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“Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail”
After the Second American Revolution ended, the political future of America seemed uncertain. But in 2036, the Great American Convention was held in Denver. The greatest criminals of the US Federal Government were prosecuted and convicted, the new Constitution was ratified to the approval of more than 90% of Americans, and new policies were enacted. But to keep it short, a new age is upon America: the Age of the People’s Commonwealth.
The Convention came to several extra provisions for the new constitution:
-destruction of the Electoral College
-STAR voting
-proportional representation
-regulation of political parties’ internal structures and affairs as well as regulation of PACs and government funding for parties and politicians seeking (re-) election
-the destruction of minimum federal government candidacy ages
-the criminalization of gerrymandering
-transparency mandates regarding federal meetings, recordkeeping, plain-language explanations and independent citizen review
-national electoral recalls based on petition thresholds
-a provision to ban suspension of the constitution under any circumstances and forced quota for renewal of emergency power usage
-allowance of citizens to directly petition for constitutional amendment referendums
-the equal right to healthcare, food/water, housing and education accessibility (public and private)
-equal rights amendment for women and LGBTQ+
-a provision replacing strict term limits with gradually-increasing approval thresholds for senior officials, and most importantly,
-the establishment of a parliamentary system under the new ‘People’s Commonwealth of America’, also referred to as the ‘PCA’ and just ‘America’.
The head of government will still be called President, and yet their power must derive at a parliamentary level from the House of Representatives. The People’s Senate, like the former Senate, will be elected state-wide, like the old Senate, but the value of how many senators the state has depends on population. This differs from the House of Representatives because each district in the House gets one seat, whereas in the Senate, states are treated as one district, but elect multiple representatives based on state-wide single-transferable voting.
In terms of policy decisions, the Convention elected that Puerto Rico shall be given statehood, giving the PCA a total of 51 states. Furthermore, the Epstein Files were released with virtually zero redaction, damning all the elites within them to this publicity and consolidating the new government as ‘the people’s government’. Finally, the Convention opted to move the capital to Denver, the capital of the Revolution and now the stronghold of the New America, instead of Washington D.C., a representative of the Old America and its elitism.
But of course, the Convention had to come to an end when all was said and done. From then until 2038, the provisional government would give time for electoral preparations, especially given the new electoral systems would be unusual and alien for Americans at first. Two main parties clearly emerged, surrounding the allies-turned-respectful-rivals Helsley and Alderneen, their respective Populist and Libertarian parties. The Populists, taking naming inspiration from the old Populist Party in the late 19th century, are left-wing, socially progressive, and have an economic policy of pushing equality of opportunity instead of outcomes; in other words, sympathetic to socialism and accepting of socialist policies, but mainly seeking to create a fairer playing field. However, overall, the Populists are mainly focused on revolutionary progressivism in the social and cultural manner of it. The Populists will have an edge in the upcoming election thanks to Cassian Helsley’s sweeping popularity as a sort of second George Washington. The Libertarian Party already existed prior to this, a faction of varying ideas on social policy but unified by fiscal conservatism. Not cleanly filling the Republican gap, being relatively more capitalistic but also much more socially liberal. Of course, with the new electoral system, a two-party system isn’t the only solution; there’s always room for independents and third-parties, the most popular one being former-Governor and leader of the Texan revolution, William “Stang” Davidson’s Unionist Party, which functions more as a social conservative, moderate-to-conservative fiscal party that is often made up of people who believed the United States was still salvageable, but with the success of the Revolution, believe they have to make do with what they have, and the biggest counter to revolutionary fervor. The second-most popular third party is the Commonwealth-Labor party. Very similar to the Populists socially, but the difference is that their main priority is revolutionizing the economy, in the form of democratic socialism. The third-most popular third party is the Christian Democratic party, the third main right-wing party, which can be considered the opposite of Libertarians, being socially conservative, but economically left wing to a certain degree. Traditionalists who preach Christian moral values, but also believe in welfare and equity on a Christian basis, much more consistent than the often-hypocritical ideology of the Republican Party. The fourth most popular third party is the Civic Democrats, technocratic centrists who represent politics and people who have no loyalty to an ideology, but simply want the government to work and function properly for its electorate. The fifth most popular third party is the Green Alliance, a natural successor to the former Green Party of the U.S.; leftist as well, but with special emphasis on environmental issues. Finally, the least popular but still influential third party is the Cascadian Party, which has no inherent ideology besides Cascadian regionalism and autonomy.
Party strongholds (based on House districts):
Populists: all of Colorado and New Mexico; the vast majority of all liberal urban centers; Hawaii; northern Ohio; coastal SoCal
Libertarians: Most of rural Great Basin and Plains; Appalachian areas; Tennessee; parts of Texas
Unionists: Deep South, especially Alabama, eastern Mississippi, Northern Florida, South Carolina and parts of Georgia; Florida Everglades; Oklahoma and Northern Texas; northern Missouri
Commonwealth-Labor: Mostly particular areas of urban centers, often surrounded by Populist districts; many parts of Chicago, Detroit, NYC, and Boston; Providence, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Flint, Minneapolis-St Paul, Milwaukee, San Francisco-Oakland, Seattle, Cleveland; Vermont
Christian Democrats: rural Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Georgia and Arkansas; southern Louisiana; eastern Texas; southern Illinois and Indiana; parts od Kentucky; Northern W. Virginia
Civic Democrats: Silicon Valley; western Texas; DMV; generally, cities and areas that were once prone to being flip-districts between liberals and conservatives, e.g. Omaha, OKC, western Mississippi, southwestern Georgia; Jacksonville
Greens: coastal PNW; northern California; coastal Maine; northeastern Massachusetts
Cascadians: eastern Washington and Oregon; western Idaho
Party battlegrounds:
Rural America in general, especially Texas, Missouri, Tennessee, Virginia, Kansas, and Appalachian states: Libertarians vs Unionists vs Christian Democrats
Deep South: Unionists vs Christian Democrats
Idaho: Cascadians vs Libertarians
Wyoming and Montana: Libertarians vs Greens
Upstate New York: Greens vs Libertarians
New Hampshire and rural Maine: Populists vs Libertarians
Rural Long Island: Libertarians vs Unionists
Nebraska: Libertarians vs Christian Democrats vs Civic Democrats
Utah: Libertarians vs Populists vs Christian Democrats
Silicon Valley: Civic Democrats vs Populists
Alaska: Populists vs Libertarians
Oklahoma City: Civic Democrats vs Unionists vs Populists
Rural Great Plains at large: Libertarians vs Christian Democrats
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Cassian Helsley: the main leading figure of the People’s Commonwealth of America, revolutionary hero and figurehead of the LUF during the Second American Revolution which allowed the PCA to be. When publicly speaking, he is emotional and rousing. In private conversations, he is more serious, irritable, yet thoughtful. He is often described as a libertarian socialist, though he personally doesn’t consider himself ‘necessarily’ as a socialist, considering it more of a ‘last resort’ if he finds a ‘equal-opportunity’ capitalism doesn’t do enough. He is a Stanford graduate and the author of ‘The Real Deep State’, a left-wing populist 16-page manifesto which suggested the existence of a Deep State made up of wealthy elites who control the then-existent US government and media and use them to control the status quo via policy and corrupting public opinion. Helsley has white skin, green eyes, long curly dark brown hair, and was born in 2000. He most commonly wears a black unbuttoned tuxedo jacket with a rose in the chest pocket, as well as a black buttoned shirt with silver buttons and black tuxedo pants with black boots. Leader of the Populist Party.
Heidi Graf: She was the Libertarian United Front’s Chief Minister of Civil Governance, responsible for most domestic civil affairs, like maintaining civil rights and drafting interim legal frameworks. In shorter terms, she was responsible for domestic civil administration, as well as ensuring that the LUF did not treat its citizens like the US Federal Government did its own. In public speeches, she is cordial and professional when appropriate, but other times serious and solemn. In normal conversations, she’s friendly and polite, as well as humble. She is a libertarian who is socially liberal and economically capitalist, and the former incumbent as a US Representative in the House for Tennessee’s 5th Congressional district. Graf has predominantly blonde hair with blue eyes and white skin, and was born in 1981. She most commonly wears a yellow suit with a light blue business casual buttoned shirt. She is currently the vice-leader of Zachary Alderneen’s Libertarian Party.
Zachary Alderneen: He was the Chief Minister for External Affairs, responsible for representing the LUF in terms of foreign diplomacy as well as the primary strategic coordinator alongside the LUF’s High Command, made up of a few high-ranking defected generals. In public speeches, he is known for charisma and charm but less so relatability, the ‘be hip with the kids’ kind of politician despite not being so much, but when serious, more typical of the average politician. In normal conversations, he is a bit more jokey and unserious, given his history as an actor and former host of Wheel of Fortune. He is a Mises-Caucus libertarian, center-right on social issues and economically capitalist. He has the largest resume of the three, having served as an actor and Wheel of Fortune host before becoming a Republican Governor and Senator for California, before turning to the Libertarian Party and finishing 2nd in the 2028 election’s popular and electoral votes. Alderneen has white skin, short brown hair, and hazel eyes, and was born in 1990. He has no common uniform, a diverse closet it would seem. He is the leader of the Libertarian Party.
Joseph Kainsy: the 50th and final President of the United States, elected by the Uniparty, and likely the most unpopular president in America’s entire history. He was a prime example of the establishment which the LUF aimed to destroy: not relatable, over the retirement age, and more concerned with serving the elites and maintaining the status quo than helping the people. When he was inaugurated, the already-established-as-corrupt state and federal governments amended the Constitution, allowing the President to suspend the Constitution in times of ‘extreme insurrection’. Kainsy immediately used this to suspend the Constitution, arrest and deal with those in Federal bounds supporting the revolution, shutting down several social medias, and arresting and disappearing pro-Revolution figures within USFG borders. During the Great American Convention, he confessed that he was, indeed, merely a puppet to a Deep State, giving the names of his higher-ups, mainly Dr. Fitzroy Wagner. Thanks to his confession, his expected death penalty was reduced to a lifetime house arrest. A former five-star general from a family of generals and admirals. He has white and brown hair, white skin, and blue eyes and a white beard, and was born in 1956. He wears a typical tuxedo outfit.
Theodore Roosevelt IV: The former leader of the People’s Army of the Cascades, and former Republican Senator from Washington. In public speeches, he is strong-willed and ideological like Helsley, though more professional still. In normal conversations, he’s cordial and serious. Formerly a moderate Republican conservative, he is now somewhat of a moderate liberal, more concerned with creating stability in the new PCA than taking a stance on social or economic issues. He has brown hair, white skin, and brown eyes, and was born in 1980. He has no common outfit.
Leigh Matthews: The former leader of the Alaskan Free State and former independent Governor candidate. In public speeches, she is firm, determined and ideological like Helsley and Roosevelt, a mix of professional and passionate. In normal conversations, she is diplomatic yet nonchalant. Always an independent put off by the Democratic Party establishment, she is also a former advocate for climate change activism and educational reform, always a progressive independent like Helsley. She has long, pale brown hair, fair skin, and blue eyes, and was born in 1991. She has no common outfit. She is the vice-leader of the Populist Party.
William ‘Ol Stang’ Davidson: Also known as just Stang. The former leader of the Texan front in the Revolution and former Republican Governor of Texas from 1998 to 2022. He is authoritative and calm, and mostly keeps to himself. Introverted yet strong-willed and brave. Loyal, libertarian and populist. Initially a strong server and supporter for the US Constitution and America, seeing the problem with America more with people taking advantage of it than the system inherently, he eventually joined the Revolution when Texan state sovereignty was threatened by Kainsy’s dictatorial measures. He has short white hair, white skin and blue eyes, and was born in 1948. Founder and current leader of the Unionist Party.
Dr. Fitzroy Wagner: The former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board and former mastermind of the American Deep State. He rarely made public appearances, often working in the shadows while scheming to maintain the status quo. In normal conversations, he is cool, calculating and collected, almost inhuman and soulless. Despite being sentenced to life imprisonment rather than death due to his extremely old age, he may still have a few tricks up his sleeve, being the leader of the existential and secretive Board & Steerage Committee, an exiled group seeking to undermine the new government and seep back into its system to corrupt it and recreate the Deep State. He may seek a discreet, nonviolent way to get out of prison and continue fighting the new system. He has short, fully white hair, white skin and blue eyes, and was born in 1947.
Jan. 20, 2025: Donald Trump assassinated at inauguration; J.D. Vance assumes presidency for the next year Late 2025: Evidence comes out that Vance was involved in the assassination
Feb. 7th, 2026: Incriminating phone call of Vance and unknown figure discussing the then-planned assassination and other evidence comes out; Vance unanimously impeached, removed from office and arrested; Speaker Mike Johnson assumes presidency
August 4th, 2026: Cassian Helsley, hitherto a lawyer in Boulder, CO from Stanford University, publishes ‘The Real Deep State’, which sets the tone for late-20s and 30s left-wing populism
2026-2027: Republican-Party credibility and popular trust spiral into ruin as Democrats achieve Congressional supermajority; things looking up for Democratic prospects in 2028
2026-2028: Independent and pro-Libertarian movements seem to increase in popularity; Libertarian Party seems to replace Republican Party as the main opponent to the Democrats
2027: Heidi Graf (Libertarian-Tennessee Rep.) becomes influential Libertarian politician due to her support of civil rights combined with anti-elitism and pro-small government policies
2027-2028: Jake Harrison (N.C. Senator) becomes Democratic nominee as a moderate for 2028
2027-2028: Zachary Alderneen (former Republican C.A. Senator and Governor) becomes leader of Libertarian Party and populist, anti-elitist nominee for 2028
2028: Republican Primary finishes with Joseph Kainsy, former five-star general, decided as the nominee for 2028; Washington Senator Theodore Roosevelt IV places second
2028: Polls project an easy Democrat electoral victory this year
2028: Cassian Helsley gains unprecedented national attention for his independent, antiestablishment, populist, revolutionary rhetoric; emotional, passionate, angry, and crude speeches convince many but also alienate moderates and establishment politicians who see him as a demagogue; regardless, Helsley’s national controversiality increases due to his youthful rebelliousness, his loud rhetoric, and his pretentiousness
Nov. 5, 2028: Harrison (D) wins 258 electoral votes; Kainsy wins 78 (key victories in Florida, Nevada, Utah, Indiana, Tennessee, and Missouri); Alderneen wins 202 and forces contingent election with surprise victories in California, Alaska, Colorado, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania
Nov. 5, 2028: Heidi Graf succeeds re-election; Cassian Helsley becomes Representative-elect for CO-02 with a more comfortable majority than anticipated
Nov. 6, 2028: Democratic supermajority shocks America and the world: votes for Kainsy, the Republican candidate, to become POTUS; outrage ensues
Nov. 7, 2028: Helsley becomes first independent politician to speak for the people in regards to the contingent election in his ‘Declaration of War’ on the ‘Deep State’: disavows the election as ‘the establishment’s declaration of war on the people’ and ‘the death of American democracy’
Nov. 7, 2028: Helsley incites riots in Denver, becomes first direct enemy of the U.S. government to speak following the contingent election
Nov. 7, 2028: Harrison concedes election anyways: ‘We’d be no better than Trump’
Nov. 7, 2028: Helsley later doubles down on his incitement and criticizes Harrison as a deep state puppet
Nov. 8, 2028: Heidi Graf also speaks on the contingent election results, labels the result as oligarchic and agrees to the idea of a reformed American government; does not comment on riots
Nov. 9, 2028: Denver riots spread to San Francisco, Cleveland, and Philadelphia; these riots last well into December and January; Denver and Philadelphia fall completely under federal control, falling into anarchy
Nov. 9, 2028: Theodore Roosevelt IV incites open, violent revolt in Washington and Oregon; gives the riots and anti-government sentiment bipartisan depth
Nov. 11, 2028: Mike Johnson declares national emergency, calls for National Guards to “peacefully dissolve of the rioters” and restore order; state governments pledge support to Kainsy as the legitimate POTUS-elect; Kainsy criticizes the riots
Nov. 11, 2028: Famous article calls this event ‘American Suicide’
Nov. 12, 2028: Alderneen temporarily visits anarchic Denver in his first speech since the election, pledging support for the riots; apparent Helsley-Alderneen truce in the name of opposing the government as it stood hitherto; Helsley states, ‘[If we lose,] America dies [...] [If we win,] the United States dies [...] [The difference?] Everything.’
Nov. 16, 2028: Denver Massacre; National Guard unit kills 1,723 rioters in cold blood, causing even further outrage and backfiring entirely on the federal government
Nov. 17, 2028: Jake Harrison assassinated in Washington, D.C.
Nov. 17, 2028: Federal government further criticizes riots; Congress seems hard at work for a suspicious measure...
Nov. 17, 2028: Failed assassination attempt on Alderneen in California; just hours later, attempt on Heidi Graf’s life at a candlelight vigil in Tennessee also fails
Nov. 18, 2028: Cassian Helsley makes most iconic speech in rioting Denver, historically dubbed ‘the Price of Freedom Speech’ professionally and ‘the Police Cruiser Speech’ casually
Nov. 18, 2028: A few minutes later, Alaska begins rioting as well under leadership of Leigh Matthews
Nov. 18, 2028: Graf narrowly escapes attempt of arrest by federal agent, flees on a flight to Colorado
Nov. 19, 2028: After an apparent disappearance for a few days, Alderneen arrives in Colorado as well
Nov. 19, 2028: Washington State and West Virginia National Guards taken over by Senators Roosevelt and Withers respectively; the latter flees to Colorado due to dangerous position, while Roosevelt’s NG occupies northern Oregon; Roosevelt later speaks and is arrested by federal agents
Nov. 21, 2028: THE FIRST BATTLE: Skirmish south of Pueblo, Colorado between loyalist National Guard unit from New Mexico and defected military units loyal to Helsley; a swift but symbolic victory for Helsley as the former retreated to New Mexico
Nov. 22, 2028: Headquarters of Helsley’s insurrection created in mountains of Sneffels Range, southwestern Colorado
Nov. 24, 2028: Helsley’s iconic ‘We Shall Fight’ radio speech cuts through mainstream media propaganda, mirrors Winston Churchill’s old speech; boosts revolutionary morale; vague implications of suicide once the war ends due to guilt of the fact that ‘millions of Americans will die like dogs as heroic sacrifices for the greater good’
Nov. 26, 2028: Alaska secedes from the Union as Governor J. Withers declares independence, steps down, gives power to the protestors and thus Leigh Matthews; the Alaskan Free State is formed
Nov. 27, 2028: Foundation of the People’s Army of the Cascades (PAC) by Roosevelt, who was since broken out of prison due to the sheer revolutionary influence in the region
Nov. 27, 2028: Johnson successfully lobbies for support from NATO nations; receives limited support from Britain, Germany, Poland and Italy, with promises of manpower support if the war goes ‘wrong’
Nov. 30, 2028: Helsley, Alderneen and Graf finally organize properly at Sneffels Range HQ; form the Libertarian United Front (LUF) along with several high-ranking defected military advisors and leaders; the ‘Big Three’ split their political duties among themselves; by this point, thanks to the quick movement of Helsley’s militant supporters, the revolt now has Nevada, Utah and Wyoming; the PAC, combining the Washington, Oregon National Guards, force the Idaho National Guard into assimilation and overtake Idaho and Montana under Roosevelt’s command
Dec. 1, 2028: Canada aligns with the federal government; threatening position to Alaska and PAC, which remains separate from LUF to focus on different strategic objectives for the same larger cause
2028-2034: Second American Civil War / Revolution; Revolutionary victory, capitulation and destruction of US government
2034-2036: Reconstruction under provisional government
August-December 2036: Great American Convention takes place in Denver; prosecution of USFG officials, constitutional convention and policy decisions
2036-2038: Further reconstruction and electoral preparations period
November 2038: Election time
After the Second American Revolution ended, the political future of America seemed uncertain. But in 2036, the Great American Convention was held in Denver. The greatest criminals of the US Federal Government were prosecuted and convicted, the new Constitution was ratified to the approval of more than 90% of Americans, and new policies were enacted. But to keep it short, a new age is upon America: the Age of the People’s Commonwealth.
The Convention came to several extra provisions for the new constitution:
-destruction of the Electoral College
-STAR voting
-proportional representation
-regulation of political parties’ internal structures and affairs as well as regulation of PACs and government funding for parties and politicians seeking (re-) election
-the reduction of the minimum federal government candidacy ages to 18
-the criminalization of gerrymandering
-transparency mandates regarding federal meetings, recordkeeping, plain-language explanations and independent citizen review
-national electoral recalls based on petition thresholds
-a provision to ban suspension of the constitution under any circumstances and forced quota for renewal of emergency power usage
-allowance of citizens to directly petition for constitutional amendment referendums
-the equal right to universal healthcare and education (when public)
-a provision replacing strict term limits with gradually-increasing approval thresholds for senior officials, and most importantly,
-the establishment of a parliamentary system under the new ‘People’s Commonwealth of America’, also referred to as the ‘PCA’ and just ‘America’.
The head of government will still be called President, and yet their power must derive at a parliamentary level from the House of Representatives. The People’s Senate, like the former Senate, will be elected state-wide, like the old Senate, but the value of how many senators the state has depends on population. This differs from the House of Representatives because each district in the House gets one seat, whereas in the Senate, states are treated as one district, but elect multiple representatives based on state-wide single-transferable voting.
In terms of policy decisions, the Convention elected that Puerto Rico shall be given statehood, giving the PCA a total of 51 states. Furthermore, the Epstein Files were released with virtually zero redaction, damning all the elites within them to this publicity and consolidating the new government as ‘the people’s government’. Finally, the Convention opted to move the capital to Denver, the capital of the Revolution and now the stronghold of the New America, instead of Washington D.C., a representative of the Old America and its elitism.
But of course, the Convention had to come to an end when all was said and done. From then until 2038, the provisional government would give time for electoral preparations, especially given the new electoral systems would be unusual and alien for Americans at first. Two main parties clearly emerged, surrounding the allies-turned-respectful-rivals Helsley and Alderneen, their respective Populist and Libertarian parties. The Populists, taking naming inspiration from the old Populist Party in the late 19th century, are left-wing, socially progressive, and have an economic policy of pushing equality of opportunity instead of outcomes; in other words, sympathetic to socialism and accepting of socialist policies, but mainly seeking to create a fairer playing field. However, overall, the Populists are mainly focused on revolutionary progressivism in the social and cultural manner of it. The Populists will have an edge in the upcoming election thanks to Cassian Helsley’s sweeping popularity as a sort of second George Washington. The Libertarian Party already existed prior to this, a faction of varying ideas on social policy but unified by fiscal conservatism. Not cleanly filling the Republican gap, being relatively more capitalistic but also much more socially liberal. Of course, with the new electoral system, a two-party system isn’t the only solution; there’s always room for independents and third-parties, the most popular one being former-Governor and leader of the Texan revolution, William “Stang” Davidson’s Unionist Party, which functions more as a social conservative, moderate-to-conservative fiscal party that is often made up of people who believed the United States was still salvageable, but with the success of the Revolution, believe they have to make do with what they have, and the biggest counter to revolutionary fervor. The second-most popular third party is the Commonwealth-Labor party. Very similar to the Populists socially, but the difference is that their main priority is revolutionizing the economy, in the form of democratic socialism. The third-most popular third party is the Christian Democratic party, the third main right-wing party, which can be considered the opposite of Libertarians, being socially conservative, but economically left wing to a certain degree. Traditionalists who preach Christian moral values, but also believe in welfare and equity on a Christian basis, much more consistent than the often-hypocritical ideology of the Republican Party. The fourth most popular third party is the Civic Democrats, technocratic centrists who represent politics and people who have no loyalty to an ideology, but simply want the government to work and function properly for its electorate. The fifth most popular third party is the Green Alliance, a natural successor to the former Green Party of the U.S.; leftist as well, but with special emphasis on environmental issues. Finally, the least popular but still influential third party is the Cascadian Party, which has no inherent ideology besides Cascadian regionalism and autonomy.
Party strongholds (based on House districts):
Populists: all of Colorado and New Mexico; the vast majority of all liberal urban centers; Hawaii; northern Ohio; coastal SoCal
Libertarians: Most of rural Great Basin and Plains; Appalachian areas; Tennessee; parts of Texas
Unionists: Deep South, especially Alabama, eastern Mississippi, Northern Florida, South Carolina and parts of Georgia; Florida Everglades; Oklahoma and Northern Texas; northern Missouri
Commonwealth-Labor: Mostly particular areas of urban centers, often surrounded by Populist districts; many parts of Chicago, Detroit, NYC, and Boston; Providence, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Flint, Minneapolis-St Paul, Milwaukee, San Francisco-Oakland, Seattle, Cleveland; Vermont
Christian Democrats: rural Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Georgia and Arkansas; southern Louisiana; eastern Texas; southern Illinois and Indiana; parts od Kentucky; Northern W. Virginia
Civic Democrats: Silicon Valley; western Texas; DMV; generally, cities and areas that were once prone to being flip-districts between liberals and conservatives, e.g. Omaha, OKC, western Mississippi, southwestern Georgia; Jacksonville
Greens: coastal PNW; northern California; coastal Maine; northeastern Massachusetts
Cascadians: eastern Washington and Oregon; western Idaho
Party battlegrounds:
Rural America in general, especially Texas, Missouri, Tennessee, Virginia, Kansas, and Appalachian states: Libertarians vs Unionists vs Christian Democrats
Deep South: Unionists vs Christian Democrats
Idaho: Cascadians vs Libertarians
Wyoming and Montana: Libertarians vs Greens
Upstate New York: Greens vs Libertarians
New Hampshire and rural Maine: Populists vs Libertarians
Rural Long Island: Libertarians vs Unionists
Nebraska: Libertarians vs Christian Democrats vs Civic Democrats
Utah: Libertarians vs Populists vs Christian Democrats
Silicon Valley: Civic Democrats vs Populists
Alaska: Populists vs Libertarians
Oklahoma City: Civic Democrats vs Unionists vs Populists
Rural Great Plains at large: Libertarians vs Christian Democrats
THE SCENARIO DOES NOT TAKE PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE GOVERNMENT KNOWN AS THE UNITED STATES NO LONGER EXISTS. THIS IS UNDER THE GOVERNMENT KNOWN AS THE PEOPLE’S COMMONWEALTH OF AMERICA, WITH ITS CAPITAL CITY BEING DENVER, COLORADO. THE PCA IS NOT A MEMBER OF NATO.
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November 2038 ——— It’s been 10 years since it all began. At first, all it seemed was that it would be a regular, yet different election. It had been a very long time since there’d been a legitimate third-party candidate making such a big impact. And then, when the contingent election came with the electoral tie, it all fell to shit.
The House of Representatives projected Joseph Kainsy, third-place finisher in electoral and popular votes, as the next President of the United States! This would prove to be the straw that broke the camel’s back; over the past years the American people had grown fed up with the government, from Orangegate to Epstein to overall scandal and elitism that never truly represented the people. The day after the results were announced, one young Cassian Helsley of Boulder, Colorado, author of The Real Deep State, made a rousing revolutionary speech calling for the undermining and rioting against the authority of the ‘illegitimate’ federal government.
All it took was one month, and all of a sudden, America was embroiled in civil war, the Revolution led by Helsley and his supporters combined with rebellious politicians like Theodore Roosevelt III, Heidi Graf, and especially Zachary Alderneen, the Libertarian Presidential candidate that year who had more votes than even Kainsy himself. The Revolution was known as the Libertarian United Front, beginning in Colorado and, by June of 2029, engulfing the entirety of the West Coast and the Basin.
And then, somehow, despite the odds, despite nobody having their back, despite the millions of lives lost to save America...they won. In a fight between the 99% and the 1%, the 99% won.
2034 was a relieving yet tragic year. The oligarchy was no more, but at the cost of millions of American lives. The world got to see the damage done by the war firsthand as the provisional triumvirate of Helsley, Alderneen and Graf dedicated 2035 to rebuilding and cleaning up the deep wounds America had experienced. People impoverished in the streets, family members dead or missing with no trace...the circumstances were simply too grim to call a convention on government.
But ultimately, life goes on. The worst of America’s wounds were patched up, and a ‘Great American Convention’ was called in Denver for August of 2036 to prosecute the officials of the USFG, to create a new constitution, and to make more crucial policy decisions. After a few months of the Convention, wherein the LUF attained custody of Kainsy and got him to confess to the existence of the Deep State and its mastermind Dr. Fitzroy Wagner, the new People’s Commonwealth of America was brought to life. After another two years of electoral preparations, November 2038 will see the very first election for the Commonwealth.
Firstly, Cassian Helsley of the Populist Party. The man who may as well have started the revolutionary idealism years before it began, his manifesto, The Real Deep State, was published in 2026, following the revelation of Orangegate. 16 pages and over 5,000 words, it deeply criticized America’s political system, blamed the status quo on wealthy elites within a shadow government, and supported the idea that revolution was the best option to counteract this. Now that the Revolution has ended, Helsley, a skillful orator, idealistic progressive, hopes to set an example for his idea of the new American society: socially progressive, and economically remaining somewhat capitalist, but one where equal opportunity is ensured, not where everyone is left to fend for themselves based on who or where they’re from. A sympathetic to socialists, while still not supporting it at the moment. Helsley is an icon within America, the poster boy of the Revolution, the George Washington of our time, and he and his Populist Party are expected to win the very first parliamentary elections of the PCA. Helsley is emotional, loud and strong-willed in public speeches, but more quiet, cold and firm in normal talk.
On the other hand, there is Zachary Alderneen of the Libertarian Party. Zachy wasn’t always the revolutionary kind of guy, in fact hoping to root out the corruption and elitism through being elected to the Presidency. But when that didn’t work out, he lost the election in an unfair manner and an attempt on his life was taken, he was quickly radicalized to work together with Helsley’s revolt in Colorado. Alderneen, ten years Helsley’s senior, has quite the resume; a former host on Wheel of Fortune, and a former Senator and Governor from California during his Republican era before he switched to the Libertarian Party in response to rabid Republican corruption. And then, the rest was history. Alderneen may not have been THE face of the Revolution, but he helped with foreign policy and marginally with the war effort. Now, being center-right with social policy and staunchly capitalist economically, Alderneen wants to use his charm and populism to create an American that’s much truer to the name ‘libertarian’ than the United Front was. He does have one issue, though: the districting. Under the PCA’s new parliamentary system, the election of the head of government is directly tied to the election of parliamentary seats; Alderneen, being from California, might struggle winning a seat of his own on a parliamentary level as a prerequisite for presidency. Alderneen hails from Hollywood during his earlier career and from Sacramento during his early political career, but both are firmly left-leaning areas—Alderneen might have trouble getting elected even in a place he originates from. He may have to resort to campaigning in a district he never even called home in the first place, and risk being called an opportunist.
But of course, the two party system having been annihilated, Helsley and Alderneen are not alone. William “Stang” Davidson created his own ‘Union Party’, a conservative third party wanting to focus more on stability and ‘maintaining what made America great while getting rid of what wasn’t’ than revolutionizing America. There are also the Commonwealth-Labor Party, socialists; Green Alliance, environmentalists; Cascadian Party, regional autonomists; the Civic Democratic Party, technocratic centrists; and the Christian Democratic Party, social conservatives but fiscal liberal welfarists. America is looking at a complex election to start off, with several influential minor parties, but two large party presences. But who will win? The Populists may as well be guaranteed in safe liberal and progressive areas, and the Libertarians will win most rural areas, especially in the west, but with the election moreso up to districts than to states, as well as the right-wing being fractured into three party factions, the electoral stakes will seem quite curious to Americans who will now be faced with a peculiar system...
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February 5th, 2039 ——— The first election for the People’s Commonwealth was unusual, but exciting. Voter turnout was through the roof relative to past US elections, and for once the two main candidates—Cassian Helsley and Zachary Alderneen—did not appear like old, bickering elitists squabbling furiously all for a big role in a puppeted scheme, but as two legitimate candidates who sought to serve their people before all with simply a difference in ideology.
The election felt different in so many good ways. Everything really did feel more bottom-up, as the focus on entire states turned to individual districts. There was no such thing as a swing state, only such thing as swing districts. There was no voting for Helsley or Alderneen nationwide, only for their local candidates who supported them. There was less focus on nationwide presidential campaigns at massive rallies and more on the individual representative campaigning in places like school auditoriums and town halls and, taking some inspiration from Helsley himself, even in the middle of the streets, even if a bit more suburban or rural.
That, and for the first time, politics didn’t feel so contentious and fatiguing. Democracy has an inherent competition to it, sure, but it felt like time had rewinded decades, centuries even, to a time when mudslinging and media throwing up lies and deceit wasn’t the norm. People finally felt like their vote mattered because they weren’t being deceived and there was no overarching system that made it not matter. Of course, the turnout varied by district, but the national turnout was over 75% overall, a reflection of national optimism and democratic sentiment.
But by the end of Election Weekend, November 5th and 6th, the districts slowly began closing voting. On November 8th, it was certified that the Populist Party had secured a plurality in the House of Representatives, and, coalescing with the Commonwealth-Labor party, Greens, and Cascadians, secured a slim majority, likely boosted by the heroic image that Cassian Helsley held. This result wasn’t too surprising, but exciting nonetheless. America was finally moving towards a new era, led by the very poster boy of the Revolution.
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Fast forward to February of 2039. It’s been a few months of Helsley’s governance, and so far nothing too notable has happened. Helsley has been taking care to ensure the new government gets comfortable in Denver and everything is set in order to prepare the nation for a new government and a new era. But time can only pass for so long, and decisions will eventually have to be made.
President Helsley has an interesting to-do list as of now. He has his own social and economic agenda to carry out and propose to parliament, but at the same time, foreign policy is a lot more interesting. During most of the Revolution, the United States had the entirety of NATO supporting it. In the early stages, even Canada intervened to fight the PAC and Alaska, despite leaving not long after due to vast popular demand for non-intervention. Now that the PCA has taken its place, Helsley’s foreign policy is incredibly skeptical of what used to be American allies, believing them to be just as corrupt and elitist as the old government was. He especially has a mistrust for the United Kingdom and Canada, two of the United States’ most prominent supporters during the Revolution, and the former with a government which has also been known for corruption ever since the Online Safety Act. However, it’s not as simple anymore; NATO seems to be having a sort of figurative civil war. Not an actual war, but there are two factions developing.
Indeed, the topic of how NATO should approach the new America was very fracturing. The ‘Berlin Bloc’, led by Germany and joined by France, the Nordic countries, and the Benelux countries, supports re-opening diplomatic ties with America and recognizing the PCA as the one and true government of America. This trend started during the Convention, when Helsley and Graf went to Germany to negotiate with Germany for the custody of Kainsy, promising that Germany had a lot to gain by aligning with the new ‘democratic’ America and a lot to lose by not doing so.
On the other hand was the ‘London Bloc’ led by the United Kingdom. Joined by Canada and the remainder of NATO on varying levels of agreement, the London Bloc refuses to recognize the PCA as the true government of America, Canada having directly intervened early on in the war, only pulling out due to increasing protests and riots at home. Helsley was not surprised by this Bloc’s larger popularity; he is mistrustful of NATO as a whole, believing them to be of a similar corrupt strain as the Old America.
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Seated in the Presidential Office at ‘Concord’—the PCA equivalent of the White House, formally known as Concord Hall here in Denver—Helsley found himself feeling bold today. Up until this February, the government has been somewhat slow to make big moves domestically or internationally. This February 5th, it’s time to make a change.
Now what?
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