History Literature / ForWantOfANail

* EverythingIsBiggerInTexas: Texas, here called Jefferson, is the place where the American Revolutionaries sojourn after their uprising is crushed.

* OneNationCopyright: Kramer Associates have ''de facto'' control over Taiwan, the Philippines, Brazil, Argentina and likely other nations; Mexico was also this for a while.

* CaptainErsatz: The United Workers of the World, compared to the RealLife International Workers of the World. The same also applies to the Confederation Bureau of Investigation.

* GuiltComplex: Governor-General Richard Mason has a big one for the CNA's sidestepping of the Global War, which informs his foreign policy.

* WeAllLiveInAmerica: The RealWorld American author Robert Sobel depicts a parliamentary system... [[FridgeLogic that draws up impeachment measures in lieu of a vote of no confidence.]]

* PragmaticVillainy: Kramer Associates, whose support of [[the Benito Hermíon dictatorship]] fluctuates according to how much it benefits them.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacter: Dozens of characters come in and out of focus, which is [[JustifiedTrope understandable]] considering it covers approximately two centuries of history.

* PresidentEvil: [[Spoiler: Benito Hermíon is a (dubiously) elected leader of the USM, and his goal soon escalates into a plot to TakeOverTheWorld.]]

* Fiction500: Kramer Associates' executives.

* QueenVicky: Shows up in the timeline briefly.

* BananaRepublic: [[spoiler: The United States of Mexico becomes one:]] Populist dictator? Check. Latin American? Check. Controlled by a multinational corporation? Double check.

* EthnicMenialLabor: A staple of the United States of Mexico.

* CommieLand: {{Averted}} entirely as far as we know, which implies that the United States helped produce [[CreateYourOwnVillain the Soviet Union.]]

* [[FutureSlang Alternate History Terminology]]: “Vitavision” for television, “locomobile” for the automobile, and so on.

* WriterOnBoard: An InUniverse example, as the alternate Robert Sobel resides in Australia, which is essentially a Kramer Associates protectorate that is party to the United British Commonwealth of Nations. As such he frames Kramer Associates and the CNA in a rosy light, in comparison to the United States of Mexico.

* WriterOnBoard: An InUniverse example, as the alternate Robert Sobel resides in Australia, which is essentially a Kramer Associates protectorate that is party to the United British Commonwealth of Nations. As such he frames Kramer Associates and the CNA in particularly rosy light, in comparison to the United States of Mexico.

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: InUniverse accusations are lodged at the author for making the leaders of the United States of Mexico slightly more incompetent and immoral in comparison to his home nation, the Confederacy of North America.

The PointOfDivergence is the arrival of reinforcements for British General Horatio Gates during the Battle of Saratoga, which turns the tide of the American Revolutionary War to the favor of the United Kingdom, which then stamp out the rebellion. Afterward, the colonies are reorganized into the more centralized and autonomous Confederacy of North America (CNA), while thousands of revolutionaries that weren't executed or imprisoned sojourn westward, founding the nation of Jefferson in the place Texas would have been. Under the charismatic yet steady leadership of AndrewJackson, it unifies with the neighboring Republic of Mexico to create the United States of Mexico (USM) in 1820. The new republic is soon embroiled in a continental power struggle with the Confederacy of North America.

The PointOfDivergence for its narrative is the arrival of reinforcements for British General Horatio Gates during the Battle of Saratoga, which turns the tide of the American Revolutionary War to the favor of the United Kingdom, which then stamp out the rebellion. Afterward, the colonies are reorganized into the more centralized and autonomous Confederacy of North America (CNA), while thousands of revolutionaries that weren't executed or imprisoned sojourn westward, founding the nation of Jefferson in the place Texas would have been. Under the charismatic yet steady leadership of AndrewJackson, it unifies with the neighboring Republic of Mexico to create the United States of Mexico (USM) in 1820. The new republic is soon embroiled in a continental power struggle with the Confederacy of North America.

* SlidingScaleofGenderInequality: Level 1, as there are very scant mentions to women all throughout the work.

* SlidingScaleofAlternateHistoryPlausibility: A Type 1, with no obvious AlternateHistoryWank or clear instances of AlienSpaceBats.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: There are only three named female characters in the entire book, none of which have very significant roles. Women's suffrage is also only addressed in a footnote.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: There are only three named female characters in the entire book, none of which have very significant roles. Women's suffrage is also not addressed, perhaps implying that they [[FridgeHorror don't have the right to vote]] in the described nations or the world in general.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: There are only three named female characters in the entire book, none of which have very significant roles. Women's suffrage is also not addressed, perhaps implying that they [[FridgeHorror don't have the right to vote]] in the described nation or te world in general.

* ShownTheirWork: Much of the statistics and descriptions of economic processes in the book clearly show the author's professional bbackground in the subject, especially when it comes to innovative programs like the National Financial Administration in the CNA.