Following the peaceful solving of all the planet’s political problems during President Obama’s fifth term
(The 28th Amendment to the US Constitution, repealing the 22nd Amendment, having come into force in 2015) the world entered what is known to historians as ‘The Age of Fragmentation’. Lasting about 150 years (depending on which historian you prefer), this Age saw the peaceful breaking up of most medium to large size nations. In the case of the USA and Canada, where there were two there became, at its height, 81 nations. The Age of Fragmentation was followed by the ‘Rumble Years’, also known as the ‘Hundred Years Miniwars’. The latter decade of that period saw a coalescing of nations, sometimes forcibly, sometimes peacefully. The former USA & Canada came out of the period comprising 10 nations (in alphabetical order) –
Alaskan Republic
Commonwealth of American States
Greater Texas
Hochelaga
Kingdom of Hawaii
League of Latter Day States
Newfoundland
Republic of Quebec
Southern Federation
Union of the West
Following a half-century of peaceful consolidation and reconstruction there arose in certain areas a yearning for ‘the good old days’ of the United States of America.
After prolonged debate and negotiation, five of the nations came together to form the North American Democratic Association. While each nation retained significant autonomy, there was
inter alia an elected NADA Representative Assembly (which in turn elected a NADA President), a customs union, the free movement of labour, a central bank and currency, a co-ordination of military forces and a NADA wide television service covering news, sports and re-runs of ‘I Love Lucy’. The five nations were (in alphabetical order) –
Commonwealth of American States
Greater Texas
League of Latter Day States
Southern Federation
Union of the West.
The NADA Representative Assembly appointed a committee to propose a flag. While NADA claimed to be the spiritual successor to the old USA, it eventually decided not to have a flag modelled too closely on ‘Old Glory’ to emphasise that NADA was in fact something new and different. Two symbols were selected – the Phoenix to indicate renewal and the 13 stars from the old ‘Betsy Ross’ flag to show that NADA was a new beginning like the union of the old 13 colonies was in its time.