America the Beautiful (United States of America #1)

Illinois

The Illinois Territory came to be in 1809, and Adelard Jones/Bonnefoy came along with it.

He was the youngest of the many children America had around that time, and he was a rather disturbed child because of his slavery issues around that time, with watching sports being on the only thing that helps calm him.

Now, while not having the appearance of an African American like his older brother, Noel, Adelard did have a Native American appearance, but there were times he wished he did have his brother's skin so he could show his citizens how much he cares about the folks who were being dehumanized just because of their skin color.

The slavery era was not a topic Adelard can talk about without feeling angry, both at the people who allowed it and himself.

During the Civil War era, as close as to over 25,000 soldiers from Illinois joined the Union Army, and Adelard watched on the sidelines. Like Maine, he had to experience war at an early age, a war that has been inflicting great pain upon his mother. Adelard truly hated doing this to America, but it wasn't like he could just leave behind his duty!

America understood when he told her. "It did hurt Mama, but I couldn't stop. I'm sure none of us could, not until we reached the end. Still, I don't want it to happen ever again, it hurt too much."

Her children may have been young, but, like nations when they were small, they weren't naive to the real world, not like England, France, and even Canada thought she was.

Especially when the state of Illinois developed a financial crisis around this time.

These days, America was seeing her son with bags under his eyes, those brown orbs filled with stress and exhaustion, and his tan skin losing color. America wanted to help him, but knew that one of the only ways to do that was to decrease the population in not only Illinois alone, but throughout the rest of the U.S. and the world. Sure, this is a free country, but when the population becomes too much for the economy to keep up, it may no longer be.

This is a real problem, and many just turn a blind eye to it, refusing to acknowledge the future problems the high human population may have.

The question is, how were they going to do that? They couldn't pass a low fertility law without sparking some protests, especially ones that could turn violent, and America knew sometimes those risks were worth taking. She could present these papers she created to her boss, and only hope he will act on them, but what if they decide to act on something else? However, the people needed to be aware of the problems the future could present.

The worst thing they could possibly do is kill off many groups of people around the world to diminish the high population. America and her children would know it could be for the greater good, but to many people this would be barbaric. But were they saying they were willing to risk famines and even more pollution just to satisfy their wants?

America understood if people wanted families, but what about the impact it could have on the economy? It wouldn't end well for everyone.

That's why America knew if it had to come to that, she would do it, and, even if she became hated, she would still go along with it to protect her children, especially Adelard, and preserve a future for her people.