On January 1, 1930, Texas seceded from the United States, with California, the Carolinas, Utah and New York following suit almost immediately afterwards. Each formed a new nation, much as the Confederacy had done in the 1800s. The federal government becomes virtually powerless. This led to several more states seceding in the coming years: Louisiana with French support while the Midwestern states sank deep into the Depression and then resurrected themselves as a Christian Communist nation, the People’s Collective.