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CorpEmp:

November 11th, Proclamation Day. The 51st Proclamation Day, as a matter of fact. The 51st for the Corporate Empire as whole, and the 26th under the reign of the Empress Hippolyta. It's often said that while her father, the Emperor Ignacio, put the pieces of the Empire together, it was Hippolyta's reign that welded it all together. That, and the Cordon Rebellion that took up the first five years of her reign. Things have yet to really calm down inside the Corporate Empire, as its leadership began the generations-long plan to reorganize the Empire from merely an alliance of warlords to a true brotherhood of peoples all under the platinum eagle.

The Delimitation Zones, territories that were conquered by the warlords' alliance before the formation of the Empire were the ground zeroes for the Rotthey patriarch’s “Imperialization” program. Gone were the nation-states of the Pre-War world, in their stead, the Empire divided its territory into Corporate Republics. Denizens of these newly created Corporate Republics were organized into several corporate groups based on common vocation and heritage to govern their home Republic. The Empire also began the formalization of its Great Class (caste) system, that classified the many corporate groups based on their function. What was originally an incentive program early into the post-WWIII societal collapse for parents to pass down their skills to children would consolidate into a system that enforced hereditary careers.

The five-year long Cordon Rebellion and the years of “police action” following the Rebellion (not counting the many other skirmishes that occurred during the Pax Texanica) have allowed for the Imperial Armed Forces to fully come into their own. Gone are the days of the IAF being a mere gaggle of warlords’ militias (collectively referred to as “Ayllu”) scattered across the globe. The Cordon Rebellion, and subsequent unleashing of Operation JANISSARY’s Bandon-Tumens were the catalysts necessary to bring about reform. Greater cohesion and esprit de corps were created through the integration of the old Ayllu militias into the newer Bandon-Tumens; it was also hoped this would allow a greater “Imperial” identity to emerge among the armed forces that would slowly disseminate among the civilian populations they garrisoned. The IAF inherited a myriad of combat vehicles and equipment from the pre-war militaries of the world, and the Rebellion was the perfect crucible to test what would serve as the progenitors for CorpEmp’s own models and variants.

UM:

Holding the peace conference that would end the Cordon Rebellion in Las Vegas was a diplomatic coup for what would become the United Markets, more importantly, it was a diplomatic coup for one of the many sub-factions that make up the United Markets. An alliance of anarcho-capitalist organizations in the Americas, wealthy nightwatchman city-states in Africa, India, and China, and several businesses across the globe that survived WWIII and the Warlords’ Wars, the founding groups of the United Markets all sought the position as first among equals. With the Nevada Free Staters holding the peace conference that ended the Cordon Rebellion, for the time being, that role would belong to them.

Unlike their CorpEmp or WCOF neighbors, using the declared peace to begin (or continue, in CorpEmp’s case) their grand plans to bring about their visions for society, the “leadership” of the UM had no such designs. To varying degrees (depending on where you lived), the Non-Aggression Principle was the rule of law. The megacorps of Washington-Vancouver, Bremen, and Hong Kong may chafe and grumble that they lost to Nevada to be the face of the United Markets, but Nevada will leave these “Free and Voluntary Mercantile Enterprises (FVMEs)” alone to pursue their own agendas. The people of Nevada responsible for hosting the peace talks never really saw themselves as leaders of the United Markets as a whole. The established the precedent of the “right person at the right time” style of ad-hoc charismacracy that would define UM leadership.

Militarily, the United Markets preferred to pursue a policy of “Wealthy Armed Neutrality”; they’d pay belligerents off the first threat of incursion, then they’d use however much the invaders wanted a second time to hire mercs and wipe them out. As technically a collection on Nonstates, the UM didn’t prohibit individual members or organizations from offering their services for either side during the Cordon Rebellion. From among these advisors, contractors, and “gentlemen adventurers” that would later establish the UM’s mercenary commands, a few were agents from Nevada tasked by the Free State’s leadership to perform some “investigative work”. There was plenty of military equipment produced in the early years of World War III, and there were some that bet their bottom dollar that there were caches of equipment hidden, and yet to be found by the Corporate Empire or rebel Cordons. A few would be found and used to bolster the strength of what would become the Free Market Militias, and others were reverse engineered to kick start domestic defense industries.

WCOF:

The Treaty of Las Vegas caused two great sighs to come from the nascent World Congress of Freedom. From the idealists of the rebellious Cordons that were annexed into the World Congress, a sigh of frustration. “We could’ve taken more from CorpEmp!” From the realists of the founding pre-Imperial members of the World Congress, a sigh of relief. “We could’ve lost so much more from CorpEmp!” While all the Cordons Sanitaires revolted against the Corporate Empire (with plausibly deniable assistance from the WCOF), not all were allowed to join the WCOF at the end of the Rebellion. San Fransisco, Rio de Janeiro, the greater Cape, Kaliningrad, and the south Atlantic and Indian islands were all ceded to the WCOF, with the remainder forced to resume their role as Cordons. The ones that retained independence, and those that helped them, now must work together in the face of the still-strong CorpEmp, and the rising UM.

Incorporation of the breakaway Cordons was difficult, but not impossible. The governments of the new members of the WCOF were reforged to resemble what the pre-Imperial founding states became in the years between their joining and the Cordon Rebellion. A form of tiered digital democracy was implemented in Iceland (aided by the resources of Riot Control Productions) during WWIII that was slowly disseminated to its surviving peers. Infrastructure was developed to allow citizens to have a voice in affairs from the local neighborhood council all the way to the World Congress as a whole. Residents of the annexed Cordons, and the myriad number of people that made their way into the WCOF (as part of a series of population transfers) would have to work for their citizenship, paying for their admission into the WCOF by building their means of participation themselves. Each member of the World Congress, a Congressional Republic, is free to conduct domestic affairs, if it doesn’t harm the welfare of the World Congress and its citizens.  

The rebel militias that had fought CorpEmp’s Bandon-Tumens tooth and nail were readily absorbed into the Congressional Armed Forces, later renamed Congressional Armed Freedom Fighters. The greater WCOF’s defense industries had limited access to resources. They couldn’t afford to see whatever worked like CorpEmp or could afford the best equipment and vehicles like the UM. The WCOF has what they had, and they had to make do. Continuous recycling and repurposing of equipment made the future CAFF experts at modular weapons systems. The great number of displaced persons from the post-war relocations were also a source of manpower, as many would enlist in the WCOF’s “foreign legion” as a path to citizenship and party membership.

Minor Powers:

Originally one of the rebellious Cordons Sanitaires, the Long Island-Martha’s Vineyard Cordon jockeyed for leadership of the North American front of the Rebellion with the SanFran Cordon. As it was the designated dumping ground for many of the world’s environmentalist groups, militants from Long Island-Martha’s Vinyard were more focused on environmental concerns than the rest of the Cordons liked. Eventually, the Long Islanders would break away from the remaining Cordons, establish their own “Green Consensus” contacting like minded cells operating in CorpEmp’s oft-porous interior. They were dismissed as a nuisance during the Cordon Rebellion, seizing control of sparsely populated Caribbean and Pacific islands. Their greatest success was the de facto seizure of the Amazon rain forest near the end of the Rebellion. Rather than wage another war for the region after ending the Rebellion, CorpEmp begrudgingly ceded it to the Consensus. On the international stage, Green Consensus has been quiet since the Treaty of Las Vegas, only reminding the other powers that they exist when something they do is a perceived threat to the environment. For now, all they can really do is complain and launch minor raids. Domestically, not much information passes outside of their territories, other than the Green Consensus’ radical restructuring of their society to one that is more beneficial to the environment.

Not all polities are part of the Big Three (CorpEmp, UM, WCOF, respectively). There were some communities that weren’t actively hostile to the expansion of the pre-CorpEmp warlords. In turn, the warlords left them alone. By the time of CorpEmp’s organization, these territories were declared “Reserved” for peaceful anti-Imperial communities. Pacifist, survivalist, and religious millenarian groups would form small to moderate-sized Reserves. The American and Russian Pacific, the Australian Outback, and the Sinai and Negev Desert are home to some of the largest concentrations of Reserves. There are two Reserves of note. The Republic of San Marino and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea are two pre-Imperial states that fall under the category of Reserve. The former’s independence was guaranteed by CorpEmp so long as it remained a neutral polity, and the latter had a falling out from the founding members of the WCOF and decided to continue the Juche experiment alone. So long as they don’t ever threaten CorpEmp, they are free to continue as they see fit.

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Texan-Virginian Alliance: An alliance created by the two most powerful post-American protostates in the South. The Texan Tribal Federation was formed by members of the New Tribal Movement wanting a radical reorganization of American society, and the Grand State of Virginia was a corporatist state created by an opportunistic Army officer escaping the collapse of the American government. The two protostates would begin talks following contact with each other during their respective campaigns to pacify the deep south. A proper alliance was formed following their now-joint campaign establishing client states between them. The new alliance went on to subjugate the rest of what used to be Canada and the United States (Texas in the Southwest and Pacific Northwest, and Virginia in the Northeast and Great Lakes, respectively). Diplomatic missions were dispatched to see if there were like-minded groups elsewhere on the post-WWIII world. Slowly but surely, allies were found (or made) and what started as an alliance between the two post-American protostates would evolve into a global Empire.

West European Plurality: Much like the New Tribal Movement in the United States, the European New Right became more active during WWIII and the resulting societal collapse. During the Migratory Wars, elements of the New Right would secure territory in France and the Iberian Peninsula, and begin their project of building an ethnoplural European state (hence the name). What used to be France, Spain, and Portugal was weaved into a patchwork of pre and post-Roman territories. Gauls, Goths, and everything in between could be found in the "Plurality". It was around this time that the Texan-Virginian Alliance sent out their diplomatic feelers. Trade deals, and assurances of mutual aid and defense were made. Luckily for the West European Plurality, "mutual aid" included assistance with the pacification of Central and Northern Europe, and talks with the rising Tri-Rus' Confederation in the East.

Tri-Rus' Confederation: The Russians and Ukrainians would continue to hammer themselves during WWIII, and ultimately collapse like much of the world's governments. Belarus retained some measure of stability, and rise to become the leader of the eastern Slavic states. The Belarusian government began a campaign to engineer a united East Slav identity, inspired by the medieval Kievan Rus' and early modern Triune Russian ideology. This, coupled with the total fatigue among the Russians and Ukrainians, allowed for the "Triple-Rus'" project to continue without too many hiccups. Once their power base was sufficiently consolidated, the new Tri-Rus' Confederation expanded into the Baltics and Balkans to create allied buffer states in the event of contact with emerging adversaries. Instead of enemies, the Tri-Rus' found allies in the WEP and TVA. The Tri-Rus' would join the TVA and WEP in exchange for recognition as the hegemon of eastern and southeastern Europe.

Spring and Autumn Territory: Inspired by the works of Confucian thinker Jiang Qing, the Spring and Autumn Territory was created during the People's Republic of China's collapse at the end of WWIII. The Territory's leadership decided they would take their time "rightfully reclaiming" the rest of the Chinese mainland. They believed that the post-war period was just another period of time where China must be divided for a while. This was the time meant to build and demonstrate to the other post-PRC warlords that a government inspired by the Spring and Autumn Annals (hence their name) would be the one to reunite China. The aforementioned "while" would not last as long as expected, as the TVA's envoys arrived after their conquest of California and missions across the Pacific. Seeing themselves as kindred spirits, the Spring and Autumn Territory would join the TVA's growing global alliance, and began flexing their muscles to their neighbors. "Heaven's approval and lots of allies, get with the program." The Territory's "Way of Humane Authority" would serve as an inspiration for the Corporate Empire's own governing bodies.

West Arabian Emergency Coalition: The Gulf Arab states did not fare well as bystanders of WWIII. The resumed Iranian-Israeli and Indo-Pakistani conflicts ended up spilling over into the Shia and Kafala dominant regions of the Arabian Peninsula. The monarchies of Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE, and Qatar were overthrown, and their loyalists taking shelter in a battered Saudi Arabia. The Hashemite Monarchy, also caught in the crossfire of WWIII, would intervene and bring security to the western half of the peninsula (and secure their own position as leader of the peninsular Arabs). When the Israeli state exploded due to its fundamentalist Christian foreign fighters mutinying, the WEAC managed to secure control of Jerusalem and the Palestinian West Bank. The WAEC would also cooperate with the rump Ethiopian State to bring stability to the Red Sea and Horn of Africa. When the TVA reached Europe and the Mediterranean, the WEAC and its Ethiopian ally would begin a series of diplomatic talks with proxies in the Levant and what became of Egypt and Turkey.

Peru-Bolivia Confederation: The Ethnocacerist movement came to dominate Peruvian politics as the Eastern and Western powers (including Brazil and Argentina) evaporated from WWIII. The states of the central Andes, Peru and Bolivia, found themselves in a position where they were the most powerful in South America. Much like the Texans and Virginians, Peru and Bolivia allied-later united as the Plurinational Confederation-and set out to expand their influence on the continent. Alongside their military expeditions, the Confederation also sent diplomats to check in on the remains of the United States. The Peru-Bolivia Confederation was the first post-WWIII protostate beyond North America to establish relations with the Texan-Virginian Alliance.

Seattle and Vancouver: Operation GOLDEN BRIDGE was enacted by the Texan Tribal Federation after their looting of Portland in the Cascadian Pacification to further divide the population. The coalition of city-states in the region were united solely in their opposition to encroachment by the Texan-Virginian Alliance. While the embers of Portland cooled, the Texans made an announcement to the rest of Cascadia that would stress the already fractious coalition. Amnesty would be offered to those that laid down their arms, Seattle to those that didn't want to fight anymore, and those that persisted in their resistance would be "given to the Cimmeri". The last two major city-states of Cascadia, Seattle and Vancouver, had mixed reactions. Seattle, governed by the nascent megacorp MicroBucks, took their time to consider the proposition. Vancouver, the more anti-Texan of the two, reacted more aggressively to Seattle's reaction than the Texan's offer. A brief conflict of sorts broke out between the two cities, with Seattle the victor. Amused with this turn of events, the Texans allowed Seattle to keep Vancouver along with their independence.

Nevada Territory: Originally, the pre-WWIII libertarian movement of the United States planned for the region of New England to be the heart of the Free State Movement. The internal migrations leading up to the collapse of the U.S. complicated this with the northeast receiving an influx of "old regime" loyalists. Where was the Free State to rise now? One member of the movement had a vision. Vegas. Isolated out in the Mojave, the Free State Movement would build a fortress they'd emerge from post-war and remake America in their image. Fortunately for this exodus, the government was too busy imploding to notice a large concentration of draftable individuals fleeing. Unfortunately for this exodus, there were plenty of militant groups already taking their slice of the post-American pie. By hook or by crook, the Free State Movement made their way to Vegas, and by the time of the Warlords' Wars they came to rule it. When the Texans began their probing campaign into the Southwest, the now Free and Voluntary Territory of Nevada bribed their way out of being invaded. They would repeat this tactic to remain independent of the Corporate Empire, and would serve as the location for where peace talks between the Empire and various rebel groups took place. It was also here that the Nevada Territory invited leaders of like-minded "states" to create what is now known as the United Markets.

Crypto Coast: The pre-war government of El Salvador was one of the most crypto-friendly governments in history. A little too friendly, as a large number of "cryptobros" made their way to the country and began to act like they ran the place. With their hoard of wealth, they actually did by the time the rest of the world went down in WWIII. Protracted conflicts with the Zapatista EZLN would stymie any attempts to extend beyond their Salvadorean core (and some gains in what used to be Guatemala). When the Texan-Virginian Alliance and Peru-Bolivia began their connect their territories by way of intervention in Central and South America, they made the decision to not intervene and leave the two belligerents be. When the Zapatistas brought their territory in Chiapas into what became the World Congress of Freedom, the Crypto Coast joined the United Markets.

United Caribbean: Prior to the WWIII, military adventurism became very popular in the Caribbean (primarily aimed at Haiti). As it also provided a springboard into Venezuela and Cuba, many of the 21st century filibusters received support from the United States and pro-intervention expat communities of Cuban and Venezuelan descent. From staging grounds in Jamaica and the Bahamas, "contracted security forces" seized control of Haiti and later the Dominican Republic. The collapse of their sponsor government at the end of WWIII put an end to any dreams of further intervention in the Caribbean, and the task of consolidating their control of their conquests was thrust upon the band of freebooters. Not wanting to be overthrown by the locals, the islands' new rulers became laissez-faire in governance, evolving into a sort of "night watchman state". As the original conquerors aged, more and more locals were hired and rose through the ranks of leadership. By the time they joined the other "non-states" of the world to form the United Markets, the United Caribbean was fully Caribbean.

Free Argentina: Argentina suffered from a low-level internal conflict as its pre-war regime grew more and more unpopular as WWIII progressed. The global collapse of the world economy and waves of refugees fleeing the aftershocks of the Blowback would come to the southern cone and exacerbate tensions. Eventually, the Argentine government was only in control of both the city and province of Buenos Aires. Further waves of refugees, caused by the conquests of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation caused the rump Argentine government to become more militant. Militant enough to make the forces of Peru-Bolivia to keep their distance when they made their way to the Rio de la Plata.

Monaco and Nordsee: The Principality of Monaco, thanks to its wealth and small size, survived the collapse of most European governments. The government of Monaco was quick to beef up its border security as the Migratory Wars erupted across the continent. According to highly disputed sources, when the West European Plurality emerged and began its expansion out of France, the Prince of Monaco reopened the Monte Carlo casino and challenged its leadership to a round of poker for Monaco's continued independence. Nordsee emerged as a emergency defense coalition of the cities of Hamburg and Bremen as the greater German state collapsed. Much like their cousins in Nevada, this reborn Hanseatic League bribed their way out of being gobbled up by the WEP.

League of Chartered Cities: The idea of Charter Cities exploded in popularity across Africa as WWIII exploded across North America and Eurasia. These enclaves endured the aftershocks of WWIII, the Migratory Wars, and the Blowback, and quickly began talks with each other. Concerns over conflict with potentially hostile warlord states and reigniting the Blowback limited their efforts to expand beyond their Charter Cities' metropolitan area. Malawi, Gambia, and Burundi were the exception. When Ethiopia and West Arabia began talks with the Texan-Viriginans, West European Plurality, and the Tri-Rus about expanding into Africa, the L.C.C. built up their walls, mailed the warlords a blank check, and said thanks but no thanks.

Petro Emirate: The military of the United Arab Emirates were quick to respond to the revolt of the Gulf States' kafala workforce. Abu Dhabi and Dubai were evacuated and the central government relocated to Fujairah. The surviving leadership of the Emirate (some political violence took a few Emirs out of the picture during the Kafala Revolt) was a little miffed that they weren't invited to join the West Arabian Emergency Coalition, so when the alliance the WEAC was in reorganized into the Corporate Empire the independent Petro Emirate began talks with Nevada and Seattle-Vancouver to form what would become the United Markets.

Andaman and Puducherry: The Indian union territory of Puducherry was to be the epicenters of several charter cities in India. Before any more could be developed, WWIII happened. Then conflict with Pakistan. Then the raids from Chinese warlords. Then India began to break apart. The charter cities of Puducherry weathered India's period of warlordism and the pre-CorpEmp warlords' campaigns in Asia. Like many of the territories that would join the United Markets, Puducherry was able to bribe their way to independence. The Andaman Islands volunteered to join the United Markets after they made contact with Puducherry and the city states of the South China Sea.

Pre-War States: It is a commonly held myth among the denizens of the Corporate Empire that all nation-states collapsed following the end of the Third World War, and the emerging warlords uniting to form the Empire. Cuba, Comoros, Iceland, the Maldives, Mauritius, New Zealand, Uruguay, and Seychelles survived the fallout of WWIII and the Blowback in one way shape or form. For one reason or another, these countries avoided being absorbed by the coalition of warlords as they began to expand (size, stability, and distance were key factors in how unappetizing they were). Communications, albeit sporadic, were maintained between the eight surviving states, aimed at coordinating the return of civilization to their neighbors. Iceland, New Zealand (renamed to Aotearoa), and the nations of the Indian Ocean were the most successful. Iceland secured Greenland and the islands of the Canadian Arctic with ease, New Zealand reached Tasmania before the warlords got to the Australian continent, and Comoros and Seychelles pacified the islands of the Indian Ocean without contest. Cuba and Uruguay, close to the Texans and Peru-Bolivians, respectively, could only fortify their positions and be as little an appealing target as possible. Around the same time as the Warlords began to consolidate into CorpEmp, the surviving pre-war states banded together to form their own bloc. Following the end of the Cordon Rebellion and the Treaty of Las Vegas, the breakaway cordons and the eight surviving states would band together and form the World Congress of Freedom.

Post-War Revolutionaries: The chaos of the third world war allowed for several revolutionary movements to seize (de jure) control of territory. While many were vanquished by the Warlords' Coalition, three managed to survive. The Zapatistas of the Chiapas, Sahrawi Republic of the western Sahara, and the Kefala revolt in the eastern Arabian peninsula were the ones that managed to endure the Warlords, the formation of CorpEmp, and join the World Congress after the Treaty of Las Vegas. Of the three, the Sahrawi and Gulf Republics managed to expand their territory before contact with the Warlords. It is still a matter of debate as to why they weren't conquered by the Warlords before or after the formation of CorpEmp. Most scholars believed the Imperial military drafted plans to conquer the three following Ignacio Rotthey's death and his daughter's coronation (to further cement the Empire's legitimacy). The Cordon Rebellion, and resulting Treaty of Las Vegas dashed those supposed plans, as the newly formed World Congress of Freedom managed to get the three states into their sphere of influence, eventually incorporating them directly into the WCOF.

The Corporate Empire (CorpEmp): The big kahuna, and hegemonic empire to end all hegemonic empires. Their territory is more porous than they like to let on, as there are plenty of survivalist, pacifist, and millenarian enclaves (or folks that forgot to fill out their census paperwork) known collectively as the Reserves.

World Congress of Freedom (WCOF): Several urban centers and islands were designated as Cordons Sanitaire, semi-independent penal colonies where aaaalllllll the people that didn't want to be CorpEmp could go live. After Emperor Ignacio died in 2100, multiple Cordons revolted. The left-wing coalition of rebels formed the WCOF. Although they didn't overthrow CorpEmp, they won the next best thing: CorpEmp's begrudging recognition.

United Markets (UM): The right-wing half of the Cordon rebellion, though they preferred to bribe their way to freedom from CorpEmp than fight. The peace treaty that ended the Cordon Rebellion was signed in Las Vegas (all parties involved got comped rooms!) They are an equal mix of Anarcho-Capitalists and billionaire/tech-bro megacorps.

Green Consensus: The Long Island Cordon was full of hippies and less smelly environmentalists, so CorpEmp didn't invest too many resources in monitoring them. Then Ignacio dies, and all hell breaks loose across the Cordons. While the new Empress unleashed Operation JANISSARY on the rebels, the newly christened "Green Consensus" plants their environmentally friendly flag on the Amazon, Galapagos, and various islands (how Heinan and North Island ended up joining is a mystery). CorpEmp didn't contest, after fighting a 25 year war with two other factions.

DPRK Remnant: No one knows why the remains of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea got the San Marino treatment during the creation of CorpEmp. All modern historians know is that the Mount Paektu bloodline were left alone to rule their namesake. Not much info comes out.

Cordons Sanitaire: These are the ones that didn't make it. CorpEmp was able to take these Cordons during the Rebellion and kept them as Cordons in the Treaty of Las Vegas. It's Escape from New York 24/7/365 here.

CorpEmp Macrocommunities:

Akanland: Akan-speaking peoples. Chunks of Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Togo.

Central Sudan: Southern Chad, Cameroon, and the Central African Republic. One of two primarily Nilotic provinces.

Ethiopia: Ethiopia (sans, Gambela and its Somali territories) and Eritrea.

Fang: Fang/Beti-Pahuin province. Formerly Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and São Tomé.

Great Lakes: The Swahili super-province, Kenya, Tanzania, the Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Malawi, and large chunks of Congo-Kinshasha, Zambia, and Mozambique. Also home to the Viceregal capital.

Greater Nigeria: The harmonious union of the Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba peoples, plus Benin, southern Niger, and bits of Cameroon. They wish they were as big as the Great Lakes.

Greater Somalia: Somalia, with acquired Somali territory from Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Kenya.

Gur Sahel: Burkina Faso, with parts of its neighbors with Gur-speaking populations.

Khoekhoeland: Homeland for the Khoekhoe and related peoples, with a few Afrikaners thrown in the mix.

Kongo: Bakongo homeland, formed from both Congos, Gabon, and Angola.

Lingala: The Lingala homeland, formed from both Congos.

Madagascar: Self-explanatory.

Mande-Wolof: Mande and Atlantic speaking peoples of West Africa.

Mbundu: Ambundu and Ovimbundu state, formerly Angola and Namibia.

Nguni Kingdoms: A collection of Nguni-speaking peoples from South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Shonaland: A rump Zimbabwe with some coastline from Mozambique.

Sotho-Tswana Kingdoms: The homeland for the Sotho-Tswana family.

South Sudan: The other Nilotic province, with chunks of Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya.

Non-Imperial:

W.C.O.F. Territory: The Peoples Republic of the Western Cape (formerly a Cordon Sanitaire for European and Pacific Anti-Imperials), the Free Comoros and Mauritius (Asian and American Cordons).

Cordon Sanitaire Saint Helena: East and South Asian Cordon.

CorpEmp Macrocommunities:

Anglia et Cambria - Contains England, Wales, and the "Reconstructed Strathclyde" region of southern Scotland.

Arkassouri - A small Macrocommunity made up of Arkansas and. Missouri.

Benelux - A united Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Less weed under Imperial rule.

Calizona - California (sans it largest three cities but most consider that an improvement), Arizona (with bits of New Mexico).

Cascadia - British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon, Washington. Once an anti-Imperial stronghold, now used to house veterans.

Deseret - Utah, with bits of its neighbors.

Dixica - Deep South and bits of Georgia, the Texans and Virginians cemented their alliance by conquering this area.

Eurmerican Arctic - Alaska, Yukon, NW Territory, Nunavut, and Greenland make up the homeland for the Eskaleut speaking peoples.

Gaelia - Ireland, Isle of Mann, Scotland (minus Strathclyde).

Germania - Germany, Austria, German Switzerland, Liechtenstein (plus bits of Poland and Czechia).

Grand State of Virginia - A reunited Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, and the Carolinas. Virginia was the first Warlord-era state to ally with Texas.

Greater Quebec - Quebec, bits of Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Ibero-Atlantic Islands - Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira.

Laurentia - The Rust Belt plus New Jersey.

New England - New England, the Maritime provinces, and eastern New York state. Another anti-Imperial bastion turned into veteran colonia.

Scandinavia - Denmark, Norway and Sweden (minus territory given to Eurasia's FennoSapmi).

Texan Tribal Federation - Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. The homeland of CorpEmp's Rotthey dynasty.

The Plains - The American Midwestern states, and Canada's prairie provinces.

The West Latins - France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain. The Nouvelle Droite movement sought to reestablish the Roman Empire following WWIII. They managed to take the western half by the creation of CorpEmp.

Transappalachia - Kentucky and Tennessee. A Virginian vassal.

Non-Imperial Polities:

The Cordons Sanitaire - Berlin, Bremen, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, Toronto, and San Diego. These metropolitan areas were walled off and then used as "dumping grounds" for anyone that didn't want to be a part of CorpEmp. Rival political factions fight for control over each Cordon, but CorpEmp never allows them to have enough control to become a threat.

Green Consensus - Long Island. Eco-Socialists managed to takeover this Cordon Sanitaire during the War of 2100.

United Markets - Nevada, Seattle, and Vancouver. The Vegas casinos bribed the Texans to not invade their state, and MicroBucks were allowed to govern their own Cordon after Portland was given the Carthage treatment.

World Congress of Freedom - Iceland, San Francisco, Svalbard. These Cordons managed to get their shit together and wage war against CorpEmp in 2100 and force the CorpEmp into recognizing their legitimacy.

Macrocommunities with high Reserve presence - The Plains, Laurentia, Deseret.