History Characters / RedWorldUnitedStates

->'''Official name:''' American Commonwealth, Kingdom of America (Monarchist), American National State (Nationalist/Fascist), New England (Republic Proclaimed), Union of England (New England Revolutionary Socialist/National Bolshevik), American National State (Military Junta), United States of America (Junta unifies America) Empire of New England (Austrian/Bonaparte Monarchy), Kingdom of New England (Legitimist/Orleans/British/American Monarchy), New France (French Monarchy proclaims New France)

The second president of the American Republic, Donald Rumsfeld is a member of the Republican Party. With the 2010 elections coming up, people are wondering if he will be able to maintain his position.

* InSpiteOfANail: Despite the fact that there were three alternate presidencies prior to his pre-collapse presidency, James Carter was still President from 1977 until 1981, even losing to Ronald Reagan in the 1980 election like in OTL. This also makes him the only pre-collapse President who can become President in a reunified America.

* DramaticIrony: In any other path, [[spoiler:Washington's death is treated as merely the death of a fringe movement leader that is overlooked by most of the world while the response to the event mocks him and his supporters as a "bunch of lunatics". In a monarchist path, Washington's death sparks a dramatic SuccessionCrisis]] which eventually leads to the American monarchy reforming into an elective monarchy based upon UsefulNotes/AlexanderHamilton's ideal government.

* PuppetKing: Although the council is officially the nominal "head-of-state", the reality is that the council is nothing more than a puppet established by John "No Nose" DiFronzo if he is selected to lead the new mafia-run government.

* AllohistoricalAllusion: If Fred Phelps becomes the new president of the post-Sanders Greater American Union after Sanders was denounced posthumously, Mike Pence converts to Evangelical Protestantism (much like he did in OTL in the 1980s) and becomes Vice President (roughly around the same time as he did in OTL).

Under the right conditions if nothing is done about the investigation of the disappeared Indiana governor, then [[spoiler:The White Phoenix loyalists will go to war with the Commonwealth, and if victorious, turn it into a Christian Fascist state.]]

->'''Role:''' Head of State [[spoiler:(Pence sworn in as President)]]

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Pence has definitely garnered criticism as the former governor of Indiana and Vice-President, but like many others, his Red World persona is much worse. Here, he's a [[spoiler:[[TheFundamentalist religious extremist terrorist]] whose goal is to dismantle the Commonwealth, and establish a Theocratic Fascist state]].

->'''Role:''' Head of State (Pence invites Mafia into government, No Nose appointed as puppet leader)

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* DramaticIrony: In any other path, [[spoiler:Washington's death is treated as merely the death of a fringe movement leader that is overlooked by most of the world while the response to the event mocks him and his supporters as a "bunch of lunatics". In a monarchist path, Washington's death sparks a dramatic SuccessionCrisis.]]

!!''UsefulNotes/BarackObama''

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The American People's Commonwealth is the work of Noam Chomsky and Bernie Sanders. Initially the movement in the now-APC wasn't unified. Sanders called on Chomsky to unite the country, which he did. By 1990 the "revolution" was complete. Sanders brought moderates together with the far left, which is where the Old Guard, former supporters of Bernie, comes from. When the Central Committee gained more power and Chomsky had failed to implement his promised reforms, Bernie backed down from national politics. He retired to Vermont, only to become Governor later on when appointed by his predecessor and loyal to the state trade councils., long after the murder of his family.

* CivilWar: There are a couple of times this can happen, depending on the path in the focus tree taken.
** Sam Webb and his Communist Party of the APC will rebel if [[spoiler: Chomsky wins the power struggle and dismantles the Central Committee]].
** New England can split from the Commonwealth in support of [[spoiler:Bernie Sanders]].
* ChummyCommies: The American People's Commonwealth under Noam Chomsky completely rejects the Soviet version of communism and tries to build a post-capitalist society on their own, emphasizing the democratic and humanistics aspects of socialism. While the APC government has many internal problems of their own and is largely dysfunctional, it can maintain libertarian socialist ideals in the face of challenges, going as far as establishing direct democracy and abolishing the wage system.
* DirtyCommies: While the leadership of the APC include some communists, the general attitude towards communists is of distrust. The APC dislike the Soviet Union as they view it as counterrevolutionary and authoritarian. Furthermore, through certain player choices, [[spoiler:the communists led by Sam Webb will break off with the coalition, beginning a civil war.]]
* WeAREStrugglingTogether: The American People's Commonwealth was created by a coalition of libertarian socialists, Soviet style authoritarians, social democrats and anarchists. As a result their government is more concerned with internal squabbles than getting anything done.
* RedScare: The Old Guard of the APC (as well as most other Revolutionary socialist states and parties) may be on the left, but are also anti-Soviet. They view the Soviet form of communism and socialism go against the revolutionary principles of Marx, and are therefore not true socialists.

Noam Chomsky is the current president of the American People's Commonwealth. He wishes for a anarcho-syndicalist nation to truly free the American people, but is thwarted by the New Guard of the Central Committee. However with his health deteriorating, Noam needs a good reason to achieve his goals, but such an event could be his demise.

* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: Chomsky is a historian, philosopher, and linguist professor at MIT and the University of Arizona. He is also a prominent Libertarian Socialist, critical of Neoliberalism, Imperialism, and Capitalism. In Red World, he is now President of the APC, who actively works to thwart the Central Committees attempts to centralize power to themselves.

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->'''Official name:''' American Commonwealth [[spoiler:(Sanders Rebellion)]], Kingdom of America (Monarchist), American National State (Nationalist/Fascist), New England (Republic Proclaimed), Union of England (New England Revolutionary Socialist/National Bolshevik), American National State (Military Junta), United States of America (Junta unifies America) Empire of New England (Austrian/Bonaparte Monarchy), Kingdom of New England (Legitimist/Orleans/British/American Monarchy), New France (French Monarchy proclaims New France)

->'''Ideology:''' Moderate socialism
In certain conditions, New England will break away from the rest of the Commonwealth in support of [[spoiler:Bernie Sanders]]. If the player or AI chooses to allow New England to keep its independence, then the new country will continue with its own focus tree.

* CivilWar: New England is created when the states loyal to [[spoiler:Bernie Sanders or those opposed to the Central Committee increasing their power]] rebel against the Commonwealth. Usually, the rebellion is quickly crushed, but the countries can come to a peace agreement, and New England will continue as a separate country.

After a short time, Sonia Sotomayor will take the lead in the New England rebellion once Bernie Sanders commits suicide.

* Cincinatus: Sotomayor refuses to run for re-election in 2016 despite her status as mother of the revolution and promptly steps down as leader of the Socialist Party, citing that she became president due to the revolutionary zeal of the revolt built upon the legacy of Bernie Sanders and not because of a legitimate democratic mandate from the people.

* Cincinnatus: Sotomayor refuses to run for re-election in 2016 despite her status as mother of the revolution and promptly steps down as leader of the Socialist Party, citing that she became president due to the revolutionary zeal of the revolt built upon the legacy of Bernie Sanders and not because of a legitimate democratic mandate from the people.

->'''Role:''' Head of State (Ousts Sanders), (2016 Dunford Presidential Election - Sotomayor Re-elected), (Great Lakes puppets Commonwealth)

After a short time, Sonia Sotomayor will take the lead in the New England rebellion once Bernie Sanders's popularity diminishes.

* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: From an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court OTL to the leader of the New England rebellion against the American People's Commonwealth.

* FromBadToWorse: Although already a neo-Nazi in OTL, Strom can become not only the leader of the theocratic American State, but also the first leader of the re-unified America should he re-unite the nation under his rule (which prompts a MassOhCrap from both the Democratic League and the Warsaw Pact who both embargo Strom's America in the re-unification event). Out of all of the possible leaders of any of the re-unifiers, Strom is one of the absolute worst for a re-unified America, and is arguably even worse than the Klan re-unifying America or corporations taking direct control of the American government. He can implement discriminatory policies against both African-Americans and Catholics as well as foster a very Hitler-like cult of personality that makes Duke's cult of personality look good in comparison.

* MeetTheNewBoss: The Warsaw Pact's reaction to Cheney reuniting America compares his presidency to that of Reagan's pre-collapse presidency. The button to close the news event event [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this with "This new America is not that different from the old."

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Out of all the possible leaders of the theocratic (or even mafia-run) American State, Cheney is the most moderate, with his path extending civil liberties to all Christians regardless of religious denomination or ethnicity as well as his rule being the closest the American State can get to a guaranteed constitutional rule of law.

* CompleteMonster: Out of all of the possible leaders of any of the re-unifiers, Strom is one of the absolute worst for a re-unified America, and is arguably even worse than the Klan re-unifying America or corporations taking direct control of the American government. Not only is Strom a neo-Nazi much like in OTL, he can also implement policies against both African-Americans and Catholics as well as foster a very Hitler-like cult-of-personality.

* HistoricalUpgrade: Conversely, Hillary Rodham can become the first female president of the Union as well as the first president of a re-unified United States of America if the Union manages to re-unify the nation under her rule, unlike in OTL's America where she lost the 2016 presidential election.

->'''Party:''' American Restorationists

Bill Clinton is the Leader of the ''American Restorationists'' seeking to reunify America under the dissolved country's old Liberal ideals.

->'''Party:''' Republican Party of the Midwest

Originally from Chicago, Rodham is the leader of the pro-unification ''Republican Party of the Midwest''.

* HistoricalDowngrade: Hilary Clinton serves as the National Conservative choice for leader of the rather weak Union of the Heartlands, as opposed to one of the most powerful politicians in OTL's America.

->'''Party:''' Midwestern Military Command

->'''Party:''' Republican Party of the Midwest

->'''Party:''' Republican Party of the Midwest

->'''Party:''' Republican Party of the Midwest

* TheRemnant: The Union of the Heartlands holds itself as being the last true successor of the United States of America, but has little to back up that claim. The government of the Union itself doesn't even control any of the territory it claims aside from Denver.

* AuthorityInNameOnly: While keeping things rather orderly in the capital of Denver, Hammons has no control over the vast area the Midwest Union encompasses. The countryside is largely self governing between various leaders.

* HistoricalDowngrade: Hilary Clinton serves as the National Conservative choice for leader of the rather weak Midwest Union, as opposed to one of the most powerful politicians in OTL's America.

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->'''Official Name:''' Union of American People's Republics (UAPR), Union of American Peoples States (American Reunification), Union of American Soviet Socialist Republics (Foster), Pacific States of America (Democratic)

->'''Role:''' Head of State (French Monarch chosen - Legitmist leads)