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TIMELINE: Come, Sweet Death

"In the ashes of the Atom there has been no rebirth, no Phoenix rising above the smoldering remains. Only the lingering tears of a mother's sacrifice, knowing it was all for naught."

"The best laid plans of mice and men often fall awry when the soldier's heart no longer exists."

 -Clive Hamilton 

Clipping the Silver Wings

The ceasefire which had been so easily signed in the aftermath of the war - would be just as easily broken as West Coast Collective (WC) fighter planes found themselves once more surging across into Salt Lake air-space following the breakdown of peace talks (due to SLFR belligerence). However, the air-assault would be far less successful than expected. Simultaneous calls for surrender and orders to attack by the WC had led to confusion on the Salt Lake side and ultimately ended any chance at a non-violent resolution.
SLFR airwings, still in disarray from the effects of nuclear strikes on their logistical chain and major airfields - would despite a well-planned counter-attack, be unable to fully thwart WC strikes. However, the uncoordinated WC plan - issued from the WC High Command without regard to recommendations from the Vice Admirals in-charge of carrier aviation would see large numbers of WC aircraft taken out by land-based anti-air systems in the lead-up to the strike on Creech. While Creech and Hill AFB would both ultimately be destroyed due to the sheer-quantity of aircraft sent by the WC - the unnecessary losses taken by WC air-assets would begin to reignite dissent which had already existed but had been tempered among the WC Military branches.
These tensions would only be further inflamed as WC Military High Command had outright forgotten about Edwards AFB which was recently seized by the SLFR during the prior campaigns. SLFR counter-strikes from this Air Force Base while limited due to a lack of additional munitions for resupply - would nonetheless be devastating on the WC aircraft returning from their strike missions. These losses - wholly unnecessary and avoidable would form the first fractures in the war to come, as WC trust among military leadership began to shatter.
Yet while a valiant stand - the reality of the Atom was only beginning to set in for the SLFR.

Forward No More

SLFR Military Commanders and Political Leaders along the front-lines of the war had expected two things following the cease-fire and aftermath of the nuclear strikes by the WC. They, expected that 1. the SLFR would begin an immediate withdrawal to the mountains - or even further inland followed by a peace-agreement and 2. that all available civil and military resources would be dedicated to the clean-up operations in honor of the near half-million dead. And as front-line Commanders received their orders and political leaders their talking points - it was clear that the complete opposite was planned.
The SLFR High Command - or what was left of it had elected to devote all remaining resources to continuing the war against the WC. Yet as calls home by the SLFR soldiers on the front-line continued to go straight to voice-mail, and all media reports showed a complete lack of significant action domestically in the face of the nuclear crisis - dissension had begun to build among the ranks. This led local commanders on the ground to begin planning out their own operations - refusing to recognize orders issued from the Cheyenne Mountain Complex. None willing to continue fighting in the largely urban-hellscape that was Western America, commanders of forces operating in the Cascades began a total withdrawal, giving up the hard-won coastal gains in favor of retaking a solid defense in the mountains. At the same time - local Pacific North-west politicians including Loren Culp would begin denouncing what they called "Moronic" orders from a non-existent capital.
In California - forces would be more eager to continue fighting - desperate to retain the gains made. Yet despite being only miles away from both Los Angeles and San Francisco - the commanding officers on the ground began to realize the dire situation, receiving little in the way of logistical support from the just-nuked SLFR heartland, Emperor Norton and the remaining SLFR forces would withdraw into the Californian Mountain ranges.
However, while no gains had been managed against the entrenched WC forces - a startling harassment free withdrawal had SLFR forces puzzled as they withdrew with near impunity. Some scouts had even reported that it would take the WC forces hours - even days to move into vacated SLFR positions, leaving WC forces well outside the initiative and under almost constant artillery bombardment. SLFR scouts in the later-period of the campaign would also begin reporting a noted lack of Marines on the WC frontlines, with forces more and more being of Army or National guard nature.
Yet these slight advantages would materialize into nothing, as the SLFR would finally push its population one step to far.

Sweet Death

Continue the war, avenge the fallen, words now ubiquitous with the SLFR Central Government. Yet the final straw would be a statement given late into the second-campaign, "give everything you have to give" - followed by confirmation that the SLFR High Command had approved a possible nuclear strike on the West Coast. The SLFR population had already given everything it had to give and in return? They had received nothing, the SLFR Central Government was more interested in continuing war and blundering peace-talks, rather than attempting to take the initiative in domestic clean-up and repair.
The SLFR populace had needed only look to Canada, which had launched extensive campaigns to repair the damages wrought by the WC nuclear strikes. While at the same time, SLFR civilians found themselves bombarded by pro-war Propaganda, and "low-level promises" of a future if they would only support the war a little longer. In July, the SLFR Central Government would lose the carrot and the stick.
Earlier orders to launch nuclear strikes on the WC had already been ignored - a signal of the coming disaster of SLFR policy. Yet the first notice that control of the nation was rapidly shifting would come when the cities of Reno and Carson would announce themselves as The Free Cities of Tahoe - nominally aligned with the WC. The Mayor of Reno would later be seen on TV, formally accepting the offer to surrender by the WC. And while the first, it would not be the last.
The next to follow, would be the numerous Native Reservations that dotted the SLFR landscape. All highly militant and declaring "neutrality" in the WC-SLFR war, they are supported by a strong-backbone of native veterans from all walks of the former USA Armed Forces. The largest of these "self-declared nation-states" is the Great Navajo Nation and Hualapai Indian Alliance located across formerly SLFR controlled Arizona and New Mexico. The Great Navajo Nation would quickly be followed by The Salt Lake Nation and Great Plains Confederation, one made up of the Uintah and Ouray Nations, the other a confederation of a number of reservations across the SLFR. The final major reservation to declare itself a nation-state would be the Nez Perce Reservation in Idaho.
Perhaps most critical, however, was a daring raid led by former Navajo SPECOP veterans and pilots on the previously planned for export F-15EX facility. Leading to a total of 16 F-15EX aircraft stolen and the rest scuttled followed by the destruction of the facility itself. SLFR Forces wouldn't be alerted to the raid until a transmission - presumed to be from the Navajo Nation was received and stated "Thanks for the Flying Horses."
The SLFR Central Government in the face of the collapse, was quick to muster local defense forces while demanding the withdrawal of forces along the WC-SLFR frontline. Yet both were met with silence as Loren Culp - a noted political leader in Eastern Washington and Idaho following the collapse of the USA would in tandem with Brad Little (Idaho Senator) announce the formation of the Free Cascadian Republic a culmination of former SLFR forces and locals to the Eastern Washington/Oregon and Western Idaho region. Declaring total independence, it is rumored that Brad Little and Loren Culp have reached out to the USA Republican Party and specifically Donald J. Trump who continues to campaign as a politician.
In California - the SLFR would face similar hardship as Emperor Norton - in an act of treason declared the Republic of California as led by himself. Supported by a number of now-former SLFR Forces, he declared immediate neutrality in the war - stating that his forces would defend the Republic but nothing more. Emperor Norton was not however universally supported - resulting in the formation of the nominally SLFR aligned Republic of Northern California - formed by militant SLFR forces no longer willing to give any more ground, but wholly unable to continue the war outside of the Californian mountains.
Facing the total collapse of the SLFR - the Central Government would move to enact large-scale lockdowns across the nation. Yet as Shrek once said "you and what army". The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would be the last to announce its separation from the SLFR Central Government. Having already grown as a leading community organization across the SLFR in the wake of the nuclear-crisis and as one of the last remaining major independent financiers, the LDS would under the leadership of Russell M. Nelson announce the LDS's separation and newfound existence as a Nation-State working with but not under the SLFR Central Government. Claiming all existing Temples both within the SLFR and beyond (although SLFR only has meta control over those in SLFR) - the LDS has explicitly stated it has no intention of continuing or supporting the war between the WC and SLFR - instead it intends to marshal the power and pride of SLFR natives in healing the nation at home.
The LDS has the support of the majority of the SLFR population, with only about 20-30% of the remaining SLFR population supportive of the Central Government. However, of what remains of the SLFR military, the LDS maintains very little control. Nonetheless, all hopes at continuing a war have vanished.
And while the SLFR fractured into a thousand pieces, those watching the crisis unfold were left to wonder why the WC had not struck while the iron was hot. What they didn't know was that the SLFR was not the only American Successor with assets going dark across the country.

Endless Madness on the Golden Coast

It would later be revealed that Retired General James "Mad Dog" Mattis, a resident of Washington State, had stormed into the Californian High Command despite his retirement demanding to know why "the Marines hadn't moved an inch, instead choosing to sit with a foot up their dick, as SLFR forces fled." While perhaps a soldiers-myth, it becoming the Marine-legend that it is, is telling of the true state of WC Military Command.
Yet to encapsulate the sheer incompetence of WC Military Commanders would be a task in its own right. Failure to launch a ground-campaign while relying on the surrender and subsequent secession of SLFR states does however get you pretty close. And when combined with a completely "over-confident" air-operation accompanied by the complete neglect of operational SLFR air-force bases which had just previously been under your control - it is no surprise the events which followed the collapse of the SLFR.
WC High Command would turn to panic as communications with the First and Third Fleets dropped off the map, followed by simultaneous ground-reports of Marine forces withdrawing from the front-lines while at the same time Army Officers commenced their own self-planned operations in an attempt to retake the lost initiative. In the coming chaos - WC forces would constantly find themselves two steps behind the retreating SLFR forces, which meant they found themselves under constant bombardment - greatly increasing casualty rates.
Additionally - WC air-sorties quickly began to slow, as the disappearance of both the First and Third Fleets became all too apparent. And while in normal circumstances this may have spelled the end of the WC military capabilities - the ongoing SLFR collapse had once again acted as a saving grace. And despite a population rapidly beginning to feel the full effects of an extended war of choice against the SLFR, the WC chose to press on.
This would however come to an end, as only three days after the WC had lost contact with the First and Third Fleets, the Third Fleet led by CVN-70 Carl Vinson would be reported by Canadian Arctic Rangers on patrol - passing through the Northwest Passage. The gravity of the situation quickly becoming clear would force the WC to put forward a cease-fire with the SLFR who at this point was more than welcoming of such an agreement. And as the cease-fire was being signed, intercepted radio-communications would reveal the WC High Command's worst fears.

Worst Case Scenario: The Mad Dog

 INTERCEPTED TRANMISSION - WC EYES ONLY CONVERSATION BETWEEN TRAITOR Ret.GEN MATTIS, REAR ADMIRAL KIRK, & VICE ADMIRAL MERZ MERZ: We'll see you on the other side. MATTIS: Those Chinese Bastards will have another thing coming. KIRK: Reports confirm that no attempt to pursue has been made. The WC is completely unaware. MATTIS: Marines in the Pacific are already ready. We'll be arriving to open arms. KIRK: Roger that. Good luck Merz. MERZ: And to you two as well, we'll be back together soon enough. MATTIS: End comms. Now. 

REPORT FROM THE WC MILITARY INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES

DEFECTION OF FIRST AND THIRD CARRIER STRIKE GROUPS CONFIRMED.
THIRD FLEET REPORTED BY CANADA IN ARCTIC - CANADIAN RESPONSE TO THREAT NOT POSSIBLE
DEFECTION OF PACOM MARINES CONFIRMED.
REMAINING FLEETS AND FORCES INTEGRITY REMAINS HIGH.
ADVISE ON FURTHER ACTION.

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TIMELINE: The Descent into Madness

"Americana will not fall with a whimper, she'll fight and claw the whole way down."

"In a war filled with so many mistakes, it's only the last that will be remembered. And to me, that's a crying shame."

 -Clive Hamilton 

The First Step: Beginning the Journey to Eden's Gate

"It's more like backing a nuclear state into a corner. Between a rock and a hard place, China and us" ~ Salt Lake Military Advisor

Despite the advice from less war-hawkish military advisors, the Salt Lake Federal Republic (SLFR) would make good on its threats against the "Bandit Kingdom" to its West. And when they did, there would be no warning. Which is why the West Coast Coalition (WC) forces immediately went into panic mode following an internal-system warning that the SLFR had just attempted to cut all WC access to vital communication networks at Schriever AFB and by extension the US Satellite Network which was headquartered there.
The move to cut the WC out of the most advanced shared satellite networks in the world would be applauded as a bold and daring action by SLFR Military Command. Yet it had seemed as if the SLFR Military Command had forgotten the existence of the Los Angeles AFB which itself was home to a secondary fail-safe system which maintained full access to the very same satellite networks in full. Therefore believing the operation to be a success, SLFR Military Command quickly issued orders to proceed with Stage 2 of the Western Campaign and forces began to mobilize. Yet as SLFR forces began moving to their predesignated areas in Canada and along the broader WC-SLFR borders, the WC Cyber-warfare division was working rapidly to secure access to the broader American Satellite Infrastructure and begin the defense of the WC.
And as SLFR Forces began final preparations for the alpha strike - Command Bases in Schriever would be given a reality check. In little more than a half hour, WC Cyber-forces had managed to establish the Los Angeles AFB as an equal connection node for the American Satellite Networks - reestablishing and securing access to the coveted satellites. This was rapidly followed by a poorly executed yet wide-ranging series of retaliatory cyber-attacks which affected mainly the civilian populace of the SLFR.
The reality of the coming war would quickly set in for the SLFR forces. Despite the ongoing cyber-attacks and the realization that the primary communication/cyber advantage had ceased to exist, in the eyes of the leading SLFR Military Commanders - there was no other option. And despite the pleas of varying military advisors, the SLFR Military Command would give its blessing to continue the attack - understanding that the war would need to be decided before the WC Fleets came into the field.

The Second Step: The Growth of Faith

"Sir, even if they don't use them, you understand we are launching a war of annihilation against a state with extensive second strike capabilities designed to be used in exactly this scenario?" ~ Salt Lake Military Advisor

The SLFR would be the first to strike, knowing that their advantage existed so long as the WC Fleets and Marines lay far out into the Pacific. And despite the early warning given to the WC by attempting to disconnect WC Military Communications from Schriever, the forces first to move - those assaulting via Canada and Eastern Washington/Oregon would find very little resistance. Several skirmishes involving local pro-WC Militias and the well trained SLFR Forces would be the most intense of the engagements as SLFR Forces first cruised through Lynden and then Bellingham in Northern Washington. Similar success was found in Ellensburg and the immediate Ellensburg pass, while forces rendezvousing at The Dalles in Northern Oregon likewise reported little initial resistance.
Likewise the Air Campaign across the broader battleground of that was Western America was also turning in the favor of the SLFR Air Force. Thanks to already having fighters of the 11th, 12th, and 13th Fighter Squadrons among many others in the air - and due to the lack of preparedness of the WC Air Force despite months of saber-rattling, the SLFR was able to quickly capitalize on their targets. Complex air-campaigns executed in California by SLFR Air Assets would prove most deadly as feints on WC sorties drew attention away from the Edwards AFB thus allowing for a large-scale ground assault by SLFR forces on the weakened base. Supported by sizeable air-contingents, the SLFR assault on Edwards AFB would begin just as planned. Edwards AFB being a critical juncture in the approach to the Californian Coast would fall rapidly as West Coast Forces while mobilized where still largely spread out and attempting to reconsolidate forces in alternative defensive positions. This was quickly followed by further feint attacks by SLFR Fighter Squadrons which masked strikes on the Los Angeles and Vandenberg Air Bases.
While strikes on the Los Angeles and Vandenberg AFBs would be successful in harassing operations and extending the time between WC Sorties, they ultimately would not be enough to completely eliminate the threats as the WS Nimitz, one of two carriers within the immediate region utilized its impressive air-wing to ensure the survival of WC air bases. At the same time, the WS Carl Vinson - the second of two carriers would muster its own air wing in defense of Joint Base McChord in Washington. Yet by late morning, the WC would begin to receive increasingly dire messages from both Carriers as attrition and general exhaustion began to take its toll.
However, unbeknownst to the WC, the SLFR had just received a dire message of their own.

The Third Step: Rebellion in the City of Sin

"We'd advise against provoking secessionists. Ultimately those threatening secession are far more dangerous to us than the protestors in Salt Lake City." ~ SLFR Political Advisor

SLFR ground forces in Washington and Oregon would meet their first significant contact in Mt. Vernon and Gresham respectively as WC Militia and Army/National Guard forces had finally managed to mobilize both manpower and equipment. SLFR Forces operating in Southern California would find a similar situation as they attempted to push past Edwards AFB and towards Los Angeles. The nature of the early SLFR successes had likewise also forced the WC to recommit forces previously dedicated to the defense of central California to either Oregon or Southern California to prevent a total collapse of either front.
The movement of forces by the WC to reinforce these positions would bring a halt to the immediate advance of the SLFR forces who now had to fight through increasingly more hostile territory. This allowed for forces in Seattle to reinforce the front-line in Everett while forces in Portland readied themselves for the coming storm as the SLFR still fighting in Gresham - utilized the advantage of approaching by both sides of the Columbia river to enter Vancouver and begin consolidating forces for a larger push onto Portland.
SLFR Military Command now expecting a swift end to the conflict and realizing that Central California had finally been weakened enough to begin the next stage of operations, would mean that tacit approval was given to Emperor Norton II and his General to begin the true Western Campaign. And as Norton II's forces marched into the Californian Central Valley, SLFR Military Command awaited what they expected would be minor rebellions within what was believed to be "starving towns of the West Coast". However the first report of rebellion would not be in Fresno nor Sacramento, as both assaults would stall-in-motion as Commanders in the field began receiving reports from home command.
The Enclave of New Vegas would be announced at exactly noon - as defections from within Nellis AFB to the WC alongside large-scale anti-war protests throughout Vegas would bring Sin City to a grounding halt. While political experts had warned about the possibility of a pro-WC/Anti-war population in Vegas transforming into a secession crisis, the choice to respect the protesters had clearly been made. Vegas citizens having woken up to the sound of jets flying overhead as the opening engagements began - would quickly and secretly organize themselves leading to the Enclave and the declaration of the city mayor announcing the City's joining of the WC.
While a serious blow to the SLFR, they would ultimately have no time to rest as news of rapidly approaching West Coast Carrier Groups and Marine reinforcements reached the ears of SLFR top brass.

The Fourth Step: Judgement of the Broken Hearted

"We've devised several ways to exploit the West Coast civilian population. Its sure-fire unless we do something that pisses them off forever. Like starving a large number of them to death." ~ High Level Salt Lake Military Advisor

The rebellion of Sin City would propel the SLFR military forward with a renewed vigor. With WC Carriers and Marines now only days out and major WC cities yet to fall - the SLFR despite having near full air-superiority would be forced to operate on the WC's timeframe or risk being overwhelmed by the coming reinforcements. Matters where not helped by the fact that forces which entered the WC via Canada had gone nearly a full week and a half without resupply - relying solely on supplies taken from the local populace. Despite SLFR plans to connect the Everett and Western Mountain fronts, WC Militia had stood strong supported by critical army units to prevent this.
Nonetheless - as the war approached the tipping point, the SLFR would commit to its final stages of the planned campaign. In the Pacific Northwest, SLFR Forces would renew their assaults on Seattle and Portland - with forces in Everett reaching dangerously close to Seattle's northern fringes, those in Vancouver which lay just north of Portland would actually begin moving directly into the heart of Portland itself. WC Army and Militia forces would fight bravely in all instances - but unfortunately without critical support from the Marines, they would be outmatched and out-gunned in these engagements and the sieges of Seattle and Portland would become ever more dire.
Emperor Norton II's forces meanwhile seeing the progress being made in Portland began their own final assault. The large central SLFR invasion force would tighten the existing encirclements of Sacramento and Fresno, the well organized armored units (relative to the WC) acting as an anchor for the assault across the I5 and towards San Francisco itself. Norton's forces would find success in contesting the entire Central Californian Valley, reaching as far West as Concord in short time - although the heavy amount of WC forces centralized in the coastal mountains prevented the fall of San Francisco and San Jose entirely.
Already suffering from food shortages due to the several month long trade war before the SLFR invasion, all these cities would begin to see mass food-shortages as their lifelines and ability to trade via the Pacific shipping industry was cut by encirclement or risk of conflict. While significant in Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco - and even more so in Fresno and Sacramento, the worst case of the food shortage would be found in Los Angeles where the SLFR had enacted a policy of "attrition through starvation".
Despite having had control over Fort Irwin prior the invasion - the SLFR had apparently never taken advantage of one of the best urban warfare/close quarters combat training centers in the entirety of North America. Or rather, that's what military analysts reviewing the war would surmise as they looked to the L.A. Campaign. As the SLFR playbook was one of ancient medieval siege and not of the modern crawling advance that was to be expected. The concept of a long-term siege was so ingrained as doctrine, that an SLFR Commander was quoted with "We won't." when asked about how the SLFR planned to combat the L.A. Megacity and its population.
And SLFR forces took that to heart as they slowly surrounded L.A., cutting off supplies and lifelines in and out of the city. Nearly 43,000 of the most vulnerable would die as civilian casualties during what at the time was the most horrific case of civilian collateral in the long war. Yet the SLFR had taken it one step to far and madness would follow.

The Fifth Step: Madness

"They have no choice anymore. You made sure of that." ~ Salt Lake Military Advisor

BROADCAST INTERRUPTION Check One. Check. TRIPWIRE ACTIVATED. Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, Fresno, expected to fall. Initiate failsafe. Confirmed. Fort Irwin, Mountain Home, Creech, approved for ALCM+W80-1 Confirmed. Salt Lake, Santa Fe, Malmstrom, F.E. Warren, Schriever approved for UGM-133 Confirmed. Remove Targets: Las Vegas, Nellis, Vancouver Confirmed. Add Target: Langley, Richmond ALCM+W80-1 Check Reconfirm - ADD TARGET? Confirmed - ADD TARGET LANGLEY, RICHMOND Check Approval - Langley, Richmond Confirmed - Check Approval, filed with McChord. LAUNCH 

Report of Damages ~ Provided to the Office of the WC Military Command.

The Sixth Step: Desperation of the Caged

"Sir, we don't get to decide what the West Coast deploys or doesn't deploy to California. That's what you are missing." ~ Salt Lake Military Advisor

The SLFR advance had been stopped in its tracks. The destruction of vital SLFR Air Bases along the front had removed all semblance of air superiority as dozens of aircraft not destroyed in the initial blasts found themselves flying over glass deserts as they withdrew to civilian airports and bases further from the front. And yet the destruction of vital air bases was not even the greatest concern as the cities of Salt Lake City and Santa Fe found themselves completely removed from the map.
Mitt Romney, Emperor Norton II, and several other high-level government officials found themselves on the lucky-side of life, having survived the nuclear strikes by being out of the city and inspecting front-line troops. Yet the true weight of the destruction would not be realized until these same individuals - the sole surviving SLFR government made their way back onto the SLFR Air Force One as ushered by Secret Service agents.
The two biggest assets of the SLFR, the ICBM Fields in Malmstrom and F.E. Warren had been destroyed or left inoperable. Leaving the SLFR with only its air-launched weaponry that had survived the blasts. The SLFR had lost its deterrence, and they had lost it just as WC Carriers and Marines arrived from the Pacific theater, to reinforce their exhausted countrymen.
The WC now operating with a renewed sense of morale, would launch massive counter-attacks as reinforced by what was a delayed return of the remaining naval and marine assets. They would secure Los Angeles, Seattle, and Portland - while pushing SLFR forces still shell-shocked from the destruction of the capital city back into the broader Californian Central Valley. Excitement and largely weary militia force however would mean that this was as far as the WC Military Command was able to push their advantage, as SLFR Forces dug into positions in the Central Valley and the Cascade/Californian Mountains. Forcing in essence, a stalemate - and the surviving SLFR Military Command would call for a cease-fire only a few days later.

The Seventh Step: Eden's Gate

"Oh man, you're going to have endless uprisings if you do that." ~ High Level Salt Lake Military Advisor

As the dust settled following the nuclear strikes and subsequent call for ceasefire, it would soon be revealed just how strongly the tables had turned. In a matter of moments the WC had regained air superiority over the entire front by bringing a total of 5 Carrier Groups and their air-wings to the battlefield - while the SLFR had lost its forward strike capabilities. Additionally an extremely large area of contested land would come to exist between the SLFR and WC, for which massive local popular uprisings where actively occurring against SLFR forces. And despite the ceasefire between the militaries of the WC and SLFR, nothing was stopping local WC civilians from enacting regular asymmetric attacks on SLFR occupation forces in the area, slowly bleeding the SLFR regional forces dry.
This most prominently can be seen in the Californian Central Valley where no side has managed to gain total control - despite numerical odds laying in favor of the WC. Concerns over the civilian well-being has prevented large-scale WC operations in the area, as the WC hopes for a negotiated withdrawal backed by the credibility of the reinforced WC army. Meanwhile the entire Pacific Northwest Cascades is now one large contested war-zone, with low-intensity skirmishes putting at risk the broader cease-fire currently in place.
With the appearance of the full West Coast navy, the sieges of San Francisco and Los Angeles have likewise been lifted. With overseas food resources now being brought in en-mass as the SLFR cannot contest the skies against the abundance of land and naval air power. Las Vegas likewise has remained unconnected from the broader WC - with most communications in and out of the city being cut.
In the SLFR's own home-front, local garrisoned forces outside of Denver have launched increasingly less coordinated and non-state sanctioned raids against the population in retribution for the loss of Salt Lake City and Santa Fe. Meanwhile the broader population is still in shock, coping with the loss of two of the biggest cities in the entire country. War is the last thing on the mind of the SLFR populace at this point - with the economy having officially reached rock bottom. Likewise the SLFR has been left relatively leaderless as only Mitt Romney, Norton, and several other key figures survive as the last remaining government. While military command has been similarly destroyed. And while the SLFR still maintains enough of a deterrence to ward off the vultures by way of its nuclear bomb arsenal - it must be careful with how it proceeds.
Canada has also not been free of protests, a million man march has occupied the Capital city and Parliament square. While similar protests occur across the rest of Canada and notably in Quebec City, Montreal, and Vancouver. The population is demanding an explanation for why Canada was assisting in the invasion to begin with - as leaked documents from internal whistleblowers reveal the full extent of Canadian complicities in the invasion which led to the highest amount of Canadian civilian death in decades. The possibility of a popular uprising is not unfounded - both one local to Quebec and across Canada as a whole.