The Imperial States of America was formed after the failed re-election of Barack Obama, who lost to his opponent, Imperial Party candidate Arthur Meridonia. President Meridonia began raising taxes to fund military spending, saying it was going to be used for "Universal Healthcare". However, the money was used to create new tech and new weapons systems. For instance, the XM8, scrapped a few years prior, was revived to replace the M16 family. The M1A2 tanks were to be scrapped and replaced by the NextGen Tiger tank, etc. (Stay tuned for daily updates of the war, courtesy of ragemonkey117)