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Benedict and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

 

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A remake of the Map in this post, but this time with a regional proportional system.

Support for the Congressional Coalition (Moderate-Reform), by Electoral Region

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Reform (21)	Moderate (13)	Modern Whig (2)	SAM (3)	An American Party (6)	Independence (8)
Barbara Lee	Nancy Pelosi	Jim Costa	Ken Calvert	Kevin McCarthy	Darrell Issa
Alan Lowenthal	Adam Schiff	Lou Correa	David Valadao	Doug LaMalfa	Devin Nunes
Brad Sherman	Ami Bera		Young Kim	Jay Obernolte	Agnes Gibboney
Grace Napolitano	Anna Eshoo			Michelle Steel	Andy Caldwell
Jackie Speier	Doris Matsui			Mike Garcia	Bryan Maryott
Jared Huffman	Eric Swalwell			Tom McClintock	Erin Cruz
Jerry McNerney	Juan C. Vargas				Kevin Cookingham
Jimmy Panetta	Julia Brownley				Tamika Hamilton
Judy Chu	Mike Thompson
Karen Bass	Raul Ruiz		Lost to Proportional
Linda Sánchez	Salud Carbajal		Josh Harder
Lucille Roybal-Allard	Sara Jacobs		Tony Cárdenas
Mark DeSaulnier	Scott Peters		John Garamendi
Mark Takano			Jimmy Gomez
Maxine Waters			Katie Porter
Nanette Barragán			Mike Levin
Norma Torres
Pete Aguilar
Ro Khanna
Ted Lieu
Zoe Lofgren

 

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1989-1993: Mike Dukakis (Democratic)
def. 1988 George H.W. Bush (Republican)
1993-2001: Bill Clinton (Moderate)
def. 1992 Al Haig (Republican), Ross Perot (Independent), Mike Dukakis (Democratic)
def. 1996 Lowell Weicker (An American), Richard Lamm (Reform), Bob Dole (Republican), Lyndon LaRouche (Democratic)
1997 XXVIII Ammendment Changes Presidential Elections to a Two-Round System
2001-2005: Al Gore (Moderate)
def. 2000 George W. Bush (Serve America), Steve Forbes (An American), Ralph Nader (Reform), Jesse Ventura (Independence), Joe Lieberman (Modern Whig)
2005-2009: Jeb Bush (Serve America)
def. 2004 Al Gore (Moderate), Howard Dean (Reform), Newt Gingrich (An American), Tom Golisano (Independence), John Edwards (Modern Whig)
2009-2017: John McCain (An American)
def. 2008 Ralph Nader (Reform), Jeb Bush (Serve America), Chris Dodd (Moderate), Mike Huckabee (Independence), Tom Vilsack (Modern Whig)
def. 2012 Mitt Romney (Serve America), John Kerry (Moderate), Ron Paul (Independence), Rocky Anderson (Reform), Wesley Clark (Modern Whig)
2017-2021: Donald Trump (Independence)
def. 2016 Hillary Clinton (Moderate), Bernie Sanders (Reform), John Kasich (An American), Marco Rubio (Serve America), Charlie Crist (Modern Whig), Martin O'Malley (Modern Whig)
2021-: Joe Biden (Moderate)
def. 2020 Donald Trump (Independence), Elizabeth Warren (Reform), Bill Weld (An American), Pete Buttgieg (Modern Whig), Michael Bloomberg (Serve America)

 

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Continuing

 

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Twenty Years Back

1973-1981: William C. Westmoreland (Republican)
(with H. L. Richardson) def 1972 John J. Gilligan (Democratic)
(with H. L. Richardson) def 1976 John J. Gilligan (Democratic)
1981-1983: Paul Tsongas (Democratic)
(with Lloyd Bentsen) def 1980 H. L. Richardson (Republican)
1983-1989: Lloyd Bentsen (Democratic)
(with Bill Proxmire) def 1984 John Tower (Republican)
1989-1994: H. L. Richardson (Republican)
(with Pete du Pont) def 1988 Bill Proxmire (Democratic)
(with Pete du Pont) def 1992 Tom Daschle (Democratic)
1994-1997: Bob Michel (Republican)
1997-2001: Zell Miller (Democratic)
(with Paul Wellstone) def 1996 Bob Michel (Republican)
2001-2009: Pete Wilson (Republican)
(with Robert M. Gates) def 2000 Zell Miller (Democratic)
(with Robert M. Gates) def. 2004 Paul Wellstone (Democratic)
2009-2013: Robert M. Gates (Republican)
(with Dick Lugar) def. 2008 Deval Patrick (Democratic)
2013-2021: Mike Beebe (Democratic)
(with Harold Ford) def. 2012 Robert M. Gates (Republican)
(with Harold Ford) def. 2016 Jerry Moran (Republican)
2021-2029: Greg Abbott (Republican)
(with Lindsey Graham) def. 2020 Harold Ford (Democratic)
(with Lindsey Graham) def. 2024 Ed Markey (Democratic)
2029-2037: Robert Peters (Democratic)
(with Chris Coons) def. 2028 Mitt Romney (Republican)
(with Chris Coons) def. 2032 Charlie Baker (Republican)
2037-2041: Craig Menear (Republican)
(with Tucker Carlson) def. 2036 Kyrsten Sinema (Democratic)
2041-XXXX: Chris Coons (Democratic)
(with [Someone who's not famous yet]) def. Craig Menear (Republican)

 

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Emperors of the Empire of The Isles

1626-1651: Finlay (Morgengaard)
1625: Gristol under the House of Morgengaard unites the Isles in the War of the Four Crowns against Tyvia, Morley, and Karnaca
1651-1668: Valessa (Morgengaard)
1668-1669: Jalle† (Morgengaard)
1669: Murdered by Bodyguard, Aneirin Rhydderch, declares himself Emperor
1669-1675: Aneirin (Rhydderch)
1675-1678: Ailish* (Rhydderch)
1678: Morgengaard Loyalists restore Jalle's son Hurien to the throne, deposing the Rhydderchs
1678-1705: Hurien (Morgengaard)
1691: Beginning of the Crisis of the Seventeenth Century, widespread chaos in the provinces, collapse of Royal Authority
1701: The Abbey of the Everyman is founded by Benjamin Holger
1705-1714: Yefim (Olaskir)
1705-1708: The Abbey of the Everyman embarks on the ‘Rectifcation War’ against its rivals, culminating in the Siege of Whitecliff
1711: The Abbey is established as the Official Faith of the Empire
1714-1727: Zolana (Olaskir)
1727-1751: Daniil (Olaskir)
1751-1783: Alexy (Olaskir)
1783-1801: Larisa† (Olaskir)
1 Ice, 1801: Morley Insurrection begins
8 Clans, 1801: Larisa is assassinated by Morleyan dissidents without issue, a regency council is formed to decide upon a successor and to prosecute the Morley Insurrection
1801-1803: First Regency, led by Euhorn Kaldwin
1803: Lord Regent Euhorn Kaldwin declares himself Emperor following his leadership during the Morley Insurrection
1803-1825: Euhorn (Kaldwin)
1825-1837: Jessamine† (Kaldwin)
1835: The Rat Plague begins, secretly introduced to the city’s slums by Royal Spymaster Hiram Burrows
18 Earth, 1837: Empress Jessamine was assassinated by the assassin Daud, triggering the Regency Crisis
1837: Second Regency, led by Hiram Burrows
28, High Cold, 1837: Regency Ends, Emily Kaldwin is enthroned
1837-1852: Emily (Kaldwin)
18 Earth, 1852: Empress Emily is overthrown in a palace coup by her Aunt, Delilah Copperspoon, with the backing of Duke Luca Abele of Karnaca
1852: Delilah (“Kaldwin”)
24 Harvest, 1852: Empress Delilah is deposed in a counter-coup
1852-1902: Emily (Kaldwin)
17 Timber, 1852: The Abbey of the Everyman is dissolved by Imperial Decree following the twin blows of the Battle of Dunwall Tower and the Void Rift Crisis
1902: The Office of Empress was dissolved by the Will of Emily Kaldwin, who had no issue

 

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Institutions of the Atlantic Church

The Bosnydelphia Corridor was a religiously diverse region even before the Deluge, and this diversity was only exacerbated as groups became more insular as the world collapsed. The leaders of the Thalassocracies however sought to foster interfaith relations by forming a Council. As time went by, the Atlantic “Church” as the melting pot of faiths was called began to be referred to as a collective unit; this doesn’t mean they don’t disagree, mind.

Atlantic Catholic Church: The Catholics are the most significant prepartum religious denomination of the Corridor, and one with much political cachet owing to its historical influence on the region. This influence can be traced back to a Papal Bull just before the Deluge that relegated priestly selection to regional bishops. This led to the Archbishop of New York becoming de facto head of the “Atlantic Catholic Church”, much to Boston’s chagrin.

• Knights of Columbus: The Republics and Counties of the Connecticut Valley are home to a militant branch of the Atlantic Church, that has a tenuous relationship with the mother church. This of course is mostly due to secular concerns, the people of the Valley do not wish to be under New York’s thumb, temporally or Spiritually.

Atlantic Protestants: It’s rather reductive to talk about the Protestants of the Corrior, but to do the various sects justice would be a much longer list than I wish to write. Needless to say there are many different Mainline, Presbyterian, and Methodist Denominations, with a fair amount of Ecumenism; there is however one uninvited denomination the…

• Old North Church-based Church of America in Boston is a testament to the syncretic nature of the religious communities of the Corridor, practicing a theology more akin to the Patriotic Folklorists: Americans were Providence’s Chosen People, the Constitution was divinely inspired, and Washington ascended to Heaven instead of dying.

Folklorists:
Jersey Devil: The Jersey Devil is a creature said to inhabit the Pine Barrens of New Jersey; he is said to be a thirteenth child, cursed by his own mother to be a devil. In postpartum New Jersey, he has become seen as a Protector Spirit, and many shrines to him dot the backwoods of the Garden State.
Lovecraftians: The Lovecraftians of Providence are an odd bunch, occultists who believe the Old World was destroyed by the Elder Gods their namesake told of. They thus have become users of Ancient Magicks to keep the Elder Gods at bay, and many people travel from far and wide to learn these secrets at the Providence Library
Lady Liberty: The Church of Columbia, Our Lady of Liberty is a Folklorist Group of the Patriotic School found primarily in the Republic of New York. They are a notably feminist creed, given their entire priesthood is female led. Pilgrims from all down the Eastern Seaboard come each year to kiss the feet of the Shrine the Church maintains in New York Harbor.
Liberty Bell: The Church of the Liberty Bell of Philadelphia is in many ways like the Columbians, but the other side of the coin. Their priests are entirely male, and generally lean more conservative than their cousins, but they are also more militant [as militant as an Atlantic Creed can be] Let Freedom Ring!
Cult of Colt: The Cult of Colt is a Tech Folklorist faith based in Connecticut that despite the name is dedicated to all firearms, which they believe were granted to man to make them equal. They believe that tinkering and other such mechanical arts are the way to the divine, and thus makes them invaluable in technological art.
Imperial Tower: The Empire State Building is not the tallest of the towers in New York, but its undamaged façade has impressed many since the Deluge. In the postpartum world, it has become home to a group of Tech Folklorists who revere the Sky-Scrapers of the Old World, who construct towers of their own to emulate them.

Jews:
Haredi: While New York City was not the only place in America with a Haredi population, its cosmopolitan nature has meant the Jews of the City and Leykvaud have enjoyed a safety their fellows in Kiryas Joel or Kiryas Tosh have not. The yeshivas of New York have become centers for haredi thought and its Shomrim are often sent to defend the enclaves outside the Corridor.
Reform: This is not to say that Haredi thought dominates the Jewish Community of the Corridor, the Reform Jews are also a notable grouping, especially in Philadelphia; the most prominent being Congregation Mikveh Israel, a Sephardi Esnoga.

Liberal Theologies:
Unitarian Universalists: The Liberal Theology of the Unitarian Universalists of Boston is considered by many in the Corridor to be the main reason for the tolerance of the Atlantic Church. As such, the UUs enjoy an outsized influence as the primary mediators of religious disputes in the Church.
Quakers: While some of the members of the Society of Friends based in Philadelphia fall into one of the religions listed above, they do not necessarily fit into any one box. The Quakers profess nonviolence and occupy a similar place as the Unitarian Universalists as mediators

Non-Religious Organizations:
Ivy League: The Ivy League is a series of Universities that are run by a fraternal order of teachers. They are not something that would be considered a faith outside of the Corridor, except for a small minority that preach that the search for knowledge itself is sacred.
Coast Guard: During the Deluge, the Guardsmen of the Coast Guard were left to their own devices, and in the intervening generations, they have organized themselves into a hierarchy akin to their prepartum organization dedicating to keeping the trade routes safe. Led by an Admiral, the Ships of the Coast Guard are the largest nongovernmental fleet in the Corridor

Masons:
Masonic Lodge: The Masons are one of the oldest fraternal organizations in America, dating [so they claim] to ancient times. They defy classification in any other system, the Masons are the Masons, many of its members were members of other churches, but their cosmic geometric beliefs remind of the folklorists. Nonetheless they are an institution in the Republic of Boston, and woe betide whosoever angers the Brahmins, lest you disappear…

 

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Notable States of the Bosnydelphia Corridor

Thalassocratic States

Great Powers
Boston (Massachusetts Bay)
New York (Hudson River/New York Bight)
Philadelphia (Delaware River/Bay)
Regional Powers
Providence (Narragansett Bay)
Hartford (Connnecticut River)
New Haven (Quinnipiac River)
Minor Powers
New London (Thames River)
Bridgeport (Pequonnock/Housatonic Rivers)
Riverhead (Peconic River/Bay)
Atlantic City (New Jersey Coast)

Non-Thalassocratic States

Springfield
Worcester
Framingham
Pittsfield

 

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Revisit!

 

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Now just hear me out,
Secretary of Appalachia Paula Jean Swearengin
Secretary of the Mississippi Chokwe Antar Lumumba

 

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I regret nothing

 

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