I will say, though, that as much as I thought no world building would bother me, there were a few things that did. Like how the Western Front has the exact same kind of gear and training as official military. So this led to the question "were these service members who revolted against the POTUS and absconded with this equipment, or was it spoils of war from militia members who defeated U.S. soldier to acquire them?" Talking about things like helicopters, humvees, fucking tanks, mortars and RPG. And if it's the latter then how did so many people get the training to operate those vehicles? I also wasn't a fan of almost everybody wearing military uniforms which made it hard to figure out who was who at times.
I'm pretty sure all the soldiers they interact with are WF but I agree it's hard to tell and I think that's the point. Although the president refers to them as secessionists and we only ever hear about three states in the rebellion I think it's easy enough to infer most of the nation was against the president since they did manage to overthrow him and the fighting wasn't just in the southwest. I don't think just California and Texas would be able to do that, especially with Florida dragging them down. So if the majority of the military joined the WF they would be the de facto military. Even though secession and rebellion are dirty words in real life I think the WF were supposed to be the good guys, taking down the corrupt government.
I'm pretty sure all the soldiers they interact with are WF but I agree it's hard to tell and I think that's the point. Although the president refers to them as secessionists and we only ever hear about three states in the rebellion I think it's easy enough to infer most of the nation was against the president since they did manage to overthrow him and the fighting wasn't just in the southwest. I don't think just California and Texas would be able to do that, especially with Florida dragging them down. So if the majority of the military joined the WF they would be the de facto military. Even though secession and rebellion are dirty words in real life I think the WF were supposed to be the good guys, taking down the corrupt government.
This map depicts the division of forces, including loyalist states: