

** Caleb Maupin, while seen to be extremely unpleasant by even Marxist-Leninist standards, ultimately amounted to doing little more than set up far-left nationalist factions that ultimately imploded when revelations about his grooming of minors were exposed by disenchanted ex-allies. Here, Maupin can become the totalitarian leader of the [=APLA=] if the Jacobins come out on top at the Worker's Congress and can exert totalitarian control over the newly Socialist America via total control of religious institutions and a mass surveillance system.

** NATO being defeated in a war with either Russia or the Soviet Union will have a massive effect on local politics, with even a potential MilitaryCoup in Germany being teased by the devs.

** The Association of the Freed is a ramshackle coalition between Right and Left Anarchists. While they're initially working together to survive the Second American Civil War, a AOF victory can result in the Left Anarchists forming opposition governments if things go wrong.

** The Communist Party of the Russian Federation can come to power under its’ dominant Stalinist and nationalist faction and restore the Soviet Union, along with a smaller scale Warsaw Pact, provided they win the war with [=NATO=].

** The Association of the Freed is a

** Downplayed. King Salman has an official successor in Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, but the numerous princes that belong to the House of Saud attempt to seize power upon MBS'ascension to the throne and form the Royal Arabian Coalition in a bid to overthrow him.

* ChekovsGunman: An event chain prior to the Second American Civil War involves anti-virus creator and two-time Libertarian presidential candidate John McAfee getting arrested in Spain which can either result in him being extradited back to the US or him [[TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch apparently]] committing suicide by hanging. While it may seem unimportant, [=McAfee=] later comes to prominence in the Association Of The Freed and can even be elected president following an AOF victory.

* RightWingMilitiaFanatic: Downplayed for the Patriot Front. While Rousseau’s faction and majority of the Front are undoubtedly a group of far-right militarists (who are classified in-game as Fascist), there is a growing number of moderates within the Front who wish to steer the Front away from this path.

** From the Russian perspective, Ukraine is their first obstacle to either reforming the Soviet Union (if [[GloriousMotherRussia Zyuganov]] was elected president) or establishing Russian dominance in Eastern Europe (if either Medvedev or Zhirinovsky was elected president).

* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: The mod set in an alternate 2020.

* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: Is set in an alternate 2020.

* DarkHorseVictory: Despite their extreme beliefs, [[ThoseWackyNazis The Atomwaffen Division]] at the onset of the civil war is fighting an uphill multi-front war against the much better equipped National Guard and the various criminal gangs, which makes their chances of being victorious in Florida very slim. The devs themselves have stated that the Atomwaffen Divison has a only minuscule chance of actually unifying Florida, let alone America.

** The various groups esprousing American Patriotic Socialism (Center for Political Innovation, Students and Youth for a New America) go from various fringe groups formed as part of Caleb Maupin's political vanity projects and being hated by the entirety of the American far left for their cult-like behavior, sympathy for National Bolshevism, tendency to cozy up to the far-right and their unabashed pro-America viewpoints to a vocal and sizable faction within the [=APLA=] as the Jacobin faction of the [=APLA=].
** Elements of the Democratic Socialists of America go from seeking to [[InternalReformist reform]] American capitalism and the Democratic Party from within to taking up arms and seeking to bring about a revolution through force as the [=APLA=]'s Neosocialist faction.
** On the far-right, the Atomwaffen Division goes from a small group of 30+ neo-nazis in real life behind a string of horrific rapes and murders to an organization large enough to control a chunk of Florida at the onset of the Second American Civil War.

** Joe Biden can end up winning the 2020 presidential election despite the overall chaotic atmosphere in America. [[AllForNothing This electoral win ends up meaning nothing however]], as Trump will just establish his own government in Denver prior to the Second American Civil War breaking out.

** The League of the South starts out in Arkansas, a confederate state that only joined after the capture of Fort Sumter. The original capital of the Confederacy, Richmond, is under the control of Joe Biden and the military (who the League oppose).

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Atomwaffen Division, which roughly translates to '''Nuclear Weapons Division''', is a dangerous group of neo-nazis who are hell-bent on destroying their enemies and [[FinalSolution killing non-whites]] to a point that even other neo-nazi and far-right groups [[EvenEvilHasStandards despise them]] and only collaborate with them out of necessity. The developers have even teased them ''[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt ending the world in nuclear hellfire]]'' should they win the civil war and get their hands on nukes.

* StrawNihilist: The Atomwaffen Division is unique among the other far-right unifiers in that they believe that the modern world as a whole has reached a level of degeneracy and corruption to the point that [[NukeEm nuking the world]] and bringing about an [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt apocalypse]] is the only way they can safeguard a homeland for the "Aryans".

* DontGoInTheWoods: Invoked by the [[TheFundamentalist Hutaree Militia]] if they capitulate to the National Socialist Movement, wherein they retreat deep into the treacherous forests of Northern Michigan to continue their resistance against them.

** The various groups esprousing American Patriotic Socialism(Center for Political Innovation, Students and Youth for a New America) go from various fringe groups formed as part of Caleb Maupin's political vanity projects and being hated by the entirety of the American far left for their cult-like behavior, sympathy for National Bolshevism, tendency to cozy up to the far-right and their unabashed pro-America viewpoints to a vocal and sizable faction within the [=APLA=] as the Jacobin faction of the [=APLA=].

* LandOfOneCity: Justified for Mecca, as they only declared neutrality to protect both the city itself and the holy [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaaba Kaaba]] from ruin.

* TimedMission: The revived Soviet Union is initially given a deadline of 300 days to fight NATO and reclaim as much of the former Warsaw Pact as possible before a white peace with NATO. Taking important cities will extend the deadline, and conversely losing cities will ''reduce'' the deadline.

* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: The Anarchist faction of the APLA seek to create a wholly new sociality of total equality.....by completly tearing down modern American society and culture, which they deem to inherently reactionary.

* WorldGoneMad: The world of ''The Fire Rises'' is absolutely bonkers, with a Second American Civil War involving fringe far-left and far-right groups just being the tip of the iceberg.