History VideoGame / AfterTheEndAPostApocalypticAmerica

* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: The Holy Columbian Confederacy seems to either be unaware of the racial issues of its pre-Event predecessor (the Confederate States) or has deliberately adopted a more egalitarian philosophy while still appealing to the past to legitimize its existence. In any event, it's very common to find black rulers and even emperors.

** Fan Fork added a Jewish ruler to a single county in New Jersey, and like the Deitscherei county names are turned into Yiddish versions. They cover everything from New York City to Philadelphia at least. Certain significant places like Chicago get them too, [[UpToEleven though you need a custom ruler or a successful Crusade in the area to even see them]].

After the release of ''VideoGame/CrusaderKingsIII'', the team behind the fan fork announced [[https://www.reddit.com/r/AfterTheEndFanFork/comments/izb8cb/after_the_end_ck3_dev_diary_1_overall_vision_and/ they are going to develop a version of the mod for Crusader Kings III and wrap up development on the CKII version in the near future]]. It is going to be different from the [=CK2=] version, adapting to [=CK3=]'s mechanics, adding new religions and a map [[SequelEscalation spanning from Tierra del Fuego to Svalbard]]. The southern reaches of the map will include lore from the forthcoming South America spin-off ''Sob o Anil''. Additionally, another spinoff titled ''After the End: Eurasia'' is in development and will focus on Europe and West Asia. The ''Fan Fork'' will also receive two other spinoffs set in East Asia and Africa respectively. A mod set immediately after the Event named [[VideoGame/JustAftertheEnd Just After the End]] has released its alpha and is now publicly available.

* AndManGrewProud: The very nature of the Event that brought about the End is ''so'' shrouded in myth that there are multiple versions of the story in-universe, each ascribing a different root cause to the total collapse of civilization.

* CargoCult: The Rust Cultists of the old Rust Belt worship old machinery as the creation of a higher power but are incapable of operating most of it, due to equal measures of lost knowledge of their functions and the machines themselves being several centuries behind on their regular maintenance. The Atomicists, likewise, hold "the power of the Atom" in reverence without any real understanding of the scientific principles behind atomic theory; one of their holy artifacts is a giant metal "egg" which, according to lore, is destined to hatch a reincarnation of their god (and which savvy players will recognize is actually an unexploded atomic bomb). The Consumerists and Monetarists, meanwhile, are cargo cult economics taken to the logical extreme, treating the spending and saving (respectively) of wealth as rituals meant to invoke the favor of the Almighty Dollar in and of themselves.

* 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.

After the release of ''VideoGame/CrusaderKingsIII'', the team behind the fan fork announced [[https://www.reddit.com/r/AfterTheEndFanFork/comments/izb8cb/after_the_end_ck3_dev_diary_1_overall_vision_and/ they are going to develop a version of the mod for Crusader Kings III and wrap up development on the CKII version in the near future]]. It is going to be different from the [=CK2=] version, adapting to [=CK3=]'s mechanics, adding new religions and a map [[SequelEscalation spanning from Tierra del Fuego to Svalbard]]. The southern reaches of the map will include lore from the forthcoming South America spin-off ''Sob o Anil''. Additionally, another spinoff titled ''After the End: Eurasia'' is in development and will focus on Europe and West Asia. The ''Fan Fork'' will also receive two other spinoffs set in East Asia and Africa respectively. A mod set immediately after the Event named [VideoGame/JustAftertheEnd Just After the End] has released its alpha and is now publicly available.

After the release of ''VideoGame/CrusaderKingsIII'', the team behind the fan fork announced [[https://www.reddit.com/r/AfterTheEndFanFork/comments/izb8cb/after_the_end_ck3_dev_diary_1_overall_vision_and/ they are going to develop a version of the mod for Crusader Kings III and wrap up development on the CKII version in the near future]]. It is going to be different from the [=CK2=] version, adapting to [=CK3=]'s mechanics, adding new religions and a map [[SequelEscalation spanning from Tierra del Fuego to Svalbard]]. The southern reaches of the map will include lore from the forthcoming South America spin-off ''Sob o Anil''. Additionally, another spinoff titled ''After the End: Eurasia'' is in development and will focus on Europe and West Asia. The ''Fan Fork'' will also receive two other spinoffs set in East Asia and Africa respectively. A mod set immediately after the Event named VideoGame/JustAftertheEnd, has released its alpha and is now publicly available.

After the release of ''VideoGame/CrusaderKingsIII'', the team behind the fan fork announced [[https://www.reddit.com/r/AfterTheEndFanFork/comments/izb8cb/after_the_end_ck3_dev_diary_1_overall_vision_and/ they are going to develop a version of the mod for Crusader Kings III and wrap up development on the CKII version in the near future]]. It is going to be different from the [=CK2=] version, adapting to [=CK3=]'s mechanics, adding new religions and a map [[SequelEscalation spanning from Tierra del Fuego to Svalbard]]. The southern reaches of the map will include lore from the forthcoming South America spin-off ''Sob o Anil''. Additionally, another spinoff titled ''After the End: Eurasia'' is in development and will focus on Europe and West Asia. The ''Fan Fork'' will also receive two other spinoffs set in East Asia and Africa respectively. A mod set immediately after the Event named ''Just After the End'', is currently in development.

** Two of the Trailwalker Gods are [[LooneyTunes Roadrunner and the Sly Cyote]].

* YouHaveToHaveJews: Averted in the original mod, which did not include Judaism as an in-game religion despite Judaism being present in ''Crusader Kings II'' as a playable religion. Played straight in the ''Fan Fork'', which includes [[YiddishAsASecondLanguage Yiddish-speaking]] Jews dotted across the East Coast of the United States and Canada, as well as the occasional Yiddish or Neoladino Jewish courtier showing up. There are even certain place names translated into Yiddish for lands under Jewish control.

Now has a non-canon fan made spinoff, with no relation to ''Fan Fork'' or its devs, taking place in Europe. It has its own tropes page [[VideoGame/NewEraOldWorld here]]. (Please place any tropes related to the spinoff on its own page)

** Patria Grande (replacing a religion named "Gracia Divina" in past versions) is a combination of the above and a political ideology. Worshiping a blend of Catholicism and nationalist nostalgia for Gran Colombia, its adherents also worship UsefulNotes/SimonBolivar and other heroes from Latin American history as deities in all but name.

** During the Green Sash Rebellion in California, the Gaians ([[NatureLover matriachial New Age nature worshippers]]), Alawiyya ([[TheFundamentalist radical militant Muslims]]), True Cross ([[RightWingMilitiaFanatic anti-state Christians]]), and Atomicists ([[AllHailTheGreatGodMickey pagans who worship the Atom and baptize with radioactive water]]) all united in their struggle to overthrow the the Celestial Empire. This was despite the fact most of them also already hated one another for religious reasons, leading to much infighting even during the rebellion. The rebellion ended with mixed results: while the rebels were largely crushed, California lost its border regions to Gaians and Atomicists, and warlords soon took over real governance of the empire from the Celestial Emperor, leading to the divided situation at the starting date.

** During the Green Sash Rebellion in California, the Gaians ([[NatureLover matriachial New Age nature worshippers]]), Alawiyya ([[TheFundamentalist radical militant Muslims]]), True Cross ([[RightWingMilitiaFanatic anti-state Christians]]), and Atomicists ([[AllHailTheGreatGodMickey pagans who worship the Atom and baptize with radioactive water]]) all united in their struggle to overthrow the the Celestial Empire. This was despite the fact most of them also already hated one another for religious reasons, leading to much infighting even during the rebellion. The rebellion ended with mixed results: while the rebels were largely crushed, California lost its border regions to the Gaians and Atomicists and warlord soon took over real governance of the empire from the Celestial Emperor, leading to the divided situation at the starting date.

** The Trailwalker faith adhered to by some in the Midwest and Prairies incorporates a distorted memory of [[SettlingTheFrontier the settling of the Wild West]]. With the Event being the result of the "Spirit of the West" being unhappy with the Ranger being defiled.

** In California, Christianity is defined by its relationship to the overwhelming power of the Celestial Empire and its emperor. Nazarene submit to the Celestial Emperor and take part in California society. Meanwhile, its True Cross heresy rejects the authority of "Caesar" (the Celestial Emperor) and [[EnemyMine fought the empire alongside the other rebels during the Green Sash Rebellion.]]

** The Thelemics of England combine [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelema real-life Thelema]] with worship of "[[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen the Queen]]", described in an extended ShoutOut to ''Literature/AStudyInEmerald'' as some kind of eldritch divinity who [[TopGod rules above the traditional Thelema deities]]. Their reform doctrine is all about war and HumanSacrifice, for the Queen ever thirsts for blood.

** The Trailwalker faith adhered to by some in the Midwest and Prairies incorporates a distorted memory of [[SettlingTheFrontier the settling of the Wild West]]. With the Event being the result of the "Spirit of the West" being unhappy with the Frontier being defiled.

** Catholicism has experienced a massive surge in the American West, complete with a new Papacy in St. Louis and the revival of the Crusades. There's also two offshoots that refuse to acknowledge his authority as the "true" Pope: the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursulines Ursulines]] of Quebec, who have their own [[GenderFlip all-female]] clerical hierarchy, and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_League_for_the_Defense_of_Religious_Liberty Cristeros]] of Mexico, who are led by a militant prelate in the absence of what they see as a legitimate pope. In Mexico, there also exists a splinter religion that evolved from devotions to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Heart Sacred Heart]] and the veneration of saints that is hostile to the Cristeros, who see them as heretics. In South America, there's another sect, similar to but distinct from the Mexican Sagrado Corazón faith, in the form of "Patria Grande", which incorporates Latin American nationalism (this replaced a religion called "Gracia Divina"). While it's implied that Brazil follows a Catholic Pope different from the one in North America.

** Catholicism has experienced a massive surge in the American West, complete with a new Papacy in St. Louis and the revival of the Crusades. There's also two offshoots that refuse to acknowledge his authority as the "true" Pope: the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursulines Ursulines]] of Quebec, who have their own [[GenderFlip all-female]] clerical hierarchy, and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_League_for_the_Defense_of_Religious_Liberty Cristeros]] of Mexico, who are led by a militant prelate in the absence of what they see as a legitimate pope. In Mexico, there also exists a splinter religion that evolved from devotions to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Heart Sacred Heart]] and the veneration of saints that is hostile to the Cristeros, who see them as heretics. In South America, there's another sect, similar to but distinct from the Mexican Sagrado Corazón faith, in the form of "Patria Grande", which incorporates Latin American nationalism (this replaced a religion called "Gracia Divina"). While it's implied that Brazil follows a Catholic Pope different from the one in North America.

** During the Green Sash Rebellion in California, the Gaians ([[NatureLover matriachial New Age nature worshippers]]), Alawiyya ([[TheFundamentalist radical militant Muslims]]), True Cross ([[RightWingMilitiaFanatic anti-state Christians]]), and Atomicists ([[AllHailTheGreatGodMickey pagans who worship the Atom and baptize with radioactive water]]) all united in their struggle to overthrow the the Celestial Empire. This was despite the fact most of them hated one another for religious reasons, leading to much infighting even during the rebellion. The rebellion ended with mixed results: while the rebels were largely crushed, California lost its border regions to the Gaians and Atomicists and warlord soon took over real governance of the empire from the Celestial Emperor, leading to the divided situation at the starting date.

** During the Green Sash Rebellion in California, the Gaians, Alawiyya, True Cross, and Atomicists all united in their struggle to overthrow the the Celestial Empire. The rebellion had mixed results: while the rebels were largely crushed, California lost its border regions to the Gaians and Atomicists and warlord soon took over real governance of the empire from the Celestial Emperor, leading to the divided situation at the starting date.

** Catholicism has experienced a massive surge in the American West, complete with a new Papacy in St. Louis and the revival of the Crusades. There's also two offshoots that refuse to acknowledge his authority as the "true" Pope: the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursulines Ursulines]] of Quebec, who have their own [[GenderFlip all-female]] clerical hierarchy, and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_League_for_the_Defense_of_Religious_Liberty Cristeros]] of Mexico, who are led by a militant prelate in the absence of what they see as a legitimate pope. In Mexico, there also exists a splinter religion that evolved from devotions to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Heart Sacred Heart]] and the veneration of saints that is hostile to the Cristeros, who see them as heretics. In South America, there's another sect, similar to but distinct from the Mexican Sagrado Corazón faith, in the form of "Patria Grande", which incorporates Latin American nationalism ( this replaced a religion called "Gracia Divina"). While it's implied that Brazil follows a Catholic Pope different from the one in North America.

** Not to mention even more strange offshoots - like Revelationism (a Christianity-derived faith with such emphasis on strange/supernatural that it is regarded as pagan -- Charismatics have many of the same ideas and influences, but remain close enough to the Christian norm to count as Evangelical heretics), Neo-Gnosticism (Christian tradition mixed with Eastern influences from the West Coast) and Falling Star (unique to South America and barely considered Christian by anyone, worshipping a "fallen angel" that has come to defend humanity from God's wrath).

* GoldDigger: Duchess Anastasia Josias of the Inner Banks has an event chain that can end up killing the empress of the Holy Columbian Confederacy, marrying the Holy Columbian Emperor, and disabling him to become his regent. As consort regent, she can declare herself the rightful Empress and go to war against her husband to claim the throne. If she wins this war, she becomes the first ruling empress of the Holy Columbian Confederacy and gains the special "Heartbreaker" bloodline.

** Catholicism has experienced a massive surge in the American West, complete with a new Papacy in St. Louis and the revival of the Crusades. There's also two offshoots that refuse to acknowledge his authority as the "true" Pope: The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursulines Ursulines]] of Quebec, who have their own [[GenderFlip all-female]] clerical hierarchy, and a Mexican splinter religion that evolved from devotions to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Heart Sacred Heart]] and the veneration of saints. In South America, there's another sect, similar to but distinct from the Mexican Sagrado Corazón faith, in the form of "Patria Grande", which incorporates Latin American nationalism ( this replaced a religion called "Gracia Divina"). While it's implied that Brazil follows a Catholic Pope different from the one in North America.

* HumanSacrifice: The Mictlantecs of Mexico have revived the old practice of cutting out hearts and sacrificing them to the gods, as they believe that the interruption of these sacrifices caused the apocalypse to happen.

* TheRemnant: A handful of realms still claim some sort of legitimate succession to the old United States, by that point mythic. Mexico to the south still survives as a rump state centered on Mexico City and its surroundings; it used to not be a rump state at all, as the ruling House Iturbide once controlled the entirety of present-day Mexico, but has fallen on hard times as of game start.

* SouthOfTheBorder: Mexico is represented by a rump state around Mexico City, but as with America and Canada, most of the outlying provinces have become their own independent factions. Most follow either the Sagrado Corazon cult of saints or one of a number of {{Mayincatec}} or syncretic faiths, but there is some Cetic influence from the north in the Baja California Peninsula.

* ShoutOut: Chock-full of little "easter eggs" that serve as references to other media. [[ShoutOut/AfterTheEndACrusaderKingsIIMod See the Shout Out page for details.]]