I’m afraid going into detail about what’s happening in Mexico is beyond the scope of this story. But needless to say, Mexican Aztlan has issues of its own that are roughly analogous to its northern neighbors. Less hijinks involving the US federal government or American militiamen, and more contention with the old cartels, the different factions derived from the Mexican government, and having to accommodate and assimilate a large population of Americanized Hispanics.
Acadia (if you mean the faction in Louisiana) will get covered in the next entry. There’s a lot going on there and they’re one of the more unique factions in the country. If you mean Acadia as in Maine/New Brunswick, there is a small Acadian faction up north as well. Maine will be the very last of the 50 states we cover, but I’ll also go over the US territories and probably have a bonus roundup article to conclude the series.
Ingersoll wasn’t the only bad actor, and America had other ongoing problems that would have occurred anyway. There were ongoing revolts in the form of the NAR, Louisiana revolution, Regenerated Congress, Purified Mormons, and others. And the growing rift between Bozeman and Amarillo (not to mention St. Cloud, Kahului, and State College) probably meant that there would be a split among federal governments in course of time.
But John Ingersoll definitely exacerbated the country’s problems and made them far worse than they might have been otherwise. Sometimes history has those moments where a country gets the worst possible ruler at the worst possible time to have an awful ruler, with catastrophic consequences. Maybe if the system were more robust, like a healthy democracy or even a stable monarchy or dictatorship, they might not have produced such a bad ruler. It’s like the Roman Empire always having succession crises. 21st Century America got really bad in this setting. Imagine tumultuous, contentious elections like 2020 every four years for decades.
Excellent work, your best entry so far imo. Will we get a look at the Aztlan states on the Mexican side of the border too?
I'm very curious to hear more about Acadia too.
I’m afraid going into detail about what’s happening in Mexico is beyond the scope of this story. But needless to say, Mexican Aztlan has issues of its own that are roughly analogous to its northern neighbors. Less hijinks involving the US federal government or American militiamen, and more contention with the old cartels, the different factions derived from the Mexican government, and having to accommodate and assimilate a large population of Americanized Hispanics.
Acadia (if you mean the faction in Louisiana) will get covered in the next entry. There’s a lot going on there and they’re one of the more unique factions in the country. If you mean Acadia as in Maine/New Brunswick, there is a small Acadian faction up north as well. Maine will be the very last of the 50 states we cover, but I’ll also go over the US territories and probably have a bonus roundup article to conclude the series.
Man, if only someone better than Ingersoll came to power. Things could have been so much better.
Ingersoll wasn’t the only bad actor, and America had other ongoing problems that would have occurred anyway. There were ongoing revolts in the form of the NAR, Louisiana revolution, Regenerated Congress, Purified Mormons, and others. And the growing rift between Bozeman and Amarillo (not to mention St. Cloud, Kahului, and State College) probably meant that there would be a split among federal governments in course of time.
But John Ingersoll definitely exacerbated the country’s problems and made them far worse than they might have been otherwise. Sometimes history has those moments where a country gets the worst possible ruler at the worst possible time to have an awful ruler, with catastrophic consequences. Maybe if the system were more robust, like a healthy democracy or even a stable monarchy or dictatorship, they might not have produced such a bad ruler. It’s like the Roman Empire always having succession crises. 21st Century America got really bad in this setting. Imagine tumultuous, contentious elections like 2020 every four years for decades.