History Characters / KaiserreichUSA

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: During the Nicaraguan Revolution, America opted to retreat from the country entirely as they knew the country would fall to the Sandinists anyway.

* TheGeneralissimo: Should he remain in power after the Civil War, he'll become the first example of this in the in-universe history of the United States, continuing to wear his fatigues and gold-braided cap, and creating a military dictatorship.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Long's assassination allows corporations to exercise as much power as possible without syndicalist threats or Long's populist reforms.

%% As per Administrivia/HowToCreateACharacterPage, every character must have at least one listed trope that's not a Administrivia/ZeroContextExample. Usually, this means that leaders who have no unique content should not have their own entries on this page.

* DemotedToExtra: Due to his death in 1921, FDR has become little more than a historical footnote, only even mentioned in a single sentence of the official 1917-1936 timeline.
* ForWantOfANail: The German victory in the Weltkrieg somehow affects his polio, making it fatal. This makes less sense if you look into it, as it's now believed that he got [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paralytic_illness_of_Franklin_D._Roosevelt something other than polio, likely an auto-immune condition called Guillain–Barré syndrome, which was in turn likely triggered by some other infection]].

* GreyAndBlackMorality: While preventing Long from becoming a dictator is a noble cause, the new government is not fully democratic, being classified as authoritarian democrat. They will enforce loyalty oaths for politicians, expand the power of the FBI and the HUAC, and ruthlessly attack trade unions.

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Dies does many of the IRL [=McCarthyist=] actions such as COINTELPRO, organizing the HUAC against leftists, and anti-immigrationist rhetoric, but him coming to power after overthrowing a dictatorial Long or the WPC is a godsend in comparison.

* RedScare: The PSA seeks to ensure that Syndicalism will never take root in the last bastion of freedom in America. It can be eventually subverted under certain conditions; if the PSA and the CSA agree to a ceasefire during the civil war, and the PSA elects a social-democratic President and the CSA adopts a democratic constitution following the war (by choosing either the Syndicalist or Radical Socialist paths), it is possible for them to agree to peacefully unify into a whole country again.

* RightfulKingReturns: As of 0.17, if General [=MacArthur=] overthrows a moderate democratically elected President, the former Vice President (who had been logrolling in the West trying to calm down agitation) will step up and lead the PSA as interim President. Given the President's incapacitation by [=MacArthur=], the Vice President arguably is the Constitutional President of the USA.
** However, without the 25th Amendment, this is not entirely set in stone and with the AUS and CSA challenging the results of the election, the legal point is moot unless the PSA wins. Moreover, with the elected President in house arrest, the lines are further blurred.

* DirtyCommunists: William Z. Foster and Earl Browder, Totalist options for the CSA. Earl Browder is the classical Bolshevist dictator with Stalinist economic policies, while Foster is more economically free, but socially ''insane'', and wants to implement government ''child labor'' programs and ''legalize suicide''[[note]]the last of which may not ''sound'' that bad... except the event announcing it implies the real reason Foster does it is so his government has an easier time covering up disappearing dissidents by claiming they committed suicide[[/note]].

!!''Israel Amter''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_csa_israel_amter.png]]
->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Syndicalist President 1948 election)
->'''Party:''' Socialist Party of America
->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism

* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: Depending on how things play out, Israel Amter can potentially become the first Jewish-American leader of America.

!!''Asa Philip Randolph''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Syndicalist or Two-terms Radical Socialist President 1952 election)
->'''Party:''' Socialist Party of America
->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism
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* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: Depending on how things play out, Randolph can potentially become the first African American leader of the American nation, even doing so several decades before UsefulNotes/BarackObama did the same thing in OTL.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:American Union State]]
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%%[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Commonwealth of America]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kr_pelley_flag.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Official Name:''' American Union State, United States of America (Civil War victory or Robert Wood coup), American Republic (Business Plot)
->'''Ruling Party:''' America First Party
->'''Ideology:''' National Populism
The opposition government declared by America First Party leader Huey Long in the Second American Civil War, in the possible event that Long rebels. Founded by Long based on his beliefs in distributist economics, anti-Syndicalism, and American nationalism, the AFP has a strong political base in the Southeast, and is backed by a loyal party paramilitary. With Long increasingly losing faith in the federal government's loyalty to American values, he might just find it necessary to declare his own true American governent to safeguard true Americanism.
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!!''David I. Walsh''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (1937 election)
->'''Party:''' Democratic Party
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
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* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: David Walsh was Massachusetts's first Irish-Catholic senator.

!!''Maurice J. Tobin''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (1944 election)
->'''Party:''' Democratic Party
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
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* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: Maurice Tobin can potentially become America's first Catholic president in 1944, 16 years before UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy in OTL.

* RightfulKingReturns: Hawaii can restore the old monarchy that was in place before it became a US territory, and as such is the only part of the former United States that can have a king, albeit one with no claims of being a successor to the US, unlike the other breakaways that all see themselves as the real United States.

%%!!''Lili'uokalani II''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_haw_lydia_liliuokalani.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Monarchy restored)
%%->'''Party:''' Hui Aloha Aina[[note]]Patriotic League[[/note]], National Liberal Party (Elections), Republican Party (Elections), Progressive Party (Elections)
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism, Social Liberalism, Market Liberalism, Social Democracy
%%----

[[/folder]]

* DividedStatesOfAmerica:
** As the Civil War breaks out, the US can be divided into the Combined Syndicates of America in the Midwest, the American Union State in the South, the Pacific States of America on the West Coast, and the federal government holding the rest. While the USA, CSA and AUS will always fight to the death, America might still end up in a semi-stable division with the Pacific States, New England, and Hawaii refusing to rejoin the winner and lands lost to Canada and Mexico remaining in their hands unless reclaimed.
** The federal government can lose additional territory beyond the major civil war factions. New England can become a Canada-backed independent country or directly occupied by Canada, Hawaii can go independent, Alaska can get occupied by Canada, and Puerto Rico can join the West Indies Federation or start a nationalist uprising. Lastly, a National Populist Mexico can invade the United States from the south, splitting off more territories.

* AllohistoricalAllusion: [=MacArthur=]'s coup against President Jack Reed closely mirrors UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet's coup -- amid fears that a democratically elected socialist president is overstepping legal bounds, a high-ranking general forcibly removes them from office and establishes a military dictatorship that ignores any legal bounds.
** If [=MacArthur=] is arrested at the end of the Civil War (following a ceasefire with the Pacific States), he will deliver a variation of his famous 'Old Soldiers Never Die' speech

%%!!''Harry Flood Byrd''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_usa_harry_f_byrd.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President (1940 election, Cincinnatus [=MacArthur=] was not arrested)
%%->'''Party:''' Democratic Party - Conservative
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
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%%!!''Wendell L. Willkie''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_usa_wendell_willkie_kr.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President (1940 election, Landon is President)
%%->'''Party:''' Republicans
%%->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
%%----

%%!!''Richard Brevard Russell Jr.''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_usa_richard_russell_jr.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President (1944 election, [=MacArthur=] is President)
%%->'''Party:''' Democratic Party - Conservative
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
%%----

%%!!''Robert Alphonso Taft''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_usa_robert_taft.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President (1944 election, Landon is President)
%%->'''Party:''' Republicans
%%->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
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%%!!''Alben William Barkley''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_usa_alben_barkley.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President (Smith succession, 1944 election, Landon is President)
%%->'''Party:''' Democratic Party - Progressive
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
%%----

%%!!''UsefulNotes/HarrySTruman''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_usa_harry_truman_kr.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President (1944 Elections, Republican President or 1948 Elections, [=MacArthur=]/Byrd President)
%%->'''Party:''' Democratic Party - Progressive
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
%%----

!!''UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower''
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->'''Role:''' General, President (1952 election, Chandler/Russell Jr./Truman President)
->'''Party:''' Republicans
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism

* InSpiteOfANail: Despite how different the world is, especially in the U.S., it's possible for Eisenhower to face Adlai Stevenson in 1952 just like in OTL, especially if he wins.

!!''[[UsefulNotes/AdlaiStevensonII Adlai Ewing Stevenson]]''
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->'''Role:''' President (1952 election, Republican/Truman 1948 president)
->'''Party:''' Democratic Party - Progressive
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
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* InSpiteOfANail: Despite how different the world is, especially in the U.S., it's possible for Stevenson to be the Democratic candidate after a Truman presidency and face Eisenhower in 1952 just like in OTL.

!!''UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt''
A rising politican of the Democratic Party who served as a Secretary of Navy during Wilson's presidency, Franklin Delano Roosevelt abruptly died of polio in 1921. One can wonder what would be his place in the American history if it wasn't for his premature death...
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%%!!''Daniel Webster Hoan''
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%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (President Thomas 1940 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Workers' Party of America
%%->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism
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%%!!''John Llewellyn Lewis''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_csa_john_llewellyn_lewis.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Syndicalist President 1944 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Socialist Party of America
%%->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism
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!!''Anna Eleanor Roosevelt''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_csa_eleanor_roosevelt.png]]
->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (New England doesn't exist, Radical Socialist President 1944 election)
->'''Party:''' Workers' Party of America
->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism

* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: Depending on how things play out and if Flynn didn't became president, Eleanor Roosevelt can potentially become the first female leader of America.

%%!!''Frank Tetes Johns''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_csa_frank_johns.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (New England exists, Radical Socialist President 1944 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Workers' Party of America
%%->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism
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%%!!''Frank Paul Zeidler''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_csa_frank_zeidler.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (President Flynn 1948 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Workers' Party of America
%%->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism
%%----

!!''Israel Amter''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_csa_israel_amter.png]]
->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Syndicalist President 1948 election)
->'''Party:''' Socialist Party of America
->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism
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%%!!''Elmer Thompson Allison''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_csa_elmer_allison.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (President Hoan/Thomas 1948 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Workers' Party of America
%%->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism
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%%!!''Darlington Hoopes''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_csa_darlington_hoopes.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (President Hoan 1948 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Socialist Party of America
%%->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism
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%%!!''James Patrick Cannon''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_csa_james_cannon.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (President Sinclair/Lewis 1948 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Workers' Party of America
%%->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism
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%%!!''Oakley Calvin Johnson''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_csa_oakley_johnson.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Two-terms Radical Socialist President 1948 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Socialist Party of America
%%->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism
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%%!!''Henning Albert Blomen''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_csa_henning_blomen.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Radical Socialist or Two-terms Syndicalist President 1952 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Workers' Party of America
%%->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism
%%----

* EnemyMine: Both in real life and in the mod, Huey hates the KKK and large corporations, and they hate Huey in return. The only thing keeping them united is the fact that they hate syndicalism even more, and are all extremely patriotic.

* TheKlan: Unsurprisingly, the Klan itself aligned with the America First and a major militant force under Pelley's banner [[TheStarscream that will try to take over after the civil war is over]]. However, if Long (who historically despised the KKK) consolidates power after the Civil War, the Klan gets purged.
* MegaCorp: If Huey Long makes an alliance with them, the corporatists can assemble huge political influence in the AUS after the Civil War, in spite of Huey Long's populist rhetoric. Their cooperation on based on mutual hatred for syndicalism, love of patriotism, and a supposed willingness of said corporations to abide by Long's reforms. Pelley, meanwhile, opens the floodgates to unrestrained corporate power, and if Moseley and his allies take over, the AUS becomes OneNationUnderCopyright.
* OppressiveStatesOfAmerica: Out of all factions in the American Civil War, it's the easiest for the AUS to become this, since they already start as a dictatorship (albeit Long's dictatorship can be viewed as quite benevolent depending on your point of view). It gets even worse if the alliance of wealthy businessmen under Moseley that also supports the AUS manages to rise to power, they will establish exactly the oppressive plutocracy that Long wanted to avoid coming into being.

* RevolvingDoorRevolution: Huey Long's America First Party leads a distributist revolution against the corrupt federal United States government. After Long's victory, Long may find himself being deposed by the American Legion or the Business Plot.

* TakeAThirdOption: Long's Populist economics are essentially one to the conflict between Syndicalism and Classical Capitalism. Ironically, it's implied they would have been enough to placate the Syndicalists if he didn't scare the worker unions with his authoritarianism and vehement anti-leftist rhetoric. With patch 0.7, there is now a third option between [[PresidentForLife Huey]] and [[TheFundamentalist Pelley]], a group of industrialists like Henry Ford and Fred Koch and their allies. They occupy the middle ground between the two, with FBI becoming a more powerful version of the Minutemen, a very nationalistic rhetoric, and corporate control over the government and armed forces.

* AssassinOutclassin: Huey Long can survive as many as three assassination attempts. First, before the game begins, Huey Long survived his historical assassination. Second, President Olson, Garner, or Landon can have Long assassinated, but this too can fail (the success or failure is determined by random chance -- and it can ''only'' succeed if the USA is player-run). Third, if the AUS wins the Second American Civil War, Pelley will attempt to have Long assassinated so that he can seize power, and this too can fail (success is determined by the AUS player).

** In the backstory, Long formed political alliances of necessity with racists he holds little common ideological ground with, such as William Dudley Pelley, as well as Henry Ford and other corporations that hate syndicalism and espouse extreme nationalism. If he isn't cautious enough, this can easily [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness backfire]] on him.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Despite his good intentions, Huey Long's dictatorial tendencies and his collaboration with far-right anti-Syndicalist elements can come back to bite him and all of America. Pelley and the Business Plot highlight a dangerous weakness in the AUS's dictatorship: namely, that when someone without Huey Long's benevolence gets all the powers Long accrued, things start going bad very quickly.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After the Civil War ends, Long no longer has a reason to continue collaboration with Pelley and his right-wing associates, and will launch a crackdown on them if Long's faction wins the in post-ACW power struggle.

%%!!''Al Smith''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_usa_al_smith.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] ([=MacArthur=] deposed Garner)
%%->'''Party:''' Democratic Party - Progressive
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
%%See his entry in the United States of America folder.

%%!!''Charles Linza [=McNary=]''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_psa_charles_l_mcnary.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] ([=MacArthur=] deposed Landon or 1940 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Republican Party
%%->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
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%%!!''Earl Warren''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_psa_earl_warren.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Vice-President ([=McNary=] cabinet), President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] ([=McNary=] succession)
%%->'''Party:''' Republican Party
%%->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
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%%!!''Henry Agard Wallace''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_psa_henry_wallace.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (1940 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Farmer-Labor Party
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy
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%%!!''Culbert Levy Olson''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_psa_culbert_olson.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (1940 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Democratic Party - Progressive
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
%%----

%%!!''Philip Fox La Follette''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_psa_philip_la_follette.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Non-Farmer-Labor President 1944 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Farmer-Labor Party
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy
%%----

%%!!''Sheridan Downey''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_psa_sheridan_downey.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Non-Democrat President 1944 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Democratic Party - Conservative
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
%%----

%%!!''Joseph Bracken Lee''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_psa_joseph_bracken_lee.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (President Olson 1944 election or President Wallace 1948 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Republican Party
%%->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
%%----

%%!!''Glen Hearst Taylor''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_psa_glen_taylor.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Two-terms President Wallace or Non-Farmer-Labor President 1948 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Farmer-Labor Party
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy
%%----

%%!!''Clarence Daniel Martin''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_psa_clarence_martin.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (1948 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Democratic Party - Progressive
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
%%----

!!''Warren Grant Magnuson''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Non-Democrat or Two-terms Democrat President 1952 election)

%%!!''Harry Pulliam Cain''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_psa_harry_cain.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (President Martin/Downey 1952 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Republican Party
%%->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
%%----

!!''[[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon Richard Milhous Nixon]]''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Non-Republican or Two-terms Republican President 1952 election)
->'''Party:''' Republican Party
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
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* InSpiteOfANail: Despite large changes to American history, Richard Nixon can still end up president, albeit 16 years earlier than OTL.

%%!!''Lewis O. Barrows''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_nee_lewis_barrows.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Maine Secretary of State, President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (1937 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Republican Party
%%->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
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%%!!''Joseph William Martin Jr.''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_nee_joseph_martin_jr_4.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (1937 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Republican Party
%%->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
%%----

%%!!''Charles F. Hurley''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_nee_charles_hurley.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (1940 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Democratic Party
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
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%%!!''John G. Winant''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_nee_john_winant.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (1940 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Republican Party
%%->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
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%%!!''Raymond E. Baldwin''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_nee_raymond_baldwin.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (1944 election)

%%!!''William Averell Harriman''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_nee_william_harriman.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (1948 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Democratic Party
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism

%%!!''George Aiken''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_nee_george_aiken.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (1948 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Republican Party
%%->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism

%%!!''Chester Bowles''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_nee_chester_bowles.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (1952 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Democratic Party
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism

%%!!''Thomas E. Dewey''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_nee_thomas_dewey_kr.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (1952 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Republican Party
%%->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism

[[folder:Hawaii]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Kingdom of Hawaii]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/haw_kingdom_flag.png[[/labelnote]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Commune of Hawaii]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/haw_flag_4.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Official Name:''' Republic of Hawaii, Kingdom of Hawaii (Monarchy restored), Commune of Hawaii (Socialist)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Emergency Directorate

The state of Hawaii sometimes leaves both the Union and the Pacific States, leaving it to fend for itself as either a monarchy, republic or even Syndicalist state.

* AquaticMook: Hawaii has multiple focuses dedicated on bonuses to marines and warfare on wet terrains plus amphibious invasions, turning their special divisions into this. Given that Hawaii is divided into many individual islands and that they ''will'' have to hop from one to another in a defensive war, this is pretty much a justified ([[EliteMooks And very useful]]) example.
* ChummyCommies: The Hawaiian socialists, if they take power, seek to build a truly egalitarian state, reforming the education, implementing universal suffrage, allowing unions to operate independently, and ensuring that everyone's interests and complaints are taken into account.
* RightfulKingReturns: Hawaii can restore the old monarchy that was in place before it became a US territory, and as such is the only part of the former United States that can have a king, albeit one with no claims of being a successor to the US, unlike the other breakaways that all see themselves as the real United States.
* SummonBiggerFish: If the victor of the civil war decides to conquer Hawaii or Japan has its eyes on the island, Hawaii's main hope of victory is being backed by whatever faction it joined.
* TeamSwitzerland: Hawaii can break away from America and the Pacific States, in which case it will proclaim neutrality in the Second American Civil War.

!!''James Dole''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_haw_james_dole.png]]
->'''Role:''' Country Leader
->'''Party:''' Emergency Directorate

* EmergencyAuthority: James Dole is the leader of an "Emergency Directorate" taking control of Hawaii after the beginning of the Civil War.

%%!!''Lawrence [=McCully=] Judd''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_haw_lawrence_judd_5.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Republic declared), Prime Minister[[note]]Second in Command[[/note]] (Monarchy, 1940 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Republican Party
%%->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
%%----

%%!!''John Henry Wilson''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_haw_john_henry_wilson_8.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (1940 election), Prime Minister[[note]]Second in Command[[/note]] (Monarchy, 1940 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Progressive Party
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy
%%----

%%!!''Samuel Wilder King''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_haw_samuel_king.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (1940 election), Prime Minister[[note]]Second in Command[[/note]] (Monarchy, 1940 election)
%%->'''Party:''' National Liberal Party
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
%%----

%%!!''Henry Alexander Baldwin''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_haw_alexander_baldwin.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (1940 election), Prime Minister[[note]]Second in Command[[/note]] (Monarchy restored)
%%->'''Party:''' Hui Aloha Aina[[note]]Patriotic League[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
%%----

%%!!''Lili'uokalani II''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_haw_lydia_liliuokalani.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Monarchy restored)
%%->'''Party:''' Hui Aloha Aina[[note]]Patriotic League[[/note]], National Liberal Party (Elections), Republican Party (Elections), Progressive Party (Elections)
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism, Social Liberalism, Market Liberalism, Social Democracy
%%----

%%!!''Arthur Rutledge''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_haw_arthur_rutledge.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Country Leader (Hawaiian Revolution)
%%->'''Party:''' Socialist Party of Hawaii
%%->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism
%%----

%%!!''Jack Wayne Hall''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_haw_jack_hall.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Country Leader (Hawaiian Revolution, 1940 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Hawaiian Federation of Labor
%%->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism
%%----

%%!!''Jack Denichi Kimoto''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_haw_jack_denichi_kimoto.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Country Leader (Hawaiian Revolution, 1940 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Revolutionary Party of Hawaii
%%->'''Ideology:''' Totalism
%%----
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Puerto Rico]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flag_of_puerto_rico_0.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Puerto Rican Republic (National Populist)]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flag_of_the_puerto_rican_nationalist_party.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[quoteright:350:]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Grito de Lares Flag (National Populist)]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lares_flag.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Official Name:''' Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican Republic (Independence), Puerto Rican Commune (Socialist)
->'''Party:''' Gobernación Americana[[note]]American Governorship[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy

!!''Blanton C. Winship''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kr_blanton_winship.png]]
->'''Role:''' Governor[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Gobernación Americana[[note]]American Governorship[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy
----
* EmergencyAuthority: When riots break out in Puerto Rico following the start of the second American Civil War, Governor Winship will ask for some much needed executive authority to handle the situation as he sees fit. The USA might choose to grant him his request or ignore his demands and keep the island as is.

%%!!''Gobierno de La Fortaleza[[note]]Government of The Fortress[[/note]]''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_pue_la_fortaleza.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Country Leader (Constitutional Convention)
%%->'''Party:''' Unión de Puerto Rico[[note]]Union of Puerto Rico[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
%%----

%%!!''Antonio Rafael Barceló''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_pue_antonio_rafael_barcelo_y_martinez.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Elections or Released by a Market Liberal country)
%%->'''Party:''' Partido Liberal de Puerto Rico[[note]]Liberal Party of Puerto Rico[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism, Market Liberalism
%%----

%%!!''Ernesto Ramos Antonini''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_pue_ernesto_ramos_antonini.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Barceló succession)
%%->'''Party:''' Partido Liberal de Puerto Rico[[note]]Liberal Party of Puerto Rico[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism, Market Liberalism
%%----

%%!!''Luis Miñoz Marín''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_pue_luis_munoz_marin.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Barceló succession)
%%->'''Party:''' Partido Liberal de Puerto Rico[[note]]Liberal Party of Puerto Rico[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism, Market Liberalism
%%----

%%!!''Santiago Iglesias Pantín''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_pue_santiago_iglesias_pantin.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Elections), Chairman[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Released by a Radical Socialist/Syndicalist country)
%%->'''Party:''' Partido Socialista Puertorriqueño[[note]]Puerto Rican Socialist Party[[/note]], Partido Socialista[[note]]Socialist Party of Puerto Rico[[/note]], Confederación General de Trabajo[[note]]General Confederation of Labour[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy, Radical Socialism, Syndicalism
%%----

%%!!''Bolívar Pagán Lucca''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pue_bolivar_pagan_lucca.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Iglesias passes away)
%%->'''Party:''' Partido Socialista[[note]]Socialist Party of Puerto Rico[[/note]], Partido Socialista Puertorriqueño[[note]]Puerto Rican Socialist Party[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism, Social Democracy
%%----

%%!!''César Andreu Iglesias''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_pue_cesar_andreu_iglesias.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Iglesias passes away or Released by a Totalist country)
%%->'''Party:''' Confederación General de Trabajo[[note]]General Confederation of Labour[[/note]], Partido Comunista[[note]]Communist Party of Puerto Rico[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism, Totalism
%%----

%%!!''José Coll y Cuchí''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_pue_jose_coll_y_cuchi.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Elections)
%%->'''Party:''' Partido Unión Puertorriqueña[[note]]Puerto Rican Union Party[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy
%%----

!!''Pedro Albizu Campos''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kr_pedro_albizu_campos.png]]
->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Nationalist Revolt or Elections)
->'''Party:''' Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico[[note]]Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' National Populism
----

%%->'''Role:''' President (1944 election, MacArthur is President)

!!''Adlai Ewing Stevenson''

%%!!''Al Smith''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_usa_al_smith.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President (Olson, Reed and Long deposed)
%%->'''Party:''' Democratic Party - Progressive
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
%%----

%%->'''Role:''' President (1940 election, Q. Roosevelt is President)

%%->'''Role:''' President (1944 election, Byrd is President)

%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_nee_joseph_martin_jr.png]]

->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1936 election)

->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1936 election)

->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1936 election)

->'''Role:''' Field Marshal, President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Military coup)

->'''Role:''' Vice-President (President Olson), President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Olson succession or 1940 election), President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (PSA, [=MacArthur=] deposed Olson)

->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1936 US election or CSA starting leader)

->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Post-war elections or Anti-Totalist coup)

->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Post-war elections or Anti-Totalist coup or President Cannon 1952 election)

->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Post-war elections)

->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Post-war elections)

->'''Role:''' Field Marshal, President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Anti-Totalist coup)

->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (President Flynn 1940 election or President Allison 1952 election)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (President Thomas 1940 election)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Syndicalist President 1944 election)

->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (New England doesn't exist, Radical Socialist President 1944 election)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (New England exists, Radical Socialist President 1944 election)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (President Flynn 1948 election)

->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Syndicalist President 1948 election)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (President Hoan/Thomas 1948 election)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (President Hoan 1948 election)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (President Sinclair/Lewis 1948 election)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Two-terms Radical Socialist President 1948 election)

->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Syndicalist or Two-terms Radical Socialist President 1952 election)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Radical Socialist or Two-terms Syndicalist President 1952 election)

->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (USA 1936 election or AUS, starting leader)

->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Long succession)

->'''Role:''' America Legion Commander (Appointed by Long), President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Business Plot)

->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Moseley succession)

->'''Role:''' Chairman of the HUAC[[note]]Political Advisor[[/note]], President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Robert Wood coup or WPC fail to cover up Long's death)

->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Elections)

->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] ([=MacArthur=] deposed Olson)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] ([=MacArthur=] deposed Garner)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] ([=MacArthur=] deposed Landon or 1940 election)

%%->'''Role:''' Vice-President ([=McNary=] cabinet), President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] ([=McNary=] succession)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1940 election)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1940 election)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Non-Farmer-Labor President 1944 election)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Non-Democrat President 1944 election)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (President Olson 1944 election or President Wallace 1948 election)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Two-terms President Wallace or Non-Farmer-Labor President 1948 election)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1948 election)

->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Non-Democrat or Two-terms Democrat President 1952 election)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (President Martin/Downey 1952 election)

->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Non-Republican or Two-terms Republican President 1952 election)

->'''Role:''' Interim President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1937 election)

%%->'''Role:''' Maine Secretary of State, President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1937 election)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1937 election)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1940 election)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1940 election)

->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1944 election)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1944 election)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1948 election)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1948 election)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1952 election)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1952 election)

->'''Role:''' Head of State

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Republic declared), Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Monarchy, 1940 election)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1940 election), Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Monarchy, 1940 election)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1940 election), Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Monarchy, 1940 election)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1940 election), Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Monarchy restored)

%%->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Monarchy restored)

%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (Hawaiian Revolution)

%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (Hawaiian Revolution, 1940 election)

%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (Hawaiian Revolution, 1940 election)

->'''Role:''' Governor[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (Constitutional Convention)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Elections or Released by a Market Liberal country)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Barceló succession)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Barceló succession)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Elections), Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Released by a Radical Socialist/Syndicalist country)

%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Iglesias passes away)

%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Iglesias passes away, Released by a Totalist country)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Elections)

->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Nationalist Revolt or Elections)

%%!!''Israel Amter''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_csa_israel_amter.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Syndicalist President 1948 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Socialist Party of America
%%->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism
%%----

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: August 10th, 1874, in West Branch, Iowa, United States of America\\
Political Career: An effective organiser of multiple relief effort for war-torn Europe during the Weltkrieg and largely unaffiliated with the Democratic and Republican establishments, many had very high hopes for Herbert Hoover when he formally declared himself a Republican shortly after the start of the Great Depression in 1925. Hoover ran on a fairly optimistic platform of increasing public infrastructure projects and attempting to unify the country under a moderate government. He and Charles Curtis easily won the 1928 elections, but soon found his platform stalled by the realities of the increasingly polarized American electorate. As the Great Depression and the fingerpointing only grew worse, Hoover narrowly won the 1932 elections after the election went to the House to decide.\\
Throughout his tenure, Hoover has worked to stabilize the situation the best he could. In the political realm, he has wrangled with Congressional Democrats on legislation to solve the Great Depression, to middling success. The worsening situation has pushed to look to other, less savoury measures as well. He has discreetly asked military planners to continually revise War Plan White to prepare contingencies for ‘severe domestic turmoil' and elevated the stature of one General Douglas [=MacArthur=], a rising star among certain nervous establishment circles.\\
As a restless 1936 dawns, all eyes are on the White House to see what happens next. While a few see his position as that of just another lame duck, Hoover knows the decisions he makes in his final year may very well alter the course of the nation. Over sleepless nights and countless phone-calls, Hoover's actions (or lack thereof) will decide America's fate and that of his legacy...[[/labelnote]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: November 13th, 1891, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America\\
Political Career: Floyd B. Olson was never supposed to become President of the United States. Born in the north side of Minneapolis in 1891 to a Norwegian father and a Swedish mother, Olson grew up serving as a shabbos goy for the local Jewish community, then briefly working for the Northern Pacific Railway before dropping out of university and heading west to work odd jobs in Canada and Alaska, and then Seattle where he joined the International Workers of the World for a time, picking up a quasi-socialist ideology he would hold throughout his life. In 1913 he returned to Minnesota to study law, and became the Hennepin Country attorney by 1920. He became known as a tough prosecutor, taking on corrupt businessmen, the Ku Klux Klan, and the conservative Minnesota Citizens Alliance after the latter hired a hitman to blow up the home of a union leader. During this time, Olson aligned as a Progressive, a Democrat, and eventually as a Farmer-Labor nominee - and was rewarded when he became that party's first governor of Minnesota.\\
The fact that the Republican and Democratic establishment felt it necessary to put such a radical candidate at the head of their unity ticket is a stark sign of desperation - the Socialist Party of America was regretfully determined to be the biggest danger, and Olson's candidacy was aimed to convince SPA voters to once again bet on reform. This was not a decision easily made, however - as Olson stands as the only man that might talk down the syndicalists, some conservative Democrats wonder if they made the wrong choice, and it's possible that they may throw their hat in with America First if Olson is seen as selling out to socialism.\\
Olson's diagnosis with stomach cancer only underscores the pressure: however assured that he's in good health, it adds to the sense that time is running out - and that the stakes could not be higher.[[/labelnote]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: September 8th, 1889, in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America\\
Political Career: John Nance Garner IV - a Texan by birth, a lawyer by training, and a politician by profession - is the leading face of the Democratic Party establishment. Entering politics as a county judge, Garner quickly proceeded to the Texas House of Representatives in 1898 and soon made a name for himself by stubbornly backing the prickly pear cactus to be chosen as the Texas state flower - forever earning him the moniker 'Cactus Jack'. After two terms at the state level, he was elected to national office in 1902 with the backing of the white landowners that control voting in South Texas. In the three decades since, Garner has marked himself as a supporter of a federal income tax, rural investment, a balanced budget, and the machinery that has, up to now, maintained Democratic dominance over the South, all combined with a larger-than-life personality that endears him to both farmers and Southern magnates alike.\\
This is the wave that has sent Garner to the presidency, even if by a House decision. The coastal Republicans have had their chance - now is the time for a 'new South' to take the reigns of leadership and guide America through the storm it now finds itself in. Having long supported federal intervention against strikes, Garner has vowed that he will defend America and her democracy from those who threaten it by any means necessary, and more than one person has suggested - or even hoped - that 'any means necessary' may mean cutting a deal with Senator Huey Long and the America First Party - a prospect that some of the more idealistic Democrats squirm at.\\
In a twist of fate, it is now a Southerner and a Democrat that is tasked with saving America. The country - and the world - holds its breath, and waits to see what Cactus Jack will do.[[/labelnote]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: October 12th, 1887, in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania\\
Political Career: That, of all people who could've been picked for the task, Alfred Mossman Landon was chosen to lead America in its darkest hour is something of a curiosity. Born in 1887 in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, raised in Marietta, Ohio, and finally studying and settling down in Kansas, Landon eventually acquired substantial personal wealth as an oil producer, and became a major figure of the national oil lobby - a group attacked by both the left and right. A supporter of Teddy Roosevelt's Progressive Party and his 1912 election bid, Landon eventually became the leader of the Kansas liberal Republican caucus. In 1932, he was elected as the Kansas state governor in an exceptionally tight race, and narrowly won re-election 2 years later, building a reputation as a soft-spoken reformist Republican in a time where they are becoming an increasingly rare sight.\\
Landon was backed by the Republican party machinery as a centrist in a polarized political field dominated by loud personalities and radicalism. Most commentators believed the Republican Party to be on its deathbed, and wrote off Landon and his subdued campaign: the candidate travelled little and left much to his campaigners. And yet, in what will likely be considered one of the greatest upsets in American history, Landon outpaced both the Democrats and the radicals and won the election after a House decision - perhaps he was seen as the only sane man in a field of madness? Whatever the reason, the President carries a unique political legacy, a man who is fiscally conservative yet receptive to government intervention; a figure of business interests who is still a supporter of labour unions.\\
For the second time, a Republican stands before a house deeply divided - and President Landon has some very large shoes to fill.[[/labelnote]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' (President) [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: January 26th, 1880, in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America\\
Political Career: Born a military brat and spending his childhood moving from one army camp to another, Douglas [=MacArthur=] asserts that he learned to ride and shoot before he could read or write - and those skills were what he tied the rest of his career to. The most successful son of Lt. General Arthur [=MacArthur=], he followed the steps of his father and enrolled in the United States Military Academy at West Point, then - immediately to fighting against insurgencies in the Philippines and the occupation of Veracruz during the Mexican Revolution. By the 1920s, he was already the youngest Major General in the United States Army and the super-intendant of West Point, which he reformed to address the changes in modern warfare since the Weltkrieg. After service in his old academy, he returned to his second home, the Philippines - but his time there was brief, as deteriorating situation in the United States forced him to return in 1930.\\
As political battles raged in Congress and behind closed doors, [=MacArthur=]'s name kept being mentioned as a blessing or as a curse - everyone knew of his persona, and everyone knew what it stood for. To imagine that the United States Army could intervene in civilian politics, undermine democracy, as if it was some tinpot Latin American dictatorship and not the birthplace of democracy... was a hard pill to swallow for many in the upper echelons of government. President Hoover found himself relying upon [=MacArthur=]'s strongarm control of the army more and more to prevent a collapse of order, and now that he's gone, the General made no surprises and did exactly what was foretold.\\
Wrapping himself in the corpse of American democracy, [=MacArthur=] now commands a junta of conservative politicians and business interests to defend the America they hold dear from everyone on the political spectrum. To what end? To be a Cincinnatus, or a Caesar? Only the flamboyant, egotistical, yet surprisingly enigmatic General in Washington knows.[[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' (Civilian) [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: January 26th, 1880, in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America\\
Political Career: When America was in crisis, the name "Douglas [=MacArthur=]" was often spoken of in the halls of Congress with worried tones, men fearful of the prospect that he may simply march on the White House and prove to be the slayer of American democracy. But though the later war would scar the United States forever, democracy, however damaged, survived. [=MacArthur=]'s career, on the other hand, prospered. His talented command, strong leadership, and affinity for the national spotlight transformed him into a war hero. With the conflict's end, it came as little surprise that he would seek the nation's highest office through more legal means.\\
Winning the Republican nomination and finally the elections, America's citizens hope that their new President can show the same resolve he did in war, at peace.[[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' (Field Marshal) [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: January 26th, 1880, in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America\\
Political Career: "Big Chief" [=MacArthur=], born from a long family line of military men, graduated from West Point as an Engineer Corps second lieutenant in 1903 with the highest grade in the academy's history. In 1904, he was promoted to first lieutenant and travelled to the Philippines in order to help his father with the construction of their headquarters. Through his father's influence, [=MacArthur=] quickly became a military advisor to President Theodore Roosevelt until 1908, where he took command of an engineer company in Fort Leavenworth, reaching the rank of Captain in 1911. All these high profile postings allowed him to join the American General Staff in 1912, at the young age of 32. [=MacArthur=] took part in the occupation of Veracruz, learning Spanish in a matter of weeks and taking part in several small skirmishes with the rebels. He returned to America in 1919, when he was assigned as the Director of the United States' Military Academy at West Point. In 1922, he returned to the Philippines, this time to inspect the island's defence status, and having to intervene personally to end mutiny of Philippino scouts. With his promotion to Major General in 1925, his notoriety only grew and grew, being sent to the 1928 Olympic games in the Netherlands to head the American Olympic Committee. However, [=MacArthur=] was also forced to comply with orders he didn't agree with, like the court martial of Brigadier General Billy Mitchell, which [=MacArthur=] has called "one of the most distasteful orders I ever received". During the "Bonus March", [=MacArthur=] was forced, under President Hoover's orders, to put down the "Bonus Army" despite [=MacArthur's=] agreeing with the protestors' demands. He has since then become the highest ranking American Officer, although he has had a troubled relation with the government's executive branch.\\
Notes: Born from a family that fought in the Civil War, [=MacArthur=] is willing to do whatever is necessary to keep America as a united, great and free country.[[/labelnote]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: November 19th, 1897, in Washington, D.C., United States of America\\
Political Career: The youngest son of former president Theodore Roosevelt, from an early age Quentin was groomed for political activism in his father's Republican Party. Quentin, however, wished to be a pilot, but was injured in his training in 1918. Seeing his family being torn by Archibald Roosevelt's entry into Huey Long's camp, Quentin entered politics and served as New York's Senator during the fateful year of 1936. Now that the great national disaster is over, Quentin plans to follow in his father's footsteps and push for a new American Fair Deal.[[/labelnote]]

!!''Al Smith''
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->'''Role:''' President (Olson, Reed and Long deposed)

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: December 30th, 1873, in New York City, New York, United States of America\\
Poltical Career: Alfred Emanuel Smith was born to an Irish-American mother and an Italian-American father a few years after the American Civil War. His father, a Zouave during the war, was the owner of a small trucking firm, but passed away during Alfred’s youth. Forced to drop out of parochial school, Smith worked at a fish market to make ends meet during the height of the Gilded Age and never attended high school. Nonetheless, between his experience "studying people" at the fish market and some experience acting at a local theatre circuit, "Al" Smith developed proficient speaking skills and a solid Catholic, Irish identity.\\
With his working class credentials, Al Smith became a champion of immigrants in New York, fighting for Progressive Reforms. Despite his close association with the Tammany Hall political machine, Smith himself avoided engaging in any personal corruption as he rose through the ranks, finally being elected Governor of New York in 1919 after delivering a stunning rebuke to Hearst as "a man as low and mean as I can picture". Throughout his tenure, he fought for civil service reform and workers’ protections, and his ambitions soon turned to national politics. Smith would unsuccessfully seek the Democratic nomination for President in 1924 and 1928, rejected in part because of his Catholic faith.\\
After an unsuccessful 1928 bid, Smith became a board member of Empire State Inc. and three years later the Empire State building would open in 1931. The skyscraper would not be the only one to reach for the skies however: as the political winds changed so did Al Smith’s fortunes. Tapped in 1936 to be John Garner’s running mate in the 1936 elections, Smith’s political fortunes were suddenly revived. One way or another, he has now become President of the United States, a lifelong dream. It is now up to America’s first Catholic President to live up to his working class ideals and bring about positive change to the nation.[[/labelnote]]

!!''Harry Flood Byrd''
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->'''Role:''' President (1940 election, Q. Roosevelt is President)
->'''Party:''' Democratic Party - Conservative
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: June 10th, 1887, in Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States of America\\
Poltical Career: Whereas many southern populists fell to Huey Long's charms and deserted the Democratic Party, Harry F. Byrd stood his ground. Harry Byrd was born into a Virginian Brahmin family with a direct line to the American Revolution, and is a firm believer in segregation and fiscally conservative policies intended to reduce the national debt. Holding firm to his anti-Keynesian policies, Harry Byrd won as the stabilising image of American traditional establishment.[[/labelnote]]

!!''Wendell L. Willkie''
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->'''Role:''' President (1940 election, Landon is President)
->'''Party:''' Republicans
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: February 18th, 1892, in Elwood, Indiana, United States of America\\
Poltical Career: Wendell Willkie has been many things in his life before the presidency. He began as a William Jennings Dixiecrat, became a socialist in college, and rumours persist that he seduced Song Mei Ling during a diplomatic visit to China in 1933 - not to mention an affair with writer Irita Van Doren. He continued to stand out when he opposed Democrats to push for a bank holiday when the Great Depression hit. This support for financial institutions and his assertions that government aid should not interfere with market competition made him a possible pick for Democrat John Garner's running mate in 1936, and he served well during the 1936 campaign and afterwards. That time in the limelight propelled him to national prominence, enough to take power within the decade. It remains to be seen whether this polytalented man can handle the many roles of the presidency.[[/labelnote]]

!!''Richard Brevard Russell Jr.''
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->'''Role:''' President (1944 election, Byrd is President)
->'''Party:''' Democratic Party - Conservative
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: November 2nd, 1897, in Winder, Georgia, United States of America\\
Poltical Career: The final ascent into the White House by Richard Russell Jr. is the final stroke in a long game that extends even before his time in the Democrat party. Russell Jr. has accumulated the right combination of titles in the US Navy, in the Georgian House of Representatives, and the US Congress to secure universal respect. His focus that de-segregation should happen entirely on southern terms proved popular with a national audience. Time will tell whether this position is sustainable.[[/labelnote]]

!!''Robert Alphonso Taft''
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->'''Role:''' President (1944 election, Landon is President)
->'''Party:''' Republicans
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: September 8th, 1889, in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America\\
Poltical Career: Robert Alphonso Taft Sr. is the latest scion of the Taft family and eldest son of former President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft. He followed his father into a career in law, being admitted to the Ohio bar in 1913 with the best test scores in the state. Dedicating the next few years to his legal practice, Taft served a brief stint in Washington as part of the legal staff for the Food and Drug Administration where he met his idol, Herbert Hoover. While in Washington, Taft grew to despise government inefficiency, an attitude he carried into the Ohio House of Representatives in 1920. His time in Ohio saw him become a leading figure of the Ohio Republican Party's conservative faction and a vigorous opponent of the Ku Klux Klan, famously voting against a Klan-sponsored bill to ban dancing on Sundays and opposing another bill requiring Ohio public schools to read ten Bible verses daily. Throughout his career, Taft has ardently championed the superiority of private initiative over nearly every sphere, and became one of the greatest enemies of Ohio's socialists.\\
Despite his lacklustre speaking ability, Taft's local notoriety and status as head of the political dynasty turned into national fame, then to the Republican nomination for President, and then to the White House. President Taft, now known as "Mr. Republican", wields great influence over the party machinery and country clubs across the country and marks himself as a supporter of small government, a sceptic of foreign adventurism, and a defender of individual rights.[[/labelnote]]

!!''Alben William Barkley''
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->'''Role:''' President (Smith succession, 1944 election, Landon is President)
->'''Party:''' Democratic Party - Progressive
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: November 24th, 1877, in Wheel, Kentucky, United States of America\\
Poltical Career: Alben draws from over thirty years of political experience within the Democrat party and his own smart judgement. While Alben supported Wilson's reforms, he opposed [=McAdoo's=] attempts to reverse those policies. After several failed national election bids and a steady voting record, Alben was the right piece on the chess board in this election to gain the White House for the Democrats.[[/labelnote]]

!!''UsefulNotes/HarrySTruman''
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->'''Role:''' President (1944 Elections, Republican President or 1948 Elections, [=MacArthur=]/Byrd President)
->'''Party:''' Democratic Party - Progressive
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: May 8th, 1884, in Lamar, Missouri, United States of America\\
Poltical Career: Harry Truman's farming career seemed settled before the Great Depression and Dust Bowl set him bankrupt after another failed attempt to get rich. Truman entered politics in the late 1920s as a voice for farmers' welfare and an agent of the Pendergast machine in Kansas City. In 1938, Truman rose to the ranks of the United States Senate, and in the years afterward surprised his colleagues with his true abilities in tracking and eliminating the waste in Reconstruction. He has also sponsored many bills to help the everyman in the cities and countryside, rising to become the liberal Democrats' most highly rated candidates among the electorate. Victorious in the last elections, he now looks over an America ready to begin helping itself and the world in a way it never could before.[[/labelnote]]

!!''UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower''
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->'''Role:''' General, President (1952 election, Chandler/Russell Jr./Truman President)
->'''Party:''' Republicans
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' (President) [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: October 14th, 1890, in Denison, Texas, United States of America\\
Poltical Career: A student of warfare in the famous Class of 1915, Eisenhower's initial enthusiasm for testing new military doctrines vanished in Central America, as generals there failed to win against poorly trained insurgencies. While others in this class fell to either the urge for dictatorship or radicalism. Eisenhower stood firm with the Federal government and tried to stay out of civilian politics. He has been quoted as saying that he wouldn't want to be any politician, from "dogcatcher to Grand High Supreme King of the Universe". Four years after he made that statement, though, Eisenhower was being sworn in as President. This came from a national acceptance for the desegregation of the military Eisenhower oversaw.[[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' (General) [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: October 14th, 1890, in Denison, Texas, United States of America\\
Military Career: Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower, a fan of military history since a young age, applied for both West Point and Annapolis in 1910, being accepted in the former after the highest ranking candidate failed the physical requirement in 1911. He graduated in 1915 along with Omar Bradley and was almost discharged due to a leg injury, but West Point's chief medical officer interceded with the War Department and obtained a commission for him. Eisenhower would be posted with the 19th Infantry Regiment in the Mexican Border and reached the rank of Captain in 1917. He was transferred to Fort Benning in late 1918, where he remained training with the Camp Polk Tank school until the 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy. "Ike" was promoted to Major in 1920. His interest in armoured warfare only grew and grew, and quickly joined Patton's and Van Voorhis in their requests of increased funding for a mechanisation program. In 1924, he was sent to Panama, where he served under General Fox Conner, who decided to tutor "Ike" into philosophy, military history and military theory and was selected in 1925 for the Command and General Staff College, graduating first in a class of 245 officers. Conner would help "Ike" to get into the War College, becoming one of the youngest students of the academy and receiving the praise of General Pershing himself. After his graduation, he was assigned to the Army War College, and then served as executive officer to Major General George Van Horn Moseley, Assistant Secretary of War, from 1929 to 1933. Since then he has served as chief military aide of General Douglas [=MacArthur=], accompanying him to the Philippines, where he served as assistant military advisor to the Philippine government. Since then, he has become [=MacArthur's=] undisputed second in command, and while their personalities tend to clash often, many claim that their skills complement each other.[[/labelnote]]

* InSpiteOfANail: Despite how different the world is, especially in the U.S., it's possible for Eisenhower to face Adlai Stevenson in 1952 just like in OTL, especially if he wins.

!!''Adlai Ewing Stevenson''
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->'''Role:''' President (1952 election, Republican/Truman 1948 president)
->'''Party:''' Democratic Party - Progressive
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: February 5th, 1900, in Los Angeles, California, United States of America\\
Poltical Career: The reputation of Adlai Stevenson's father, that of an isolationist, dogged Adlai Stevenson II well into his political career. This position among the Democrats was put to the test with the America First Party, which depleted the party ranks. Adlai stood to his roots during this most contentious time and persevered. As Governor of Illinois Adlai reformed the police force to be less at odds with socialists and even defended their rights to organise in the face of the Red Scare. Most doubted Adlai's ability to win against the respected General Eisenhower, but through an in kind appreciation from socialist voters Adlai won in the end.[[/labelnote]]

* InSpiteOfANail: Despite how different the world is, especially in the U.S., it's possible for Stevenson to be the Democratic candidate after a Truman presidency and face Eisenhower in 1952 just like in OTL.

!!''UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt''
A rising politican of the Democratic Party who served as a Secretary of Navy during Wilson's presidency, Franklin Delano Roosevelt abruptly died of polio in 1921. One can wonder what would be his place in the American history if it wasn't for his premature death...

* AllThereInTheManual: FDR's fate is not mentioned in-game and can only be found by looking up the Kaiserreich timeline.
* DemotedToExtra: Due to his death in 1921, FDR has become little more than a historical footnote, only even mentioned in a single sentence of the official 1917-1936 timeline.
* ForWantOfANail: The German victory in the Weltkrieg somehow affects his polio, making it fatal. This makes less sense if you look into it, as it's now believed that he got [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paralytic_illness_of_Franklin_D._Roosevelt something other than polio, likely an auto-immune condition called Guillain–Barré syndrome, which was in turn likely triggered by some other infection]].
* PosthumousCharacter: FDR died of Guillain–Barré syndrome in 1921, and without him, the American political situation has gotten much worse as it has wallowed through four more years of TheGreatDepression without relief in the form of the New Deal.

[[folder:Combined Syndicates of America]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Combined Syndicates of America, Socialist Republic of America (Post-war, Radical Socialist), Commonwealth of America (Post-war, Syndicalist), Union of Socialist American States (Post-war, Totalist)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Socialist Party of America
->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism

A coalition of labor unions and socialist parties led by Socialist senator Jack Reed, who may rebel against the government and initiate the Second American Civil War. It is politically based in the Steel Belt, whose working-class was devastated by the Great Depression and alienated by Hoover's ''laissez-faire'' policies. Though Reed's electoral successes has temporarily tempered its militancy, the CSA remains centrally a Europe-inspired revolutionary group founded upon Revolutionary Syndicalism.

* AllohistoricalAllusion: During the Civil War, the CSA can enact the War Syndicalism policy (state control of all foreign trade, nationalisation of all factories, strict labour discipline, outlawing of wildcat strikes, obligatory labour-duty for those not working or in the military, strict food rationing, and military control over railroads), similar to the Russian SFSR's war communism system, implemented during the Russian Civil War in real life.
* AmazonBrigade: Gender equality has long been a major ideological component of socialist thought, and many units in the CSA military are entirely made of women.
* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: Foster and Browder threatening the power of the common worker via insane social reforms or a command economy defeats the purpose of the CSA's reasons for revolt.
* ChummyCommies:
** At least as their proclamations go, the Federalists and Unionists are actually trying to build a democratic America with worker's control of economy and racial and sexual equality. The [[DirtyCommunists Centralists led by Browder and Foster]], however, are another issue altogether.
** There is also that many in the CSA -- including Reed himself -- ''are'' willing to compromise, only gaining some or partial agreement of their demands in fair negotiations with a capitalist president and still de-escalating if the situation doesn't turn chaotic for other reasons. It is just that only Olson can pull that off (Landon doesn't have a broad enough coalition behind him to negotiate with as much strength and lacks Olson's progressive credentials[[note]]Olson's own support base is close enough to the SPA that if the Coalition isn't established or falls apart, a good chunk of it joins the SPA as the political situation worsens[[/note]], Long doesn't want to negotiate, and Garner has both Landon and Long's issues).
* DeadlyEuphemism: If Foster or Browder comes to power, an event can fire where the followers of the other leader in the Congress are noted to have gone missing. The official reason for the disappearance is [[ThePurge "taking a vacation".]]
* DirtyCommunists: William Z. Foster and Earl Browder, Totalist options for the CSA. Earl Browder is the classical Bolshevist dictator with Stalinist economic policies, while Foster is more economically free, but socially ''insane'', and wants to implement government ''child labor'' programs and ''legalize suicide''[[note]]the last of which may not ''sound'' that bad... except the event announcing it implies the real reason Foster does it is so his government has an easier time covering up disappearing dissidents by claiming they committed suicide[[/note]].
* DividedStatesOfAmerica: They take most of the Mid-West and pars of the Mid Atlantic as well. In game, the Radical Socialist calls for autonomy are accused as promoting this by the Syndicalist and Totalist factions.
* EvilVersusEvil: Browder and Foster are both evil totalists, but they're also bitter rivals. If one comes to power, the other will vocally protest against the person in power. Naturally, this is followed by the person in power purging the other and his associates from the government.
* FantasticShipPrefix: The CSA's navy uses the prefix PLN, almost certainly standing for "People's Liberation Navy"
* FullCircleRevolution:
** If the player takes the Totalist path for the economy and government (especially Browder's path), then the rights of the Syndicalist workers will go to squat and they'll find themselves on square one.
** In a {{Downplayed|Trope}} example, most of the InUniverse critics of the Federalist path (from the [[ChummyCommies Unionists]] and [[DirtyCommies Centralists]], for [[WhatTheHellHero different]] [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids reasons]]) claim that said government is almost EXACTLY like the USA that they just finished overthrowing. However, it may also count as a Subversion, as, while the Federalist government is very similar in design to the USA's government with a limited, but moderately powerful executive and legislature based on geographic representation by way of the existing states rather than labor union representation and a government based on checks and balances between branches with clearly separated powers and an economy that maintains market principles, it is able to pass widespread worker's rights laws, institute an economy wherein most or all businesses are restructured as worker's co-ops (thereby bringing about workplace democracy and worker-ownership of their workplaces), as well as progressive racial and national policies, ensuring [[ExactWords the stated goals of the revolution are met]].
* ItsPersonal: It's clear that quite a few of the CSA's generals are siding with the CSA to get back at the bigotry they had to endure in America, such as anti-black racism or anti-semitism.
* KangarooCourt: A Totalist CSA will hold show trials for reactionaries, sentencing many of them to death.
* MultinationalTeam: Far more so than the other sides in the Second American Civil War, the CSA receives foreign aid, with most other existing Syndicalist nations sending equipment and volunteers, both as free divisions for the CSA, and as foreign military forces fighting on the same side as the CSA.
* OppressiveStatesOfAmerica: What the Totalists can create, albeit not to the extent of Totalists in Britain for example.
* PatrioticFervor: The leadership of the Syndicates claim to be a continuation of the American revolution, from forming a Second Continental Army, Second Continental Navy, and Continental Air Force, the USAS flag having the Statue of Liberty front and center, to outright calling the 2ACW the Second American Revolution. Ironically, they share this fervor with the AUS.
* PlotArmor: In the event Garner successfully negotiates with Long and the AFP to integrate their nationalist and populist ideals into his government, every state that can possibly start the Second American Civil War as part of the CSA will do so regardless of prior leanings, ensuring even a two-sided war is as close as possible the monumental struggle the war's supposed to be.
* PoliceState: During the Civil War, many militias, communes and syndicates adopted Political Commissars, who kept a close eye on any potential counterrevolutionaries. The Totalists can put these commissars under direct state control, and expand the system nationwide.
* ThePoliticalOfficer: The political officers in the Second Continental Army educates soldiers on the finer points of socialist theory in order to keep morale up and ensure that their men see the benefits of the revolution.
* ThePurge: Regardless of who comes to power, the final focus tree for totalist CSA is "Purge Reactionaries," and there are also tons of events in the USAS where the leader purges their unfortunate enemies. Browder is generally more purge-happy than Foster however, and gets a few more events where he purges the party newspaper, Father Divine's International Peace Mission movement, and other people who he consider to be reactionaries.
* RemovingTheRival: Both Foster and Browder will attempt to purge the other after they come to power, by either sentencing the other to death in a KangarooCourt, or assassinating them with the newly-founded CIA after they went into exile.
* RevolvingDoorRevolution: Putting the Totalists in power may lead to yet another revolution, as Smedley Butler may take a page from Douglas [=MacArthur=] (who may well have kicked off the previous revolution by staging a coup against Jack Reed) and stage a coup against Browder or Foster.
* SecretPolice: Totalist CSA can create the Combined Intelligence Agency, managed directly by the ruling committee, which works to root out dissidents and reactionaries. One of the CIA's first acts is to purge the other Totalist candidate when one comes to power.
* SuddenlySignificantCity: UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} becomes the residence of the CSA leadership. After the CSA wins the Civil War, the capital can remain Chicago, return to Washington, D.C., or be moved to another city.
* WorkingClassHero: Their armies consist of well-trained and armed industrial workers (in addition to defecting soldiers).

!!''John Silas 'Jack' Reed''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1936 US election or CSA starting leader)
->'''Party:''' Socialist Party of America
->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: October 22nd, 1887, in Portland, Oregon, United States of America\\
Political Career: As the United States crashed into flame and a Syndicalist revolution grew in the Steel Belt, at its forefront stood John "Jack" Reed - a writer, a trade unionist, a journalist and a Senator, if not more. Born to a business family on the West Coast, he lived an unassuming upper-class life until studies in Harvard, where he, coming into contact with socialist clubs and literature, came to realize that there is a world beyond the dull halls of college, and that world suffered constant hardship. Despite being in poor health from birth, Reed chose a traveller's life, working as a common laborer to make a living and travel from nation to nation, and gaining fame as a war correspondent.\\
What earned him more fame, however, was his involvement in the great revolutions of the period. The first he witnessed was the Mexican one as early as 1913, then the Russian one, in 1917, which he worked for devoutly and which consolidated his revolutionary socialist beliefs. It was during this time period that he wrote the 10 Days That Shook the World, his most famous work. In 1918, he returned to America, but was no longer welcome by America and its anti-sedition acts, so a year later, he fled again - this time to France, to a new, brewing revolution, and unlike the Russian one, actually successful. Fighting alongside the French Syndicalists dictated Reed a goal in life - to import this success to America, to have it be the next to come, and with America's unfathomable industrial might, bring forth a world revolution.\\
A long time has passed since then, and Reed has achieved far - he has helped orchestrate the union of American socialists into one united front, served as a Senator, as a Presidential candidate, and has finally called the Steel Belt to revolution. However, his goal remains the same - to be the next great revolutionary, to be the same figure greater than life which the lowly war correspondent from twenty years ago would write about. [[/labelnote]]

The Socialist senior Senator for New York, expected to run as the SPA's 1936 presidential candidate. A long-time socialist who is instrumental in organizing American revolutionary syndicalism, Reed has currently been convinced by moderate socialists to partake in America's existing political system. However, should his current approach fail, Reed is fully prepared to use revolutionary methods to topple the corrupt system and bring socialism to America.

* {{Cincinnatus}}: Reed steps down after the CSA wins the Second American Civil War, saying his job here is done and that the new government should be made without his presence looming large over the proceedings, as well as that he'd like to retire to a more peaceful life with his wife and daughter.
* DecapitatedArmy: Like Long's AFP, Reed unites two factions of the Socialist Party of America, the American Federation of Labor and the Industrial Workers of the World. If the President assassinates Reed, the power struggles between the AFL and IWW cripple the SPA as a whole, preventing the CSA from rising up.
* {{Determinator}}: In spite of his illness, Reed still accepts the position of the leader of the CSA and fights for the Syndicalist cause.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: If the CSA wins the Second American Civil War and the Second Constitutional Convention is completed, a content Reed, happy to see a transformed America in safe hands, announces his retirement in favor of a new president as he reveals his illness, saying that he wants to live out his last years, of which he suspect he doesn't have many left, in the company of his family.
* EnemyMine: If the Second American Civil War is going poorly for the CSA and AUS, Reed and Long can set aside their mutual loathing and team up against the USA, only to immediately resume hostilities as soon as the USA has been defeated.
* IntrepidReporter: Before becoming leader of the Socialist Party of America, Reed gained fame as a reporter, especially for his coverage of the Russian Revolution.
* KingOnHisDeathbed: Reed has seen better days and his poor health will usually claim him by the mid-1940s. Should the CSA emerge victorious from the Civil War while he is still alive, he chooses to immediately and quietly retire from the leadership of the CSA and public life at the first ripe opportunity and let a healthier leader take his place.
* MirrorCharacter: In the event CSA rises in rebellion due to Huey Long's assassination, Reed himself will notice this in his speech declaring the revolution; pointing out that while he did not agree with Long on very much, in the end, both of them wanted a government that stood for the people and a better life for the average American.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Unlike Long, Reed is willing to reach a compromise with the USA to achieve many of the Socialists' goals without bloodshed, provided that he feels that the president can be trusted (which in practice means that he can only reach such an accommodation with Floyd Olson).

!!''Elizabeth Gurley Flynn''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Post-war elections or Anti-Totalist coup)
->'''Party:''' Workers' Party of America
->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: August 7th, 1890, in Concord, New Hampshire, United States of America\\
Political Career: At a dusty underground socialist club in Harlem, Elizabeth Flynn's life as an advocate began. An early organiser for the IWW in New Jersey, Flynn felt the blunt of the political wrath against forming trade unions, and was arrested ten times. Flynn helped found the ACLU, which organised legal defence for strikers in the days before the International Labor Defence. In the leadup to the civil war, Flynn helped organise the Longshoremen strike of the West Coast. Flynn's wartime speeches to the Central Committee to encourage conscription made her stand out to the numerous conscientious objectors in the Committee. Ultimately Flynn was elected to lead America as a shocking dark horse candidate. Some thought it absurd that a woman would stand at the forefront of the revolution, but the rebel girl herself had been at the spearhead all along, fighting since the founding of the IWW and now ready to build up a socialist America of her dreams. [[/labelnote]]
An outspoken labor activist and feminist, Flynn is a leading member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) union under the CSA. She becomes a presidential candidate if the CSA wins the Second American Civil War, representing the progressive revolutionary syndicalists.

* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: After Jack Reed resigns following the CSA's victory in the Civil War, Flynn begins a national campaign to excite voters for a possible female president -- namely herself. If she wins, some will find it absurd that a woman would stand at the forefront of the revolution.

!!''Norman Mattoon Thomas''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Post-war elections or Anti-Totalist coup or President Cannon 1952 election)
->'''Party:''' Socialist Party of America
->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: November 20th, 1884, in Marion, Ohio, United States of America\\
Political Career: Norman Thomas has seen the lows and the highs of social stature, and remained dedicated to socialism the entire way through from newspaper boy to Princeton magna cum laude to conscientious objector. Prior to the civil war he had served as New York City's mayor and Jack Reed's vice-presidential candidate. Thomas pivoted his pacifism during the war into advocacy for socialists living in the Federal lands to resist conscription. After the war, he used his learned experience and close friendship to Jack Reed, preaching on behalf of the Federalists to lead the democratic socialists to victory in the Second Constitutional Convention. With a heart of gold and unshakable morals, Norman Thomas has ascended to the presidency.[[/labelnote]]
Veteran socialist and close friend of Jack Reed, Thomas previously served as Mayor of New York City, and currently serves as the SPA's vice presidential candidate. He becomes a presidential candidate if the CSA wins the Second American Civil War, representing the moderate democratic socialists.

* AllohistoricalAllusion:
** Thomas' backstory establishes that at some point he successfully was elected Mayor of New York City (perhaps due to Socialism/Syndicalism being a more generally accepted ideology in the United States in the ''Kaiserriech'' universe), something his real life counterpart attempted several times, but was never able to achieve. Depending on player choices, he can take it even further, and ascend to the presidency, which his real life counterpart also unsuccessfully campaigned for several times.
** In order to transition from capitalism to syndicalism, Thomas follows the approach from the less radical wing of the CSA to implement the idea of "syndicalism with American characteristics", named after "socialism with Chinese characteristics", a term used by Deng Xiaoping in real life.
* TheBusCameBack: Norman Thomas is a post-civil war election candidate and at his re-election in 1940 but no further. Except for the 1952 election in the specific case of Cannon being president, where he will be a candidate again.
* ChummyCommies: Thomas is perhaps the Chummiest of all possible post-Civil War candidates, so much so that the most radical elements of the party sees him as being too soft and compromising towards the old American democracy.
* GoodOlBoy: Despite the crisis that has bogged down the United States for decades and caused the Second Civil War, Thomas still firmly believes in quite a few of the old American values and institutions and will seek to reform them rather than transforming and rebuilding them from the ground up.

!!''William Z. Foster''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Post-war elections)
->'''Party:''' Trade Union Unity League
->'''Ideology:''' Totalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: February 25th, 1881, in Taunton, Massachusetts, United States of America\\
Political Career: A radical labour organiser who spearheaded the syndicalist movement in America, William Z. Foster has practically become a legend on the American left. His leadership in the strikes of the early 20th century and his commitment to seeing the Socialist Party of America adopt Syndicalist policies has cemented him as one of its chief ideologues. His famous manifesto, "Toward Syndicalist America" has served as the guidebook for every aspiring Totalist in the country, containing Foster's culminated ideals for how to build America into what it is today. With the recent victories of the Vanguard movement of the Combined Syndicates, Foster was uplifted to lead the new nation. Several of Foster's older, more socially ambitious ideas now come to the fore. This includes plans to reform the socialist human being as a whole, and to re-orient American morals towards the vanguard of socialism.[[/labelnote]]
A pioneer of American syndicalism, Foster is an influential figure in the CSA currently belonging to its "Vanguardists" faction. He becomes a presidential candidate if the CSA wins the Second American Civil War, representing the socially ambitious Vanguardist syndicalists.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Choosing not to implement Foster's batshit social reforms turns him into ALighterShadeOfBlack as he just becomes an authoritarian syndicalist since his economic focus tree doesn't call for a banning of trade unions and total control.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Foster, like many of his peers in the Syndicalist movement, comes from a very humble background. He was born the son of poor Irish immigrants, never completed formal education, and worked a string of hard, dangerous and ill-paying industrial jobs for much of his young life. Should he manage to rise as the authoritarian dictator of the CSA, and even successfully implement of the some most outrageous and crazy social reforms in history, even for a Syndicalist state, it a safe bet nobody ever saw it coming.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Once in power, Foster makes an attempt to ''legalize suicide''. His insane argument says that the ethics of a syndicalist nation must be remade to accommodate the wishes of Americans with hard lives, and how they must phase out the old traditions. Protesters and conspiracy theorists point out that it is far more likely that Foster legalized suicide because he wanted to excuse mysterious deaths and legalize murders that look like suicides.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Once Foster takes power, he'll start removing his enemies (though not even close to the massive purges that Browder launches) and propose some truly insane social reforms. He can be talked down from implementing his insane ideas however.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Foster and Browder used to be friends during the early days of American leftism, but has since become enemies over their economic ideas. Foster took a liking to Totalism, while Browder rejected it as flawed, believing instead in a new economic policy inspired by Bolshevism and Maximism (which ends up looking just like Stalinism).
* WouldHurtAChild: One of Foster's events involves him trying to institute a program of government-organized '''''child labor''''' on farmland and ranches. He even proposes to forcibly take the children from "stubborn" worker families for their own good.

!!''Earl Browder''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Post-war elections)
->'''Party:''' Trade Union Unity League
->'''Ideology:''' Totalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: May 20th, 1891, in Wichita, Kansas, United States of America\\
Political Career: Born in Kansas, in the year of 1891, Browder became a committed socialist at age 16. His allegiance to the Socialist Party of America was unshakable, and through an early friendship with William Z. Foster, he became a syndicalist. As the years passed, the two men began to drift apart. While Foster favoured an authoritarian form of syndicalism, Browder began to see more and more limits with the movement. The American revolution has according to him, proven that the same beliefs and strategies used in Europe cannot be applied to America. His new economic policy has been built with inspiration from Bolshevism, reinterpretations of Maximism, and plenty of original thought. Browder also intends to end the persistent trend of industrial unionism in Congress, and to pursue lecherous religious elements within the socialist state. Browder has never abandoned the Socialist Party of America, but with his new authoritarian position he intends to ensure that the party will never abandon him.[[/labelnote]]

A leading member of the SPA somewhat affiliated with the CSA's Vanguardists. Browder sees limits with revolutionary syndicalism and believes in a different kind of American socialism, partially inspired by Bolshevism and Maximism. He becomes a presidential candidate if the CSA wins the Second American Civil War, representing his own faction of authoritarian socialists.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: Browder does notably not come from quite as humble a background as Foster, in fact, he has been swinging back and forth between being a career politician and a low-level office worker for most of his youth, but he is probably still not the kind of guy most people would expect having the potential to be a dictator.
* PetTheDog: Comparatively, Browder is more socially sane compared to Foster's insanity.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: If Foster comes to power, Browder will get reassigned to the newly-created "illustrious post" of overseeing "vital" furniture and candlemaking unions in Europe, which just so happens to have poor communications with America.
* RepressiveButEfficient: Browder's centralized economy and apparatus of state allows for very little economic freedom and no political freedom at all, but it very quickly and effectively rerails America after the catastrophe of the civil war.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: If Browder takes power, he'll start centralizing the economy and start purging his enemies left and right.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Browder and Foster used to be friends, but has since drifted apart over their economic ideologies (though both remained authoritarian), and in the end became bitter rivals wanting to purge the other.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Browder is a shameless Totalist who begins purging America of his political rivals practically the instant he's handed the keys to power, but it's still clear that he believes in his cause as a force for good and the America he creates is still far tamer than the blistering ''lunacy'' inflicted upon it by Foster.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The Industrial Workers of the World, the union that CSA is built upon, is unceremoniously banned after Browder comes to power to consolidate the rule of his faction.

!!''Smedley Butler''
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->'''Role:''' Field Marshal, President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Anti-Totalist coup)
->'''Party:''' Socialist Party of America
->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism
->'''In-Game Biography''' (President) [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: July 30th, 1881, in West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America\\
Political Career: Marine, General and Senator Smedley Butler has done the unthinkable, in the revolution's darkest moment he has overthrown the would-be usurpers and traitors in the Centralist clique, and kept the flame of liberty alive. The old general has been an invaluable warrior for the Combined Syndicates, and his latest startling victory has endeared him to the population tenfold. Although Butler has confided to friends and political allies that he is uneasy to now be in the spotlight, he has agreed to take on the job as the temporarily acting President of the new America until the scars torn open by Totalism can be healed.[[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' (Field Marshal) [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: July 30th, 1881, in West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America\\
Military Career: In 1898 'The Fighting Quaker' Smedley Darlington Butler lied about his age and enlisted in the Marine Corps to join the American force in the Spanish-American war. Due to his high education level he was commissioned as a second lieutenant and would be transferred to the recently captured Guantanamo following basic training. He didn't manage to see combat as his company would soon return to the US, where he was reassigned to the USS New York, becoming a first lieutenant in April 1899.\\
He was later transferred to the Philippines, where he mainly did garrison duty, although he took part in some engagements against the Insurrectos. In 1900, he'd accompany Littleton Walker during the Boxer Rebellion, taking part in the Battle of Tianjin and the Gaselee Expedition, being wounded in the thigh while trying to rescue a fellow marine, for which he earned a brevet promotion to captain.\\
Afterwards, Butler would take part in the Banana wars, first in Honduras to defend the American consulate in 1903 and then in Nicaragua between 1909 and 1913, where he took part in breaking the siege of Granada, in the battle of Masaya and the capture of Coyotepe Hill. He took part in the occupation of Veracruz in Mexico in 1914, earning his first Medal of Honor in combat and was promoted to Major. He'd be transferred to Haiti, where he earned his second Medal of Honor for fighting the Caco rebellion. He'd be transferred back to the United States, where he served garrison duties until being promoted to Brigadier General in 1921. In 1927 he was sent to China to take charge of the Marine Expeditionary Force in the Legation Cities, earning his promotion to Major General, returning to America in 1929, and then competing and winning the role of Commandant of the USMC in 1931. He earned the rank of General in 1935, amidst the rising tension in the Hoover administration. When the situation started to deteriorate, Butler decided to resign from his post and presented his services to the Socialist Party, becoming the highest ranking military official to join the Red Guard and earning the rank of Field Marshal.[[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' (USA) [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: July 30th, 1881, in West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America\\
Military Career: Smedley Darlington 'The Fighting Quaker' Butler lied about his age and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1898 to join the American force fighting the Spanish-American war. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant for his higher education and would be transferred to the recently captured Guantanamo after basic training. He didn't manage to see combat, as his company would soon return to the US, where he was reassigned to the USS New York, becoming a first lieutenant in April 1899. He was then transferred to the Philippines, where he mainly did garrison duty, although he took part in some engagements against the Insurrectos. In 1900, he'd accompany Littleton Walker during the Boxer Rebellion, taking part in the Battle of Tianjin and the Gaselee Expedition, being wounded in the thigh for trying to rescue a fellow marine and earning a brevet promotion to captain. Afterwards, Butler would take part in the Banana wars, first to Honduras to defend the American consulate in 1903 and to Nicaragua between 1909 and 1913, where he took part in breaking the siege of Granada, in the battle of Masaya and the capture of Coyotepe Hill. He'd take part in the occupation of Veracruz in Mexico in 1914, earning his first Medal of Honor in combat and being promoted to major. He'd be transferred to Haiti, where he earned his second Medal of Honor for fighting the Caco rebellion. He'd be transferred back to the United States, where he served garrison duties until being promoted to Brigadier General in 1921. In 1927 he was sent to China to take charge of the Marine Expeditionary Force in the Legation Cities, earning his promotion to Major General, returning to America in 1929, and then competing and winning the role of Commandant of the USMC in 1931. He earned the rank of General in 1935, amidst the rising tension of the Hoover administration despite Butler's criticism of Hoover. He remains however as one of the most influential and decorated officers of the United States Marine Corps, and his influence should not be taken lightly.[[/labelnote]]

Marine and General Smedley Darlington Butler is the highest ranking military official to join the Socialist Party of America. Should the CSA rebel, Butler will serve as the Commander-in-Chief of the CSA's military forces. Loyal to democratic socialism, Butler is willing to march on his leaders to restore democracy should the CSA descend into authoritarianism.

* AllohistoricalAllusion: In real life, a cabal of wealthy American businessmen were hatching the so-called "The Business Plot" conspiracy in 1933, where they wanted to overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt's government and install a fascist dictatorship. As a part of the plan they wanted a large detachment of military veterans to march on the US Capitol to do the physical part of the overthrowing, and for this part they tried to convince Butler to join the conspiracy, knowing that as a legendary member of the Marine Corps Leadership and outspoken proponent of veteran rights, he was possibly the only person broadly popular enough amongst the different veterans organisations to convince them that overthrowing the government was a good idea. Butler, however, being staunchly loyal to the American state and very serious about the oath he had sworn to protect democracy, wanted nothing to do with the plan and blew the whistle on the conspiracy as soon as he felt he had enough evidence to take it before Congress. In this timeline, if the CSA ends up slipping towards totalism, Butler can potentially march on the Capitol with a group of soldiers loyal to him, because he wants to save democracy from a dictatorship.
* AntiMutiny: Butler launches a coup against William Z. Foster or Earl Browder because he believes that the USAS's new leader has corrupted and tainted the revolution by installing a socialist dictatorship.
* BewareTheHonestOnes: Butler is a steadfast socialist and will always stay true to the egalitarian and democratic ideals of the syndicalist revolution, even if its government won't, and will try to stage a military coup if he sees it slipping too far towards totalism and dictatorship.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Like his real life counterpart, Butler has grown increasingly disillusioned with the US military and government throughout his career, seeing the government as using the country's military might as a blunt instrument to force poorer countries to kowtow to the interests of wealthy American businessmen, and always at the expense of said countries' own people, and the military itself as little better than a bunch of gangsters and racketeers that happens to be sanctioned by a government. The Syndicalist revolution finally gives him an opportunity to fight for a cause he sees as more worthy. And he is willing to defect again if that cause should betray its ideals.
* HistoryRepeats: Butler's coup against the post-war Totalist government ironically mirrors the same thing [=MacArthur=], Butler's greatest opponent amongst the Federal forces in the Second American Civil War, may well have done to start the civil war in the first place.
* MilitaryCoup: If either Earl Browder or William Z. Foster turns the postwar CSA into a totalist dictatorship, and they don't trust the army, Butler can march on the capital with his army to end the regime.
* RedBaron: He has worn the nickname "Old Gimlet Eye" ever since he, despite being extremely sick and weakened from malaria-induced fever, continued to lead his troops in an assault on the city of Granada in Nicaragua.

!!''Upton Beall Sinclair Jr.''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (President Flynn 1940 election or President Allison 1952 election)
->'''Party:''' Socialist Party of America
->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: September 20th, 1878, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America\\
Political Career: Born in 1878, in Baltimore, Upton Sinclair was an aspiring author from an early age. In his teens he wrote pulp magazines and poetry to make a living, eventually moving into investigative journalism. His moment in the spotlight came after he spent seven weeks disguised as a worker in Chicago's s meatpacking plants, drafting a political expose on the poor labour conditions of the plants. Although Sinclair had hoped to rally the country behind the worker's cause, he i e instead merely exposed the lack of hygiene in the meatpacking industry; in response to this reaction, he declared "I aimed for the country's heart, but hit them in the stomach". With the profits from his from his literary career, Sinclair pursued politics in California, launching the "End Poverty In California" campaign. E.P.I.C, as it came to be known, was not the roaring triumph he had expected, but gave Sinclair but gave Sinclair enough fame and recognition that he that he could later pursue a second political career in the new America. Now championing a E.P.I.C movement applied nationwide, Upton Sinclair has won the recent presidential election with a startling margin.[[/labelnote]]

* TheBusCameBack: Upton Sinclair is an election candidate for 1940 if Flynn is president and at his re-election in 1944 but no further. Except for the 1952 election in the specific case of Allison being president, where he will be a candidate again.

!!''Daniel Webster Hoan''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (President Thomas 1940 election)
->'''Party:''' Workers' Party of America
->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: March 12th, 1881, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States of America\\
Political Career: Daniel Webster Hoan is one of the enduring figures of the American left - born in Waukesha, Wisconsin on March 12, 1881, Hoan enrolled in the University of Wisconsin and swiftly laid out the foundation for the university's Socialist Club, back when it had a mere four members. Hoan was admitted to the state bar in 1908 and moved to Milwaukee, where the longtime Socialist Party member began working with Victor Berger, editor of The Milwaukee Leader, in advocating for radical reforms to the city: public ownership of utilities urban development programs, free legal medical, and educational services, and other policies widely unheard of in most of the country. Hoan decided to enter politics by running for city attorney in 1910, where he edged out a plurality against both Democratic and Republican in the opponents - in same year, Emil Seidel was elected may of same year, mayor of Milwaukee, the first socialist to leader to a maj American city. In 1916, Hoan succeeded him as mayor, a position that he continued to hold all the way until the Second Civil War. As mayor, Hoan codified what is sometimes called 'constructive socialism', emphasizing practical reforms over haughty revolutionary ideals - some more itinerant socialists derisively called the Milwaukee branch members 'sewer socialists' for their constant touting of their city's sewer system.\\
Hoan silenced most doubts to his commitment during the war, proving invaluable to organising the Milwaukee war effort. With the revolution won and the Socialist Party's factions diverging, Hoan was expected to remain loyal to the moderate party core - however, shocking some observers, the breakaway Workers' Party declared that they would nominate him as their candidate for President in the 1940 elections. More observers noted that Hoan had not always gotten along with the other Socialists during his time with the party, and that he didn't seem to share the remaining membership's pacifist tendencies. Whatever the reason, Hoan provides considerable legitimacy to the young Workers' Party, and to many represents a new sense of practicality for a revolution looking to settle down.[[/labelnote]]

!!''John Llewellyn Lewis''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Syndicalist President 1944 election)
->'''Party:''' Socialist Party of America
->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: February 12th, 1880, in Cleveland, Iowa, United States of America\\
Political Career: The son of Welsh immigrants whom had settled in lowa, John Lewis grew up in a company town dominated by the coal industry. At the age of 17 he went to work as a minister, becoming more and more embroiled in his hometown's local politics and the nationwide labour movement. In 1907 he made a failed attempt to run for mayor, and later became full-time union advocate who travelled across the Steel Belt. Although he initially bickered with William Z. Foster over the merits of over the merits of syndicalist trade unions compared to his preferred moderate of the Great and apolitical unions, the devastation of the Depression saw him slowly embrace more radical beliefs. Despite having once been a liberal and a bellion. Lewis could not find it in his heart to republican, endorse President Hoover's second term. Increasingly disillusioned with competitive capitalism, Lewis struck up negotiations with the Socialist Party of America and the IWW. When the American Revolution ca came, he had made up his mind for which side to stand on. Although his reactionary past continued to haunt him, Lewis eventually succeeded in finding a synthesis between radical unionism and his own moderate ideology, being elected as President in the latest election.[[/labelnote]]

!!''Anna Eleanor Roosevelt''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (New England doesn't exist, Radical Socialist President 1944 election)
->'''Party:''' Workers' Party of America
->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: October 11th, 1884, in New York City, New York, United States of America\\
Political Career: At first glance, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt as the leader of a Syndicalist revolution seems to be a paradox. Born and raised as a socialite in the wealthy and influential Roosevelt family, she was not with the Combined Syndicates when the revolution began, remaining in New England and hoping until the last moment that a t a peace could be found. While supportive of the workers' struggle, her revolutionary credentials are lacking, and she hardly fits the image of the jumped-up union boss that many associate with our young nation's leadership. Her Her opponents insist that these appearances are not deceiving - diehard supporters of the revolution call her a Trojan horse for the bourgeoisie, while opponents of the new government decry her as a laughable attempt by the socialists to convince the American people that they aren't bloodthirsty tyrants.\\
And yet, when one considers it, the logic becomes a bit more clear. The triumph of the Combined Syndicates created a problem for both the old American elite and the new revolutionary government: the former had been defeated and left ostracized in the new America, while the latter was faced with a population that was and is reluctant to trust them. In Roosevelt, the Workers' Party saw a solution to both - a reconciliatory figure that might unite the supporters of the revolution with feminists, African-Americans, and reformists and ease the reintegration of old elites into society. Whether this controversial plan will work remains to be seen, but what is certain is that with her ascent to the presidency, America will yet again never be the same.[[/labelnote]]

* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: Depending on how things play out and if Flynn didn't became president, Eleanor Roosevelt can potentially become the first female leader of America.

!!''Frank Tetes Johns''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (New England exists, Radical Socialist President 1944 election)
->'''Party:''' Workers' Party of America
->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: February 23rd, 1889, in Portland, Oregon, United States of America\\
Political Career: Initially a carpenter from Oregon, Frank Johns became the leading figure of the regional Socialist Labor Party. Running twice for congress and twice for the presidency, Johns seemed doomed to a lifetime of obscurity as a fringe party candidate. That was until he went through a near death experience in 1928, nearly drowning in an attempt to save a young boy whom had fallen in a frigid river. Forced to retire from the Socialist Labor Party in order to recover from the incident, Johns was given enough time to think and plot out a new career. He began to correspond with several members of the Socialist Party of America, and after being released from the the hospital he went to join them as a fiery orator. Emboldened by his heroism and having narrowly avoided death, Johns later threw himself into the Second American Civil War as a capable and courageous militia leader. Thanks to his military accomplishments and personal reputation, he has now finally been elected President of a brand new America![[/labelnote]]

!!''Frank Paul Zeidler''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (President Flynn 1948 election)
->'''Party:''' Workers' Party of America
->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: September 12th, 1912, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America\\
Political Career: Frank Paul Zeidler, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on September 12, 1912, has spent much of his life in poor health - an unfortunate reality that prevented him from completing his studies. Perhaps because of this, Zeidler was drawn to socialism from a young age-growing up in the throes of the Great Depression, Zeidler read extensively from left-wing writers like Norman Thomas and Eugene V. Debs. When asked about his reasons for reasons for supporting socialism in 1933, Zeidler cited the tenets of international brotherhood, the struggle for peace, the equal distribution of goods, cooperation, and democratic planning. He would become active in the Socialist Party of America's youth wing, the Young People's Socialist League, and shortly before the civil war became the head of the Milwaukee branch of the Red Falcons, another SPA organisation aimed at educating children. Frank was aided in his activist work by his brother, Carl Zeidler, who would go on to volunteer for the navy of the Combined Syndicates, only to die in the effort.\\
Despite his perpetual sickly health and the untimely death of his brother, Zeidler did what he could to support the Syndicate war effort on the home front, and attended the constitutional convention on the behalf of Milwaukee mayor Zeidler was seen as relatively neutral figure (outside of his disdain for the Unity League), and was tapped by the Workers' Party to be the successor to President Flynn largely for this reason - after all, the WPA holds dearly to the idea of a symbolic executive, and the martyrdom of his brother generates much sympathy among veterans of the revolution. Only 36 years old on his election, President Zeidler comes in as a symbol of the unity between the senior professional revolutionaries and a generation of young socialists that have swiftly been maturing with the new America.[[/labelnote]]

!!''Israel Amter''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Syndicalist President 1948 election)
->'''Party:''' Socialist Party of America
->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: March 26th, 1881, in Denver, Colorado, United States of America\\
Political Career: Israel Amter was born on March 26, 1881 to Jewish parents, namely a father that was immigrated from the city of Riga, then held by the Russian Empire. Amter briefly joined the Socialist Party of America in 1901 before moving to Germany in 1903, becoming a member of the Social Democratic Party and studying music at the Leipzig Conservatory. Eventually, Amter found it necessary to return to the United States to escape the war, and after the move renewed his SPA membership and became active within the party's left wing. It is here that Amter had his first brush with the law - in April 1921, he and three others were arrested in a joint raid by New York bomb squad police and Department of Justice agents. Since then, Amter became particularly active in the SPA's more militant underground circles that aimed at preparing the working classes for the final conflict against capitalism - work that that only grew in importance as the the country veered closer and closer to civil war. Amter was eventually arrested yet again in 1930 alongside William Z. Foster in connection to a riot that took place during the party's International Unemployment Day protest campaign, for which he was convicted and spent some time in prison.\\
Although seemingly a strange choice for the Socialist Party's 1948 nominee for President, it could also be said that [CSA.GetNameDef]'s political scene has become equally strange - the moderating tendency that the Workers' Party has developed has led to the Socialists determining that the best avenue of attack is by rebranding their message as a renewal of the revolution, and that Amter's militant past makes him a perfect candidate for their realignment attempt. Time will tell whether President Amter will live up to these expectations.[[/labelnote]]

* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: Depending on how things play out, Israel Amter can potentially become the first Jewish-American leader of America.

!!''Elmer Thompson Allison''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (President Hoan/Thomas 1948 election)
->'''Party:''' Workers' Party of America
->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: December 5th, 1883, in Houstonia, Missouri, United States of America\\
Political Career: A self-taught radical from Missouri, Elmer Allison was a founding member of both the Socialist Party of America and the IWW. He was a leading figure in the SPA's radical Washington affiliate, spending much of his life either working in the local cedar mills or atop a soapbox in the site the Depart a soapbox in the streets of Seattle. A series of raids and near arrests by the Department of Justice saw him go underground, but he remerged as a political figure when he helped lead the brief rebellion known the Seattle Commune in 1923. During the Commune's existence he met Jack Reed, striking up a friendship with the famed journalist and following him to New York City. There he was a major figure in running Reed's numerous political campaigns and leading the SPA's entry into mainstream politics. Following the revolution, his close comradeship to Reed and his zealous socialist beliefs has made him an obvious candidate for the presidency. A candidacy he gladly pursued![[/labelnote]]

!!''Darlington Hoopes''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (President Hoan 1948 election)
->'''Party:''' Socialist Party of America
->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: September 11th, 1896, in [=LaVale=], Maryland, United States of America\\
Political Career: Darlington Hoopes came from a notable family of Pennsylvania Quakers. During his time at boarding school, he augmented his religious upbringing with an interest in radical socialism, going on to identify as a Christian socialist. His ideological beliefs soon drew him close to fellow Christian socialist Norman Thomas and the rest of the Socialist Party of America. In 1930, Hoopes was elected to the House of Representatives in Pennsylvania, where his most celebrated accomplishment was completely outlawing child labour in his home state. Much like it did to Thomas, the outbreak of the civil war disgusted Hoopes. Although he could not deny its accomplishments in hindsight, his political cause after the war was to champion reconstruction and reconciliation between Americans. This benevolent, reformative platform earned him more and more influence in the new America, allowing him to make a bid for the presidency.[[/labelnote]]

!!''James Patrick Cannon''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (President Sinclair/Lewis 1948 election)
->'''Party:''' Workers' Party of America
->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: February 11th, 1890, in Rosedale, Kansas, United States of America\\
Political Career: Personally mentored by Big Bill Haywood and well-versed in the struggles of the American left, James Cannon became an unshakable presence within the Socialist Party of America. Although initially a fanatic adherent to Bolshevism, the failure of the Russian Revolution contrasted with the triumph of the French syndicalists caused Cannon o adopt a more libertarian view on socialism. As a formal representative of the SPA, he spent much time abroad in France and Britain, before returning to America after the outbreak of the civil war. Helping to organise foreign volunteers and the Internationale's advisors, he cemented his reliability as a brilliant administrator. With the war won, Cannon immediately began to build the momentum needed to run for President, and has now finally fulfilled his ambition![[/labelnote]]

!!''Oakley Calvin Johnson''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Two-terms Radical Socialist President 1948 election)
->'''Party:''' Socialist Party of America
->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: March 24th, 1890, in Jarvis Center, Michigan, United States of America\\
Political Career: A voracious reader since an early age, Oakley Johnson took up a career within academia, serving as a teacher and later principal at numerous schools in his home state of Minnesota. This last lasted until his commitment to radical politics own, and he was became more publicly known, and he was arrested in the middle of a seminar over having contributed money to the defence fund of arrested IWW members. Undeterred, Johnson moved to New York and became a full time activist in the Socialist Party of America, helping to promote interracial relations and the education of the proletariat. In 1936 he accepted a decent position at a university in Paris, spending most of the coming civil war abroad. In Paris he helped maintain diplomatic relations between the Commune of France and his comrades back home in America. Eventually making the trip to the new America, Oakley Johnson has used his diplomatic accomplishments and academic merits to woo the electorate![[/labelnote]]

!!''Asa Philip Randolph''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Syndicalist or Two-terms Radical Socialist President 1952 election)
->'''Party:''' Socialist Party of America
->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: April 12th, 1889, in Crescent City, Florida, United States of America\\
Political Career: Asa Philip Randolph was born April 12, 1889 in Crescent City, Florida to a minister father and a seamstress mother. As a child growing up in Jacksonville, Randolph learned the importance of character over skin color from the former, and the importance of education and defending oneself from the latter- he would later vividly recall a night from his youth where his mother sat in the front room of his house with a loaded shotgun, while his father took a pistol and left to prevent a man from being lynched at the county jail. A gifted student, Randolph enrolled in the Cookman Institute - then the only high school in Florida for African Americans - before being forced by employment segregation to move to New York City to study at City College. After a short attempt at theatre, Randolph became increasingly familiar with socialism, determining that people could only be free if not subjected to economic deprivation - with this in mind, Randolph began his civil rights career by establishing an employment office in Harlem aimed at providing work training to southern migrants. Randolph, along with his partner Chandler Owens and the aid of the Socialist Party of America, founded 'The Messenger', a radical magazine calling for African Americans to organise and fight for an integrated society. Randolph also developed strong union credentials, most famously organising the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters to address the deplorable working conditions of the primarily African American industry.\\
Although Randolph was somewhat hesitant to embrace he cause of revolution by force, he, like many others, was left with little choice as civil war broke out regardless. During and after the war, Randolph continued to concern himself with the needs of African Americans as he always had, shifting his focus to union discrimination - arguing that the destruction of the color barrier is a necessary component of a socialist America. For his efforts, he was picked as the Socialist Party's nominee for president - and with his election, President Randolph has become the first African American to lead America, providing hope to many that the days of racial inequality might, at long last, be drawing to a close.[[/labelnote]]

* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: Depending on how things play out, Randolph can potentially become the first African American leader of the American nation, even doing so several decades before UsefulNotes/BarackObama did the same thing in OTL.

!!''Henning Albert Blomen''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Radical Socialist or Two-terms Syndicalist President 1952 election)
->'''Party:''' Workers' Party of America
->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: September 28th, 1910, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States of America\\
Political Career: A son of Massachusetts born in 1910, Henning was too young to experience the horrors of the Weltkrieg, but old enough to face the American Revolution in his prime. Initially an industrial worker in Cambridge, he was one of the few who did not leave his station the moment the first gunshots of the Second American Civil War could be heard. A committed pacifist, Henning Blomen instead helped organise the chemical plant he worked at into a cooperative syndicate. His efforts were greatly appreciated by his more radical co-workers, who nominated him as a Massachusetts representative to the Combined Syndicates and helped him cross the front lines to New York City. Soon climbing his way up the political ladder, Henning Blomen has continuously made a name for himself with his unshakable optimism and iron will, running over a dozen major political races in his lifetime, the most recent of which has carried him all the way to the presidency.[[/labelnote]]

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[[folder:American Union State]]
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->'''Official Name:''' American Union State, United States of America (Civil War victory or Robert Wood coup), American Republic (Business Plot)
->'''Ruling Party:''' America First Party
->'''Ideology:''' National Populism
The opposition government declared by America First Party leader Huey Long in the Second American Civil War, in the possible event that Long rebels. Founded by Long based on his beliefs in distributist economics, anti-Syndicalism, and American nationalism, the AFP has a strong political base in the Southeast, and is backed by a loyal party paramilitary. With Long increasingly losing faith in the federal government's loyalty to American values, he might just find it necessary to declare his own true American governent to safeguard true Americanism.
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* AllohistoricalAllusion: The leadership of Long after his triumph is very similar to the Brazilian populist president-dictator Getúlio Vargas. Thy are both authoritarian populists who allied with far-right elements against socialists and moderates in a multilateral power struggle for control of their country. Like Vargas, Long will purge the far-right as soon as their mutual enemy is defeated.
* BenevolentConspiracy: Robert Wood and the American Legion can depose Long if he appears or is actually trying to become a dictator. After their success they will appoint a new government and empower the non-executive branches of government.
* GreyAndBlackMorality: While preventing Long from becoming a dictator is a noble cause, the new government is not fully democratic, being classified as authoritarian democrat. They will enforce loyalty oaths for politicians, expand the power of the FBI and the HUAC, and ruthlessly attack trade unions.
* CaptainErsatz: With Minutemen paramilitaries and corporatist policies, the American Union State is a dead ringer for the Windrip Administration of ''Literature/ItCantHappenHere''.
* TheCoup: If Robert Wood and the American Legion decide to organize a coup against the Kingfish, they will launch a night assault on the president's residence disguised as members of his bodyguards and kill him, then they will appoint as new president Martin Dies Jr., a notable critic of Long.
* DayOfTheJackboot: Two versions of this happen after the AUS wins the Civil War -- either [[WellIntentionedExtremist Long]] enforces his economically and racially progressive policies... by being PresidentForLife, and having [[StateSec the Minutemen]] crush any enemies of the state. Or a business plot, led by General George Van Horn Moseley [[CorruptCorporateExecutive and his corporate allies]], take over to restore the republic... [[StateSec by empowering the FBI to be even stronger than the Minutemen]], [[OneNationUnderCopyright having corporate leaders control the government AND armed forces]], [[PatrioticFervor and creating a new, fiercely nationalist culture through youth programs and mass media]].
* DeepSouth: Downplayed. While the America First Party is most popular in the South, the American Union State is a unitary state which seeks to encompass the entire territory of the US, contrary to the separatist sentiment of their Southern predecessors. Similarly, Long's faction promotes (relatively) racially progressive policies, which would be unusual for Southern politicians during 30s.
* EnemyMine: Both in real life and in the mod, Huey hates the KKK and large corporations, and they hate Huey in return. The only thing keeping them united is the fact that they hate syndicalism even more, and are all extremely patriotic.
* IronicName: The American secessionist state in the South during the American Civil War is called the American ''Union'' State. For added irony, their main rival is the '''C'''ombined '''S'''yndicates of '''A'''merica.
* {{Irony}}: Since the first UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar, the Southern nationalists were strong advocates of states' rights. Here, the state based in the South is a unitary state.
* TheKlan: Unsurprisingly, the Klan itself aligned with the America First and a major militant force under Pelley's banner [[TheStarscream that will try to take over after the civil war is over]]. However, if Long (who historically despised the KKK) consolidates power after the Civil War, the Klan gets purged.
* MegaCorp: If Huey Long makes an alliance with them, the corporatists can assemble huge political influence in the AUS after the Civil War, in spite of Huey Long's populist rhetoric. Their cooperation on based on mutual hatred for syndicalism, love of patriotism, and a supposed willingness of said corporations to abide by Long's reforms. Pelley, meanwhile, opens the floodgates to unrestrained corporate power, and if Moseley and his allies take over, the AUS becomes OneNationUnderCopyright.
* OppressiveStatesOfAmerica: Out of all factions in the American Civil War, it's the easiest for the AUS to become this, since they already start as a dictatorship (albeit Long's dictatorship can be viewed as quite benevolent depending on your point of view). It gets even worse if the alliance of wealthy businessmen under Moseley that also supports the AUS manages to rise to power, they will establish exactly the oppressive plutocracy that Long wanted to avoid coming into being.
* PatrioticFervor: The AUS, throughout all possible leader paths, strongly encourages citizens to be patriotic about their country and proud of their American heritage. In particular, the AUS are ''very fond'' of the Founding Fathers and the ideals of 1776. Ironically, they share this fevor with the CSA.
* PlotArmor: In the event Olson successfully negotiates with Reed and the SPA to integrate their socialist and progressive ideals into his government, every state that can possibly start the Second American Civil War as part of the AUS will do so regardless of prior leanings, ensuring even a two-sided war is as close as possible the monumental struggle the war's supposed to be.
* RevolvingDoorRevolution: Huey Long's America First Party leads a distributist revolution against the corrupt federal United States government. After Long's victory, Long may find himself being deposed by the American Legion or the Business Plot.
* ShoutOut: The Business Plot ends with the quote "I love the Republic, I hate Democracy.", referencing [[Film/AttackOfTheClones Emperor Palpatine's "I love democracy" quote]].
* StateSec: For each of three paths, you have different flavors of it, be it the Minutemen (Long) or the FBI (Moseley) who ensure the new American order at the expense of some civil liberties.
* SuddenlySignificantCity: New Orleans is the capital of the American Union State during the Civil War. It can become the permanent capital after the Civil War, replacing Washington, D.C.
* TakeAThirdOption: Long's Populist economics are essentially one to the conflict between Syndicalism and Classical Capitalism. Ironically, it's implied they would have been enough to placate the Syndicalists if he didn't scare the worker unions with his authoritarianism and vehement anti-leftist rhetoric. With patch 0.7, there is now a third option between [[PresidentForLife Huey]] and [[TheFundamentalist Pelley]], a group of industrialists like Henry Ford and Fred Koch and their allies. They occupy the middle ground between the two, with FBI becoming a more powerful version of the Minutemen, a very nationalistic rhetoric, and corporate control over the government and armed forces.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: While everyone under the AUS banner is loosely united behind Long's "Share Our Wealth" program, there are two distinct wings to the coalition: A progressive, egalitarian wing that wants to improve the lot of all Americans regardless of race, color, or creed, and a reactionary, ethno-nationalist wing that would limit the benefits to whites only and restrict minorities to second-class citizenship at best. Only Long's own charisma is enough to keep the two wings from petty infighting, and his public statements on the matter leave it ambiguous as to where his own personal sentiments lie.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Long's assassination allows corporations to exercise as much power as possible without syndicalist threats or Long's populist reforms.

!!''[[UsefulNotes/HueyLong Huey Pierce Long]]''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (USA 1936 election or AUS, starting leader)
->'''Party:''' America First Party
->'''Ideology:''' National Populism, Authoritarian Democracy (Establishment compromise Path)
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: August 30th, 1893, in Winnfield, Louisiana, United States of America\\
Political Career: Like many people of his stature and personality, Governor Huey Pierce Long is known by many names, although the most common one is 'the Kingfish'. Born to a poor rural family in Louisiana, he clawed and bit his way to a legal career over the course of his life, all while gaining notoriety as one of the most talented legal minds of recent history, and as a dedicated defender of the interests of the poor. Within a shockingly brief time, he was already one of the most famous politicians in Louisiana, and so became one of the youngest governors in its history as a result.\\
Louisiana would become the model province for a set of programs and policies which would collectively be labelled 'Share Our Wealth'. Long built a vast public services apparatus and an unprecedented system of social spending upon a patronage system which swiftly transformed Louisiana into a dictatorship, with the Long family at the helm. In America's increasingly volatile conditions, however, such forceful measures to help the poor became increasingly popular and thus formed the policy backbone of the America First Party, to whom Louisiana was an ideal to reach towards. Thanks to Long's increasingly wide and fragile reach of contacts and alliances across the whole country, it grew far out of Louisiana, and today, as the United States stand divided, they have all been put to action as a major force in the Second American Civil War.\\
The legal scene and the political soapbox are Long's natural waters, not army planning committees and military parades, and unlike the Syndicalists, this was not what he planned from the start - but now that all bets are off, may all enemies of the Kingfish tremble.[[/labelnote]]

The AFP Senator of Louisiana, also the AFP's founder, leader, and presidential candidate. A former Democratic senator known for his populism and dictatorialism, Long's failures in party primaries and anti-establishmentism made him break away to found the AFP. Though still working within the system, should the federal government utterly fail America, Long is willing to declare America a dead nation and lead his followers to found a truer America.
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* AssassinOutclassin: Huey Long can survive as many as three assassination attempts. First, before the game begins, Huey Long survived his historical assassination. Second, President Olson, Garner, or Landon can have Long assassinated, but this too can fail (the success or failure is determined by random chance -- and it can ''only'' succeed if the USA is player-run). Third, if the AUS wins the Second American Civil War, Pelley will attempt to have Long assassinated so that he can seize power, and this too can fail (success is determined by the AUS player).
* BodyguardBetrayal: During their coup, the War Powers Committee gets rid of Long by ordering his own bodyguards to kill him.
* {{Catchphrase}}: Many of Long's slogans and programs double as catchphrases, prominently "Share the Wealth" and "Every man a king, but no one wears a crown", often shortened simply to "Every man a king".
* DecapitatedArmy: The America First Party is a [[TeethClenchedTeamwork loose coalition of widely-divergent interests]] all united by the personal charisma of Huey Long. As such, if the President has Long assassinated, the AFP dissolves, preventing the AUS from rising up.
* DefectorFromDecadence:
** In the backstory, Long left the Democratic Party after he was denied nomination in the 1932 presidential elections and because of his disappointment with the state of the party.
** If elected, Long finds himself unable to promote his agenda within the federal government and, as such, declares the US a dead nation and announces the creation of the American Union State.
* DemocracyIsBad: Absolutely disregards democratic institutions and believes that his dictatorship is justified if he does the right thing for the common people. Huey Long has often been described as a social democrat... without the democrat part.
* EmergencyAuthority: As president of the USA, Long will try to claim emergency authority and suspend the Constitution to put down the syndicalist strikes. This ultimately fails when [=MacArthur=] launches his own coup in response, causing Long to wash his hands of the Federal system entirely.
* EnemyMine:
** In the backstory, Long formed political alliances of necessity with racists he holds little common ideological ground with, such as William Dudley Pelley, as well as Henry Ford and other corporations that hate syndicalism and espouse extreme nationalism. If he isn't cautious enough, this can easily [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness backfire]] on him.
** Second, if the Second American Civil War is going poorly for both him and the Combined Syndicates, they can form an EnemyMine alliance against the United States despite his mutual loathing with Jack Reed, only to resume fighting each other as soon as the United States capitulates.
** If the US government has fallen, and the Combined Syndicates has the lead in the war, Long is willing to temporarily cease hostilties with the Pacific States, because despite their differences, neither of them like the idea of the Syndicalists winning the war.
* HereditaryRepublic: If the AUS wins the Civil War and Huey remains in power, after he dies, the Presidency transitions directly to his brother Earl Long.
* TheHorseshoeEffect: Despite being vociferously opposed to syndicalism, Long promotes extremely distributist policies, which fall well to the left of the prevailing economic policies of the time. Because of that, he is often accused of being a Syndie himself.
* TheMoralSubstitute: Believes that his distributist policies is the only possible alternative to the Syndicalist rule.
-->'''Huey Long:''' My Share Our Wealth program is the only defense this country's got against Syndicalism.
* {{Nepotism}}: Much as in RealLife, Long can and does appoint family members to high offices in the AUS.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Despite his good intentions, Huey Long's dictatorial tendencies and his collaboration with far-right anti-Syndicalist elements can come back to bite him and all of America. Pelley and the Business Plot highlight a dangerous weakness in the AUS's dictatorship: namely, that when someone without Huey Long's benevolence gets all the powers Long accrued, things start going bad very quickly.
* PresidentForLife: In the American Union State, Long rules for life, even if lower offices face election.
* RedBaron: Long is still known by his historical nickname "the Kingfish".
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Long's philosophy on governance is that the rules are more or less guidelines and he refuses to let them get in the way of his populist progressive agenda, though it becomes more like ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem once the American Union State is formed.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Much as in real life, he's not above doing questionable deeds in the name of helping his countrymen and his take on the American Dream. That said efforts would solidify his reputation, especially should he weather through his myriad enemies and rivals, also help.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After the Civil War ends, Long no longer has a reason to continue collaboration with Pelley and his right-wing associates, and will launch a crackdown on them if Long's faction wins the in post-ACW power struggle.

!!''Earl Kemp Long''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Long succession)
->'''Party:''' America First Party
->'''Ideology:''' National Populism, Authoritarian Democracy (Establishment compromise Path)
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: August 26th, 1895, in Winnfield, Louisiana, United States of America\\
Political Career: Once denied the Lieutenant Governor's post by his brother Huey Long in 1932, Earl Long has long lived in his brother's shadow. Earl was known in Congress for his progressive policies, but also for supporting the AFP's authority over state government. As the pre-determined successor to Huey Long years before his death, Earl displays the same reformist agenda, but with a more socially conservative and indulgent touch. It is under Earl Long that Huey Long's eduction and welfare reforms were really put into practice during those tense years. Whispers of Earl's racist remarks and of mental instability are covered up by the AFP.[[/labelnote]]

Huey Long's brother, and also a politician. He's the designated successor to Huey in the AFP when Huey dies, and supports many of the same progressive reformist policies as Huey.
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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Playing off how Earl, while also a fairly competent politician in his own right, also had a reputation as a slightly eccentric, hard-drinking womanizer in real life, there is a touch of this to him and Huey's relationship, with Earl being the Foolish sibling and Huey being the Responsible one.
* MeetTheNewBoss: Earl will continue his late brother's reforms and generally holds similar views.
* {{Nepotism}}: The American Union State under Huey Long favors Earl, making him immune to prosecution and promoting him to very high positions (though Earl himself is at least somewhat competent in spite of his corruption). When a violent incident occurs where a group of protestors were allegedly shot by Earl during their protest to remove Earl for mismanaging income redistribution, Huey can cover the whole thing up completely.

!!''George Van Horn Moseley''
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->'''Role:''' America Legion Commander (Appointed by Long), President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Business Plot)
->'''Party:''' War Powers Committee
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy
->'''In-Game Biography''' (President) [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: September 28th, 1874, in Evanston, Illinois, United States of America\\
Political Career: Forty years of service for the United States Army from a cavalry lieutenant in the Philippines to a Commissioned Officer in Washington has created a strong portfolio for Moseley. Experiences serving alongside generals like George Patton and General [=MacArthur=] influenced his eventual decision to support Huey Long and his adamant belief in Jewish conspiracy. Ultimately his belief in the dangers of any form of socialism made him the perfect spokesman of the War Powers Committee. Without Moseley would be impossible for the War Powers Committee to succeed Huey Long in the disappearance that Moseley was complicit in, so say the rumours.[[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' (America Legion Commander) [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: September 28th, 1874, in Evanston, Illinois, United States of America\\
Military Career: George Van Horn Moseley graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1899 as a cavalry second lieutenant. He would serve in the Spanish-American-War commanding the 9th Cavalry Regiment where he even managed to achieve a major breakthrough against Ludovico Arejola, prompting a promotion to first lieutenant and a transfer to the 1st Cavalry Regiment. There he'd serve as Aide-de-Camp for Brigadier General J.M. Bell and J.M. Lee for the remainder of the campaign, fulfilling several staff roles in the rear. He'd be transferred back to the US in 1904, and would serve as a staff member of the Texas Headquarters, until being promoted to Captain in 1906. He'd continue to fill a variety of staff roles while at the same time attending the Army Staff College and the Army War College, of which he graduated in 1909 and 1911 respectively. He took part in Pershing's punitive expedition, providing logistical support to Pershing, and earning him the promotion to major. After commanding the Second Field Artillery Brigade, he was detailed as assistant to General Dawes in organising the Bureau of the Budget in 1921, after which he was promoted to Brigadier General for his remarkable performance. He'd become Executive Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of War and was put in charge of the Industrial Preparedness sector, which got him his promotion to Major General. In 1934 he had a major falling out with General [=MacArthur=], and with the country's collapse into civil war, Moseley's first course of action was to leave the Federal Army and join the AUS Army in the south, where his experience and the lack of capable staff granted him an immediate promotion to Field marshal by Huey Long.\\
Notes: Has displayed strong anti-immigrant and anti-semitic views both publicly and privately. Along with Charles Lindbergh, Moseley has been seen in frequent meetings with important businessmen from outside the military sphere, and his loyalty to Huey Long is proving to be dubious at best.[[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' (USA) [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: September 28th, 1874, in Evanston, Illinois, United States of America\\
Military Career: George Van Horn Moseley graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1899 as a cavalry second lieutenant. He would serve in the Spanish-American War commanding the 9th Cavalry Regiment where he even managed to achieve a major breakthrough against Ludovico Arejola, prompting a promotion to first lieutenant and a transfer to the 1st Cavalry Regiment. There he'd serve as Aide-de-Camp for Brigadier General J.M. Bell and J.M. Lee for the remainder of the campaign, fulfilling several staff roles in the rear. He'd be transferred back to the US in 1904, and would serve as a staff member of the Texas Headquarters, until being promoted to Captain in 1906. He'd continue to fill a variety of staff roles while at the same time attending the Army Staff College and the Army War College, of which he graduated in 1909 and 1911 respectively. He took part in Pershing's punitive expedition, providing logistical support to Pershing, and earning him the promotion to major. After commanding the Second Field Artillery Brigade, he was detailed as assistant to General Dawes in organising the Bureau of the Budget in 1921, after which he was promoted to Brigadier General for his remarkable performance. He'd become Executive Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of War and was put in charge of the Industrial Preparedness sector, which got him his promotion to Major General. In 1934 he had a major falling out with General [=MacArthur=] that still causes tensions between the two until now.\\
Notes: Has displayed strong anti-immigrant and anti-semitic views both publicly and privately.[[/labelnote]]

An experienced Army General who joins Huey Long's government if Long rebels, a choice motivated by Moseley's intense opposition to "Jewish socialism". Under Long, Moseley also serves as the spokesman of the War Powers Committee, a group of business leaders who funds Long's anti-Syndicalist war. Post-war however, if Long's populist antics would undermine his loyalty to American capitalism, the Committee may find it necessary to "intervene" with Moseley's military support.
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* AllohistoricalAllusion: The Business Plot in which Moseley assumes (nominal) power was actually a (allegedly) real plot where many right-wing business owners plotted to have the 'communistic' FDR removed from office in a MilitaryCoup that would install a far-right, staunchly capitalist regime. However, in the real alleged plot (evidence as to the actual existence of the plot is spotty), [[TooDumbToLive the businessmen tapped General Smedley Butler as their chosen war hero/puppet ruler]], apparently unaware of his shift to the political left after having a MyGodWhatHaveIDone realization about his actions overthrowing governments throughout Latin America, and Butler promptly revealed the plot to Congress.
* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: Moseley's OneNationUnderCopyright crushes Long's dream of an America free from corrupt fatcats exploiting the common man. While the two sides shared an EnemyMine due to their American nationalism and anti-syndicalism, [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney powerful corporations have no intention of abiding by Long's Share the Wealth program.]]
* CapitalismIsBad: Under the Business Plot, the US becomes OneNationUnderCopyright with its democracy gone, and ''everything'' subjected to the will of corporations whose greed drove them to coup in the first place, and to keep themselves in power.
* DemocracyIsBad: Under Moseley, America stays as a Republic, but a Republic without Democracy (akin to UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic), ruled not by the masses but corporate America from the shadows.
* EvilCounterpart: Can be seen as this to Butler and his coup given that the game makes it clear that Butler's coup is designed to save the CSA from Totalist tyranny whereas Moseley acts as a puppet to despotic corporations. In fact, his coup is noted to be similar to the Business Plot Butler was asked to lead in Real Life as per AllohistoricalAllusion above.
* JustTheFirstCitizen: Moseley is technically the "interim president" following the "disappearance" of Huey Long. Once he dies and Lindbergh takes over, Lindbergh officially becomes the 33rd President of the United States, though that doesn't mean much since the War Powers Committee holds all the real power anyways.
* OneNationUnderCopyright: Business Plot America becomes a nation ruled by a group of right-wing [=CEOs=], like Ford and Koch.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Just like in real life, he is virulently anti-Semitic. He also supported the admission of refugees fleeing Nazi Germany... so long as they were sterilized before embarking. In the mod, Moseley can introduce new Alien and Sedition Acts against immigrants.
* PresidentForLife: While Huey weakens American democracy for an all-powerful executive, the Business Plot does away with democracy completely. Moseley rules completely unchallenged, though as merely a figurehead for the War Powers Committee who hold the actual power, with successor Presidents being designated by them after Moseley dies.
* PuppetKing: While Moseley is a Chairman of the War Powers Committee and Commander-in-Chief of the nation after Long's "disappearance", he is a little more than a figurehead for the committee.
* TheStarscream: If corporate interests gain too much influence, they may decide that Huey Long has outlived his usefulness and launch the Business Plot, declaring Moseley the new interim President after Long's 'disappearance'.

!!''Charles Augustus Lindbergh''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Moseley succession)
->'''Party:''' War Powers Committee
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: February 4th, 1904, in Detroit, Michigan, United States of America\\
Political Career: Charles Lindbergh, or Lindy, was once the most famous pilot in America. Lindbergh's fame grew well into the 1920s in service of the US Air Mail Service. This coupled with a knack for improving planes that eventually grew into a business made Lindbergh even more famous. Lindbergh's association with the AFP starting in 1932, and escalated until he made contact with the War Power Committee. Eventually picked out of the Committee to be their next leader, Lindbergh intends to continue Moseley's racialist positions and to encourage industrial innovations through example.[[/labelnote]]
A famous American aviator and an AFP associate. Under Long's government, Lindbergh was chosen by the War Powers Committee as a successor to George Van Horn Moseley.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: His inaguration is met with condemnation from Americans across the country.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Lindbergh will rule America as a dictator and will pursue Moseley's racialist positions.

!!''Martin Dies Jr.''
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->'''Role:''' Chairman of the HUAC[[note]]Political Advisor[[/note]], President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Robert Wood coup or WPC fail to cover up Long's death)
->'''Party:''' America First Party
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy
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* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Dies does many of the IRL [=McCarthyist=] actions such as COINTELPRO, organizing the HUAC against leftists, and anti-immigrationist rhetoric, but him coming to power after overthrowing a dictatorial Long or the WPC is a godsend in comparison.
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[[folder:Pacific States of America]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Pacific States of America, United States of America (Civil war victory)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Republican Party
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
Should [=MacArthur=] coup the elected President, the shocked leaders of California, Oregon, and Washington will declare their own opposition government and join the Second American Civil War as a fourth faction. The Pacific States government denounces [=MacArthur=], Reed, and Long simultaneously as anti-democratic tyrants, and proclaims itself to be the last bastion of American Democracy, the ''true'' United States of America.
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* AllohistoricalAllusion:
** The PSA's plan for a fast war with the objective of knocking out the CSA or AUS before they get bogged down on the West behind the Rockies is called the Marshall Plan, after Chief of Staff of the Western Defense Command George C. Marshall. In real life, the Marshall Plan was an American initiative for foreign aid to Western Europe in the aftermath of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, and was also named after Marshall, who had become Secretary of State by that time (The man did a lot of different jobs throughout his life).
** The PSA's code of conduct that ensures 'morality' and prevents actors and producers from spreading syndicalist messaging in films is called UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode.
* AntiMutiny: The entire reason the Pacific States of America break away is because, after [=MacArthur's=] coup, they feel that they're the only believers left in America's founding Constitutional values of limited government under a liberal democracy after the federal government has betrayed those values as badly as the Combined Syndicates and Union State did. If [=MacArthur=] never stages a coup, they will remain loyal to the United States; if they win the civil war, they'll reform the United States.
* MultipleEndings: While they carry forward America's values, they do not carry forward its strongly established two-party system and have political routes for all four liberal democratic ideologies, allowing the new Pacific States to swing further left or right than the United States normally could.
* NewOldWest: The general motif of the PSA, especially in the "World of Kaiserreich" trailers, reflecting its Hispanic, Frontier and Democratic American heritage.
* {{Realpolitik}}: The PSA can establish a close working relationship with Japan to secure both military and economic support. Though this comes at the risk of becoming a Japanese satellite state if it gets ''too'' cozy.
* RedScare: The PSA seeks to ensure that Syndicalism will never take root in the last bastion of freedom in America. It can be eventually subverted under certain conditions; if the PSA and the CSA agree to a ceasefire during the civil war, and the PSA elects a social-democratic President and the CSA adopts a democratic constitution following the war (by choosing either the Syndicalist or Radical Socialist paths), it is possible for them to agree to peacefully unify into a whole country again.
* TheRemnant: The PSA considers itself as the last Constitutionalist and ''civilian''-run holdout of the United States.
* RightfulKingReturns: As of 0.17, if General [=MacArthur=] overthrows a moderate democratically elected President, the former Vice President (who had been logrolling in the West trying to calm down agitation) will step up and lead the PSA as interim President. Given the President's incapacitation by [=MacArthur=], the Vice President arguably is the Constitutional President of the USA.
** However, without the 25th Amendment, this is not entirely set in stone and with the AUS and CSA challenging the results of the election, the legal point is moot unless the PSA wins. Moreover, with the elected President in house arrest, the lines are further blurred.
* TakeAThirdOption: Instead of being forced to choose between the key players of the conflict, the PSA's people and leadership decide to stand alone, declaring themselves the last true heir to the United States.

!!''Frank Finley Merriam''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Republican Party
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: December 22nd, 1865, in Hopkinton, Iowa, United States of America\\
Political Career: Son of Civil War veterans, Frank Merriam was born in Iowa and planned for a legal career in the Midwest. Upon seeing the rising prominence of the California Republican Party, Frank shifted his career out west. It was Merriam more than anyone that defeated the SPA in California, defeating the Longshoremen strike, and even rebuffing Upton Sinclair when he became the Democrat nominee for Governor. Despite this, traditionally Republican papers resisted Merriam's tax reforms. Upon the ascension of [=MacArthur=], most of these papers were ordered by Hearst to decry all Republicans. Merriam was able to use the public outcry against Hearst and [=MacArthur=] to gain the executive seat.[[/labelnote]]
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* {{Cincinnatus}}: Merriam is responsible for declaring the PSA's secession from Douglas [=MacArthur=]'s junta, but unlike his rival in D.C., Merriam doesn't hold the office of Provisional President for too long in the event that PSA comes out as the eventual victors of the Civil War, and will soon call for an election to elect a legitimate President.

!!''Hiram Warren Johnson''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Elections)
->'''Party:''' Democratic Party - Progressive
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: September 2nd, 1866, in Sacramento, California, United States of America\\
Political Career: Born in the mid-century in Sacramento, California, Hiram Johnson came from a political family. Hiram's father, Grove Johnson, was a disgraced state representative, his mother was heavily involved in the Daughters of the American Revolution. Hiram's early political career was boosted by this legacy, and he became a competent DA for San Francisco in 1902. Hiram's gubernatorial race in 1910 was funded by the liberal Republican group 'the Lincoln-Roosevelt League' Johnson's campaign ran in opposition to the Southern Pacific Railroad corporation, who sought to lobby within the Republicans against Hiram. As Governor, Hiram supported anti immigration bills, and paved the way for a later Congressional career. The Republican establishment in California was rocked in 1932, when Hiram threw in his support for Herbert Hoover. Hiram's personal distaste for the Eastern Establishment meant he stayed away from the political chaos of 1936.[[/labelnote]]
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Hiram Johnson in OTL was never a Democrat. Outside of being Teddy Roosevelt's running mate in 1912, he stayed as a Republican until the day he died.

!!''Quentin Roosevelt''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] ([=MacArthur=] deposed Olson)
->'''Party:''' Democratic Party - Progressive
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
See his entry in the United States of America folder.

!!''Al Smith''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] ([=MacArthur=] deposed Garner)
->'''Party:''' Democratic Party - Progressive
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
See his entry in the United States of America folder.

!!''Charles Linza [=McNary=]''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] ([=MacArthur=] deposed Landon or 1940 election)
->'''Party:''' Republican Party
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: June 12th, 1874, in Salem, Oregon, United States of America\\
Political Career: Charles [=McNary=] stood behind the foundation of the Republican Party when it was under attack from all angles in 1936, serving as Alf Landon's running mate. A Republican at heart but also a pragmatist, [=McNary=] was seen within the party as an insurance against the Northwest descending into radicalism, which also made him allies with an ally of the Entente interests in North America. In fact, his company provided electricity to a significant portion of Western Canada by the 1940s due to this relationship.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''Earl Warren''
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->'''Role:''' Vice-President ([=McNary=] cabinet), President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] ([=McNary=] succession)
->'''Party:''' Republican Party
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: March 19th, 1891, in Los Angeles, California, United States of America\\
Political Career: Young Earl Warren thought his career was doomed when his father Mathias was blacklisted for joining a strike, but instead it motivated the young man into excelling past this stigma. This prior stigma motivated Earl into joining numerous fraternities and lodges in order to intermingle with the people that stigmatised his father, as well as serving in the military. These connections paid off and sent Earl into a life of public of Califomia in 1930, where he into a life of public service and eventually reached the Governor seat steered the declining Progressive movement towards the political centre away from the even more declining West Coast Socialist Party. Earl became a progressive entryist within the Republican party, pushing for national desegregation.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''Henry Agard Wallace''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1940 election)
->'''Party:''' Farmer-Labor Party
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: October 7th, 1888, in Orient, Iowa, United States of America\\
Political Career: Humble beginnings as an Iowa farmer did not dissuade a young Henry Wallace from seeing the world and gaining worldly insight. His fortune came from inventing hybrid corn breeds, a major innovation that allowed Wallace to travel the world. Henry visited India and became acquainted with Theosophy, a Hinduist school of thought popular in Russia that draws elements from Christian Anarchism and Socialism. These teachings ultimately alienated him from mainstream socialism and pushed him into the Farmer-Labor Party when he returned. Wallace portrays himself above all else a pragmatic economist and an agricultural expert capable of the agrarian reform America needs.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''Culbert Levy Olson''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1940 election)
->'''Party:''' Democratic Party - Progressive
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: November 7th, 1876, in Fillmore, Utah, United States of America\\
Political Career: Culbert Olson had faced both the stigma of running as a Mormon politician, and running as an atheist in his lifetime. In California as Governor, Culbert had to deal with long stading rumours that Mormons had a blood feud with the US Government. Olson's superb term as Goveernor in passing health care legislation and allowing non-SPA socialists to organise. By the time of the national race, Culbert had come out as an atheist, and faced a second uphill battle. The party stood by him, and ultimately his portofolio allowed him to reach the White House.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''Philip Fox La Follette''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Non-Farmer-Labor President 1944 election)
->'''Party:''' Farmer-Labor Party
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: May 8th, 1897, in Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America\\
Political Career: A professional Wisconsin progressive, Philip is the most successful of the politically active La Follette family. A friend and former mentor to Floyd Olson, who had been convinced to join the Farmer-Labor Party in order to continue to help his state in need. With the spectre of isolationism that Philip's father Robert stood for, Philip nonetheless stands behind the need for a strong military in the Americas as well as the full extent and strength of the government as promoted by the Farmer-Labor Party.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''Sheridan Downey''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Non-Democrat President 1944 election)
->'''Party:''' Democratic Party - Conservative
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: March 11th, 1884, in Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America\\
Political Career: Sheridan Downey, born on March 11, 1884 in Laramie, Wyoming, went to law school at the University of Michigan and was soon afterwards elected as the district attorney of Wyoming's Albany County in 1908 - as a Republican. In 1912, when he made a bold move of backing Theodore Roosevelt and his “Bull Moose” third-party revolt, and led the movement's efforts in Wyoming, indirectly helping the Democrats winning the state. The next year, he moved to California with his brother, Stephen, and dedicated the next few years of his life to their law firm and his own real estate ventures. In 1924, re-entered politics in the same way that he left it - by supporting another Progressive's bid for the presidency, this time with Robert La Follette, Sr. By 1932, he had decided to change his party registration to Democratic, and before the end of 1933 declared his intent to run for Governor of California. After his announcement, he was approached by the famous writer Upton Sinclair, who had his own plans to run for governor and was attracted to Downey's progressive past - however, Downey was unwilling to abandon the Democrats for the Socialist Party, and so Sinclair ran without him, while Downey narrowly edged out the Democratic nomination. Both candidates were defeated by the Republican incumbent, Frank Merriam.\\
Downey's progressive tendencies left him unwilling to tolerate [=MacArthur=]’s coup, and so he eagerly backed the Sacramento government - but the years went on, and he became more formally involved with the political scene, his own politics began to shift. While the once-dedicated progressive remained a supporter of pensions, old-age insurance, and racial justice, he nonetheless grew increasingly conservative and friendly with the oil, corporate agriculture, and film industries. By the time of the 1944 campaign, his transformation was complete - he sought and won the Democratic nomination and the presidency as a moderate conservative Democrat, with the mission statement of leading a return to normalcy for a still war-torn nation.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''Joseph Bracken Lee''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (President Olson 1944 election or President Wallace 1948 election)
->'''Party:''' Republican Party
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: January 7th, 1899, in Price, Utah, United States of America\\
Political Career: Joseph Bracken Lee was one of the first hard right Utahan Republicans, being elected only shorty after Mormons were allowed into Congress. While others resisted the draft on religious grounds, Lee joined the military and eventually fell on hard times after veterans' pensions dried up. Running for Governor as a Republican and promising to promote Veteran Pay, Lee had had also become acquainted with the old boys' network of politics. This old boy's network almost led to his dismissal after he was caught in an illegal gambling den by pro-AFP sheriff W. Skousen. Lee continued to advocate for fiscal conservatism and for admission of all religious right groups into Republican circles, which eventually got him nominated for the highest office.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''Glen Hearst Taylor''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Two-terms President Wallace or Non-Farmer-Labor President 1948 election)
->'''Party:''' Farmer-Labor Party
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: April 12th, 1904, in Portland, Oregon, United States of America\\
Political Career: Being President was just as much a surprise to Glen Taylor as it was to the voting public. The man that had wanted at one point to be a wandering preacher and then a country singer had finally reached a position that befitted his skills. Taylor was known in Congress as a compassionate economist and advocate of progressive policies and singing to children on the steps of the Capitol. Taylor's compassion fueled his opposition to segregation, and despite his eccentricities he has endeared himself to the American people, which is all he ever wanted.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''Clarence Daniel Martin''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1948 election)
->'''Party:''' Democratic Party - Progressive
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: June 29th, 1886, in Cheney, Utah, United States of America\\
Political Career: Clarence Martin came into prominence during a consequential Washington State election of 1932, which unseated many Republicans from state office. Clarence may have come in during a major shift, but his credentials in Washington included fostering small business and his unusually respectful discourse. Clarence on principle refused to exaggerate or appeal populist tendencies in his election campaign, and distinguished himself in the Washington Senate by sponsoring necessary civil works projects. As the Democratic Party was able to wrest the civil works initiative from Republicans across the West, Clarence reaped the benefits politically and received more votes in '36 than Garner in Washington. The desertion of some Democrats to [=MacArthur=] only made Clarence's loyalty stand out, and his nomination to the executive chair that more likely.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''Warren Grant Magnuson''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Non-Democrat or Two-terms Democrat President 1952 election)
->'''Party:''' Democratic Party - Progressive
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: April 12th, 1905, in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States of America\\
Political Career: While it's known that Warren Grant Magnuson was born in Moorhead, Minnesota in 1905, the exact details of his birth are a mystery - he never knew his birth parents, and was given his name by a pair of second-generation Scandinavian immigrants. Magnuson spent two years studying in North Dakota, before spending a brief stint in Canada working jobs with threshing crews. At the behest of a high school girlfriend, he moved to Seattle, Washington, where he would earn his law degree in 1929, and spent the next few years working in various government jobs. He first entered the world of politics by supporting Al Smith's 1928 bid for the presidency and remained active as a Democrat since then, championing opposition to prohibition and eventuallying entering the Washington House of Representatives in 1933 as a Seattle delegate. Magnuson was then elected to fill a vacancy in the national House, taking his seat in January 1937 - mere months before the country was torn apart by civil war. Opposing [=MacArthur=]'s takeover, Magnuson defied the odds and escaped Washington, D.C. with the aid of anti-coup elements in the Navy - in return, he would volunteer for the war effort and serve in the Navy for much of the war.\\
In 1944, Magnuson entered the Senate on the back of his war record and progressive credentials, famously spearheading efforts to repeal the Chinese Exclusion Act and quickly becoming a poster boy of the Democratic reformist wing. When he announced his intent to run for the presidency in 1952, he was seen as an ideal candidate nobody, the Democrats argued, better embodied the Pacific cause than a veteran who has dedicated his life to the cause of democracy. With the turn of the decade, many look to President Magnuson as the harbinger of a new era of American progressivism.[[/labelnote]]
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* ActionPolitician: Warren Magnuson serves in the Navy during the Second American Civil War before entering politics after its conclusion.
* WarHero: He is elected to the Senate partly on his war record.

!!''Harry Pulliam Cain''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (President Martin/Downey 1952 election)
->'''Party:''' Republican Party
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: January 10th, 1906, in Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America\\
Political Career: Harry Pulliam Cain was born with his twin brother On January on January 10, 1906 in Nashville, Tennessee to a two with a strong Southern heritage, something they made sure that Cain remembered well and took pride in even after the family moved to Tacoma, Washington in 1911. Despite losing his mother at age 11 and developing a case of Bell's mome palsy that temporarily restrained his ability to speak, he overcame both and enrolled in Hill Military Academy and later The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, developing an affinity for the 18th-century Anglo-Irish conservative philosopher and statesman, Edmund Burke. His studies also drew him towards the field of journalism, which led to him taking a job offer for The New York Times after graduating in 1929.\\
Cain's life, like the rest of America's, was completely upended by the news of [=MacArthur=]'s coup and the following Californian revolt. Finding [=MacArthur=]'s actions to be a sick perversion of conservativism, Cain quickly joined up with the fledgling Pacific army, where his previous military schooling was a welcome asset and helped him find talent for military government, a skill in great demand when dealing with the unprecedented humanitarian crisis brought on by the civil war. Following his service, he returned to Tacoma to run its largely nonpartisan mayoral office, veral office, winning the election handily by virtue of his war record and public campaign style. After a largely successful public term, the conservative Democrat, long falling out of love with the party, changed his registration to Republican and made a run for the Senate, creating his first brush with controversy by accusing his Democratic opponent of having ties to Socialist front organisations. It would not be his last - the senator rapidly became notorious for his inflammatory conservative stances throughout his term.\\
Cain's rails against the tripartite threat of Socialism, Longism, and [=MacArthurism=] carried him to the Republican nomination and the presidency - but now that he's privy to the inner workings of the ongoing committees dedicated to investigating "subversive activities", Cain has shocked everyone by coming out against many of the procedures as violations of civil liberties and due process of law. President Cain is quickly earning a reputation as a man at odds with his past - and a man prepared to make a stand for any opinion, no matter how controversial.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''[[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon Richard Milhous Nixon]]''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Non-Republican or Two-terms Republican President 1952 election)
->'''Party:''' Republican Party
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: January 9th, 1913, in Yorba Linda, California, United States of America\\
Political Career: A native Californian and an obstinate quaker, A native Nixon attempted to join the FBI after college. After failing to do so, Nixon became a lawyer for the major oil companies of California. Nixon began a feud with fellow Republican Earl Warren, which persisted into the national political scene. Nixon took jobs prosecuting politicians in the Pacific States who were suspected of radicalism, and had a good winning record against socialists. Finally Nixon defeated Warren within the Republicans by promising him the Governorship of California in exchange for the National Nomination.[[/labelnote]]
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* InSpiteOfANail: Despite large changes to American history, Richard Nixon can still end up president, albeit 16 years earlier than OTL.
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[[folder:New England]]
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->'''Official Name:''' New England, United States of America (Civil war victory)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Democratic Party
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
With the Second American Civil War in full swing, the US northeast, isolated from the federal government and morally opposed to warfare and radicalism, may choose to seek Canadian protection. Politically subordinated to Canada and the Entente, the Provisional Government of New England may choose to align with Canada's civil war preferences, offer themselves as a better alternative for American reunification, or reach out to the Pacific States should Canada also fall into despotism.
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* MartialPacifist: The general motif. While New England would rather be left alone and let the other players of the Civil War kill themselves off, it's not afraid to defend itself from anyone trying to drag them into the conflict.
* NonIndicativeName: As a nation, New England also includes the territory of Upstate New York, which while culturally similar to New England has never been considered part of the region. In-game, Upstate joins with New England primarily because it would be otherwise vulnerable to the CSA.
* PuppetState: New England is a Canadian puppet, created from a Canadian occupation zone, but can develop beyond this, becoming a truly independent nation.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: New Englanders would rather not have anything to do with the Civil War, and just want to be left alone.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: New England's status as an Entente PuppetState isn't lost on the locals. They're generally content with Canadian arms and reinforcements, but only to a point. Depending on how the focus tree plays out, they could either set off on their own path independent of their benefactors, or even return to the British Crown.

!!''Wilbur Lucius Cross''
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->'''Role:''' Interim President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Democratic Party
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: April 10th, 1862, in Mansfield, Connecticut, United States of America\\
Political Career: Born in Mansfield, Connecticut in 1862 - Cross is renowned across the American literary scene for his talented work in analyzing English literature. From academia, Cross competed for the position of governorship for the state of Connecticut of which he won successfully. With the outbreak of the civil war, Cross finds himself in a precarious position following the Canadian occupation of New England. One of the many Americans who petitioned the Canadian government to intervene, Cross's openness to embrace the Entente's arrival into America has led some to suspect that he is no more than a mere puppet of the former British Empire. While he is on paper the leader of a provisional government led by Ottawa, he is also the temporary interim leader of New England until a suitable President is chosen.[[/labelnote]]
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* {{Cincinnatus}}: Wilbur Cross is only the interim leader of New England until a new president can be elected.

!!''David I. Walsh''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1937 election)
->'''Party:''' Democratic Party
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: November 11th, 1872, in Leominster, Massachusetts, United States of America\\
Political Career: Born in Leominster, Massachusetts, on November 11, 1872 - Walsh attended local public schools in his youth before attending Boston University Law school, after which he was admitted to the bar. Rising to politics in a longtime Republican district as a Democrat, Walsh proposed increased government responsibility for charity work and the mentally ill and pushed for censorship of the racist film "Birth of a Nation." Indeed, Walsh is a staunch opponent of the racism that pervades American society; in the 1924 Democratic National Convention, he condemned the Ku Klux Klan. A champion of modern labour standards, Walsh has found a robust voting base among the working classes of New England.\\
Noted for his political populism and seemingly luxurious lifestyle, Walsh served successful terms as Massachusetts's first Irish-Catholic senator. When the great civil war broke out, Walsh quickly ascended to the head of the Democratic Party in New England. A prominent advocate of isolation during the Weltkrieg, Walsh has attracted the annoyance of his Canadian neighbours due to his anti-imperialist views. While Canadian-American ties are ever closer, Walsh's anti-interventionist stances will surely bring conflict between the two nations.\\
Serving alongside President Walsh is none other than former Rhode Island Senator Theodore Green. A vigorous member of the Democratic Party despite his age, Green stands opposed to Walsh's isolationism - instead of believing that America's path lies in aiding the rest of the free world.[[/labelnote]]
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* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: David Walsh was Massachusetts's first Irish-Catholic senator.

!!''Lewis O. Barrows''
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->'''Role:''' Maine Secretary of State, President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1937 election)
->'''Party:''' Republican Party
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: June 7th, 1893, in Newport, Maine, United States of America\\
Political Career: Born in Newport, Maine on June 7th, 1893 - Barrows studied in local schools around Newport before attending the University of Maine with a degree in pharmacy. His political career began to take off after holding local positions in Newport such as serving as the treasurer and as an eventual state committeeman under the Republican Party. As the nation descended into chaos in 1936, Maine remained unscathed from much of the violence and Barrows made sure that Maine would remain free from radicalism under his leadership as Maine Secretary of State.\\
With the arrival of the second civil war among the states of the former United States of America, Barrows along with prominent New England politicians and governors were among those who appealed to Canada for protection. Representing what is left of the Republican Party, Barrows has been nominated to serve as an interim president in the hopes of securing the eventual restoration of American democracy. Serving alongside President Barrows is Vice President Henry Styles Bridges, the former governor of New Hampshire. A teacher and businessman, Styles Bridges was the youngest state governor of the time and now is eager to join Barrows' administration.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''Joseph William Martin Jr.''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1937 election)
->'''Party:''' Republican Party
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: November 3rd, 1884, in North Attleborough, Massachusetts, United States of America\\
Political Career: Born in North Attleborough, Massachusetts, on November 3, 1884 - Joseph Martin Jr came from an Irish New England family and spent his youth playing ball and working as a newspaper editor. A so-called "compassionate conservative," Martin supports the use of conservative techniques and concepts to significantly improve society's welfare.\\
Ascending from a career of local and then state politics for Massachusetts, Martin secured a position in Congress as a Representative for the Republican Party. As the nation descended into chaos and a new interim President was hastily chosen, Martin was elected on a combined coalition party of Democrats and Republicans.\\
His Vice President is the former Democratic governor of Massachusetts and conservative Democrat Joseph B. Ely. Achieving fame among New Englanders due to his handling of the Great Depression, Ely has been chosen by the compromise committee due to his role in combating unemployment and poverty. While the tensions between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party still exist, a house divided against itself cannot stand in America's darkest hour.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''Charles F. Hurley''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1940 election)
->'''Party:''' Democratic Party
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: November 24th, 1893, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America\\
Political Career: Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on November 24th, 1893 - Hurley's early life was marked with tragedy as he lost both his parents at a young age. He was then raised by the family housekeeper, a former US District Attorney, before attending Boston College and becoming a salesman in athletic goods. Hurley then embarked on a career in local politics before ascending to the position of Massachusetts State Treasurer for three consecutive terms as a Democrat. The success of his political run convinced him of greater political aspirations, and he ran successfully fully for governor in the 1936 election. As the nation descended into chaos, the Irish-American governor sought to resolve tensions between Yankee Protestants and Irish-American Catholics. In the wake of the destructive 1938 New England Hurricane, Hurley oversaw the relief and rebuilding efforts for the city of Boston.\\
Now the newly elected 33rd President of the United States finds himself in a much greater position, the defender of American democracy in the wake of radicals and reactionaries. Serving alongside Hurley is fellow Democrat Peter Gerry, a wealthy senator from the state of Rhode Island. Gerry was tutored and mentored by none other than Canadian politician William Lyon Mackenzie King in his youth.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''John G. Winant''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1940 election)
->'''Party:''' Republican Party
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: February 23rd, 1889, in New York City, New York, United States of America\\
Political Career: Born on the East Side of New York City on February 23, 1889 - John Winant came from a prosperous family and attended Princeton University, although his marks were relatively poor. After a brief stint in the army, Winant entered state politics by elected the New Hampshire Senate. Following a successful career in the Senate, Winant ascended Governor of New Hampshire under the Republican Party from 1925-1927 and then from 1931-1935. He achieved state-wide fame for his handling of the decades-long economic depression that had beset America. Active in the Square Deal policies that helped end the depression in New England, Winant has easily been chosen among his party to lead New England onwards in its most challenging days. Following his governorship, Winant ascended to the powerful position of being the American ambassador to Canada where he played a hand in the many interactions between the Provisional Government and the Canadian nation. The 33rd President of the United States faces a broken nation but is eager to reunite and take its place once more as the hegemon of the New World.\\
Serving alongside Winant is Frederick Hale, a Maine lawyer and Senator from Harvard University. A long-time Republican and chairman of the Committee of Canadian Relations - Hale has espoused fierce anti-Ku Klux Klan views in public and has not been afraid to denounce them.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''Maurice J. Tobin''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1944 election)
->'''Party:''' Democratic Party
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: May 22nd, 1901, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America\\
Political Career: Boston, Massachusetts, on May 22, 1901 - Tobin's Catholic and Irish heritage has led him to become deeply popular among Boston's Irish population. He briefly worked at Conway Leather and New England Telephone after graduating from Boston University until he entered politics as a protege of the esteemed Democrat James Michael Curley. At just the young age of 25, Tobin was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives, which he served from 1925-1929. A Representatives, which fiscally conservative man, Tobin then became mayor of Boston serving the city without authorizing large public scale projects. His career as mayor was rocked by the Coconut Grove fire, but the scandal did not stop the ambitious Tobin from running for President. An energetic and vigorous member of the Democratic Party, Tobin became elected as the 3Xth President, securing for the Democrats four more years in the White House. The nation waits to see what the new President will do, especially those involved in labour as Tobin has been a constant supporter of labour unions and socially liberal policies.\\
Serving alongside Tobin is James Farley, an Irish-Catholic New Yorker and member of the Knights of Malta. A fierce fighter for civil rights, especially for African-Americans, Farley has announced he will supervise the rebuilding of the nation's postal service and significantly improve its airmail capabilities. The two men have vowed to reunite and rebuild America once and for all under the leadership of the Democratic Party.[[/labelnote]]
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* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: Maurice Tobin can potentially become America's first Catholic president in 1944, 16 years before UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy in OTL.

!!''Raymond E. Baldwin''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1944 election)
->'''Party:''' Republican Party
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: August 31st, 1893, in Rye, New York, United States of America\\
Political Career: Born in Rye, New York on August 31, 1893 - Raymond Baldwin's home state became Connecticut after moving there at a young age and spending his college years ears at Yale. Baldwin in the participated in Stratford Town Court as a prosecutor, eventually advancing to judge of the town court in 1931. As the country fell apart, the governor of Connecticut, Baldwin, was among those who petitioned the Canadian government to intervene due to the civil war. To ensure the safety of the people of New England, Baldwin supervised complex array of civil defenses and statewide services on the homefront which grew his popularity within the Republican Party. He certainly has his work cut out for him as the nation reels from the horror of the great war - only time will tell whether or not Baldwin's hand will lead to prosperity and peace in the future.\\
Serving alongside Baldwin, New Yorker Irving Ives, a man whose family dates back to the first settlers who settled in New England. Re-elected many times sin the New York State Assembly, Ives publicly expressed his desire to end workplace discrimination based on race, creed, and colour. Together, both men have vowed to reunite and rebuild America once and for all under the leadership of the Republican Party.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''William Averell Harriman''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1948 election)
->'''Party:''' Democratic Party
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: November 15th, 1891, in New York City, New York, United States of America\\
Political Career: Born in New York City on November 15, 1891 - William Harriman, also known as "Averell" Harriman, was born into a life of wealth as his father was railroad baron E.H. Harriman. During his academic career at Groton School and Yale University, Harriman made contacts that led to the large firm "Brown Brothers Harriman & Co." During the 1930s, Harriman's Union man's properties grew to include the Union Pacific Railroad, the Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation, and the Polaroid Corporation. His immense wealth painted Harriman as an enemy in the eyes of the Syndicalists during the years leading up to the civil war. During the ensuing chaos, Harriman fled north for the Provisional Government of New England, where he joined the Committee of Canadian-American Relations and helped coordinate the joint war effort between New England and Canada. Through this position, Harriman gained the experience necessary to become the American ambassador to Canada - helping aid in the close relations between the two nations.\\
Receiving the nomination of the Democratic Party and following his victory in the 1948 election, Harriman has become the 3Xth President of the United States of America. The new President has a of work cut out for him as the full signs of recovery are beginning to show, and the the years of reconstruction are finally coming to an end. Serving alongside Harriman will be the former governor of New York state, Herbert H. Lehman. A supporter of the Second Square Deal during the provisional government era, Lehman has publicly stated his support for the guaranteed rights and wages of the working class.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''George Aiken''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1948 election)
->'''Party:''' Republican Party
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: August 20th, 1892, in Dummerston, Vermont, United States of America\\
Political Career: Born in Dummerston, Vermont, on August 20th, 1892 Aiken developed a strong interest in agriculture early, a passion that he would carry on in his career as governor of Vermont. A Republican, he ran unsuccessfully for the Vermont House of Representatives in 1922, but he ran successfully in 1930 and 1932. He ascended to the position of Lieutenant Governor in 1934 and became governor in 1936, just as the nation descended into chaos. As governor of Vermont during the civil war, Aiken helped organise work projects to alleviate the economic stress caused by years the great depression. A proponent of spending projects for rural America, Aiken holds great affection for the beauty of his home state, although these natural beauty views put him at odds with old-guard Republicans. With his background in agriculture, he portrayed himself as the defender of farmers and the common folk - with this stance and popularity, he accepted the Republican nomination for the campaign of 1948.\\
Now the 3Xth President of the United States, Aiken faces a nation finally shaking off the dust after years of economic woe and instability. Serving alongside Aiken is Robert Bradford, the Republican Lt. Governor of Boston, and a man from al long-time traditional New England family. During his time as governor, Bradford emphasised fiscal conservatism but social liberal values as seen in his project such as housing and care for civil war veterans.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''Chester Bowles''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1952 election)
->'''Party:''' Democratic Party
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: April 5th, 1901, in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States of America\\
Political Career: Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on April 5th, 1901 - Bowles came from a Republican family who hated and feared big government. However, Bowles' political views were shaped by his aunt Ruth Standish Baldwin, a socialist and friend of Norman Thomas. After graduating from Yale University, Bowles became an advertising executive, although he was forced to flee from New York City due to the arrival of the civil war. Initially opposed to Canada's involvement in American politics, Bowles joined the America First Committee, although he voiced his support for New England after the provisional government entered the fray. After the civil war, Bowles led the Office of Economic Stabilisation, using his years in economics to help rebuild the nation's war-torn economy. In 1948, he became governor of Connecticut, defeating James C. Shannon signed the end of segregated national guard units and acts to improve mental health and housing.\\
Now the 3Xth President of the United States, after securing the election of 1952, Bowles plans to lead a new America, one willing to help develop the world's weaker nations. Realizing America's restored industrial and military might be better used to serve the world, Bowles will push for push for greater American world involvement to to keep peace. Paul Dever, the of Massachusetts governor and a former Lt. Commander in the Civil War, will be serving alongside Bowles. The youngest ever Attorney General of Massachusetts, Dever's governorship saw mental health reforms and efforts to resist domestic syndicalism.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''Thomas E. Dewey''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1952 election)
->'''Party:''' Republican Party
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born: March 24th, 1902, in Owosso, Michigan, United States of America\\
Political Career: Born in Owosso, Michigan, on March 24, 1902 - Thomas E. Dewey attended the University of Michigan, where he briefly contemplated a career in singing. After a throat ailment convinced him a job in such was risky, Dewey instead pursued law which brought him to New York City. City, First serving as a federal prosecutor, Dewey achieved headlines in the 1930s by prosecuting gangster Waxey Gordon. With an excellent memory, Dewey used his details of crimes and telephone taps to bring down criminal organisations. Unfortunately for Dewey, however, the great civil war forced him to flee from New York City and head north to New England, where he would serve serve as 1942, 1946, and 1950. Regarded as an Regarded governor in honest and effective governor, Dewey banned racial discrimination in employment and increased state aid for education and salaries for state employees. His Postwar "Reconstruction Fund" helped the city of New York recover after years of brutal civil war that had utterly devastated the metropolis, and with such fame, he achieved the Republican nomination in 1952.\\
Securing the election of 1952, Dewey is now the 3Xth President of the United States and leads a mighty America, years of civil war and instability long behind her. Serving alongside him is the grandson of the legendary American oil baron John Rockefeller, Nelson Rockefeller. A noted art collector, businessman, and politician, Rockefeller has been noted for his liberal and progressive views despite his Republican background.[[/labelnote]]
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hawaii]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Republic of Hawaii, Kingdom of Hawaii (Monarchy restored), Commune of Hawaii (Socialist)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Emergency Directorate
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy
The state of Hawaii sometimes leaves both the Union and the Pacific States, leaving it to fend for itself as either a monarchy, republic or even Syndicalist state.
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* AquaticMook: Hawaii has multiple focuses dedicated on bonuses to marines and warfare on wet terrains plus amphibious invasions, turning their special divisions into this. Given that Hawaii is divided into many individual islands and that they ''will'' have to hop from one to another in a defensive war, this is pretty much a justified ([[EliteMooks And very useful]]) example.
* ChummyCommies: The Hawaiian socialists, if they take power, seek to build a truly egalitarian state, reforming the education, implementing universal suffrage, allowing unions to operate independently, and ensuring that everyone's interests and complaints are taken into account.
* RightfulKingReturns: Hawaii can restore the old monarchy that was in place before it became a US territory, and as such is the only part of the former United States that can have a king, albeit one with no claims of being a successor to the US, unlike the other breakaways that all see themselves as the real United States.
* SummonBiggerFish: If the victor of the civil war decides to conquer Hawaii or Japan has its eyes on the island, Hawaii's main hope of victory is being backed by whatever faction it joined.
* TeamSwitzerland: Hawaii can break away from America and the Pacific States, in which case it will proclaim neutrality in the Second American Civil War.

!!''James Dole''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Emergency Directorate
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy
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* EmergencyAuthority: James Dole is the leader of an "Emergency Directorate" taking control of Hawaii after the beginning of the Civil War.

!!''Lawrence [=McCully=] Judd''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Republic declared), Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Monarchy, 1940 election)
->'''Party:''' Republican Party
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
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!!''John Henry Wilson''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1940 election), Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Monarchy, 1940 election)
->'''Party:''' Progressive Party
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy
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!!''Samuel Wilder King''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1940 election), Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Monarchy, 1940 election)
->'''Party:''' National Liberal Party
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
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!!''Henry Alexander Baldwin''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (1940 election), Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Monarchy restored)
->'''Party:''' Hui Aloha Aina[[note]]Patriotic League[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
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!!''Lili'uokalani II''
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->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Monarchy restored)
->'''Party:''' Hui Aloha Aina[[note]]Patriotic League[[/note]], National Liberal Party (Elections), Republican Party (Elections), Progressive Party (Elections)
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism, Social Liberalism, Market Liberalism, Social Democracy
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!!''Arthur Rutledge''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Hawaiian Revolution)
->'''Party:''' Socialist Party of Hawaii
->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism
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!!''Jack Wayne Hall''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Hawaiian Revolution, 1940 election)
->'''Party:''' Hawaiian Federation of Labor
->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism
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!!''Jack Denichi Kimoto''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Hawaiian Revolution, 1940 election)
->'''Party:''' Revolutionary Party of Hawaii
->'''Ideology:''' Totalism
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Puerto Rico]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican Republic (Independence), Puerto Rican Commune (Socialist)
->'''Party:''' Gobernación Americana[[note]]American Governorship[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy
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!!''Blanton C. Winship''
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->'''Role:''' Governor[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Gobernación Americana[[note]]American Governorship[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Blanton C. Winship, originally a lawyer from America, first set foot on Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American war, when the 1st Georgia Infantry took part in the Puerto Rico Expedition. He'd stay in the Army as a military lawyer, becoming a military aide to President [=McAdoo=] in 1925 and Judge Advocate General of the US Army in 1931. With the growing unrest in the island as Nationalist groups like the PNPR continued to undermine American authority, Winship was appointed as Governor of the island in 1934. Unlike his predecessor, Winship has taken a more hardline stance towards the forces trying to destabilise Puerto Rico, militarising the Insular Police to better maintain American power against threats both internal and external. However, Winship has also criticised the American Government for not investing in the island, which had been harshly struck by the Great Depression, and that has gained him some much needed local support to stay in power.[[/labelnote]]
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* EmergencyAuthority: When riots break out in Puerto Rico following the start of the second American Civil War, Governor Winship will ask for some much needed executive authority to handle the situation as he sees fit. The USA might choose to grant him his request or ignore his demands and keep the island as is.

!!''Gobierno de La Fortaleza[[note]]Government of The Fortress[[/note]]''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Constitutional Convention)
->'''Party:''' Unión de Puerto Rico[[note]]Union of Puerto Rico[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
The Provisional Government of La Fortaleza, made up of all major party representatives of Puerto Rico, now sits as the figurative Head of State of the island. Until a constitution is passed and elections organised, the delegates have organised commissions to do the day to day running.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''Antonio Rafael Barceló''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Elections or Released by a Market Liberal country)
->'''Party:''' Partido Liberal de Puerto Rico[[note]]Liberal Party of Puerto Rico[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism, Market Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Antonio Rafael Barceló y Martínez started his political career as far back as the early 1890s, joining the Autonomist Party, which sought to create an independent Puerto Rico within the Spanish Empire. As a successful merchant and graduated lawyer, Barceló was Municipal Judge at the town of Fajardo when the Americans landed into the town to fight the Spanish. Since Puerto Rico's annexation by the United States, Barceló remained active in local politics, first joining the Partido Federal, which tried to get Statehood for the island, and when that possibility grew distant, Barceló abandoned the party and joined the original Union of Puerto Rico. He was later elected for the Chamber of Delegates, named president of the UPR in 1912 and he was designated member of the Executive Council of Puerto Rico by President Woodrow Wilson. He later became President of the Senate, from which he started to push for Independence. However, dissatisfied with the UPR and a failed attempt at a coalition with the Republican Party, Barceló founded the Liberal Party in 1924. Now as acting president, Barceló's career seems to have reached its peak, and unfortunately, with his health deteriorating, it seems he won't be occupying his role until the term limit...[[/labelnote]]
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!!''Ernesto Ramos Antonini''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Barceló succession)
->'''Party:''' Partido Liberal de Puerto Rico[[note]]Liberal Party of Puerto Rico[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism, Market Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born into a poor family in Mayagüez, Antonini was only able to afford to study for a degree in Law at the University of Puerto Rico by playing Piano at a local venue in San Juan. This experience has greatly shaped his political views, deciding to take up a political career in 1924 by joining the Union of Puerto Rico, and later joining the Liberal Party. Remaining as an influential politician since then and now acting as President, a reform to the justice system in Puerto Rico is expected, as well as an expansion of workers' rights and industrialisation measures.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''Luis Miñoz Marín''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Barceló succession)
->'''Party:''' Partido Liberal de Puerto Rico[[note]]Liberal Party of Puerto Rico[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism, Market Liberalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
The son of statesman Luis Miñoz Rivera, Marín spent most of his youth in the United States, as his father was the Puerto Rican Commissioner in the Union, where he graduated as a Lawyer from the University of Georgetown and as a Journalist from the University of Columbia. He returned to Puerto Rico in 1926, where he began writing for the newspaper 'La Democracia' ('The Democracy'). However, he did not actively participate in politics until 1932, where he joined the ranks of the Liberal party, remaining an influential member of the party ever since. A strong advocate of Puerto Rican economic welfare and independence, Muñoz's support base largely lay on the rural peasantry who responds positively to Muñoz's promises of social justice and subsidies. Now acting as President however, it remains to be seen if and how he will deliver said promises.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''Santiago Iglesias Pantín''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Elections), Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Released by a Radical Socialist/Syndicalist country)
->'''Party:''' Partido Socialista Puertorriqueño[[note]]Puerto Rican Socialist Party[[/note]], Partido Socialista[[note]]Socialist Party of Puerto Rico[[/note]], Confederación General de Trabajo[[note]]General Confederation of Labour[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy, Radical Socialism, Syndicalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Born in Spain and nationalised as a Puerto Rican, Santiago Iglesias is almost a living legend of the Puerto Rican Socialist movement. Being one of the original founders of the Puerto Rico Socialist party, and one of the main organisers of the Free Federation of Workers, Pantín's leadership has been a vital asset for the Socialists on Puerto Rico to even be able to survive. However, his stance of cooperation with the Americans during the Great Depression and his time as Commissioner have not done the socialist movement any favours as the independentists saw themselves alienated by the growing pro-American stance of the party. Nevertheless, with Puerto Rico's liberation, it was clear that the best choice of a Provisional President was to be none other than Pantín himself. With his reformist yet moderate guiding hand, Puerto Rico may see a time of social and industrial reform in the short term, but with more radical wings in the Socialist Party existing, it's uncertain whether Pantín will be able to see his vision through fully before some up-and-comer replaces him.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''Bolívar Pagán Lucca''
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->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Iglesias passes away)
->'''Party:''' Partido Socialista[[note]]Socialist Party of Puerto Rico[[/note]], Partido Socialista Puertorriqueño[[note]]Puerto Rican Socialist Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism, Social Democracy
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Bolívar Pagán Lucca began his political career right after finishing high school, joining the Socialist Party and writing for the newspapers El Dia de Ponce, Nosotros, Renacimiento and Puerto Rico Ilustrado. In a few years he had become the editor of La Idea and La Aurora newspapers as well as becoming the vice-president of the Socialist Party in 1919, with the tutelage of Santiago Iglesias Pantín himself. He graduated as a lawyer from the University of Puerto Rico in 1921 and began serving as a judge in Fajardo from 1922 onwards, while also trying, unsuccessfully, to become the running candidate for the Socialist Party in 1924 and 1928, only managing to get the position of treasurer. Undeterred, Bolívar kept trying until gaining a seat in the insular senate in 1933 after the victory of La Coalición. However, his career ground to a halt with the Americans officially leaving Puerto Rico, as Bolívar was a staunch advocate of statehood for the island in the Senate, alienating him from most of the independentist groups. With Santiago Iglesias' death, Bolívar has had to step up to lead the Socialist Party and the Island as the running vice-president and while his leadership remains solid, he will have to distance himself from his pro-statehood past more thoroughly if he wishes to prevail in the new Puerto Rican political scene.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''César Andreu Iglesias''
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->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Iglesias passes away, Released by a Totalist country)
->'''Party:''' Confederación General de Trabajo[[note]]General Confederation of Labour[[/note]], Partido Comunista[[note]]Communist Party of Puerto Rico[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism, Totalism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Cesar Iglesias Andreu started his political career after graduating with a degree in Social Sciences from the University of Puerto Rico, when he began writing articles for the newspaper 'Verdad' ('Truth'), which was owned by the Communist Party of Puerto Rico. By this stage, Cesar had already been a member for years, but as his writings began to become popular, so to did his popularity over the seemingly faceless leadership of the Party. With foreign occupiers taking over Puerto Rico with the intention of giving power to a special type of socialist regime, Cesar was instantly recommended due to his anti-Imperialist and equality-at-all-costs rhetoric, and relative political expertise as a good provisional president. Time will tell whether the decision to place such a young writer will transform Puerto Rico for the better or only have it submit further to foreign interests.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''José Coll y Cuchí''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Elections)
->'''Party:''' Partido Unión Puertorriqueña[[note]]Puerto Rican Union Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
José Coll y Cuchí, the son of Cayetano Coll y Toste, was sent to study Law in the University of Barcelona in 1896. In Barcelona, he became interested in the ideals of Puerto Rican independence, and as the Americans annexed the island, José decided it was time to return to his homeland. He first joined the Republican party, where he managed to get elected as a member of the Chamber of Delegates in 1904, fighting a series of American proposals for the island like the Foraker Law, which lead him to join the Union of Puerto Rico until the 1920s. In 1922, seeing the Union of Puerto Rico as incapable of holding back the aggressive anti-independence stance of Governor Emmet Montgomery Reily, Jose left the party and founded his own party: The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party. Since then the party exploded in popularity, but as it did, it became clear that his largely moderate and reformist stance towards independence was in decline to Albizu's more revolutionary doctrine, forcing him to leave the party in 1930 and returning to his brother Cayetano's party, the Union Party. Since then, inspired by Long's rise in popularity in the United States, he began campaigning to become president of the Union Party, and with his campaign for President now successful with him occupying La Fortaleza, Jose has now managed to outmanoeuvre his old allies in the PNPR for good. Considered by many a pragmatist, but above all, a patriot, it's expected that as President he will now focus inwards to make Puerto Rico a self-sufficient nation, while also trying to bridge the gap between the lower and the higher classes of Puerto Rican society.[[/labelnote]]
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!!''Pedro Albizu Campos''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Nationalist Revolt or Elections)
->'''Party:''' Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico[[note]]Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' National Populism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
Pedro Albizu Campos, known by many Nationalists as 'The Last Liberator of America', has become a living legend of the Puerto Rican Independence movement. Albizu, in a somewhat ironic fashion, was largely educated in the United States, first graduating as a chemical engineer from the University of Vermont and as a Lawyer from Harvard University. After the end of the Weltkrieg, Albizu was selected to become a spectator in the Ceasefire of Copenhagen. However, he turned this position down after the ship that was going to take him to Europe stopped in the American South. Disgusted by the American Segregation, Albizu returned to Puerto Rico and joined the Partido Nacionalista. As a talented orator, it took him only a few years to reach the leadership of the party, and he grew to become one of America's biggest legal threats in the island, with him both defending anti-American activities in court as well as inspiring Nationalists to join in armed revolt against the Americans. Now, with the backing of the PNPR and the Cadets, Albizu's presidency will be marked by a radical shift in the island's politics, away from compromises done between parties and into a larger scope of changes that Albizu deems necessary for Puerto Rico to prosper, both economically as well as culturally.[[/labelnote]]
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* {{Realpolitik}}: Unlike Olson, whose compromise with Reed is more driven by his beliefs, Garner's compromise with Long is more of him taking advantage of an opportunity that Long presented.

* BoringButPractical: While his fellow politically moderate presidents can potentially knock entire sides out of the Second American Civil War before it begins, doing so [[PlotArmor gives whichever side then rises up in rebellion a huge power boost, automatically causing every state that could potentially flip to their side and join them to do so automatically, regardless of prior alignments]]. The results of a successful Landon's reforms aren't nearly as impressive on paper, since he'll have to fight both the CSA and the AUS, but both are weakened in the process and the PSA isn't a thing without [=MacArthur's=] coup; paired with wise choices under the administration of fellow Republican Herber Hoover this can actually make the civil war even easier for the federal government as potentially powerful population and industrial centers stick with the legitimate government.

** President Olson can negotiate with Reed and compromise with him to create governmental organizations supervised by the SPA that would act as liaison between unions and the government. If the compromise is made, the CSA will not rebel, but the AUS will instantly rebel. If the negotiation fails, either both the CSA and AUS will rise up while Olson remains in power, or [=MacArthur=] removes Olson, leading to the CSA, AUS, and PSA all rebelling.

** President Landon can accommodate neither Reed nor Long, leading to both the CSA and AUS rebelling (and one path also allows [=MacArthur=] to overthrow Landon). However, his route weakens both of them, possibly allowing for an easier Federal victory.
** Alternatively, President Olson, Garner, or Landon can adopt hardline positions against the radicals, launching police crackdowns on both the Socialist Party of America and the America First Party. The crackdowns eventually turns bloody, with strikers and Minutemen clashing with the police, National Guard, and each other. With chaos breaking out, J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI, proposes to the President to assassinate Long or Reed (the FBI only has enough time to enact one of them), which will collapse their faction. Several things can happen from here:

* OppressiveStatesOfAmerica: America in 1936 is an Apartheid state with rampant inequality and racism in general, and actively enforced segregation in particular. If [=MacArthur=] comes to power, it usually doesn't mean well for the American Constitution and Bill of Rights, both of which are suspended under martial law. The situation only gets worse if [=MacArthur=] refuses to step down after the war and maintains military dictatorship, marking the end of American democracy.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Olson tries to listen to other sides and seeks to make compromise with his rivals to improve America's situation and try to prevent the bloody Civil War. More specifically, his path allows him to reach a peaceful political compromise with Jack Reed about improving the salary and conditions for industrial workers, which prevents the CSA from rising up in rebellion, and since he is seen as a overall "reasonable" and "centrist" candidate, the PSA won't rise against him either. However, his sympathies for the socialist cause ultimately leads Long and the AUS to reject him out of hand and rise against his government.

And yet, when one considers it, the logic becomes a bit more clear. The triumph of the Combined Syndicates created a problem for both the old American elite and the new revolutionary government: the former had been defeated and left ostracized in the new America, while the latter was faced with a population that was and is reluctant to trust them. In Roosevelt, the Workers' Party saw a solution to both - a reconciliatory figure that might unite the supporters of the revolution with feminists, African-Americans, and reformists and ease the reintegration of old elites into society. Whether this controversial p I plan will work remains to be seen, but what is certain is that with her ascent to the presidency, America will yet again never be the same.[[/labelnote]]

* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: Depending on how things play out, Eleanor Roosevelt can potentially become the first female leader of the America.

* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: Depending on how things play out, Israel Amter can potentially become the first Jewish-American leader of the America.

!!''Gobierno de La Fortaleza''

!!''Anne Eleanor Roosevelt''

Military Career: gDwight David "Ike" Eisenhower, a fan of military history since a young age, applied for both West Point and Annapolis in 1910, being accepted in the former after the highest ranking candidate failed the physical requirement in 1911. He graduated in 1915 along with Omar Bradley and was almost discharged due to a leg injury, but West Point's chief medical officer interceded with the War Department and obtained a commission for him. Eisenhower would be posted with the 19th Infantry Regiment in the Mexican Border and reached the rank of Captain in 1917. He was transferred to Fort Benning in late 1918, where he remained training with the Camp Polk Tank school until the 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy. "Ike" was promoted to Major in 1920. His interest in armoured warfare only grew and grew, and quickly joined Patton's and Van Voorhis in their requests of increased funding for a mechanisation program. In 1924, he was sent to Panama, where he served under General Fox Conner, who decided to tutor "Ike" into philosophy, military history and military theory and was selected in 1925 for the Command and General Staff College, graduating first in a class of 245 officers. Conner would help "Ike" to get into the War College, becoming one of the youngest students of the academy and receiving the praise of General Pershing himself. After his graduation, he was assigned to the Army War College, and then served as executive officer to Major General George Van Horn Moseley, Assistant Secretary of War, from 1929 to 1933. Since then he has served as chief military aide of General Douglas [=MacArthur=], accompanying him to the Philippines, where he served as assistant military advisor to the Philippine government. Since then, he has become [=MacArthur's=] undisputed second in command, and while their personalities tend to clash often, many claim that their skills complement each other.[[/labelnote]]

Blanton C. Winship, originally a lawyer from America, first set foot on Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American war, when the 1st Georgia Infantry took part in the Puerto Rico Expedition. He'd stay in the Army as a military lawyer, becoming a military aide to President McAdoo in 1925 and Judge Advocate General of the US Army in 1931. With the growing unrest in the island as Nationalist groups like the PNPR continued to undermine American authority, Winship was appointed as Governor of the island in 1934. Unlike his predecessor, Winship has taken a more hardline stance towards the forces trying to destabilise Puerto Rico, militarising the Insular Police to better maintain American power against threats both internal and external. However, Winship has also criticised the American Government for not investing in the island, which had been harshly struck by the Great Depression, and that has gained him some much needed local support to stay in power.[[/labelnote]]

!!''Wilbur Cross''

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in Mansfield, Connecticut in 1862 - Cross is renowned across the American literary scene for his talented work in analyzing English literature. From academia, Cross competed for the position of governorship for the state of Connecticut of which he won successfully. With the outbreak of the civil war, Cross finds himself in a precarious position following the Canadian occupation of New England. One of the many Americans who petitioned the Canadian government to intervene, Cross's openness to embrace the Entente's arrival into America has led some to suspect that he is no more than a mere puppet of the former British Empire. While he is on paper the leader of a provisional government led by Ottawa, he is also the temporary interim leader of New England until a suitable President is chosen.[[/labelnote]]

!!''David Walsh''

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in Leominster, Massachusetts, on November 11, 1872 - Walsh attended local public schools in his youth before attending Boston University Law school, after which he was admitted to the bar. Rising to politics in a longtime Republican district as a Democrat, Walsh proposed increased government responsibility for charity work and the mentally ill and pushed for censorship of the racist film "Birth of a Nation." Indeed, Walsh is a staunch opponent of the racism that pervades American society; in the 1924 Democratic National Convention, he condemned the Ku Klux Klan. A champion of modern labour standards, Walsh has found a robust voting base among the working classes of New England.\\

!!''Lewis Barrows''

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in Newport, Maine on June 7th, 1893 - Barrows studied in local schools around Newport before attending the University of Maine with a degree in pharmacy. His political career began to take off after holding local positions in Newport such as serving as the treasurer and as an eventual state committeeman under the Republican Party. As the nation descended into chaos in 1936, Maine remained unscathed from much of the violence and Barrows made sure that Maine would remain free from radicalism under his leadership as Maine Secretary of State.\\

!!''Joseph Martin Jr.''

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in North Attleborough, Massachusetts, on November 3, 1884 - Joseph Martin Jr came from an Irish New England family and spent his youth playing ball and working as a newspaper editor. A so-called "compassionate conservative," Martin supports the use of conservative techniques and concepts to significantly improve society's welfare.\\

!!''Charles Hurley''

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on November 24th, 1893 - Hurley's early life was marked with tragedy as he lost both his parents at a young age. He was then raised by the family housekeeper, a former US District Attorney, before attending Boston College and becoming a salesman in athletic goods. Hurley then embarked on a career in local politics before ascending to the position of Massachusetts State Treasurer for three consecutive terms as a Democrat. The success of his political run convinced him of greater political aspirations, and he ran successfully fully for governor in the 1936 election. As the nation descended into chaos, the Irish-American governor sought to resolve tensions between Yankee Protestants and Irish-American Catholics. In the wake of the destructive 1938 New England Hurricane, Hurley oversaw the relief and rebuilding efforts for the city of Boston.\\