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===Geography=== | ===Geography=== | ||
[[File:H4-NewPhoenix.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The desert [[city]] of [[New Phoenix]].]] | [[File:H4-NewPhoenix.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The desert [[city]] of [[New Phoenix]].]] | ||
The URNA features deserts and tundra. It is as well verdant. | 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==== | ====Locations==== | ||
{{Col-begin}} | {{Col-begin}} | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Rise of humanity=== | ===Rise of humanity=== | ||
At some point between [[2468]]<ref>''[[Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe]]'', Human Colonies, p. 286-287 (2009); p. 298-299 (2011 edition)</ref> and [[2524]],{{Ref/Novel|Id=harvestchapt2|Halo: Contact Harvest|Chapter=2}} the [[United States of America]] no longer existed, only leaving remnants{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Contact Harvest|Chapter=2}} and former states. | At some point between [[2468]]<ref>''[[Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe]]'', Human Colonies, p. 286-287 (2009); p. 298-299 (2011 edition)</ref> and [[2524]],{{Ref/Novel|Id=harvestchapt2|Halo: Contact Harvest|Chapter=2}} the [[United States of America]] no longer existed, only leaving remnants{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Contact Harvest|Chapter=2}} and former states.{{Ref/Reuse|enc285}} 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, the [[Kentucky|Commonwealth of 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=== | ===Human-Covenant war=== | ||
[[File:Cleveland in 2552.PNG|thumb|right|250px|[[Cleveland]], Ohio during the [[Battle of Cleveland]].]] | [[File:Cleveland in 2552.PNG|thumb|right|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. | {{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}} | {{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 do 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> | 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 do 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> | ||
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==Government and society== | ==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 it's historic association to the [[United Nations]]. | 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 it's 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> | ||
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||