United States of Pylos

History
The people of the American Empire (a descendant state of the United States of America) named their country both after the ships they arrived upon (from The Pylos Shipping Company) and the ancient city named in Homer’s epics.

In the year 0 EE on Founding Day, ships landed on the vast planes and coastlines of a northern continent of Triton, carving out a new destiny for themselves. The United States of Pylos was established on “Old 1776 Ideals” of freedom and democracy, vowing never to descend into the despotic tyranny of Earth from which they fled. Following the Second Interstellar War the country has grown into an absolute juggernaut of industry, culture, and military might, not just amongst the Core but across the entire cluster.

The nation has had growing pains during its history and road to prominence, including a civil war to determine the rights of clones, the social upheaval which resulted, and various floundered foreign wars waged in the effort to contain communism.

Despite these setbacks, and enabled by their triumphs, the Pylians have forged a nation which stretches from sea to shining sea, from the eastern Metrodelphian Economic Zone to the western San Tarantino megacity, with fertile farmlands and industrial hellscapes inbetween.

Demographics
The main demographic of Phylos are Terrans of "American" descent. This clumsy designator describes the vibrant and diverse ethnoscape of people who trace their lineage to that of every Terran culture and ethnic grouping. As such, there is no one distinct 'color' or 'look' to a Pylian, with the tired stereotype being a person with deep bronze skin, sandy blonde or dark brown hair, and blue eyes. But in reality, the people and communities of Pylos are a total grab bag of human looks, vibes, and cultures, each adding distinction and diversity to the greater society.

But just as the USA of Old Earth was a melting pot for people and cultures from across the planet, the USP has become an interstellar melting pot for the entire Cluster. People from almost every planet and country can be found in the streets of the MEZ, and immigrants from across the Mid-Rim seek out a new life in this land of opportunity.

Even those who trace their roots back to the colony ships do not see themselves as an ethnostate, since their Earth lineage is so mixed, but rather as torchbearers of an ideal, one of freedom, independence, and the American Way.

States
Of the fifty states, the following have been mentioned by name so far:
 * Marida
 * Jefferson
 * North Jackson
 * South Jackson
 * Gretzelvania
 * Delco
 * Packard
 * Carbon
 * New Troy
 * New Guernsey
 * Takoma
 * West Takoma
 * Jubilee
 * Columbia
 * Jerico