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 stretches 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.

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:

Presidential Election, 1868

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

Following the vote, it was decided that the maximum time as president would be 2 terms of 6 years, for a total of 12, with elections in October and inaugurations the following January 31. Population would determine votes per province with 3 guaranteed to each province.

The legislative arm of government was chosen to be the same as the former US, one group of 2 from each, the other by population.

Treaties

The next order of business was treaties, with two immediately determined to be worked on: one with their southern neighbors and one with their northern ones in Canada.

Dividing the land

The seperation of provinces was determined that there would eventually be fifty. The first (and at the convention, only created one) would be in the former Maine, to be christened Acadia. The next province or provinces to be created would be organized in 1871. The first Parliment would consist of 8 members - 4 representing Acadia and 4 representing the remainder of the country (2 in each representing each part). The new capital, was a very contentious fight, as most of the group wanted one specific sport, and a smaller group wanted one in Acadia to start with. This group knew it would eventually move. The vote:

Capital

Location	Votes
Former Pittsburgh	26
Former Washington DC	24
In Acadia	22
Former New York City	13

Other government functions

Most of the other essentialities of government were quickly adopted, starting with mail delivery. As provinces were established, their delivery setup for national mail would get integrated in.

The first province additions

As 1869 started, discussions were had regarding how many provinces to add in 1871. It was decided that there would be 2 additions, with another two to be added in 1873, in time for the first re-election campaign in 1874. Connecticut and Providence were chosen to be added in 1871. This would make the representation:

Elected

Province	Equal House	Unequal house
Acadia	2	2
Connecticut	2	2
Providence	2	2
Unorganized Territory	2	2

In 1873, East Ontario joined the organized area, gaining 2 seats in each chamber (which still had no official name). Two years later, Vinland was created as the fifth province. Parliment decided at that point any future expansion would happen following the first census in 1880.

In 1874, the second Presidential election occured with these results:

Presidential Election, 1874

Candidate (VP)	Status	Party	Votes (of 75)
Michael Brewer (Conrad Beck)		TBD	30
Dan Stein (Sebastian Rogers)	Incumbent	Industrial	28
Howard Blevins (Declan Potts)		Provincial	13
Abraham Wagner (Silas McGee)		Democratic	12
Francis Kauffman (Preston Bernard)		Northern	8
Mark Logan (Jamie Callahan)		Constitutional	5
TOTAL			96

It adds to 96, even though the representation would only be 24, due to the decision to giving the original 75 members a vote until the first election after 1900.

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The 1880s

First census

Barnettsville's government created a Population Commission for the sole purpose of determining population every ten years for representation.

The eventual results and resulting representation:

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Area	Population	Equal Chamber	Unequal Chamber
Acadia	2,797,777	2	1
Connecticut	4,425,594	2	2
Providence	7,276,914	2	3
East Ontario	2,438,886	2	1
Vinland	3,391,618	2	1
Unorganized Territory	N/A	2	2
TOTAL	00,000,000	12	10

During that process another election came and went. Those results:

Presidential Election, 1880

Candidate (VP)	Status	Party	Votes (of 75)
Abraham Wagner (Silas McGee)		Democratic	24
Dan Stein (Sebastian Rogers)		Industrial	20
Howard Blevins (Declan Potts)		Provincial	19
Michael Brewer (Conrad Beck)	Incumbent	TBD	16
Francis Kauffman (Preston Bernard)		Northern	16
Tom Jackson (Theodore Knowles)	1 LP	Constitutional	1
TOTAL			96

In 1882, the country grew by two more provinces as Delaware and Dinagat joined the official list of provinces, growing the (for a few years) official totals to 16 and 12 embers, respecively, in Parliament.

Presidential Election, 1886

Candidate (VP)	Status	Party	Votes (of 75)
Abraham Wagner (Silas McGee)	Incumbent	Democratic	24
Preston Bernard (Angus Barr)		Northern	21
Howard Blevins (Declan Potts)		Provincial	16
Douglas Knowles (Gordon Lang)		TBD	16
Leonard Harmon (Bradley Holmes)		Industrial	13
Edgar Hill (Travis King)	2 LP	Constitutional	13
TOTAL			104

Following the election, per the agreement made at the Constitutional Convention, the Constitutional Party lost their ability to put forth a Presidential candidate. Parliament also agreed to slowly dissolve the founders vote by reducing it by one-third in each of the next three elections (in 1886, it was seventy-five votes; in 1892, it will be fifty; in 1898, twenty-five; and in 1904, it will be solely provincial votes.)

The 1890s

The 1892 election became the first to not only not have an incumbent but a reduced number of original delegate votes. The basic votes were based on the 1890 census which produced:

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Province	Population	Unequal Chamber (2)
Acadia	2,797,777	2 (2)
Providence	7,276,914	4 (2)
Connecticut	4,425,594	3 (2)
East Ontario	2,438,886	2 (2)
Vinland	3,391,618	2 (2)
Dinagat	844,704	1 (2)
Oceania	5,491,354	3 (2)
Delaware	1,236,121	1 (2)
NEW AMSTERDAM	18,300,530	10 (2)
Caperton	551,527	1 (2)
Centralia	578,913	1 (2)
NORTHEAST PA	1,432,698	1 (2)
Susquehanna	6,882,631	4 (2)
Columbia	7,300,872	4 (2)
Tidewater	3,011,763	2 (2)
Eagleton	1,192,562	1 (2)
Unorganized Territory	N/A	2 (2)
TOTAL	Example	44 (34) + 50 in 1892; + 25 in 1898

1892 election

Candidates (VP)	Party	Votes (of 138)
Anthony Weiss (George Rasmussen)	TBD	35
Norman Harmon (Herman Perry)	Democratic	30
Gregory Montgomery (Marcus Hutchinson)	Northern	30
Curtis McMahon (James Lee)	Industrial	24
Conrad Potter (Jonah Maxwell)	Provincial	19
Example	Example	138