Thanks to the plentiful resources and the lack of resistance in the region, Federated States has been able to establish itself as the dominant power in West Africa. Due to the origins of the government, Federated States is a totalitarian dictatorship, which has come possess an iron grip on national policy and social norms in the region. Federated States views itself as the sole heir to the future of Africa, which was greatly depopulated by the catastrophe in North America. The state adopted many ideals from the Nazi Party in Germany, which inspired the early leadership of Federated States during the ice age that followed Yellowstone.