With peace restored, Americans resumed their quiet lives. Bilateral trade routes between Virginia, Washington and Missouri had been established as river docks permitted barges to move goods between locations. Singular trade routes from other American regions leading to Washington supplied additional sources of commerce.
Stone roads had supplemented or replaced much of the unpaved system of American lands. Cottages had become hamlets, hamlets became villages and some of these had grown into towns. Harbors along the coast were seen as yet another way to strengthen her commercial system.
The Zoroastrian religion continued to spread throughout American lands. Only New York remained outside its influence.
As the population grew along with surrounding land improvements, risks of epidemics increased. Virginia was one such territory that had to face such a potentially deadly threat.
There was still relatively known about Mayan lands, but there were believed to be abundant mineral resources such as iron, copper and silver that would insure their strength for years to come. If there was one area that appeared to strongly favor the Americans, it was major sources of food. While the Mayans could raise their flocks of sheep and hunt game such as deer, she lacked the numerous corn and cattle resources of her neighbor to the north.
In the decades following the third Mayan war, a new danger appeared. Pirates along the coastline were attempting to strangle local commerce through blockades. Fortunately, these were mostly war galleys that could be successfully fended off with American longships.
Of course the larger threat continued to loom to the south and peace between the Mayans and Americans would not last forever so long as Yopaat lived...
