Confederation no more. But in its place arose the American Empire with Emperor Vladimir I Romanov, who ascended the throne by agreement between the real rulers of the former Confederation and Emperor Alexander II of All-Russia. Two empires, interconnected by kinship, and besides, in conjunction with the once great, but still preserved the remnants of former power Spain... Such an alignment cannot please the "mistress of the seas" and Napoleonic France, which again, as during the Crimean War, are part of a close alliance. Imperial games continue.