Stranded States

2026. The year that marked the end of the 3rd Great War and the United Nations had agreed to a world-wide isolation. While many nations around the world had joined together to ride out the isolation, many stayed within their borders. One of these nations was the United States of America. Once the final hour struck, the borders were closed, the walls went up and the isolation began.

The first 2 years were a bit of a struggle for the nation. While the process of self sufficiency was slowly growing for almost two decades, the loss of international trade was still felt throughout the nation. The president at the time, Luisa Rameriz, was doing her best and saw some bounce back from the isolation, but once Gregory Keller, the 47th president was sworn into office in 2029, things turned around.

No one could expect the rapid developments President Keller enacted. He oversaw the continued development of bio-domes to grow exotic goods, the further spread of a high-speed rail system across the mainland, redeveloping abandoned areas of towns and cities for housing and businesses, opening new mines to resources within regulations, pushing for more renewable energy, creating new industrial and farming jobs, new opportunities for tourism.

Now, close to two years in, the nation is in a much better position and continuing to get better. The economy is experiencing stable growth and the military, while a bit smaller, is still powerful & has undergone further modernization. Many people, now in a state of security, thought that nothing bad could ever happen again. Though, one fateful night in November, just two weeks before Thanksgiving, a colorful stream of lights covered the nation and soon, a nation of close to 360 million people found themselves not of Earth, but a whole new world...