American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America

American Nations postulates the history of the United States as explained by a group of 11 rival nations. Each nation has its distinct characteristics and origin.

The "Deep South" was started by immigrants from the Barbados who brought the slave culture. They tended to be people that liked to look down on others with a strong hierarchy. Tidewater was a more conservative nobelist culture. These were people that considered themselves elite. They had indentured servants and later adopted slavery. Appalachia was the much more independent group of "southerners". They occupied the most hostile territory. They wanted to be independent and left alone. These groups had very different outlooks, but become more aligned during the reconstruction era. 

El Norte is the region around the US/Mexican border. They are more aligned with their own region than with the US or Mexico. New France is another enclave of French, primarily in Quebec and Louisiana. New Netherlands was originally in the New York area. Despite the short Dutch occupation, the Dutch cultural values remain today. Yankeedom was dominated by Puritans, while the Midlands had Quaker influence. The First Nations were the people already on the continent before the Europeans. Finally there were the Far West and Left Coast which were primarily populated by other groups.

These different groups have spread out to other parts of the country. Populations have been moving about to other parts of the country. Many of the conflicts in the country can be traced to different worldviews among the different groups. The alliances among groups also shift, with groups aligning on different issues at idfferent times.