The Island of Aragon is another of America\u2019s fictional battlegrounds. Located in real world Fort Polk, it is home to the Republics of Cortina and Victoria, and the Peoples Democratic Republic of Acadia. Those of you who grew up before the turn of the millennium will probably know who the bad guy is now. All of us knew, growing up, that any nation that used anything like the phrase Peoples Democratic Republic was never for the people, democracy, or a republican government. They were socialists. Whether Communist, Fascist, or other, they were the socialist bad guys that America had to stand against if we were to save the free world. That conventional wisdom rings true on the island of Aragon when American troops run training missions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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