The Authority

Boundaries: The area controlled by The Denver Authority (or The Authority) stretches from Cheyenne to the north to Grand Junction and other points in the west, south to the gulf coast, east to the borders of the Ozarks and Ironholm.

Government: The Denver Authority (aka The Authority) is in theory a council of enlightened elders and a 'First Citizen' who rule over the region with the consent of the governed. In practice, no one has ever met any of these leaders and the region of the Authority runs though fascist diktat: “everything for the state, nothing outside the state”. Voting in mandatory, generally with no shocks emerging from the referenda. Regional directors tabulate the votes generally returning 95% participation and tabulation in favor of the Authorities measures.

Legal Code: Everything for the state, nothing outside the state!

Climate: Denver lies within the semi-arid, continental climate zone (Köppen climate classification BSk)

Population: Immense. The Authority has become the rapidly expanding hyperpower of the continent.

Economics: Massive industrialization, following the opening of the automatic factories once sealed within NORAD.

Agriculture: Again based on observation, The Authority appears to have extensive areas under cultivation - grain and maize seem predominate. But no one really knows what they use it for.

Trade: Restricted. Outsiders may only visit the Trade Towns on the periphery.

Religion: The First Citizen 

Standard of Living: Unparalleled. The small population is supported by massive automation, and an influx of non-citizen laborers following the conquests of the Jayhawks, Pueblo and the western Protectorate.

Armed Forces: Appears to be significant, with infantry supported by Mechs

History: The Authority was a quiet, reclusive backwater until they exploded onto the geopolitical scene. They rapidly consumed the minor states of Cheyene, the Jayhawks and Pueblo, who had all been weakened by recent crises. Even more surprising, they were able to devour the entire western half of the Protectorate, as that nation was distracted by demonic incursion from the Dread valley and an invasion from the Tennessee. Now they sit astride the West, churning our power armor and tanks, while the rest of the continent watches in horror.

Noteworthy things: New Denver. NORAD. Multiple pre-fall military bases.