SUPERIMPERIALIST AMERICA ERA ONE: The Ascent to Domination (1844-1991)

[Matt]

I just finished reading it. It's great, extremely creative. I can't wait for more

[7,052,770]

Well, I'm ready to post the next installment, but freewebs is down . . . I'll wait until tomorrow morning I guess.
I have changed the title because after I update through 1991, this timeline will be complete.
However, a new timeline, ERA TWO, will begin on another thread--kinda like a sequel to a movie.  So once I post through 1991, ERA ONE: The Ascent to Domination will be complete.
In the week following I'll post some follow-up maps and charts with some statistics.

[Akno21]

Cool

[7,052,770]

1982, continued—JMG Adams, a year little known outside the Caribbean, now finds himself president of the United States.  He inherits a shaky position, as Iceland, USSR, China, and India seemed to have aligned against the US.  To help ease some tempers, he promises not to seek reelection.
In July, the Leningrad Pact expands to include Arabia, Turkey, Persia, and the USAR.  Adams offers annexation to Bangladesh, Pakistan, and the UAR if they want it.  Bangladesh accepts, and Montenegro and Albania also apply for annexation.  The District of Korea is divided into the states of North Korea and South Korea.

1983—The Leningrad Pact begins placing troops on the borders of Austria-Hungary, and submarines near the islands of Atlantica.  President Adams warns them that an attack on any free nation will be considered an attack on the United States.  The nations of the LP member what happen to Quito and New Delhi during the last war, but it is widely speculated that they have nuclear weapons of their own.  Some extremist members of the American Party support a preemptive nuclear strike on all LP nations, but luckily they are paid no heed.
Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao are granted statehood.
As Soviet tanks seem poised to enter A-H, a new election takes place there, and the people overwhelmingly back the candidate who supports annexation to the US.  In November, a treaty is signed that puts makes Austria-Hungary a part of the US.  Greece and Switerzerland decline annexation for now, though pundits believe it’s only a matter of time until they are annexed.

1984—President Adams keeps to his promise of not running for reelection, but that does not mean he’s inactive.  He attends the Bern Conference in February, which is attended by both the Leningrad Pact and the free countries—US, Argentina, Atlantica, Greece, UAR, Pakistan—to negotiate weapons reductions and promote better relations.
An uprising begins in Iceland, as the IDA {Icelandic Democratic Army} burns the Capitol to the ground, and begins demanding a freely elected government.  IDA partisans on Svalbard announce they’re joining the US state of Norway, and the outnumbered Icelandic Communist government can do nothing to stop them.  In Greenland, a similar rebellion occurs and asks for annexation to the US as a district.  The premier of Iceland is assassinated, and most of the government held hostage.  A deranged air force captain takes up Iceland’s sole nuclear weapon and threatens to use it.  The Leningrad Pact promptly expels Iceland and takes no responsibility for anything that happens, and the Icelandic delegation leaves the Bern Conference.  Icelandic rebels raise an American flag and formally ask for annexation.  The deranged captain takes off and heads out into the Atlantic with his nuclear weapon, and heads for Hamilton, the capital of Atlantic, and now booming metropolis of 15 million people.  Luckily, an Atlantican navy ship is able to shoot him down, destroying the weapon.
Guinea and Mozambique are granted statehood.  Iceland is granted districthood, as is Greenland.
A presidential race is going on all this time:
VP Gro Harlem Brundtland easily secures the Democratic nomination following JMG Adams’ decision not to run for reelection.  She chooses MN Senator Walter Mondale as her running mate, which will be his second try for the vice-presidency.  The Republican/American coalition falls apart without Ronald Reagan, and the American Party decides to nominate Jesse Helms of NC for president and surprisingly, Pat Robertson for VP.  The Republicans finally nominate Margaret Thatcher for president and George Bush of TX for VP.  This is the first time in American history that a woman has been the nominee for president, let alone two women.  The American Party begins the slogan “Helms—He’s the man!” and obviously means more than what it would seem.  Helms, Brudntland, and Thatcher debate evenly, and election day comes uncertainly.
On Election Day the vote is split B. 38%, T. 36%, H. 25%, and no one receives a majority in the electoral college.  Then, Helms surprisingly instructs all of his electors to vote Thatcher/Bush, which gives her a majority, and she wins.

The Bern Conference makes some progress, but will continue into the next year.  Margaret Thatcher reappoints JMG Adams to his post as chief American ambassador to the conference.

1985—President Thatcher is inaugurated as the 45th president, and the 1st woman president.  She promises to be tough on the nations of the Leningrad Pact.
The district of Manchuria is divided into 4 states:  Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, and Outer Manchuria.
Persia, Arabia, and Turkey—all Communist countries—decide that they will eliminate the Democratic government of the UAR.  They quickly invade the UAR and remove its government from power, putting in their puppet.  The free world is horrified by this turn of events.  Pakistan declares war on Persia, Turkey, and Arabia, and do the Trucial States, or as they now prefer to be called, the United Arab Emirates.
JMG Adams puts enough pressure on the USSR at the Bern Conference to force them to kick them out of the Leningrad Pact—which now stands at four members:  USSR, USAR, India, and China.
Arabian soldiers pour into the UAE and annihilate it, burning Abu Dhabi to the ground, and annexing it.  Persia enters the neutral Afghanistan, wary of war, but the wily patriot Osama bin Laden, exiled from his home of Arabia forces them back temporarily, until they force their way into Afghanistan and shoot him in the streets.  Turkistan and Mongolia declare neutrality in the conflict.  Turkish troops secure the island of Cyprus {which was part of the UAR}, and head into Greece.  Greece begs the US to intervene.  President Thatcher asks Congress to declare war on Turkey, Arabia, and Persia on June 14, and Congress approves, with some grumbling from the left.  American troops from the Balkan Peninsula help push back the Turks out of Greece, and capture Istanbul by September.  Greek leaflets find their way into USSR-occupied Bulgaria, encouraging a revolt ala Iceland.  JMG Adams dies surprisingly in Bern of natural causes.  As year ends, the world seems to be in disarray:  World War IV seems to have started in the Middle East, the Bern Conference has been going on for 22 months without the expected results, and the leader of the US at the conference has unexpectedly died.
A revolt begins in Soviet Finland.  The state of Adams declares that it now represents John, John Quincy, and JMG, rather than just the first 2.

1986—Bulgaria has a massive uprising and kicks the USSR out and declares independence.  UAR nationalist Saddam Hussein leads a surprise attack on Baghdad and liberates it.  Persian troops occupy all of Afghanistan, and begin an invasion of Pakistan.  On February 24, India declares war on Pakistan.  The neutral IOC {Indian Ocean Confederation—consists of Sri Lanka, Diego Garcia, Seychelles, Mauritius, Reunion, and Comoros} announces it supports the efforts of the US, Greece, Pakistan, and Hussein’s UAR nationalists.   The USAR launches a surprise sneak attack on independent Brazil, capturing Rio de Janerio in the night.  Argentina and Atlantica declare war on the USAR the following day.  Nations call on the US to join in and declare war on the USAR and India.  Thatcher asks Congress for the declaration of war, which it grants.
Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi are admitted as states—far from the fighting.
Indian troops pour into the District of Bangladesh, but are met with swift resistance.
The US Army sends troops to Bangladesh and Pakistan, and also completely liberate the UAR, with the exception of Cyprus,, installing Saddam Hussein as the temporary president.  The Finnish revolt is successful, and Finland declares independence.  Finland then asks for annexation to the US to join its Swedish and Norwegian neighbors.  This puts the US in a very awkward position, as there is currently no official hostility between the US and the USSR.  The situation is easened somewhat when the USSR announces it will retake Bulgaria and Finland by force, and also support other Communist causes with troops.  Because of this, the US declares war on the USSR, and WWIV is official on.

1987—For the second time in history, the USAR makes huge inroads into Argentina.  American troops have to bail Argentina out . . . again.  American troops reinforce Pakistan, and also enter Finland and Bulgaria.
Soviet troops are pushed out of Finland totally, but they do make gains in Bulgaria.  The USAR officially adds Brazil and northern Argentina as provinces.  American troops begin arming Indian rebels, hoping they’ll take the brunt of overthrowing the Indian government.
Tanzania and Madagascar become states.

[7,052,770]

1988—Finland is annexed and becomes a district.  Progressives begin to complain that the government under Thatcher is only admitting states from districts that voted Republican in 1984.  They reject the plan of admitting former Belgian Congo as several states.  American troops in Pendleton and Siberia begin preparing for an invasion of eastern USSR.
In the US, it is a presidential election year.  Margaret Thatcher/George Bush easily secures the Republican nomination, as many people hold her in high esteem for fighting the war, and she seems almost unbeatable.  The American is somewhat in disarray.  Many want to support President Thatcher, although many also dislike that she is not from the American continent.  Pat Robertson rises up for the American nomination, in the process drawing up his “Plan of Division,” saying that after WWIV is complete, the US will divide into 5 different nations, in North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, and West Pacific.  He chooses Missouri governor John Ashcroft as his running mate.  The Progressives have a much wider field, including Dick Gephardt [MO], Al Gore [TN], Jesse Jackson [NY], Michael Dukakis [MA], John Turner [ON], Gary Hart [CO], Robert Mugabe [ZM], and several others.  Soon enough, Dick Gephardt is able to secure the nomination with some impressive early primary victories.  Seeing how Mugabe could bring him several central and south African states that were supposedly created just to give votes to the Republicans, Gephardt chooses Mugabe as his running mate.  Allegations arise about some of Mugabe’s discriminations as governor of the Region and later State of Zimbabwe, but as the Constitution limited him, he couldn’t do that much.  The Thatcher/Robertson/Gephardt debates are somewhat ho-hum, but the Bush/Ashcroft/Mugabe vice-presidential debates are supremely entertaining.
The government of Turkey surrenders in July.  The agree to let the European section of their country go free, but they avoid annihilation, and fate that Persia suffers when the US Army enters and destroys its government.  A free-ish government is set up in Persia, which now wishes to go by the name Iran.  India, is shockingly overcome with rebellion in September, as the populace revolts against the Communist government and replaces it with a freely elected one.
Cyprus remains a stronghold for the enemy.  Turks and Arabians, with some support from the populace, are entrenched on the island.  President Thatcher orders a full scale invasion on the island.  The first invasion, with 100,000 people fails horribly.  Thatcher falls in the polls, as Gephardt rises.  Gephardt announces his plan to make all regions with a population over 400,000 people states upon his inauguration.  “After all,” he says, “this two or three states a year thing is stupid.  Let them become states!”  The American Party rises up against this plan, with Pat Robertson being its biggest opponent.  At the debates, Thatcher can hardly get in a word edgewise and Robertson and Gephardt sling and yell at each other.  And they both slam Thatcher on her botched invasion of Cyprus.  Robertson’s and Gephardt’s numbers both shoot up after two more debates, as Thatcher’s shoot down.
On Election Night, a virtual three-way dead heat in the popular vote becomes an electoral landslide for Gephardt.

As 1988 ends, it is the first year since 1965 where no states were admitted.  

1989—Dick Gephardt is inaugurated as the nation’s 46th president.  He passes the Rapid State Admissions Act, calling for all districts with a population over 400,000 to be made states in the next few years.  Sixteen states are admitted in 1989:  Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Somalia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Rockefeller (Southern Ethiopia—where John D. Rockefeller III went and transformed), Sudan, Congo, Central Africa, Chad, Egypt, Alexandria, and Sinai.  The USSR agrees to a treaty with the US.
The war in Asia wraps itself up, as Arabia surrenders and is dismantled ala Persia/Iran.  In South America it’s a different story.  The USAR now occupies Brazil {not American Brazil} and Northern Argentina.  American agents begin inciting a revolt in the capital of Lima {moved from Quito after the atomic bomb}, but no success.  President Gephardt begins planning for a full-scale invasion.  Also, there is still the Cyprus problem to worry about.  Gephardt orders heavy bombing and shelling before landing 600,000 Marines onto the island.  They do manage to get a foothold in the Southern part of the island, but not enough to liberate it all.  So more soldiers are needed, but by August, the island is under control and return to the UAR.
The sights are set on the USAR.  Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo are liberated in November, and it is projected that the USAR can be defeated within a year.

1990—American troops liberate Montevideo, with the help of the powerful Atlantican navy.  In February, they enter Buenos Aries and restore the old Argentine government to power, along with the old Brazilian one.
Japan is divided into three states:  Tokyo, Kyoto, and Sapporo.  Thailand and Burma are admitted as states.
Bangladesh is divided into six small, but heavily populated states:  Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi, and Sylhet.  East Pacifica and West Pacifica {the collections of Pacific islands on respective sides of the IDL} are admitted as states.  Malaya becomes a state.  Fifteen states in Europe are admitted in September:  Munich, Finland, Czech, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, B-H, Montengro, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, Romania, and Iceland.
By the year’s end, 16,000,000 American troops are fighting against the USAR, and the one year prediction has not come true.

1991—Ten new African states enter in January, bringing the full count of states to 224: Algeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Morocco, Benin, Libya, Mauritania, Niger, Tunisia, Lagos, and Nigeria.  The Lima revolt finally happens and the USAR must devote more troops to putting it down.  American troops are able to force USAR troops totally out of Brazil and Argentina.  President Gephardt travels to liberated Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and tells the USAR premier to step down immediately.  By the end of the year, the Communist government is overthrown, and a true republic is reestablished.  Now only three Communist countries remain {USSR, Turkey, China}.  Many predict Argentina, Brazil, and USAR to join the US soon enough.
Conclusion:  World War IV is over.  Communism has been abolished in Arabia, Persia, Iceland, India, and the USAR.  The US now contains 224 states.

[Akno21]

WOW. Yay, Gephardt got elected! I'd love to see a real Bush/Ashcroft/Mugabe deabte. What is Part 2 going to be like?

[ilikeverin]

I don't want to see the flag

[7,052,770]

[ilikeverin]

Oh my.

[12th Doctor]

You have Gephardt defeating Thatcher!?!?  I just lost all respect for this TL.

[Akno21]

You have Gephardt defeating Thatcher!?!?  I just lost all respect for this TL.

Who cares about partisan politics in this sense? This timeline is amusing and creative, not a tool that can be bent to the wishes of various partisans.

[afleitch]

Thatcher Wins Scotland!!! No chance!

[MasterJedi]

Damn, another World War! I can't wait to see the next map, it'll be HUGE! Keep it coming, the rest of the world still needs to become states.

[12th Doctor]

You have Gephardt defeating Thatcher!?!?  I just lost all respect for this TL.

Who cares about partisan politics in this sense? This timeline is amusing and creative, not a tool that can be bent to the wishes of various partisans.

Wow.  You took me way too seriously.

[7,052,770]

You have Gephardt defeating Thatcher!?!?  I just lost all respect for this TL.

Who cares about partisan politics in this sense? This timeline is amusing and creative, not a tool that can be bent to the wishes of various partisans.

Wow.  You took me way too seriously.

you didn't put a smiley in it

[TommyC1776]

I like this and wish it was true.  You know, I wonder how many states there'd be voting on Super Tuesday.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I don't want to see the flag

I'd love to be a flagmaker in this timeline, what with all those new flags that the government would be purchasing each year as new states were admitted.  Seriously tho,  you've got the Senate larger in this timelline than the House ever got, and the House way larger than it would ever likely be allowed to grow to.

[7,052,770]

I suppose they'd add a few more stars every year, but no one would really notice whether it's, say 169 or 171 stars on the flag anyway.

[MasterJedi]

I'll make a suggestion of adding another world map so show all the countries and their possestions that are left. And how could Mongolia be neutral if you already had it annexed by the USSR?

[PBrunsel]

That flag nearly gave me a seizure!

[TommyC1776]

That flag nearly gave me a seizure!

Yeah it could give someone a seizure.

[7,052,770]

Mongolia is officially a part of the USSR, though there is not that much association.  The US pretends that a rogee pro-US group speaks for the whole nation, and that rogue group declared neutrality.



Green is the USA
Gray are other Democracies
Gold are nations in transition to Democracy
Red are Communist nations
White are non of the above

[MasterJedi]

Interesting map.

The US is so big that it basically has enough men in any part of the world to be prepared and hold their own until more men from other regions can be brought in! So it's literally the ultimate superpower.

Plus there are only 21 countries left!

[M]

No, there are 22. The one I think you missed is Sikkim.

[MasterJedi]

Yea I think you're right. Now I'm beginning to wonder how many people live in this USA?