By the war's end in 1972, it was determined that the ADA was far too successful to immediately disbanded, and the alliance was rebranded as the Democratic Federation of American Nations, or more simply, the Democratic Federation. The federation has remained the most powerful force on Earth, though it did as did all the other nations, suffer an embarassing and humilating defeat during the Second Invasion of Zanj in 1969. Despite this, it has recovered, and serves as "the beakon of freedom and justice" everywhere, though one's view of freedom and justice is heavily based on opinion. While women and minorities have only just gained equal rights, immigrants, homosexuals, communists, socialists, non-Christians, and liberals are all pariahs in the federation. Conservatism has remained a potent f