2020: The Grand Game (CLOSED)

[Arvenia]

Individual States of the UASC

• Maine
• Massachussetts
• Rhode Island
• New York
• Connecticut
• Vermont
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Ohio
• Indiana
• Michigan (Lower Peninsula of Michigan)
• Ontonagon (Upper Peninsula of Michigan)
• West Virginia
• East Virginia (formerly Virginia)
• Maryland
• Kentucky
• Tennessee
• Georgia
• Alabama
• Mississippi
• Florida
• Louisiana
• Texas (including Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas)
• Arizona
• Sonora
• New Mexico
• California (including Baja California and Baja California Sur)
• Oregon
• Lincoln (Washington State)
• Idaho
• Utah
• Nevada
• Colorado
• Kansas
• Wyoming
• Montana
• Absaroka
• North Dakota
• South Dakota
• Minnesota
• Wisconsin
• Illinois
• Nebraska
• Missouri
• Arkansas
• Oklahoma
• Iowa
• Hawaii
• Alaska
• Yucatán
• Alberta
• Saskatchewan
• Manitoba
• Gastineau (Northern British Columbia and Southeast Alaska)
• Kootenai (Southern British Columbia)
• Yukon (including Northwestern Territories)
• Nunavut
• Sequoyah
• Jefferson (parts of Southern Oregon and Northern California)

Can you all count down the number of states above?

[Honghai]

Individual States of the UASC

• Maine
• Massachussetts
• Rhode Island
• New York
• Connecticut
• Vermont
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Ohio
• Indiana
• Michigan (Lower Peninsula of Michigan)
• Ontonagon (Upper Peninsula of Michigan)
• West Virginia
• East Virginia (formerly Virginia)
• Maryland
• Kentucky
• Tennessee
• Georgia
• Alabama
• Mississippi
• Florida
• Louisiana
• Texas (including Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas)
• Arizona
• Sonora
• New Mexico
• California (including Baja California and Baja California Sur)
• Oregon
• Lincoln (Washington State)
• Idaho
• Utah
• Nevada
• Colorado
• Kansas
• Wyoming
• Montana
• Absaroka
• North Dakota
• South Dakota
• Minnesota
• Wisconsin
• Illinois
• Nebraska
• Missouri
• Arkansas
• Oklahoma
• Iowa
• Hawaii
• Alaska
• Yucatán
• Alberta
• Saskatchewan
• Manitoba
• Gastineau (Northern British Columbia and Southeast Alaska)
• Kootenai (Southern British Columbia)
• Yukon (including Northwestern Territories)
• Nunavut
• Sequoyah
• Jefferson (parts of Southern Oregon and Northern California)

Can you all count down the number of states above?

That's 62 states.

[Arvenia]

Can you all count down the number of states above?

That's 62 states.

Thanks! Now I'm going to make an application ASAP.

[Arvenia]

Application
Nationstates Name - Arvenia
Nation Name - United American States of Columbia (UASC)
Capital - Washington D.C.
Type of Government - Federal Presidential Constitutional Republic
Ideological Leanings - Liberal Democracy
Party in Power - Republican Party
Head of State - Thomas Featherston
Image of HoS - Thomas Featherston
Executive Title - President
Head of Government - Same as above
Image of HoG - Same as above
Executive Title - Same as above
Flag - 62 Stars

Total Population - 374,046,809
Racial Demographics - 60.5% White, 12.5% Black, 6% Asian, 2.1% Native American, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 10.2% Multiracial and 8.4% Other Ethnicities
Hispanic Demographics - 81.3% Non-Hispanic and 18.7% Hispanic

Military Branches - US Army, US Navy, US Air Force, US Marine Corps, US Coast Guard and US Space Force
Total military size - 2,556,150 personnel (1,601,150 actives and 955,000 reserves)
Breakdown of Ground Sector - 8,200 tanks, 36,400 IFVs, 6,400 APCs, 1,750 self-propelled artillery, 1,700 towed artillery and 1,200 rocket projectors
Breakdown of Naval Sector - 12 aircraft carriers, 10 helicopter carriers, 95 destroyers, 24 corvettes, 75 submarines, 18 patrol vessels and 10 mine warfare vessels
Breakdown of Airforce Sector - 2,000 fighter aircraft, 880 dedicated attack aircraft, 1,100 transport aircraft, 2,800 trainer aircraft, 800 special mission aircraft, 700 tanker aircraft, 6,290 transport helicopters and 1,040 attack helicopters
Major foreign military suppliers - The US military is largely supplied by domestic contractors.
Extra military information - The UASC military is similar to the US military in nearly every aspect.

GDP - $24,800,000,000,000
Currency - US dollar
Major import/export partners - USSR, Entente, China, Japan, Mexico, Nordbight and New Hibernia

Public Goals - Maintain national unity, achieve economic growth, combat terrorism and eliminate social inequality
Private Goals - Combat illegal immigration and maintain control of the Golden Circle
Major Domestic Issues - Ideological rivalry, racial tensions, economic inequality, weak infrastructure and corruption
Major Foreign Issues - Illegal immigration, rival governments and terrorism

History - Click here for details

[Hypron]

Hmm, I have to manage an Empire that spans from Anglois to Malta (which would be integrated in 1956) to Singapore, not even counting East Africa as I don't know what to do with it... fun times all around.

[Chewion]

Hmm, I have to manage an Empire that spans from Anglois to Malta (which would be integrated in 1956) to Singapore, not even counting East Africa as I don't know what to do with it... fun times all around.

You could turn over some territory to Australasia or put it under a joint administration…

[The National Dominion of Hungary]

Application (WIP)
Nationstates Name - Arvenia
Nation Name - United American States of Columbia (UASC)
Capital - Washington D.C.
Type of Government - Federal Presidential Constitutional Republic
Ideological Leanings - Conservative
Party in Power - Republican Party
Head of State -
Image of HoS -
Executive Title - President
Head of Government - Same as above
Image of HoG - Same as above
Executive Title - Same as above
Flag - 62 Stars

Total Population - 374,046,809
Demographics -

Military Branches - US Army, US Navy, US Air Force, US Marine Corps, US Coast Guard and US Space Force
Total military size -
Breakdown of Ground Sector -
Breakdown of Naval Sector -
Breakdown of Airforce Sector -
Major foreign military suppliers [If Applicable] -
Extra military information -

GDP -
Currency -
Major import/export partners -

Public Goals -
Private Goals -
Major Domestic Issues -
Major Foreign Issues -

History - WIP

Glad to see the UASC coming in, also, nice list of states earlier!

Also, almost done with the USSR app, gonna have to go through it one more time again tomorrow for the finishing touches.

[Union Princes]

Between a mega USA and a militarized China, I wonder who would scare the USSR more

[Chewion]

Is Australasia IRL Australia, NZ, and PNG? Are there any additional islands etc or anything in it?

As of now, but as I'll be making some updates to the map after talking to UP and Hypron, I could throw in New Caledonia as well if you'd like?

Beautiful Netherlands app

Great work thus far! If you want you could up your military numbers by a bit to some 60/80k or some such. Get some history on there, maybe relating to the Great Wars or decolonization of Indonesia and so on and you're gucci

Bolding this for a very important reason: Malaysia has it's own Monarch and is in the Commonwealth, so Australasia can do the same.

Also, side question, who currently controls Malta?

Oh I see, thanks for the heads-up Also, you control Malta.

Finished my app.

Awesome! Gonna give it a read!

Still working on my app, I expect to have it done at some point tomorrow.

Great! Looking forward to seeing it done!

Trying to decide if I’ll have Eurofighters or Gripen jets.

Hmmmm, that's a tough question tbh, both are good, solid aircraft. I'd lean to the Super-JAS Gripen myself

Polski appski

Looks good so far, seems like we may have some European... shenanigans incoming. You could up your population a bit to some 45/46 million if you'd like. As Poland wasn't under anything similar to the IRL Nazi occupation and as Eastern Europe and didn't suffer through the demographic troubles that came after the IRL fall of Communism.

Reserving a Tanzania; working on the app rn.

Sorry that's a no-go, Tanzania is part of Anglois East Africa. May I suggest Ethiopia, one of the post-South African states or maybe a Somalia that didn't collapse into a failed state?

I am interested in New Caledonia being in Australasia if that is a possibility

[Danceria]

Reserve me Spain-or Iberia I suppose in this world.

[Chewion]

China, would we probably have a similar trade relationship as irl minus the recent rifts?

[Union Princes]

China, would we probably have a similar trade relationship as irl minus the recent rifts?

Sure, depending how Chinese National Socialism is viewed in Australasia, you could say it's Capitalism larping as Communism

[Chewion]

China, would we probably have a similar trade relationship as irl minus the recent rifts?

Sure, depending how Chinese National Socialism is viewed in Australasia, you could say it's Capitalism larping as Communism

Fair point. How open is the market and how repressive on individuals right like religious freedom are you?

[Kenobot]

How many states does the UASC have?

That's totally up to you.

You could have a similar number to IRL but with the states being bigger or differently drawn or you could have more. Maybe the state of Cascadia incorporating Washington state plus southern British Columbia containing both Seattle and Vancouver, California being split between the Sequoia in the north centered around the Bay Area and California being basically SOCAL and Baja. The states of Sonora, Chihuaua in northern Mexico along with the State of Rio Grande with parts of southern Texas and northern Mexico. If you want some suggestions for names of new states.

What a shame. I guess I'll go with Somalia - though this Somalia will be radically different with what I'm planning to do. I was thinking of having a warlordist state in Tanzania, but seeing as Tanzania is part of the Anglais, I'll have to retry something else.

All right get the app up and we'll see what we can do.

Fixed up the population. Anything else you'd like me to add in to the app?

Just some mentions regarding the revolution during the Interwar Era and the Second Great War in the history would be nice, see point 8 and point 9 in the established lore.

Finished my app.

Accepted! Welcome aboard.

Fixed it up. Looking forward to the IC and Europeans doing European things

[Union Princes]

The market is more open as it is in real life, with the Special Economic Zones in Southern and Eastern Chinese coastal cities and without the China/Taiwan situation. Individual freedom is terrible but only slightly better than the PRC since propaganda is more focused on Chinese unity rather than communist ideology. Religion is more regulated than suppressed as the churches ll have to affirm their loyalty to the state and party in return for a hands-off surveillance. But any deviation from National Socialism of these religious churches will get cracked down with extreme impunity.

[Chewion]

The market is more open as it is in real life, with the Special Economic Zones in Southern and Eastern Chinese coastal cities and without the China/Taiwan situation. Individual freedom is terrible but only slightly better than the PRC since propaganda is more focused on Chinese unity rather than communist ideology. Religion is more regulated than suppressed as the churches ll have to affirm their loyalty to the state and party in return for a hands-off surveillance. But any deviation from National Socialism of these religious churches will get cracked down with extreme impunity.

Is your China a regional… bully like irl?

[Honghai]

The market is more open as it is in real life, with the Special Economic Zones in Southern and Eastern Chinese coastal cities and without the China/Taiwan situation. Individual freedom is terrible but only slightly better than the PRC since propaganda is more focused on Chinese unity rather than communist ideology. Religion is more regulated than suppressed as the churches ll have to affirm their loyalty to the state and party in return for a hands-off surveillance. But any deviation from National Socialism of these religious churches will get cracked down with extreme impunity.

That confuses me. You say NatSoc, I keep reading it as "Nazi." So we have a Nazi China in this universe, excellent.
/sarc.

[Union Princes]

Is your China a regional… bully like irl?

The Soviet Sphere, it is like a "bully", but given that Chinese National Socialism is portrayed as the alternative to Communism, China is seen as the regional heretic at best and a Charles Manson cult leader at worst since it's pushing for communists to adopt nationalism instead of internationalism. Without the Taiwan-China situation, it's a lot easier for capitalist nations to approach China and do business.

[Chewion]

Is your China a regional… bully like irl?

The Soviet Sphere, it is like a "bully", but given that Chinese National Socialism is portrayed as the alternative to Communism, China is seen as the regional heretic at best and a Charles Manson cult leader at worst since it's pushing for communists to adopt nationalism instead of internationalism. Without the Taiwan-China situation, it's a lot easier for capitalist nations to approach China and do business.

Last question, is your China committing genocide or anything of the like?

[Chewion]

Really torn on ideas for the Australasian flag. Anyone have any ideas?

[Honghai]

Really torn on ideas for the Australasian flag. Anyone have any ideas?

• https://i.redd.it/vhebqhuqica41.png
• https://images.theconversation.com/files/44631/original/vx8c2pn9-1395711420.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=1356&h=668&fit=crop
• http://www.clker.com/cliparts/6/q/W/z/R/w/alternate-australian-flag-hi.png
• https://i.pinimg.com/originals/40/65/8b/40658b9ef501c524b4c8132e2bf185cc.png

How about these?

[Chedastan]

Really torn on ideas for the Australasian flag. Anyone have any ideas?

Kangaroos are never a bad idea.

[Chewion]

Really torn on ideas for the Australasian flag. Anyone have any ideas?

• https://i.redd.it/vhebqhuqica41.png
• https://images.theconversation.com/files/44631/original/vx8c2pn9-1395711420.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=1356&h=668&fit=crop
• http://www.clker.com/cliparts/6/q/W/z/R/w/alternate-australian-flag-hi.png
• https://i.pinimg.com/originals/40/65/8b/40658b9ef501c524b4c8132e2bf185cc.png

How about these?

Oooh. I do really like the last one. Might very well do that. Thanks!

[Kenobot]

Really torn on ideas for the Australasian flag. Anyone have any ideas?

This is a historical Australian flag of the Eureka rebellion
This is Australasia from Kaiserreich
and this is the Red Ensign which used to be the merchant navy flag

[Huron League]

Added some history, not finished yet however.