After Ernie had destroyed the USA and the other free republics, he renamed it under the name "Dictatorship of the Darks" in 2010. He became the leader and the country came into partial-dystopia, as normal penguins only get beaten with a small stick if they did something wrong. In 2011, they had a long war with Dorkugal. Eventually, the Dorkugeses' master computer collapsed along with it's backup and backup backup, and they had to give in. Right at this point, the Reignfoot War begins.