The Allied States

WA Delegates meet in the General Assembly.__

Essential workers in the U.S.A. practice Covid-19 medical response procedures.

If the coronavirus has taught The United States of America anything, it is that we need to slow down as a society. In this modern age, time is not only money, but everything. If we are not doing anything for one second, we consider ourselves lazy and unproductive. I am sure that is how many people felt when the U.S.’s stay-at-home order went into effect. I felt emptiness and a lack of purpose when I was not in a class or walking around campus looking for something to occupy my time like I used to. But I eventually got used to it and even enjoyed it.
But it is not just about slowing down and savoring some unintended rest and relaxation in the confinement of our homes. It is also about taking things slow once we come out of our homes. As you no doubt have heard in the news, the United States is experiencing another growth trend in coronavirus cases. The culprit is not just people refusing to wear masks or lack of social distancing. Once coronavirus numbers showed the slightest hints of reopening, we like impatient children on Christmas Day all rushed out like things were normal again. However, things were not normal and if we do not slow down and take the precautions necessary, they probably never will be for a long time.
I don’t blame leadership like President Trump or governors of either Republican or Democrat states for the current state of affairs. Regardless of coronavirus, President Trump and our leadership are the product of a society that rushes greedily from fame to fame and fortune to fortune without slowing down to reflect or really savor the moment.
So, go out if you’re allowed to, but please, wear a mask, don’t ride my (or other’s) rump in the checkout line (seriously, give me space, as a part-time introvert I definitely need it), and wash your stinking hands! That last one escapes me why in a country that prides (or prided) itself on being the peak of human civilization in 2020 we have to remind grown adults to wash their hands like little children.
Anyway, nobody wants to go back to step one after all the progress we made the first go-around because people didn’t follow guidelines and suggestions. Remember, slow-and-steady wins the race. Here, a slow and cautious opening might help us win the fight against the black plague of our times.

Enadia’s Season Two roleplay, a world where Napoleon won and took over Britain, a world where the United States never rebelled, a world rolling into the 21st century. Multiple orders fighting for dominance govern this world. So, dear reader, welcome to Enadia’s official discord based RolePlay. Here you, yes YOU, can lead your nations to riches or choose the path to glory by waging epic wars, crushing enemies with your economic might or maybe just wiping them off the face of the planet.
Beginning in the 21st century tensions are cooling around the world, and the North Ontarian continent led by the United States, Australia and Canada is one of the safest places in the world. South Ontario, led by the Union of Roma Kingdoms (Brazil), Argentina and United Arab Emirates, is a safe, middle income region marching towards prosperity. The region of Europe with the great powers of Aexodius (France), Germany and Cintria (Italy) live in relative peace with each other.The smaller nations are richer than the larger ones, and all of them boast mighty militaries, France is the particular superpower in the continent. Also, there the the powerful coalition of the Austrian states, the Spanish monarchy and the Portuguese monarchy in the region. Several Asian nations are also rising and are marching towards progress such as Zhongguo (China), Sikh Empire (India), Cydonia (Japan) and Jaeji (South Korea) all seem keen to be a dominating force in global geopolitics. There are also the nations of Craiggay Shogunate, Iowa and New South Wales (the British Royalist government in exile in Australia) with an expanding military keen on defending their nations and project power across the world.
But soon the world starts militarising itself, and several nations have placed orders or have produced armaments to bolster their armed forces. The Austrians allocate vast sums of resources to build a Navy for themselves while the Zhongguans reveal a new class of destroyers in the aftermath of a perceived violation of territorial waters by the USO. These increased budgets are seen in other nations too, such as South Korea and India, who are pouring money into their militaries. India makes the biggest arms purchase in history, and this rapid militarisation inevitably led to a war between the nations of Craiggay (Israel) and Imperial Southern States (Portugal). Because of heightened tensions between the nations, the Craiggay forces easily defeated the ISS forces and damaged many of their ships. This also led to an inevitable breakdown between the Imperial Economic Community led by ISS and Community of Common Karma led by Craiggay. The tumultuous relation between these nations has led to the formation of economic and mutual defence blocs called the South Ontarius Organisation. This bloc is based in South Ontario and seeks to defend member states against outside aggression and promote free trade among other nations. With this series of grandiose and exciting events we reach September 2001, where a fateful warm morning in New York, an event that changes everything.

The national flag of Simbaardhi____

Thank you for reading.
Signed,
The United Australian States

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