Rebuilding the Union

[izixs]

AP 249: First New Union War

The battle for the lower Mississippi was coming to a head. By late summer, Supreme General Or'Connor had deployed the New Union's first cavalry brigades to the main fronts. Horses had been rare for many years since the plague times, but had been growing in numbers in the wild. Seen by most as more a large pest then a boon before the war, the cavalry was soon to become the New Union's super weapon. But unfortunately one that could easily be countered by the enemy.

The first front they appeared on was directly to the east of Memphis. The few remaining Kays bunkered down in the series of battlements they had put up since the initial attack were easily assaulted and taken. After that the cavalry, backed by infantry pushed on after the retreating Kays whom were being pinched by the new group of allies from Alabama. It wouldn't be long before The Kays were fully encircled by superior forces.

The second front where the cavalry began to make a difference was to the north. The Saints, being lead by Barry Metal from the front lines, had taken the opportunity of the War Plague to drive closer to Nashville, even taking the outskirts of the old city. General Gas and General Yiser had only begun to flank the Saints' lines when winter fell, bringing unusually high snows. But the snow didn't halt several expeditionary forces of cavalry into southern Misour. The northward push had almost reached the souther frontier of The Saints at the start of the new year. They would of gotten farther had gangs of men left by the enemy to hold the inhabited towns hadn't opted to on several occasions take hostages and demand New Union retreats. In the end, almost all the gangs and Saint infrastructure was destroyed.

The Little Rockers, gaining intelligence from various spies, heard of the New Union attacks north, south, and east. Feeling that perhaps the city of Memphis would be partially undefended, they began their attack in October. The fighting was very bloody, and some would say composed the biggest battle of the war. When that winter's large snow storms began to rage, they had barely made it to the river. With freezing temperatures and water between them and their enemy, they opted to hold there until the weather improved.

The cavalry began making difference somewhere else. Knoxians began to be harassed and killed in far north east Ken. Long before word of this could be relayed back to the Sherif, several towns had already been liberated. There was more trouble for Knox. A massive assault had been planned for Chattanooga. Most of their free soldiers and thugs had already taken up residence in the mountains and hills around the city during the summer. In spite of the winter storms, that November they attacked the city. Seemingly taken by surprise, the Knoxians moved to take the city center. The Sheriff was leading a group of forty down Dodson Avenue when with what sounded like an explosion, a number of them were pulverized, thrown, dismembered, or ripped apart. The Sheriff was dead in the second event. All but five of the remaining men were dead by the fourth. General Mark looked on through binoculars from Lookout Mountain, hoping the shelling of that force would encourage the rest of the Knoxians to flee. Else the East Tenn army, whom had been camped south of the city would have to push them out...


Despite all of this, the war was not lost for the Wheat Pact. At least until Commander Tom decided that N'arlens would be a good place for the Hellraisers to spend the winter. The attack on N'arlens territory would not go unanswered and before the year was over, Commander Tom was dead and most the Hellraisers scattered in the swamps of the Missy Delta.


The second nail in the coffin of the Wheat Pact was a surprise move by Cago. After Cago troops had already began to move toward old Indianapolis, they declared their support for the American Alliance. The move was unexpected by all and most felt that it was only so that they could justify an invasion and seizure of near by territory. However, the New Union council accepted their entrance easily enough. Opening up a new front was very welcome, especially in the north. The Iowa nations were doing their best to push back Saints and other Wheat fighters, but the going was slow.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Horses as large pests?  Assuming any degree of horse knowledge survived they'd have been seen as very useful beasts for both transport and the plow.

[izixs]

True. A few horses to help get around or pull a plow would be useful. The other 300 dropping by to nibble on your field not so much. Ok, so maybe I'm over exaggerating now, and did a bit in the post. But when in some areas wild horses out number people by a bit, they're not always welcome.

[Joe Republic]

Awesome!  A very enjoyable read. 

[aaaa2222]

This is the best timeline I have ever read.

[izixs]

Thanks! I'm amazed that folks are enjoying this so much. And I haven't even gotten to the bit where there's actual elections going on again. :-D I'm doing my best to juggle lots of ideas in this thing and I keep fearing I'll drop half of them in an epic catastrophe of a post. Here's to hoping I can keep it up!

Oh, and any guesses on how things will progress? (the war, its aftermath, the US/world down the line?)

[aaaa2222]

Of course, America conquers the Wheat Pact nations, which probably will maintain a resistance movement in the west for quite some time. But please, show us what you think.

[izixs]

AP 250: First New Union War - Final Year

At the start of the year, things were very grim for Kacity. The city had been surrounded for longer than anyone could remember and food was running short. Doctorior Branze, Kacity's leader, decided a few days into the year that the city would surrender if certain conditions were met. The city would remain free and independent, but would give up most of its land to whom ever currently controlled it. The exception would be a region around the city on the old Missouri side of the Missouri/Kansas border. The Wheat forces agree to this, mostly because though they felt they could take the city, rumors about New Union advances elsewhere, and the encroaching armies of Ioway would make a hold difficult very soon. Kacity of course had little information of what was going on elsewhere and had feared that the American Alliance had failed. The Prince of Omaha also signed onto the treaty to keep a hold of most of the land that had been seized. The rest of the former Kacity territory was to be split roughly in half by the Saints and Topeka at some point in the future.

In February, another surrender took place. The Kays had been wholly routed and faced either surrender to extermination. Many of their number choose the latter, assaulting American Alliance lines when totally outnumbered. But calmer heads won out for the rest of The Kays. The terms of the surrender were all the same brutal. The New Union demanded that steps be taken to ensure the ideological mode of The Kays would be destroyed entirely. Anyone 40 or older was not allowed to have children, and if they did, the child would be taken from the family at birth and given to a family in Memphis to be raised. Anyone 15-40 years of age could have only two children. Another child would result in all children of that family being taken from their families. And anyone below the age of 16 would have to attend a New Union run school to counter the indoctrination of The Kays. The Kays territory would be divided along the line north of the Miss boarder. The west going to the New Union, and the east would be administered by the Alabaman allies jointly.

Indianap was panicked. Barry Metal was dismayed when large sections of their forces retreated from the battle at Nashville to return home to fight the Cago attack. The Cago army push almost unchallenged on towards the Indianap capital, and even sent a contingent to liberate Terra-Hot. The fresh troops outnumbered the Indianap fighters almost two to one when the main armies finally clashed just north of the city. The Cago generals opted to split their forces in two, and allow one column to engage directly the Indianap army, while the other did a flanking maneuver and attacked second. This simple tactic worked amazingly well and soon the Indianap army was no more.

New Union calvary and other forces were similarly moving in on the heart of Saints territory. Without the Indianap army to help, Barry Metal retreated back up the river. New Union fighters pursued but did not engage. In March, the great arch was spied by the New Union supreme commander, and the battle for the Saints was on.

At roughly the same time near Memphis, General Davis was countering assaults on the city by Little Rockers. The goal however, beyond defense of the city, was not to push the Little Rocker army back at all. Davis wanted to keep the enemy general, General Peggi, unaware of the expeditionary force being lead by General Kinsey around the LIttle Rocker forces to attack the enemies homeland directly.  By the time news of the attack had reached General Peggi, the governor had already surrendered the capital. General Peggi, opted for revenge and began the largest assault yet on the city of Memphis. Large parts of the river front was destroyed in the fires that resulted, but the city withstood the attack. General Peggi didn't get to see the end of the battle, having drowned in the river's initial crossing when her boat capsized. Little Rocker prospects were not going well far to the south either. N'arlens had tracked down and killed most of the remaining Hellraisers and were pushing back into New Union territory that was being controlled by Little Rocker government surrogates.

With the assault on the Saints in full force, and news of the routing of his allies, including the retreat of Knox far to the east under fire of some sort of new super weapon, Barry Metal sent a message to General Or'Connor. The Saints wished to end the war.

May 1st would be the day the war ended. But first some details would need to be worked out.

[izixs]

AP 250: War's End

Barry Metal sat down with General Or'Connor on April 16th, AP 250 to discuss the end of hostilities. Or'Connor was a very measured individual compared to the Metal. The job of the ruling Metal in the Saints was to be the strongest, the most able, of all the Saints. To that end, having an over bearing personality was a plus. That personality may of helped save the Saints some in the negotiations.

The talk took three days and took place on a boat in the big river south of the city. In the end, a true was agreed upon as well as several key terms.

First, Topeka, Saints, and Knox would not be destroyed or taken over by the American Alliance. Or'Connor agreed to this mainly due to the difficulty in having to control more occupied lands.

Second, since the Little Rockers and The Kays had already surrendered, they would not be part of any agreement.

Indianap would have to negotiate with Cago directly, which they were doing at that point.

Lands taken from Kacity would be retained by their current occupiers as Kacity had agreed, up to a few boarder adjustments.

Quadria would be able to retain most of their Saint territory that the had overrun. And Springfield would be restored, with land concessions from Saints.

Finally, the Saints would be divided into three domains, one each ruled by Barry Metal's children. Barry himself would stand down as ruler of the Saints but would be allowed to continue on else-wise provided he never again ruled his nation again.

The last provision was the only alternative given by Or'Connor to total servitude of the Saints to the American Alliance.

As the negotiations were concluded and the surrender passed on to the various alliance members, General Yiser returned to Louis, leading the army that had just ended The Kays a couple months earlier. Being outnumbered, or not enjoying the current state of things, the city let the army in and General Yiser arrested Prince Lance. With NU council approval, Yiser put the city under marshall law and began stripping anything of value from it, much to the distress of the locals. Yiser explained this move with, "They decided to leave us in our time of greatest need. To save their own necks. Cowards should not be rewarded with an easy life."

Things went a little smoother for the Little Rockers. As the assault on the territory had gone amazingly well, and their main forces defeated elsewhere, and because of some of the similarities between how things were run between then and the New Union, General Kinsey convinced a majority of the Little Rocker legislature to join the New Union as a new zone. The only conditions on this were to be that for 20 years, no one born in the zone could be a member of the New Union military. The New Union council was by years end convinced to allow this merging provided at least some of the old Litter Rock lands be given to the zone to the north. This made the historians happy as Misour had regained its southern boarder.

The only territorial loss of the New Union was to N'arlens, whom claimed the chuck of  sparsely populated gulf bordering territory. The locals didn't really care either way, but this would make several on the New Union council very upset.

The end of the First New Union war and come. The war had established the New Union as the major force along the big river, but only in conjunction with its allies. It had also sown the seeds for a new wave of military development. It would also very soon pave the way for many reforms, both in the New Union, and elsewhere. And it would do much to set the stage for the Second New Union war and the resulting restoration of the United States of America.

[Psychic Octopus]

This may seem a bit selfish to ask, but can you show us what year it would be in the Gregorian Calender, or are will it be revealed like a novel later in the timeline?

[izixs]

I think I'm going to wait a bit on that revelation for the moment. I have sort of a 'revival' period in mind for a bit later where such a detail might fit well.

[aaaa2222]

This is an amazing timeline, totally wacky, but brilliantly written and thought out.

[izixs]

Hehe, thanks! I enjoy a little wackyness now and again. Besides, history is full of odd things that evolved from previous things down routes that seem kind of odd, and events that seem to be totally incomprehensible by modern minds because the people involved had very different priorities and methods of getting things done. I just make such oddities a little more often without thinking about it.

[Smid]

I think it's really well-written and well-thought out.

[MasterJedi]

Missed that last update, but I'm glad I saw it now. It was good. Hopefully there's another update soon!

[izixs]

I'm still trying to pin down a few of the big things coming down the road and how to properly foreshadow some of them. When I get my thoughts collected for them I'll be making the next update. Which will probably be in the next couple days.

[izixs]

The World of AP 250

The First New Union War had drastically changed the balance of power in middle North America, had prompted developments in military tactics, and changed the map. But the war had also altered the lives of more than just soldiers and the powerful.

Post War New Union Society

Years of war were not kind to the citizens of the New Union. Though some areas were untouched by the battles or their effects, a majority of those that bore allegiance to the victors in the fight had suffered hardships. Crops burned or taken by the enemy, and sometimes the allies to prevent the enemy from getting them had forced hundreds of farm families to relocated. Many had moved to southern Missy, or eastern Lousia. But most whom had no known relative on the front lines to think about had opted to leave the New Union entirely, as all they saw was destruction ahead of them. Most relocated to the nations of Texas or Atlan, some fled to the empty fields west of Topeka, and even a few braved Appalachia to find new horizons on the eastern coast. But for ever family that relocated, there were five whom stuck around to rebuild, or to fight against the occupiers before moving after the war.

The war had encouraged the importance of the power structure of the New Union. The council at Memphis had mostly put away their usual bickering to become the logistics arm of the military, being very responsive to the calls of the generals to keep those fighting well fed and clothed. The office of Supreme General had also become the figure head that the average citizen looked to. Or'Conner had without knowing it become a celebrity as a result of the war. And though retirement seemed desirable, kept on with the job for a while longer at the urging of the many strangers whom gave their thanks.

The war had also bolstered the importance of other special roles. In Memphis, the role of Historian was still around, but had been split between two families, the Chalmers whom told of the past, and the Crow whom told of current events. The split was needed and agreed upon at the start of the war so that one person wouldn't be overwhelmed. In Jackson, the office of Free Mayor had been instrumental in boosting the ranks of fighters during the war and had become a known source of pro-New Union propaganda, both spoken and written. After the war, the Free Mayor would continue to be soap box position for decades to come in addition to its advisory roles in governing the city. The Watcher of Nashville, a position that centuries before had been established to watch for diseased travelers whom might bring disease to the city, had morphed into the head of a cabal of spies and scouts that rivaled the armies, but thankfully were intent mostly on rooting out enemy agents.

These figures also had the side effect of increasing the importance of the various cities where they were based through their celebrity. At the same time, the high generals brought similar weight to the various zones. This side effect of the cult of personality is believed to of been one of the instrumental elements that would foster the growing nationalism in the post war period. No longer were those whom tilled the fields between the cities focused entirely on their own locality, begrudgingly giving part of their crops to the New Union for distribution, but they were helping to feed the Historians, the Watcher, the troops, and Or'Conner.

The Other Nations

Saints: The split of the nation sparked great turmoil in AP 250 as the clerks vied for control over their chunks of land and did their best to try to convince the new leaders that the other clerks were either working for the enemy in the war or were aligned with one of Barry's other children. Central Saints was to be ruled by Gary Metal, Barry's oldest and the one whom had been charged with keeping the capital in order while his father was away. East Saints was to be ruled by Zane Metal. Zane was seen as slightly inept at governing, but good at the politics of the Saints. West Saints was to be controlled by Cali Metal, Barry's youngest. Gary and Zane had made sure she got West Saints as it was almost entirely territory that was once Kacity, and thus very hostile. Not wishing well for their young (16 years of age) sister to become a threat and wishing to eventually assume control over West Saints later after it had been pacified, each had conspired independently to make sure Cali got the spot.

Topeka: As the most successful Wheat allied nation, Topeka was riding high at the end of the war. Not only had the rebel tinged nation won a moral victory of sorts over their enemies by taking large parts of Kacity, they had managed to not loose their gains in the final treaty. However, most of their efforts in the post war period would be concentrated on trying to control the former Kacity lands. This would lead Topeka further down the path towards absolutism as they worked harder and harder to suppress uprisings.

N'arlens: Despite the territory gains, N'arlens was mostly a bystander during the war. Their efforts had been more focused on expanding their influence along the coasts. New Union societies whom worked with N'arlens merchant princes learned from them word of more and more peoples along the great gulf and beyond, even up around the Floorsdar peninsula. During the war however, two princes came to dominate most the rest and soon had encouraged such knowledge to become a commodity. The merchants, Tallius von Hornblower and Sara the Smile, had grown in power and influence due to having located and traded with those whom could make sugar.

Atlan: The war had little effect in Atlan at first. But as word of the use of artillery came to the ears of the queen, a new militarism began. Though Atlan and the New Union were officially on good terms, Jasmin I feared that this new power could be turned to evil very easily. Jasmin I ordered for Atlan to gain this new power as well...

Indianap: Other than The Kays and Litter Rock, Indianap had it the worst at the end of the war. Their army crushed and their territory halved, the nation was destitute. Rebellion seemed to be in the works.

The Iowa Nations: All three of the nations of Iowa came off slightly better than even in the end. The main effect of the war however was to encourage the idea that the three were better off acting as one, as they had during the war. Talk of a United Iowa began to circulate in AP 250.

Cago: The great mysterious power of the north had finally shown itself capable of doing more than threatening small towns into joining them. Joining the American Alliance, Cago also had been forced to open up. The Empire of Cago was indeed ruled by an absolute Emperor, Germane III, and operated on a roughly feudal system. It also became clear that Germane had little interest in doing more than an opportunist by being in the alliance, as his envoys talked up the threat of the great and vicious Columbia, aka the Greater Lakes Republic. However they did bring something to the table besides an extra army. Cago had in its early days worked to preserve one of the cities libraries. This delighted the Historians of Memphis, and once transit over the boarder was finally worked out to allow some New Union citizens to visit the great city on the lake, several of the Chamlers clan would make pilgrimages to the library of Cago.

Knox: Shortly after the war, the lightly populated nation went into unrest. A number of deaths later, a new Sheriff was elected. The Sheriff sent word to the other Wheat Pact nations that they were out. The letter to The Kays and Litter Rock were very amusing to the New Union generals as they were written as if the two nations had not been absorbed. In fact, the new Sheriff hadn't even fought in the war, having hid out in the mountains the entire thing, and had only come to power as most of his rivals had killed each other off.

Omaha: Like Topeka, the princedom would be forced to work hard to maintain its grip on Kacity lands.

Kacity: Kacity maintained some order until the end of AP 250. But in the long nights of the year, a forced changed of leadership was had and the city was soon ruled by an oligarchy of former soldiers.

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Sorry for the long delay. Life has been interesting and then I started traveling again. Hopefully the next update will be sooner than this one was!

[aaaa2222]

I looooove this. Can we have a map, please?

[izixs]

This last update didn't move the timeline forward, so the last map I posted is still the relevant one. When I end my traveling I'll have access to my maps again and will advance the timeline a bit.

[aaaa2222]

This last update didn't move the timeline forward, so the last map I posted is still the relevant one. When I end my traveling I'll have access to my maps again and will advance the timeline a bit.

I hope we get another update soon.

[izixs]

The Or'Conner Period: 250-279

AP 251: Cago proposes the Great Illinois Agreement to formalize the boarders of Cago, Springfield, Quadria, Terra-Hot, Indianap, and the Greater Lakes Republic (at least in the west). The only losers seemed to be Indianap and unaffiliated towns between the various groups. As Indianap had little choice in the matter as their surrender pretty much guaranteed the new boarder anyway, all nations would soon sign on.

Supreme General Or'Conner went to work at setting up policing of newly acquired areas, and elsewhere, shrinking the army. The harvests of that year were bountiful, but would likely not of been harvested if not for the returning former soldiers. The New Union Council feared however that as many homesteads had gotten along alright without the soldiers for at least a year or two, that some might not have a place back home. So the council decided to do two things. The first was to create a new council for the express purpose of training and equipping future New Union soldiers. The second was to open three schools for teaching and restoration of historical devices, one each in Memphis, Jackson, and Chattanooga. Indeed, a number of former soldiers flocked to these new opportunities. New retired general Mark became head master at the Chattanooga school.

253: Negotiations with N'arlens for the return of the captured territory break down. The N'arlens princes threaten an embargo of goods to the New Union if military threats are made. Or'Conner does move troops to near the boarder, but keeps them hidden for the mean time. It is never really known if N'arlens found out about this move.

A revolt begins in Indianap. Soon Indianap is anarchy, with three major groups, and several smaller ones, claiming to be in charge.

254: Grand Marshall Toll comes to power in Indianap, his 'Pacers United' group had managed to either kill off or bribe in to signing up the other factions vying for power. It soon became obvious that Toll had also had help from Columbia and in the first few months of his reign began to make laws against anti-Columbian sentiment, which there was much, and to encourage anti-Cago sentiment, which there was more of.

Or'Conner re-entered negotiations with N'arlens, specifically with Sara the Smile. They reached an agreement where Sara would personally supply recompense for the territory taken, but she would retain primary rights of defense and business there in. Such was not allowed in N'arlens territory, but this special zone got around that as it was agree that at least in name the territory was still New Union territory. The New Union would also be able to operate economically there, but the area would not be subject to New Union redistribution policies. As the only alternative it seemed was war with N'arlens, the New Union leadership begrudgingly agreed to these terms but made it know that if 'West N'arlens' became a destitute land or a place where good people were oppressed, they had the right to take it back no questions asked. Sara the Smile agree to this and she and her cartel began becoming the primary power in West N'arlens.

257: Grand Marshall Toll was killed via a poisoned breakfast. Those responsible were never found, but the resulting power vacuum was quickly filled by Grand Marhsall Jill, who too soon was killed by poison. The third Grand Marshall of the year, Henry, acted in a paranoid fashion and soon had gone completely insane. Forced evictions began to be common place as GM Henry was dead set on not letting the Evil Doers have any place to feel safe. Soon after were forced marches of random citizens. And soon after that rebellion. Henry was strangled by one of his inner circle in December. Again Indianap was in anarchy.

258: Atlan went to war with nations along the eastern coasts. Not much as to why or what of the war reached New Union lands, however the fighting was quick with Atlan victorious. When word came to Or'Conner, the real message was obvious. Atlan was making it clear that they were not push overs and that New Union expansion would not come at their expense. Or'Conner went to the New Union council and decided to lay out a new vision of the New Union.

First, the New Union would have to always be seen as the valiant force in any conflict and be on the side of right. Second, they must continue to expand, incorporating friendly neighbors when possible, and fighting against destructive kings when peaceful opportunities were not found. And thirdly, the New Union would have to prevent a coalition like that of the Wheat Pact from ever forming in opposition again. Or'Conner would likely of been laughed out of the chambers had he not had his prestige. But the council did reject the imperialistic part of Or'Conner's views. The council also pointed out that they're decisions were that of the now, and that long term planning wasn't something that they could do in a chaotic world. Or'Conner was not pleased.

259: Indianap finally stabilizes again. Now in charge was a mysterious group of three based off a local religion. Indianap shortly formerly left the Wheat Pact and began work in forming a coalition against Columbian interference. By years end, the nations along Columbia's southern boarder were a part of the O-hi mutual defense agreement.

Or'Conner lead troops to the boarder of Knox and began sending threatening messages to the Sheriff. Within a few weeks, several poses of Knoxians attacked the New Union encampments. With a reason to go to war now had, Or'Conner sent the new general of East Tenn, General Smoog to attack Knox while giving word to the council in Memphis that Knox had declared war.

The attack on Knox was highly successful and before winter most of their territory was secure. And thus by time orders to defend and not attack were sent from Memphis, it was already too late. Or'Conner was recalled back to Memphis.

260: Or'Conner was officially demoted to be General of Litter Rock. It was believed duties keeping people in line there would keep him busy for the time being. Retired General Mark was brought in to be new Supreme General. The question about Knox however was less clear cut. General Smoog seemed unresponsive to initial requests to withdraw. Eventually the council had Sheriff O'Malley of Knox brought to them to explain the Knoxian attacks. O'Malley spat on the floor and cursed them, and then claimed that the New Union was planning on killing them all and the proceedings were a show trial.

O'Malley was sent back to Knox but died in a carriage accident. After a few more weeks, fighting flared up again in Knox as it seemed to the locals that the occupiers had killed their leader. General Smoog, trying to save his own hide, forged evidence suggesting that the locals had killed their Sheriff and sent it back to Memphis. When the evidence arrived, the council was again divided. But eventually one of its members, Caesar Roh, representing Ark, called on the council to remove General Smoog and to set down a firm policy on Knox and the eastern reaches. Roh soon had a following on the council, but deadlock persisted for many months, all the while General Smoog continued to wreak havoc on the revolting Knox.

[izixs]

261: The Roh group was eventually able to replace General Smoog and set down a policy on Knox. Knox would become a New Union holding, but would maintain self governance otherwise. The New Union would be the only source of their defensive abilities. The give this new ruling legitimacy of any sort, the council would decree that the eastern boarder between Atlan and the O-hi river would be that of the old boarders of Kentucky and Tennessee, which would include all of Knox and some sparsely settled areas.

264: After much efforts, General Smoog admitted to all that General Or'Conner was the one whom created the 'Knox Plot'. General Or'Conner was removed from being General of Ark and brought to Memphis. As it would of been suicide to punish otherwise Or'Conner, a special position was made for Or'Conner as 'Advisor of Military Matters'.

The nations of Alabama began negotiating with the New Union for more protection against the increasingly militant Atlan.

Omaha began the 'Great Western Landgrab' as the Prince of Omaha decided that there were too many people in the city doing nothing of great use. And thus sent them out west to claim new lands for Omaha.

265: With Topeka growing, the Roh group forced through a similar measure to that of the eastern boarder, establishing the New Union extended as far west as the old Missouri boarder. Some of the locals in the newly acquired areas were surprised to be informed of their new citizenship, but no outright rebellion occurred.

Traders and explorers in the far north west find the Dakota nations and their agrarian society.

266: The Roh group made a condition of defense of the Alabama nations that they would submit a referendum on joining the New Union to their citizens. Caesar Roh began working with Or'Conner to create the first major post plague propaganda campaign to try to sway the vote towards Yes.  Or'Conner used his remaining connections to begin this.

269: The question of Louisville finally comes to the fore front for the New Union council. Prince Lance passed away in prison and the city began marching for and against thew New Union. The NU council opted to return the city and the region to normal status, the Roh group however forced this to only be possible if Ken was split between Ken and Tucky, with Louisville being a apart of Tucky.

N'arlens merchant prince, Tallius von Hornblower, sells maps of Florida to New Union craft and trade groups.

272: The nations of Alabama finally met and agree to the terms of increased protection from the New Union. Years of Or'Conner back propaganda made the results of the referendum a foregone conclusion, and soon almost the entire former state of Alabama was in the New Union, with all the new territories joining the Bama zone.

The Prarie Pact is formed between Omaha, Topeka, and Sioux.

275: The new councilors from Bama had joined the Roh faction, making them the majority on the council. Caesar Roh himself had retired, but the group kept his name in his honor. The Roh faction make Or'Conner general of Bama and soon entered negotiations with Atlan for a neutrality agreement which is quickly agreed too.

Traders in the east encounter the nation of Potomac. Word eventually reaches back to Memphis of the nation as well as its alliance, the Federal Union Group.

276: The Roh government made public a new grand plan for a peaceful middle America. At the center would be the New Union. In the north, the four major players along the Big River, Cago, Twin (which controlled the Twin Cities), Saints, and the Iowa Nations. And in the south, the N'arlens Trade Federation and Atlan. Of course most of this was pie in the sky. However, in interests in maintaining their influence, the Roh group felt that a big sweeping plan was needed to keep the status quo. Distrust was great of the national council for its previous treatment of Or'Conner and for the lack of new works since the end of the war. The Roh faction sent Or'Conner to Atlan to ask them to join the American Alliance, while other persons of power were sent north.

278: Twin joins the American Alliance. This starts a cascade of sorts to the south, as the Saints, fearing exclusion from this alliance would mean their near certain destruction, sign on to be permanent members. All three Metals swear their loyalty to the new America. Kacity reaffirms their support as well in this.

279: Or'Conner dies while in negotiations with Atlan. Soon after, the Queen of Atlan also dies. Her heir signs onto the American alliance, mostly as a way to scare off rivals for the throne.

[aaaa2222]

Please, please more.

[Kevinstat]

You didn't mention Cago joining the American Alliance, but they're shown in red on your second map.  The same with some smaller nation's I think, but those might not need to be mentioned.

Great timeline btw.

[izixs]

Cago joined at the end of the First New Union War as a reason to attack Indianap. Springfield and Terra-Hot were members before the war but had been overrun during it. After the war they kept with the alliance so that they'd have any chance if a new war started. They are uneasy about the Saints joining and make it obvious they think the Saints and Cago are bad for the alliance without just plain saying they oppose them being members.