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The '''United Republic of North America''' (abbreviated '''URNA'''{{Ref/Level|Halo 3|[[Floodgate]]}}) is a loose association between the [[national government|nation]]s of [[Canada]], [[Mexico]], and the "political remnants" of the former [[United States of America]]. It is located on the continent of [[North America]] on the [[human]] [[planet|homeworld]] of [[Earth]].<ref name="enc285">''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'', Earth, p. 284-285, (2009); p. 296-297 (2011 edition)</ref>

==Overview==
===Geography===
[[File:H4-NewPhoenix.jpg|thumb|250px|The desert [[city]] of [[New Phoenix]].]]
The URNA features deserts and tundra. It is as well verdant.{{Ref/Reuse|enc285}} The URNA has a west coast<ref>''I love bees'', [[Axon Clips]], [[Axon Clips Chapter 12|Chapter 12]] - Jersey: "Just a Little Sting"</ref> and an east coast.<ref>''I love bees'', [[Axon Clips]], [[Axon Clips Chapter 9|Chapter 9]] - Kamal: "The Devil"</ref> One of the aforementioned deserts appears to be near the west coast while snow appears in the northern areas.{{Ref/Reuse|midnight}}

====Locations====
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*[[Alaska]]
*[[Arizona]]
**[[New Phoenix]]
***[[New Phoenix ONI facility]]
*[[Berkeley]]
*[[Los Angeles]]
*[[Oakland]]
*[[Stanford University]]
*[[Atlanta]]
*[[Great Lakes]]
**[[Lake Michigan]]
**[[Great Lakes Spaceport]]
*[[Greater Chicago Industrial Zone]] ([[Template:Chicago|Locations]])
**[[Cottage Grove Terminal]]
**[[The Seropian]]
*[[Idaho]]
*[[Kentucky]]
*[[Baltimore]]
*[[Boston]]
**[[Boston Public Library]]
**[[Chawla Base]]
*[[Mexico]]
**[[Yucatan Peninsula]]
**[[Cozumel]]
**[[Mexico City]]
***[[Base Segundo Terra]]
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*[[Minnesota]]
*[[Missouri]]
**[[Mark Twain]]
*[[Reno]]
*[[New Jersey]]
**[[Atlantic City]]
**[[Newark]]
**[[Bergen County]]
***[[Paris 23]]
*[[New York]]
**[[Buffalo]]
**[[New York City]]
***[[Manhattan Station]]
*[[Ohio]]
**[[Akron]]
**[[Chagrin Falls]]
**[[Cleveland]]
*[[Oregon]]
**[[Salem]]
*[[Pittsburgh]]
*[[Seattle]]
*[[Texas]]
**[[Abilene]]
***[[Buffalo Breaker Yards]]
*[[Washington]]
**[[Capital City Station]]
*[[Wisconsin]]
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===Known residents===
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*[[Cole family]]
**[[Preston Cole]] - [[Vice Admiral]] in the [[UNSC Navy]] (Born in Mark Twain, Missouri)
*[[Johnson family]]
**[[Avery Johnson]] - [[Sergeant Major]] in the [[UNSC Marine Corps]] (Born in the Greater Chicago Industrial Zone)
**[[Marcille Johnson]] (Resided in the Greater Chicago Industrial Zone)
*[[Morelli family]]
**[[Bonita Morelli]] (Resided in New York)
**[[Jason Morelli]] - [[ONI Signal Corps]]men (Resided in New York)
**[[Jersey Morelli]] (Resided in New York)
*[[Thorne family]]
**[[Gabriel Thorne]] - Former [[UNSC Army]] trooper; [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IV]] (Resided in New Phoenix, Arizona)
*[[James family]]
**[[James James]] - [[ORION Project|SPARTAN-1]] (Resided in New York)
**[[Janissary James]] - [[Spartan 1.1]] (Resided in New York)
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*[[Lian Devereaux]] - [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers|Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]] (Raised in northeast Canada)<ref>''Halo: Glasslands'', page 63</ref>
*[[Marta]] - Food stand cook (Worked in New York)
*[[Ava Lang]] - [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers|Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]] (Born in Greater Chicago Industrial Zone)
*[[Gladys Wilson]] - Retired [[UNSC Marine Corps|UNSC Marine]] (Born in Tahoka, Texas)
*[[Luther Mann]] - [[Xenoanthropology|xenoanthropologist]] and [[Xenoarchaeology|xenoarchaeologist]] (Resided in Seattle)
*[[Rani Sobeck]] - [[ONI Section One]] analyst (Born in Kentucky)
*[[Rosenda-A344]] - [[SPARTAN-III program|SPARTAN-III]] (Born in Greater Chicago Industrial Zone)
*[[Sarah-John Pope]] (Kentucky)
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==History==
===Later United States===
At some point before [[2524]],{{Ref/Novel|Id=harvestchapt2|Halo: Contact Harvest|Chapter=2}} the [[United States of America]] had ceased to exist as an independent nation, leaving "political remnants" and former states.{{Ref/Reuse|enc285}} Despite this, some citizens in the former country still identified as "American".{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Contact Harvest|Chapter=2}} By the 26th-century, [[Wikipedia:Washington (state)|Washington state]] had ceased to exist as a political entity.<ref name="Catalog">[[Catalog/Archive/2014]]</ref> However, [[Kentucky]] had been absorbed into the URNA.{{Ref/Reuse|enc285}} Around the early 2540s, [[New Phoenix]] was the fourth most populated city, behind [[Chicago]] in third, [[Los Angeles]] in second, and [[New York City]] in first.{{Ref/Comic|Id=esc7|[[Halo: Escalation]]|Issue=[[Halo: Escalation Issue 7|#7]]}}

===Human-Covenant war===
[[File:Cleveland in 2552.PNG|thumb|250px|[[Cleveland]], Ohio during the [[Battle of Cleveland]].]]
{{Quote|no=two|[[Durga]]|[[Kamal Zaman]]|q1=It's a Covenant [[capital ship|capital]] [[Covenant starship|ship]]. Those little sparkles of light are Seraph fighters.|q2=They're here.|Durga explaining to Kamal and his family what they are seeing outside of their home in the first attack on URNA soil in Berkeley.{{Ref/Reuse|axon12}}}}
{{Main|Battle of Cleveland|URNA Southwest Campaign}}
Several engagements of the [[Human-Covenant War]] took place in the URNA in the climactic year of [[2552]]. One of the earliest engagements in what would become the [[Battle for Earth]] took place in [[2552#October|October]] in the [[Berkeley]] area, a city on the west coast of the URNA.<ref name="axon12">''I love bees'', [[Axon Clips]], [[Axon Clips Chapter 12|Chapter 12]] - Kamal: "Fiancée"</ref>{{Ref/Note|This is derived from numerous pieces of information from within the Axon Clips including: Chapter 12 which mentions Kamal taking a flight back to the west coast; Chapter 9 where Sophia mentions that one of the people she is talking to isn't a Berkeley police officer and Kamal having to take a packbus to Reno, Nevada as his first stop; Chapter 10 where Kamal mentions waiting for said bus outside of Oakland.}} Either due to this specific attack or the [[Battle of Mombasa|attack]] on [[Mombasa]] around the same time, air raid sirens were activated on the east coast.<ref>''I love bees'', [[Axon Clips]], [[Axon Clips Chapter 12|Chapter 12]] - Rani</ref><ref>''I love bees'', [[Axon Clips]], [[Axon Clips Chapter 12|Chapter 12]] - Jersey</ref>

Later in November, the [[Battle of Cleveland]], was fought in North America; during which many citizens of the metropolitan city attempted to flee north in boats from the invading [[Covenant]] forces to Canada. While the city suffered minimal damage from hostile and friendly fire, many citizens were killed by the genocidal Covenant. The UNSC established a relief camp in the nearby city of [[Wikipedia:Akron, Ohio|Akron]].{{Ref/Comic|[[Halo: Uprising]]|Issue=[[Halo: Uprising Issue 4|#4]]}} 

In the final stages of the Battle for Earth, Covenant forces retreated to North America while the [[Prophet of Truth]] fled to [[Installation 00]], with at least one [[Jiralhanae]] expedition deploying to Arizona to locate and activate a Forerunner artifact. This effort was foiled by elements of the [[UNSC Home Fleet]].

===Post-war===
In [[2557#July|July 24, 2557]], the city of [[New Phoenix]] was attacked by the [[Forerunner]] known as [[Ur-Didact|the Didact]]. Using a device called the [[Composer]], the Didact [[Mind transfer|extracted]] the mental patterns of over 7 million people.{{Ref/Reuse|esc7}} [[Master Chief Petty Officer|MCPO]] [[John-117]] stopped him using a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon#Mark 2556 MFDD|HAVOK nuke]], destroying the Composer and the Didact's [[Mantle's Approach|flagship]],{{Ref/Level|Id=midnight|[[Halo 4]]|[[Midnight]]}} although some of the consciousnesses of the composed New Phoenix residents were transferred back to [[Requiem]] and converted into new [[Promethean Knight]]s.<ref>''[[Spartan Ops]]'', [[Memento Mori]]</ref>

==Government and society==
The URNA is home to the [[UNSC]]'s [[UNSC Supreme Headquarters|Supreme Headquarters]] and is home to numerous facilities and [[military base]]s. This is mostly due to its historic association to the [[United Nations]].{{Ref/Reuse|enc285}} The [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] also maintained a branch headquarters in [[Boston]].<ref name="crossingtheblack">''[[Hunt the Truth]]'', [[Hunt the Truth Season 1|Season 1]], [[Hunt the Truth Season 1/Transcripts|Episode 04: CROSSING THE BLACK]]</ref>
[[New York City]] is a big media advertising city.<ref name="New York">[ '''Halo Graphic Novel''': ''HGN 85'']</ref>


==Gameplay==
===''Halo 2''===
{{Main|Halo 2}}
URNA territory is playable on the map ''[[Foundation]]''.
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File:FoundationH2.jpg|link=Foundation|Foundation
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===''Halo: Spartan Strike''===
{{Main|Halo: Spartan Strike}}
New Phoenix, URNA is the primary setting for [[Operation D: Adamantine Shield]].
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File:HSS-Cinematic-Oscar Mike.jpg|link=Operation D: Adamantine Shield|Operation D: Adamantine Shield
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==Trivia==
*The [[Halo: Escalation Issue 7|seventh issue]] of ''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' shows a map of the URNA which displays the borders of the provinces and states, suggesting they continue to exist in some capacity in the 26th century. Strangely, the province of Quebec is colored differently from the rest of the republic. However, given that the province is the same color as the depicted water bodies, while Hudson Bay is colored like a landmass, this is almost certainly the result of a coloring error rather than an attempt to depict Quebec as being separate from the URNA. Additionally, part of northeastern Mexico is also depicted as a water body. This is also presumed to be an error, as the entire Texan landmass that borders northeastern Mexico is colored as land rather than water. Mid-26th century depictions of North America seen in ''Halo 2'' and ''Halo 4'' prove that the continent still holds a similar shape to its 21st century appearance, with Hudson Bay, Quebec, and northeastern Mexico still intact.
*In ''[[i love bees]]'' [[Rani Sobeck]] makes direct reference to the [[wikipedia:Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fifth Amendment]], implying that the [[Wikipedia:United States Constitution|United States Constitution]] is still the foundation for law in 26th-century America (though it is possible that the term "plead the Fifth" simply remains in the American lexicon as a figure of speech). This is further supported by the continued existence of the [[Wikipedia:Internal Revenue Service|IRS]].<ref>''[[i love bees]]'', [[Axon]] [[Media:ILB Taxes suck.ogg|taxes_suck]]</ref>
*The URNA is similar to the proposed [[Wikipedia:North American Union|North American Union]].

==List of appearances==
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*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{Im}}
*''[[i love bees]]'' {{Im}} {{Ref/Note|i love bees takes place in both the modern day [[United States]] & the future URNA}}
*''[[Halo 2]]'' {{Im}} {{Ref/Note|The MP map Foundation is set in [[Greater Chicago Industrial Zone]] in Halo 2.}}
*''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''
**''[[Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa]]'' {{Im}} {{C|Mentions [[New York City]]}}
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{Im}} {{C|Mentions [[Mexico]]}}
*''[[Halo: Uprising]]'' {{Im}} {{C|Takes place in [[Ohio]]}}
*''[[Halo 3]]'' {{1st}} {{C|URNA text shows up on [[Fueder Construction]] buildings}}
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' {{Im}} {{C|[[AMG Transport Dynamics]] (Asklon) posters mentions the Greater Chicago Industrial Zone}}
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{Im}} {{C|Mentions the Greater Chicago Industrial Zone}}
*''[[Halo Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
**''[[Stomping on the Heels of a Fuss]] {{Im}} {{C|Mentions [[North America]]}}
**''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'' {{Im}} {{C|Mentions Mark Twain, Missouri}}
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*''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo 4]]''
**''[[Spartan Ops]]''
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo 2 Anniversary]]''
**''[[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminals]]'' {{C|holographic projection only}}
*''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''
*''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Hunt the Truth]]''
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo Mythos]]''
*''[[Halo: Smoke and Shadow]]''
*''[[Halo: Legacy of Onyx]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Point of Light]]'' {{Im}}
*''[[Halo: Infinite]]'' {{C|Hologram only}}
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==Notes==
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==Sources==
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