The Coalition States (CS) is a fictional political body in the Rifts role-playing game created by Kevin Simbedia. Rifts is a multi-genre role-playing game created by Kevin Siembieda in 1990 and published continuously by Palladium Books since then. ... A role-playing game (RPG) is a type of game where players assume the roles of fictional characters via role-playing. ...

Geographical Location

The Coalition States is located in what was the central United States of America and Canada. The Coalition controls parts of the states of Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Ontario, and Quebec. The Coalition also has large holdings along the Mississippi River, and throuought the rest of the central United States. State nickname: Land of Lincoln, The Prairie State Other U.S. States Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Governor Rod Blagojevich Official languages English Area 149,998 km² (25th)  - Land 143,968 km²  - Water 6,030 km² (4. ... State nickname: The Hawkeye State Other U.S. States Capital Des Moines Largest city Des Moines Governor Thomas Vilsack Official languages English Area 145,743 km² (26th)  - Land 144,701 km²  - Water 1,042 km² (0. ... Missouri, named after the Missouri Siouan Indian tribe meaning canoe, is a Midwestern state of the United States with Jefferson City as its capital. ... State nickname: The Natural State Other U.S. States Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Governor Mike Huckabee Official languages English Area 137,732 km² (29th)  - Land 134,856 km²  - Water 2,876 km² (2. ... State nickname: Lone Star State Other U.S. States Capital Austin Largest city Houston Governor Rick Perry Official languages None. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ... ...

Political Organization

The Coalition States is ruled by a totalitarian dictatorship, under the leadership of self-proclaimed Emperor Karl Prosek. The Emperor has absolute power, and is also head of the Coalition military. However each of the five Coalition States is technically self governing. The concept of Totalitarianism is a typology or ideal-type used by some political scientists to encapsulate the characteristics of a number of twentieth century regimes that mobilized entire populations in support of the state or an ideology. ... Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler were two of the 20th centurys most notorious dictators. ... An emperor is a monarch and sovereign ruler of an empire or any other imperial realm. ...

The largest state is by-far the state of Chi-Town, consisting of all of the current-day state of Illinois, and part of the ajoining states. The capital city is also called Chi-Town. The city of Chi-Town is also the seat of the Coalition government. The city Chi-Town is the single largest population center in North America in the world of Rifts Earth, with more than 2.2 million residents, a sizeable military force for defence, and a sprawling shanty-town known as the 'Burbs surrounding the city.

The city of Chi-Town (as well as several other Coalition cities) is considered a Mega-City, in that the entire city is housed inside one giant Mega Damage structure, which consists of more than thirty levels, each several stories high. the Chi-Town 'Burbs houses another 1.2 million denizines, who are not Coalition citizens, but are instead waiting for admittance to the city, or just squatting.

The other Coalition States are CS Missouri, a politically insignificant state, which is mainly under the control of the central government in Chi-Town, but which is the bread basket of the Coalition. Lone-Star (the US state of Texas) which is home fo the pre-cataclysm US military Lone-Star base, which is the most scientifically important location in the Coalition States, if not on Rifts Earth. CS Iron Heart (part of the Canadian provinces of Ontario and southern Quebec) is the manufacturing backbone of the Coalition, and the place where most of the CS's high tech waeponry and equiptment is manugfactures. CS El-Dorado (the US state of Arkansas) was the latest addition to the Coalition, after one of the founding states left the Colaition.

Armed Forces

The Armed Forces of the Coalition States include a large and powerful Army and a budding Navy and Air Force. Until about 105 PA, the Navy and Air Force were both subsidiary branches of the Coalition States Army (appropriate, as the CS are largely landlocked, more so with the secession of Free Quebec. During recent years, the acquisition of former American military equipment including three Nimitz class aircraft carriers and associated Ticonderoga class cruisers and Arleigh Burke class destroyers has considerably bolstered both the power and prestige of the Coalition Navy, as has the commissioning of the new CSS Chi-Town class amphibious assault ship/aircraft carriers. A nations army is its military, or more specifically, all of its land forces. ... A Navy is the branch of a countrys military forces principally designated for naval warfare, namely maritime or ocean-borne combat operations and other functions. ... An air force is a military organization that primarily operates in air-based war. ... USS Nimitz in 1997 The Nimitz class supercarriers are the largest warships in the world. ... Categories: Ticonderoga class cruisers | Ship classes | Stub ... USS Lassen (DDG-82), an Arleigh Burke class destroyer. ... Amphibious assault ships, usually shortened to amphibs, phibs or popularly known as gator freighters, denotes a range of classes of warship employed to land and support ground forces on enemy territory by an amphibious assault. ... An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft. ...

The symbol of the Coalition States is the "death's head" emblem which appears on most CS military hardware in some form. Coalition troopers in their trademark skull-headed helmets are referred to as "Dead Boys" and the most common mecha in the Coalition forces is the SAMAS (Strategic Airborne Military Assault Suit) powered armor. A typical Coalition combat squad consists of one fireteam of five Dead Boys supported by a fireteam of four "SAM" power armor pilots and coordinated by a single UAR-1 Enforcer mecha. Powered armor (also mechanized, battle, personal armor and suits) is a science fiction concept referring to a type of armored self-powered exoskeleton that is typically intended for use in battle, construction and survival in dangerous environments. ... The title mecha RX-78-2 Gundam from the popular anime Mobile Suit Gundam In some works of science fiction, mecha (singular or plural) or mechs (singular: mech) are piloted or remote-controlled limbed vehicles. ...