1857
Mexico was in high debt from many events. In the thirty-something years since they gained their independence from Spain, they had suffered a northern revolt, a war against a now-dead nation, and another war against its own former territories. Now, many northern provinces as well as the Yucatan Peninsula where gone from them. The Mexican Empire had fallen from a pan-American Empire, to a measly nation the size of maybe the Aztecs. At the helm for most of the time was Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the center of Mexican hatred. France had given several loans to Mexico, and now that they where on opposite sides of the global spectrum, they where calling them in. As high taxes and low government services came into existence, the harshness of the French forced the Mexican government to pass a 33% income tax and to cut essential services like law enforcement, all to keep the government in Mexico City living comfortably. He lost the support of the Liberal Party and the Mexican people. Benito Juarez was chosen as the successor. Even then, the Conservative Party put forth their own candidate. The Mexican Civil War saw the Conservative Party nominating Martin Carrera for the Mexican Dictator ship. Juarez wanted reform, and Santa Anna had very few supporters, but he wanted to stay in power. The war ravaged the country for the whole of the summer months, but in the end, Juarez won out. Mexico still had a problem with France, and new solutions where hard to come by, but the new head of state bought the country some time.
Meanwhile, the Hudson was in pain. A third of its population and city that was the pride of the state was now gone. To make matters worse, a secessionist movement between the western and eastern half of the state began to build. The Western half, centered in Buffalo, wanted to country to unite with Delaware. The Eastern half, centered in Albany, wanted to reconquer Manhattan and face off against New England. New alliances made that impossible, and every week, every month, and every year, the residents of the Hudson Republic wanted more and more to unite with Delaware. In August 1857, it was put up to a vote. 73% voted to unite with Delaware. 14% voted to stay independent. 13% where unsure or voted for other options, like uniting with Manhattan, New England, or Maine. On January 1st, 1858, the union went into action. This did cause Delaware to move the capitol to a more central location, Philadelphia.
Previously to the breakdown of the First United States, natives where handled by deportation. Andrew Jackson had started this policy with the 1830 Indian Extermination Act. However, the only nation with enough will to enforce this was the Great Lakes. Mormons in Deseret treated Native Americans better than most nations, as a book of their holy scripture, the Book of Mormon, centered around Native's ancestors. After them, western nations like Oregon and Texas treated them very well, with precedent for this coming from Sam Houston's attitude after living with natives in his childhood. Mississippi and the Great Lakes treated them the worst. Mississippi was bordered up to the former Indian Territory, so despite the racist southern attitudes, they treated natives more or less well. The Great Lakes was the worst in treating natives, with massacres of the Lakota and Dakota tribes being common place. Appalled by the treatment of the Lakota, Oregon, Deseret, and Britain gave arms to the natives and they eventually earned recognition as the proper rulers of the Black Hills and much of the great plains.
Just north of the Great Lakes was the large British Province of Canada. For a long time, Canada and especially Quebec felt separate from the rest of Great Britain. Great Britain recognized this and to avoid another American Revolution, they began to plan independence. Quebec Province would become its own country, while the rest of Canada was united as the British Commonwealth of Canada. Preparations where made to create the commonwealth on January 1st, 1860.
1858
The global movement to abolish slavery was growing. Russia had abolished serfdom. The last countries to have slaves where Texas, Mississippi, Dixie, and Cumberland. Even then, the Cumberland prepared to abolish slavery under similar conditions as Delaware. This was not treated well throughout the nation, but it was seen as nessessary to be respected on a global stage. Of course, a new system was already underway. Nicknamed Sharecropping, it was freedom on paper, slavery in practice. Residents of Cumberland where happy to adibe by this to avoid global isolation. This was the very same reason that throughout the 1860s and 1870s slavery was sort-of abolished in Dixie, Mississippi, and Texas.
As global alliances grew, various Italian states saw unification as a nessessity. Naples looked prone to become the dominant force in Italy without unified resistance, and the Papal States and all the other Italian countries knew it. In 1858, they united into the Papal Republic of Italy, in which the President would reign alongside the Pope. This was met with great suspicion in Naples, but they figured they would be fine. Imperialism was the future, these Republicans had their century, and as far as the Imperialistic nations where concerned, it was their turn.
Meanwhile, the first election in the Great Lakes was around the corner. Everyone assumed that the Imperialist Stephen Douglas would be re-elected, but the Republican Party was a growing power. After seeing the alliances build up, Republicans in the Great Lakes did not want to fight their former countrymen in nearby countries. Most American countries had joined the Parisian League, and the Great Lakes residents where sharply divided. The Imperialists even wanted to adopt a new Constitution to put a Emperor in power. The Republicans wanted to leave the Imperial Alliance. Debates started between the two leaders in Springfield, but soon moved to Chicago, the center of the empire. No victory was proclaimed.
Demographics of the Anglo-America
Largest Cities in each country. Capitol marked with a '*'
This data was very hard to find a base from in some cases, please don't critizes this part below too much.
California
- San Francisco 57,000
- Sacramento 14, 000 *
- Marysville 5, 000
- San Jose 5, 000
- Lewiston 4, 000
Cumberland
- Louisville, Kentucky Province 60, 000
- Richmond, Virginia Province 38 000*
- Memphis, Tennessee Province 22, 623
- Petersburg, Virginia Province 18, 000
- Nashville, Tennessee Province 17, 000
Delaware
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Province 566, 000
- Baltimore, Maryland Province 212, 000
- Washington, Columbia Capitol District 61, 000 *
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Province 49, 000
- Allegheny, Pennsylvania Province 29, 000
Deseret
- Salt Lake City 8, 000 *
- Provo 2, 000
- Ogden 1, 000
- Springville 1, 000
No other settlements with at least 1, 000 people
Dixie
- Charleston, Carolina Province 41, 000 *
- Mobile, Alabama Province 29, 000
- Savannah, Georgia Province 22, 000
- Augusta, Georgia Province 12, 000
- Columbus, Georgia Province 10, 000
Great Lakes
- Cincinnati, Ohio Province 161, 000
- Chicago, Jefferson Capitol District 112, 000 *
- Detroit, Michigan Province 46, 000
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin Province 45, 000
- Cleveland, Ohio Province 43, 000
Hudson
- Buffalo 81, 000
- Albany 62, 000
- Rochester 48, 000
- Troy 39, 000
- Syracuse 28, 000
Maine
- Portland 26, 000
- Bangor 16, 000
- Bath 8, 000
- Augusta 8, 000 *
- Rockland 7, 000
Manhattan
- New York City 814, 000
- Brooklyn 267, 000
- Poughkeepsie 15, 000
- Newburgh 13, 000
- Bridgeport 12, 000
Mississippi
- St. Louis, Missouri 160, 773
- Donaldsville, Louisiana Province 11, 484
- St. Laudry, Louisiana Province 10, 346
- Monroe (formerly District #8), Missouri Province 9, 845
- St. Joseph, Missouri Province 8, 932
New Orleans
New Orleans is the only city, state and/or province in the City-State of New Orleans
Oregon
- Portland 3, 000
- Sublimity 1, 000
- Salem 1, 000
No other settlements with more than 1, 000 people.
Texas
- San Antonio 8, 000
- Galveston 7, 000
- Houston 5, 000
- Austin 3, 000
- Brownsville 3, 000