The Great Families created their new world order in their holdings on the East Coast of America. The governments of Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts signed up to become Day One Federation Member States, and every State from Maryland to Maine followed their lead within months. The New England Federation was the single most powerful American alliance when Texas called a State Convention to convene on the matter of the failing Federal government. They helped hold the line on many of Texas’ more crazy proposals, and made certain that the Federation’s principles would survive and thrive following the convention. It is because of those early adopters that the New England Federation thrives to this day.