Most thought World War 3 would bring an end to the world as we know it, and the superpowers of the world knew this as well. Yet when the prices for basic raw materials continued to rise, it was China who first took the steps to war. A war for untapped resource deposits in Africa no less, and The United States and The Russian Federation, moved to counter.
Set 5 years after the resource proxy-wars in Africa in the year 2040. A new Earth eases back into peace. China with what little land it gained in Africa turns inwards to combat the growing instability of the border regions, a military coup in Russia marks a new chapter in its own history, and The United States comes out leaving beaten and bruised, but not defeated.
But on June 15th, a world-altering event transpired. It only lasted for a fraction of a second, however it did more damage than any war could do. The United States, with all its power and might, had… well, vanished. The continental United States, a once thriving nation of 380 million people, now just forest, plains, desert, and mountains.
Now, the 49th President, President John Dresden. Is forced to lead a nation scattered across a foreign world, a shaken economy with the foundations themselves cracking, and an anxious nation. While on Earth, mass hysteria over the vanishing of The United States pushes world leaders to their breaking point, and people to do things they wouldn't even thought of doing just a few weeks prior.
Will this be what finally causes Earth to remember its past, or be what finally brings down The First Realm?
Author Notes/Statements: Being Non-American(Canadian) I apologize ahead of time if I get anything wrong with either government structure or how certain people are supposed to speak/act.
Updates for this story will be inconsistent as all hell, however, I will make sure to post 'update chapters' to keep those who are interested in my story in the loop on what's going on should there be a long period with no new chapters. I will only post chapters that I am satisfied with.
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Current status of Chapter 33: "Complete" - Approximate release date: June 16th
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- An ExplanationMar 14, 2024
- Chapter 39 “Hold On, Brother”Jan 15, 2024
- Chapter 38 “Accursed Land”Dec 3, 2023
- Chapter 37 “Power Vacuum”Aug 30, 2023
- Chapter 36 “Everything And The Kitchen Sink”Aug 6, 2023
- Chapter 35 “The 25th Hour”Jul 16, 2023
- Chapter 34 “A Conflict yet Settled”Jul 1, 2023
- Chapter 33 “And there’s a thunder ‘cross the land, And a fire in the sky”Jun 16, 2023
- Chapter 32 “When Reason Packs Its Bags”Jun 5, 2023
- Chapter 31 “Line In The Sand”May 7, 2023
- Status Update: NOT DEADMar 24, 2023
- Chapter 30 “A Key, Yet No Lock To Match”Feb 27, 2023
- Chapter 29 “Tactical Arts And Crafts: Grunt Edition”Feb 6, 2023
- Chapter 28 “M.A.D”Jan 27, 2023
- Chapter 27 “You Could’ve Stopped It”Jan 16, 2023
- 364 reading
- 50 plan to read
- 11 completed
- 15 paused
- 23 dropped
A great start to hopefully a succesful series.
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Well written so far!
The summoning circumstances are a mystery, with bits and pieces of information being revealed over time. This is fresh in comparison to similar stories where it is immediately revealed or just never elaborated on other than just a random event.
Diplomacy, while not very elaborate is handled decently. I do have to criticize the market speech, as the crowd likely should've been much more skepticle and wary, but it still has reasoning. Overall, the diplomacy has been handled decently enough.
Militarily, the story is doing great. While it is obvious America has a technological advantage, it is not invincible. There has already been multiple situations that demonstrate that the new world is not to be underestimated and that it can and will fight back, albeit they won't be winning any direct engagements. Guerilla warfare, however, would likely result in the natives winning (especially if they somehow utilized some of the native wildlife that has shown to be an equal match for American tech on occasion).
Economically, the nation is definitely struggling as would be expected. Even with the natural resource deposits now available, this only exacerbates another problem: worker shortages. The author has a few options, from taking in former slaves as refugees and utilizing them to supplement the available workforce and settle those areas, having the US allow immigration from friendly nations and encourage people (immigrants and citizens alike) to settle and develop these areas, and a few others. It seems the author is leaning towards having the refugees settle and devlop these areas, so it'll be interesting to see how it plays out!
Kick back, relax, and enjoy the read!
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The United States finds itself teleported into a fantasy world. But everything is fine ! They have everything they have always wanted: unoccupied lands where Canada is to colonize them, abundant new natural resources to exploit, a racist and bellicose empire, but technologically outclassed, which will be easily defeated in order to to feel morally and militarily superior, and a whole bunch of oppressed people who are only there to applaud America once liberated.
In short, a wet dream of George Bush. I imagine it's hard not to value your country when the author writes this kind of fiction, but it's still possible not to make an entire country a Mary Sue.
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Great story so far, this story also touches a bit on political and some economic issues which make the story a bit more believable. Overall it's great
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Oh wow, this is better than I expected. Keep up the good work!
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Waste of time full of random pov's jump that didn't explain what happened to other pov and power balance is sh*t and ther some random side character popping out of nowhere etc.
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