Born from the nexus of history and philosophy, the Commonwealth 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. With a total population of just over of 250 million citizens representing a diverse variety of different demographics, the Commonwealth of America spans from the Artic to the Caribbean, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Neighboring Mexico, Cuba, and the West Indies Federation, America has long enjoyed an active and often dominant role in the hemisphere. The Commonwealth 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.
The capital is located in the city of Philadelphia, though other prominent cities include Atlanta, Baltimore, Baton Rouge, Boston, Calgary, Charleston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Georgetown, Halifax, Liverpool, Miami, Minneapolis, Montreal, New Orleans, New York, Omaha, Pittsburgh, Quebec, Tampa, Toronto, Vancouver, and Wolfesboro.
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 Commonwealth of America is both the foremost economic power of both North America and the broader British Empire. Its advanced economy, the fourth 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 Commonwealth 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 Representatives, allocating its seats in proportion to population whereas the Senate consists of only two members for each province. The Dominion is a realm within the Commonwealth of Nations, and is officially bilingual. It ranks among the highest in international measurements of government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic freedom, and education. It is 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 socialist Democratic Party, and the 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 1945, which severed the vestiges of legal dependence on the British parliament, except for the power to amend its constitution.
The 1968 American Federal Election was held on November 5th, 1968, in all 333 constituencies of the House of Commons of the Commonwealth of America. The Progressive Conservative Party, led by former New York Premier Nelson Rockefeller, managed to win a plurality of 143 seats compared to the Liberals, whose majority was whittled down to just 140 seats. The Democratic Party also experienced minor losses, while the former Southern Provincial Party (now rebranded as a new national party, the American Heritage Party) managed to increase their presence in parliament and elected over twenty new members to the House. The dying Social Credit Party, whose base of support had fallen back to just the rural seats of Quebec, also lost their last MP in an election that was dominated by tensions with communist Cuba, the question of Afro-American civil rights in the southern provinces, rising crime and joblessness, and political turmoil amongst other factors. With a hung parliament, convention offered Prime Minister Humphrey the chance to form a coalition government, but he could not do so with Wallace's support, and thus resigned as Prime Minister. Rockefeller ultimately was sworn in on a minority government with the tacit support of the American Heritage Party, who offered their supply and confidence on the budget and confidence votes in exchange for Rockefeller's incoming government embracing law-and-order policies that Wallace had embraced on the campaign trail.
Edit: Revisiting an old series of infoboxes I did a while back. Also
@GBehm should be credited for the first one, I apologize for failing to clarify that when I initially posted this.