American Republic of Independet Colonies Government

The new government is being formed, information gathered, and votes cast. The Eastern and Western United states are in financial ruin since the destructive crash of the economy. ARIC has been effected in many large ways by this down fall, but the new government has declared a year of jubilee. All debts have been called off as the financial system is starting from scratch. We are the breadbasket and we have a great percentage of the continents food under our per view. Petrolium products among many other things have been cut off from us.

While we have electricity and internet access, we have no gas for vehicles and manufacturing or industrial plants. The harvesting and proccessing of food must be done by hand. Fabrics must be made or imported from allied countries. Major corporationations, banks, and credit companies are gone due to the collapse of the economy and the year of jubliee.

We have turned to the Quakers, Menenite, and Amish to teach us how to rebuild without certain technologies and materials. Medical attention suffers as many have turned to alternative and natural methods of health care. Insurance companies have collectively decided to start covering wholistic methods as well as modern medical technologies. Few lives have been lost because of the war but many have died for lack of medical attention that wholistic cures could not resolve. That being said, the occurinces of disease, cancers, and many othe seemingly common alements and health issus have gone down dramatically over tha last two years. Our food, household products, and daily life materials are pure and organic, untouched by chemicals, detergents, and pesticides.

China is the new world power and one of our few allies. They have taught us about their ancient medical practices. We have learned and adopted some of their culture, but kept our inharently Christian beliefs. The new government has learned to work with China, dispite our differences, the relationship we have with them is open.

Mexico and Canada are also allies. We have invited many of our Middle American people to earn passage into ARIC. Those who are already here must fill out a simple form, pay a reasonable yearly fee, like a tax, and agree to work on a farm to help with food production. Each person or family is assigned to a farm and is accountable to their property owner. Without fuel for mechinery to plant, harvest, and process food this is a great help to large property owners. Spanish, English, and Mandrine are taught in schools throughout the nation. All imagrants must take English classes and progress in them in order to keep their place on their farm.

Government budget plans are monotered by the people. We decide how our taxes are spent based on what we buy and our chosen lifestyles. Public schools are not the same in the U.S. I guess you could say that everything is a charter school. Budgets have to be held to and curriculum must be successful or the school is closed. Programs that are not in use or do not work are cut and the money is reallocated or refunded accordingly. Lobbying is illegal and anyone caught doing such a thing or receiving benefits thereof are either put in jail or deported to the United States.