History VideoGame / AfterTheEndAPostApocalypticAmerica

''After the End: A Post-Apocalyptic America Mod'' is a GameMod series for ''VideoGame/CrusaderKingsII'' and ''VideoGame/CrusaderKingsIII'', set in North America. In the far-distant future, centuries after the general collapse of society, the people of the North American continent have begun to rebuild their disconnected societies into something approaching civilization. However, quite a lot has changed in six centuries: The nations of the old world are nothing more than legends, and the surviving societies have had more than enough time to form their own identities and cultural and religious traditions.

** Sustainablist, a heresy of Galvanist, emphasizes the role of the worker titans and their labor, making common workers also the ideal.

* CanadaEh: Like the United States, Canada has broken up into different factions largely along cultural lines. It has its own offshoots of Protestantism and Catholicism (Anglicans in southern Ontario and the Maritimes and Ursulines in Quebec and northern Ontario, respectively). Under the right circumstances, the Ursulines can mend the schism with the Catholics on the plains, or form a confederated church with the Anglicans.

* CanadaEh: Canada is fractured just like the United States, and memories of it as a nation are mostly lost, especially in the West. Remembrants and Paracletians are the sole representatives of Canadian nationalism, centered around the Maritimes.

* EmergencyAuthorirty: Most Catholic faiths not in communion with the Conclavist Holy See in St. Louis have been in an indefinite state of emergency since the Event. Until contact with Rome is re-established or a "legitimate" papacy is recognized, these groups are instead led by the highest ranking religious official in the region.

* SouthernGentleman: The Holy Columbian Confederation has based its identity of of this and the ideal of Southern chivalry, and it is a part of the larger Dixieland cultural heritage group as the "Southern Knights" cultural tradition

* HornyVikings: Vikings remain in their position in ''Fan Fork'', largely unchanged from the location previously. The largest difference is in the content of the faith, where football and local folklore are given larger emphasis, such as the addition of Brett Favre o the pantheon and the conflation of Valhalla and the NFL Hall of Fame as "Valhallafame", as well as the existence of Linebacker heavy infantry regiments.

* ImmigrantPatriotism: This perhaps best applies to the Amerikyyun, who are Muslims who believe the Constitution was divinely inspired and therefore trend closer to Americanists. [[BerserkButton Other Muslims predictably do not agree with this.]]

* LesCollaborateurs: Present in California and Tawantinsuyu in regards to Christians and other religions under Imperial rule. The Christians in Tawantinsuyu have the choice of either growing closer to their Incan overlords or becoming more consciencely Christian.

* HornyVikings: Vikings remain in their position in ''Fan Fork'', largely unchanged from the location previously. The largest difference is in the content of the faith, where football and local folklore are given larger emphasis.
* HumanSacrifice: There are several religions and faiths that practice human sacrifice, both in North and South America. None of them are really, thankfully.

* MachineWorship: Applies most closely to the Industrial and Digital faiths, though in very different way. Industrial faiths, based on the Rust Cultists in ''Fan Fork'', worship captains of industry, workers, or both while Digital faiths deify electronics and the concept of the Internet.

* {{Mayincatec}}: Averted, as all three groups are now represented on the map in Mexico, Central America, and Peru.

** Midnight Sun is the Arctic variant of the Trailwalker faith.
** Real Road is the most stereotypical Trailwalker faith, located on the plains.

* GrimUpNorth: Alaska, Nunavut, Greenland, and Svalbard are added to the map while not being present in ''Fan Fork''. They are incredibly poor lands with pitiful income and levies, but they are now playable.

** Within religious groups, there are radical syncretic faiths that incorporate even more influence from another belief system to the point of being almost unrecognizable. Among the more notable ones being the United Arsenals of America (an Industrial faith taking heavy cues from Americanism) and Mayflower Society (an Americanist creed deeply infused with New England Puritanism).

** Principalists hold to the principle of the letter of the law, not taking Americanist holy texts literally and applying the law more situationally. They are generally seen as one of the more liberal sects of Americanism.

* InterfaithSmoothie: Applies across the map due to widespread syncretism, applying Christian faiths, Jewish faiths, New Age faiths, and even Islamic faiths.

* DeepSouth: The South is dominated by the Holy Columbian Confederation, just as it was by the Holy Columbian Confederacy in [=CK2=]. The developers have removed much of previous Confederate imagery from the HCC, most prominently the clothing and symbols, and the empire is even more multicultural than before (but no more stable).

* VideoGameRemake: [[Main/PlayingWithATrope Played with]], as a lot of the same characters and states show up in the Crusader Kings 3 mod, and it has the same startdate, 2666. However, there are some noticeable differences between the mods for Crusader Kings 2 and Crusader Kings 3, most notably the addition of South America and the far north regions of Northern America. Also, areas such as California and the Holy Columbian Confederation (formerly Confederacy) have their own changes from their counterparts in ''Fan Fork''.

* CerebusSyndrome: Ultimately averted; for some time during the beta, some of the sillier elements of the universe were removed, such as replacing the Tribe of the Mouse with the more prosaic Tribe of Eyefour. By the time of release, however, these were back in place and if anything there were even more pop culture references and silly concepts.

** Jesus Freaks reimagine Jesus as the prime Guru above all others, their creed [[GoingNative infusing not only Guruist influences]], but also elements of Hippie subculture.

* FuturePrimitive: Technology has regressed to neo-medieval levels similarly to ''Fanfork'', and the mod can only get to roughly Renaissance levels by the end.

* TheRemnant: The Christifornian faiths are the last Christian holdouts in the West Coast, which cut off from the rest of mainstream Christianity, now exist in a land where they are, like the ancient church in the mythical Old World, the minority. While some like the Braceros hold steadfast to more traditional Catholic-derived customs, albeit [[ChummyCommies with socialistic undertones]], others like the Jesus Freaks have [[GoingNative incorporated Guruist influences]] to the point of viewing Christ as the one true Guru.

** Yeomanists consider Thomas Jefferson the greatest of all the Founders and believe that every American has sovereign rights and privileges under the Common Law. This also makes them more radical as they also openly reject the President's authority, detesting ''anyone'' seeking to assert power over them.

** Yeomanists consider Thomas Jefferson the greatest of all the Founders and believe that every American has sovereign rights and privileges under the Common Law. This also makes them more radical as they also openly reject the President's authority, detesting those who attempt to impose such on them.

* TheRemnant: The Christifornian faiths are the last Christian holdouts in the West Coast, which cut off from the rest of mainstream Christianity, now exist in a land where they are, like the ancient church in the mythical Old World, the minority. While some like the Braceros hold steadfast to more traditional Catholic-derived customs, albeit [[ChummyCommies with socialistic undertones]], others like the Jesus Freaks have [[GoneNative incorporated Guruist influences]] to the point of viewing Jesus as the one true Guru.

* MachineWorship: Applies most closely to the Industrial and Digital faiths, though in very different way. Industrial faiths, based on the Rust Cultists in ''Fan Fork'', worship captains of industry, workers, or both while Digital faiths deify the concept of the Internet.

** The Britannic faiths, represented in scattered pockets by the Waveriders, cling onto distorted memories of British nationalism and Anglo culture, believing that the fallen Lady Britannia will return to rescue her own and reassert power over her wayward dominions.

* SmallSecludedWorld: The Galapagos islands, far from any other landmass, have become entirely self reliant and have adopted a [[TheSocialDarwinist Darwinist]] perspective on life.