Northeast US

Government

The Republic of Northeast US is a federal republic that is represented by a President and a bicameral legislature. The President is elected to a five year term through a two round voting system unless one leader gains more than 50% of the vote. The Vice President is elected along with the President and would take over if something happened to the President.

The Senate is comprised of 75 members and a 2/3 vote is needed to approve of a President Pro Temp.

The House of Representatives is comprised of 275 members of various political parties. A coalition is needed for a speaker to be elected and controls the debate. He is also the third in line for the President.

Economics

The nation is economicly sound as they continue to maintain a balanced budget. This is subscribed into their constitution. The budget is small but it is constently growing. The economic situation in the nation currently is Good.

History

main article: History of the Republic of Northeast US

The history of the Northeast Republic has been a turbulent one. After the desolution of the United States through internal conflicts, several states form alliances with each other. The states that made up the North East were no exception. When PA and NY formed their alliance, many states in the surrounding region were not happy. Over the course of the next five years after the PA/NY Alliance, New Jersey joined and it became the Northeast Confederation. In response, Maine and her surrounding states quickly formed the Maine Confederacy. Over the course of several years, there was severe tension between the two alliances and when Delaware joined the Confederation, they changed their name to the Republic of Northeast US.

It was when Delaware joined that the First Republic-Confederation War finally erupted. The first battle took place in the city of Plattsburg, NY and from there, the Confederate Army made its way down towards Albany. However, they were turned back at the Battle of Saratoga. At this battle, the Confederate Forces were totally destroyed. Upon the destruction of the 1st Confederate regiment, the Northeastern Army made its way and recaptured territory that were taken by the Confederates. At the Second Battle of Plattsburg, the city was recaptured but only after the city was severaly damaged.

As the invasion of the Maine Confederacy commenced, the government of the Confederacy asked for peace terms and everything went back to Status Quo Ante Bellum. This set the people of the Republic in an uproar. After several months of fighting, the people expected something better than the return to status quo. In response to this, President Ryan Anderson was impeached and thrown out of office. The rebuilding after the war brought economic ruin to the Republic along with most of the continent as major trading centers were damaged and harbors were destroyed. It took years to rebuild the infrastructure and by the time it was mostly rebuilt, the second Confederate-Republic war erupted. The Main Confederacy learned from their mistakes and attacked several places at the same time. The bombed New York, took Plattsburg, and invaded New Jersey. The Confederacy plan nearly succeeded but a rallying defense by the Northeastern Army prevented the invasion of Pennsylvania. A couple months after the Confederacy defeat at the Battle of the Border, the Northeastern Forces re-invaded New Jersey while additional forces routed the enemy at Liberty, NY. By the end of the year, the Confederacy was pushed back into their own borders and the Northeastern Army followed them. Six months later, the capital of the Maine Confederacy fell and with it, the entire Maine Confederecy. Over the course of the next three years, the former Maine Confederacy was absorbed into the Northeast US.

With the defeat and absorption of the Maine Confederacy, the economy began to soar like never before. The Northeast became an economic powerhouse on the continent. Then trouble started on their Western Border. The Republic of Ohio decided to try and lop off some territory from the Northeast US and resulted in the first Republic-Ohio War. After initial gains made by Ohio, they were forcibly turned back and the NEUS Army took control of the war and drove into Ohio capturing East Palestine and moving up towards Youngstown. Ohio in turned counter-attacked and the war ended in a stalemate. After three months of shelling across the border, the war ended with a peace treaty. Trouble soon arose a few years later when Ohio passed a law claiming the entire Ohio River Valley. A few weeks after this bill was passed, they hired people to cause problems throughout the Northeast in an effort to push them to give up the rest of the River. This ultimately backfired as the NEUS AF ultimately launched air assaults at these bases which sparked the second Republic-Ohio War. This was primarily an air campaign as both sides launched bombing raids. Even though both sides launched skirmishes into eachother's territories, no one gained any territory and the war pettered out. All of that changed when Ohio launched a monitor raid and pulled out. This resulted in the deaths of NEUS citizens. A few days later, NEUS declared war on the Ohio Republic and stormed across the border and took the whole OH 11 corridore along with East Liverpool and Stuebanville. The current war is on hold pending peace talks with the rest of the Liberty Alliance.

With this war on hold, additional forces have been called up to help with a new threat. This threat is from Wutend and is currently invading Deltain. The Northeast Republic along with other nations are forming a coalition to combat Wutend.