The United States of Columbia

Overview:
The two “revolutionary brothers” of North America couldn’t be more distant. Columbia,
born out of the larger revolutionary wave in North America that started in the 1780s, had its
independence cemented in 179_. By the late 1780s and due to the French Revolution over in
Europe the British and Dutch can’t afford to continue the conflict in North America. The colonies
are recognised as independent. Resistance to British rule continues in New England, but many
supporters of independence start moving into the newly independent states further west. The
Continental Coordination Council, which had previously led the war effort against the colonial
powers, falls apart within the year. Differences in not only language but stark differences in
integration, economy, and political leanings make a union seemingly impossible. While the
North falls into the path of reconciliation with the mother nation, especially after the
Pattriottenjid, Columbia falls into a deep hatred of the United Kingdom.

The early years of the fledgling nation are met with relative political stability, with
Jefferson’s Democratic-Republican’s dominating. By 1807 relations with Britain had rapidly
deteriorated over many issues, primarily Florida. West Florida is home to not only Columbian
settlers, but escapees fleeing slavery in the nation. With British officials arming “African
Brotherhoods''(radical abolitionist and early revolutionary groups), West Florida became a hot
spot for conflict and bloodshed. British impressment of Columbian sailors and repeated attempts
at destroying Columbian trade were finally met with a heavy hand in 1812.
The war of 1812 was a relatively quick war, and was an astounding (albeit temporary) victory for
Columbia. With future president Andrew Jackson defeating British invasion forces in New
Orleans, important port towns such as Biloxi and Pensacola became critically under-defended.
With the British admission of defeat coming late into 1815, Columbia’s 60 year occupation of
West Florida began. The immediate aftermath of occupation was that many of the underground
railroads were destroyed, with thousands of Freedmen from the Caribbean (confused for
runaway slaves) being massacred at the “Battle of Walnut Hill” by Columbian slave hunting
militias. The Natives of the area fared about as well, with the Creek and Choctaw tribes being
forced into the Florida hinterland and begging the British government for recognition as an
Independent Nation under their auspices. In reality they would become consumed by the
administration of Florida and would be reduced from once proud nations to subservient
“reservations”, land that white men would not be allowed to settle.

In 1867, tensions escalated when the French

government expressed deep dissatisfaction over Columbia's
failure to repay its substantial debt. The Columbian
government refused to acknowledge this debt and ignored
envoys. In collaboration with the British, they launched an
invasion of the southern region, only to be met with fierce
guerrilla warfare akin to the Iberian campaign during
Napoleon's era. In an effort to establish a liberal republic,
the French and British supported P.G.T. Beauregard, who earned the moniker "Black Napoleon"
due to his affinity for French culture. However, this nascent republic was swiftly crushed.
Amerika and Mexico, fearing the re-establishment of European dominance in the area, backed
the Columbian government in its resistance against the British and French forces.

To safeguard business interests, emergency powers were bestowed upon the central
government in Richmond, effectively enforcing federal rule. This arrangement became de jure
with a constitutional rewrite in 1874. Columbia was compelled to cede West Florida back to the
British, creating lasting resentment. In the aftermath, most liberals involved in the failed
Franco-British-backed republic were purged from the government or subjected to lynching.

Slavery in Columbia met its demise in the 1910s and 1920s. Companies began
purchasing enslaved individuals and employing them in industrial jobs. This shift occurred due
to the unsustainability of slavery in agriculture and the growing industrialization of the economy.
However, this new development created a surplus population of "excess" slaves who could not
be sold off. With an abundance of unemployed workers, tensions escalated among the white
population, who viewed black individuals as either stealing their jobs or being exploited,
depending on their perspectives. This issue became the most contentious topic in Columbian
politics. Since the government did not grant citizenship to these individuals, as it was deemed
too expensive to send them back to Africa (a failed attempt in the past), a sizable non-citizen
population emerged within Columbia's borders. Unsurprisingly, this population harbored deep
resentment toward the government. It goes without saying that many Columbians pondered
what they considered the logical "solution" to this "problem."

Columbia civil war during great war when they try to get involved to protect civilization in the
american blah blah blah But the starting factions are
● The National Salvation Front, the Populists, based in the West
● The Appalachian Confederacy, supported by the Leftist and generally anti-Richmond
sentiment holders which have long existed in the region
● The Richmond Government, the federal government.
However, soon after the war starts (and sooner than any player could possibly win the war
without cheating or ridiculous skills), the National Redemption Army, whose base of support are
the Red Shirt paramilitary organization which was made by the Columbian government as a
slave catching patrol, and later dissident harassers and strikebreakers, and general assholes,
basically a military junta. Then, from the NRA, comes the Columbian Legion, the
non-government supported militia that thought the Red Shirts were too soft (basically the Black
Legion). At that point all chaos breaks loose, with Tussenlandt and Louisiana breaking off from
the Salvation Front, the far west is so disconnected from any other faction that the Lakotah
treaty territories are essentially self governing now, and a revolt against the NRA, CL, and
Richmond in the Black Belt breaks out. If it goes on long enough the Appalachian Provisional
Government, a reactionary force against the Confederacy, will break off, and eventually the
federal government will just dissolve and the states will just become independent. there are a lot
of dyed in the wool communists in appalachia ofc but the majority aren't super politically inclined
enough to know theory or whatever, they just know that they, and their parents, and their
parents' parents, have hated Richmond since forever and these guys are fixing shit and fighting
them. West Africa falls to industrial magnates who try to sell off as much of their resource and
stock to either britain or france before jumping ship. and later black revolutionaries. columbian
naval mutiny on new courland.
In-Game:

Leaders at Game Start

Nat Spirits

Aparthood:

“I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until
I prayed with my legs.”

Columbia is no stranger to the institution of slavery. Deeply

entrenched in the Columbian economy and psyche, The
comparatively recent abolition of slavery came in 1924 as the result
of increasing paranoia by white workers, who saw industrial slavery
as a threat to their job security.. The “freeing” of the slaves created
a permanent underclass, one without citizenship. To

Diseased Heart:

Deep within the beating heart of Columbia, a cancerous affliction

grows. Medicine and Prayer prove ineffective, leaving even the
greatest minds throughout the nation stumped. The arteries clot
and coagulate as the filth floats upstream, polluting the body. On
one side of the operation theater stand the Long Brothers, populist
firebrands. On the other stand the old guard, vigilant for threats.
Neither know just how important this operation will be for the future
of all Columbia.

New Orleans is a city of contradictions, to put it simply.

Coal Wars:

“You load 16 tons, and what do you get? Another day older, and
deeper in debt…”

Across the coal fields of the Kanawha Valley and Cheyenne

Territory lie blotches of scarring,

Floridian Scars:

The war of 1812 was a relatively quick war, and was an astounding
(albeit temporary) victory for Columbia. With future president
Andrew Jackson defeating British invasion forces in New Orleans,
important port towns such as Biloxi and Pensacola became
critically under-defended. With the British admission of defeat
coming late into 1815, Columbia’s 60 year occupation of West
Florida began. The immediate aftermath of occupation was that
many of the underground railroads were destroyed, with thousands
of Freedmen from the Caribbean (confused for runaway slaves)
being massacred at the “Battle of Walnut Hill” by Columbian slave
hunting militias.

The failure of the 1867 Franco-British invasion of Columbia forced

the territory to the forefront of the
Columbian Civil Religion:

The modern Columbian Church (Columbian Restored Church of

Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) proves dominant both socially
and politically across the nation. While the federal constitution
offers no framework for a “state religion”, the majority of states have
added legal provisions for the church to be the official religion of
said states. The church is a restorationist, nontrinitarian Christian
denomination headquartered in Eden, Missouri.

The Church was founded in 1830 as a promulgation of the “Great

Awakening” and the newly forming Columbian “civil religion”, or
veneration of Columbian figures as saintly.