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The general premise is thus- A disastrous two term presidency, one in which the "full faith and credit of the United States" is destroyed, results first in Calexit, leading to the sovereign nation of Cascadia, as Oregon, Washington, and Nevada join California. Thusly, the Northeast- New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont- band together in the wake of a Superstorm Lisa- a category 3 hurricane that strikes the New York tristate area during the Fourth of July weekend during the President's second term (incidentally seriously damaging several buildings bearing his name in NYC), and the piddling amount of disaster support authorized by the majoritarian party in Congress- and form the sovereign state of New England/Nova Anglia.