“And our society will never be great until our cities are great. Today the frontier of imagination and innovation is inside those cities and not beyond their borders. New experiments are already going on.”
-President Lyndon B. Johnson May 22, 1964-
In 1964, President Johnson challenged the nation to rise up against poverty and racism to create a Great Society that would become the beacon of enlightenment to guide the rest of the world. His vision promised peace and equality, with education and healthcare for every inhabitant regardless of economic status, race, or gender.
In 1971, frustrated by the country’s lack of belief and progress in accomplishing their leader’s vision, the Great Society Extremists urged Johnson to diverge from the United States in order to form a new nation in which they would be free to create a country that would bring his dream to fruition in its totality. In 1979, after almost a decade of debate and negotiations, an agreement was reached between the States and the Extremists in the Secession Trade Treaty. Sections of Wyoming, Montana, Iowa, and the Dakotas seceded from the Union to join as one as the United Community of Johnson.
In exchange for the land that would become their new country, lumber, coal, cattle, and agriculture were to be supplied to the States from the United Community to repay the debt for the land, and ensure the persistence of peace between the two nations. L.B.J. resigned as president of the United States, and took his place as Leader of the United Community to embark upon the greatest social reform movement the world has ever known.
John’s Town was one of the first in the creation of the Great Society cities.
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In the perfect town, with the perfect life, and the perfect future ahead, Aire imagines a world where she is free to create her own story, but the leaders of John’s Town have a different plan in mind.
