Aeternia

This page is part of the Aeterniverse canon."'Pax Aeternia!'""-Official motto"The United States of Aeternia is a country located in both Americas, with theoretically Africa if it's colonies are counted.Born during the Third American Civil War and emerging victorious against the Loyalists after the war for Washington, the country claims itself to be the true rebirth of the American dream. It is all but democratic, relying on a revised version of the National Socialism ideology.

Etymology
Aeternia comes from the Latin word "aeternum", which means "to eternity" or "forever". "Pax Aeternia", the official motto of the nation, means "eternal peace".

History
Aeternia was born as the True American Coalition, formed during the Third American Civil War as a National-Socialist (originally anarchist) group aiming for total control over the American domains to further it's plan of bringing forward "the Second Coming", as forewarded. Aeternia managed to seize several tanks during a fight with the neighboring Communist Loyalists of America, and it is historical in that it is among the many victories seized during the war. Aeternia continued to grow powerful against it's enemies being able to ravage battlefields and bridges to halt or even wipe out any movement sighted. It soon faced off against the United States's remnants, who took down everything before it; and in a massive scare for the rest of the world watching, Aeternia emerged victorious after a lengthy battle at Washington. Now able to do as they please with the rest of the United States under their control, their first order after total incorporation was to annex Canada and invade Newfoundland, in it's plan to take over the entire Americas. At it's disposal was nearly four hundred million people, and it was only then the Coalition truly reformed itself into Aeternia.

Aeternia continued to emerge victorious in it's battles, attributing their powers to the simple will of their god. Their mere strength and ability to overpower even the strongest nations seems to be impossible to deduce; however, they seem to use an improved form of blitzkrieg, a tactic used by the Germans during World War II to speedly invade France. Their usage of a variant form of National Socialism and whatnot seems to suggest they plan to bring about what the Germans failed to perform, with total lebensraum over both continents. Their streak of victories came to an end when they tried to invade South America; Although they won against some smaller countries, they were unable to invade the mainland due to their lack of understanding of fortifications.

Seeing as their plan was failing, they took to Africa, managing to invade and "colonize" Angola-Namibia dividing it into Aeternian Angola and Windhoek. They never made any further advances, satisfied with new members to join the Aeternian war for total dominance of Earth. While their plans failed, they were able to get to work on building technology to further bring about total Aeternian dominance over land. And if they don't get their way through force, they'll make it to their domain through other ways, or by true force.

Politics and Government
Aeternia relies on it's personal ideology called Aeternian System. In this system, law is enforced through force; police brutality is very much common in Aeternia. There are also strict laws on nearly everything, including lines on the following: It's status as a generic dystopia makes it's way to the government itself, which is a dictatorship. Only one person rules the country at a time and they have full control, as in they are the only people allowed to celebrate certain holidays, watch what is allowed and eat what they want without restrictions. The country itself is also an aristocratic theocracy, in that most of the country revolves around the god Thanatos, the god of death. People who are killed through any means are sometimes honored as they have been sent to be judged by Thanatos, and if Thanatos deems them fit, their spirits are led to the best lives one can live. The "aristocratic" part kicks in here, as the people deemed truly fit are honored while those are often burned and whatnot.
 * What women can wear (only dresses among less revealing clothing)
 * What men can wear (almost about anything)
 * What pets are allowed (dogs only; others deemed unfit are forcibly euthanized)
 * What people are allowed (people deemed to be fit to finish their goal; they are shot on sight or tortured if deemed unfit)
 * What food is allowed (salad has been banned due to threatening their goal)
 * What television is allowed (propaganda and news on domestic events in Aeternia only)
 * What holidays are allowed (Valentines Day and Halloween are illegal, and participants killed)

TLDR: Read any dystopia and you get the picture.

Flags
Aeternia has the most flags for a single country ever made standing at ten (including the TAC). The first flag of Aeternia consists of a diamond with a white outline, and twelve (intended to be thirteen) black and red stripes on the inside. The iconic "Eye of Thanatos" occupies the center.

The second flag of Aeternia consists of a diamond with a red outline, and more of the black and red stripes. The "Tri-Star" occupies the Eye of Thanatos this time. The third flag of Aeternia consists of thirteen black and red stripes and thirty-five stars occupying a black canton along with an eagle of the American type. This flag was made with the intent of taunting the past residents in mind. The fourth flag of Aeternia is a combination of the Tri-Star and Eye flags, in which the diamond now has a red and white outline, there are still thirteen stripes, but the eye's main body (two diamonds) are occupied by the tri-star instead of the pupil and iris.

The fifth flag of Aeternia is a combination of the U.S. flag and the Eye flag. There are thirteen red and black stripes occupying a black canton with a red interior, in which the eye of Thanatos occupies the stars. The sixth flag of Aeternia is a combination of the U.S. flag and the Tri-Star flag. There are thirteen red and black stripes occupying a black canton with a red interior, in which the symbol occupies the stars.

The seventh flag of Aeternia is a combination of all three flags (the Eye, the Tri-Star and the US variant). Again, thirteen red and black stripes, a canton with the black outline, but this time the eye of Thanatos with the Tri-Star occupying the pupil takes it's place in the stars. The current flag of Aeternia is a combination of every flag. The design used in the fourth flag is used, but now the eagle is behind the star and two smaller tri-stars are located near it.

The flag before 2031 consists of thirteen red and black stripes with a horizontal slit that is occupied by a laurel and a map of Aeternian territory at the time, both in the same shade of black. As the TAC, their flag consists of the same red and black stripes commonly seen in Aeternian related vexillology. A large version of the Eye of Thanatos occupies the center of the flag, with the Tri-Star occupying it's pupil.

Trivia

 * Aeternia originates from an early map of a dystopian world created in MapChart: in it, Aeternia was the largest country, occupying territory similar to Oceania, and the closest country to rival it was a country called "Imperios" that occupied most of Europe. It was basically rebranded 1984.
 * An early version of Aeternia set the universe in 2065 and was caused by America "going apeshit" and invading the rest of the Americas, also leading most of the world to a wasteland.