Thanks for the endorsement!
As for the WI, here's the rub: 1820 was not the beginning, but the end of the battle over how Argentina would be governed. The result of the Battle of Cepeda was the beginning of the Civil War, sure, but it was also the final and irreversible dissolution of the...
Technically two, since my British Uruguay TL touches on a similar premise lol. Thank you for the tag!
The (re)orientation of interior Argentina towards Buenos Aires was a gradual process; the political and economic center of gravity in the region was Lima, the Viceroyalty of La Plata had only...
The most frequent exposure to flags for a lot of people is going to be the army or the navy, which already employ red cross patterns aplenty. The Imperial standard is almost certainly purple, but I imagine they're likely the only people allowed to fly the purple itself.
The symbolic attachment...
I love the map, I love the lore of the Brazilian splinters, I love a lot of this... but what is up with that Argentina, that is a lot of things wrong ;o;
One minor one: La Plata wouldn't exist if Buenos Aires isn't the nation's capital.
The element of surprise is the only thing make his beleaguered and reduced forces of concrete value to Smyrna's defenders: if Nereas is allowed to reinforce the blocking force, relief will never reach the city.
The Roman invading army was defeated, soundly at that. The Empire could have lost a lot more if Iskandar didn't have a lodge brotherhood with Sarantenos to stay his hand in Syria.
Institutionally this seems like the last death rattle of a system that is prone to civil wars; that system won't survive this war, for good and for ill.
With Bill going down the AG path, I want to bring up the most interesting ripple effect of this with a question: does Hilary Rodham run in Illinois or make a go of it in Arkansas?
Couldn't help but chuckle at this paragraph, another fantastic chapter! All in all a solid win for Carter, though I don't expect Poli to go quietly into the night after this very public humbling. I'm guessing PATCO gets its pound of flesh in the healthcare talks.
The very division in Southern society that the Fusionists and Populists managed to ride to a (somewhat) more democratic South for a time; there's hope for a post-Reconstruction realignment yet.