Overview of factions and cliques of the USA
Reds
- Landowner based faction who want to see the US expand their land holdings in New England and the Mid Atlantic generally
- Advocate for expanding the vassal-state system
- Generally advocates for Crusades against the Quebecois and expansion along interior trade routes
- Wants to formally vassalize New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maine, Albany County instead of the hybrid vassal-tributary system they have right now
- Generally concerned about fighting Ohio's influence in Upstate New York and the Appalachians, Quebec in Upstate New York and New England and Georgia in the Carolinas
- Sub factions include, Chesapeake sub faction, Long Island and New England sub faction, colloquially called the Potomacs, Hudsons and the Charles'
- The Masons are associated with this faction as a way of spreading influence in the Midwest
Blues
- Merchant based faction who wants to see the US expand their overseas holdings in the South, Florida and Caribbean
- Wants more ports, trading posts and ships
- Generally advocates for Crusades/ wars in the Caribbean, taking Havana is a dream come true
- Wants to create a new State based out of Miami and the Bahamas
- Generally concerned about Cuba, and the State of Louisiana in the Caribbean, concerned about Georgia when it comes to control of the coast.
- Sub factions based around merchant family alliances.
Whites
- Church based faction who wants to expand the church's influence everywhere
- Wants to fight the infidels everywhere and reign in wayward district supervisors from the South and Midwest
- Wants to give the Supreme Court more power
- Will ally with either the Reds and the Blues depending on the situation
These three factions heavily influence the USA's foreign and domestic policies
Within the Church there are factions too though these are more geographic based
Ohio Faction: Advocates for the Commonwealth of Ohio. Growing stronger as Ohio grows stronger. Ohio hasn't yet forced an Avignon-style relocation , it got close before the Great Midwestern War and the Bailey's but it's gaining strength again. Generally pro-blue because it keeps the USA away from Ohio's ambitions
Warrior Order Faction: More militant, wanting Crusades against everyone. Neither pro-red nor pro blue
Southern Faction: Very weak, many Southern District Supervisors have been coopted by the Warrior Order
Mid-Atlantic Faction: A centralizing force for the church, demands that district supervisors enforce orthodoxy more rigorously. Neither particularly pro-red nor pro-blue. Very Anti-Ohio though
New England Faction: Generally pro-reform faction, reflecting the liberal and Catholic nature of New England. Neither particularly pro-red nor pro-blue. Also very anti-Ohio