Columbia

She comes across as an remarkably even-tempered and composed person. It is difficult to provoke her with harsh words, unexpected events, or someone else’s emotional outbursts. She rarely raises her voice and almost never makes a scene. Even when something bothers her, she is more likely to remain silent, give the other person a mildly irritated look, and calmly explain what exactly displeased her. In conflicts, she prefers not to give in to emotions, waiting for things to settle down before expressing her opinion.

In everyday life, she values stability. She likes when things happen roughly as she expects them to: familiar places, a regular daily routine, favorite foods, quiet evenings, and small everyday pleasures. She has little desire for constant change and adventure, especially when they arise unexpectedly and disrupt her plans. However, this does not make her boring or passive—she simply prefers enjoying life without unnecessary fuss.

Around people she is close to, her personality changes noticeably. While she may seem cold, serious, and even somewhat intimidating to strangers, she becomes much more lively around those she trusts. She is extremely talkative, easily keeps a conversation going, and can spend hours discussing the most insignificant things. She loves adding little remarks, making jokes, commenting on what is happening, and expressing her opinion even when nobody asked for it. Sometimes she becomes so absorbed in a conversation that she suddenly realizes she has gone from one topic to another and is now telling a completely unrelated story.

At the same time, she does not necessarily seek to be the center of attention. What she really enjoys is simply the feeling of comfortable companionship. She can sit quietly beside her friends, minding her own business while occasionally adding a short comment to the conversation. To her, closeness is not so much about constant displays of affection as it is about being able to be around someone comfortably and feel free enough to talk about absolutely anything.

With strangers, however, she is completely different. She is reserved, formal, and rather stern. She dislikes excessive familiarity, especially when someone tries to become friendly with her too quickly. Her silence in such situations can easily be mistaken for arrogance or dislike, although most of the time she simply sees no reason to open up to someone she barely knows.

She is fairly observant and notices small details in people’s behavior. She can quietly assess someone’s mood, attitude toward a situation, or realize when a person is trying to hide something. However, she does not always show that she has noticed. Sometimes she simply remembers what happened and draws her own conclusions.

She dislikes pointless arguments. If someone genuinely wants to discuss an issue calmly and rationally, she is perfectly willing to engage and can actually be a rather persistent opponent. But if the other person starts shouting, resorting to personal attacks, or deliberately provoking her, she quickly loses interest. In such situations, her calmness becomes particularly cold: instead of responding with aggression, she may simply fall silent and let the other person exhaust themselves.

She has a rather dry sense of humor. She can say something completely absurd in an utterly serious tone, leaving others unsure whether she is joking or not. Her humor is especially noticeable around people she trusts. She sometimes teases her friends, but usually knows where the line is and has no desire to deliberately hurt anyone.

She experiences emotions deeply, but does not always show them outwardly. Her calmness does not mean she is emotionally detached. On the contrary, certain things can affect her quite strongly, but her first instinct is usually to hide her feelings and maintain control over herself. She may need some time before admitting to someone that she is genuinely upset.

She values honesty and consistency. It is difficult for her to trust people who say one thing today and something completely different tomorrow. Betrayal or a deliberate breach of trust means much more to her than an ordinary argument. She is capable of forgiving, but once she has been seriously disappointed in someone, restoring her former attitude toward them is extremely difficult.

With the people she cares about, she is affectionate and caring, although her concern is not always obvious. She is more likely to bring someone a cup of tea, remind them about something important, help them solve a problem, or simply stay beside them in silence than constantly talk about her feelings. She expresses her attachment primarily through actions.

She can also be somewhat stubborn. Once she has reached a certain conclusion, changing her mind is not easy. However, she is capable of admitting that she was wrong when presented with genuinely convincing arguments. She does not like losing an argument, but she dislikes even more the idea of being someone who refuses to acknowledge the obvious.

She likes cooking at home: baking pies from family recipes, making apple crumble, cornbread, roast turkey, and simple American comfort food. She often spends evenings in the kitchen with friends or family. She values nature — long walks, camping, fishing, autumn forests, and quiet lakes. She photographs landscapes, old houses, and sunsets. She does light exercise: running, yoga, occasionally horseback riding or archery. She likes vintage things, simple dresses, jeans, and flannel shirts — nothing flashy.

She reads a lot, mostly American and European classics and historical fiction. She prefers calm, atmospheric stories without modern angst. She likes Louisa May Alcott (Little Women), Willa Cather, Mark Twain, Jane Austen, the Brontë sisters, and Thomas Hardy. She often picks up novels about pioneers, farm life, Victorian England, or the 19th-century American South. She reads biographies of historical figures and non-fiction about everyday life in past eras. Sometimes she reads Agatha Christie-style mysteries or quiet contemporary novels in the same vein. She dislikes grim thrillers and modern urban fantasy.

Her music is mostly American and European: country and Americana (old country, folk, acoustic), 70s–80s classic rock (Fleetwood Mac, Eagles, a bit of Creedence), European classical (Vivaldi, Mozart, Debussy), and light orchestral pieces. She listens to playlists for evening walks and cooking: calm folk, acoustic ballads, sometimes soundtracks to historical films. She doesn’t listen to aggressive rap, electronic music, or modern pop. In movies and series she watches period dramas, westerns, nature films, and family stories. She likes Little Women, old westerns, British costume dramas, and National Geographic documentaries. She spends evenings with a blanket, tea, and a book or movie rather than in noisy crowds.

By political views: nationalism, anti-abortion movement, pan-European nationalism, loves traditions and traditional values. conservative, anti-communism.

At the turn of 2020 and 2021, America entered a phase of profound state disintegration. A contested election, the COVID crisis, a collapse in oil prices driven by the conflict involving Saudi Arabia, and a surge in political extremism within society effectively shattered the institution of federal authority.

In late 2021 and early 2022, the country fractured. The American Constitutional Government (ACG), led by Donald Trump and backed by forces loyal to the Republican "America First" movement, was formed in Denver. Meanwhile, the Union of America (UA)—representing a liberal-progressive coalition—was established in Washington under the leadership of Joseph Biden. Concurrently, radical armed groups emerged on the periphery: the Army of National Liberation of America (ANLA) in California, which became the core of the United Front; and the Patriot Front in New England, around which the National Front subsequently coalesced.

The war quickly took on a multi-sided character. Despite possessing significant resources, the federal governments of the ACG and UA proved incapable of restoring national unity. By the mid-2020s, both had been absorbed by more radical forces.

The United Front, which brought together Marxist-Leninist, Jacobin, Octobrist, and anarchist organizations, relied on the industrial and port districts of the West Coast, as well as isolated strongholds in the industrial Midwest and Northeast. The National (Patriot) Front, comprising the Patriot Front, the National Socialist Movement, remnants of Atomwaffen, and numerous Southern and Midwestern militias, controlled the South, the Great Plains, and a significant portion of the central states.

The decisive turning point came after the end of the Great Asian War. The victory of the People’s Republic of China and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea over the Pacific Defense Treaty Organization (PDTO) radically altered the balance of power. Beijing and Pyongyang, having gained dominance in East Asia, began providing extensive military and logistical support to the United Front.

Beginning in 2028, the territories controlled by the United Front saw the large-scale deployment of Chinese and North Korean troops, the establishment of permanent military bases, and deliveries of heavy weaponry, air-defense systems, and intelligence-gathering equipment. This enabled the United Front to stabilize the front lines and transition to positional warfare. The nationalist forces, meanwhile, consolidated their control over their territories, carrying out internal reorganization and suppressing the most extremist elements, including the remnants of Atomwaffen.

By the autumn of 2029, both sides had exhausted their capacity for a decisive offensive. Continuing full-scale hostilities threatened mutual exhaustion and the risk of escalation involving the remnants of strategic weapons. Under these circumstances, the parties agreed to a de facto ceasefire.

On November 3, 2029, a durable agreement was reached to cease active hostilities, establishing a de facto ceasefire regime. However, no comprehensive peace treaty was ever signed. The country followed the precedent of the once-divided Korea and was now split in two. Both sides established a system of border checkpoints along the administrative boundaries of the states, transforming the former state lines into international borders.

In essence, a “second Berlin Wall” — or perhaps a “second 38th parallel” — was created.

The latter comparison is arguably more appropriate, since no sane person would construct such a long continuous wall, especially after a devastating civil war. Instead, a network of checkpoints, minefields, restricted-access zones, and permanent military installations was established along the entire length of the border.

As a result, the former territory of the United States was divided almost evenly.

Territory of the United Front (Communist Bloc, supported by the PRC and DPRK):

California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Hawaii, Alaska, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado, and Iowa.

Large Chinese and North Korean military contingents were stationed throughout these territories.

Territory of the Patriot Front and allied nationalist forces:

Texas, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah.

These states retained relative internal stability under the rule of nationalist governments, which relied on local militias and remnants of the former federal structures of the ACG

As for her...She was born in East Tennessee, in a small family with farming roots. When the country began to fall apart she was still a teenager. The local community quickly sided with the Patriotic Front, and she joined a volunteer formation almost as soon as it became possible — at the age of eighteen. At first it was rear-area work: guarding warehouses, escorting convoys, patrolling roads. Later she was transferred to a line company.

From 2025 to 2029 she went through several full campaigns. She took part in the defense of the Ohio–Indiana line when United Front units tried to break through toward the Great Lakes. She held trenches near Columbus and in the woods south of Fort Wayne. She fought for control of the bridges over the Ohio and for key junctions in West Virginia. Later her unit was shifted to the southern sector — operations in Kentucky and Tennessee, when they were trying to stabilize the front before Chinese and North Korean forces began arriving in large numbers in the west. She also served on the plains of Missouri, where there were mobile battles with armor and artillery.

She did not play the hero or rush forward first. She did what was required: held her position, fired from prepared points, worked as a runner when the radios were jammed. She came under heavy fire several times and was once lightly wounded by a fragment. After the hospital she returned to the line. By the autumn of 2029, when both sides were exhausted and agreed to a de facto ceasefire, she already had a solid combat record — several years of continuous service and dozens of engagements of various scales.

After the agreement of 3 November 2029 she was not demobilized. As an experienced fighter with a clean service record she was assigned to the border units of the Patriotic Front. She now serves on one of the sectors of the new line — where the former administrative state boundary has become a de facto international border. She works at a checkpoint and in mobile patrols: checking documents, inspecting vehicles, escorting convoys, night duty along fences, minefields and restricted zones. Uniform, weapon, radio, shifts on a schedule. Everything is very routine.

Her character has remained the same: calm, collected, without extra emotion. On duty she keeps an even tone, does not raise her voice unless necessary, and does her job precisely. After her shift she returns to the barracks or to a small town near the line, cooks, reads, and sometimes goes into the woods. She does not romanticize the war and does not talk about it to everyone. She simply continues to serve.