User:Barnettsville
Barnettsville is a lower-mid-size nation on the continent of North America. It has a population (as of 2020) of XXX,XXX,XXX citizens. The Incorporated Provinces of Barnettsville streches from the ABC River along the border with Canada and the Great Lakes to the Chesapeake Bay from north to south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River east to west.
1 Creation of the Country
Controversy entering the Civil War
Many residents of the future Barnettsville believed that while slavery was wrong by itself, Southern states should be allowed to choose for themselves how to handle the issue, provided that there was an agreement regarding the differences in opinion between North and South, This conflicted with Northern politicians, who believed that it should be outlawed nationwide.
Civil War
Once hostilities began with the attack in South Carolina, the people joined the Union Army to preserve the nation as a whole. Tensions flared up on the homefront as Washington held back the military progress at the start of the conflict.
Rebellion
Following the end of the war (and the chaos following with Lincoln's assassination), a new set of conflicts began as the government enforced new taxes on the people that appeared to be excessive. Various leaders from all over the northeast and Great Lakes areas met in Cleveland on August 31, 1867 to debate the creation of a nation from what currently was.
"National Takeover"
On September 30, 1868, members of the Rebellion all over the new nation simultaneously took over governments throughout the land. Unbeknownst to them, the same thing was about to happen in the former Confederacy as well. Fortunately, both coup d'etats happened with no loss of life.
As the capital was in the land controlled by what was to be Barnettsville, the treaty with all three parties was conducted in Washington, with the northern group allowing Washington's government to move their documents and operations west with no interference. The official date for the new nation's independence was set at January 1, 1869.
Creating the Government
Constitution and Heads of State
The leaders of the takeover met in Washington to discuss the Constitution and choosing of a leader. The 75 members unanimously agreed to borrow heavily from the US Constitution for their own.
As far as a leader, six choices were nominated, leading to a decision on political parties: if a party finished in the last place position in three consective elections, the party could not participate in Presidential elections. The final results of the Constitutional election:
| 1 Creation of the Country |
| Controversy entering the Civil War |
| Civil War |
| Rebellion |
| "National Takeover" |
| 2 Creating the Government |
| Constitution and Heads of State |
| Treaties |
| Dividing the land |
| Candidate (VP) | Party | Votes (of 75) |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Stein (Sebastian Rogers) | Industrial | 26 |
| Francis Kauffman (Preston Bernard) | Northern | 17 |
| Abraham Wagner (Silas McGee) | Democratic | 17 |
| Mark Logan (Jamie Callahan) | Constitutional | 13 |
| Howard Blevins (Declan Potts) | Provincial | 2 |
| Lester Webb (Alvin Hutchinson) | TBD | 0 |
| TOTAL | 75 |