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United States of America

Flag of the United States of America

^{Flag of the Kingdom of the Living Heaven} 

Common Names: America, US, USA, United States

Official Name: United States of America, Kingdom of the Living Heaven (CLH/CL takeover)

Starting Leader: Jimmy Carter

Ruling Party: Democratic Party (DP)

Ideology: Social Liberalism

Starting Faction: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

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1980 presidential election

Jimmy Carter

Full Name: James Earl Carter Jr.

Party: Democratic Party (DP)

Ideology: Social Liberalism

Jimmy Carter is the starting president of the United States of America, elected back in 1976 and succeeding President Gerald Ford.

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• In Spite of a Nail: Despite everything (and many other forms of alternate history have argued that only the specific circumstances of the 1976 election could've put Carter in line to the presidency at all), Jimmy Carter defeated Gerald Ford to become president in 1976.

Ted Kennedy

Full Name: Edward Moore Kennedy

Party: Democratic Party (DP)

Ideology: Progressive Liberalism^note Social Liberalism

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• Dark Secret: Back in July of 1969, Kennedy caused a car crash that ended up killing his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, in what would be called the "Chappaquiddick incident." While the public has largely moved on from the incident, if Kennedy fails to handle himself well in the face of press questions regarding it, it may just come back into the public eye, effectively ending his dreams of becoming the POTUS.

• Sleazy Politician: Kennedy's rather inappropriate behaviour around women echoes the sleazy behaviour of President Rockefeller, although Kennedy's womanizer-like tendencies are less well-known. If he wishes to keep his political career on track, he cannot afford to let this information be released.

Ronald Reagan

Full Name: Ronald Wilson Reagan

Party: Republican Party (RP)

Ideology: National Conservatism^note Social Conservatism

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• In Spite of a Nail: Despite the very-different world of the mod, it's possible for Ronald Reagan to become president in 1980 by defeating Jimmy Carter, just as he did in our world.

George Bush

Full Name: George Herbert Walker Bush

Party: Republican Party (RP)

Ideology: Liberal Conservatism^note Social Conservatism

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1984 presidential election

Walter Mondale

Full Name: Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale

Party: Democratic Party (DP)

Ideology: Progressive Liberalism^note Social Liberalism

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Gary Hart

Full Name: Gary Warren Hart

Party: Democratic Party (DP)

Ideology: Social Liberalism

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Donald Rumsfeld

Full Name: Donald Henry Rumsfeld

Party: Republican Party (RP)

Ideology: Neoconservatism^note Social Conservatism

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Ron Paul

Full Name: Ronald Ernest Paul

Party: Republican Party (RP)

Ideology: Market Liberalism

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1988 presidential election

Joe Biden

Full Name: Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.

Party: Democratic Party (DP)

Ideology: Neoliberalism^note Social Liberalism

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Jesse Jackson

Full Name: Jesse Louis Jackson

Party: Democratic Party (DP)

Ideology: Left-Wing Populism^note Social Democracy

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Michael Dukakis

Full Name: Michael Stanley Dukakis

Party: Democratic Party (DP)

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Donald Trump

Full Name: Donald John Trump

Party: Republican Party (RP)

Ideology: Right-Wing Populism^note Social Conservatism

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Pat Robertson

Full Name: Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson

Party: Republican Party (RP)

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• Politically Incorrect Villain: Robertson views the AIDS epidemic as God's curse on gay people.

Lyndon LaRouche

Full Name: Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche Jr.

Party: U.S. Labor Party (USLP)

Ideology: LaRoucheism^note Transhumanism

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• Politically Incorrect Villain: LaRouche is known for his antisemitism as well as his view that everyone with AIDS should be placed in "mandatory quarantine," otherwise known as detainment camps.

Miscellaneous

Our Father, Gene Savoy

Full Name: Douglas Eugene "Gene" Savoy

Party: Church of the Living Heaven, Children of the Lamb (CLH/CL)

Ideology: Living Heaven Doctrine^note Annihilationism

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• The Fundamentalist: What little is known about him and his church place paint them as such, if not being an outright Apocalypse Cult.
• Historical Villain Upgrade: Gene Savoy was an archeologist and adventurer, known for discovering numerous Incan sites in Peru (though some of his discoveries have been disputed) and having some very strange theories. He founded the International Community of Christ, Church of the Second Advent, an odd but mostly harmless New Christian movement. Here, he leads a fundamentalist cult that can take over the United States.