Prohibition

The people of Britain had troubles without end, and the Americans were certainly no better off. Compared with the people of Britain, America's troubles were even greater, since they were basically concentrated within its own borders.

The Great Flu in the United States had ended, but that did not mean the burden on the US Government would grow any lighter. Because of this epidemic, America's industrial and agricultural production had suffered enormous damage, and its economy had fallen into negative growth.

On top of that, the United States still had to pay a total of one billion dollars in reparations to countries around the world in the form of interest-free loans.

That was not all. Racial conflicts caused by the US Government's discriminatory treatment had also become increasingly severe in America's streets and alleys.

White people and Black people could scarcely stand the sight of one another. Any Black person who tried to enter a white residential district would face expulsion by white people, or even a beating from a crowd.

And white people who left their own districts would likewise suffer the frenzied retaliation of Black people. At best, they would be kidnapped, brutally beaten, and robbed of their money. At worst, they would be directly murdered for their wealth, perhaps even subjected to exceptionally cruel lynching.

There were many other reasons America had descended into chaos, such as the US Government's hasty handling of disarmament.

Although the United States had not participated deeply in the World War, the total number of troops it had mobilized still exceeded one million.

Because the United States had joined the Entente Powers when the World War was already nearing its end, it had been forced to hastily disband its military within a short period of time.

Many soldiers had not even completed