Authors Note: So, here it is, my story based on the mod Red World for Hearts of Iron 4. For any newcomers this is only my second story, my first is Revela Magnas, which is about the United States of America being transported to the world of RWBY. This story, however, will be on a lower rung my list of priorities since Revela Magnas (RM) will be taking higher priority until I get a few more chapters into it. This first chapter's gonna be rather short, but don't worry every chapter from this one onwards is gonna be much longer. Now then LIGHTS, CAMERAS, ACTION.

Ryan Becking's POV

June 29th, 1987, a date for which my parents say they'll never forget. It was the day the United States of America, believed to be the bastion of democracy and a fine example of the supposed success of capitalism collapsed. From that day onward the legacy of the United States was that of a failed experiment that had collapsed under its own weight as it desperately tried to cling to whatever it had left. Now, however, it's used as the prime example of the 'failure' of capitalism and it's often agreed upon by many political scientists that it was doomed to fall ever since it's conception. I however disagree. My name is Ryan by the way, and this is the story of how I lived the years following the collapse of the United States, however, in order to get a better understanding of something, you have to take a look of when it all began.

June 29th, 1987

Madison, Wisconsin USA

9:17 PM

Day of The Collapse

Frank Becking's POV

Today sucked.

Today really sucked, hard. I would've gone to work today, but unfortunately for me and everyone else in this damned city no one could. The riots had badly damaged the areas where the most jobs were, and the state of Wisconsin along with the entirety of the US was in a state of Martial Law, and because of that no one was allowed outside past 8:00 PM with the only exception being law enforcement and city services. So, in order to help pass time with my wife, I decided to just watch TV and hope that tomorrow brings a different story. We were in the middle of watching a random comedy we found whilst browsing. That's when it happened. The movie went to black and was replaced with the image of the emergency alert system.

EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM

United States Government

Issued a

Government Shutdown

Presidential Message:

This is a message from the office of the President of the United States. The elected government has now resigned. All control over regions has been relinquished to the state governments. The United States has been dissolved.

"What the hell?" was all I could manage to say.

"The US is being dissolved? What does that mean?" My wife, Jessie asked, her face just as perplexed as mine probably was.

It took awhile to formulate a proper answer, so I just went with the best thing I could come up with.

"The US doesn't exist anymore" I replied simply.

Author's Notes: And that's a wrap. Again sorry if this chapter seemed too short for you guys, but chapter 2 will be up soon hopefully, and it'll definetly be much longer than this one. However, I hope you guys enjoyed it regardless.