North American Resettlement Zones
- Carrie Arnold
- Jan 22
- 2 min read
*Once a part of Canada, Acheron is now located in Zone 4 of the United States.
The Great Resettlement happened just 2 years into President Allen's first term. Allen was elected with a mandate to bring peace and unity to a country that had been devastated by terror attacks from both abroad and within. Allen's shocking move to abandon existing alliances* and rebuild US foreign policy based on the modern, global marketplace was surprisingly well accepted. Other countries quickly followed suit. The formal creation of the Confederation of National Democracies (C.O.N.D.) cemented the US as the world's foremost economic super-power. Foreign attacks on US soil quickly ceased, but Allen still had a domestic problem.
A summer of nationwide protests against police violence and the 2020 Department of Homeland Security declaration naming white supremacist groups the number 1 terror threat* brought
the nation's ever-present racial unrest to a new boiling point. A negligently handled pandemic and an attempted presidential coup** only added to these tensions. The world watched as the US tore itself apart.
Allen used the failed "Return to Normalcy" doctrine to justify his drastic solution: The Great Resettlement. Working with C.O.N.D. nations Canada and Mexico, Allen dissolved state and federal borders and created a "new" US comprised of 6 cultural zones with near total sovereignty. With dominant political factions now in control of each zone, citizens were offered a stimulus package plus 2 years to relocate to the zone of their choosing.
US citizens had lived under martial law for years before Resettlement, but Canada had remained peaceful during their transition into C.O.N.D. Outside of Toronto and Vancouver, there was never any need for peace-keeping troops in the North.
Resettlement moved the US / Canada border north in exchange for Alaska, Vermont and New Hampshire. As a new US city, Acheron's local police force was dissolved and replaced with Domestic Security Force (D.S.F.) troops. Soldiers patrolled the streets for the first time despite no need for added security. Residents of the city, 46% of whom claim refugee status, considered the troops hostile and propagandistic.
When D.S.F. announced their intention to take over use of Acheron's City Hall, the mayor resisted. Victoria Square and all of its surrounding buildings (including City Hall) were registered as historical landmarks, restricting their use to their originally designated purposes. D.S.F. recognized the slight and built a new administration building on an open corner that had once held a green space and picnic area. Their modern mass of glass and concrete sits directly across the street from City Hall...and looms 2 stories taller.
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