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| The '''North American Empire''', sometimes called "the twin eagles", was the largest voluntary retronationalist republic on [[Earth]] during the [[Golden Age]]. Its insignia featured twin eagles, hence the metonym.<ref>'''Bungie (2014-6-12)''', ''Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Master Rahool]]: [[Master Rahool#Quotes|Quotes]]''</ref> As a voluntary society, the North American Empire's sovereignty was limited, and its actions ultimately accountable to higher authority.<ref name = "Kuang Xuan">'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Kuang Xuan's Logbook]]''</ref> Members were noted for a love of "military pageantry and muscular aerospace displays."<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore:Last_Days_on_Kraken_Mare#The_Tenth_Avatar|The Tenth Avatar]]''</ref> | | The '''North American Empire''' was a geo-political body that existed during the [[Golden Age]]. It used the eagle as an/its emblem.<ref>'''Bungie (2014-6-12)''', ''Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Master Rahool]]: [[Master Rahool#Quotes|Quotes]]''</ref> |
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| Its economy was less regulated than elsewhere during the Golden Age, allowing corporations like [[Clovis Bray]] potentially unethical freedom and power in how they conducted business.<ref name = "Kuang Xuan"/>
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| * The empire bears resemblance to the [[Wikipedia: United States|United States]] by way of iconography. | | * The empire bears resemblance to the [[Wikipedia:United States|United States]] by way of iconography, and could be a case of in-universe mis-identification. |
| * The United Republic of North America, or URNA, is a geo-political body that appears in one of Bungie's previous franchises, ''[[Halopedia: Halo universe|Halo]]'', and is very similar in concept to ''Destiny's'' North American Empire. Both could be references to the real world [[wikipedia: North_American_Union|North American Union]]. | | * The United Republic of North America, or URNA, is a geo-political body that appears in one of Bungie's previous franchises, ''[[Halopedia:Halo universe|Halo]]'', and is very similar in concept to ''Destiny's'' North American Empire. Both could be references to the real world [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Union North American Union]. |
| * First mentioned in ''Destiny'', the nature of the North American Empire was elaborated on in material released for ''[[Shadowkeep]]''. Inspiration was taken from the ''Terra Ignota'' book series by Ada Palmer, <ref>https://twitter.com/sethjdickinson/status/1178350571952099329</ref> in which Earth's conventional nation-states had dissolved and been replaced by a set of common laws applicable to all human beings and optional, voluntary membership in non-geographical nations called Hives.
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| * Author notes further describe the North American Empire's retro nationalism as "where everybody gets together to build rockets, wave flags, and have gigantic airshows", and "the actualized version of the feeling you get while watching the launch sequence in Apollo 13."
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[Destiny]]'' {{Fm}} | | *''[[Destiny]]'' {{C|First Mentioned}} |
| *''[[Destiny 2]]''
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| **''[[Season of the Undying]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Kuang Xuan's Logbook]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Mysterious Logbook]]'' {{Mo}}
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
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| {{Golden Age}} | | {{Golden Age}} |
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| [[Category:Locations]] | | [[Category:Places]] |
| [[Category:Earth]] | | [[Category:Earth]] |
