Hi, there. I have a series of questions related to PODs and Alternative Stories. For example, I have a 1824 POD from Mexico where a series of changes occur that would strengthen the country.
Here comes my doubt, I would like to fill in the "gaps" that exist, for example in some years I need to add who were the governors and legislators (i.e., who was the governor of Yucatan between 1853 and 1857), the problem is that I have very little information about these people and sometimes it is null.
One idea I have is to use other people who lived at that time and in Our Time Line (NLT) had other professions, for example someone named Juan Perez who in NLT was a famous painter born in 1819, I would like to make him Governor of Yucatan between 1853 and 1857.
But do you think it's acceptable? How do I justify the change? And if he was born in 1800 or earlier, how could he make it political and justify the change? because I would be in my 20s or 30s at the time of the POD and I'm sure that by that time, many have already chosen what they will do.
Besides, if I don't know his ideology, what can I do to give him one? right, left, center, comunist (example), capitalist, federalist... etc