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State of the USA - Feb 2047 - Ascendancy - 06-04-2025
Nolan Trace was elected president in a special emergency election; legitimacy is disputed by several red-state governments.
Pro-CCD sentiment rising in multiple U.S. regions:
- Riots erupting in southern coastal states demanding CCD integration.
- Civil conflict growing between pro-CCD and pro-USA factions, with violence increasing in major population centers.
Economic collapse accelerating:
- U.S. dollar near worthless along the CCD border zones.
- CCD dollar is now used in unofficial markets, especially for food, medicine, and energy. The CCD dollars are digital currencies and shared either digitally or on cold-wallet cards.
- Price instability, wage freezes, and private sector shutdowns spreading in the hardest hit areas.
Mass migration toward the CCD:
- Thousands attempting to flee into Dominance 9 via Texas.
- Borders are functionally closed; many are turned away or vanish in the buffer zones.
- CCD citizens in the US are allowed to return, and sometimes forcibly deported.
Supply shortages worsening:
- Severe scarcity of medical supplies, clean water, heating fuel, and basic utilities.
- Major U.S. hospitals running on reduced capacity; some closing entirely in rural regions.
Energy crisis deepening:
- Natural gas and oil from Texas now unavailable to U.S. markets.
- CCD controls pipelines and ports along annexed territories.
- Only Canada and Alaska still exporting fuel to the U.S., insufficient to meet winter demand.
National fragmentation ongoing:
- Coastal ports are seizing fuel and trade resources for regional survival.
- Midwest and inland states facing infrastructure collapse and rising death tolls from exposure and malnutrition.