The Kingdom of America

By the year 2020, in a United States beset by corruption and ineptitude at all levels of government, every minor incident quickly becomes a paralyzing national disaster. A man of courage and determination is elected governor of North Carolina. The legislature passes a draconian crime control bill which is implemented with medieval ferocity. Soon North Carolina is an island of peace and tranquility. His policies spread to other states and soon the United States has a state within a state, one prosperous and tranquil, the other lurching from one disaster to another. In 2049 it separates from the United States and calls itself America.