Nation-State Factions
United States of North America
The United States of North America (USNA) is ostensibly the single most powerful nation in the Americas, but in reality it controls things east of the Rockies, north of the Vattmarch, and south of Canadia.
The USNA is a fiercely patriotic, militant culture that tends to the puritan in rural areas but is more progressive and open minded in cities. The USNA has a standing military which includes land, sea, and air branches.
Department of Wartime Defense
The Department of Wartime Defense (DWD) oversees all USNA military operations and governance. The Special Operations (specops) branch is rumored to be run by a C. plexus. Many C. plexii serve in the DWD. It's known that the fungi are strong supporters of USNA, although why is the subject of rumor and conspiracy theory.
Military Branches
- Army: Standard land war fighting
- Navy: Ships and submersibles
- Air Corps: Airships and aircraft
- Special Operations: Dirty jobs
Office of Horology
The Office of Horology (OH) is USNA's primary technology research and development organization. OH projects tend to research and practice sorcery as much as anything else.
First Nations of North America
The First Nations of North America (FNNA) control North America from the Pacific Ocean to the Rockies, and from southern Mexico to just north of Vancouver. Great Falls and Denver are the recognized trade cities with the USNA, and Dallas and Houston are the main points of trade between FNNA and the Vattmarch. There are many rail lines into these cities.
The FNNA's borders are not known to necessarily be patrolled, but visitors without the proper paperwork are known to disappear. The FNNA's official Visitor Program manages who from outside the FNNA can enter and how long they can stay. Only a few tourist-oriented settlements are available for visitors in the FNNA.
The FNNA does not have a permanent army, but every adult citizen of the Nations spends 6 months every 3rd year serving in whatever capacity makes sense at the time.
The FNNA openly trades with the Vattmarch, the USNA, Canadia, Japan, and Korea. Relations are polite if not necessarily friendly with European countries.
The Vattmarch
The Vattmarch ("wet land" in the Dane/Spanish/African pidgin of the area) is a vast area of the southeast of North America populated by the Vattmarchers, a Creole people who come from a blend of Middle Ages-era Viking settlers, French Canadian settlers, and Spanish and African settlers from the Caribbean. Vattmarch culture seems somewhat savage from the outside, but the Vattmarch is a wealthy land due to large tobacco plantations and hippo ranching.
Vattmarcher culture is a blend of Northern European, Spanish, and African traditions and religion; Thor, Jesus, and Baron Samedi all have their parts to play.
The Vattmarch does not have a standing army. Every Vattmarcher is required to be a warrior when the Vattmarch is threatened.
In the mid 18th century, some enterprising traders introduced hippopotami to the swamps of the Vattmarch in the hopes of raising hippos as a source of meat. The hippo ranch trade thrives to this day, as does the wild hippopotamus population.
The Vattmarch openly trades with the USNA, the FNNA, Canadia, and various European governments. The Vattmarch does not have friendly relations with Britain.
British Government
Americans won the Revolutionary War, and everyone except Britain agrees. Britain continues with aggressions in North America, including occasional bombing runs over populated areas from airships. Occasionally they land an invasion force and occupy a city here and there. They've conquered France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Denmark, giving them a big war chest.
Canadia
Other Factions
Vattmarch Skinwalkers
Cordyceps plexus (C. plexus)
Hippo Ranchers
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