Shadow Government

The Shadow Government of the United States of America is both a great enemy and one of the few allies the Unpersons have in the fight against the Cult of Ibis. Created by George Washington along with several Founding Fathers and other merchants and intellectuals, they have waged a war of control against the rule of the Cult of Ibis since their inception.What the normal person considers to be the Government is nothing more than an elaborate facade that the Shadow Government maintains. Most politicians are paid actors or brainwashed stooges, only a few hold actual power, mainly found within the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the Surface Transportation Board, the Operational Safety and Health Administration, the Smithsonian Institute, and the Census Bureau.

Actions Against the Nemesis
Due to their efforts the average American is resistant to fungal methods of control. Mercury in vaccines, Fluoride in the water supply, the microwaving of food, and preservatives in food serve to stave off infestation of the fungal menace, while their control of house paint, HAARP, power lines, and what they learned from the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project serve to shield their minds from insidious psychic control. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch protects the West of America, the plastic soup inhibits the fungal-algae's corrosive effect, protecting the Andreas-Cascadia Ley Line Complex from external contamination.

Actions Against Unpersons
Early in the formation of the Secret Government it was decided that while it shared a common enemy in the Nemesis with the Unpersons they would by no means be allies. In fact, the Shadow Government stands against what we Unpersons do in many ways, but especially our policies on the distribution of information and control to the people. Where Central Services gladly tells you everything there is to know of the Nemesis, the Secret Government is just that: secret. While it does good work protecting Americans from the Cult and the Nemesis, it also engages in activities intended to control people, distract them from reality, and withhold from them the TRUTH, all things we Unpersons cannot tolerate.

Despite our clashing ideals and nearly nonexistant cooperation (Great Gazoo is a special case), active warfare between our groups never picked up again after the Peace of 1964 established to fight the British Invasion.

The Environmental Protection Agency
see: The Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency (or EPA) is a public arm of the United States Federal Government supposedly involved in the creation and enforcement of regulations impacting and protecting nature that it may be used adequately by future generations. It has gone rogue from its handlers in the Shadow Government and is now persecuting Unpersons and possibly aiding the Nemesis.