But my monarchy........Poll right now
Monarchists: 7
Republicans: 6
Divided Russia: 4
Should I do a second poll without the Divided Russia option?
(seriously tho: It'd probably be better)
But my monarchy........Poll right now
Monarchists: 7
Republicans: 6
Divided Russia: 4
Should I do a second poll without the Divided Russia option?
The military dictatorship option was eliminated earlier. However, I'm going to do a vote on which faction of the victor's side will take over after the civil war, which could very easily lead to a Jacobin-esque Radical dictatorship if the Republicans win.Would anarchy or military dictatorship be viable options? Or just have it fragmenting into a bunch of other countries?
Whichever side wins, Russia's not going to be in good shape. If the Empire staggers on, it's gonna likely be as a paranoid and even more impoverished state. See how their experiments with democracy turned out: civil war at the first disagreement! If the Republic wins, I think it's a little brighter in the way of liberal-ness. But it'll be in shambles, and definietly with quite a bit of reconstruction to do. Perhaps they can draw some support for reconstruction, perhaps from the British to keep them strong against Japan?The military dictatorship option was eliminated earlier. However, I'm going to do a vote on which faction of the victor's side will take over after the civil war, which could very easily lead to a Jacobin-esque Radical dictatorship if the Republicans win.
Also, I expect the Caucasus and Central Asia to break away during the civil war, plus some attempts by China or Japan to get bits of the Russian Far East.
Oh, Russia's in a hard spot either way. I'm a fan of Whatifalthist on YouTube, but I had a problem with his assumption that a victorious White Army in OTL's Russian Civil War would turn Russia into a British-style Constitutional Monarchy. There's a strong possibility that Russia would've turned into some sort of Fascist Dictatorship, and while I don't think that would've turned out quite as bad as Stalin, that wouldn't make it any less awful, especially if you weren't Ethnically Russian and Orthodox (cough cough Jews and Central Asians cough cough).Whichever side wins, Russia's not going to be in good shape. If the Empire staggers on, it's gonna likely be as a paranoid and even more impoverished state. See how their experiments with democracy turned out: civil war at the first disagreement! If the Republic wins, I think it's a little brighter in the way of liberal-ness. But it'll be in shambles, and definietly with quite a bit of reconstruction to do. Perhaps they can draw some support for reconstruction, perhaps from the British to keep them strong against Japan?
Thanks for the response, I've really enjoyed the timeline so far. It feels like you put a lot of passion into it, and the style is refreshingly easy to follow after tons upon tons of somewhat dry timelines.-snip-
Please don't make it the American style. A Westminster style government and parliament where each cabinet member has to be a MP, and states having their own gov and legislature would be my suggestion.y suggestions on the Floridian government’s structure? I don’t want it to be a carbon copy of the U.S. government
OTL Charleston and Montgomery, respectively.I forget where Richelieu and VilleRoyale are located.
I'd think that with French ancestry, plantation economies, and a republic, at least one section of the population would be really leaning into the "New Roman Republic" imagery. (Because many Anglo Protestants in OTL area did and so French Catholics presumably would have more reason to do so, not because it would be historically accurate to identify this way.)Any suggestions on the Floridian government’s structure? I don’t want it to be a carbon copy of the U.S. government, so I’d like to hear your suggestions.
What are the OTL equivalents of all these provinces/cities?View attachment 548372
Floridian Provinces
- La Neuse (Seat: Ville-Marie)
- Armandie (Seat: Richelieu)
- Ocmulqui (Seat: Fort Ocmulqui)
- Tegeste (Seat: Saint-Augustine)
- Caquinampo (Seat: Mûreposte)
- Alibamons (Seat: Bienville)
- Assomption (Seat: L’Assomption)
- Pascagoula (Seat: Saint-Denis de Chisafocque)
- Basse-Louisiane (Seat: Nouvelle-Orléans)
- Haute-Louisiane (Seat: Poste-du-Ouachita)
- Quainco (Seat: Saint-Thérèse de Quainco)
- Acansa (Seat: Peuplier)
That seems very plausible, although I'm not sure what the Commonwealth of America would think about the Bourbons strolling back into mainland North America (although there is a chance they'd invite a different house in to rule).We could see a split in Floridian politics between the more liberal personalities, who view the establishment of a republic as a good thing after years of the homeland ignoring them and letting them get battered by the Anglo-Americans, and conservatives, who view the arrangement as an insult to the national character after having their government stripped away from them, not even giving them a monarch. Perhaps a nativist monarchist movement arises.
La Neuse = Eastern North Carolina, Far South-Central Virginia and Northeastern South Carolina (Ville-Marie = Wilmington, NC)What are the OTL equivalents of all these provinces/cities?
Oh yeah, I like the idea of the Anglo-Americans viewing the Bourbons themselves as a disease to be removed from their borders. But the Floridian hardliners could certainly use it as a sticking point.That seems very plausible, although I'm not sure what the Commonwealth of America would think about the Bourbons strolling back into mainland North America (although there is a chance they'd invite a different house in to rule).
Thanks for letting them escape. Rarely happens in many TLsThe vote is 8-7 Republicans. So, I've decided that the Republicans will win the civil war, but the Czar and his family will successfully escape.