The Civil War and Rise of the UBN
In 1933-1937, The United Bucketary Nations was in a civil war between 4 parties. The country the civil war started in was called Zimvult, A corrupted democratic republic that many looked to overthrow. 1 of the 3 parties working to overthrow the current government was lead by Bucket, who ultimately won the civil war.
The civil war ended with 1.1 million casualties from combat, and 1.8 million from the famine caused by it. This end of the war in 1937 lead to the country being renamed to the United Bucketary Nations. The nation started in absolute economic ruin and a noticeably lower population, causing worker storages in some regions. You wanna know what it's a great time for, war!
Bucket acts on his expansionist policies and takes over half the continent in 1941. Expanding across half of the UBN's home continent by 1943. But this came with a problem.
At the end of the expansion, the UBN ended up with a communist dictatorship at it's doorstep. Bucket, being the one who pledged to keep the nation a safe haven of capitalism, does the only logical thing possible, and that is of course starting an arms race! Beginning the cold war between to major powers on 1 continent. This competition would cause major consequences for everyone across the world for decades.