The invasion is personally led by President Nicholai Vladekov, an ex-general and former Soviet hardliner, who claims that Alaska was never really part of the United States, and that Russia is merely reclaiming its former territory. Other factions form in the following months, and by 2014, all hopes for a peaceful resolution are gone and the Second American Civil War begins.Įarly in the war, the Russian Federation invades and occupies Alaska, using the expanded operations of the European Union as an excuse. Texas follows a few days later, taking neighboring states with it and re-forming the Republic of Texas. As secessionist sentiment rises in America, the governor of California declares home rule, and California secedes from the Union on April 15, 2013.
The European Union parliament meets in an emergency session, and votes to send peacekeepers to the Washington Metropolitan Area to secure international interests and protection of European citizens in the United States. Congress, effectively wiping out the presidential line of succession, resulting in the United States being thrust into total chaos.
The yield is sufficient to destroy most of the city, killing Adams, his cabinet, and most of the U.S. on the night of January 20, 2013, a low- yield tactical nuclear weapon is detonated in an apparent groundburst, presumably having been concealed there in advance. The public reacts violently when incumbent Adams accepts a second term.ĭuring the Inauguration Ball in Washington, D.C. Presidential Election, the Supreme Court of the United States disqualifies all the popular presidential candidates from several states, effectively handing Adams his reelection. In response, President Adams uses the Homeland Security Act and declares martial law on many areas of the country, but it is particularly concentrated in the West Coast.įour years later, during the 2012 U.S. As a result, rioting springs up all throughout the United States, resulting in domestic terrorism. A combination of foreign terrorist attacks and poor economic conditions contributes to civil unrest. Shattered Union is set in an alternate history version of the United States of America, in which in 2008, presidential candidate David Jefferson Adams has been elected as the 44th President of the United States following a disputed election and a tie vote in the Electoral College (and subsequent tie-breaker by the United States House of Representatives), becoming the most hated and unpopular president in U.S.
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