Allegheny

Allegheny, officially the Union of the Allegheny, is a   located in. The nation spans from the coasts of the to the  and has strong geographic diversity.

Following the, many Americans were frustrated with President 's poor handling of the situation and called for actions taken against his government. While some called for independence, Virginia governor Scott Jennings began to address the idea of for the second time in American history. Meeting with governors in and the Carolinas, the conservative and libertarian politicians devised a plan to ultimately declare their independence from the corrupting. On March 5, 2002, Jennings and the three other governors met in to announce the Virginian Declaration, marking the second independence of the southern states.

The declaration sparked an international crisis as neither Virginians or Americans knew how to settle the dispute. Many other states entertained the idea, resulting in and  following within a week. With more states joining the new nation (including the split state of West Pennsylvania), Governor Jennings issued the Treaty of Allegheny, establishing the Union of the Allegheny and introducing a new federal government, as well guaranteeing the U.S. funds for any damages done by the independence of the union. By the end of 2002, most of the south had seceded into Allegheny. Texas, while entertaining the idea of joining the union, decided to become it's own nation and became an ally of the Alleghenians.

In 2005, with the election of of, the liberal states of the north began considering secession into the union.