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Epilogue
In the aftermath of the Civil War, the Union was left tired and bitter after seemingly snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. The Radical faction of the Republican Party quickly took over the reins of the Party and the government in the aftermath of the impeachment of President Lane. During the 1864 election, the Radicals run their own candidate in John Freemont, while the moderates run Abraham Lincoln. Freemont won a narrow victory against Lincoln and a smattering of Democratic candidates. As a gesture of reconciliation between the two camps, Freemont would appoint Lincoln to the Supreme Court - The Democratic Party would remain marginalized as national political for a generation in the aftermath of the war, the Party would remain locked out of the Presidency until 1888, and only 2 Democrats serve as President between 1863 and 1933.


Radical Republicans would push for several amendments to the constitution during Freemonts term, granting citizenship to Black people, outlawing discrimination based on race and granting voting rights (slavery had been abolished during Wade's short presidency), however social equality would not truly be achieved until the 1920s in the aftermath of the Great War.

Down South, the Confederate States would slowly descend into dictatorship and misery. While at first the country found a lucrative business avenue trading cheap cotton with Britain and France, public opinion in these countries would slowly force Paris and London to distance themselves from the Confederacy. By the time Brazil had abolished slavery in 1888, the CSA was the last "civilized" country on Earth where slavery existed as a state-sanctioned institution. Far from attempting to distance itself from it, the government doubled downed on it and white supremacy.

Democracy in the CSA had been slowly been degraded since the collapse of the Whig Party in that country, as the planet class slowly worked to disenfranchise poor whites, the CS Democratic Party used the Confederate Electoral Collage to shut out all opposition, as well as gerrymandering Congress and the state houses (which adopted the South Carolina model of appointing electors instead of using a statewide vote). This was the principal reason for Texas to counter-cessede from the CSA on 1889, with aid from America on the condition that it abolished slavery.

There where small pockets of resistance to Confederate rule, whoever they were ultimately crushed and those that had opposed cession where the first generation of white slaves. As time went on, the real threat of slavement for various crimes kept the poor white population in fear of their government. Refugees, both black and white, became increasingly common. The reception they got varied significantly thought the years, from a cold reception to open arms. Many formed "Freetowns" along the Border States, where ironically race relations tended to be more harmonious than in the rest of the Union.


This would continue on until 1910 when a series of violent revolutions rocked the country, which prompted American intervention by President Roosevelt. The end result was that by 1917, the United States had re-annexed Virginia and North Carolina, Florida had become independent like Texas, and the remaining Confederate States would become a bi-racial socialist democracy that would serve as the model of government for nations like South Africa and Rhodesia-Zimbabwe.

Today, CSA remains a poor rural country, however, it has put behind its painful past, has a friendly relationship with the USA, and now looks towards the future with optimism.
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