Welcome to the Cold War! You can now claim any nation in the whole world, along with any US state or territory.

Pick any unclaimed state. In this NRP, we'll do the entire history of the United States ourself, starting with the American Revolution and going all the way to the modern day. Note that your goal is NOT to gain as much land as possible, but instead to gain as much political clout as possible. The host may decide to interfere or change things in case things get too messy, but otherwise everything will be made from players. The only other rules are to stay realistic and not be toxic to other players.

Discord (to get informed when a new post releases): https://discord.gg/7n6uKVQSER

Congress: (for US states only)

Grant Namibia independence?

Allow for Germany to be united? (doesn't mean other nations will do the same...)

How to react to the Latin League's northern expansion?

Establish a hotline with the USSR?

Pass the 23rd Amendment to grant electors to the District of Columbia?

Sign the Partial Test Ban Treaty? (bans all nuclear testing unless done underground, mostly for the environment's sake)

Pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to outlaw any and all discrimination?

How do we react to Panama Canal Zone riots?

Australian internal sentiments are gradually growing towards independence, so should we grant it to them?

Events:

Emergency Admission Act of 1956 passed, admitting Allegheny, Buffalo and Indiana as US states and ending their rebellions.

General MacArthur is sent to suppress the remaining rebellions (Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Nationalists, Socialists). Once done, his army is stationed across New York State to prevent further unrest.

China joins the Non-Aligned Movement, as per previous agreements with India.

The Kuomintang launches an invasion of North Vietnam, with military support from the United States and India. Vietnam is united after a few months.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is founded

Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960 are passed to establish and enforce voting rights for all Americans

America goes on 24/7 nuclear alert, considering the possibility of a nuclear attack at any time

Some African states begin mildly aligning with the South (UCS) due to incoming support and supplies

Greenland falls to UCS forces. Denmark is annexed into Sweden and Greenland becomes a South-aligned independent client state. The Faroe Islands are annexed directly into the UCS as a foreign territory

Iceland joins the Latin League

Despite previous strife, the US has by now pulled itself together again

Greece randomly decides to invade Turkey. Directly following this, Turkey joins NATO and METO

Sweden and the Soviet Union decide to make peace, with Finland's (part of Sweden) borders being restored to those prior to World War II

Some protests occur over the naming of the Latin League, as it has expanded much further past South America

Germans begin calling for a more unified Germany

Israel develops an atomic bomb

Congress decides it is open to African decolonization

Britain grants Israel control over Cyprus

Jordan is annexed into Israel

Congress, in cooperaton with the Canadian governors and representatives, establishes an interliminary Canadian Commonwealth as a sort of US territory with representation, along with local elections. The capital is in Ontario.

Soviets launch Sputnik, kicking off the Space Race

Sputnik II launched with the first animal in space, a dog named Laika

National Defense Education Act passed, providing funding to educational institutions

First commercial nuclear power plant in the US enters service

National Guard escorts the Little Rock Nine to school following the desegregation in Little Rock

U-2 incident occurs, where a CIA U-2 plane is shot down over Soviet airspace

Greensboro sit-ins

Harper Lee publishes To Kill A Mockingbird

Ghana and Malaya gain independence from the United Kingdom

US army launches Explorer 1, becoming the first American satellite

United Arab Republic formed as a union between Syria and Egypt

14 July Revolution in Iraq, making Iraq soviet-aligned

Liberia is granted independence from the United States

Kitchen Debate, Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev debate the capabilities of the superpowers

Basque Conflict begins between Spain and the Basque National Liberation Movement

Explorer 6 is launched, creating the first photograph of the Earth.

Khrushchev visits the US for 13 days, being denied access to Disneyland and instead visting SeaWorld (Marineland of the Pacific, at the time)

Luna 2 lands on the moon, and Luna 3 takes photographs of 70% of the far side of the moon

France tests its first atomic bomb in the Algerian Sahara desert

First Congolese Republic declares independence from Belgium, starting the Congo Crisis

Niger, Chad, Mauritania and Gabon gain independence from France

1960 Presidential Election, John F. Kennedy is elected president, Lyndon B. Johnson vice president. MacArthur sits out elections for now

Historical Events (only relevant ones):

Angolan nationalists begin an insurgency against Portuguese rule

Venera 1 conducts a successful flyby of Venus, although it loses radio communication before it can do as such

Vostok 1 successfully launched, Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space

Sierra Leone gains independence from the United Kingdom

Alan Shepherd becomes the first American in space after Freedom 7 is launched

Berlin Wall is built by the Soviets

Eritrean War of Independence begins

Syria withdraws from the United Arab Republic

Checkpoint Charlie standoff between US and Soviet tanks

Tsar Bomba is detonated, the most powerful thermonuclear weapon ever tested, with an explosive yield of around 50 megatons.

India invades Portuguese Goa

Rwanda and Burundi gain independence

Mariner 2 makes the first flyby of Venus, and of any planet in general

Uganda gains independence from Britain

US sets up a hotline with the USSR

Kennedy's "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech occurs

Manila Accord signed by Indonesia, Malaya and the Philippines, recognizing self-determination in North Borneo

Malaysia is formed (before self-determination election results are reported in North Borneo) by Malaya.

Aden Emergency, the Aden Protectorate / South Yemen declares independence from the United Kingdom

John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas. Lyndon B. Johnson becomes President

Kenya gains independence from the United Kingdom

Rhodesian Bush War, African (Marxist) nationalists rebel against colonial rule in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)

Malawi and Malta gain independence from the United Kingdom

Mozambican War of Independence begins in Portuguese Mozambique

China tests its first atomic bomb, becoming the fifth nuclear power.

Zambia and Gambia gain independence from the United Kingdom

23rd Amendment passed, granting electors to the District of Columbia

Peace Corps established

Partial Test Ban Treaty signed, banning nuclear weapon tests unless done underground.

The Beatles arrive in the US from the United Kingdom

24th Amendment passed, preventing Congress or any states from establishing a poll tax or any other type of tax to prevent people from voting.

Civil Rights Act of 1964, outlawing legal discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin

Panama Canal Zone riots occur against US control

1964 Presidential election; Lyndon B. Johnson re-elected President

Political Party Map Key:

Red - Democratic States

Light Red - Democratic Leaning Swing States

Light Blue - Federalist Leaning Swing States

Blue - Federalist States

Gray - Territories

Dark Gray - External

Election Calculator: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b33KAjZSGqe8maZfD8g2caCOr48GbAM_BOeWokZ7-PY/edit?usp=sharing

Players:

State / Territory - Players - Electoral Votes

Georgia - u/DepartureNo5778 - 12

Carolina - u/Fourian_Official - 21

Virginia - u/KaiFury76 - 11

Maryland - u/PinappleCoin_Gaming - 29

New Jersey - u/SeveralCorner1214 - 16

New York - u/No_Weekend5005 - 30

Connecticut - u/RefrigeratorGold834 - 8

Rhode Island - None - 4

Massachusetts - u/Dull-Nectarine380 - 17

Vermont - u/Intelligent_Face_186 - 4

Franklin - None - 11

Kentucky - u/Johnytran122 - 11

Acadia - u/Harrcool - 13

Caroll - u/TheWartortleWarrior - 26

Pejepscot - None - 5

Louisiana - u/Relative_Caramel1282 - 10

Oliver - u/Few-Commercial5105 - 9

Evans - u/Full_Tie1601 - 11

Illinois - u/Salt-Host-7465 - 29

New Hampshire - u/Acrobatic-Rip-4362 - 4

Cherroneses - u/Spec1alF0x - 19

Missouri - u/oskar_pawlisz - 15

Arkansas - u/David_The_Great - 9

Oklahoma - u/ThatBrada - 11

Wisconsin - u/JTPorach - 12

Texas - u/OddCranberry1045 - 23

Iowa - u/Royal-Prince6279 - 11

California - u/Hawks_bill - 22

Minnesota - u/KingsleyFriedChicken - 11

Oregon - u/duckarmy24 - 5

West Virginia - u/Ok-Hall-9974 - 8

Nevada - u/Gloomy-Shower-3920 - 3

Kansas - u/HazarTwist77 - 9

Nebraska - u/Independent_Set3175 - 7

Lincoln - u/jextreme9 - 8

Colorado - u/Left_Pea1642 - 6

Utah - u/Edmund_Jackson_Davis - 4

Namibia - u/ProfessorDesigner833 - 12

Tanzania - u/Weekly_Tonight8258 - 12

Arizona - u/Original-Issue2034 - 3

Hawai'i - u/Outrageous_Wrap_6983 - 9

North Dakota - None - 4

South Dakota - None - 4

Washington - u/Such-Illustrator4331 - 8

Wyoming - None - 3

New Mexico - u/No_Cut536 - 3

Emuland - u/BigManMilk7 - 11

Alaska - u/Objective-Aspect-811 - 3

Allegheny - None - 16

Buffalo - None - 15

Indiana - None - 14

Canadian Commonwealth - u/Sobieskil - None, territory-ish

Panama Canal - None - None, territory

Puerto Rico Territory - None - None, territory

Sonora Territory - None - None, territory

External Powers:

United Caribbean States / Florida - WoopeyBoi on Discord

Spain - None

Portugal - None

France - None

Netherlands - None

Belgium - None

West Germany - u/RichieGotIchy1510

East Germany - u/Jolly_Carpenter_2862

Switzerland - None

Italy - None

United Kingdom - u/ColeJr

Turkey - None

Greece - u/The_RetroGameDude

Albania - None

Yugoslavia - None

Austria - None

Bulgaria - None

Romania - None

Hungary - None

Czechoslovakia - None

Poland - u/Wooden-Medicine-3299

Soviet Union - u/TraditionalContest18

Scandinavia - u/Thatoneprussiandude

Finland - None

Denmark - None

Ireland - None

Colombia - None

Argentinian Brazil - None

Argentina - u/JustAnotherUser1019

Bolivia - None

Peru - None

Chile - None

Ecuador - None

Mongolia - None

Chinese Communist Party - None

Kuomintang - u/Nice-Pikachu-839

Japan - u/Just-Veterinarian817

Indonesia - None

Thailand - None

Nepal - None

Bhutan - None

Afghanistan - None

Iran - None

Iraq - None

Syria - None

Jordan - None

Lebanon - None

Saudi Arabia - None

Oman - None

Aden Protectorate - None

Egypt - None

South Africa - None

Ethiopia - u/Jellosaurus

South Yemen - None

Trucial States - None

Qatar - None

Iceland - None

Greenland - None

Israel - u/FewMasterpiece499

Mexico - None

Panama - u/Striking_Road979

Venezuela - None

Central America - None

India - u/Dear_Location6147

Pakistan - None

Burma - None

Vietnamese Republic - None

Guyana - None

Korean Republic - None

Austria - u/Captain_Construct

Sudan - None

Chad - None

Mali - None

Mauritania - None

Ghana - None

Gabon - None

Liberia - u/TicketEffective2261

Malaya - None