The Great Families of New England secured their position as modern day folk heroes when they shepherded New England through the collapse and chaos of the Second Great Depression and the Cybernetic Wars. When cities collapsed and governments failed, they provided for those who lived and worked for them. They held the local governments together, and spread their examples throughout New England. They brought together a coalition of the willing, and promised all who worked to protect civilization safety and security from the death and destruction surrounding them. They organized and protected the parts of New England that followed their example, and helped usher in a new age. They built the New England Federation to govern by their example, and in doing so brought New England into a prosperous and secure future that would dominate America for centuries to come.