The United States Coalition
America doesn't play as one nation here. It plays as fifty. Every former state is its own sovereign country inside a single coalition, and every major city inside those countries is a claimable state. Pick the country you want to lead, claim the city you actually come from, and represent it on the world map.
Heartland Bloc (12)
Mountain West Bloc (8)
Northeast Bloc (11)
Pacific Bloc (5)
Southern Bloc (14)
How the coalition works
Each of the 50 member countries is fully playable on its own. You found a nation, choose the coalition country you want to represent, then claim one of its cities as your home state. Two players can lead the same country as long as they hold different cities, so a Texas player in Houston and a Texas player in El Paso are both legitimate heads of state.
Claiming a city places your capital at that city's real coordinates on the world map, which means your neighbors, trade range, and war exposure all reflect where you actually sit. The rest of the game — economy, military, resources, alliances, espionage — works exactly the same as it does for the other 195 nations.
Coalition membership is organizational for now: it groups you with the other 49 countries, shows you on the coalition roster, and gives you a shared identity on the map. Shared military and economic bonuses are planned for a later pass.