>Following a period of national crisis, the United States fragmented into independent states and regional factions. This new landscape features competing alliances with distinct ideologies and territorial claims. >The Northern Liberty Pact (New Hampshire and Maine) upholds libertarian principles. >The Interstate Union (Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New York, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania) pursues socialist policies. >The Washington Restorationist Movement (Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and the occupied eastern panhandle of West Virginia) seeks to restore the federal United States. >The Evangelical Heartland Alliance (Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee) promotes evangelical and zionist values. >The Ohio Valley Conference (Illinois, Ohio, and occupied Indiana) focuses on maintaining order in the Midwest. >The Midcontinental Axis (Michigan, Texas, occupied Wisconsin, the Toledo Strip, Arkansas, northern Louisiana, Oklahoma now called the North Texan Territory, and New Mexico now called New Texas) pursues regional hegemony. >Mittelamerika (Missouri, North Dakota, occupied Kansas, northern Arkansas, and South Dakota) emphasizes territorial expansion and is at war with the Midcontinental Axis over West Kansas. >The Mormon Brotherhood (Utah, southern Idaho, and associated occupied territories) operates as a theocratic LDS entity. >The Pacific Defense Pact (California with influence over Oregon, Washington, western Nevada, and Arizona) advances socialist ideals with strong social liberalism.