Hello Mr. Potter,
I got your mail and I was a little surprised that a stranger tried to contact me from England. I am sure you were wondering why it took such a long time for me to send a letter to you. I know that you sent the school owl assuming that I am in England. Unfortunately, that is not the case. I have been living in New York, America since I graduated from Hogwarts.
Coming to your question about the problems that muggleborns faces in the real world once they complete their education, let me tell you a small story. This story started way back during the times of founders.
During the age of founders, there is no magical government of any sort, the population is segregated into various clans. Every clan has a clan leader. The elders in the clan teach their young. The knowledge in the clan generally stays within the clan. Cross-clan marriages are very seldom. Muggleborns are at a grave disadvantage here, they have no one to tell them why unusual incidents occur around. They have no idea how to control it or manipulate it. It is very rare for a muggleborn to be accepted into any of the clans. Muggleborns are either killed when muggles noticed that they are different or lived trying to hide their magic from the world.
Everything changed after Hogwarts was built by the founders. All magical children irrespective of their blood status were invited to attend Hogwarts. A few years after founding Hogwarts, some educated muggleborns came together and started a village by themselves. It is not a typical clan like others, there is no clan leader there. Instead a group of knowledgeable people were elected by members of the village to supervise the functioning of the village, to solve disputes etc. Slowly the village flourished, the other clans didnt like that muggleborns are living a good life, so one night members of various clans attacks the village and destroys all the houses, farms, livestock and kills lot of people. Only a few were able to escape the attack.
The few who were able to escape realised that they will not be allowed to live peacefully and improve their living standards as long as they reside in Britain. They have no idea about the standing of muggleborns in other magic practicing countries. They dont want to go there and face a similar situation like in Britain. The founders travelled the whole world by then and created a map of sorts. As part of the curriculum, they were taught about the various magical cultures and species they encountered during those travels. They also know of a tale from founders where there are large masses of land across the sea where there are neither magical humans nor magical species. The founders named it as the cursed land since there is no magic there. That cursed land is now referred to as North America and South America continents. The survivors decided to flee there and establish a society for themselves far from the influence of the clans. These survivors that first arrived in the cursed land are known as 'First Magicals'.
The First Magicals equipped with their Hogwarts education came to the cursed land and secures an uninhabited land and sows the seed for the first magical society in the cursed land. After setting up the village few of the first magicals went back to britain, they wanders the land searching for the muggleborns and tell them about the settlement and gives them the option of joining them. Most of them take the opportunity to better their lives. So a team of members were appointed to travel the world searching for muggleborns and giving them the opportunity to join the new settlement. Another team is appointed to travel the world and collect stray magical species and saplings of magical flora.
The population started to slowly increase when muggleborns throughout the world started to appear in the cursed land. The first magicals made sure to pass all the knowledge they know to the newcomers and next generations. A group of people are elected to monitor the different aspects of the society like education, health, research, farming etc. As generations passed the civilization flourished and since most priority is given to the research and education departments, their knowledge on magic came to the same standard as that of clans. The witches and wizards of clans do not have any motivation on putting more effort in research because they believe that they are superior to the remaining magical practicing countries.
The magical community has expanded throughout the cursed land. Many magical villages were built to accommodate the population away from the prying eyes of muggles. For 500 years the cursed land became peace and prosperous land for all wizards and witches who want to live without any discrimination. Not only muggleborns, but few half bloods and purebloods who didn't come from influential families also joined the cursed land to so that they will have opportunity to improve their standing in life based only on their pure merits instead of who their parents are.
After 500 years, a war broke out between throughout the world among various magical races. Magical humans, goblins, giants, trolls, acromantulas and dementors on one side and centaurs, veela, elves and merpeople on other side. All the races gathered in England for face to face battle which went on for many months. Centaurs, veela, elves and merpeople are losing the war. When the losing side requested for peace, the winning side gave the following demands for truce. Elves and veela will bound themselves and their future generations to the humans and goblins and serve them till their death. Merpeople and centaurs will live only in the land allotted to them. If they are found in land not allotted to them, then they can be hunted to death.
Veelas and elves are enraged by the terms. Veelas are beautiful females and they knew what it will mean by becoming a slave to humans and goblins. Elves are good at cleaning, cooking etc. They knew that if they become a slave then they will only work in houses and establishments of humans and goblins from the time they were born till they died. Majority of the centaurs and merpeople are agreeable to the terms since they don't have to become slaves. They were given one night to decide or the war will continue. Veelas, elves and some centaurs and merpeople decides to flee for America and plead them to include them into their society. They were invited many times to establish colonies in their land but were refused since they didn't want to leave their natural habitat. But they always maintained good relations with people from the cursed land.
The next morning when it became apparent that the veelas, elves and few of the centaurs and merpeople are on the run, magical humans and their allies gave chase. A wizard by the name of Torrhen Selwyn created a curse which is especially directed at elves to paralyze them. That curse was used to capture all the elves. While a few veelas, centaurs and merpeople were captured, majority of them managed to escape. The ones who got caught ended their lives by themselves by swallowing poison. A curse was placed on the elves so that they will never be able to disobey their master and if they are not bonded to humans or goblins, then they will slowly become mad and perish away. This curse was also invented by Torrhen Selwyn.
While the humans and their allies are happy that they got free servants in the form of elves and restricted centaurs and merpeople. They were furious that they were not able to capture even one veela. Veelas would have been the important spoil of this war. But now all the veelas have fled to the cursed land. The only veelas that are available now except in cursed land are in France, Bulgaria, Romania, India and Egypt. In these countries the veelas are considered equal to Humans. The magical humans from these countries only fought in this war to gain elves as servants. The veelas from these countries didn't fight in the war. A treaty was signed up before this war. The veelas from these countries will not fight in the war, their land will not be used as refuge for the veelas from other countries and in exchange the humans from these countries will not fight the veelas in the battlefield and will not share their knowledge of how best to defeat veelas to their allies. Since the humans from these countries live along with veelas instead of living separately, they have a good knowledge of the best possible method to defeat them in the battle.
The refugees that came to the cursed land were welcomed with open hands. They were given the option to join their community as equals and the refugees accepted it. Since they were still wary of the humans in this land, they lived in separate colonies far away from the human settlements. No one objected to it as they all believed in the right to live the way you want as long as it doesn't cause any harm to others.
The blood purists send an ultimatum to the Americans ordering to return back the veelas and other refugees otherwise there will be war. America sent back the reply that those refugees are now one of them and they are not going to hand them over under any circumstances. Blood purists decide to go to America for war. The magical humans from the vela favoring countries decide to go back home since their objectives are met. Since they have no rivalry with either the foreign veelas or the cursed land dwellers, they did not see any advantage for them by going to war. The witches and wizards from five countries leaving them didn't put even a dent in the blood purists army. So a formidable army of both humans and magical creatures landed in the cursed land for what they thought to be an easy victory.
Americans didn't meet them head on in the battle. They employed guerrilla war tactics. The villages were severely warded to protect their young. Every individual above the age of 14 in cursed land irrespective of the gender contributed in the war. The enemies wandered the wilderness in search of the opponents. Since the trolls and giants were stupid, it is easy to separate them from the main army and pick them one by one. A few years before the start of the war a spell crafter named Nathan Sawyer designed a spell aimed to not only stop the dementors but also destroy them. That spell took out the dementors from the equation. Loosing dementors was a big blow to the enemies since they are one of their primary and efficient weapons.
All the parties that separated from the main army to accomplish various assignments never returned back. Traps that were rigged in their path killed lots of soldiers. Some Americans infiltrated their army and poisons their food and water supply. Since it's a slow acting poison, no one knew anything was wrong until it's too late. In fighting broke out between acromantulas and other which lead to further losses. Humans and goblins banded together and killed majority of the acromantulas and restrains the rest. By that time all the dementors, trolls and giants that came to the war were dead. After losing most of the acromantulas, only humans and goblins were left. Since they lost more than half of the army and didn't see even one enemy yet, they decide to cut their losses and head back home.
With that war, the cursed land showed the rest of the world their strength and also gained veelas, centaurs and merpeople into their civilization. The humans gained their approval, by offering them to join the council so as to represent their community. Offering them a seat on the council showed that they were considered equals to humans. This lead to starting of a great friendship and trust among all the races. Today it is common to see centaurs, veelas and sometimes merpeople in a shopping district in America.
The enemies went back home to lick their wounds. Trolls, giants, acromantulas and dementors population were severely weekend. All the strong ones died in the war. One of the clan leader and a dark wizard named Augustus Azkaban created a spell to bind dementors to his island and fort which is now called Azkaban prison. Whoever takes control of the island, has the control of the dementors. Humans and goblins joined together and defeated the remaining giants, trolls and acromantulas. Giants were banished to live in isolation in mountains. The acromantulas and trolls are restricted to only certain parts of forests just like centaurs. Humans and goblins turned on each and after centuries of wars and rebellions, they now co-exist in a tense atmosphere. The goblins tried to establish their bank in America but they were rejected. They are unsavory and greedy creatures and they do not fit into the American ideals, so their request to form a community in America was rejected.
The cursed island was later started to be called as America. For years wizards and witches came from Europe to cause terror in America, but they never succeeded. There never was an all out war between the countries after the first one. All the magicals in North American and South American continents come under one ministry. It is called as American Magical Ministry (AMM). AMM has good relations with Australia, some Asian and African countries. Europe and America are still rivals. AMM is not a part of ICW. Many of the AMM laws conflict with ICW laws. But for the purpose of trade and peace, AMM and ICW are friends. There is a charter written which consists of common interests for both parties to show their friendship. AMM officials are invited to ICW meetings and same happens vice versa.
The muggleborns in Europe are treated like shit. While there is no law stating that muggleborns can't advance in life, the wealth and power is in the hands of purebloods and they prevent the muggleborns from advancing their life. It is rare for muggleborns to advance past the clerk position in any government offices. To start a business, one must get government license. Muggleborns generally do not get these licenses even if everything is in order. So muggleborns in Europe has to work in some small position in government offices or has to work for some rich pureblood for lowly wages. Some countries in Asia like India, Japan etc and some African countries like South Africa, Egypt etc are the ones where muggleborns are treated right.
Every year AMM sends invitations to all the muggleborns and some half-bloods in the muggleborn suppressing countries to join them. I got such an invite, and I took it. Since AMM standard education is tougher and vast compared to other countries, I had to do one more year of schooling before moving to magical college. Unlike in Europe where one has to get an apprenticeship with a master to attain mastery, here there are colleges which offer such services just like in muggle world. I got mastery in charms and transfiguration. Presently I work in research department.
Please believe me when I say that your prospects won't be good if you stay there. My friend stayed there not believing that he will not advance just because of being a muggleborn. After 6 months, one of the purebloods who is in our year and got only 3 OWLs became his superior. He was treated like a slave there. And since he signed a bond for a minimum of a year, he bared the insults from that pureblood for the remaining 6 months and then resigned from there and came here.
Thanks and Regards.
Lucas Scott