I do like the idea of a leadership council, but it needs an odd number of members to avoid deadlock--and the two consuls will almost certainly be at odds, so in practice it would come down to negotiations between the President and the Chancellor.
The electoral district system introduces...
That's a cat's whisker, yeah. They were using those in radiotelegraphy for decades before anyone had enough understanding of the quantum effects at work to take the next step.
Personally, I'm more partial to Oleg Losev if you're looking for earlier solid state electronics--not early...
Galaxy's a big place. How often would any one planet see a Jedi roll by? Even in an order of millions?
EDIT: It might well be that most people only know the Jedi second, third, fourth hand over the holonet. And would you believe the reports of telekinetic space wizards somersaulting about with...
I do have a few ideas for a SaB Expanded Universe, but mostly they delve into technology, particularly space technology, and the Republic of Selene.
Still, with that and your thoughts, might be worth pursuing.
Maybe?
The Suez Canal crisis comes to mind as a possible flashpoint. I want to say it's too soon--1956 is just eleven years after Victory in Europe, not enough time to develop the extremely bad rap hinted at--but it fits too well.
EDIT:I can't find an estimate of the Soviet nuclear inventory...
Or one of the many, many incidents of direct confrontations during the Cold War escalated to conventional warfare and then a general nuclear exchange.
That would be reason enough for certain parties in the West to demonize the communists even if they didn't do any worse than match escalation...
Well, that confirms the CCP doesn't survive the Third World War.
Probably it happens before the Sino-Soviet split.
Also, interesting detail, Sixth Encirclement Campaign. Which suggests the Long March happened latter than OTL, if at all.
I'd like to see that, if you can be rigorous about the dragons. It's too easy to end up writing 'the industrial revolution, with MAaaAaaagiiiic' otherwise.
There was this notion kicking around that Qing China didn't industrialize in time because the non-industrial methods they had were good...
Technological acceleration.
It doesn't happen every time, but I've never seen a timeline where science and technology advanced, on the whole, slower than IRL. It's always 'same as before', 'some faster, some slower, net same as before' or 'some or all faster'.
It could be that it starts with Fascist Italy as part of the anti-communist bloc going Leeroy Jenkins into the Hungary Uprising, and everyone else left playing catchup until it all spirals into WW3.
It'd be out of character for Sanna, but if he dies soon after WW2...