@timmy_khagann
First off let me say nice map, I like it.I would appreciate some flags and an infodump. I would move the state labels or use the postal code since they all seem to be the same as OTL.
I do have a few questions you can consider when writing the info: When is the map set? What are the current governments like? Which are hardline and which are undergoing reforms? Who is recognized as the successor to the old United States, or is the recognition divided among the various power blocks in the world?
Concerning the borders, this is more personal curiosity rather than something you should put in a write up: it looks like the peace treaty between the different regimes broke up the old US based on state borders instead of front-lines, which leads me to wonder if Texas was broken up in the 19th century? If not, then why aren't more of the states divided especially considering that the borders seem a bit precarious for some of the nations like what I am assuming is the U.S. federal remnant?
Thanks for your interest in the map! I'll see if using state codes is better than writing out their full names.
As for the infodump, well... I can't speak for the devs lol, but I'll do my best to give you the rundown.
So this map is based on a TL called Kaiserreich, itself a modification (or mod) for Hearts of Iron II, Darkest Hour, and IV. The most basic premise is a Central Powers victory in WWI, now stylized as the Weltkrieg, which creates enough butterflies on its own by 1936.
Now, the map itself features the scenario's Second American Civil War. To make a very long story short:
This is a timeline where the United States didn't join WWI and kept on selling for the Entente powers (particularly the UK) until the Peace With Honor in 1921. After the British Coal Miner's Strike in 1925, which snowballed into the British Revolution and led to the dissolution of the UK and the Exile, the US fell into a long, ongoing recession--or was it depression?--since the UK, which was still paying their Weltkrieg debts to the US up until the Revolution, was one of the last few US export-friendly nations in the world after the Germans, fresh from their Weltkrieg victory, started taking the rest of the world's markets under its own very exclusive sphere of influence. Exacerbated by a myriad of natural disasters (Dust Bowl, St. Patrick's Day heat wave, Great New England flood) and a decade of ineffectual government, the American people were becoming more desperate, and soon started becoming radicalized by two movements, both of which offered a plan to get America out of the recession: Syndicalism and America First. Tensions ran high all over the place by 1936, and November's elections proved to be the straw that broke the camel's back--or in this case, the Union.
The thing to consider about Kaiserreich is that changes can be made to the canon by every patch. This map is for 0.7, which overhauled a lot of stuff for the United States and removed many of the things which I was familiar with in relation to the SACW, so bear with me if I don't give a good explanation. In addition, I didn't have a detailed map of the SACW in 0.7, else I would have also included the multiple militia movements that popped up on each country (and slowly kill my hands in the process lol), so I stuck to featuring states that "officially" declared their secession from the Union. As can be seen, their borders are very much precarious, and will definitely change as the war goes on.
The big, blue, and hilariously overextended giant sprawled all over the map is the United States of America, run by the MacArthur Junta in Washington DC, or in Denver if the former were abandoned. There are many ways MacArthur can sieze the highest office of the land: He can offer to "assume emergency powers" just before the election if President Hoover feels worried about all the radicals milling about in the polling booths, or he can stage a coup d'etat if President Reed or Long (more on them later) run to enough opposition while implementing their agendas. For this map, I'm sticking with "suspending the Constitution before Election Day." Nationwide martial law was implemented, and conscription was enacted on all loyal states. MacArthur still kept the Senate and House, if only to act as his personal rubber stamp and keep the appearance of being the legitimate American government. The game is somewhat fuzzy about the internal politics of the US under MacArthur, so I had to make my own interpretation thereof, especially the last part.
The red industrial powerhouse is the Combined Syndicates of America, united under the leadership of John "Jack" Reed, who ITL returned safely from Russia after the failure of the Bolshevik Revolution. In Kaiserreich, Syndicalism took Communism's place as the ascendant Socialist ideology, and France was the first in the world to become fully Syndicalist. As leader of the IWW, Reed touched the hearts of millions of workers across the Rust Belt from his headquarters in Chicago, the general lawlessness of the time often meaning the assumption of usual government duties (security, jobs, healthcare, etc.) in many counties from Minnesota to New York--in fact, it isn't uncommon to encounter a troop of Red Guards, the paramilitary wing of the IWW, while walking along the streets of Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburg, and NYC. He is firmly conviced Syndicalism is the answer to America's economic and social ails, and doesn't like the Federal government for their inaction to help the working man. What he doesn't like more, however, are radicals on the opposite side of the spectrum--which is exactly what the American Union State is.
The grey, second rendition of the Confederacy in the south is the American Union State, led by Louisianan dictator Huey Long. Long leads the America First Union party, a disparate collection of just about every right-leaning ideology under the sun, from white supremacists, social conservatives, theocrats, classical liberals, et cetera. Much like Reed, his party is the de facto government for much of the South, and his Minutemen stand guard in otherwise Federal government buildings. However, Long believes that his Share Our Wealth initiative, practically an extreme form of wealth distribution, is America's last best hope. Corralling his party in line, however, is a difficult task, with him often reaching out to people whose views he finds repulsive, and the two things keeping the party together is a firm belief in Share Our Wealth and a hatred of Syndicalism.
The green midget on the far right is the New England Republic, a puppet state created by Canada after implementing Defense Scheme no. 1 shortly after the secession of the CSA and AUS. It's firmly neutral, and firmly Republican, with the policies which they entail.
The yellow snake on the left is the United States of America, but where all the politicians who disagreed with MacArthur have fled to. They only form if the Junta seizes power, otherwise they remain loyal to the Union, Democrat or Republican. They portray themselves as the last bastion of American democracy, seeking to restore the Union and bring down the Junta jnstead of being a separatist nation in its own right, turning the SACW into a four-way war. Not exactly fun for the American Caesar.
I would love to talk further, but writing write-ups are a bitch in mobile and I've already wasted an hour on this lol, so I would advise you to go search up the lore on the Internet if you're interested in the American and non-American particulars of the Kaiserreich scenario.