The National Socialist States of America

Though nominally under the leadership of Fritz Julius Kuhn, Occupied America found itself in the grip of Reinhard Heydrich. Far from an incompetent leader, Heydrich proved adept at building support among the American populace. Through minor concessions, intelligent planning, and the achievement of true economic results which served to stimulate the areas under his authority, Occupied America began to turn further and further away from the free states west of the Mississippi.

It was not unexpected. The situation in America had been bleak throughout the Depression. Under the Hoover and Garner administrations little economic headway had been gained. The national economy had contracted to between 25%-50% of its worth in 1929 with rampant unemployment and stagnated ever afterwards. Millions starved or sacrificed their pride and accepted government handouts. When Dewey was elected on the promise of turning the nation around, he instead pushed America into a war it was not ready for worsening an already bleak situation. Many Americans had expected to be crushed beneath the heel of Nazi oppression much like Poland, the Soviet Union, and other occupied territories. So it was with shock that most Americans discovered their situation improving throughout the fourties and fifties. Jobs were created, the hungry were fed, and the scars of war disappeared beneath an increasingly frenzied phase of reconstruction.

Heydrich had his reasons to push for a renewed America. It would serve as his powerbase in the years to come, a counterbalance to those states under his rivals in the Party. Economically it filled the coffers of the SS, that money used to bribe the proper officials in Heydrich's clandestine scheme to build enough support for his eventual coup in 1965 as well as to strengthen the SS for a possible showdown with the military. A second reason was Heydrich's desire to prove his administrative capabilities. Third, Heydrich attained numerous allies among the American population using it as a labor pool for his forces. Brilliant SS leaders would emerge from the occupied territories filling his ranks.

Of course negative repercussions arose from Heydrich's influence. A streak of racism would creep across Occupied America leading to the establishment of camps which were quickly filled with blacks, Poles, Jews, and others who did not slip across the Mississippi before the crackdown. These debilitating races were deemed responsible for the weakening of the American character and wiped from the face of her shores. America's cooperation in genocide served to cement a stronger bond between occupier and occupied and also to purge defeatist feelings as all that was weak was scapegoated; a sacrifice to regain a dark pride.

In 1954, Occupied America officially broke from the rump United States to form the National Socialist States of America. The United States recognized her independence under the terms that payment for occupation by German troops would end, reparation payments would likewise cease, and the border between the two nations would be demilitarized.

The National Socialist States of America would adopt the Reichmark as its currency and join the Economic Union. It would also include Canada which had also been occupied by Germany following the war. This new nation would be a powerful ally of Heydrich's in the years to come, its leadership personally chosen by the SS Reichsfuhrer to ensure his subtle control.

SOURCE: Arnold, Kevin The Dissolution of the United States

32nd President: John N. Garner

John Nance Garner
32nd President of the United States
(March 4, 1933 - January 20, 1941)

With over thirty years of prior political experience, including serving as Speaker of the House of Representatives, John N. Garner was well prepared for the office of President of the United States. He would later say he was forced by the Democrats to run in 1932 when all he wanted was to remain in his beloved House as Speaker. His ascension to the presidency came unexpectedly, his being elected vice-president in the 1932 election. He had prepared himself for his role in "a no man's land somewhere between the legislative and the executive branch." After the assassination of President-elect Franklin Roosevelt on February 15, 1933, he found himself removed from that "purgatory" and the executive office thrust upon him as if by fate. Many found this fitting as Garner was so stubborn only an act of God could change his mind.

Despite the gloom which surrounded the beginning of Garner's presidency, he quickly went to work passing a series of banking reform laws, emergency relief programs, work relief programs, and agricultural programs whose goal were to stabilize the national economy and stimulate growth. Though hailed for his professional actions, Garner's private life would shy away from the spotlight.

Many would dub Garner the most reclusive and quiet president since Coolidge, refusing offers to give weekly fifteen-minute radio addresses because he thought they would be exploitative of his office. He was notorious for avoiding obligations to represent America at a variety of ceremonial and gala affairs, adamantly protecting his privacy and personal time with his wife. He was also known to refuse accompaniment by the Secret Service, stating, "I don't want those constables with me. If there's anybody crazy enough to shoot me, I'd be easy to replace."

Garner's administration began to drift towards the center following the beginning of economic recovery in 1934. Early signs of this drift were seen as early as 1933 when Garner vetoed the National Recovery Act, instead authorizing only parts of the legislation which would have established a massive bureaucracy to oversee the national economy. In later years, he steadfastly opposed recognition of the Soviet Union, broke up the Flint Sit-Down Strikes, and passed the Neutrality Act which assured American isolationism and tied the hands of future administrations in dealing with conflicts in Europe and Asia.

With the economy recovering, Garner easily won re-election in 1936. His second term would be far more conservative than his first. Stating, "I believe in executive leadership, not executive rulership," Garner vetoed any and all bills that reached him calling for increased federal spending or government intervention in the economy despite the Recession of 1937. He strongly advocated a balanced federal budget and continued to do so despite the events which would transpire across Europe and Asia at the end of his term. Even after Nazi successes in Europe, Garner stood against any attempts to increase the size of the military pointing out, "the incredible fortifications of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans against invasion by the Huns or the Japs." This opinion would include opposition to Lend-Lease proposals by internationalist members of Congress. Garner would also oppose economic sanctions against Japan for the ongoing conflict in China. "The idea of starting a war over the deaths of a few Chinamen isn't worth a pitcher of warm piss," he declared. The only military spending of a sizable nature were the Yorktown Class Aircraft Carriers in 1933. When naval limitations were lifted in 1937 with the cessation of the Washington Naval Treaty, the navy pressed Garner to accede to the building of 32 Essex Class Aircraft Carriers as well as other programs. Garner vehemently refused. He didn't want to get involved in an arms race, especially with the downturn of the economy. The navy would have to make due with what they had.

Outspoken, rustic, and strong minded, Garner was an overpowering force who did his best to guide America out of the Great Depression. Guided into the presidency against his will, he served to the best of his ability in one of the most trying times in American history.

SOURCE: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress