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For God, Crown, and Country: The Dominion of America (A Wikibox Series).
(The Commonwealth in 2022)
Born from the nexus of history and philosophy, the Dominion of America is the foremost economic and military powerhouse on the North American continent and one of the most critical member states of the broader British Empire. Located geographically in eastern North America, the Dominion consists of 33 provinces which extend from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic. Covering over six million square kilometers in size, America is also the fifth largest nation in the world, and the largest on the North American continent. America's capital is Philadelphia, and it's three largest and most populated metropolitan areas include New York City, Toronto, and Chicago. Hosting a total population of just over of 200 million citizens representing a diverse variety of different demographics, America borders. Neighboring Louisiana, Cuba, and the West Indies Federation, America has long enjoyed an active and often dominant role in the hemisphere. The Dominion is also the predominant English-speaking nation on the North American continent, though French, Spanish, and an assortment of indigenous languages are also spoken widely across the country.
A highly developed nation, the Dominion boasts an abundance of natural resources and a long tradition of industry. With the seventh highest GDP per capita and ranked first by the Human Development Index, the Dominion of America is both the foremost economic power of both North America and the broader British Empire. Its advanced economy, one of the largest in the world, relies on well-developed trade networks, agricultural and industrial export, finance, technology, and tourism. America is part of several major international and intergovernmental institutions or groupings including the United Nations, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the G7 (formerly G8), the Group of Ten, the G20, the North American Free Trade Agreement, and the Organization of American States.
The Dominion of America is a federal parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II reigning as head of state, though executive powers are wielded through the Governor-General, who is appointed on the advice of the Prime Minister. The American Parliament is a bicameral legislative body, with the lower chamber, the House of Commons, allocating its seats in proportion to population whereas the Senate consists of only two members for each province. The Dominion is a fully autonomous realm within the British Empire, and is officially bilingual. It ranks among the highest in international measurements of government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic freedom, and education, as well as being one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many other countries. The current Prime Minister is Justin Trudeau of the Liberal Party, while Paul Ryan is the leader of the Conservative Party, which constitutes the opposition. Other parties represented in Parliament include the separatist Bloc Quebec, the environmentalist Grassroots, the left-wing Democratic Party, and the right-wing populist People’s Party.
Various indigenous peoples have inhabited what is now America for thousands of years prior to European colonization. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored, and later settled, along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. What followed after was a period of unrest over taxation, colonial autonomy, and corruption led to the ultimate Confederation of Britain’s continental holdings. This began an accretion of provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy from the United Kingdom. This widening autonomy was highlighted by the Statute of Westminster of 1931 and culminated in the British North America Act of 1982, which severed the vestiges of legal dependence on the British parliament, except for the power to amend its constitution.
(The above wikibox was the work of @GBehm who also created the electoral map in use for this project)
Justin Trudeau (b. December 25, 1971) is an American politician who has served as the 30th Prime Minister of the Dominion of America since November 4th, 2015, just weeks after his victory in the 2015 American Federal Election. The leader of the Liberal Party since 2013, Trudeau holds the two posts previously held by his father, the late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Born in Ottawa on Christmas Day, 1971, Trudeau graduated from McGill University with a Bachelors of Arts degree and later from Georgetown with a Bachelors of Education degree, before briefly studying engineering at the Universite de Montreal. He worked briefly as a teacher in Montreal before turning his focus full time towards advocacy for social and political causes.
In 2008, Trudeau was elected to represent the riding of Laval in the House of Commons. An influential voice in the party with a specific focus on arts, culture, and education, Trudeau was in 2013 named leader of the Liberal Party by delegates at the 2013 Liberal Party Leadership Convention in Columbus, Ohio. Though he had led his party to a dramatic victory in 2015, Trudeau still lacked a clear majority, and entered into a coalition government with the Democratic Party. As Prime Minister, Trudeau has pushed for the federal decriminalization of marijuana, reforming the Senate, and establishing a federal carbon tax, while facing ethics investigations in relation to the Aga Khan Affair and the SNC-Lavlin scandal. After leading his party to a second consecutive victory in 2019, Trudeau's government weathered the global COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting recession that followed, with the Prime Minister scheduled to lead his party into a third general election at some point in the fall of 2023.
The 1968 American Federal Election was conducted on November 5th, 1968, resulting in a hung parliament. With a majority of the popular vote and a plurality in the House of Commons, the center-right Progressive Conservative Party formed a government with the supply and confidence of George Wallace's populist American Heritage Party after coalition talks with the Democratic Party collapsed. Defeating Hubert Humphrey's Liberal majority in a hotly contested election, Rockefeller was initially hesitant to form a government with the southern based party due to Wallace's fierce opposition to desegregation in the southern provinces. But fearing a Liberal return to power, the former New York Premier turned MP was quick to agree to Wallace's terms in the hopes of forcing an election on his terms at a more favorable opportunity. The campaign was marred by political violence, including the assassination of Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. by a white supremacist, as well as the rise of anti-war sentiment as American voters grew tired of the Imperial intervention against communist rebels in Malaya.
The Liberal Party's loss of fifty-five seats resulted in Humphrey resigning as leader of the Liberal Party, sparking a leadership convention that would be held in 1969. The socialist Democratic Party also suffered severe losses, forcing Tommy Douglas to stand down as well. The Social Credit Party, a rural populist party with strong support in Hudson, Algoma, and in some parts of Quebec, also failed to make inroads while the newly established left-wing republican Peace & Freedom Party did not make any breakthroughs either.
The resulting hung parliament forced Rockefeller to make a "deal with the devil" (in his own words), though the Progressive Conservatives were unwilling to enter into a formal coalition with Wallace's party. In agreeing to crack down on lawlessness and drug use, the shaky Progressive Conservative - American Heritage agreement was cobbled together, and Humphrey was forced to resign. In addition, the Democrats agreed to offer supply and confidence on a year-by-year basis on the condition that Rockefeller not role back social welfare programs, which he readily agreed to. Compromised by this bizarre big tent agreement was the civil rights agenda, which was effectively paused in order to preserve the fragile unity agreement designed to keep the Liberals out of power; Afro-Americans would not forgive the Democrats for this, and would abandon the party for the Liberals in large numbers in the aftermath of the 1968 election. As a result, the incoming parliament of the Dominion of America would become one of the most volatile in memory, with the first Rockefeller government being erected on a flimsy foundation.
(The Commonwealth in 2022)
Born from the nexus of history and philosophy, the Dominion of America is the foremost economic and military powerhouse on the North American continent and one of the most critical member states of the broader British Empire. Located geographically in eastern North America, the Dominion consists of 33 provinces which extend from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic. Covering over six million square kilometers in size, America is also the fifth largest nation in the world, and the largest on the North American continent. America's capital is Philadelphia, and it's three largest and most populated metropolitan areas include New York City, Toronto, and Chicago. Hosting a total population of just over of 200 million citizens representing a diverse variety of different demographics, America borders. Neighboring Louisiana, Cuba, and the West Indies Federation, America has long enjoyed an active and often dominant role in the hemisphere. The Dominion is also the predominant English-speaking nation on the North American continent, though French, Spanish, and an assortment of indigenous languages are also spoken widely across the country.
A highly developed nation, the Dominion boasts an abundance of natural resources and a long tradition of industry. With the seventh highest GDP per capita and ranked first by the Human Development Index, the Dominion of America is both the foremost economic power of both North America and the broader British Empire. Its advanced economy, one of the largest in the world, relies on well-developed trade networks, agricultural and industrial export, finance, technology, and tourism. America is part of several major international and intergovernmental institutions or groupings including the United Nations, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the G7 (formerly G8), the Group of Ten, the G20, the North American Free Trade Agreement, and the Organization of American States.
The Dominion of America is a federal parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II reigning as head of state, though executive powers are wielded through the Governor-General, who is appointed on the advice of the Prime Minister. The American Parliament is a bicameral legislative body, with the lower chamber, the House of Commons, allocating its seats in proportion to population whereas the Senate consists of only two members for each province. The Dominion is a fully autonomous realm within the British Empire, and is officially bilingual. It ranks among the highest in international measurements of government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic freedom, and education, as well as being one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many other countries. The current Prime Minister is Justin Trudeau of the Liberal Party, while Paul Ryan is the leader of the Conservative Party, which constitutes the opposition. Other parties represented in Parliament include the separatist Bloc Quebec, the environmentalist Grassroots, the left-wing Democratic Party, and the right-wing populist People’s Party.
Various indigenous peoples have inhabited what is now America for thousands of years prior to European colonization. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored, and later settled, along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. What followed after was a period of unrest over taxation, colonial autonomy, and corruption led to the ultimate Confederation of Britain’s continental holdings. This began an accretion of provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy from the United Kingdom. This widening autonomy was highlighted by the Statute of Westminster of 1931 and culminated in the British North America Act of 1982, which severed the vestiges of legal dependence on the British parliament, except for the power to amend its constitution.
(The above wikibox was the work of @GBehm who also created the electoral map in use for this project)
In 2008, Trudeau was elected to represent the riding of Laval in the House of Commons. An influential voice in the party with a specific focus on arts, culture, and education, Trudeau was in 2013 named leader of the Liberal Party by delegates at the 2013 Liberal Party Leadership Convention in Columbus, Ohio. Though he had led his party to a dramatic victory in 2015, Trudeau still lacked a clear majority, and entered into a coalition government with the Democratic Party. As Prime Minister, Trudeau has pushed for the federal decriminalization of marijuana, reforming the Senate, and establishing a federal carbon tax, while facing ethics investigations in relation to the Aga Khan Affair and the SNC-Lavlin scandal. After leading his party to a second consecutive victory in 2019, Trudeau's government weathered the global COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting recession that followed, with the Prime Minister scheduled to lead his party into a third general election at some point in the fall of 2023.
The Liberal Party's loss of fifty-five seats resulted in Humphrey resigning as leader of the Liberal Party, sparking a leadership convention that would be held in 1969. The socialist Democratic Party also suffered severe losses, forcing Tommy Douglas to stand down as well. The Social Credit Party, a rural populist party with strong support in Hudson, Algoma, and in some parts of Quebec, also failed to make inroads while the newly established left-wing republican Peace & Freedom Party did not make any breakthroughs either.
The resulting hung parliament forced Rockefeller to make a "deal with the devil" (in his own words), though the Progressive Conservatives were unwilling to enter into a formal coalition with Wallace's party. In agreeing to crack down on lawlessness and drug use, the shaky Progressive Conservative - American Heritage agreement was cobbled together, and Humphrey was forced to resign. In addition, the Democrats agreed to offer supply and confidence on a year-by-year basis on the condition that Rockefeller not role back social welfare programs, which he readily agreed to. Compromised by this bizarre big tent agreement was the civil rights agenda, which was effectively paused in order to preserve the fragile unity agreement designed to keep the Liberals out of power; Afro-Americans would not forgive the Democrats for this, and would abandon the party for the Liberals in large numbers in the aftermath of the 1968 election. As a result, the incoming parliament of the Dominion of America would become one of the most volatile in memory, with the first Rockefeller government being erected on a flimsy foundation.
>Sees Justin TrudeauFor God, Crown, and Country: The Dominion of America (A Wikibox Series).
(The Commonwealth in 2022)
Born from the nexus of history and philosophy, the Dominion of America is the foremost economic and military powerhouse on the North American continent and one of the most critical member states of the broader British Empire. Located geographically in eastern North America, the Dominion consists of 33 provinces which extend from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic. Covering over six million square kilometers in size, America is also the fifth largest nation in the world, and the largest on the North American continent. America's capital is Philadelphia, and it's three largest and most populated metropolitan areas include New York City, Toronto, and Chicago. Hosting a total population of just over of 200 million citizens representing a diverse variety of different demographics, America borders. Neighboring Louisiana, Cuba, and the West Indies Federation, America has long enjoyed an active and often dominant role in the hemisphere. The Dominion is also the predominant English-speaking nation on the North American continent, though French, Spanish, and an assortment of indigenous languages are also spoken widely across the country.
A highly developed nation, the Dominion boasts an abundance of natural resources and a long tradition of industry. With the seventh highest GDP per capita and ranked first by the Human Development Index, the Dominion of America is both the foremost economic power of both North America and the broader British Empire. Its advanced economy, one of the largest in the world, relies on well-developed trade networks, agricultural and industrial export, finance, technology, and tourism. America is part of several major international and intergovernmental institutions or groupings including the United Nations, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the G7 (formerly G8), the Group of Ten, the G20, the North American Free Trade Agreement, and the Organization of American States.
The Dominion of America is a federal parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II reigning as head of state, though executive powers are wielded through the Governor-General, who is appointed on the advice of the Prime Minister. The American Parliament is a bicameral legislative body, with the lower chamber, the House of Commons, allocating its seats in proportion to population whereas the Senate consists of only two members for each province. The Dominion is a fully autonomous realm within the British Empire, and is officially bilingual. It ranks among the highest in international measurements of government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic freedom, and education, as well as being one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many other countries. The current Prime Minister is Justin Trudeau of the Liberal Party, while Paul Ryan is the leader of the Conservative Party, which constitutes the opposition. Other parties represented in Parliament include the separatist Bloc Quebec, the environmentalist Grassroots, the left-wing Democratic Party, and the right-wing populist People’s Party.
Various indigenous peoples have inhabited what is now America for thousands of years prior to European colonization. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored, and later settled, along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. What followed after was a period of unrest over taxation, colonial autonomy, and corruption led to the ultimate Confederation of Britain’s continental holdings. This began an accretion of provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy from the United Kingdom. This widening autonomy was highlighted by the Statute of Westminster of 1931 and culminated in the British North America Act of 1982, which severed the vestiges of legal dependence on the British parliament, except for the power to amend its constitution.
(The above wikibox was the work of @GBehm who also created the electoral map in use for this project)
Justin Trudeau (b. December 25, 1971) is an American politician who has served as the 30th Prime Minister of the Dominion of America since November 4th, 2015, just weeks after his victory in the 2015 American Federal Election. The leader of the Liberal Party since 2013, Trudeau holds the two posts previously held by his father, the late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Born in Ottawa on Christmas Day, 1971, Trudeau graduated from McGill University with a Bachelors of Arts degree and later from Georgetown with a Bachelors of Education degree, before briefly studying engineering at the Universite de Montreal. He worked briefly as a teacher in Montreal before turning his focus full time towards advocacy for social and political causes.
In 2008, Trudeau was elected to represent the riding of Laval in the House of Commons. An influential voice in the party with a specific focus on arts, culture, and education, Trudeau was in 2013 named leader of the Liberal Party by delegates at the 2013 Liberal Party Leadership Convention in Columbus, Ohio. Though he had led his party to a dramatic victory in 2015, Trudeau still lacked a clear majority, and entered into a coalition government with the Democratic Party. As Prime Minister, Trudeau has pushed for the federal decriminalization of marijuana, reforming the Senate, and establishing a federal carbon tax, while facing ethics investigations in relation to the Aga Khan Affair and the SNC-Lavlin scandal. After leading his party to a second consecutive victory in 2019, Trudeau's government weathered the global COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting recession that followed, with the Prime Minister scheduled to lead his party into a third general election at some point in the fall of 2023.
The 1968 American Federal Election was conducted on November 5th, 1968, resulting in a hung parliament. With a majority of the popular vote and a plurality in the House of Commons, the center-right Progressive Conservative Party formed a government with the supply and confidence of George Wallace's populist American Heritage Party after coalition talks with the Democratic Party collapsed. Defeating Hubert Humphrey's Liberal majority in a hotly contested election, Rockefeller was initially hesitant to form a government with the southern based party due to Wallace's fierce opposition to desegregation in the southern provinces. But fearing a Liberal return to power, the former New York Premier turned MP was quick to agree to Wallace's terms in the hopes of forcing an election on his terms at a more favorable opportunity. The campaign was marred by political violence, including the assassination of Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. by a white supremacist, as well as the rise of anti-war sentiment as American voters grew tired of the Imperial intervention against communist rebels in Malaya.
The Liberal Party's loss of fifty-five seats resulted in Humphrey resigning as leader of the Liberal Party, sparking a leadership convention that would be held in 1969. The socialist Democratic Party also suffered severe losses, forcing Tommy Douglas to stand down as well. The Social Credit Party, a rural populist party with strong support in Hudson, Algoma, and in some parts of Quebec, also failed to make inroads while the newly established left-wing republican Peace & Freedom Party did not make any breakthroughs either.
The resulting hung parliament forced Rockefeller to make a "deal with the devil" (in his own words), though the Progressive Conservatives were unwilling to enter into a formal coalition with Wallace's party. In agreeing to crack down on lawlessness and drug use, the shaky Progressive Conservative - American Heritage agreement was cobbled together, and Humphrey was forced to resign. In addition, the Democrats agreed to offer supply and confidence on a year-by-year basis on the condition that Rockefeller not role back social welfare programs, which he readily agreed to. Compromised by this bizarre big tent agreement was the civil rights agenda, which was effectively paused in order to preserve the fragile unity agreement designed to keep the Liberals out of power; Afro-Americans would not forgive the Democrats for this, and would abandon the party for the Liberals in large numbers in the aftermath of the 1968 election. As a result, the incoming parliament of the Dominion of America would become one of the most volatile in memory, with the first Rockefeller government being erected on a flimsy foundation.
Oh god oh fuck noooooooo
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My thoughts on Trudeau are less than positive.
Also the head of state as of 2023 is King Charles III. This series of infoboxes predates his reign. Later boxes will reflect the changes.
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I made this Infobox loosely based on an Idea I had a few months ago.
[1.] Sarah Michelle decided to follow in her Older Half Brother Mark Martin's footsteps as a race car driver.
[2.] She began her career in ARCA after graduating from Louisiana Tech with a degree in mechanical engineering.
[3.] Both Sarah Michelle and Mark hold the honor of being one of the Few Siblings to win a NASCAR Cup Championship; Their also the Only Brother and Sister to win a Cup Championship.
[4.] I made this a few weeks ago forgive me if some the info is out of date.
[1.] Sarah Michelle decided to follow in her Older Half Brother Mark Martin's footsteps as a race car driver.
[2.] She began her career in ARCA after graduating from Louisiana Tech with a degree in mechanical engineering.
[3.] Both Sarah Michelle and Mark hold the honor of being one of the Few Siblings to win a NASCAR Cup Championship; Their also the Only Brother and Sister to win a Cup Championship.
[4.] I made this a few weeks ago forgive me if some the info is out of date.
The Not-So American Century (an incipiently-ongoing series)
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THE CENTRAL POWERS
The Central Powers, also known informally as the Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between three member states and four associate members, all located in Europe. Established in the aftermath of the Third Balkan War, the organisation rationalised a range of pre-existing treaty arrangements between the three powers. At the core of the Central Powers agreement is a collective security arrangement: its independent member states agree to defend each other against attack by third parties. Originally intended as a counterbalance to the Franco-Russian Alliance, formed in 1891-4, the alliance has remained in place for over a century and has been involved in six wars against Russia, one against France, and a range of anti-piracy actions in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
The Central Powers’ main headquarters are located in Berlin, and its military headquarters are in Constantinople, near to the main site of recent Central Powers military engagements. By convention, the leadership of the alliance is divided between the members, with the Germans appointing the General Secretary, the alliance’s political leader, the Austrians appointing the chair of the military committee, and the Bulgarians appointing the commander of the Constantinople base. The three members have agreed to maintain their combined military spending at a level equal or greater than Russia’s.
In addition to the three main members, the alliance has 4 associate members. Of these, two are European microstates, Ragusa and Liechtenstein, who do not have full-time militaries (although they do have armed police) and traditionally have close foreign relations with Austria. The other associates, Tuscany and Ravenna, are both ruled by cadet-houses of the House of Habsburg, Austria’s ruling house, and have traditionally sought close relations. Associate nations are not bound by the full members’ agreements as to military spending, or to coordination regarding military exercises. However, all are bound by the alliance’s collective security arrangements and by foreign treaties negotiated by the Central Powers.
Although originally a military alliance, over time the Central Powers have increasingly coordinated their foreign and international trade policies. A customs union came into effect between all the member states and associate members in 1958, although this is administered separately from the Central Powers alliance. The other members of the Kulturverein – Kilimandscharo, Namibia, Kamerun, Togo, Samoa and New Guinea – are not members of the Central Powers, although they have coordinated anti-piracy efforts on the high seas with the navies of member states.
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THE CENTRAL POWERS
The Central Powers, also known informally as the Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between three member states and four associate members, all located in Europe. Established in the aftermath of the Third Balkan War, the organisation rationalised a range of pre-existing treaty arrangements between the three powers. At the core of the Central Powers agreement is a collective security arrangement: its independent member states agree to defend each other against attack by third parties. Originally intended as a counterbalance to the Franco-Russian Alliance, formed in 1891-4, the alliance has remained in place for over a century and has been involved in six wars against Russia, one against France, and a range of anti-piracy actions in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
The Central Powers’ main headquarters are located in Berlin, and its military headquarters are in Constantinople, near to the main site of recent Central Powers military engagements. By convention, the leadership of the alliance is divided between the members, with the Germans appointing the General Secretary, the alliance’s political leader, the Austrians appointing the chair of the military committee, and the Bulgarians appointing the commander of the Constantinople base. The three members have agreed to maintain their combined military spending at a level equal or greater than Russia’s.
In addition to the three main members, the alliance has 4 associate members. Of these, two are European microstates, Ragusa and Liechtenstein, who do not have full-time militaries (although they do have armed police) and traditionally have close foreign relations with Austria. The other associates, Tuscany and Ravenna, are both ruled by cadet-houses of the House of Habsburg, Austria’s ruling house, and have traditionally sought close relations. Associate nations are not bound by the full members’ agreements as to military spending, or to coordination regarding military exercises. However, all are bound by the alliance’s collective security arrangements and by foreign treaties negotiated by the Central Powers.
Although originally a military alliance, over time the Central Powers have increasingly coordinated their foreign and international trade policies. A customs union came into effect between all the member states and associate members in 1958, although this is administered separately from the Central Powers alliance. The other members of the Kulturverein – Kilimandscharo, Namibia, Kamerun, Togo, Samoa and New Guinea – are not members of the Central Powers, although they have coordinated anti-piracy efforts on the high seas with the navies of member states.
His name is John Connally not John Connolly.Return of the Taft pt.3:
Bulgarian GDP per capita is bigger, than German....
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Bulgaria number 1!1!1!1!1!1! 🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬 Serbcucks getting seething and malding /s
Yeah. I have no real PODs in mind (when I have one I might throw it on its own timeline) but I thought it was neat
Not much in it but yeah... Bear in mind TTL Bulgaria benefits from having the major cosmopolitan cities of Salonika and Constantinople in its territory.
TTL mail goal is to wank Bulgaria, yes?)))
I have absolutely nothing bad to say, NSAC is great TL, But megasuperuberstronk Bulgaria is destined to become a local meme))
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Finally bumping this TL!
The 1993 Greater London Council election was held on the 6th May 1993 to elect 84 councillors for a four-year term. Incumbent GLC leader Jeffrey Archer of the Conservatives was running for re-election to a second term.
Early in his term, Archer had proven surprisingly popular. Tory voters considered him personally charismatic and his government had negotiated the scandal over the introduction of the Community Charge or ‘poll tax’ better than many others by helping convince local councils to keep it low and responding more compromisingly to the widespread protests against it compared to the hardline stance of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Once Thatcher resigned in late 1990, Archer was questioned about the prospect of trying to seek the leadership, but gave a well-received speech where he declared ‘I will not abandon our capital’. Despite the unpopularity of many other Tories at the time and criticisms of problems with budget balancing by Archer’s council government, he retained the respect of many Londoners. Further compounding this was the leadership of the opposition parties, Neil Fletcher for Labour and Frank Pemberton of the Liberal Democrats, neither of whom made much impression.
Following the shock victory of John Major’s Conservative government in 1992, Fletcher resigned as Labour’s leader on the council. His successor would be the same MP who represented his seat (Holborn & St Pancras) at Westminster, namely Frank Dobson. Dobson was well-known as a colourful and abrasive member of the Shadow Cabinet, and his entry into the GLC energized the Labour group there despite Archer mocking him for ‘double-jobbing’.
Late 1992 would see two major scandals rock the Conservatives, one national and one local. Nationally, the decision to withdraw from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) severely damaged the party’s reputation for financial competence and made it unpopular across the country; locally, allegations were emerging that Archer had perverted the cause of justice in his libel trial in 1987. While he dismissed these claims as fraudulent, claiming the papers reporting on the scandal like the Daily Mirror and Guardian were ‘biased against’ him, evidence continued to build up, and the refusal of Major to dismiss him or even encourage him to stand down only further hurt the Tories’ brand.
By the time the 1993 elections came round, the Liberal Democrats had also begun to attempt a more aggressive strategy. Pemberton stood down as leader ahead of the election, and Mortlake councillor and candidate for the target seat of Richmond & Barnes, Tim Razzall, took his place. Razzall would prove a formidable campaigner for the party, helping bring the campaign machine that had allowed Liberal Democrat by-election gains throughout the early 90s to the GLC election with very successful results.
The Tories suffered a resounding defeat in 1993, losing 29 seats to be left with only 19, their worst total in the history of the GLC. Labour won a large majority with 58 of the 84 council seats, a majority of 32, the largest since 1967, and the Liberal Democrats took 7 seats, a new high for the party.
The Living Soul of Kansas
With the resignation of Agnew, Nixon had decisions to make. Who should take his place? With rumors of lawbreaking already being murmured, Nixon decided he should try to play it safe and pick someone who nobody would be willing to make president. He considered Edward Brooke but his longtime hostility was a nonstarter. Ultimately, he settled on a party elder statesman, emphasis on ‘elder.’ However Nixon underestimated Congress and eventually, against all odds, the man who nearly 4 decades ago been trounced by FDR now occupied the Oval Office.
President Alf Landon had some decisions to make. He selected fellow Kansan Bob Dole as his Vice President as an olive branch to conservatives and an assurance to party elders he would not seek re-election. Landon chose to refrain from pardoning Nixon, with the former president spending years in court and sentenced to prison shortly after Landon left office. The President struggled quite a bit navigating the 1970’s politics, with rising inflation and the oil shock damaging him. By far his biggest triumph was bringing the US into the European Common Market in 1975, which did boost the American economy. Otherwise though, Landon kept his administration quite lowkey.
In 1976, Landon nearly went back on his assurance. He was wary of the new generation of conservative politicians as a supporter of the Great Society and desegregation. For a time he considered challenging the right wing darling Ronald Reagan before allowing others to do so. When the delegates deadlocked, Landon once more mulled over entering the ring as a consensus ‘stop Reagan’ candidate, but before he committed to it the Californian cut a deal with the moderate wing to name House Minority Leader Gerald Ford as his running mate. Landon endorsed the ticket, but it failed to stop Church from taking the White House. Landon left office in 1977 and had a 10-year-long retirement before dying just days before his 100th birthday, making him the longest lived individual to have served as President to date.
With the resignation of Agnew, Nixon had decisions to make. Who should take his place? With rumors of lawbreaking already being murmured, Nixon decided he should try to play it safe and pick someone who nobody would be willing to make president. He considered Edward Brooke but his longtime hostility was a nonstarter. Ultimately, he settled on a party elder statesman, emphasis on ‘elder.’ However Nixon underestimated Congress and eventually, against all odds, the man who nearly 4 decades ago been trounced by FDR now occupied the Oval Office.
President Alf Landon had some decisions to make. He selected fellow Kansan Bob Dole as his Vice President as an olive branch to conservatives and an assurance to party elders he would not seek re-election. Landon chose to refrain from pardoning Nixon, with the former president spending years in court and sentenced to prison shortly after Landon left office. The President struggled quite a bit navigating the 1970’s politics, with rising inflation and the oil shock damaging him. By far his biggest triumph was bringing the US into the European Common Market in 1975, which did boost the American economy. Otherwise though, Landon kept his administration quite lowkey.
In 1976, Landon nearly went back on his assurance. He was wary of the new generation of conservative politicians as a supporter of the Great Society and desegregation. For a time he considered challenging the right wing darling Ronald Reagan before allowing others to do so. When the delegates deadlocked, Landon once more mulled over entering the ring as a consensus ‘stop Reagan’ candidate, but before he committed to it the Californian cut a deal with the moderate wing to name House Minority Leader Gerald Ford as his running mate. Landon endorsed the ticket, but it failed to stop Church from taking the White House. Landon left office in 1977 and had a 10-year-long retirement before dying just days before his 100th birthday, making him the longest lived individual to have served as President to date.
The Sixth Party System: The Success of John B. Anderson
Note: This was just something that popped into my head earlier today. I didn't put too much thought into how John B. Anderson wins the 1980 election. This was just something I thought would be interesting. I am also already aware that Paul's death date shows both 2019 and 2020. Mistake on my part, but the 2020 one is correct. I did my best to avoid any Current Political Figures, though if I got one, let me know.
Political Parties:
Democratic Party (#1c3ffd) - The Legacy of Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson. Democrats have moved to the political left thanks to the political leadership of Presidents Gore, Richards, and Brown. Democratic Socialist to social democrat, most of the conservatives in the party left for either the Republican or Liberal Party. Its political claim to fame as of the early 21st century is its progress on environmental and conservationist projects. It's strength is in the West Coast states, Hawaii, West Virginia, and the larger cities in the United States like New York, Pennsylvania, and Boston. They most recently ran the presidential ticket of Steve Beshear (D-KY)/Ralph Nader (D-CT).
Republican Party (#ff2d00) - The Legacy of Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan. Has moved increasingly farther to the right. Reagan loosing to Anderson would lead to him becoming a Senator from California, leading the Conservative charge in his party from 1983 until his resignation in 1994 with the diagnosis of his Alzheimer's disease. His conservative leadership would be taken up by Texas Representative Ron Paul. Most of the most conservative Democrats would join the Republican Party. Strongest support comes from the Great Plains, Midwest and Southern States. Most recent presidential ticket was George Bush (R-TX)/Jim Gilmore (R-VA)
Liberal Party (#ff0081) - The Legacy of the Dwight Eisenhower and George W. Romney. Born out of the Presidency of John B. Anderson, the Liberal Party would take the moderates of both parties. Though it originally was the home of Rockefeller Republicans, it would grow to include some of the slightly conservative branch of the Democratic Party. Claims to be the party of common sense and compromise. While one of the smallest parties in Congress, most bills do not get passed without some watering down/additions by the Liberal Party. The strongest support for the party comes from the New England States, New York, Delaware, Illinois, and Maryland. It also holds a hefty sway over the local politics of Kentucky and Texas. Its most recent presidential ticket was Christine Todd Whitman (L-NJ)/William Weld (L-MA).
Elections:
1980-1988: John B. Anderson (I/LR-IL)/Patrick Lucey (I/L-WI)
1980 def. Ronald Reagan (R-CA)/George H. Bush (R-TX), Jimmy Carter (D-GA)/Walter Mondale (D-MN)
1984 def. John Connally (R-TX)/Phil Crane (R-IL), John Glenn (D-OH)/Gary Hart (D-CO)
1988-1992: Patrick Lucey (L-WI)/Edward Brooke (L-MA)
1988 def. Harold Stassen (R-MN)/Paul Laxalt (R-NV), Michael Dukakis (D-MA)/Geraldine Ferraro (D-NY)
1992-2000: Al Gore (D-TN)/Richard Lamm (D-CO)
1992 def. Patrick Lucey (L-WI)/Edward Brooke (L-MA), George H. Bush (R-TX)/Pat Buchanan(R-VA)
1996 def. Pat Buchanan(R-VA)/Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Lowell Weicker (L-CT)/Paul Simon (L-IL)
2001-2006: Ann Richards (D-TX)/Jerry Brown (D-CA)
2000 def. John McCain (R-AZ)/Newt Gingrich (R-GA), George Pataki (L-NY)/Scott Brown (L-MA)
2004 def. Fred Thompson (R-TN)/Newt Gingrich (R-GA), Mike Castle (L-DE)/Dede Scozzafava (L-NY)
2006-2017: Jerry Brown (D-CA)/Peter DeFazio (D-OR)
2008 def. Newt Gingrich (R-GA)/Duncan L. Hunter (R-CA), Buddy Roemer (L-LA)/Fred Karger (L-CA)
2012 def. Colin Powell (R-MD)/Elliott Abrams (R-NY), Ben Chandler (L-KY)/Joe Baca (L-CA)
2017-2020: Ron Paul (R-NH)/George Bush (R-TX)
2016 def. Peter DeFazio (D-OR)/Christine Gregoire (D-WA), John Barrow (L-GA)/Mike Michaud (L-ME)
2020: George Bush (R-TX)/vacant
2020-present: Christine Todd Whitman (L-NJ)/William Weld (L-MA)
2020 def. George Bush (R-TX)/Jim Gilmore (R-VA), Steve Beshear (D-KY)/Ralph Nader (D-CT)
Jesus Christ that Austria is fucking massive.
And that Germany is pretty unimpresive if I mighty say so.
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