Confederate States (PolCri)

The Confederate States of America (commonly the Confederacy or the Confederate States, abbreviated to CSA) is a country located in the American South region of North America. The CSA consists of nine autonomous states and the Federal District of Richmond, the capital. The Confederacy declared its independence from the then-United States of America on 23 April 2004, three months after the Allied States, one month after Alaska and less than a month after Cascadia. It was the final nation to secede from the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and Hawaii, which were given sovereignty in January 2009 after all the US' Midwestern states became part of the Allied States.

The Confederate States is a Protestant Christian nation (which guarantees religious freedom to an extent) and takes the form of a confederate presidential republic, structured a lot like the former slave-era CSA. Slavery and legal racial discrimination are, contrary to fears in 2004, not part of the CSA's constitution and outlawed, however, being a country with extremely conservative values, racism is widespread. African Americans are however found in top-government positions and the Confederate Parliament.

Confederate politics is outright dominated by the center- and far-right, with little to no 'liberal' or 'progressive' members of the legislature, executive or judiciary. Liberals are however more widespread in state legislatures, but there also form the minority. The current President of the Confederate States is Haley Barbour, former Governor of Mississippi, and widely considered to be the architect behind the secession of the CSA. The Confederate Parliament is bicameral and made up of the National Assembly, which represents the people, and the Council of States, which represents state legislatures and governments.

The Confederate States enjoys good relations with all its neighbors, spare minor condemnation on liberal policies in the United- and Allied States. It is a member of the North American Union, the Economic and Defense Network and has engaged in conflicts in coalition with their American neighbors, most notably the Middle Eastern War of 2012.