'We shall provide new Guards for our security' A Backwards TL

I was inspired by this thread https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=249379, and I have decided to write a TL starting from a setting in the present day and working backwards through time until we find the POD. At the moment, even I don't know it. Here is a little taster.

'Today on Southron News:

Alfred Leon wins the Conservation Party nomination, largely on the back of support from poor Appalachian farmers.

University of Mississippi recognises historical racial issues by unveiling a plaque commemorating the struggle of Cajuns for equal rights.

Shooting in Richmond, capital of Virginia, during the premiere of Guillermo de Vega's latest epic, The Long Walk. The attack was by a lone gunman, his reasons are uncertain. Director Jackson has issued a statement sharing condolences with the families of those hurt in the carnage.

Far-right Christian Front wins French elections, much to the country's consternation. Riots have broken out in the south of the country, and some people warn that the status quo in the long-lived French Union may be coming to an end.

Now over to David, with the sport...'
 
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A little sum-up of each continent in turn.

North America

Once upon a time, the Atlantic seaboard was entirely covered by the 'United States'. But only a few years after it was born, it collapsed. Now the former republic consists of the Federative Southron Republics, the Commonwealth of Greater Virginia, the Grand Duchy of Maryland, the Republic of Pennsylvania, the Crowned Republic of New York, and the Union of New England. While all these states began as British colonies, they have each taken their own course. Their dialects of English are diverse, their national identities wildly different and in the two hundred years since their independence, their genetic profiles have also altered considerably. For example, the Southrons now have a significant French and Spanish populace and this is reflected in loanwords, and cultural mores.

West of these states, is the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. At the mouth of the Mississippi is the Cadianna Republic, an anarchic French-speaking merchant nation, once ruled by aristocrats but in the last century has been dramatically liberalised. Around the Ohio, the Virginians made some inroads, but most of the territory is the Huron Federation, once a native state but now far more diverse in persuasion.

more later
 
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