The American Empire started as an idea at a bar in Albany, New York in 2035. A man named Allan Jones, a hero of The 2nd American Civil War, said, "One day, these states will be ruled by a great emperor, and it will be that way for a thousand years". Everyone thought he was crazy. Soon, people were excepting his ideas. Riots against the Republic wre happening all over Washington, DC. The Republic was overthrown, and a rioter named Josh Reed became Emperor of America. Jones took back his ideas and moved from Washington back to Albany.