the northeast tries to secede but is occupied by the Canadian military and made into a puppet state. the rust belt becomes a militant socialist state. the south becomes a sort of amalgamation of fascists, theocrats, and radical social democrats that is destined to tear itself to pieces. california and much of the pacific coast becomes a neoliberal hellscape. meanwhile the remaining bits of the U.S., try to remain nominally aligned to the old federal system until becing slowly overrun by the more cohesive states.