North America

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Place.png North America
(Continent)
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Nation states

Nation stateDescription
CanadaIf tar sands are counted, Canada possesses the 3rd largest oil reserves of any nation state.
CubaThe only country in North America under the influence of the USSR during the cold war.
Mexico"Poor Mexico, so far from God and so close to the United States!"
USThe United States is the single biggest military spender in the world, with a higher 2020 expenditure than the next ten countries combined. Its infrastructure has been described to be in disrepair since the late 1980s.

 

Events

EventDescription
9-11A complex and spectacular set of events in New York and Washington. The US government was quick to blame Al Qaeda, though no evidence of guilt was presented and there is much suspicion about what Al Qaeda really is. In the USA 9-11 assisted the Patriot Act's roll back of civil liberties, the stepping up of domestic surveillance and the financial advancement of the military industrial complex. Abroad 9-11 helped launched wars on Iraq and Afghanistan that had been planned long before.
American Civil WarThe Start of US World dominations, the Civil war saw capitalists fight capitalists in a war over tax, slavery and the question how big and kind of an imperial force the US should become on the North American continent.
Bay of Pigs InvasionA deliberately botched attempt to invade Cuba by the CIA, devised as a way to entrap JFK into full scale military action against Cuba. Unsuccessful, since JFK however refused to be manipulated.
Cuban Revolution
Operation Fast and Furious
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