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Erinthecute

Erinthecute

Red Arturoist said:
That's excellent! What happened during or just before the Suarez Chancellorship to enable, and make necessary, an indepdent Chancellor and a technocratic cabinet and referendums? On what were those referendums? And how is the Suarez Chancellorship viewed among the populace?

Also, does this USA rule all of OTL USA? Or less, or is it even more territory?
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The 2005 election result was inconclusive, with Congress split between a number of conflicting blocs, with no workable majority possible. Labor managed to cobble together just enough support to govern, but this collapsed very quickly. By the time Kaufman resigned, it was clear the continuation of the Labor minority government was not possible. New Chancellor Hussain talked several times with President Carpenter in the days after taking office, ultimately agreeing to step aside in favor of Dominic Suarez, an experienced lawyer and diplomat, who would become interim Chancellor with the intention of trying to build a new coalition or, if that was not possible, call new elections. When Plan A failed, Carpenter opted against Plan B, expecting a second election to deliver a similarly messy result.

Suarez was at this point quite popular, and was able to garner enough Congressional support to lead a non-partisan, technocratic cabinet, intended only to last until the political situation could be worked out - which ended up stretching to over two years, during which time his popularity eroded away. Ultimately, the government arranged a number of referendums aimed at preventing a repeat of this situation. These included proposing the prohibition of non-parliamentarians from serving as Chancellor and provisions for holding new elections in the event of a deadlocked parliament; all were passed comfortably. Suarez and Carpenter then agreed to call a new election.

While people had their issues with Suarez, most of the public ire fell upon President Carpenter, who was seen as most responsible for the questionable arrangement. By the time her term expired in 2008, though, she had successfully led the country through another period of difficult minority government, this time under Alexander Blackwell in 2007. This earned her enough support to successfully win re-election in 2008, serving uneventfully until the end of her tenure in 2013. Nonetheless, her actions are still contentious and her legacy is mixed.

The USA (or rather the Federal Republic of America) is significantly smaller than OTL USA since the Louisiana Purchase was never made. Here's a map.
 
msmp

msmp

The current Taoiseach in an alternate version of Ireland that I'm slowly working on where the 2nd Home Rule bill passed and a devolved Ireland later became a Commonwealth realm (ie, sharing Elizabeth II in a personal union with the United Kingdom, but is independent in every way):

(Edit: Added in the new Leader of the Government in Seanad Éireann and the Leader of the Opposition in the Irish Commons too)

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Pragmatic Progressive

Erinthecute said:
The 2005 election result was inconclusive, with Congress split between a number of conflicting blocs, with no workable majority possible. Labor managed to cobble together just enough support to govern, but this collapsed very quickly. By the time Kaufman resigned, it was clear the continuation of the Labor minority government was not possible. New Chancellor Hussain talked several times with President Carpenter in the days after taking office, ultimately agreeing to step aside in favor of Dominic Suarez, an experienced lawyer and diplomat, who would become interim Chancellor with the intention of trying to build a new coalition or, if that was not possible, call new elections. When Plan A failed, Carpenter opted against Plan B, expecting a second election to deliver a similarly messy result.

Suarez was at this point quite popular, and was able to garner enough Congressional support to lead a non-partisan, technocratic cabinet, intended only to last until the political situation could be worked out - which ended up stretching to over two years, during which time his popularity eroded away. Ultimately, the government arranged a number of referendums aimed at preventing a repeat of this situation. These included proposing the prohibition of non-parliamentarians from serving as Chancellor and provisions for holding new elections in the event of a deadlocked parliament; all were passed comfortably. Suarez and Carpenter then agreed to call a new election.

While people had their issues with Suarez, most of the public ire fell upon President Carpenter, who was seen as most responsible for the questionable arrangement. By the time her term expired in 2008, though, she had successfully led the country through another period of difficult minority government, this time under Alexander Blackwell in 2007. This earned her enough support to successfully win re-election in 2008, serving uneventfully until the end of her tenure in 2013. Nonetheless, her actions are still contentious and her legacy is mixed.

The USA (or rather the Federal Republic of America) is significantly smaller than OTL USA since the Louisiana Purchase was never made. Here's a map.
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Very interesting! Now, with that sort of eventful Suarez chancellorship, will we see a Messi chancellorship? Or a Ronalo or Neymar one?
 

Pragmatic Progressive

@Erinthecute , was Snow-Newman's election assisted by a Fridays-for-Future-like movement? What role does climate change play ITTL?

And what did France do during the Mills and Crawford (and probably intervening?) chancellorships that there were two French Wars and, a decade later or so, Crawford felt it necessary to severe diplomatic relations?
 

SovietGreen

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@SovietGreen, is there a link to your althist?
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No, sorry. Right now it's a bunch of maps and wikiboxes in a folder on my computer and I haven't fully developed the timeline yet. Maybe someday I'll post it if I ever work up the courage or magically gain the same skill as the writers of Our Fair Country and Hail Britannia or something.
 
Steve Brinson

Steve Brinson

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|P.....John_Stennis|
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|P....Mark_Hatfield|
|S....Henry_Bellmon|
|==================|
|..Senator_for_WA..|
|------------------|
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|P.......Homer_Bone|
|S.......Don_Bonker|
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|.by_engine_failure|
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|Spouses...........|
|..Eleanor_Maddieux|
|......28-35_(div.)|
|..Jermaine_Peralta|
|.64-88_(his_death)|
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####################
|....Andrew_Card...|
|==================|
|.President_of_the.|
|...United_States..|
|------------------|
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|VP.....John_Warner|
|P..Warren_Magnuson|
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|...Secretary_of...|
|.....Commerce.....|
|------------------|
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|A......George_Bush|
|P........Gary_Hart|
|S.office_abolished|
|++++++++++++++++++|
|Born.......5/10/47|
|.......Brockton_MA|
|Died........2/5/88|
|.....South_Bend_IN|
|Cause_Death.......|
|.....Assassination|
|PolParty.......GOP|
|Spouses...........|
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AceOfDiamonds

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The Annals of the Times of Earth is one of the most important historical documents to survive the Apocalypse and the Sixth Era. The origin of the Annals is still hotly debated, but it was thought to have been established early in the Third Era to provide a historical record for future generations in the form of a daily record of events, later incorporating letters from guest writers commenting on the state of humanity and human affairs at the time. The scale of the job leads many scholars to believe it was a state-sponsored enterprise, a theory seemingly supported by the contribution of various 'correspondents', a role thought to be a special kind of scribe. The Annals is thought to have been in production every day for nearly seven centuries (from the early Third Era to the end of Apocalypse), but the vast majority of it is lost. Of the quarter of a million issues thought to have been produced, only thirty-seven survive in their complete form and only one hundred and nine in partial form. Given the paucity of records from before the Apocalypse, these few fragments are vital for scholars attempting to chart the history of humanity and have led to many breakthroughs, like the discovery of scarcity cannibalism in Britain in the mid-19th century. Although other partially-surviving histories, like Jurassic Park, have more coherent narratives and are more popular, the Annals is valued by academics for the broad time period it covers.

The surviving content of the Annals varies greatly. It mostly consists of news and commentary on current affairs, but it also includes weather reports, recipes, guides, essays, what appear to be public records, notices, obituaries, pictures, reviews, and advertisements. The authenticity of the Annals is generally not doubted because of its oral history, which links it back to the pre-Apocalypse civilisation. However, some doubts have been raised as it appears to contradict other sources. For example, the scholarly consensus is that Charles de Gaulle, an Old French military dictator, was assassinated by an Algerian nationalist in 1963, as recorded in a partially-surviving source written by Frederick of Forsyth, but the Annals has records dated to 1968 containing references to de Gaulle. Whilst it is possible de Gaulle's spirit was transferred into a mechanical body after death, it is unknown if that process was yet in use in 1968.

One of the biggest mysteries of the Annals is the identity of its enigmatic compiler, 'Thunderer', who remained in post for seven centuries. Some believe it to be a title or the name of some kind of editorial committee, but the prevailing theory is that it is the name of a spirit bound by the government to serve eternally as the Annals' compiler, in much the same way as spirits are bound in the present day. Linked to the question of Thunderer's identity is the question of whether the Annals speak of the future as well as the past. Some believe, based on the Annals' logo, that a collection of prophecies is contained within it, threaded throughout the narrative so that each article refers to events that happen in both the past and the future. This was once a fringe view but it has grown in popularity in academic circles to the point where the government takes unofficial advice from the scribes and diviners who work to find the hidden predictions, to the consternation of the Corporation of Seers and the other Imperial Colleges.

Regardless of its prophetic attributes, the Annals remains one of the most detailed sources modern researchers have for the history of a long-dead civilisation and its long-lost home.
 

Partisantheory

Wolfram said:
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|..Warren_Magnuson.|
|==================|
|.President_of_the.|
|...United_States..|
|------------------|
|..2/5/88->2/5/88..|
|VP..........VACANT|
|Pred...George_Bush|
|Succ...Andrew_Card|
|==================|
|...President_pro..|
|.tempore_of_the_US|
|......Senate......|
|------------------|
|..1/3/79->1/3/83..|
|P.....John_Stennis|
|S...Strom_Thurmond|
|..1/3/87->2/5/88..|
|P....Mark_Hatfield|
|S....Henry_Bellmon|
|==================|
|..Senator_for_WA..|
|------------------|
|12/14/44->2/5/88..|
|P.......Homer_Bone|
|S.......Don_Bonker|
|==================|
|Representative_for|
|.......WA-1.......|
|------------------|
|..1/3/37->12/14/44|
|P.Marion_Zioncheck|
|S...Emerson_DeLacy|
|++++++++++++++++++|
|Born.......4/12/05|
|.......Moorhead_MN|
|Died........2/5/88|
|...Dulles_Int'l_VA|
|Cause_Death.......|
|..Air_crash_caused|
|.by_engine_failure|
|...due_to_meteoric|
|.ejecta_ash_intake|
|PolParty.......DEM|
|Spouses...........|
|..Eleanor_Maddieux|
|......28-35_(div.)|
|..Jermaine_Peralta|
|.64-88_(his_death)|
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####################
|....Andrew_Card...|
|==================|
|.President_of_the.|
|...United_States..|
|------------------|
|..2/5/88->4/17/88.|
|VP.....John_Warner|
|P..Warren_Magnuson|
|S......John_Warner|
|==================|
|...Secretary_of...|
|.....Commerce.....|
|------------------|
|.1/20/87->2/5/88..|
|A......George_Bush|
|P........Gary_Hart|
|S.office_abolished|
|++++++++++++++++++|
|Born.......5/10/47|
|.......Brockton_MA|
|Died........2/5/88|
|.....South_Bend_IN|
|Cause_Death.......|
|.....Assassination|
|PolParty.......GOP|
|Spouses...........|
|...Kathleene_Bryan|
|.68-88_(his_death)|
####################
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Goweegie2

Goweegie2

Wolfram said:
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|..Warren_Magnuson.|
|==================|
|.President_of_the.|
|...United_States..|
|------------------|
|..2/5/88->2/5/88..|
|VP..........VACANT|
|Pred...George_Bush|
|Succ...Andrew_Card|
|==================|
|...President_pro..|
|.tempore_of_the_US|
|......Senate......|
|------------------|
|..1/3/79->1/3/83..|
|P.....John_Stennis|
|S...Strom_Thurmond|
|..1/3/87->2/5/88..|
|P....Mark_Hatfield|
|S....Henry_Bellmon|
|==================|
|..Senator_for_WA..|
|------------------|
|12/14/44->2/5/88..|
|P.......Homer_Bone|
|S.......Don_Bonker|
|==================|
|Representative_for|
|.......WA-1.......|
|------------------|
|..1/3/37->12/14/44|
|P.Marion_Zioncheck|
|S...Emerson_DeLacy|
|++++++++++++++++++|
|Born.......4/12/05|
|.......Moorhead_MN|
|Died........2/5/88|
|...Dulles_Int'l_VA|
|Cause_Death.......|
|..Air_crash_caused|
|.by_engine_failure|
|...due_to_meteoric|
|.ejecta_ash_intake|
|PolParty.......DEM|
|Spouses...........|
|..Eleanor_Maddieux|
|......28-35_(div.)|
|..Jermaine_Peralta|
|.64-88_(his_death)|
####################
####################
|....Andrew_Card...|
|==================|
|.President_of_the.|
|...United_States..|
|------------------|
|..2/5/88->4/17/88.|
|VP.....John_Warner|
|P..Warren_Magnuson|
|S......John_Warner|
|==================|
|...Secretary_of...|
|.....Commerce.....|
|------------------|
|.1/20/87->2/5/88..|
|A......George_Bush|
|P........Gary_Hart|
|S.office_abolished|
|++++++++++++++++++|
|Born.......5/10/47|
|.......Brockton_MA|
|Died........2/5/88|
|.....South_Bend_IN|
|Cause_Death.......|
|.....Assassination|
|PolParty.......GOP|
|Spouses...........|
|...Kathleene_Bryan|
|.68-88_(his_death)|
####################
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