@The Professor @Marc Pasquin
Since I know you two occasionally make flags here, I have a request or a challenge for you both. What would be an appropriate flag for the 'nation' outlined in the scenario below?
After the war of XX, the Republican and Democrat parties were officially disbanded. Any signs showing their logos were banned, as well as any previous political parties and political parties as a concept. The old government was overthrown in this civil war which was a fight between the various parties of the United States, and various ideological elements.
Using an unknown resource at hand, one particular movement from the Northeast was able to defeat and conquer all the other groups. This group advocated for non-partisanship and isolation from the rest of the world. However, its ideology was far more complex than that. It had a blend of far right ideals (remove illegal immigrants, ban illegal immigrants from entering the country, arming the police more, harsh crack down on far-leftist and anarchist groups), and more leftist elements (breaking up corporations and redistributing wealth as see fits, more pro-environmentalist parties, and anti-religion / secular values), it also had a blend of various other ideals, (humanity must colonize space in order to survive, no prisons, instead there are labor camps, America must seek to expand its borders and root out foreign agents).
This group was known as the American National Union. After taking over the United States, this group re-named the country to 'United Order of Usonia' for the first 5 year phase of reconstruction. During the reconstruction the following changes took place:
- Abolition of the judicial and legislative branch, all power was in the hands of the executive branch. The president.
- Abolition of any institution that posed a threat to the president's power.
- Military rule in unruly areas, authorized to use whatever force needed.
- Suspension of free speech, and civil liberties. Officially it was still allowed but dissenting speech towards the government and such was disallowed.
- Banning of any previous political parties / institution regardless of ideology.
- Various changes in the constitution to recognize the new government and remove any aspects that stood in its way. The new government and the various members of it were enshrined in law.
- Media companies to be completely banned and replaced with an 'unbiased' state media. Many medias would exist, to give the illusion of a free media and press.
- Removal of all foreign assets within the country.
- Removal of all foreign troops.
- Economic autarky was established, the US would only trade with 'civilized' nations such was western Europe, Canada and the western world. Sanctions were placed on all latin America, African and some Asian countries.
- Local elections only allowed with pre-selected candidates. Federal elections banned, the new leader rules for life.
- Title of president changed to supreme leader.
- Various changes of internal borders, and state flags.
- Prisons were turned into mandatory work camps. Prisoners will work for their terms of sentencing for hard labor to rebuild and expand infrastructure.
- Various other such things.
After when the country was fully stabilized, the country supported rebels across Latin America with an ideology the same of theirs with funds and started various wars and conflicts without the Americas in order to root out 'uncivilized' elements. Mexico became horded with illegal immigrants from the US and those deemed unfit by the US. After which, it was used as a ground for testing the military when the Usonians directly invaded Mexico to kill off the cartels and establish a puppet state, but not before annexing various areas of the country.
The goal of the United Order of Usonia is to conquer the world slowly, smartly over a period of time.