After the fall of the Katabasis, the lands were anarchy. They were still full of radiation, chaos, and uninhabitable in general. Hyperborea wanted to change this, and proposed the "Midwest Plan". First they created the Midwest Federation, which would be a section of land used for the Midwest Plan. Secondly, divide that piece of land into 9 states. These were Springfield, Indiana, Kentucky, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, and Lower Michigan. Then we would start working on securing borders and making it a better place.
Note: This is just a plan, and it will come into action after we defeat the hordes of hell.