I was inspired to make this by the many political arguments on this forum. The concept is simple: After the tumultuous 2020 election, the US government collapsed and every state became an independent nation.

I am hoping to get this variant on VDiplomacy in not too long.

Small map:
https://i.imgur.com/U1ZEQKo.png

Large map:
https://i.imgur.com/mtbWxyT.png

Before I make the PHP maps and get it on the Russian lab for editing, I would like some feedback regarding balancing. While I have tried to make the map as balanced as possible, there may still be some glaring issues I haven't spotted that will severely harm a nation's performance (such as North Africa in WW4v6.2). To make this less likely, I tried to guarantee that every nation (barring any major tactical errors or year 1 coalitions) can begin year 2 with 5-7 supply centers.

Information about the map:
573 land/island territories
183 sea territories
756 total territories
277 supply centers
158 starting supply centers

The rules as they are:
1. After the chaotic 2020 election, the country fractured into a many-sided civil war. The game begins in Autumn 2020 with a build phase.

2. There are neutral SCs within state boundaries. These are marked with a solid-dot supply center with a neutral box around them.

3. The number of SCs a state starts with are determined by its population (indirectly through # of electoral college votes). States with less than 20 electors start with 3 SCs, states with 20-30 electors start with 4 SCs, and states with more than 30 electors start with 5 SCs.

4. The game is build-anywhere.

5. A unit may be ordered to transform from an army to a fleet or vice versa at any coastal SC (rivers count!) as long as it is not attacked that season.

6. Island territories with their borders at sea are considered coastal territories, but they can also be used to convoy.

7. The oceans and great lakes are divided up into sealanes, which obey the same rules as in the Mars and WW4: Sealanes variants.

8. There are several strait crossings where armies and fleets can move directly between 2 territories that aren't adjacent by land. These are marked with a maroon line.

9. Fleets can move along and across rivers, although the rivers themselves are not considered territories. They do not impede land movement.

10. There are several territories that appear in multiple areas of the map. These are marked with arrow icons between their parts. In addition, YUK is adjacent to SSK and ABT.

11. The Four Corners Monument is the only point on the map where 4 provinces meet. At this point, units CAN move diagonally.

12. When the US govt. collapsed, the Mexican and Canadian governments followed suit. Drug lords and paramilitary groups occupied several of the more distant towns and cities. Any supply centers more than 2 moves away from a home supply center are occupied by a neutral standing army that will disband if it is dislodged.

13. The victory condition is 100 SCs (out of 277).
>Note: I want suggestions on this one. 100 SCs is rather arbitrary and will be incredibly tough to conquer, though fewer SCs might make it so more distant powers have no way of stopping a solo rush.

All other Diplomacy rules apply as normal.