Re: [FT][SG][DS] Structure of the NAC

I love future 'history' :)

Any way, my two cents worth:

I always assumed that the Second Civil War witnessed the complete
collapse of
the US civilian government (Federal). After the Fed fell apart, various
states
alligned themselves in two basic camps: Loyalist Union States, and break
away
states/areas under what government/power took over. This second category
ranges
from local dictatorships to remaining state/city/county/etc govs.

When the UK and Canada joined in the war, they sided with the US
military and
were forced to 'accomodate' with some of the more moderate splinter
groups. In
a campaign we ran here a few years ago, there was a short, but bitter
war
between the Restoration Alliance (our nickname for the Anglo led
forces-RA) and
the Southern Coalition (the former states of Alabama, Tennessee,
Georgia, the
Carolinas, Virginia, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana). The
Coalition was
too strong for the RA to beat in open warfare, so after long peace talks
the RA
was able to get the Coalition to join in the restoration effort.

After the war ended, the former US joined, as bits and pieces, the
Anglican
Confederation. I figured that Canada and the UK stayed intact for a
while, and
that the various sucessor states (of what was the US) sent their own
representatives to the new 'Congress'. The Lord Governer became the
Crown's
'overseer' and made sure that the various sucessor states played nice
with each
other.

I would imagine, however, when the Confederation reorganized itself that
most
of these 'old' nations were dismantled for the most part, and that the
NAC
became more centralized in nature, much the same way that the US has
(there are
some people here in the US who advocate the end of states).  Afterall,
after
about 200 years or so of being part of the NAC, I would imagine that
people in
the NAC would see themselves as being less American, British, or
Canadian and
more, well... Confederate! :) Afterall, when the US got started everyone
was a
Virginian (or something). Now though, you would be hard pressed to find
an
American who has lived in one place all of their life.

Anyway, I doubt that a 23d Century Canada that had been part of the
NAC/AC for
200 years would be very recognizable to a 20th Century Canadian (like
the 23d
Century South would be to me, a 20th Century Southerner).

Anyway, that's what I think... for what its worth.