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Carribean South America

Caribbean Futuriste

Ruling Party: Légitime Défense^note Legitimate Defense

Ideology: Futurism^note Accelerationism

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Paulette Nardal

Role: Country Leader

Party: Légitime Défense^note Legitimate Defense

Ideology: Futurism^note Accelerationism

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• Richard Nixon, the Used Car Salesman: In real life, Paulette Nardal was a French Martinican writer and journalist who helped codify the Négritude literary genre. In Red Flood, she is the leader of the Caribbean Futuriste.

Venezuela

Official Name: Venezuela

Ruling Party: Administración de Vicente Lecuna^note Vicente Lecuna Administration

Ideology: Social Nationalism^note Progressivism

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• The Coup: Venezuela has had plenty of these over the last century, which is represented in-game as a stability penalty. The most recent one occurred due to the economic situation brought on by the Great War and a coffee blight, which forced the Gómez regime to slash subsides to foreign oil companies. The Venezuela Development Company lost much of its funding, and after eighteen months of running on a skeleton crew and little maintenance, one of its refineries exploded. Investors pulled out in droves, the domestic petroleum industry collapsed, and the government was overthrown.
• Crippling Overspecialization: Venezuela's inability to export their oil deposits has caused it to rely on just exporting coffee for their economy. This may come back to bite them, making finding a new income source urgent for the treasury.
• I'm Not Doing That Again: After a massive explosion at a joint British-Venezuelan refinery brought down Venezuela's previous regime and its nascent oil industry, Venezuelans of all classes are understandably quite weary of any attempt to tap into the nation's petroleum deposits again. With the deteriorating economic situation, though, Lecuna is mighty tempted to try just that...
• MegaCorp: The influence and power of the Seven Sisters, a group of powerful international companies controlling the market of crude oil, looms over the country as it greatly relies on its oil exports.
• Revolving Door Revolution: There have been more than fifty attempted coups in Venezuela since its independence in 1819. It has a national spirit calling it the "Land of Countless Coups".

Vicente Lecuna

Role: President^note Country Leader

Party: Administración de Vicente Lecuna^note Vicente Lecuna Administration

Ideology: Social Nationalism^note Progressivism

In-game Biography ^{Click to Show}Though he was a man of many talents - banker, engineer, politician, and historian - Vicente Lecuna never had any great intention to rule. Living in the shadow of Simon Bolívar as his humble biographer tends to wither those kinds of aspirations - and yet Lecuna has steadfastly led the Republic since 1921. The reason for this apparent contradiction is simple: an opportunity was laid before him on a silver platter, and he grasped that opportunity with all his strength.
The coming of Lecuna started with the waning of Gómez, the man who had ruled since 1908 and whose legacy predominantly consists of a list of political dissidents he imprisoned and family members he placed in senior governmental positions. But the collapse of his regime due to the disastrous attempt at kick-sta at kick-starting the oil industry through some very generous subsidies to foreign petroleum companies left power vacuum that needed to be filled. At the time, Lecuna was the chief f the Bank of Venezuela and had turned it from sinkhole of capital to the most efficient banking institution in the country. More pertinent, however, was his incessant campaigning and drafting of legislation to nationalise and reserve exploitation of various oil fields for exclusive use by the nation so when the Gómez government imploded as a result of his capitulation to foreign money, the stage was set for Lecuna to ride the wave of nationalist anger straight into the Miraflores Palace.
In the fifteen years since, Venezuela has experienced relative peace. The education system has been uplifted from its previous dreadful state, the political sphere opened up, infrastructure projects invested into, the economy de-monopolised, and the legendary stature of Bolívar grown. Certainly an admirable figure, but his handling of the current economic crisis may sour his reputation yet...

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• Hero-Worshipper: Lecuna is a huge admirer of Simón Bolívar and has spent his entire rule building up his character, resulting in a new generation of Venezuelans wanting to recreate said greatness.
• Internal Reformist: During his fifteen years of rule Venezuela has experienced peace, the economy was de-monopolized, infrastructure projects were invested into and the educational system was uplifted.
• Let No Crisis Go to Waste: When Gómez's regime collapsed, Lecuna was the chief of the Bank of Venezuela, known for turning it into the most efficient banking institution in the country and his campaigns of nationalisation of various oil fields, when the government of the former dictator capitulated to foreign money, the stage was set for Lecuna to take the office with the support of a wave of nationalist anger.
• Renaissance Man: Lecuna has been a banker, engineer, politician and historian.

Alberto Adriani

Role: President^note Country Leader

Ideology: Progressivism

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Colombia

Official Name: Republic of Colombia

Ruling Party: Partido Liberal Colombiano^note Colombian Liberal Party

Ideology: Social Liberalism^note Liberalism

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Alfonso Lopez Pumarejo

Role: President^note Country Leader

Party: Partido Liberal Colombiano^note Colombian Liberal Party

Ideology: Social Liberalism^note Liberalism

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Andes

Ecuador

Official Name: Republic of Ecuador

Ruling Party: Partido Liberal Radical Ecuatoriano^note Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party

Ideology: National Conservatism^note Conservatism

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Antonio Pons

Role: President^note Country Leader

Party: Partido Liberal Radical Ecuatoriano^note Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party

Ideology: National Conservatism^note Conservatism

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Peru

Official Name: Peruvian Communal Republic

Ruling Party: Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana^note American Popular Revolutionary Alliance

Ideology: Democratic Socialism^note Revisionist Socialism

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Victor Raul Haya De La Torre

Role: President^note Country Leader

Party: Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana^note American Popular Revolutionary Alliance

Ideology: Democratic Socialism^note Revisionist Socialism

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Bolivia

Official Name: Republic of Bolivia

Ruling Party: Legión de Ex-Combatientes^note Legion of Ex-combatants

Ideology: Progressive Corporatism^note Progressivism

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Germán Busch

Role: President^note Country Leader

Party: Legión de Ex-Combatientes^note Legion of Ex-combatants

Ideology: Progressive Corporatism^note Progressivism

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Southern Cone

Chile

Official Name: Republic of Chile

Ruling Party: Partido Radical^note Radical Party

Ideology: Social Liberalism^note Liberalism

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Juan Esteban Montero

Role: President^note Country Leader

Party: Partido Radical^note Radical Party

Ideology: Social Liberalism^note Liberalism

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Paraguay

Official Name: Republic of Paraguay

Ruling Party: Gobierno Provisional de Paraguay^note Provisional Government of Paraguay

Ideology: Military Dictatorship^note Despotism

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Rafael Franco

Role: President^note Country Leader

Party: Gobierno Provisional de Paraguay^note Provisional Government of Paraguay

Ideology: Military Dictatorship^note Despotism

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Argentina

Official Name: Argentine Republic

Ruling Party: National Democratic Party

Ideology: Oligarchy^note Polyarchy

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Augustin Pedro Justo

Role: President^note Country Leader

Party: National Democratic Party

Ideology: Oligarchy^note Polyarchy

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Uruguay

Official Name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay

Ruling Party: Partido Nacional^note National Party

Ideology: Classical Liberalism^note Liberalism

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Luis Alberto De Herrera

Role: President^note Country Leader

Party: Partido Nacional^note National Party

Ideology: Classical Liberalism^note Liberalism

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