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| - The manufacturing giant of the continent, the Industrial States of America has more industrial capacity than its two closest competitors combined. The ISA produces , zeppelins, automobiles, engines, , appliances, tools, and virtually anything else that can be fabricated. It is also blessed with a large and varied agricultural base, producing enough food to feed its own citizens and export surplus to foreign markets. It retains an impressive internal road and rail network, serving the logistical needs of the six Industrial States well.
- From the video game "Crimson Skies", the fictional Industrial States of America was formed from six of the states around the great lakes namely Illinois, where can be found the capital of Chicago, as well as Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. A manufacturing giant, the ISA is nominally governed by a president, currently Franklin August, in practice however a secret group of businessmen influence government policy. The main problem for the ISA is a lack of access to markets, since the neighboring People's collective to the West with which it fought a series of border skirmishes throughout the 1930s, and the Empire State to the East are both hostile. To the North Ontario and Quebec have proven willing to ship ISA produce, albeit for exorbitant handling fees.
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| - The manufacturing giant of the continent, the Industrial States of America has more industrial capacity than its two closest competitors combined. The ISA produces , zeppelins, automobiles, engines, , appliances, tools, and virtually anything else that can be fabricated. It is also blessed with a large and varied agricultural base, producing enough food to feed its own citizens and export surplus to foreign markets. It retains an impressive internal road and rail network, serving the logistical needs of the six Industrial States well. The only thing the ISA really lacks is access to markets: the ISA is surrounded by rivals and enemies, none of whom make it easy to get to market. All waterborne shipping into and out of the Great Lakes region is either subject to heavy tariff or refused passage by the Empire State. Ontario's neutrality allows a small loophole, though the ISA finds Ontario's handling fees only marginally more acceptable. Quebec's tariffs are just as bad as Ontario's and the other Canadian alternatives. French Louisiana is more affordable, but shipping down the Mississippi requires small but additive handling fees for Arkansas, Missouri, and Mississippi, and from Appalachia. The ISA can hardly complain; the Confederation of Dixie states make up a large percentage of the ISA's continental market. Zeppelin air cargo is cheaper per shipment, but air freight continues to be expensive in bulk, and is subject to air piracy. The ISA is nominally governed by a President and a Representative House. The ISA President, Franklin August, has only modest power and acts more as a figurehead. He defers to the wishes of a shadowy council of businessmen and financiers who provide the nation’s financial and military backing. The Empire State is the ISA's main rival, although the People's Collective remains the factory lords' greatest nightmare. This sprawling socialist nation runs the western length of the ISA. Although mainly agricultural, the Collective does have the industrial capacity to supply its own military and domestic needs, and threatens to raise the ire of the factory workers, possibly rousing the now-broken unions once again into action.
- From the video game "Crimson Skies", the fictional Industrial States of America was formed from six of the states around the great lakes namely Illinois, where can be found the capital of Chicago, as well as Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. A manufacturing giant, the ISA is nominally governed by a president, currently Franklin August, in practice however a secret group of businessmen influence government policy. The main problem for the ISA is a lack of access to markets, since the neighboring People's collective to the West with which it fought a series of border skirmishes throughout the 1930s, and the Empire State to the East are both hostile. To the North Ontario and Quebec have proven willing to ship ISA produce, albeit for exorbitant handling fees. Nonetheless the ISA emerged from the chaos surrounding the break-up of the United States with a good set of cards. In addition to its manufacturing assets and transport infrastructure, the ISA retains a large agricultural sector allowing it to provide adequate food for its citizens. The main ally of the ISA is Germany, which provides 'technical advisors' to boost the ISA's available forces. This alliance has resulted in great prosperity for the ISA, of which the merger between Messerschmidt and General Motors is only the most visible symbol. This alliance has however led to tensions, not least with ''Ontario'' which enjoys ''British'' support, but also with the Empire State, which suspects the ISA of colluding in the deployment of a German flotilla off Empire State waters. The ISA is also notable as the home of the Red Skull legion, led by the infamous Jonathan 'Genghis' Khan. One of Khan's first acts was to make use of a zeppelin stolen from Utah to carry out a series of raids within the ''People's Collective'',nearly resulting in a war between Utah and the Collective,before returning to the ISA. Khan and the Red Skull Legion now operate as only one of the many pirate gangs based in the ISA. Newer ones are often smashed by Khan, but the older ones have obtained letters of marque from the government, and now work for the state.
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