United States of America

Statistics

Name - United States of America (English)
Continent - Americas
Capital - Washington, Anacostia

Administration

Head of state and government - President --------
Legislature - Congress - Senate (upper), House of Representatives (lower)
Speaker of the House of Representatives - Diane Mueller
President of the Senate - ---------
Judiciary - Supreme Court
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court - William Roberts
Form of government - Federal republic under a democratic presidential triramic constitution
Form of law - Brougham Code (national, most states); Cambacérès Code (Orleans (civil), East Florida (civil))
Demonym - American

Geography

Area - 4,199,197 km^2
Largest cities
-New York City, New York - 18,590,000 (city), 22,385,000 (metro)
-St. Louis, Missouri - 11,121,000 (city), 15,038,000 (metro)
-Cincinnati, Ohio - 8,547,000 (city), 10,415,000 (metro)
Time zone - TMP-05:00, -06:00
Currency - American eagle

Demography

Language - None; English (unofficial)
Other languages
-Maine, Vermont - French (co-official)
-East Florida - Spanish (co-official)
-Orleans - French, Spanish (co-official)
-Missouri - French, German (co-official)
-Illinois, Nibrasca, Ohio, Pembina, Wisconsan - German (co-official)
-Minasota - Sioux, Ojibwe, French (co-official)
-Shackamia - Sioux (co-official)
Population - 309,433,000
Density - 73.69 /km^2

Symbols

National festivals
-Independence Day (July 4) - commemorating the Declaration of Independence (1776)
-Illumination Day (August 14) - commemorating the Fall of Appalachicola (1876)
Anthem - The Jubilee
Motto - E pluribus unum

Flag

Ordinary Flag

Anthem

The Jubilee

The Jubilee > Lyrics >>

Lyrics

When the nation's call comes to rally the people once again;
We shall march for the declaration upon the plain;
Oh, we'll bring the jub'lee to all the bondsmen of the chain;
As we go marching on.

Glory, glory, hallelujah;
Glory, glory, glory, hallelujah;
Glory, glory, hallelujah;
As we go marching on.

Against liberty and union, usurpers stand alone;
And now and forever, the slave-ocrats are shattered stone;
But one and insep'rable, free labor is ours to own;
As we go marching on.

Glory, glory, hallelujah;
Glory, glory, glory, hallelujah;
Glory, glory, hallelujah;
As we go marching on.

National Holidays

-see Holidays

Holidays > ^3d8117 >>

Name Date Notes

New Years' Day January 1

Washington's Birthday February 22

Martyrs' Day March 5 Commemorates the Boston Massacre (1770) and in particular the martyrdom of Crispus Attucks, today a Colored-American icon

Mechanics' Day April 14 Commemorates the Pittsburgh Mechanics' Uprising (1841) by the city's Mechanics' Association against Southern forces

Tammany Day May 12 Commemorates Tammany, a Lenape chieftain who signed several peace treaties with the Pennsylvania Colony

Decoration Day May 30 Commemorates Armed Forces soldiers, sailors, and aeronauts who died in service

Peace Day June 2 Commemorates the ideal of peace.

Independence Day July 4 Commemorates the Declaration of Independence.

Illumination Day August 14 Commemorates the end of the Liberty and Union War (1868-76) with the Fall of Appalachicola

Humboldt Day September 14 Commemorates the birth (1769) of Prussian explorer Alexander von Humboldt and generally German-American heritage

Evacuation Day November 25 Commemorates the British departure from New York (1783) & the victory against the Spanish at the Battle of Sandy Hook (1827)

Christmas Day December 25

Name	Date	Notes
New Years' Day	January 1
Washington's Birthday	February 22
Martyrs' Day	March 5	Commemorates the Boston Massacre (1770) and in particular the martyrdom of Crispus Attucks, today a Colored-American icon
Mechanics' Day	April 14	Commemorates the Pittsburgh Mechanics' Uprising (1841) by the city's Mechanics' Association against Southern forces
Tammany Day	May 12	Commemorates Tammany, a Lenape chieftain who signed several peace treaties with the Pennsylvania Colony
Decoration Day	May 30	Commemorates Armed Forces soldiers, sailors, and aeronauts who died in service
Peace Day	June 2	Commemorates the ideal of peace.
Independence Day	July 4	Commemorates the Declaration of Independence.
Illumination Day	August 14	Commemorates the end of the Liberty and Union War (1868-76) with the Fall of Appalachicola
Humboldt Day	September 14	Commemorates the birth (1769) of Prussian explorer Alexander von Humboldt and generally German-American heritage
Evacuation Day	November 25	Commemorates the British departure from New York (1783) & the victory against the Spanish at the Battle of Sandy Hook (1827)
Christmas Day	December 25

State flags

-emblem on purple flag
-Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Ontonagon, Wisconsan, Alleghania, Franklin, Maryland, Delaware, Juniper, Nibrasca, Kances, Tahosa, East Florida, Anacostia
-legacy of Liberty and Union War (1868-76) which saw such flags used by Constitutional Government > Constitutional Army and then principle extended to states which never fought

-special case
-West Florida -
-Minasota - based on Ojibwe wampum similar to this

Congress

-held in Capitol:

House of Representatives

-702 seats
-allocated by population

-the Speaker is explicitly a party official as with British Isles before revolution
-but only holds votes in case of tie (which is almost never)

Senate

-103 seats
-86 seats, 2 per state
-12 senators elected by large, by proportional representation
-5 senators for life, of six ex-presidents

-last former ex-president (of right party) serves as President of the Senate
-unless none unavailable

Joint Sessions

-President's Annual Message to Congress held in joint session
-also, if both houses disagree, vote held in joint session
-which practically means that the House can override the Senate with sufficient support as it has almost 7x number of members

Cabinet

President

-without Jackson, a weaker presidency
-veto virtually unused, and when it is it's a major crisis
-can now officially only be used for unconstitutional legislation
-and now overriden by 3/5 veto
-no VP, got abolished

Secretary of State

-runs foreign affairs
-in general, with US being less prominent abroad, Secretary of State has less stature
-but is still primus inter pares among cabinet
-also will become president if president dies

Secretary of the Treasury

-manages the collection of revenue, federal finances, and regulates the minting of currency

Secretary of Domestic Affairs

-formed during American Presidents > 1833-1837 Henry Clay (Democratic) presidency
-manages
-internal improvements
-Indian affairs
-public affairs
-patents
-seals
-pensions
-general police
-National Preserve Territories
-with the general police, specifically management of the Civil Guard, being the one the public associates with it the most

Secretary of War

-manages the three branches of the military - the Army, the Navy, and the Aeronautic Corps

Secretary of Peace

-successor to the Secretary of Freedmen, Refugees, and Abandoned Lands, runs extensions of some of its purposes
-Freedmen's Department created in 1875
-turned into Department of Peace in 1893 following Washington Convention
-runs health insurance system, other health elements
-and rest of welfare system
-as well as a legal arbitration system spanning the nation
-also runs Service Commission
-which practically speaking gives Department of Peace its own foreign policy

Secretary of Education

-runs the federal education system, regulates lower-level schools
-established in 1878 as part of Reconstruction

Secretary of Natural Resources

-manages water, mining, energy, forestry
-especially in Interior because so much of it is owned directly by the state
-and provides mining licenses for using federal land

Secretary of Agriculture

-provides information to farmers as part of management of farming interests

Secretary of Commerce and Industry

-provides licenses to companies to do interstate commerce

Secretary of Labor

-prints labor statistics
-enforces labor legislation and provides arbitration boards

Attorney General

-advises Congress on the law
-runs a narrow Department of Justice that provides lawyers for prosecution and that's it

Postmaster General

-runs Postal & Telegraph Services
-can send a message variously through mail and Telegraphy
-also calls through Telepalver
-including video call system
-and later terminals with Networking > Teledata ( United States of America )
-political appointee, but w/ underlings in civil service
-often serves as minister without portfolio

Corporations

National Corporations

Bank of the United States

Bank of the United States >>

First Bank of the United States (1791-1811)

Second Bank of the United States (1821-1868)

-following Recessions > Panic of 1819 issues of financial system force US to constitute bank system
-organized under lines similar to Manhattan Company established by Burr in New York
-small stock prices and caps on how much stock one person can have
-so that it's for benefit of common citizen and not elite
-becomes important part of American system
-American Presidents > Story Court strengthens it further
-especially by it disallowing state banks from printing banknotes
-on basis of states not being allowed to print bills of credit
-broadly regulates lower level banks by making pretty large deposits
-and taking deposits out if bank seems unstable, resulting in run on bank
-this causes credit crunches which discourages run-away investment in the west
-successfully gets renewed under American Presidents > 1837-1845 Zebulon Pike (Republican)
-following Panic of 1842 it becomes largest slaveowner in the United States thx to collateral
-under American Presidents > 1845-1852 Daniel Webster (Democratic) † it agrees to deport slaves to West Africa to divest itself of slaves in return for renewal
-for the South this means Bank slaves on sale don't reduce price of slaves
-in addition, following Panic of 1842 in the North the Bank gets a lot of land used as collateral
-especially in the West which was recently settled
-much of this land especially in Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan sold to land companies
-largely to companies headquartered in the British Isles
-American Presidents > 1845-1852 Daniel Webster (Democratic) † gets Bank to sell land to government
-with price far above board to include slave value
-under American Presidents > 1845-1852 Daniel Webster (Democratic) †
-US government takes on half of debt from the several states, to be managed and paid off by the Bank
-friend Nathan Appleton appointed to its position (Daniel Webster > Webster Cabinet) and Webster uses bank for patronage
-becomes major scandal
-in 1851 Webster forced to shift members of bank
-under American Presidents > 1853-1861 Robert F. Stockton (Republican) the bank is re-pointed towards investments he wants to bring up
-with California Gold Rush US economy goes through an inflation boom as the money flows towards it
-and Bank can now print a fuckton more money
-also it can pay off remainder of state debt as a result of this in move widely applauded and which helps fuel financial boom
-does not get renewed in 1868 as part of the breakdown of institutions under American Presidents > 1865-1868 George Washington Woodward (Republican) [impeached, removed from office]
-bank is then associated with a number of different states
-and booked under them
-and remains bank of deposit because there's no way to change that really
-helps to cause financial chaos
-then with Liberty and Union War (1868-76) totally collapses as an institution because it is divided
-and segments are essentially destroyed by different raids and mobs
-banknotes become worthless which destroys many fortunes
-and its loans coming to an end means chaos
-as both Constitutional Government and Richmond Government deem these debts as devolving to the government
-as ways to achieve funding

War Bank (1869-1879)

-constituted during Liberty and Union War (1868-76) for five years
-for purposes of financing the war
-raises massive numbers of bonds to fund war effort
-in 1870 prints new banknotes to fund war effort
-banknotes now convertible with bonds
-results in 200%+ inflation
-forces government to repeatedly redenominate the notes
-sees inflation loosely put under control only towards end of the war
-negotiates loans with foreign governments
-as well as contracting ship construction from them etc.
-and especially keeps monitor on Currency > Greenback
-a number of other banks, loyal to Constitutional Government, become very tightly associated with government
-with Country folders/Americas/United States/Economy/Mineral rushes > Pikes Peak Gold Rush (1878) it starts buyup of gold
-in order to make loans with foreign banks and redeem them and all that
-and as part of financial control

Third Bank of the United States (1879-pres.)

-War Bank reformed, made into a permanent institution immediately before American Presidents > 1877-1879 John Wentworth (Free Democratic) †
-also, a number of other banks tightly associated with the bank amalgamated within the Third Bank to create much larger institution
-additionally there's a return of high inflation
-in prep for Antillean War (1880-4)
-with Land Grant Acts > Mining Act (1881) it gets large amounts of gold from government
-as part of effort to make loans with foreign governments and the like
-and also as part of inflation control effort, which is largely successful
-sees very large corruption scandal
-associated with treasury secretary under Curran Emmet
-culminates in attempt to impeach the bank president president that Senate discards as unconstitutional
-though president does leave office
-intensifies movement for Washington Convention
-following Constitution of the United States (1885) Bank fears being disestablished and so makes preemptive reforms
-prevents Congress from simply throwing away Bank
-with 1899 renewal, however, it does see substantial reform
-oriented to making it bank of the people
-and make its credit more attuned with the people rather than simply big business
-and allow normal people to make accounts with the bank
-with Recessions > Panic of 1911 reaction is a mediocrity
-decides in fear of inflation to raise interests rate which causes deflationary wave

Other federally-chartered banks

Fiscal Bank of Washington (1813-70)

-chartered in 1813 to serve specifically in District of Columbia
-not possible to make branches outside it
-fosters economic development in the city
-and helps it grow against Baltimore
-that it was federally chartered means it's able to keep circulating notes after Supreme Court > Story Court bans it elsewhere
-Bank does pretty well and its notes circulate in Baltimore and Richmond
-helps to make Washington increasing financial center
-and it's the center of the slave economy handing out bonds and all
-with Liberty and Union War (1868-76) it becomes part of Richmond Government state
-when Washington falls it's consolidated into the Bank of the United States > War Bank (1869-1879)

Railroad Corporation of the United States

United States Railroad Office >>

-with Liberty and Union War (1868-76) total financial collapse ensues
-sees a great many people lose their money with end of banknotes
-railways owned by enemies of Constitutional Government get forcibly confiscated and nationalized
-government deems debts of bank as devolving onto itself
-and waive these debts in return for government getting their railroad shares
-initially these railroads are essentially run by army
-but following end of war in 1878 these railroads are formally spun off into corporation aligned with the government
-partially owned by government on model of national bank

Presidents of the United States Railroad Office

1869-1878: Daniel McCallum (as Major-General of the United States Railroad Corps) ^[1]Appointed to administer railroads nationalized by the United States government and does so very effectively through managerial techniques. Sees the construction of American Infrastructure > Pembina Pacific Railroad, a second transcontinental railroad, to assure to the Constitutional Government of control over its Pacific Resigns upon the formation of the Railroad Corporation because doesn't really want to lead a corporation.

1878-1883: John V. L. Pruyn ^[2]Shares of new corporation are often held by owners of private, loyal railroads, creating a unified railroad and corporate interest associated with the government. American Presidents > 1879-1887 Curran Emmet (Free Democratic) declares there's been a corruption scandal connecting Treasury, Railroad Corporation, and a number of corporations in kickbacks and controlling rates, fires treasury secretary, and purges Railroad Corporation of the corrupt.

1883-1905: Arthur M. Wellington ^[3]Attempts to distil the principles of laying out and managing railroads into a series of engineering problems. Begins a process of technocracy, associates with National University of the United States of America > Smithsonian Institution to train a class of professionals to manage it. Completes process of reconstructing railroads across South. Lays them across contours with minimal elevation changes, and sets stations at exact intervals. Sees Constitution of the United States (1885), which definitively separates National Railroad shares from others, but also sees railroad shares dissolved by the state with compensation well below market values. On state direction, decreases freights more generally to the extent that Corporation is being run at a loss, causing a mass sale of shares and bankruptcy of other railroads which can't compete with it, causing double-dip recession after Recessions > Panic of 1895.

1905-1918: Lawrence Siemens ^[4]Broadly continues policies of his predecessor, and continues to administer the railroads in a technocratic manner. Begins to construct showy "bullet lines" to compete with those of Europe. Due to running corporation at loss, especially with Recessions > Panic of 1911, forced out of power by rise of Free Traders.

1918-1939: Marius Goodman ^[5]Makes a series of unpopular freight hikes, but comes with a general program of modernizing the increasingly outdated railroad system. Additionally, sells a great many railroad shares to raise money. Sees the RCUSA make a considerable profit both thanks to the hiked freights and the return of mass membership to the railroads; however, also faces increasing competition from the rise of the Pyreolophore > Autophores and the state-created turnpikes.

1939-1955: Jarvis Wise ^[6]With the rise of the oil shocks, and most oil being in United Provinces of Buenaventura the railroads make a comeback. Wise engages in a period of modernization and electrification and constructs new lines to compete with turnpikes.

1955-1971: Jonah Spendler ^[7]Sees the rise of modern bullet lines, with one being made to connect the Boston-Richmond Corridor, against the rise of air travel. Popularity sees its further construction, in particular in the Middle West.

1971-1987: Joseph Bernardo ^[8][^9]:

1987-2003: Richard Mueller [^9]

2003-2018: Frank Yoshida ^[10][^11]:

2018-pres. Alexandra F. Kennedy [^11]

Appointed to administer railroads nationalized by the United States government and does so very effectively through managerial techniques. Sees the construction of American Infrastructure > Pembina Pacific Railroad, a second transcontinental railroad, to assure to the Constitutional Government of control over its Pacific Resigns upon the formation of the Railroad Corporation because doesn't really want to lead a corporation. ↩
Shares of new corporation are often held by owners of private, loyal railroads, creating a unified railroad and corporate interest associated with the government. American Presidents > 1879-1887 Curran Emmet (Free Democratic) declares there's been a corruption scandal connecting Treasury, Railroad Corporation, and a number of corporations in kickbacks and controlling rates, fires treasury secretary, and purges Railroad Corporation of the corrupt. ↩
Attempts to distil the principles of laying out and managing railroads into a series of engineering problems. Begins a process of technocracy, associates with National University of the United States of America > Smithsonian Institution to train a class of professionals to manage it. Completes process of reconstructing railroads across South. Lays them across contours with minimal elevation changes, and sets stations at exact intervals. Sees Constitution of the United States (1885), which definitively separates National Railroad shares from others, but also sees railroad shares dissolved by the state with compensation well below market values. On state direction, decreases freights more generally to the extent that Corporation is being run at a loss, causing a mass sale of shares and bankruptcy of other railroads which can't compete with it, causing double-dip recession after Recessions > Panic of 1895. ↩
Broadly continues policies of his predecessor, and continues to administer the railroads in a technocratic manner. Begins to construct showy "bullet lines" to compete with those of Europe. Due to running corporation at loss, especially with Recessions > Panic of 1911, forced out of power by rise of Free Traders. ↩
Makes a series of unpopular freight hikes, but comes with a general program of modernizing the increasingly outdated railroad system. Additionally, sells a great many railroad shares to raise money. Sees the RCUSA make a considerable profit both thanks to the hiked freights and the return of mass membership to the railroads; however, also faces increasing competition from the rise of the Pyreolophore > Autophores and the state-created turnpikes. ↩
With the rise of the oil shocks, and most oil being in United Provinces of Buenaventura the railroads make a comeback. Wise engages in a period of modernization and electrification and constructs new lines to compete with turnpikes. ↩
Sees the rise of modern bullet lines, with one being made to connect the Boston-Richmond Corridor, against the rise of air travel. Popularity sees its further construction, in particular in the Middle West. ↩
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National Constitutional Photonics Corporation

-originates in the Constitutional Gazette used for Constitutional Government propaganda
-during Liberty and Union War (1868-76)
-then with the rise of Photonics it gets transmitted over the air
-in 1919 the American Presidents > 1917-1923 Paul Drennan Cravath (Free Trade) administration splits photonic section
-as national corporation organized similarly as the others
-this also means a big rush on people buying shares which gives government in er a of Recessions > Panic of 1911 money to balance the books
-quickly becomes big on the phote and later on the Photescope

Private Corporations

-the United States has seen the vertical consolidation of corporations into a number of cliques
-in practice many of these cliques are unstable and the Free Trade Party rather hostile to them
-however, they must follow rules of business re. treatment of workers to continue to have a license
-and they must also disclose their documents and not sell overvalued stock

Mackintosh

Mackintosh Analyzer Company >>

-Mackintosh Hydraulic Company
-founded by Scottish guy in 1850s in Cincinnati
-originally working on making pipes and valves and the like
-develops analyzers as part of the Analyzers boom

-based on the differential analyzer
-sells models over 1870s, including to government
-which makes it tangential to war effort in this era

-in 1880s gets order as part of the Analyzers > Grand Analyzers of the Hydraulic Era from government
-builds standard water valve for it, a bunch of them, and memory w/ wall effect
-thus becomes very important in rise of numeric analyzers

-in 1894 builds a Grand Mackintosh Analyzer as part of influential business model of timesharing
-aka "Old Mack" or "Mack I"
-businesses can send requests for programmes, and receive results by telegraph
-and company organizes team of programmers
-all women, often referred to as a "programme harem" in "purdah" doing this grunt work
-but with "important" positions of management, planning with mathematics, taken by men
-makes it leading part of analyzer industry

-despite bickering over it being a corporate clique it limbers on as one of several new cartels of the economy

-later faced with the Recessions > Panic of 1911 and the ensuing Great Depression
-causes analyzers to lose revenue as businesses reduce money they spend on it
-forces Mackintosh to make Mack II, a bigger meaner analyzer able to get more orders and compute them better
-which it promotes even more heavily
-also contracts out inventory managing analyzers for big businesses
-which is increasingly viable as water valves reduce

US Oil

-essentially a clique in years after Liberty and Union War
-emerges over exploiting huge reserves in Pennsylvania and expands to Cimarron and Kances
-expands into United Provinces of Buenaventura
-extremely controversial in this
-the Heads of Buenaventura > 1916-1925 Henry W. D. Bridges (Association of Mechanics and Farmers) administration nationalizes US Oil's land in its area which means it's hammered in economy

US Maple

-maple sugar emerges as a huge industry due to sugarcane slowdown after Second French War (1821-32) and British Wars > Popular Revolution (1827-9)
-see this
-biggest centers in Vermont and New York, other smaller centers in Michigan, Wisconsan, and Ontonagon, and with smaller ones in Ohio, Indiana, Juniper, and Alleghania
-but with some production in Missouri, Illinois, and Kentucky
-and even some in Tennessee, Virginia, and Franklin and a tiny bit in North Carolina
-though re-emergence of sugarcane economy postwar damages this emergence, it does still stick around
-US Maple emerges during Liberty and Union War (1868-76)
-the state nationalizes, distributes to friendly industrialists the maple industry
-postwar several maple forests reserved for conservation of this resource
-and in conquered Kentucky, Tennessee, and Franklin this valuable resource is especially conserved
-and maple sugar industry prospers in years that follows

Armed Forces

Armed Forces >>

Army

Regular Army

-boomed thanks to Liberty and Union War (1868-76)
-though dissolved afterwards to something smaller but, in the name of preparadness, turned irreversibly into a pretty large institution
-because its mobilization after the Antillean War (1880-4) proves a bit complicated and the US resolves to keep a sizeable army afterwards
-this in turn means it continues onwards into the 20th century as a large force
-in wake of French Wars > Fifth French War (1892-5) undergoes period of immense reform
-to make it ready for modern warfare era which has been shown by it

Marine Corps

-entirely swallowed into army in 1820s reform

National Volunteer Force

-under Constitution of the United States (1885), militias centralized into National Volunteer Force headed by officials appointed by Congress

State Militia

-states given limited power to form militias under supervision of federal government
-within the larger states that can afford it
-all known as "State Guard"

Navy

-in US's Wars > Luisiana War (1823-8) it does terribly
-badly outmatched by Spanish
-built up in decades that followed
-does way better in US's Wars > Second Quasi War (1839-42)
-but not really a real war as well because neither France nor US willing to go all the way
-further buildup due to fears of British involvement
-with Liberty and Union War (1868-76) it's devastated by divisions, sabotage and the like
-by end of it, it's way smaller
-builds up after war end
-with Antillean War (1880-4), US navy faces severe logistical issues
-navy is bigger than Spanish but Spanish have generally superior ships
-eventually, US is able to win but is tough fight
-sees continued buildup afterwards
-and dramatic expansion of bases across the United States
-and rise of Naval National Volunteers
-naval race with British Isles in years after French Wars > Fifth French War (1892-5)
-results in increasingly massive ironclads in the American navy

Aeronautic Corps

-formed in the wake of the Liberty and Union War (1868-76)
-originally with dirigibles and within Army
-in excitement of its use, it's been spun off into own arm of military quite early
-with rise of Pyreolophore > Planophores, Aeronautic Corps incorporates them

Civil Guard

-gendarmerie, across the nation
-formed in wake of assassination of American Presidents > 1877-1879 John Wentworth (Free Democratic) †, to protect against the civil strife of the era
-Civil Guard garrisons established across the South to combat insurgents
-with Constitution clause against domestic violence used to its fullest degree
-due to institutional bias of Southern police against Coloreds the Civil Guard's authority is fully expanded
-to the extent that it supervises those southern police
-and reduces them to doing smaller cases
-with the great riots against Demography > Moreno in 1880s it's expanded northwards
-and plays fairly similar role in becoming dominant against northern police
-the Constitution of the United States (1885) systematizes the Civil Guard's role across the nation
-including constitutional protections against army being applied against it
-over next decades it becomes an iconic symbol of the United States
-also gets its own West Point equivalent just south of Washington
-which is in part due to civilianization under American Presidents > 1917-1923 Paul Drennan Cravath (Free Trade)

Revenue Marine Service

-legacy of Liberty and Union War (1868-76) is its militarization as a force

Service Commission

-often considered "the fifth arm of the military"
-and serves as a branch of foreign and domestic policy in its own right
-formed in 1887 soon after Antillean War (1880-4)
-to continue the concept of national service now that the army has become less important in scope
-and out of Quaker conscientious objectors to war who formed their own service committees like this
-and also out of other ad hoc arrangements to provide conscientious objectors with alternate service
-and to consolidate the United States Sanitary Commission, newly nationalized, into something wider
-mandatory to serve in various professions:
-lawyers
-doctors
-teachers
-a number of high-profile universities make service a prereq for graduation
-also rebates for education for people who serve
-and additional scholarships within it
-serves various tasks
-health
-nonprofits
-conservation
-education
-rapid response
-includes a lot of overseas work
-and historically funded a lot of missionary work in Africa where it worked wholly with colonial powers
-also did a lot for immigration because of the sort of links it created between US and Africa

Universities

-all public universities and a great many private universities wear uniforms
-part of militaristic legacy of the Liberty and Union War (1868-76)
-also, most universities have been remade on New England model

National University

National University of the United States of America >>

Smithsonian Institution

-from State of Anacostia > Washington

-james smithson lives broadly otl life, in disgust at being illegitimate child wills estate to usa as otl
-his nephew henry james hungerford lives life as per otl, lives opulent life with smithson estate but less opulent as otl
-because his airs as "baron de la batut" get viewed as a little too comical, also war in france means less stuff to spend it on in paris
-hungerford dies in 1834, estate goes to british court and president clay sends richard rush to retrieve bequest
-some controversy as some in congress want to refuse bequest, driven in part due to slaver fear that this sort of bequest could be used for compensated abolition
-court of chancery amalgamated into supreme court recently, results in case being swiftly dispatched in favour of usa
-richard rush invests estate into stock market very wisely and without investing too much at once
-enlargens bequest to nearly two times equivalent harvard bequest
-in otl it was "only" nearly the harvard bequest, but it's much more because
-of revolutionary british market volatility being higher
-and also because of Hungerford spending less money
-returns this to united states, the britannias get melted and recoined as eagles
-massive debate over what to use it for springs up in congress
-turns into something similar to otl, except because jqa never becomes president his presence is weaker, and as a result he fails to stop it from including some professors and students
-not a full-fledged university in any way, but closest thing to a national university there is
-joseph henry still becomes its head, stretches out smithsonian's influence as far as he can in his long tenure
-accepts there is some lecturing and a faculty, but minimizes it in general
-but students are focused towards doing research for professors, making it a research university
-eventually with Liberty and Union War (1868-76) in 1869 storming of capitol by southerner mob hits
-joseph henry and his faculty's moderate antislavery views results in them fleeing to philadelphia
-after dc recaptured, he gets to move back
-becomes henry winter davis' science advisor etc.
-after civil war joseph henry soon dies, but smithsonian reconstituted nicely
-then post-civil war existing educational institutions ramped up quite a bit, discussion of national university makes comeback
-in 1879 other university colleges get built
-after constitutional amendment they are secured well
-with postwar construction smithsonian gets expanded
-the Red Castle entirely reconstructed and made bigger
-also a whole bunch of new buildings get constructed to house new students and brand-new teams of professors
-grand mausoleum to james smithson halicarnassus style is constructed
-becomes the foremost face of the national university
-predominately with graduate students who are active in research
-also sets norms of education around the entire country
-at the same time includes a vast collection of the nation's stuff, placed in a grand museum
-also includes koh-i-noor

Polytechnic Institution of Fredericksburg

-in Fredericksburg, Virginia

-aka "Fred Poly"
-somewhat near Washington in what quickly becomes a university town
-founded to create administrators for United States Railroad Office in 1886
-and quickly becomes more than that due to its high caliber of education

Arboreal Institution of Charleston

-in Charleston, Virginia

-founded to train a forestry service

Agronomical Institution of Lexington

-in Lexington, Kentucky

-trains agrarian people for agrarian jobs

Astronomical Institution of Charlottesville

-in Charlottesville, Virginia
-where in OTL Jefferson wanted to establish an observatory
-and institution founded nearby

Commercial Institution of Memphis

-in Memphis, Tennessee

-to train people, esp Colored people, in the art of industry and commerce

Naval Institution of Norfolk

-in Norfolk, Virginia

-to build ships

Medicinal Institution of Havre de Grace

-in Havre de Grace, Maryland

-as part of training doctors for the Sanitary Commission
-which later became part of the United States of America > Service Commission

Mining Institution of Millewackie

-in Millewakie, Wisconsan

-to train mining force, in state with a lot of mining

Henry Institution

-from Albany, New York

-"second" in terms of stature
-quickly named after joseph henry soon after construction in honor of his great role as smithsonian head
-is more of a traditional university college, which

Franklin Institution

-from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Latrobe Institution

-from Baltimore, Maryland

Commercial Institution of Wetonqua

-in Wetonqua, State of Minasota

-formed to promote the rise of commerce and industry among Indigenous Americans

Agronomial Institution of Maquato

-In Maquato [Mankato], State of Minasota

-formed to promote modern agriculture to the Indigenous

Industrial Institution of Worcester

-in Worcester, Massachusetts
-as part of attempt to restore New England from continued slump of Recessions > Panic of 1911
-and due to the failure of New England's recovery from the recession
-during American Presidents > 1929-1934 Pancrace Landry (Free Democratic)

Agronomical Institution of Portsmouth

-in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
-as part of attempt to restore New England from continued slump of Recessions > Panic of 1911
-and due to the failure of New England's recovery from the recession
-during American Presidents > 1929-1934 Pancrace Landry (Free Democratic)

Photonic Institution of Williamsport

-in Williamsport, Pennsylvania

-as part of developing Photonics and training people for United States of America > National Constitutional Photonics Corporation

Agronomical Institution of Websteropolis

-in Websteropolis, Pembina
-as part of more recent development of Interior

Mining Institution of Cherisia

-in Cherisia, State of Tahosa
-as part of more recent development of Interior

Harvard University

Yale University

University of New Jersey

-OTL Princeton
-Queen's College (which in OTL eventually became Rutgers) fused into it

Columbia University

University of Pennsylvania

Brown University

Dartmouth College

Williamsburg University

-OTL College of William and Mary
-got refounded after Liberty and Union War (1868-76)
-but only as a constituent college of a newly expanded school
-main anchor university of Richmond area

Republican University of New Orleans

-got founded as Royal University of New Orleans in Spanish era in 1812
-with US's Wars > Luisiana War (1823-8), got refounded as Republican University
-with Liberty and Union War (1868-76), dramatically reconstituted once more

Mackintosh University

-formerly University of Cincinnati
-receives massive endowment from founder of Mackintosh Analyzer Company
-this endowment turns this university into an incredibly influential one

Transylvania University

-reconstituted after end of Liberty and Union War (1868-76)
-with Kentucky seeing land rush due to land cleared from confiscations it gets new base for educational institutions
-quickly turns into most impressive institution in the south in the years that follow civil war

Ogden University

-founded by John Ogden, an abolitionist, for freedmen
-in Memphis and has become a lynchpin of southern school network
-on model of New England schools

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