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United States of America

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Official Name: United States of America, United States Provisional Government (Stratocratic), American Federated States (National Separatist), The Dead Zone (Annihilationist), American State (National Totalitarian), American Empire (Autocratic), The American Brotherhood (Ethnic Nationalist), America (Populist), Societal Redevelopment Authority (Revolutionary Socialist)

Ruling Party: Democratic Party

Ideology: Progressivism^note

Tulsi Gabbard

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Role: Head of State

Party: Democratic Party

Ideology: Progressivism^note

In-Game Biography: ^{Click to Show}

The second female president of the United States, Tulsi Gabbard has been forced to watch as a storm grows on the horizon, bound to inaction by a deadlocked Congress. From humble beginnings as a representative in Hawaii, Tulsi was catapulted to the national stage following her nomination as vice-president by president-elect Bernie Sanders. The American Left and Liberal center hailed the duo as champions of a new age of progressivism, while the Right bitterly accepted their inevitable victory with the Republican ticket split beyond repair by the formation of the New Republican Party. As the elections came and went, and as the transition teams worked around the clock, many people were looking forward to the "New Deal for America" that the duo had promised on the campaign trail... Progress appeared slow and steady, but everything changed on May 16th 2022, when President Sanders, in the middle of a quiet conversation with healthcare wonks, suddenly clutched his chest and fell to the floor, never to rise again.

Although many had expected that Bernie's death was on the horizon, few thought it would be so soon, not in the least Gabbard herself. In a time of grief, Americans turned to their new president for leadership for hope, hope that the "Most Progressive Candidates Since FDR" would make good on their word. They hoped that money would find its way into their pockets, that food would find its way into their stomachs, and that a roof would find its way over their heads. Instead, they watched as the 2022 midterm election campaign saw Gabbard’s Democratic Party trip and stumble over the electoral finish line, losing control of the Senate to Republicans, Old and New. While the House was nominally under Democratic control, growing dissatisfaction with President Gabbard’s incoherent direction for the party left both insurgent progressives like AOC and senior conservative Democrats like Henry Cuellar threatening defection to rival parties, and these threats eventually came to pass. With Congress effectively paralyzed, days of disappointment turned to weeks of frustration, and then to months of betrayal.

As the Gabbard Administration dragged on, the deadlock in Washington only worsened. The flow of Executive Orders to compensate for Congress’ frozen state has been staunched by a conservative Supreme Court, which numbers 8 instead of its usual 9 due to Gabbard’s inability to nominate a successor for Justice Breyer, and by unsympathetic federal circuit courts and state legislatures. Some conservative legislatures have even outright refused to enforce gun control EOs with little legislative repercussions following an unprecedented hike in the rate of mass shootings in early 2023. For nearly one and a half years by this point, the only papers on the Resolute desk from Congress were furious letters from Representatives and Senators. Desperate for a bill to pass, Gabbard has begun turning to more and more provocative measures. With simply riding out the storm no longer a viable option, Gabbard has considered invoking unprecedented executive authority to restore some semblance of power to her office...

Historical Domain Character: Gabbard is an Alternate Timeline take on the real American politician Tulsi Gabbard. This version is portrayed as an incompetent Democratic President, a Vice-President who unexpectedly became the nation's leader after President Sanders' death. The real Gabbard became an independent in 2022.
0% Approval Rating: Absolutely no one in the Pre-Collapse United States likes her as she is seen as an incompetent and weak president. It is quite telling that her reelection is the reason for the Collapse.

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