If we have chosen the position in life in which we can most of all work for mankind, no burdens can bow us down, because they are sacrifices for the benefit of all; then we shall experience no petty, limited, selfish joy, but our happiness will belong to millions, our deeds will live on quietly but perpetually at work, and over our ashes will be shed the hot tears of noble people.
Marx, Reflections of a Young Man (1835)
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Government: Head of State/ Governor-General: Herbert H. Lehman
Head of Government/President of the Union/Lieutenant Governor: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Secretary of Commerce: John D. Rockefeller Jr
Secretary of State: Cordell Hull
Secretary of the Treasury: Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Chief of Staff: Douglas MacArthur
Chief of Naval Operations: Arthur Japy Hepburn
Chief of the United States Army Air Corps: Henry H. Arnold
Chief of the Signal Intelligence Service: William J. Donovan
District Attorney: Thomas E. Dewey
Senate - Lieutenant Governor - Franklin D. Roosevelt [D] President pro Tempore - Perley A. Pitcher [R] President of the Senate for New Jersey: Harold G. Hoffman [R] Speaker of the Senate for Pennsylvania : Thomas Kennedy [D] Speaker of the House for Delaware: Rodney Hutchinson [D] Speaker for Northern Maryland: Harry Nice [R]
House of Representatives: Speaker of the House: Vito Genovese [D]
Government Ideology: "Rooseveltism" - a Commonwealth Nationalist Federal Union mixed with a military dictatorship [National Socalist- Federal Union mixed with some Leftist Ideas.
Claimed States: New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, and the North of Maryland.
Disputed Territories [Delaware: Everything North of Dover - Union, everything South - Virginia] [Washington D.C - Union controlled after ceasefire] Norfolk [Union controlled after ceasefire]
Rough Population: 27.388 million
Capital: Washington D.C [Population: 489,869] - [Disputed with Virginia]
Largest Cities: 1. New York City [7,199,946] 2. Philadelphia [1,954,941] 3. Baltimore [824,424] [De-facto controlled]] 4. Pittsburgh [669,917] 5. Newark [669,817]
--------------------- Union Army: Active Personnel: 45,000 Ready to Mobilize: 450,000 Reserves: 1,252,000
Training Picture:
----------------------------- Equipment: M1 Garand [Number: 450,000] M1903 Springfield [Reserves - 3,250,000] Browning M1918 [23,000] M1919 Browning [152,000] M1 Mortar [3,100] M116 Howitzer [2,000] Renault FT [Storage: 121] M2A4 Tanks [143] Light Tank 'M3] [5 - Testing] Leichter Panzerspähwagen [Imported from Germany - Number: 205] [More will be added] ----------------------------- -----------------------------
Union Naval Forces on a patrol
Union Naval Forces: Destroyers - Mahan-Class [8] Light Cruisers - Brooklyn-Class [6] Heavy Cruisers - Washington Class [1 - 4 in building] Aircraft Carriers - Lexington-class [3] Battleships - Colorado-Class [5] Battleships - Tennessee-Class [1] Battleships - Nevada-Class [4] Battleships - New York- Class [2] Landing/Transports Vessels - New Jersey Class [4 - 16 more in production] -----------------------------
Union Air Force [Formerly known as U.N Army Air Corps] Bombers - Boeing B-17 'Flying Fortress' [125] Fighters - Curtiss P-36 'Hawk' [54] Fighters - Curtiss P-40 'Fighting Hawk] [1 - Testing] Fighters - Messerschmitt Bf 109 'Me 109' [195 - Imported from Germany] Dive Bombers - Junkers Ju 87 [135 - Imported from Germany]
Why Your States Decided to Unite(A sort of history): In the early 1900s the Northeastern states of the United States inspired large industrial and population growth, with immigrants coming from Europe after the First World War and it was also where the Great Depression began in 1929. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected Governor and began a recover process for the state, while at the same time expanding the influence of New York. in 1932 New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey formed the "States of Collectivity" a trade and industrial union where both states aid each other while aiding themselves. This process helped the states recover, but it was still not enough and after a "boom" period of 1931-1933, Roosevelt resigned to run for the Presidential Elections.
Herbert H. Lehman the leader of the "Nationalist-Trade Union" became Governor, at first Herbert H. Lehman was a respected and well active leader within NY, yet in 1935 the Governor had a stroke and ever since he was unable to "run the state" and the State fell under a Chairmanship, or a regency until Herbert H. Lehman died. For the first time, the State covered up the Press and refused for "interviews" playing off as Herbert H. Lehman was well and healthy. In the 1936 elections the populist Roosevelt returned and was elected Vice-Governor while Herbert H. Lehman remained as Governor in name only. And in 1937 with the Bill of 1937 giving all the states complete freedom was passed is when the chaos began.
Immediately, riots and violence broke out within the State. The Republicans. Democrats, and Nationalist-Labors formed into one party named the "Federal Party" against the Socialists, Communists, Radical-Liberals, and Anarchists which formed the "American Syndicalist Union" yet the ASU fell as the Radicals and Anarchists broke away to form the "Anarchy-Jacobins" which quickly fell after a supposed "assassination" of the Chairperson took place outside Times Square in New York. This allowed for the "Purge of September" as key figures within the American Syndicalist Union went either missing, deported, or murdered with the help of the local "Five Families" in New York City.
- Governor Franklin giving a speech after the end of "The Times of Troubles" in New York.
With this, the Federals put a tight grip yet a civil war almost broke out as Syndicalist Forces armed the local population in Albany, Roosevelt called in the National Guard under MacArthur and the leader of the ASU Forces "William Z. Foster" was captured and transported to a prison in New York.
Yet, another threat arose as the National-Socialist- German backed party secured a narrow-election in New Jersey. Large-scale riots broke out and some people in the New Jersey Senate [many former Republicans and Democrats] called on New York to help and liberate the state, which in late September they did as 45,000 thousand strong "New Yorkers" forces moved into and occupied key cities within a week. The State joined New York in a union and formed the "Sister Republics"
- New York Forces reading the surrender of New Jersey.
In early October a referendum was held in Pennsylvania on whether not to union with the Sister Republics the Referndum passed 75% to 35% yet the Pennsylvanians Senate refused to ratify the order and vetoed any attempts same for the Governor. New York outraged at this repeated what it did with New Jersey. The Pennsylvanians drafted soldiers, yet they all refused to fight refusing to die for a silly cause. The State surrendered on the 25th of October as New Yorkers entered Harrisburg and Philadelphia to cheering crowds and at gunpoint the Senate was forced to sign the Bill which forced Pennsylvania into the Sister Republics.
- New Jerseyan Police outside Princeton tearing down the border between Pennsylvania, NJ, and NY.
Peace didn't long last as Virginia which became the "Union" annexed Maryland and Delaware and began to conflict with the intrests of New Yo war broke out in late November between the two. The war become a stalemate as both sides couldn't defeat each other, until Douglas McArthur surprised the Virginian Fleet at Norfolk and destroyed 8/10 of the Virginian Navy, the rest surrendered. This allowed for the Forces of New York to land in Virginia Beach and force Virginia to fight two fronts, which it could not afford to do. Virginia went for one last offensive and drove deep into Pennsylvania. The offensive worked well, yet the cost was to much and they were forced to withdraw as New Yorkians went on the offensive and went so far as Washington D.C while New Jerseyans went and captured Delaware but was forced to stop at Dover. A ceasefire was called on the 10th of December between the two, which divided Maryland, and Delaware into two spheres and ceded Washington D.C and surrounding areas to the Sister Republics. The Senate of Delaware partitioned to join the Sister Republics which passed and Delaware joined while the State of Maryland was completely dissolved and formed into North Maryland under the Sister Republics and the rest under Virginia, and the Port of Norfolk was ceded creating a peace, but a uneasy one.
- Virginian Forces during the Pennsylvanian Offensive.
[b]Waiting and Willingly.
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[i]If we have chosen the position in life in which we can most of all work for mankind, no burdens can bow us down, because they are sacrifices for the benefit of all; then we shall experience no petty, limited, selfish joy, but our happiness will belong to millions, our deeds will live on quietly but perpetually at work, and over our ashes will be shed the hot tears of noble people.
Marx, Reflections of a Young Man (1835)[/i]
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<div style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><span class="bb-b">Waiting and Willingly.</span><br><br><span class="bb-i">If we have chosen the position in life in which we can most of all work for mankind, no burdens can bow us down, because they are sacrifices for the benefit of all; then we shall experience no petty, limited, selfish joy, but our happiness will belong to millions, our deeds will live on quietly but perpetually at work, and over our ashes will be shed the hot tears of noble people.<br><br>Marx, Reflections of a Young Man (1835)</span><br><br>Student, Roleplayer, and I like games.<br>Ask me for my steam/skype if you'll like.<br><br>Roleplays Currently in:<br><br>Nation Roleplays:</div>
- New Jerseyan Police outside Princeton tearing down the border between Pennsylvania, NJ, and NY. 