Editing United States of America (Nuclear Winter Project)

The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country located in North America. Encompassing large and disjointed parts of it's former territory, it is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_republic federal republic] which seeks to claim its former contiguous territory and preserve the federal government.

== History ==

=== Pre-World War III (Temp Name) ===
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=== World War III (Temp Name) ===
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=== Nuclear Winter Period ===
Within the initial weeks of the nuclear winter, the American government aimed to secure communications with communities, disconncted local, regional and federal governments and surrounding nations. Not a single state escaped nuclear exchange, but the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeastern_United_States Northeastern], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Coast_of_the_United_States Eastern Coast] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_of_the_United_States Western Coast] regions of the United States were hit the hardest out of any other region. With wind taking dust across the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachia Applachia], the Eastern Coast and Northeast had little viable infanstructure, with little planning, evacuation efforts were put into place, with dozens of refugee centers and settlements established further inland, with majority of Northeast being abandoned indefintely. The largest diaspora in the world effectively came into existence within only a few weeks.

While evacuation efforts and refugee centers and general federal reorganization suceeded relatively well within the Eastern Coast and Northeast, every other region was devastated, the lack of authority and spread of warlordism spread rapidly, various groups varying in ideology, tradition, culture and interests sprouted up. Many remnants of local, regional and federal governments found themselves taking part within this warlordism, many saw this as the only way to re-establish some sort of order.

By the end of the Nuclear Winter Period, the American government secured little communication with the larger United States, leading to even a further rise into these independent governments, groups and cliques and general warlordism. Most of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_United_States Central United States] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeastern_United_States Southeastern United States] had some of their key cities and important infantstructure were reunited, resettled and reorganized into new districts within the rest of the United States. At this point, most provisional governments and independent groups reorganized into the United States have great autonomy, almost operating independently other than having an active military presence alongside aid from the federal government.

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=== Famine Period and The Second Dustbowl ===
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=== Reconstruction Period ===
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== Government and politics ==

== Military ==

== Culture and society ==

== Economy ==

The global economy was shattered as a direct result of the nuclear holocaust, the nuclear exchange signified not only the immediate loss of their territories but halted nearly all rail and shipping traffic to a stop. As a result, the dollar became near worthless, employment skyrocketing and the lack of rapid economic development lead to the American population relying heavily on bartering systems rather than use redundant government currency. 

Within a few weeks since the initial nuclear holocaust, a taxation-in-kind system was implemented, allowing workers and firms to pay in food, water, clothing, fertilizer or anything generally seen as valuable. The government also saw services and jobs to be acceptable as a form of taxation, typically these jobs would be light industry work or farmhand work. 

With the vast majority of the nation's population unemployed, a conscription system was implemented to provide them with a means of returning to work and to help reestablish the nation's economy through agricultural and industrial labor. Citizens between the ages of 17 and 56 living in federal government controlled territory who are ineligible for military service are conscripted to build housing in refugee camps, rebuild cities and military bases, work as farmhands on government-owned farms, or serve as cleaning crews in devastated areas of the country.