America is nothing more than a rotting corpse in 1951. They lay in ruins after the Korean and Second Canadain war. America lost over 200,000 men in the Korea war only to have China retake the Peninsular a year after American forces left. The once productive farms of the Midwest have been destroyed by Canadian forces and the second great dustbowl. Made even worse this situation was a giant economic crash that drove the poor into the cities looking for even the most simple of jobs. The situation developed to a train wreck as disillusioned troops returned to a nation collapsing and it's corrupt government deadlocked in debates, petty rivalries and filibustering. These soldiers in their disillusionment they flocked to most extremes of the political spectrum in their heroic efforts to restore what was left of the Republic. In 1952 Two candidates were very prominent, Huey Long who campaign for a new America with more power to the central government vs Bob Reed who campaigned for a communist utopia with the support of the new Warsaw Pact that had arisen in the east. Riots broke out for support mainly in southern and northern states worsening the relationship between north and south. The Government did not help as the national guard were deployed to stop this riot but were not well controlled by their commanders and shootings of civilians were rising. Hatred against the government was now mounting because of their stagnation and violence against their own citizens were hitting an all-time high with approval ratings having to be inflated by the Government to even try to resemble that a single person approved of it.
Deadlocked and with violence erupting all over the nations the Senate called upon MacArthur to restore order at the price of democracy. MacArthur's division marched into the capital and he assumed to the position of Dictator for what he claimed to be the remainder of the emergency. He dissolved all branches of power except for the Executive branch and took up residence in the white house. Disgusted with the MacArthur's presence in a symbol of democracy the mainly liberal states of California, Oregon, and perhaps not surprisingly Washington seceded from the US and declared themselves to be the West Pacific States. In response, MacArthur left Washington to crush this Rebellion but as he was moving across the Midwest news had reached. The states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota, and Illinois had formally seceded the Republic and formed the Combined Communist States of America under Bob Reed. Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia had also left and created the American Union state under Huey Long. For three days there was nothing but silence. The Federal Government was silent in both bureaucracy and shock. Bob Reed promised a revolution to overthrow the Republic and bring it into a new age while Huey Long promised to root out the corruption of the Central Government and in an infamous speech called the United States of America a dead nation. More Bitter words were never said by brothers to brothers. A civil war was inevitable.
The Imperial Palace stood cold and unmoving in Berlin. A hand rested a cold window and it's user staring out into the wet streets. News had just reached that the Republic was dead. The bastion of freedom and hope now stood still like a deer in headlights. MacArthur had continued onto to the WPS to crush the Rebellion. Hopefully, such a show of force would convince the states to stay with the Federal government. For a moment the Kaiser had a hope of defeat against the new power that had arisen in the east until he heard a knock on the door. His heart dropped and he hoped what was behind that door was not what he thought. The door opened and the Minister of defense walked in with a pale face a telegram in his hand. The Kaiser knew now that the Republic was truly dead.
The Republic is dead but what will you do?