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North America:

In response to the Devout State of America's aggression against foreign powers, the United Nations relocated its headquarters from New York City to Geneva, Switzerland in 2000 before placing severe sanctions on the D.S.A. As the Second American Civil War prolonged into the 21st century, Canada declared neutrality alongside its NATO comrades, readily welcoming any refugees of the conflict seeking asylum whether they are resistance or civilians.

Meanwhile, a series of attempted coups and terrorist attacks destroyed Mexico's infrastructure alongside Guatemala and Belize's. At first offering aid and security for the destroyed nations, Devout America eventually annexed them in October 2004 after claiming severe instability along the border. Most of the Mexican government and military, vastly outnumbered and ill-equipped to fight the Devout invaders, escaped to Sonora and the Baja California Peninsula to form an alliance with Western Republic forces. Those that remained conceded under a puppet government. Both the Guatemalan and Belizean militaries were decimated, their politicians soon executed for compelling the public to resist the Devout Americans, and their civilians were conscripted into a cheap labor force for mining what resources remained in the occupied territories. This officially started the beginning of the Devout government's imperialist endeavors.

Later into the new century, Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and other islands were forcibly annexed as territories in what would be known as the Caribbean Conflict from 2005-2007, the D.S.A. gaining even further outcry from the United Nations.

South America:

After Guatemala and Belize's assimilation into the once-democratic superpower, South America opposed Devout America by uniting as the Coalition of South American Nations, a militaristic alliance of nations led by Brazil under a left-wing authoritarian regime. Together, the C.S.A.N. continues disputing territory against the northern aggressors spreading deeper into Latin America, particularly for control over the Panama Canal and Venezuela's crude oil fields.

Europe:

Recognizing the Western Republic of America as the U.S. government-in-exile, following what many believe was a seizure of power by the Revenant Party in January 1997, every member of the European Union discontinued all political and economic treaties with the Devout States of America. Under this same belief regarding United States sovereignty, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization would also expel the D.S.A. as a founding member.

However, despite this unity against their former ally, NATO and the European Union found themselves distracted by other matters. Higher priorities included a series of wars and political crises that affected peace across the continent, such as the Yugoslav Wars, the First Chechen War, and the Georgian Civil War.

While East Germany did reunite with West Germany as a federal republic in 1990, the Troubles in Northern Ireland escalated dramatically. Relations intensified due to a failed ceasefire and a series of deadly car bombings across England. Then, on April 2nd, 1995, incredible tragedy rocked the United Kingdom to its very core when a terrorist group comprised of radical I.R.A. members successfully shelled Buckingham Palace with mortar launchers, injuring over three dozen royal staff, hospitalizing seventeen civilians and fatally wounding eight due to shrapnel, fire and rubble created by the explosions.

One of the fatalities included an elderly female corgi named Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windso, better known across the world by Her Majesty's title: Queen Elizabeth II.

The day of her death, her eldest son would immediately be crowned King Charles of Windsor, who, fueled by tremendous grief at the loss of his beloved mother, pushed for Parliament and Prime Minister John Major to declare martial law within Northern Ireland's borders. Within weeks and later months, the entire region experienced strict curfews, had some of their civil liberties suspended, vast numbers of military personnel patrol the streets, clashes between radical mobs that were met with brutality by those loyal to the Crown. Unionists and Nationalist alike escaped the violence by either emigrating to Great Britain or permanently residing in the Republic of Ireland, while IRA cells utilized guerilla warfare tactics to fight against the occupying military forces, who in turn tried strengthening their hold on the people.

By 1997, the population of Northern Ireland had dwindled as the United Kingdom's economy was heavily affected by the resources spent on maintaining order. Thus, after much protest and scrutiny on all sides, a snap referendum was called: 52% of Northern Ireland opted to be reunited with the Republic of Ireland. This enraged the remaining Unionists in the former British province, but a United Ireland--with some obstacles and protests--still came to fruition the following year.

The Troubles had finally ended in a Nationalist victory, but after much hardship. The reunification of the green island had been won in blood, at the cost of thousands dead and a royal assassination, the effects of which are still felt by Great Britain to this very day. Despite the returned peace to the British Isles, growing mistrust between United Ireland (at least, in what was once Northern Ireland) and the United Kingdom dominates U.K.-Irish relations into the modern day, while faith in the British government steadily decreases every year.

Months after Devout America was formed, Vatican City severed almost every Catholic-affiliated church who joined their government-controlled National Church, with Pope John Paul II declaring them 'blasphemers of God and a mockery of the Holy See'.

Following the Soviet Union's collapse and the 1993 constitutional crisis, the Russian Federation fell into a temporary civil war between Soviet loyalists and the government of then-President Boris Yeltsin, who relied on the support of NATO countries to end the conflict in 1996 (among the Soviet insurrectionists given life imprisonment for treason against the government included a Russian wolverine by the name of Vladimir Putin, who worked as a spy for East Germany during the Cold War. He had hoped the civil war would aid into his rise of power. Sadly, as Americans in the Old West would put it, he bet on the wrong horse).

The same year NATO had terminated the Devout States' membership, the Russian Federation experienced a harsh famine that resulted in thousands homeless and millions of starved citizens. Without the United States, who were distracted by their own civil war, the Russian Federation gladly accepted help from its Western neighbors. Russia then joined as a member of NATO in 1998 while former Soviet-era European republics joined the European Union. In the present, Russia (though not as secular as its former enemies in Western Europe) still maintains an emerging democracy while actively working alongside NATO and the European Union, while anti-Western sentiment thrives amongst some of the populace.

Africa:

Pastors and charitable organizations of the D.S.A. spread their influence on various African countries, particularly to those carrying valuable resources for trade. Most nations across the continent have de facto outlawed homosexuality and adopted Devout-inspired plans in quarantining undesirables. However, for fear of facing sanctions by the world, most of Western Africa distances itself from active trade with the D.S.A.

South Africa has become a sanctuary for African members of the LGBT community, yet only started imposing sanctions on the D.S.A. in 2001 to improve relations with Europe.

Middle East:

Israel slowly fell down the same route as the former United States, becoming a Jewish theocratic government that now controls the West Bank of Palestine. Its nationalist leaders warning nuclear conflict on any of its Arab neighbors who threaten their borders, yet even they are overly cautious in their views, wary that the European Union would retaliate should yet another one of their allies become militaristically imperial.

As revenge for the Iranian hostage crisis, the D.S.A. planted highly trained saboteurs to constantly disrupt modernization until their capture and execution in 2002. After the Arab Spring, Saddam Hussein was publicly executed by pro-democracy revolutionaries, and Iraq regularly wars with Iran for power in the region. Both chemical and biological warfare has been used, yet neither side managed to build tactical nuclear weapons.

After a deadly coup d'état conducted by a radical faction of the Turkish Armed Forces, Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's execution in July 2016 resulted in his loyalists taking arms. The Republic of Turkey fell into anarchy amidst a civil war that simmered out in 2018 due to assistance from NATO and the European Union. As of 2019, a coalition government continues to attempt rebuilding Istanbul and other cities from the ashes.

Asia:

The Republic of India became the world's most populous democracy, maintaining a military that rivals Europe and the Devout States (who looks down upon them due to differing cultural and religious beliefs) while playing favoritism with the Western Republic. An ongoing cold war with Pakistan has resulted in proxy battles between the two powers.

The Tiananmen Square Massacre played out in China as it did in our timeline, except further unrest led to the CPC fearing a civil war. Unlike today, a compromise was found eighteen months later, when the Chinese government allowed enhanced freedom of speech, freedom of the press and larger anti-corruption reform in exchange for keeping their one-party system. Although not as democratic as other Asian and European countries, Chinese citizens welcomed these changes for their thriving economy.

North Korea slowly followed suit thanks to the radical reforms introduced by Kim Jong-nam, former Supreme Leader Kim Jong-il's eldest son and successor after the latter's sudden death in 2013. These reforms include welcoming foreign aid, releasing prisoners from the infamous camps, and trading amnesty with the International Criminal Court in exchange for extraditing those responsible for crimes-against-humanity under Kim Jong-il's regime. While authoritarian in nature and still reluctant to join South Korea as a Western Republic-allied democracy, the formerly hermit kingdom radically transformed itself into an emerging country.

To secure long-term stability in the surrounding region and within itself amid the United States' shift towards theocratic dictatorship, Japan switched alliances to the Western Republic. However, the consequential recession that followed from the global financial crisis resulted in spiked homelessness and unemployment across the island nation. To combat the increasing political/social unrest amongst Japanese citizens, the government had slowly become more militarized and authoritarian. Anti-authoritarian themes and pro-freedom of expression topics have become heavily popularized within Japanese anime in recent years.

Australia remained a reluctant ally of the Devout States since its inception. They refused to recognize the Western Republic as the true United States government, as well as provided trade to the theocratic Devout America. However, this attitude changed after an Islamophobic mass shooting occurred on October 9th, 2011 left forty-two victims dead in a Sydney mosque. Investigators discovered the perpetrators of the massacre were inspired by the ideologies of Devout missionaries, resulting the Australian parliament angrily expelling the D.S.A. ambassadors. The country instead opened trade deals with their former ally's rival, eventually recognizing their sovereignty a year later.