AREA
395,000 sq.m. (4th)
POPULATION
21,512,000 (7th)
DENSITY
54 people per square mile. (15th)
CAPITAL
Kansas City, Missouri
STATES
Wabash (Evansville), Illinois (Springfield), Ozark (St. Louis), Iowa (Des Moines), Missouri (Kansas City), East Kansas (Topeka), West Kansas (Colorado Springs), Nebraska (Lincoln), Oglala (North Platte).
RELIGION
Protestant, Baptist
LANGUAGE
English
NATL INCOME
1,230 billion
MEDIAN INCOME
$57,157 (8th)
ECONOMY
Heartland’s economy is generally medium-to-strong, but varies greatly with natural agricultural cycles, being based almost entirely off of agriculture. It maintains informal trading with most countries, serving as the primary source of certain foods for some like Dixieland, Montana, Superior, Deseret and Amerindia. It has enough natural resources to be generally self-sufficient, although these are in decline. Its economy is almost entirely agricultural export-based, although it does have to import important goods such as cotton and timber from other nations, so its prices are heavily regulated. Its cities, including Kansas City, St. Louis and Omaha, do have some financial strength, but not enough to truly drive the economy. The cost of living is generally median-low.
OVERVIEW
Heartland maintains a powerful position in continental politics due to its central positioning and agricultural importance. It has experienced times of dire poverty and high crime, as its fortunes fluctuate yearly with the agricultural yield. Heartland became the site of a bitter war with Texas in the 1980s, when that nation forcibly annexed Arkansas and Oklahoma. Though Arkansas voted to allow the annexation, Oklahoma at first did not, leading to a bloody conflict between Texican guards and the Oklahoma Resistance. At the time, Heartland was in a serious economic slump, and eventually did allow Texas to purchase the land. Heartland gained more land in the Redivision of 1994 (in former Illinois, Indiana, and Colorado) and has since repaired relations with Texico. For the most part, the administrations of Heartland have been populist, conservative-agrarian focused, and control of the region has reverted to its pre-Division Republican Party dominance. Current President John Ashcroft (R-Ozark), serving his second nonconsecutive term, has come under scrutiny for increasingly theocratic remarks that many in ANTU nations worry is an indicator of a future alliance with Dixieland.
HEAD OF STATE
President John Ashcroft,
Republican Party
Vice President J.C. Watts,
Republican Party.
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