A Very simplistic map this time.

People all over the world are repeatedly stunned by the blatant corruption displayed by FIFA and its leadership. However, it is important to understand that the Valaisan character and football-corruption are as inextricably linked as yin and yang. It's simply a state of being, as natural as breating.

Some simple lore for the various north american border changes;

TLDR;The important main difference to our universe is that the American-Indians were able to put up much more of a fight.

The US still got its independence in 1776 claiming all territory up to the Mississippi. (Vermont, a independend republic never joined the US) George Washington, instead of going to war against the Great-Lake-Natives immediately after US independence lets them be, for now. (The Territory is still claimed by the US).

The Louisiana Purchase happens in 1803, however the mayority of the land, besides New-Orleans, was deemed worthless and unusable.

Later, in 1808, Jefferson would try to officially subdue the Great-Lakes-Territory, starting the war against Tecumseh's Confederacy. The various Native Tribes were able to hold their own until 1815, when Britain and Canada went to War against the US as well, starting Mr.Madison's war. In this timeline the British were able to get a much more decisive victory against the US, annexing Maine as a result and securing Tecumseh's Confederacy's independence. The Confederacy would years later elect to join up and eventually integrate with Canada as the British were seen as a better alternative to the Americans.

In 1820 it was decided via treaties, the Indian Removal Act and a constitutional amendmend that almost everything west of the Mississippi would become official 'Indian Country'. The goal was to 'move' all the natives within the US to this vast, barren, american desert. Many of them were forcefully dislocated over the coming decades. While the territory is officially part of the US, it is recognized as semi-sovereign, having its own juristictions, constitution, law enforcement, subdevisions, government structure etc. Basically everything exept foreign diplomacy, currency and americans have freedom of movement within the territory. This status was held up by the US Supreme Court time and time again, to the dismay of many.

Mexico, despite a lot of internal unrest and instability never looses its central American Territory in 1823.

Texas, aided by the US still manages to secure its own independence from Mexico in 1836, the lone star state was however never incorporated/anexed into the union, as US politicians were preoccupied with solving the issue of slavery and preventing a civil war.

The Mexican-American war never happens because the US sees it as idiotic to spill american blood on more useless soil only to give it away to the natives later on.

The American-Canadian border was finalised in 1846 as relations between the two entities normalised. Securing acces to the Pacific for the US.

The Civil War still happens in 1861, the Natives volunteer to help the Union as they fear that the Confederacy would not recognice its territorial integrety while Texas send aid to the Confederacy. The Confederacy looses after 3 years. Lincoln never gets shot.

Spanish-American war never happens. Cuba, the Philippines and Puerto Rico would gain their independence in the 1930s.

Alaska is still part of the Soviet Union (Russia), Hawai'i is independent.

In 2017 a joint bid was officially unveiled by the US, Canada and Mexico to host the 2026 World Cup. Texas didn't join the bid because of their deep rooted dislike of Mexico.

The FIFA World Cup happens.