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| 3 | !![[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/EURepublicanUnionOfAmerica Republican Union of America]]) | [[Characters/ExtremisUltimisEurope Europe]] ([[Characters/ExtremisUltimisRussia Russia]]) | [[Characters/ExtremisUltimisOceania Oceania]]]] |
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| 5 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 6 | |
| 7 | ! Pre-Collapse |
| 8 | |
| 9 | [[folder:United States of America]] |
| 10 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flag_of_the_united_state.png]] |
| 11 | ->'''Official Name:''' United States of America, United States Provisional Government (Stratocratic), American Federated States (National Separatist), The Dead Zone (Annihilationist), American State (National Totalitarian), American Empire (Autocratic), The American Brotherhood (Ethnic Nationalist), America (Populist), Societal Redevelopment Authority (Revolutionary Socialist) |
| 12 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' Democratic Party |
| 13 | ->'''Ideology:''' Progressivism[[note]]Social Liberalism[[/note]] |
| 14 | ---- |
| 15 | * GhostCity: Following the '08 collapse, the city of Gary, Indiana was bought out and emptied by the US government and turned into a [[spoiler:massive black site housing the remains of the Project SAINT]]. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | !!''Tulsi Gabbard'' |
| 18 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_usa_tulsi_gabbard.png]] |
| 19 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 20 | ->'''Party:''' Democratic Party |
| 21 | ->'''Ideology:''' Progressivism[[note]]Social Liberalism[[/note]] |
| 22 | ->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\ |
| 23 | The second female president of the United States, Tulsi Gabbard has been forced to watch as a storm grows on the horizon, bound to inaction by a deadlocked Congress. From humble beginnings as a representative in Hawaii, Tulsi was catapulted to the national stage following her nomination as vice-president by president-elect Bernie Sanders. The American Left and Liberal center hailed the duo as champions of a new age of progressivism, while the Right bitterly accepted their inevitable victory with the Republican ticket split beyond repair by the formation of the New Republican Party. As the elections came and went, and as the transition teams worked around the clock, many people were looking forward to the "New Deal for America" that the duo had promised on the campaign trail... Progress appeared slow and steady, but everything changed on May 16th 2022, when President Sanders, in the middle of a quiet conversation with healthcare wonks, suddenly clutched his chest and fell to the floor, never to rise again.\ |
| 24 | Although many had expected that Bernie's death was on the horizon, few thought it would be so soon, not in the least Gabbard herself. In a time of grief, Americans turned to their new president for leadership for hope, hope that the "Most Progressive Candidates Since FDR" would make good on their word. They hoped that money would find its way into their pockets, that food would find its way into their stomachs, and that a roof would find its way over their heads. Instead, they watched as the 2022 midterm election campaign saw Gabbard’s Democratic Party trip and stumble over the electoral finish line, losing control of the Senate to Republicans, Old and New. While the House was nominally under Democratic control, growing dissatisfaction with President Gabbard’s incoherent direction for the party left both insurgent progressives like AOC and senior conservative Democrats like Henry Cuellar threatening defection to rival parties, and these threats eventually came to pass. With Congress effectively paralyzed, days of disappointment turned to weeks of frustration, and then to months of betrayal.\ |
| 25 | As the Gabbard Administration dragged on, the deadlock in Washington only worsened. The flow of Executive Orders to compensate for Congress’ frozen state has been staunched by a conservative Supreme Court, which numbers 8 instead of its usual 9 due to Gabbard’s inability to nominate a successor for Justice Breyer, and by unsympathetic federal circuit courts and state legislatures. Some conservative legislatures have even outright refused to enforce gun control [=EOs=] with little legislative repercussions following an unprecedented hike in the rate of mass shootings in early 2023. For nearly one and a half years by this point, the only papers on the Resolute desk from Congress were furious letters from Representatives and Senators. Desperate for a bill to pass, Gabbard has begun turning to more and more provocative measures. With simply riding out the storm no longer a viable option, Gabbard has considered invoking unprecedented executive authority to restore some semblance of power to her office...[[/labelnote]] |
| 26 | ---- |
| 27 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Gabbard is an AlternateTimeline take on the real American politician [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsi_Gabbard Tulsi Gabbard]]. This version is portrayed as an incompetent Democratic President, a Vice-President who unexpectedly became the nation's leader after President Sanders' death. The real Gabbard became an independent in 2022. |
| 28 | * ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Absolutely no one in the Pre-Collapse United States likes her as she is seen as an incompetent and weak president. It is quite telling that her [[spoiler:reelection]] is the reason for the Collapse. |
| 29 | [[/folder]] |
| 30 | |
| 31 | ! American Collapse |
| 32 | [[folder:The Lion Rebellion]] |
| 33 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Free Territory]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flag_of_the_free_territory_lion.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 34 | [[quoteright:350:]] |
| 35 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Insurrectionary Army]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flag_of_the_insurrectionary_army.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 36 | ->'''Official Name:''' The Lion Rebellion, Free Territory (People's Anarchism Unification), Insurrectionary Army (Army Anarchism Unification) |
| 37 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' Anarchists |
| 38 | ->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Communism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]] |
| 39 | After many skirmishes against the Federal Government, Haddock's Guards and The Black Legion. Anarchists in Norfolk Virgina, rise up after Federal Police retreat from the city and proclaim an Anarchist Uprising seeking to liberate all of America of statism. Whether or not they will follow their Anarchist ideals should they survive in the dire times of the 2nd American Civil-War is to come. |
| 40 | ---- |
| 41 | !!''General Tropes'' |
| 42 | * BombThrowingAnarchists: Even before the Norfolk Uprising resulted in the Lion Rebellion's formation, the anarchists of America are shown to engage in violent acts of resistance against both the US government and rival [[DirtyCommies communist]], [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic nationalist]], and [[BlackShirt Haddockist]] militias. The Lion picking "People" paths on his Focus Tree will eventually guide the Rebellion to the [[UsefulNotes/{{Anarchism}} Anarchist]] aspects, while picking "Army" paths commits so hard to the Bomb-Throwing that [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis the Rebellion devolves into a realm of feudalistic warlords]]. |
| 43 | * TheExtremistWasRight: During the buildup to the Norfolk Uprising, the anarchist perspective mocks the state communists for thinking "Electoralism" will bring about the revolution, and (at least in the Demo) are proven right when President Gabbard outright bans the communists from the ballot box to prevent them from syphoning off leftist voters. The "People" paths can also have them forge a functional anarcho-communist society in the aftermath of the American collapse. |
| 44 | * TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: Even in the best case scenario, the American anarchists still engaged in bloody violence in the riots leading up to the Norfolk Uprising, and will still engage in it even if The Lion chooses as many "People" paths as possible - the only difference between that and the "Army" paths is [[DefeatEqualsFriendship allowing SOME of their enemies into the Rebellion]] and building a functional state that remains ideologically committed to anarcho-communist principles, or devolving into a warlord feudalism between the "anarchist" commanders while what's left of America burns down around them. |
| 45 | * WeAreStrugglingTogether: The Lion's "Army Committee" has several leaders each holding differing views of both the means to wage the revolution, and the ideal anarchist society that should be established after the revolution's end. |
| 46 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: What the American anarchists broadly view themselves as, by justifying their militant violence to overthrow a capitalist-corrupted United States, and ensure its people are freed from both federal troops, and militias of opposing ideologies (such as the state communists of California, the various far-right nationalist militias, and Haddock's National-Totalitarian dictatorship). |
| 47 | |
| 48 | !!''The "Lion of Socialism"'' |
| 49 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_usa_anarchism_robert_lyons.png]] |
| 50 | [[caption-width-right:156:[[labelnote:Army Lion]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lion_bandit.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 51 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 52 | ->'''Party:''' Anarchists |
| 53 | ->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Communism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]] |
| 54 | ->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\ |
| 55 | [[red:NO GODS. NO MASTERS.\ |
| 56 | HE IS THE TERROR OF THE STATISTS, THE SCOURGE OF THE CONFORMISTS, THE BUTCHER OF PIGS. HE IS THE LION OF SOCIALISM. THE BEAST OF OUR LIBERATION WHO FEARS NO DANGER, WHO KNOWS NO PAIN, WHO IS FUELED BY HIS INSATIABLE DESIRE TO FREE THE PEOPLE OF THEIR CHAINS! THE ONE-MAN ARMY WHO PERSONALLY HUNTS DOWN THE BUREAUCRATS AND POLITICIANS WITH HIS RIGHTEOUS AXE!\ |
| 57 | MAY THE PEOPLE FINALLY KNOW TRUE LIBERTY IN THE CLEANSING FLOW OF STATIST BLOOD! LONG LIVE OUR FREEDOM! AND DEATH TO ALL THOSE WHO WOULD TAKE IT FROM US!]][[/labelnote]] |
| 58 | ---- |
| 59 | * AxCrazy: The Lion's main weapon is a fire axe, and his EstablishingCharacterMoment during the Norfolk Uprising involves [[OffWithHisHead beheading a National Guardsman]]. Picking "Army" options in his Focus Tree has these violent tendencies devolve FromBadToWorse, while picking "People" options downplays them. |
| 60 | * BombThrowingAnarchists: His rise against the United States government involves the beheading of a member of the National Guard, and forming the Army Committee [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse by threatening them with death if they refused]]. Picking "People" options on his focus tree downplays (but doesn't entirely remove) the Bomb-Throwing while emphasizing the [[UsefulNotes/{{Anarchism}} Anarchist]], while "Army" options has him devolve so far into homicidal rage that [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis he foregoes the Anarchist aspect altogether]]. |
| 61 | * TheFaceless: The Lion hides their face behind a vintage soviet PBF gasmask. |
| 62 | * GoalInLife: The [[spoiler:experiments inflicted on him as a SAINT test subject]] caused him to develop “Dimentia Sanctus”, a mental condition which afflicts its victims with a "higher purpose". The Lion found his higher purpose in Anarchism. |
| 63 | * NoIndoorVoice: What his In-Game Biography and several of his lines given during events show him to have. |
| 64 | * OneManArmy: Can personally tear apart (quite literally) multiple enemies while shrugging off bullets, and he eventually pulls double-duty as a Field Marshal for the Lion Rebellion's army. |
| 65 | * RealNameAsAnAlias: The Lion's true name is [[spoiler:Robert Lyons]]. |
| 66 | * SuperSoldier: Has been shown to shrug off being shot by enemy forces, and having superhuman strength. [[spoiler:WordOfGod has confirmed this is because he was the only surviving test subject of Project SAINT, which successfully granted him superhuman strength, but also afflicted him with “Dimentia Sanctus” as a result.]] |
| 67 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: The Lion Rebellion's Focus Tree represents this mechanically, with the "People" options leaning more towards Well-Intentioned, and the "Army" options leaning towards Extremist. |
| 68 | |
| 69 | !!''Fred Hirschfeld'' |
| 70 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_lio_fred_hirschfeld.png]] |
| 71 | ->'''Role:''' General |
| 72 | ->'''Party:''' Anarchists |
| 73 | ->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Communism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]] |
| 74 | ->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\ |
| 75 | Fred Hirschfeld became renowned among anarchists around the world for his well-publicized exploits in the defense of Rojava during the Syrian Civil War. After spending a few years with anarchist groups in Central America, he returned in 2023 to the United States (illegally, as his passport had been revoked) to participate in the next great struggle.\ |
| 76 | He enjoys almost-legendary status among the militant parts of our movement, and that stature has only grown since the start of the Riots, to which he arrived just in time for things to turn hot.[[/labelnote]] |
| 77 | ---- |
| 78 | * ChronicHeroSyndrome: Hirschfeld has traveled the world to fight for anarchist causes, first in Rojava, and then in Central America, before finally returning to the US just in time to join the Norfolk Uprising and Lion Rebellion. |
| 79 | * DefectorFromDecadence: Mechanically can cause units from other factions to defect to the Lion Rebellion. |
| 80 | * FearlessFool: His "Conspicuously Heroic" trait gives many bonuses to his units attack and organization, but he has higher odds of being wounded in action. |
| 81 | |
| 82 | !!''David Lark'' |
| 83 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_lio_david_lark.png]] |
| 84 | ->'''Role:''' General |
| 85 | ->'''Party:''' Anarchists |
| 86 | ->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Communism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]] |
| 87 | ->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\ |
| 88 | David Lark, bass player and lead singer (or perhaps more accurately, screamer) for Brick Aerodynamics Institute, and veteran of the Virginian anarchist punk scene going back decades, is quite an imposing figure, and an even more imposing personality. His penchant for street battles has landed him in jail several times, and each time, he put out a new album shortly after being freed, dedicated by name to particular prison guards who he says inspired the extremely violent grindcore lyrics on each album.\ |
| 89 | He was in jail from 2007-2012 on a charge of felony malicious wounding, but upon being released, he quickly made up the ground in notoriety that he'd lost to others who had been present during the '08 riots. During the Norfolk Riots, he led from the front lines, and his gang was one of the first to start looting and using firearms from the breached Police Armory, which escalated the situation from a particularly violent street war between police and protestors to an all-out insurrection, with Federal and Commonwealth military units getting involved.[[/labelnote]] |
| 90 | ---- |
| 91 | * AttackAttackAttack: His "Unmatched Brutality" trait goes all-in on increasing his units attack. |
| 92 | * TheBrute: Is a physically imposing figure (to the point only [[SuperSoldier The Lion]] can exceed him), and is the most violent and criminal of the Army Committee's leaders. |
| 93 | * MetalScream: Lark was the lead singer for the Grindcore punk band Brick Aerodynamics Institute, a role that involved a fair amount of throat-blistering metal screams. |
| 94 | * NotInThisForYourRevolution: A villainous example, as Lark's "anarchy" is simply being an ultraviolent punk who wants to break stuff, steal shit, and kill anybody in his way. |
| 95 | * RapePillageAndBurn: Mechanically, Lark is in charge of the Army Committee's raids upon rival territories, where his gang loots resources for the Rebellion. |
| 96 | * RottenRockAndRoll: Lark is a Grindcore punk rock "singer", and he's the most openly villainous of the Lion's Army Committee, not giving two shits about anarchism beyond an excuse to riot, loot and kill. |
| 97 | * TheQuincyPunk: A Grindcore variant, as Lark is an "anarchist" punk who only uses his position to revel in violent theft, murder, and destruction. |
| 98 | * TokenEvilTeammate: While The Lion and the rest of the Army Committee are varying shades of morally gray at their best, Lark is little more than a jumped-up hooligan who uses "anarchy" as an excuse to engage in criminal violence. |
| 99 | |
| 100 | !!''Julian Baker'' |
| 101 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_lio_julian_baker.png]] |
| 102 | ->'''Role:''' General |
| 103 | ->'''Party:''' Anarchists |
| 104 | ->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Communism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]] |
| 105 | ->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\ |
| 106 | Julian Baker is a well-respected ideologist of the current anarchist movement, who came to Norfolk from New York early in the course of the Riots and galvanized disjointed affinity groups into action. He is best known for his tireless organizing activities during the Occupy movement in 2011, and was referred to in the media at the time as "The Duke of Zuccotti Park," a title that was much-lambasted at the time, not in the least by Baker himself.\ |
| 107 | He is in part responsible for the Lion's prominence, as he was responsible for the filming of the well-known video in which the Lion delivers a speech and then kills a National Guardsman with his axe. He has hung around the Lion ever since, trying to guide him into what he believes are the most sound decisions, and on account of his often being correct, he is now on the Army Committee. Still, it seems like the Lion mistrusts him to some degree, though there is no apparent personal animosity.[[/labelnote]] |
| 108 | ---- |
| 109 | * OpportunisticBastard: Has the "Master Manipulator" trait, which has many bonuses to organizing his units (including increasing his maximum Army Group Size), and he's distrusted by most of the Committee for being a opportunist in terms of policies. |
| 110 | * PropagandaMachine: Runs one mechanically, promoting anarchist propaganda in the territories of the Lion Rebellion. |
| 111 | * TokenGoodTeammate: Played With, as while he is the least militant of the Army Committee, and tries to guide The Lion into making what he considers to be sound policies (especially with establishing a functional anarchist "economy" over simply looting anything not nailed down), he is distrusted by most other members of the Committee as an OpportunisticBastard. |
| 112 | |
| 113 | !!''Andre Tyndall'' |
| 114 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_lio_andre_tyndall.png]] |
| 115 | ->'''Role:''' General |
| 116 | ->'''Party:''' Anarchists |
| 117 | ->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Communism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]] |
| 118 | ->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\ |
| 119 | Andre Tyndall is something of an oddity within the Lion Rebellion, and especially within the Army Committee. His personal history is well-known, as he was a prominent member of the Committee to Restore the Black Panther Party after the '08 collapse. However, he left the Reconstructed Black Panther Party in 2011, shortly after its official formation, and published a widely-read polemic entitled "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Towards a New Panther Politics," in which he strongly criticized the RBPP's methods, theory, and what he characterized as its fatally over-centralized organization, which he claimed was ripe for subversion by clandestine forces, just as the original Black Panther Party had been. As a result, he became something of a celebrated figure in the nascent Mao-Spontex movement throughout the middle of the 2010s, but he receded from the public eye starting around 2018.\ |
| 120 | He appears to have changed much over the intervening years, and now claims to be an Anarchist, rather than a Libertarian Maoist or Mao-Spontexer, which were both labels that he opposed during his period of popularity, but which came to describe the movement that took its cues in part from him. Many suggest his professed conversion is less than genuine, but the Lion, who is usually quick to oppose (often with extreme personal violence) anyone he sees as statist, seems to, if not exactly trust him, then at least respect him, and has taken him into his inner circle willingly.[[/labelnote]] |
| 121 | ---- |
| 122 | * DefectorFromDecadence: Tydall left the Reconstructed Black Panthers due to its overly-centralized organization and adopted Anarchism. He has also brought several of his former comrades with him, as represented by his "Red Guardist Connections" trait. |
| 123 | |
| 124 | |
| 125 | !!''"Mousey"'' |
| 126 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_lio_mousey.png]] |
| 127 | ->'''Role:''' General |
| 128 | ->'''Party:''' Anarchists |
| 129 | ->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Communism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]] |
| 130 | ->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\ |
| 131 | "Mousey" is the only entirely anonymous member of the Army Committee. Even his face is not known: when Anne Cartier once tried to take off his balaclava, the Lion forcibly removed her from the meeting. He is a largely unknown quantity, but the Lion trusts him implicitly, and his affinity for Andre Tyndall is clear. He arrived on the scene in Norfolk along with Tyndall after the situation in Seattle fell apart, and the Lion has welcomed him with open arms.\ |
| 132 | His expertise at asymmetrical urban warfare was proven during the Riots, when he coordinated an ad-hoc affinity group of militants to set up fortifications at the Chesapeake Bridge and lead the Federal and police forces into a shredding crossfire, which arguably broke the back of Federal power in the eastern part of the city.[[/labelnote]] |
| 133 | ---- |
| 134 | * TheFaceless: "Mousey" keeps both his face and identity hidden from even his closest associates. |
| 135 | * StoneWall: Mousey's trait, "[[RedBaron The Ghost of Cap Hill]]", massively boosts his units defensive stats, as he is an expert in building fortifications and using defensive tactics. |
| 136 | * TheSpook: Besides some (such as Anne Cartier) suspecting Mousey of being [[UndercoverCopReveal an undercover federal agent]], mechanically he is in charge of sabotage operations against the Lion Rebellion's enemies. |
| 137 | |
| 138 | |
| 139 | !!''Anne Cartier'' |
| 140 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_lio_anne_cartier.png]] |
| 141 | ->'''Role:''' General |
| 142 | ->'''Party:''' Anarchists |
| 143 | ->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Communism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]] |
| 144 | ->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\ |
| 145 | Anne Cartier, scion of a long line of Virginian radicals going back to the American Revolution, was a well-known figure in the Norfolk radical scene long before the Riots began. She appeared often at anarchist and anti-war demonstrations from at least 2005, and her actions during the riots associated with the 2008 collapse pushed her to some degree of prominence in radical circles.\ |
| 146 | She managed to avoid the ruthless legal reprisals enacted by City, Commonwealth and Federal authorities in the early 2010s, largely because of her much-touted "sixth sense" for police kettles and other mass-arrest tactics, but partially because she was somehow always able to prove that she had not been present whenever she was investigated in connection with riots, and any connections claimed by those who snitched in police custody were found to be entirely unsubstantiated.[[/labelnote]] |
| 147 | ---- |
| 148 | * CanAlwaysSpotACop: She certainly thinks Mousey is secretly an undercover fed, as [[DramaticUnmask she tried to rip off his mask]] (only relenting when [[OneManArmy The Lion himself]] stopped her). |
| 149 | * CombatPragmatist: Anne Cartier has the "Ruthlessly Pragmatic" general trait, which gives bonuses to her unit supplies based on her organizational skills. She also uses crypto-currencies to run the Rebellion's black market, despite most leftists criticizing their use for various reasons. |
| 150 | * TheFaceless: Downplayed, but Anne Cartier wears a red bandana over her face. |
| 151 | * FriendInTheBlackMarket: Mechanically Anne Cartier runs this for the Rebellion, converting loot stolen from raids into buying supplies, arms and more. |
| 152 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only starting member of the Lion's Army Committee who is female. |
| 153 | [[/folder]] |
| 154 | |
| 155 | %%!! American Iron Front |
| 156 | [[folder:John Brown Brigade]] |
| 157 | ->'''Official Name:''' John Brown Brigade |
| 158 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' Union for Liberation and Freedom |
| 159 | ->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Communism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]] |
| 160 | 165 years after the Raid on Harper's Ferry by John Brown to free slaves, Military deserters and Anarchists inspired by the Lion Revolt led by Pat Tillman a soldier sent to Afghanistan who was rumored to be dead and claims that the Federal Government had a hand in his attempted assassination. Declaring the territory the Iron Front, he joins forces with the Lion Revolt to spread liberty throughout the former United States and to get his revenge on the Federal Government. |
| 161 | ---- |
| 162 | |
| 163 | !!''Pat Tillman'' |
| 164 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_jbb_pat_tillman.png]] |
| 165 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 166 | ->'''Party:''' Union for Liberation and Freedom |
| 167 | ->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Communism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]] |
| 168 | ->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\ |
| 169 | Pat Tillman, a former NFL player turned Army Ranger after 9/11, gave his life for the cause in Afghanistan. A covert assassination attempt by members of his own unit deep in the mountains left him the only survivor after he fought back against his would-be killers. Shaking with adrenaline and sickened by the futile backstabbing of men he thought he could call friends, he dropped his dogtags in the dirt, destroyed his uniform insignia, then turned and walked away for good.\ |
| 170 | After almost twenty years of life as a ghost in the mountains of Khost Province, a bogeyman the local women would make up tales about to scare their children, he has finally returned to his homeland. God only knows how he slipped in, unheard by the government that once tried to silence him. The same government that turned around and called him a hero, an inspiration, even a Corporal; endless words droned over an empty wooden box.\ |
| 171 | He's had a long time to think, up there in those hills with nothing but scraggly goats and the local Talib for company, and he thinks he knows what the world needs from him now: a banner to rally the righteous and brave. An example to live by, and to die by. A revival of Justice, in fire and glory -- the restless specter of a man who never stopped struggling, even against the worms in his grave.\ |
| 172 | Pat Tillman may be dead, but his soul goes marching on.[[/labelnote]] |
| 173 | ---- |
| 174 | * AlternateSelf: IRL Pat Tillman died in Afghanistan in 2004 in a friendly fire incident, which [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Tillman#Questions_surrounding_Tillmans_death some have speculated to be a covered-up murder plot]]. The EU timeline has Tillman the confirmed target of an assassination attempt, only to survive and eventually return to America to lead an anarchist militia. |
| 175 | * DefectorFromDecadence: As in OTL, the patriotic Tillman joined the US Army Rangers following 9/11. After surviving an assassination attempt by his fellow rangers, he became disillusioned with the American government and adopted anarchism. |
| 176 | * HeKnowsTooMuch: The reason for his EU Timeline assassination was [[PresidentEvil President Dick Cheney]] ordering several leaks regarding his more openly imperialist than OTL War On Terror silenced, with Tillman being one of the whistleblowers. |
| 177 | [[/folder]] |
| 178 | |
| 179 | !! Republican Union of America |
| 180 | [[folder:Republican Union of America]] |
| 181 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flag_of_republican_union_of_america.png]] |
| 182 | ->'''Official Name:''' Republican Union of America, American Legionary State (American Successor Path Unification), The Republic (Unknown Path Unification) |
| 183 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' Eagle's Spirit Party |
| 184 | ->'''Ideology:''' Haddockism[[note]]National Totalitarianism[[/note]] |
| 185 | ---- |
| 186 | Check its characters and tropes in the [[Characters/EURepublicanUnionOfAmerica Republican Union of America]] page. |
| 187 | [[/folder]] |
| 188 | |
| 189 | !! Confederation of America |
| 190 | [[folder:Confederation of America]] |
| 191 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/confederate_republic_of_america.png]] |
| 192 | ->'''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) |
| 193 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' Confederate Congress |
| 194 | ->'''Ideology:''' Nationalism[[note]]Populism[[/note]] |
| 195 | ---- |
| 196 | * 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. |
| 197 | * 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. |
| 198 | * 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. |
| 199 | |
| 200 | !!''1st Confederate Congress'' |
| 201 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_csa_congress.png]] |
| 202 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 203 | ->'''Party:''' Confederate Congress |
| 204 | ->'''Ideology:''' Nationalism[[note]]Populism[[/note]] |
| 205 | ---- |
| 206 | * 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. |
| 207 | |
| 208 | !!''Stacey Abrams'' |
| 209 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_csa_stacey_abrams.png]] |
| 210 | ->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (2024/2028 Election - Abrams elected) |
| 211 | ->'''Party:''' Southern People's Party |
| 212 | ->'''Ideology:''' Progressivism[[note]]Social Liberalism[[/note]] |
| 213 | ---- |
| 214 | * 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. |
| 215 | |
| 216 | !!''Ron [=DeSantis=]'' |
| 217 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_csa_ron_desantis.png]] |
| 218 | ->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (2024/2028 Election - [=DeSantis=] elected) |
| 219 | ->'''Party:''' Democratic-Republican Party |
| 220 | ->'''Ideology:''' Christian Democracy[[note]]Social Conservatism[[/note]] |
| 221 | ---- |
| 222 | * GoodOldWays: [=DeSantis=] is a proponent of American Conservatism in the Deep South while also simultaneously not breaking away from American identity. |
| 223 | |
| 224 | !!''Jo Jorgensen'' |
| 225 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_csa_jo_jorgensen.png]] |
| 226 | ->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (2024/2028 Election - Jorgensen elected) |
| 227 | ->'''Party:''' States' Rights Party - Statist Wing |
| 228 | ->'''Ideology:''' Constitutional Confederalism[[note]]National Separatism[[/note]] |
| 229 | ---- |
| 230 | * 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. |
| 231 | |
| 232 | !!''Tom Cotton'' |
| 233 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_csa_tom_cotton.png]] |
| 234 | ->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (2024/2028 Election - Cotton elected) |
| 235 | ->'''Party:''' Dixie National Caucus |
| 236 | ->'''Ideology:''' National Conservatism[[note]]Democratic Populism[[/note]] |
| 237 | ---- |
| 238 | * 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. |
| 239 | |
| 240 | !!''Matthew Hoh'' |
| 241 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_csa_matthew_hoh.png]] |
| 242 | ->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (2028 Election - Hoh elected) |
| 243 | ->'''Party:''' Dixie Greens/Southern People's Party Coalition |
| 244 | ->'''Ideology:''' Socialist Greenism[[note]]Democratic Socialism[[/note]] |
| 245 | ---- |
| 246 | * 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. |
| 247 | |
| 248 | !!''Ron Wilson'' |
| 249 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_csa_ron_wilson.png]] |
| 250 | ->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (2028 Election - Wilson elected) |
| 251 | ->'''Party:''' Sons of the Confederacy |
| 252 | ->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Confederatism[[note]]Ethnic Nationalism[[/note]] |
| 253 | ---- |
| 254 | * 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. |
| 255 | * EvilReactionary: Of course. |
| 256 | * 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. |
| 257 | |
| 258 | !!''Donald Livingstone'' |
| 259 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_csa_donald_livingston.png]] |
| 260 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State (Released by a Stratocratic country) |
| 261 | ->'''Party:''' Dixie National Caucus - Military Wing |
| 262 | ->'''Ideology:''' Figurehead Government[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]] |
| 263 | ---- |
| 264 | [[/folder]] |
| 265 | |
| 266 | [[folder: The Klan]] |
| 267 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flag_of_the_ku_klux_klan.png]] |
| 268 | ->'''Official Name:''' The Knights of the Klu Klux Klan |
| 269 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' Ethnic Nationalists |
| 270 | ->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Confederatism[[note]]Ethnic Nationalism[[/note]] |
| 271 | The Klan, disillusioned and angered at the Confederation's liberal-styled government, rises up to make the Confederation an all-white one. |
| 272 | ---- |
| 273 | * 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. |
| 274 | * BigBadDuumvirate: Leadership of the Klan uprising is split between the Klu Klux Klan in the Highland South region and The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord in the Florida Panhandle. |
| 275 | |
| 276 | !!''Jeremy Parker'' |
| 277 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_kkk_jeremy_parker.png]] |
| 278 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 279 | ->'''Party:''' Ethnic Nationalists |
| 280 | ->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Confederatism[[note]]Ethnic Nationalism[[/note]] |
| 281 | ---- |
| 282 | * MalevolentMaskedMen: Wears a Klansman hood in his profile and leads The Klan on a Neo-Confederate warpath against the “liberal” Confederation of America. |
| 283 | |
| 284 | !!''J. C. Webster'' |
| 285 | %%->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 286 | %%->'''Party:''' Ethnic Nationalists |
| 287 | ->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Confederatism[[note]]Ethnic Nationalism[[/note]] |
| 288 | ---- |
| 289 | * GeneralRipper: Downplayed due to the fact the Webster's title of "God's 10-Star General" is self-bestowed. |
| 290 | [[/folder]] |
| 291 | |
| 292 | [[folder: Atomwaffen Division]] |
| 293 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flag_of_atomwaffen_division.png]] |
| 294 | ->'''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) |
| 295 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' Atomwaffen Division |
| 296 | ->'''Ideology:''' Nazism[[note]]Ethnic Nationalism[[/note]] |
| 297 | 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. |
| 298 | ---- |
| 299 | * 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. |
| 300 | * BlackComedy: A band of marginally competent neo-Nazis with cartoonishly evil beliefs trying to take over America is surprisingly ripe for humor. |
| 301 | * 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. |
| 302 | * ThoseWackyNazis: Atomwaffen Division believes in a bizarre mix of Nazi, Esoteric, and Accelerationist thought. |
| 303 | * 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. |
| 304 | |
| 305 | !!''James Mason'' |
| 306 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_awd_james_mason.png]] |
| 307 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 308 | ->'''Party:''' Atomwaffen Division |
| 309 | ->'''Ideology:''' Nazism[[note]]Ethnic Nationalism[[/note]] |
| 310 | ---- |
| 311 | * DirtyOldMan: Mason has a history of pedophilia. |
| 312 | * EvilOldFolks: A 72-year-old Neo-Nazi. |
| 313 | * 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. |
| 314 | * {{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. ]] |
| 315 | |
| 316 | !!''Faust'' |
| 317 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_awd_faust.png]] |
| 318 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State (Faust seizes power) |
| 319 | ->'''Party:''' Tempel ov Blood |
| 320 | ->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Darwinism[[note]]Annihiliationism[[/note]] |
| 321 | ---- |
| 322 | * 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. |
| 323 | * CartoonishSupervillainy: Faust gleefully indulges in it. [[CardCarryingVillain He calls it 'Evilmaxing'.]] |
| 324 | * 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"]]. |
| 325 | * EnfanteTerrible: Attempted to commit a [[AxesAtSchool school shooting]] when he was just 18. |
| 326 | %%* 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.]] |
| 327 | * ForTheEvulz: Faust's entire motivation. He enjoys spreading misery and pain because it makes him feel superior to the rest of humanity. |
| 328 | * 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]]. |
| 329 | * 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]].]] |
| 330 | * 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. |
| 331 | * 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. |
| 332 | * 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]]". |
| 333 | * PissTakeRap: Faust is a rapper - a ''terrible, '''terrible''''' rapper. |
| 334 | * 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'.]] |
| 335 | %%* 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]]. |
| 336 | * RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Unfortunately, Faust has no qualms about using sexual assault to bump up his "Evilmaxxing" score. |
| 337 | * 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]] |
| 338 | * 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]].]] |
| 339 | * StupidEvil: Faust's depraved villainy is only matched by his inept stupidity. |
| 340 | %%* 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]]. |
| 341 | %%* 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]].]] |
| 342 | * 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]]). |
| 343 | * VillainousBreakdown: Faust is prone to suffering particularly disturbing breakdowns due to his inability to cry, instead making disturbing goat-bleating-esque noises. |
| 344 | |
| 345 | !!''Pazuzu Algarad'' |
| 346 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pazuzu_8.png]] |
| 347 | ->'''Role:''' General |
| 348 | ->'''Party:''' Tempel ov Blood |
| 349 | ->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Darwinism[[note]]Annihiliationism[[/note]] |
| 350 | ---- |
| 351 | * TattooedCrook: Pazuzu is a convicted murderer with several facial tattoos. |
| 352 | * 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. |
| 353 | |
| 354 | !!''Ragnar Volkstum'' |
| 355 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ragnarvolkstum_finished.png]] |
| 356 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State (Ragnar seizes power) |
| 357 | ->'''Party:''' The Wild Hunt |
| 358 | ->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Nationalism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]] (National Anarchist path) / Ecofascism[[note]]Ethnic Nationalism[[/note]] (Ecofascist path) |
| 359 | ---- |
| 360 | * BurgerFool: Was working at a [[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Burger Town]] prior to the American Collapse. |
| 361 | * CloudCuckooLander: Ragnar holds considerably insane beliefs (even by neo-Nazi standards), and is a paranoid ConspiracyTheorist. |
| 362 | * 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. |
| 363 | * ConspiracyTheorist: Has particularly demented conspiracy theories, which he rants about at LENGTH during an event during The American Collapse. |
| 364 | |
| 365 | %%!!''Christoper Asher Wray'' |
| 366 | %%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/awd_christopher_asher_wray.jpg]] |
| 367 | %%->'''Role:''' Head of State (FBI coups Atomwaffen) |
| 368 | %%->'''Party:''' Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| 369 | %%->'''Ideology:''' Interim Government[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]] |
| 370 | %%---- |
| 371 | [[/folder]] |
| 372 | |
| 373 | [[folder:Guerrero's Militia]] |
| 374 | ->'''Official Name:''' Guerrero's Militia |
| 375 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' Committee for American Restoration |
| 376 | ->'''Ideology:''' Martial Republicanism[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]] |
| 377 | ---- |
| 378 | * 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. |
| 379 | |
| 380 | !!''El Guerrero'' |
| 381 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_jeb_el_guerrero.png]] |
| 382 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 383 | ->'''Party:''' Committee for American Restoration |
| 384 | ->'''Ideology:''' Martial Republicanism[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]] |
| 385 | ---- |
| 386 | [[/folder]] |
| 387 | |
| 388 | [[folder:Acadian Empire]] |
| 389 | ->'''Official Name:''' Acadian Empire, Third French Empire (USA Unification) |
| 390 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' Autocrats |
| 391 | ->'''Ideology:''' Aristocracy[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]] |
| 392 | ---- |
| 393 | * ForeignCultureFetish: The Acadians model themselves on the First French Empire. |
| 394 | * TheBigEasy: The Acadian Empire's capital is New Orleans. |
| 395 | |
| 396 | !!''Colonel Touissant'' |
| 397 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_nol_napoleon_bonaparte.png]] |
| 398 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 399 | ->'''Party:''' Autocrats |
| 400 | ->'''Ideology:''' Aristocracy[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]] |
| 401 | ---- |
| 402 | * AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: Touissant dawns an 18th century French imperial uniform and a massive Napoleonic bicorne. |
| 403 | * NapoleonDelusion: Averted. While Touissant clearly wishes to imitate [[EmbarrassingNickname Old Boney]], he doesn't believe himself to be the actual Napoléon Bonaparte. |
| 404 | [[/folder]] |
| 405 | |
| 406 | %%[[folder: United States Marine Corps]] |
| 407 | %%[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flag_of_the_united_states_marine_corps.png]] |
| 408 | %%->'''Official Name:''' United States Marine Corps |
| 409 | %%->'''Ruling Party:''' Stratocrats |
| 410 | %%->'''Ideology:''' Military Junta[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]] |
| 411 | %%---- |
| 412 | |
| 413 | %%!!''David Berger'' |
| 414 | %%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_umc_david_berger.png]] |
| 415 | %%->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 416 | %%->'''Party:''' Stratocrats |
| 417 | %%->'''Ideology:''' Military Junta[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]] |
| 418 | %%---- |
| 419 | %%[[/folder]] |
| 420 | |
| 421 | %%[[folder: United States Army]] |
| 422 | %%[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/field_flag_of_the_united_states_army.png]] |
| 423 | %%->'''Official Name:''' United States Army |
| 424 | %%->'''Ruling Party:''' Stratocrats |
| 425 | %%->'''Ideology:''' Military Junta[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]] |
| 426 | %%---- |
| 427 | |
| 428 | %%!!''James [=McConville=]'' |
| 429 | %%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_usr_james_mcconville.png]] |
| 430 | %%->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 431 | %%->'''Party:''' Stratocrats |
| 432 | %%->'''Ideology:''' Military Junta[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]] |
| 433 | %%---- |
| 434 | %%[[/folder]] |
| 435 | |
| 436 | %%[[folder: United States Air Force]] |
| 437 | %%[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flag_of_the_united_states_air_force.png]] |
| 438 | %%->'''Official Name:''' United States Air Force |
| 439 | %%->'''Ruling Party:''' Stratocrats |
| 440 | %%->'''Ideology:''' Military Junta[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]] |
| 441 | %%---- |
| 442 | |
| 443 | %%!!''Charles Brown'' |
| 444 | %%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_usf_charles_brown.png]] |
| 445 | %%->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 446 | %%->'''Party:''' Stratocrats |
| 447 | %%->'''Ideology:''' Military Junta[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]] |
| 448 | %%---- |
| 449 | %%[[/folder]] |
| 450 | |
| 451 | %%[[folder: United States Navy]] |
| 452 | %%->'''Official Name:''' United States Navy |
| 453 | %%->'''Ruling Party:''' Stratocrats |
| 454 | %%->'''Ideology:''' Military Junta[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]] |
| 455 | %%---- |
| 456 | |
| 457 | %%!!''Michael Gilday'' |
| 458 | %%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_usn_michael_gilday.png]] |
| 459 | %%->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 460 | %%->'''Party:''' Stratocrats |
| 461 | %%->'''Ideology:''' Military Junta[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]] |
| 462 | %%---- |
| 463 | %%[[/folder]] |
| 464 | |
| 465 | %%[[folder: United States Space Force]] |
| 466 | %%->'''Official Name:''' United States Space Force |
| 467 | %%->'''Ruling Party:''' Stratocrats |
| 468 | %%->'''Ideology:''' Military Junta[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]] |
| 469 | %%---- |
| 470 | |
| 471 | %%!!''Leah Lauderback'' |
| 472 | %%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_spc_leah_lauderback.png]] |
| 473 | %%->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 474 | %%->'''Party:''' Stratocrats |
| 475 | %%->'''Ideology:''' Military Junta[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]] |
| 476 | %%---- |
| 477 | %%[[/folder]] |
| 478 | |
| 479 | !! Free Union of America |
| 480 | [[folder:Free Union of America]] |
| 481 | ->'''Official Name:''' Free Union of America |
| 482 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' CPUSA-PSL |
| 483 | ->'''Ideology:''' Marxist-Leninism |
| 484 | 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]]. |
| 485 | ---- |
| 486 | * 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. |
| 487 | * 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]]. |
| 488 | * PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: Despite their name, the Free Union is a vanguard communist state which exercises authoritarian powers to repress its political enemies. |
| 489 | * 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. |
| 490 | * StateSec: The Red Patrol. Much of their ranks are made up of police and federal defectors. |
| 491 | * 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. |
| 492 | |
| 493 | !!''Gloria La Riva'' |
| 494 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_usa_gloria_la_riva.png]] |
| 495 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 496 | ->'''Party:''' Marxist-Leninists |
| 497 | ->'''Ideology:''' Marxist-Leninism |
| 498 | ---- |
| 499 | * 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. |
| 500 | [[/folder]] |
| 501 | |
| 502 | [[folder:Free Seattle Territories]] |
| 503 | ->'''Official Name:''' Free Seattle Territories |
| 504 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' The People |
| 505 | ->'''Ideology:''' Insurrectionist Anarchism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]] |
| 506 | ---- |
| 507 | * 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. |
| 508 | |
| 509 | !!''Mother Anarchy'' |
| 510 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mommymilkers.png]] |
| 511 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 512 | ->'''Party:''' The People |
| 513 | ->'''Ideology:''' Insurrectionist Anarchism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]] |
| 514 | ->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\ |
| 515 | 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.\ |
| 516 | 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.\ |
| 517 | 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.\ |
| 518 | 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]] |
| 519 | ---- |
| 520 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "Mother Anarchy" acquired her nickname during her career as an anarchist protest leader. |
| 521 | * MamaBear: She is also known as the "Protest Mom". |
| 522 | [[/folder]] |
| 523 | |
| 524 | |
| 525 | [[folder: The Thirteen Arrows Brigade]] |
| 526 | ->'''Official Name:''' The Thirteen Arrows Brigade |
| 527 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' Populists |
| 528 | ->'''Ideology:''' Populist Nationalism[[note]]Populism[[/note]] |
| 529 | ---- |
| 530 | * HiredGuns: The Thirteen Arrows Brigade are an army of mercenaries funded and coordinated by the ACC (Anti-communist Coalition) |
| 531 | * 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!]] |
| 532 | |
| 533 | |
| 534 | !!''Richard Johnson'' |
| 535 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_rbb_richard_johnson.png]] |
| 536 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 537 | ->'''Party:''' Populists |
| 538 | ->'''Ideology:''' Populist Nationalism[[note]]Populism[[/note]] |
| 539 | ---- |
| 540 | * 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]]. |
| 541 | [[/folder]] |
| 542 | |
| 543 | |
| 544 | [[folder:Californian Loyalist Front]] |
| 545 | ->'''Official Name:''' Californian Loyalist Front, Manson Cult (Manson Cult coup), Helter Skelter (Manson Cult USA Unification), The War Band (Uncle Sam coup) |
| 546 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' Autocrats |
| 547 | ->'''Ideology:''' Autocratic Theocracy[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]] |
| 548 | ---- |
| 549 | |
| 550 | !!''Gavin Newsom'' |
| 551 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/port_gavin_newsom.png]] |
| 552 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 553 | %%->'''Party:''' Social Liberals |
| 554 | ->'''Ideology:''' Liberal Moderatism[[note]]Social Liberalism[[/note]] |
| 555 | ---- |
| 556 | * OverlyNervousFlopSweat: Just before his government collapses, A nervous Newsome attempts to give a speech in an un-air-conditioned school gymnasium, dripping sweat all over his script. |
| 557 | |
| 558 | !!''Afton Burton'' |
| 559 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_mns_afton_burton.png]] |
| 560 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 561 | ->'''Party:''' Autocrats |
| 562 | ->'''Ideology:''' Autocratic Theocracy[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]] |
| 563 | ---- |
| 564 | * AlternateHistory: Manson and his Family were much more "successful" than OTL, killing far more people, including Gerald Ford. |
| 565 | * TheExile: The Manson Family fled to Mexico to avoid the consequences of their brutality. |
| 566 | %%* 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. |
| 567 | |
| 568 | !!''Uncle Sam'' |
| 569 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 570 | ->'''Party:''' National Separatists |
| 571 | ->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Monarchism [[note]]National Separatism[[/note]] |
| 572 | ---- |
| 573 | * AddledAddict: Sam is addicted to every drug under the sun. |
| 574 | * CityOfAdventure: Uncle Sam operates out of the Slab City, a practically lawless alternative community in the Sonoran Desert. |
| 575 | * CourtMartialed: Sam was dishonorably discharged after crashing a tank while drunk. |
| 576 | * ExactWords: Uncle Sam's [[AnArmyOfThievesAnWhores "War Band"]] consists of Militarized Street Musicians. |
| 577 | %%* KingOfTheHomeless: |
| 578 | %%* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Averted. |
| 579 | [[/folder]] |
| 580 | |
| 581 | !!Great Lakes |
| 582 | |
| 583 | [[folder:Buffalo Revolutionary Council]] |
| 584 | ->'''Official Name:''' Buffalo Revolutionary Council, Great Lakes Revolutionary Council (Revolutionary Council takes Great Lakes) |
| 585 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' United Revolutionary Cause Party - UMP Subsidiary |
| 586 | ->'''Ideology:''' National Autonomism[[note]]National Separatism[[/note]] |
| 587 | 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. |
| 588 | ---- |
| 589 | * 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. |
| 590 | |
| 591 | !!''Revolutionary Council'' |
| 592 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_lak_revolutionary_council.png]] |
| 593 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 594 | ->'''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 |
| 595 | ->'''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]] |
| 596 | ---- |
| 597 | * 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. |
| 598 | [[/folder]] |
| 599 | |
| 600 | [[folder: American Metropolitan League]] |
| 601 | [[quoteright:800:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flag_american_metropolitan_league.png]] |
| 602 | ->'''Official Name:''' American Metropolitan League |
| 603 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' United Metropolitan Party |
| 604 | ->'''Ideology:''' National Autonomism[[note]]National Separatism[[/note]] |
| 605 | 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. |
| 606 | ---- |
| 607 | |
| 608 | !!''American Metropolitan Union'' |
| 609 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_cit_america_metro_union.png]] |
| 610 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 611 | ->'''Party:''' United Metropolitan Party |
| 612 | ->'''Ideology:''' National Autonomism[[note]]National Separatism[[/note]] |
| 613 | ---- |
| 614 | * 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. |
| 615 | [[/folder]] |
| 616 | |
| 617 | [[folder: Worker's Front of Superior]] |
| 618 | ->'''Official Name:''' Worker's Front of Superior |
| 619 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' Worker's Movement |
| 620 | ->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism[[note]] Marxist-Leninism [[/note]] |
| 621 | ---- |
| 622 | |
| 623 | !!''Joe Henry'' |
| 624 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_iww_joe_henry.png]] |
| 625 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 626 | ->'''Party:''' Worker's Movement |
| 627 | ->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism[[note]]Marxist-Leninism[[/note]] |
| 628 | ---- |
| 629 | * MeaningfulName: A man named Henry that seeks to help the workers? Where have I heard that one before.... |
| 630 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Henry was a rural sawmill foreman before the collapse of America catapulted him into being the leader of a socialist uprising. |
| 631 | [[/folder]] |
| 632 | |
| 633 | [[folder: Indiana]] |
| 634 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/me_ahoy_indiana_flag.png]] |
| 635 | ->'''Official Name:''' Indiana, Indiana Pirates Association (Dyvetko), Pious State of Indiana (Pence) |
| 636 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' Pirate-Border Patrol Mutual Agreement |
| 637 | ->'''Ideology:''' Egoism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]] |
| 638 | 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. |
| 639 | ---- |
| 640 | |
| 641 | !!''Captain Rylen'' |
| 642 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captain_rylen.png]] |
| 643 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 644 | ->'''Party:''' Pirate-Border Patrol Mutual Agreement |
| 645 | ->'''Ideology:''' Egoism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]] |
| 646 | ---- |
| 647 | |
| 648 | !!''Captain Dyvetko'' |
| 649 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captain_dyvetko.png]] |
| 650 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 651 | ->'''Party:''' Pirates of Fort Wayne |
| 652 | ->'''Ideology:''' Confederal Feudalism[[note]]National Seperatism[[/note]] |
| 653 | ---- |
| 654 | * BadassBandolier: Nearly all of Dyvetko's visible body is covered with grenades and shotgun shells. |
| 655 | |
| 656 | |
| 657 | !!''Mike Pence'' |
| 658 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mike_pence_4.png]] |
| 659 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 660 | ->'''Party:''' Redeemed Party of Saints |
| 661 | ->'''Ideology:''' Autocratic Theocracy[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]] |
| 662 | ---- |
| 663 | * TheFundamentalist: Pence is an evangelical theocrat with designs on turning Indiana into a truly pious state. |
| 664 | |
| 665 | [[/folder]] |
| 666 | |
| 667 | !! Texas |
| 668 | [[folder: Republic of Texas]] |
| 669 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/texas_pilot_flag.png]] |
| 670 | ->'''Official Name:''' Republic of Texas |
| 671 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' Social Conservatives |
| 672 | ->'''Ideology:''' American Libertarianism[[note]]Social Conservatism[[/note]] |
| 673 | 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. |
| 674 | ---- |
| 675 | * PatrioticFervor: Texas has always been a nationalistic state ever since its creation. With the United States collapsing, American nationalism turns into Texan nationalism. |
| 676 | |
| 677 | !!''Ted Cruz'' |
| 678 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_tex_ted_cruz_2.png]] |
| 679 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 680 | ->'''Party:''' Social Conservatives |
| 681 | ->'''Ideology:''' American Libertarianism[[note]]Social Conservatism[[/note]] |
| 682 | ---- |
| 683 | * 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. |
| 684 | * 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. |
| 685 | [[/folder]] |
| 686 | |
| 687 | [[folder:Greater State of Texas]] |
| 688 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/great_state_of_texas.png]] |
| 689 | ->'''Official Name:''' Greater State of Texas |
| 690 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' The "Bigger Business in Texas" Party |
| 691 | ->'''Ideology:''' Corporatocracy[[note]]Authoritarianism[[/note]] |
| 692 | 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. |
| 693 | ---- |
| 694 | * MilitaryCoup: With the assistance of oil companies and christian fundamentalists, Perry is able to take over Northern Texas. |
| 695 | * TheFundamentalist: Christian militia is the reason why Perry is in power. |
| 696 | |
| 697 | !!''Rick Perry'' |
| 698 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_gtx_rick_perry.png]] |
| 699 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 700 | ->'''Party:''' The "Bigger Business in Texas" Party |
| 701 | ->'''Ideology:''' Corporatocracy[[note]]Authoritarianism[[/note]] |
| 702 | ---- |
| 703 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: Not necessarily a corporate executive, but more so working for multiple as a the head of a corporate oligarchy. |
| 704 | * 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. |
| 705 | [[/folder]] |
| 706 | |
| 707 | [[folder: Gulf Cartel]] |
| 708 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/crtel_del_golfo_logo.png]] |
| 709 | ->'''Official Name:''' Gulf Cartel |
| 710 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' Autocrats |
| 711 | ->'''Ideology:''' Aristocracy[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]] |
| 712 | ---- |
| 713 | * 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. |
| 714 | |
| 715 | !!''Osiel Guillen'' |
| 716 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_cdg_osiel_cardenas.png]] |
| 717 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 718 | ->'''Party:''' Autocrats |
| 719 | ->'''Ideology:''' Aristocracy[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]] |
| 720 | ---- |
| 721 | * 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. |
| 722 | [[/folder]] |
| 723 | |
| 724 | !! Unaffiliated Warlords |
| 725 | [[folder: Holy Republic of Deseret]] |
| 726 | ->'''Official Name:''' Holy Republic of Deseret, Holy Republic Of America (USA Unification) |
| 727 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' Authoritarians |
| 728 | ->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Theocracy[[note]]Authoritarianism[[/note]] |
| 729 | ---- |
| 730 | * 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. |
| 731 | |
| 732 | !!''Russell Nelson'' |
| 733 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_usa_russell_nelson.png]] |
| 734 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 735 | ->'''Party:''' Authoritarians |
| 736 | ->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Theocracy[[note]]Authoritarianism[[/note]] |
| 737 | ---- |
| 738 | [[/folder]] |
| 739 | |
| 740 | [[folder: Las Vegas]] |
| 741 | ->'''Official Name:''' Las Vegas |
| 742 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' The Strip |
| 743 | ->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Capitalism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]] |
| 744 | 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. |
| 745 | ---- |
| 746 | |
| 747 | !!''The Strip'' |
| 748 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_lvg_the_strip.png]] |
| 749 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 750 | ->'''Party:''' The Strip |
| 751 | ->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Capitalism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]] |
| 752 | ---- |
| 753 | * WretchedHive: The Strip is a whirlwind of money, sex, drugs and other previously criminalized activities. |
| 754 | |
| 755 | !!''Jeremy Harrington'' |
| 756 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jeremy_harrington_dem_soc.png]] |
| 757 | [[caption-width-right:156:[[labelnote:Revolutionary Socialist Harrington]][[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jeremy_harrington_rev_marx.png]] [[/labelnote]]]] |
| 758 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 759 | ->'''Party:''' People's Movement-Progressivist, [[spoiler:People's Movement-Syndicalist]] |
| 760 | ->'''Ideology:''' Progressivism[[note]]Democratic Socialism[[/note]], [[spoiler:Syndicalism[[note]]Revolutionary Socialism[[/note]]]] |
| 761 | ---- |
| 762 | * {{Cincinnatus}}: Herrington secretly despises his newfound power, and plans to immediately resign once he creates a functioning state to leave behind. |
| 763 | * 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. |
| 764 | |
| 765 | !!''Tucker Carlson'' |
| 766 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tucker_carlson_7.png]] |
| 767 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 768 | ->'''Party:''' People Movement-Carlsonism, [[spoiler:Vegas Anti-Liberal Coalition]] |
| 769 | ->'''Ideology:''' Democratic Nationalism[[note]]Democratic Populism[[/note]], [[spoiler:National Bolshevism[[note]]Totalitarianism Marxism[[/note]]]] |
| 770 | ->'''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]] |
| 771 | ---- |
| 772 | %%* TakeUpMySword: Carlson will become leader in the aftermath of Harringtons death. |
| 773 | * CommieNazis: Averted. Carlson may be an extreme nationalist with left-wing economic policies, but his ideological beliefs are miles away from Communism or Nazism. |
| 774 | [[/folder]] |
| 775 | |
| 776 | [[folder: Navajo Nation]] |
| 777 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/navajo_flag_2.png]] |
| 778 | ->'''Official Name:''' Navajo Nation, Amerindian-American Federation (USA Unification) |
| 779 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' Populists |
| 780 | ->'''Ideology:''' Corrupted Democracy[[note]]Populism[[/note]] |
| 781 | 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. |
| 782 | ---- |
| 783 | * 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. |
| 784 | |
| 785 | !!''Jonathan Nez'' |
| 786 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_nav_jonathan_nez.png]] |
| 787 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 788 | ->'''Party:''' Populists |
| 789 | ->'''Ideology:''' Corrupted Democracy[[note]]Populism[[/note]] |
| 790 | ---- |
| 791 | [[/folder]] |
| 792 | |
| 793 | [[folder: The Immortals]] |
| 794 | ->'''Official Name:''' The Immortals |
| 795 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' Autocrats |
| 796 | ->'''Ideology:''' Feudalism[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]] |
| 797 | ---- |
| 798 | * 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]] |
| 799 | * ForeignCultureFetish: Seem to love an idealized "Persian Empire" and seek to model themselves after it. |
| 800 | |
| 801 | !!''Xerxes'' |
| 802 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_xrx_xerxes.png]] |
| 803 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 804 | ->'''Party:''' Autocrats |
| 805 | ->'''Ideology:''' Feudalism[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]] |
| 806 | ->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\ |
| 807 | 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!\ |
| 808 | 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!\ |
| 809 | Lead us oh mighty leader! Drive the Legions of Xerxes across the world for your epic odyssey![[/labelnote]] |
| 810 | ---- |
| 811 | * AwesomeAussie: Xerxes is an Austrian national who rises to become king a fiefdom in Arizona [[spoiler:and possibly later the entire USA.]] |
| 812 | * AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: Xerxes wears a leather suit of modeled after ancient Persian armor. |
| 813 | * ChainsawGood: In his introduction, Xerxes decapitates a cop with a chainsaw. |
| 814 | * 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.]] |
| 815 | [[/folder]] |
| 816 | |
| 817 | [[folder:National Parks Service]] |
| 818 | ->'''Official Name:''' National Parks Service |
| 819 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' Yellowstone National Park Rangers |
| 820 | ->'''Ideology:''' Interim Government[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]] |
| 821 | 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. |
| 822 | ---- |
| 823 | * RedShirtArmy: The National Parks only has one division when they spawn and it's a Park Ranger division, which is not strong at all. |
| 824 | |
| 825 | !!''National Parks Service Administration'' |
| 826 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_nps_national_parks_service.png]] |
| 827 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 828 | ->'''Party:''' Yellowstone National Park Rangers |
| 829 | ->'''Ideology:''' Interim Government[[note]]Stratocracy[[/note]] |
| 830 | ---- |
| 831 | [[/folder]] |
| 832 | |
| 833 | [[folder:Montana Free Territory]] |
| 834 | ->'''Official Name:''' Montana Free Territory |
| 835 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' Anarchists |
| 836 | ->'''Ideology:''' Platformism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]] |
| 837 | 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. |
| 838 | ---- |
| 839 | |
| 840 | !!''Big Pete'' |
| 841 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_mta_big_pete.png]] |
| 842 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 843 | ->'''Party:''' Anarchists |
| 844 | ->'''Ideology:''' Platformism[[note]]Anarchism[[/note]] |
| 845 | ->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\ |
| 846 | 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.\ |
| 847 | 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.\ |
| 848 | 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.\ |
| 849 | 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]] |
| 850 | ---- |
| 851 | * AmericansAreCowboys: Wears a cowboy hat and bandana, and his anarchist militia is essentially a giant cowboy posse organized from the Montana frontier. |
| 852 | * 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. |
| 853 | |
| 854 | [[/folder]] |
| 855 | |
| 856 | [[folder: Cambion's Forest]] |
| 857 | ->'''Official Name:''' Cambion's Forest, Quiet Country (USA Unification) |
| 858 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' The Forest |
| 859 | ->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Totalitarianism[[note]]National Totalitarianism[[/note]] |
| 860 | ---- |
| 861 | * 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. |
| 862 | |
| 863 | !!''Cambion'' |
| 864 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/improved_cambion_portrait.png]] |
| 865 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 866 | ->'''Party:''' The Forest |
| 867 | ->'''Ideology:''' Anarcho-Totalitarianism[[note]]National Totalitarianism[[/note]] |
| 868 | ->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]][[red: [REDACTED BY DIRECT ORDER OF THE CIA] ]][[/labelnote]] |
| 869 | ---- |
| 870 | * AGodIAm: Cambion believes himself to be the living incarnation of Lucifer. |
| 871 | * DeadGuyOnDisplay: The bodies (or often just the body parts) of Cambion's enemies are hung from trees throughout his forest. |
| 872 | * TheDreaded: A '''massive''' understatement, Cambion's entire persona revolves around being as pants-shittingly terrifying as possible. |
| 873 | * TheFaceless: He wears a concealing gasmask in his portrait. [[spoiler:Assuming he was formerly Captain Reese, this is likely because the [[DeadlyGas aDS-RVV5 gas]] reverse-engineered from the failed Project SAINT hideously scarred his face during the transformation process.]] |
| 874 | * 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]] |
| 875 | * NapoleonDelusion: Cambion literally believes himself to not just be Lucifer, but specifically the version of Lucifer from Literature/ParadiseLost. |
| 876 | * HollywoodSatanism: Cambion seeks to build an anarchic Satanist society ruled by fear. |
| 877 | * 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.]] |
| 878 | |
| 879 | %%!!''Fairies'' |
| 880 | %%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fairies_portrait.png]] |
| 881 | %%->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 882 | %%->'''Party:''' Children of the Forest |
| 883 | %%->'''Ideology:''' Pangean Nationalism [[note]]National Separatism[[/note]] |
| 884 | %%->'''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]] |
| 885 | %%---- |
| 886 | %%* TheFairFolk: Invoked. |
| 887 | %%* WellIntentionedExtremist: The Fairies will stop at nothing to unite the world, regardless of how chaotic and unstable their state will inevitably become. |
| 888 | |
| 889 | %%!!''U.S.A.F'' |
| 890 | %%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/post_cia_portrait.png]] |
| 891 | %%->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 892 | %%->'''Party:''' CIA |
| 893 | %%->'''Ideology:''' Military Junta [[note]] Stratocracy[[/note]] |
| 894 | %%->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]] [[/labelnote]] |
| 895 | %%---- |
| 896 | %%* EvilFormerFriend: Inverted. The CIA operatives in the Forest are [[spoiler:Cambion's former colleagues.]] |
| 897 | %%* ChangingOfTheGuard: Once the CIA come to power, they will turn control of the Arrowhead region over to the US Air Force. |
| 898 | |
| 899 | %%!!''S.A.R Team 12'' |
| 900 | %%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sar_team_12_portrait.png]] |
| 901 | %%->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 902 | %%->'''Party:''' Search and Rescue |
| 903 | %%->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Technocracy [[note]] Authoritarianism[[/note]] |
| 904 | %%->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]] [[/labelnote]] |
| 905 | ---- |
| 906 | %%* CanineCompanion: Team 12 has a Pitbull. |
| 907 | |
| 908 | %%!!''Survivors'' |
| 909 | %%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/generic_forest_portrait.png]] |
| 910 | %%->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 911 | %%->'''Party:''' There aren't much... |
| 912 | %%->'''Ideology:''' Pure Anarchy [[note]] Anarchism[[/note]] |
| 913 | %%->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]] [[/labelnote]] |
| 914 | %%---- |
| 915 | %%* AnarchyIsChaos: Quite chaotic and orderless in the first place from the lack of survivors. |
| 916 | [[/folder]] |
| 917 | |
| 918 | [[folder:American Salvationist Force]] |
| 919 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/betsy_ross_flag.png]] |
| 920 | ->'''Official Name:''' American Salvationist Corp |
| 921 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' Gideon's Faction |
| 922 | ->'''Ideology:''' Libertarianism |
| 923 | ---- |
| 924 | |
| 925 | !!''Sawyer Gideon'' |
| 926 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_nus_sawyer_gideon.png]] |
| 927 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 928 | ->'''Party:''' Gideon's Faction |
| 929 | ->'''Ideology:''' Libertarianism |
| 930 | ---- |
| 931 | * AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: Wears an outfit akin to a Revolutionary War-era Minuteman, complete with a tricorn hat. |
| 932 | * BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: Gideon uses a literal '''cannon''' load with grapeshot to fend off his would-be captors in his introduction. |
| 933 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Downplayed. Gideon was a senator before the collapse, giving him much more credibility when he becomes the leader of a libertairian resistence movement. |
| 934 | * 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. |
| 935 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: Leads a libertarian militia seeking to form an America freed from federal, communist and nationalist tyranny. |
| 936 | [[/folder]] |
| 937 | |
| 938 | [[folder: The Heartland]] |
| 939 | ->'''Official Name:''' The Heartland |
| 940 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' The Chariot |
| 941 | ->'''Ideology:''' Feudalism[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]] |
| 942 | ---- |
| 943 | * BarbarianTribe: A 21st century version, being a horde of bikers, extremist militias, and opportunistic criminals set out to plunder civilization. |
| 944 | * CapitalismIsBad: The Heartlander's ideology blames capitalism for making life too easy for the 'mewling consumerists' at the expense of destroying the planet. |
| 945 | * 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. |
| 946 | * NoWoman'sLand: The Heartlanders are extreme misogynists. |
| 947 | * 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.]] |
| 948 | |
| 949 | !!''Attila'' |
| 950 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_leader_attila.png]] |
| 951 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 952 | ->'''Party:''' The Chariot |
| 953 | ->'''Ideology:''' Feudalism[[note]]Autocracy[[/note]] |
| 954 | ---- |
| 955 | * 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. |
| 956 | * DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Attila's vision is a world stuck in a state of collapse, where society cannot progress beyond brutal tribes. |
| 957 | * 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. |
| 958 | * HateSink: There is nothing remotely sympathetic about Attila. He doesn't even have the [[LaughablyEvil Laughably Evil tendencies of Faust.]] |
| 959 | * 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. |
| 960 | * 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. |
| 961 | * SerialKiller: Stalked Wichita for several years as the 'Attila Ripper', before escalating into something even worse. |
| 962 | * 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. |
| 963 | [[/folder]] |
| 964 | |
| 965 | [[folder:Alaska]] |
| 966 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flag_of_alaska_7.png]] |
| 967 | ->'''Official Name:''' Alaska |
| 968 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' Social Liberals |
| 969 | ->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy[[note]]Social Liberalism[[/note]] |
| 970 | ---- |
| 971 | * TheRemnant: Alaska still subscribes to liberalism in the Federal Government albeit a big more red and independent. |
| 972 | |
| 973 | !!''Mary Peltola'' |
| 974 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_als_mary_peltola.png]] |
| 975 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 976 | ->'''Party:''' Social Liberals |
| 977 | ->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy[[note]]Social Liberalism[[/note]] |
| 978 | ---- |
| 979 | * BreakingTheGlassCeiling: Peltola before being the leader of an independent Alaska, was the first Alaskan Native and first Russian Orthodox to be part of Congress. |
| 980 | [[/folder]] |
| 981 | |
| 982 | [[folder: The Great North]] |
| 983 | ->'''Official Name:''' The Great North |
| 984 | ->'''Ruling Party:''' Northern Rule |
| 985 | ->'''Ideology:''' Esoteric Nazism[[note]]Ethnic Nationalism[[/note]] |
| 986 | ---- |
| 987 | |
| 988 | !!''Polaris'' |
| 989 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_plr_polaris.png]] |
| 990 | ->'''Role:''' Head of State |
| 991 | ->'''Party:''' Northern Rule |
| 992 | ->'''Ideology:''' Esoteric Nazism[[note]]Ethnic Nationalism[[/note]] |
| 993 | ->'''In-Game Biography:''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\ |
| 994 | [[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.]]\ |
| 995 | [[red:"Heill Óðinn"]][[/labelnote]] |
| 996 | ---- |
| 997 | * ThoseWackyNazis: Polaris believes that Native Americans are Aryans as well as Scandinavians, and has combined both of their religions as well as extreme social Darwinism into a syncretic faith. |
| 998 | * TheSocialDarwinist: Polaris believes that only those strong enough to survive [[blue:the North]] should be allowed to live. |
| 999 | * IAmLegion: Invoked. It's unclear whether Polaris' use of the title "we" is in reference to The Great North as a whole or the RoyalWe. |
| 1000 | * MightyWhitey: Polaris is originally from the Pittsburg, Pennsylvania[[note]]He even has a yinzer accent.[[/note]] but immigrate to northern Alaska to create a Native American Nazi State. |
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