Lists of Heads of Government and Heads of State

[neonduke]

The Mensheviks can never catch a break.

 

[napoleon IV]

The fact that Molotov was so long lived is something that has long baffled me. He joined the Bolsheviks and became a "professional revolutionary" back when Nicholas II was still Tsar and World War I hadn't even started, and yet he lived long enough to see Mikhail Gorbachev become General Secretary. Good idea this list is, really.

Molotov also suffered 7 heart attacks over the course of his life. The only person who was more impressively long-lived was Lazar Kaganovich, who died only a few months before the Soviet Union collapsed.

 

[Puget Sound]

Fear The Moon





Presidents of the United States (2009-2022)


2009-2017: Barack Obama/Joe Biden (Democratic)
2008: Def. John McCain/Sarah Palin (Republican)
2012: Def. Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan (Republican)
2017-2022: Donald Trump/Mike Pence (Republican)
2016: Def. Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine (Democratic)
2020: Def. Cory Booker/Seth Moulton (Democratic), Jill Stein/Sedinam Curry (Progressive Green Alliance), Justin Amash/John McAfee (Libertarian), and Rick Perry/Zoltan Istvan (Transhumanist)
2022-2022: Mike Pence/Vacant (Republican)
2022-2022: Hakeem Jeffries (Democratic)
2022-2022: Robert Ritchie (Republican)
2022-2022: Betsy DeVos (Republican)


Presidents of the United States (Boston Legitimist Government)

2022-2022: Seth Moulton/Vacant (Democratic-Republican coalition)
2022: (House election) Def. Will Herd (Republican), Dan Lipinski (Blue Dog)
2022-0000: Seth Moulton/John Kasich (Democratic-Republican coalition)


Presidents of the United States (Charleston Legitimist Government)

2022-2022: Dan Crenshaw/Vacant (Republican)
2022: (House election) No effective opposition
2022-0000: Dan Crenshaw/Corey Stewart (Republican)


Presidents of the United States (Minneapolis Pseudolegitimist Government)

2022-2022: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez/Vacant (Democratic Socialist)
2022: (House election) Def. Ben Ray Luján (Progressive Democratic)
2022-0000: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez/Ginger Jentzen (Democratic Socialist)


Presidents of the United States (Denver Pseudolegitimist Collaborator Pro-Pony Government)

2022-2022: Wilcox Char/Vacant (Lunar American)
2022: (House election) No effective opposition
2022-0000: Wilcox Char/Jennifer Diane Reitz (Lunar American)


Empresses of the Imperial State of America (Springfield, Illinois Revolutionary Orthodox Christian Imperial Government)

2022-0000: Empress Madeline I (Absolute Monarch)
Prime Ministers: Michael Madigan (2022-2023), Lisa Madigan (2023-0000)


Maximum Leaders of the Scientific Union of America (San Francisco Revolutionary Transhumanist Government)

2022-0000: Rick Perry (Technocratic)


Church Presidents of the Christian States of America (Salt Lake City "White Horse" Revolutionary Theodemocratic Government)

2022-0000: Ruth Zioneer (Christian Social Movement)
2022: (Church General Conference) Def. Jason Chaffetz (Republican) and John Pingree Jr. ("Church Administration" Independent)

 

[Stuyvesant]

The only thing is I object to my absence

 

[Thande]

一系列幸運事件

Premiers of the Republic of China

1948-1949: Chiang Kai-shek (KMT - Nanjing Clique)
1949-1952: Li Zongren (KMT - National Government)
1952-1959: Ma Hongkui (KMT - Ma Clique)
1959-2003: Ma Dunjing (KMT - Ma Clique)

Inspired by Thande, and thanks to some ideas from my sibling Ed.

Mao dies during the war, and the CCP is divided afterward, not helped by the Soviets muscling in to establish their own man. Despite this the Communists still enjoy the advantages over the Nationalists they had IOTL, in that the Nationalists endured the bulk of casualties fighting the Japanese, and Kai-shek still resigns after a series of humiliating defeats.

Li Zongren has greater successes as Premier than IOTL, successfully winning over moderate Communist factions and the Civil War essentially freezes under his premiership, helped by the Americans using a nuclear weapon to underline the point to the Soviets - who end up successfully toppling Stalin not long afterwards.

Li's soft touch with the Communists and relative peace does not go together very well and the warlord cliques grow uncomfortable with his move to expand civil rights and civilian institutions. The Ma Clique, having conquered Tibet and pacified Xinjiang are by far one of the most powerful warlords and when they turn on Li, they are able to win round the more virulent anti-communists and warlord cliques who stand to lose out from Zongren's reforms.

Ma Hongkui dies 10 years earlier than IOTL due to stress and the effect of a) having long-term diabets and b) having a long-term relationship with ice cream. Power passes into the hands of Ma Dunjing, who despite numerous coup attempts and plots over the decades was able to maintain his hold on the reins of the Republic until his death in 2003.

Interesting Mumby. Don't forget Chiang's surname is Chiang not Kai-shek (I know you know this because all the others are correct so it's just a slip).

 

[Mumby]

Fear The Moon





Presidents of the United States (2009-2022)


2009-2017: Barack Obama/Joe Biden (Democratic)
2008: Def. John McCain/Sarah Palin (Republican)
2012: Def. Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan (Republican)
2017-2022: Donald Trump/Mike Pence (Republican)
2016: Def. Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine (Democratic)
2020: Def. Cory Booker/Seth Moulton (Democratic), Jill Stein/Sedinam Curry (Progressive Green Alliance), Justin Amash/John McAfee (Libertarian), and Rick Perry/Zoltan Istvan (Transhumanist)
2022-2022: Mike Pence/Vacant (Republican)
2022-2022: Hakeem Jeffries (Democratic)
2022-2022: Robert Ritchie (Republican)
2022-2022: Betsy DeVos (Republican)


Presidents of the United States (Boston Legitimist Government)

2022-2022: Seth Moulton/Vacant (Democratic-Republican coalition)
2022: (House election) Def. Will Herd (Republican), Dan Lipinski (Blue Dog)
2022-0000: Seth Moulton/John Kasich (Democratic-Republican coalition)


Presidents of the United States (Charleston Legitimist Government)

2022-2022: Dan Crenshaw/Vacant (Republican)
2022: (House election) No effective opposition
2022-0000: Dan Crenshaw/Corey Stewart (Republican)


Presidents of the United States (Minneapolis Pseudolegitimist Government)

2022-2022: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez/Vacant (Democratic Socialist)
2022: (House election) Def. Ben Ray Luján (Progressive Democratic)
2022-0000: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez/Ginger Jentzen (Democratic Socialist)


Presidents of the United States (Denver Pseudolegitimist Collaborator Pro-Pony Government)

2022-2022: Wilcox Char/Vacant (Lunar American)
2022: (House election) No effective opposition
2022-0000: Wilcox Char/Jennifer Diane Reitz (Lunar American)


Empresses of the Imperial State of America (Springfield, Illinois Revolutionary Orthodox Christian Imperial Government)

2022-0000: Empress Madeline I (Absolute Monarch)
Prime Ministers: Michael Madigan (2022-2023), Lisa Madigan (2023-0000)


Maximum Leaders of the Scientific Union of America (San Francisco Revolutionary Transhumanist Government)

2022-0000: Rick Perry (Technocratic)


Church Presidents of the Christian States of America (Salt Lake City "White Horse" Revolutionary Theodemocratic Government)

2022-0000: Ruth Zioneer (Christian Social Movement)
2022: (Church General Conference) Def. Jason Chaffetz (Republican) and John Pingree Jr. ("Church Administration" Independent)

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[Bolt451]

SNIP

Reading about the various pretenders to the French thrones and the Carlist wars in spain. This needs more diverging thrones.

one would assume there's a Georgist pretender who is a descendent of George VI (Not the same as OTL George VI, actually his cousin) in addition to Queen Elizabeth (Again, not OTL Liz II), a different great-great grandchild of George V.

 

[Turquoise Blue]

Be Careful Of What You Wish For

46: Bernie Sanders (Vermont)*/49: Julián Castro (Texas) (Democratic) 2021-2027
2020: def. Donald Trump (New York)/Mike Pence (Indiana) (Republican) and Howard Schultz (Washington)/Phil Bredesen (Tennessee) (Independent)
2024: def. Mike Pence (Indiana)/Nikki Haley (South Carolina) (Republican)
- "A New Democratic Majority?" - Times Cover, 2020
- Puerto Rico admitted (2023)
- Medicare For All (2025)
- "Socialism: As American As Apple Pie?" - Time Magazine Cover, 2025
- Equal Rights Amendment (2026)
- Chinese Civil War (2027-2034)
- Protecting LGBT Americans Act (2027)
- Assassination of Bernie Sanders (2027)

47: Julián Castro (Texas)/50: Kate Brown (Oregon) (Democratic) 2027-2033
2028: def. Jeff Bezos (California)/Joni Ernst (Iowa) (Republican)
- "Great Anxiety" (2027-2035)
- Death of Vladimir Putin (2028)
- Global Warming Agreement (2029)
- "We Didn't Cause The Fire?" - Time Magazine Cover 2030
- Electoral College abolished (2031)

48: Elise Stefanik (New York)/51: Josh Hawley (Missouri) (Republican) 2033-2041
2032: def. Julián Castro (Texas)/Kate Brown (Oregon) (Democratic)
2036: def. Joaquín Castro (Texas)/Katrina Shankland (Wisconsin) (Democratic)
- Mental Health Act (2034)
- Fiscal Restraint Bill (2035)
- "The Broken Dragon?" - Time Magazine Cover 2035
- Europe United No Longer (2036)
- Long Slump (2038-2048)
- Territories Act (2039)
- "Meet Mr. 15417: The New Civil Rights Frontier?" - Time Magazine Cover 2040

49: Rashida Tlaib (Michigan)/52: Taylor Swift (Pennsylvania) (Democratic) 2041-2045
2040: def. Josh Hawley (Missouri)/Thomas Gray (Ohio) (Republican) and Brandon Zarrelli (California)/Penny Laverie (New York) (Synergy)
- EcoWorld Agreement (2042)
- American Free Trade Union ratified (2043)
- Growth of Mountain Suburbs (2043-2060)
- Reunification of Samoa (2044)

50: Thomas Gray (Ohio)/53: Amy Johnson (New Jersey) (Republican) 2045-2049
2044: def. Rashida Tlaib (Michigan)/Taylor Swift (Pennsylvania) (Democratic) and Brandon Zarrelli (California)/Alexis Kyle (Minnesota) (Synergy)
- "The Polycule Family: How American Families Are Changing" - Time Magazine Cover, 2045
- Minimum Wage Becomes Living Wage (2046)
- Fifth Great Awakening (2047-?)

51: Rashida Tlaib (Michigan)/54: Nick Bayh (Indiana) (Democratic) 2049-2053
2048: def. Thomas Gray (Ohio)/Amy Johnson (New Jersey) (Republican)
- Popular Democracy Act (2049)
- Civil Rights Act of 2050 (2050)
- "The New States of America?" - Time Magazine Cover, 2050
- Firearm Amendment (2051)
- New York split. Adirondack, New York and Long Island, and Niagara admitted (2052)

52: Jeanie Shaw (New York and Long Island)/55: Carly Westerberg (Wisconsin) (Democratic) 2053-2061
2052: def. Ava Guzman (Arizona)/David Connally (North Dakota) (Republican)
2056: def. Madison Hayes (Nebraska)/Fred Forrest (Florida) (Republican) and Landon Wise (North California)/Alexa Bellamy (Kentucky) (Independent)
- American Union ratified (2053)
- New European Union - "EuroFed" established with Britain and Spain as leading members (2054)
- California split. North California, South California and Francisco admitted (2055)
- Virginia split. North Virginia admitted (2055)
- "The Future is Robosexual?" - Time Magazine Cover, 2055
- Voting Rights Amendment (2057)
- Universal Basic Income (2058)
- Animal Rights Act (2058)
- Washington DC admitted as a state as Columbia (2059)
- Native Recognition Amendment (2059)
- House Expansion Amendment (2059)
- "Human Plus?: Transhumanism and You" - Time Magazine Cover 2060

53: Simon Tallis (Oregon)/56: Tori Rosales (Louisiana) (Independent/Republican) 2061-2069
2060: def. Carly Westerberg (Wisconsin)/Grayson Young (Francisco) (Democratic)
2064: def. Juili Locklear (Alaska)/Ruby Schiff (Massachusetts) (Democratic) and Tristan Howell (Maine)/Jas Peralta (Texas) (Save Our Dollar)
- "2060 Pact" - withdrawal of Republican ticket of Tori Rosales (Louisiana)/Lauren Edge (Nevada) and Tallis' running-mate Jason Blair (Kentucky)
- Consensus Coalition (2061-2067)
- Texas split - Rio Grande established (2062)
- Establishment of Territory of Lincoln on Mars (2063)
- IREXIT - Ireland votes to leave EuroFed (2064)
- EcoCompact Accord (2064)
- End of American Dollar, official adoption of Euro-Dollar aka "Eddie" (2065)
- "Suborbs: The Housing Bubble of the 2060s?" - Time Magazine Cover 2065
- Farm Co-operative Act (2066)
- Florida split. North and South Florida admitted (2066)
- Suborb Bubble Pops (2067)
- Bailout of Banks (2067)
- Eddie Rallies? (2068)

54: Damien Reyes (West Virginia)*/57: Nicky Takamine (Ohio) (Democratic) 2069-2071
2068: def. Tori Rosales (Louisiana)/Leo Braun (Missouri) (Republican) and Tristan Howell (Maine)/Naomi Rice (Idaho) (Bring Bucks Back!)
- People's Bailout (2069)
- "Ireland: A Warning to the World" - Time Magazine Cover 2070
- South China sits on UN Security Council Permanently (2070)
- Assassination of Damien Reyes (2071)

55: Nicky Takamine (Ohio)/58: Leilani Guimaraes (Rhode Island)* (Democratic) 2071-2075
2072: def. Axel Smith (Montana)/Brielle Mason (Connecticut) (Republican)
- First TeleMind Presidential Debate a Success (2072)
- First Contact? (2073)
- Pneumatic Tubes Surge in Popularity! (2074)
- "Eddie vs. Yupee: A Clash of Currencies?" - Time Magazine Cover 2075
- Death of Leilani Guimaraes (2075)

55: Nicky Takamine (Ohio)/59: July Luna (Delaware) (Democratic) 2075-2077
- "Social Credit" System Implemented (2075)
- Global Ban on Sale of Animal Meat (2076)
- America celebrates its 300th Birthday! (2076)

56: July Luna (Delaware)/60: Cal Brookes (North Virginia) (Democratic) 2077-2085
2076: def. Aurora Saavedra (El Paso)/Xander Lyons (Niagara) (Republican)
2080: def. Connor Silver (Tennessee)/Ariana Kelley (Oklahoma) (Republican)
- "The Amelia Bedelia Movie" Breaks Records! (2077)
- Transgressive Genetic Manipulation Banned (2078)
- Teleportation of People Possible? (2079)
- "The New Republican Party?" - Time Magazine Cover 2080
- GraviTube, Human-Sized Pneumatic Tubes, Rolled Out (2081)
- Ireland renames itself "Emain Ablach". World Shrugs (2082)
- Merger of Eddie and Yupee Floated at UN Meeting (2083)
- Vice-President taken to hospital, reported stable (2084)

57: Firouze Glass (Hawaii)/61: Levi Sifuentes (Puerto Rico) (Democratic) 2085-2089
2084: def. Josh Edwards (Maryland)/Zoey Wilde (North California) (Republican)
- "Rise of the Cyber People" - Time Magazine 2085
- Yupee Scare Leads to Global Recession (2085)
- GOP reclaims House for first time in decades! (2086)
- "Torchbearer" Protests (2087)
- 2088 Election Called: America Has Made History! (2088)

58: Summer Cardona (Francisco)/62: Everett Hudson (Alabama) (Republican) 2089-209?
2088: def. Firouze Glass (Hawaii)/Levi Sifuentes (Puerto Rico) (Democratic)
- Summer Cardona - Time Person of the Year (2088)

With the election of Summer Cardona, a long almost-century of Democratic dominance comes to an end. With the GOP finally taking back Congress, they promise to make radical changes to solve the recession, namely the implementation of what they call a "social market economy" that they declare will "manage our out of control unions" and look into "living within our means". Also part of their radical policy is a rekindling of relations with Emain Ablach, the isolationist uber-transhumanist state that infamously left the EuroFed in 2064, and of course a repeal of the ban on transgressive genetic manipulation, which they claim "has held back American potential" and via the end of President Glass' executive order, the addition of cybernetic enhancements [what the "cyber" people advocate and celebrate] to Medicare so that everyone can be "cyber".

The Democrats just seems to be resigned to defeat. Everything they ever thought of, from the simple to the wild-eyed radical, has been done. To a 2019 liberal, 2088 would seem like a wish fulfillment. Yet at this point the Democrats were running on fumes for decades, just reacting to events as they come and not genuinely coming up with new visions for America. They became too comfortable with government. And by 2088, the American people struggled to find a reason to not vote Republican. It was a sea change and America overall was very happy with their choice, even if it was relatively close. Well, apart from some really odd relics that bang on about how President Cardona was assumed to be male at birth or something. Weird.

Over in the EuroFed, Prime Minister Abdul Cuvelier looks at those developments with heavy concern. The Democrats came up with the Eddie and kindled a close relation between the AU and the EF, yet this new President looks to Ireland instead of Europe. Heavily concerning to him and to many Europeans, especially the people of Great Britain who has for decades dreaded every statement the wildcard nation made about them.

What is sure, is that change is coming to the world stage. Radical change.

 

[Zachanassian]

Be Careful Of What You Wish For

I love this.

Also, congratulations. You turned the GOP into the CDU and the Democrats into the Canadian Liberals.

 

[I Saw A Red Sky]

一系列幸運事件

Very silly but unique at least.

 

[Bolt451]

@Turquoise Blue I really like this list. I love listing the highlights of each presidency

Ireland renames itself "Emain Ablach". World Shrugs (2082)

This made me chuckle

 

[Mumby]

Presidents of the United States of America

2017-2019: Donald Trump (Republican)
2016 (with Mike Pence) def. Hillary Clinton (Democratic)
2019-2019: Mike Pence (Republican)
2019-2019: Nancy Pelosi (Democratic leading National Unity Administration with Republicans)
2019-2021: John Kasich (Republican leading National Unity Administration with Democrats)
2021-2023: Michael Bloomberg (National Unity)
2020 (with Mitt Romney) def. Bernie Sanders (Democratic Revolution), Donald Trump (Make America Great Again), John McAfee (Libertarian)
2023-2025: Michael Bloomberg (Republican)
2025-2029: Rashida Tlaib (Democratic)
2024 (with Chokwe A. Lumumba) def. Mitt Romney (Republican), Steve King (Great America Movement)

'Governments-in-exile' which do not recognise the results of the 2020 presidential election

Donald Trump (Make America Great Again) in Mar-a-Lago

John McAfee (Libertarian) on Freedom Boat

Trump is impeached, followed shortly afterwards by Pence. Nancy Pelosi is Acting President, but decides its not exactly kosher for her to take the highest office in the land, when American did elect a Republican in 2016, drawing on precedent established during the Watergate scandal. She instead formed a 'National Unity Administration' with Republicans and stood aside for John Kasich who spent a few days as Secretary of State before his inauguration, a delay only briefly lengthened by Chuck Grassley's brief farcical attempt to claim the Presidency for himself.

Kasich's administration attempted to toe a moderate course, trying to bring together the Republican majority in the Senate with the Democratic majority in the House but was continually frustrated by the partisan gulf between the parties and was forced to rely on a narrow coalition of moderates.

Exhausted, he stepped aside in 2020. With Donald Trump's quasi-alt-right movement building, talks to continue the coalition became more serious when it became clear that Bernie Sanders could win the Democratic nomination. The Democratic establishment and Republican moderates together established a National Unity ticket, headed by the 'nonpartisan' Michael Bloomberg. Dissatisfaction with National Unity, Sanders' continuity Democratic ticket and the two loud and quixotic campaigns led by Trump and McAfee respectively made for a bizarre and rather elderly election, in which the National Unity ticket won extremely narrowly. Both Trump and McAfee claimed the election was rigged and formed their own 'exile governments' which have gone unrecognised by any state.

The new generation of socialist Democrats only entrenched their grip on the house, and after the 2022 election, there was virtually nothing left of the Democrats in National Unity. Bloomberg and Romney officially switched back to Republican, helped by their crackdown on 'MAGA Republican' insurgents in the aftermath of 2020. By 2024, it was clear there was only one result. Tlaib won in a landslide over a tired Romney. Trump and McAfee also ignored the 2024 elections, aside from Trump commenting on the performance of King's Great America Movement, that the fact it got any electoral votes at all was a 'fantastic, beautiful result' given the circumstances.

 

[Edmund]

John McAfee (Libertarian) on Freedom Boat

This really is great.

 

[Uhura's Mazda]

Lords Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland
1653-1658: Oliver Cromwell
1658-1712: Richard Cromwell [1]
1712-1772: William Cromwell [2]
1772-1785: Oliver Cromwell [3]

Kings of England, Scotland and Ireland
1785-1788: Charles III (Stuart) [4]
1788-1792: Henry IX (Stuart) [5]

Executives of the Commonwealth of Britain
1794-0000: Committee of Public Safety

[1] - After a few teething troubles involving over-mighty Generals, Lord Protector Richard settled into civilian power - and by the time he died, the people of the British Isles could barely imagine being governed by anyone else. Richard was aided by the conversion to Catholicism of the claimant king 'James II' and his consequent expulsion from the Low Countries, although the Royalist landings in Scotland in 1669 (sponsored by the Dutch) and 1691 (sponsored by the French) caused a significant amount of consternation. General Lord Churchill became the mainstay of Cromwellian power in Richard's later years, both at home and in Europe, but was executed after the Lord Protector grew suspicious of his meteoric rise and his military skills. Indeed, Richard became a generally disagreeable character as he advanced into old age - this is popularly supposed to be due to the trauma of decades of furtive whispering about 'Tumbledown Dick', but may also have been influenced by the death of his promising son. The only surviving Cromwells, therefore, were the children of his brother Henry, Lord Deputy of Ireland: the eldest one being another Henry, a General who was largely overshadowed by Churchill during the Eight Years' War and who died of a fever during the War of the Spanish Succession in 1711.

[2] - General Henry Cromwell's 19-year-old son, William, was the only reasonable choice as successor, as all the prominent generals had died by various causes in the previous years. William was another long-ruling Protector, but whereas his great-uncle had been jealous and lacking in authority, the more civilian-centric times of the 18th century permitted Lord Protector William to govern in the model of a well-read and devout Independent Protestant. He was so devout, in fact, that he only noticed earthly pleasures at the age of 57, when he decided to marry a wealthy widow. Staying out of all Continental wars apart from the War of the Bavarian Succession (then joining in only when the alliance system happened to pit Protestants against Catholics), he nevertheless sponsored colonial expansionism, particularly in India (where his brother Oliver became Lord Deputy) and America. Like his predecessor, he struggled to find an heir: various brothers and nephews died off at an alarming rate, leaving only one Cromwell of the next generation.

[3] - Oliver (who refused to be known as Oliver II as this would constitute an unacceptable degree of Royalism) held the Protectoral seals for only a few years compared to his two predecessors. The expense of the War of the Bavarian Succession and continuing repression in Ireland necessitated an ever-increasing tax bill, which had to be extended to the American colonies who were also proving a drain on the Exchequer. The colonies therefore revolted, demanding representation - and were joined by a number of militias in the British Isles, who were unhappy at the fact that their MPs were essentially nominated by the Lord Protector. The Commonwealth of America defeated the old, outmoded New Model Army in a series of engagements and set itself up as a new republic under the authority of Lord Proprietor John Penn - now remembered as the true inheritor of the politico-religious ideals of the English Revolution. The Protectorate, on the other hand, fell to the rebel groups in 1785, shortly after the death in childhood of Oliver the Younger's only son.

[4] - There was no consensus on what to do with the captured Lord Protector, and still less on what to replace him with. The Cromwells had ruled for over a century, and for most of that period their Stuart rivals had been Catholics. It was therefore with some surprise that the British greeted the arrival of Charles III (he counted Charles 'II' as being King in Scotland in 1651) in pomp and ceremony in the revolutionary chaos of the mid-1780s. As Charles was an elderly and lethargic poseur who had spent most of his life as a slightly unwelcome guest of the Pope in Rome and spoke little English, the conservatives among the rebels quickly announced their loyalty to him and divided the cushy political jobs among themselves. As Tories, they had been excluded from Government by the distrustful Cromwellians. Henry Dundas was made First Lord in the new constitutional settlement, which in practice allowed Parliament to exercise genuine power - at least while the King was as incapable as Charles.

[5] - Charles died after only a few years, elevating his brother, Cardinal Henry Stuart, to the throne. Despite being tired of unrest, the Protestants of Britain were really extremely un-keen at being ruled by a Cardinal whose heir was the King of Sardinia, and as soon as he slipped up by replacing Dundas with the ex-Whig William Pitt against the will of Parliament, London erupted into rioting. Parliament grew more radical; Commonwealthian sentiments were aired publicly among the 'Shortless' extremist mob; finally, Cardinal-King Henry was deposed and sent to the executioner's pillow.

While Europe gangs up on brave Britain, attempting to foist on us a new King (Charles of Sardinia is preferred by the French, but the Emperor favours the Elector of Hanover, who at least shares our religion), Admiral Cochrane leads our navies against those who would deny us our liberty. Finally, after much trial and error, we are to be reprieved from the status of serfdom under King or Lord Protector.

 

[Yossarian]

Surviving Commonwealth turning into the French-Revolution-in-Britain? Phresh, David, very phresh indeed.

 

[Ares96]

You know, however odd Britain-Hannover was, Britain-Sardinia would've been absolutely mental.

 

[Yossarian]

Admiral Cochrane leads our navies against those who would deny us our liberty.

Would Cochrane not be a bit, uh, teenaged to be an admiral in 1794?

Though guillotining nobs would liven up the Hornblower novels a bit, I'll grant you that.

 

[Uhura's Mazda]

Would Cochrane not be a bit, uh, teenaged to be an admiral in 1794?

Though guillotining nobs would liven up the Hornblower novels a bit, I'll grant you that.

His uncle Alexander rises through the ranks faster in the revolutionary situation - he became an Admiral IOTL in 1801, and you can expect six years' worth of Admirals to be sent to the pillow during the Fear.

 

[Comisario]

You know, however odd Britain-Hannover was, Britain-Sardinia would've been absolutely mental.

stop living in my dreams

 

[Skaven]

The pillow becoming the symbol of revolutionary justice is the greatest thing I have ever seen.