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Parti Sceptique's main rival for government, Parti Machiniste. The two parties used to be on equal footing. Indeed, Parti Machiniste held power for 14 consecutive years 1948-1962. However, Parti Machiniste has seen their fortunes diminish in decent decades, only having been in power a total of 7 years since 1971. This is generally attributed to women getting the right to vote in 1969, and that women in general are more likely to vote in accordance with the position of the Catholic Church, and institution which is well known to favour the Parti Sceptique. This is something of an irony, seeing it was Parti Machiniste that brought about first the failed referendum of 1959, and then the successful referendum of 1969, which gave women the vote.
Though they got more votes and seats in the Chamber of Representatives than Parti Sceptique in 2009, no party had gotten a majority, and King Célestin I elected to retain Lucien Rémond as Conseil President, instructing the minor parties to work with the government. The improved economy allowed the Parti Sceptique to regain their majority in 2014.
Parti Machiniste's current leader is professor of economics Jean-Évangéliste Auriol.
Thou Ancient, Thou Free (Swedish Strangerverse):
Gustav III of Sweden
Chan. Pres. Nicolas Andersen
Louis XVII of France
Philip VII of France
Louis XIX of France
Henri-Raymond, Dauphin of France
Célestin I of France
Queen Anastasia of France
Chrétien Rémond
Queen Marie-Antoinette
Count Axel Von Fersen The Younger
Count George Washington Von Fersen
Count Ivan Von Fersen, Sr.
Lt. Gen. Absalom Von Fersen
Count Richard Von Fersen
Count Maxwell Von Fersen
Jacqueline Moreau Von Fersen
Count Nicholas Von Fersen
Adrienne Hathaway Von Fersen
Gov. Madison Von Fersen
Wilbert van der Weyden
Christocratic Party
Parti Skeptique
Parti Machiniste
Pres. Zaccheus Greeley
Both main parties are socially conservative because, unfortunately, France is a rather small letter-c conservative country when it comes to cultural and social issues in this timeline. There are a bunch of minor parties that are liberal humanist of course, but it looks unlikely that homosexuality will be decriminalized in France any time soon.
Why couldn't I live in that TL instead of ours?
(glad to see that map being used BTW)
Following on from the 'Healey wins 1980 Labour leadership' infobox I did a while back.
Despite having a majority of just 1 after the 1983 election, Thatcher tries to set in motion a plan with National Coal Board head Ian McGregor to force through heavy strike reform and cuts in the British mining industry. The government falls in a motion of no confidence over its handling of the strike, and the continuing economic hardships seal the government's fate. The subsequent election sees a Labour majority of 54, and in a huge upset, Thatcher loses her seat by an 0.1% margin.
Despite having a majority of just 1 after the 1983 election, Thatcher tries to set in motion a plan with National Coal Board head Ian McGregor to force through heavy strike reform and cuts in the British mining industry. The government falls in a motion of no confidence over its handling of the strike, and the continuing economic hardships seal the government's fate. The subsequent election sees a Labour majority of 54, and in a huge upset, Thatcher loses her seat by an 0.1% margin.
Thanks! While there are many heritage units in the Alliance military, most of them are not. I'd also like to emphasize that heritage units are completely under Alliance control; the nations they originate in have no control over them. I'm still developing it, but here's the gist of what I have:
1) Apart from fighter squadrons, the Navy has no heritage units at all. Tradition, heritage, etc., is honored through the names of ships.
2) In terms of manpower, the Army is about 20-25% heritage units - formations like 101st, the 75th Ranger Regiment, etc. Most heritage units come from the Americas, especially the US, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil, because by percentage and in raw numbers, most Alliance military personnel come from the Americas by the 2160s, due mostly to economic factors.
3) The Marine Corps is also about 10-15% heritage units, mostly from the United States, as the United States has the largest marine tradition (the USMC being larger than many nations' entire militaries), and of the countries that are high contributors to the Alliance military, the most "storied." Other Alliance Marine Corps heritage units come mostly from the Republic of Korea and Thailand, as well as single units coming from a few other places.
So in a large, interplanetary empire, what do Marines do? Are they just elite elite combat units?
That makes almost no sense, considering the sheer size of China.
Nope... I suppose I should have reiterated, China is a League of Nations mandate of the US. So the US has sovereignty there... but its really only nominal, as they are setting up a new government and modernizing the country (or at least they are supposed to), then they need to leave. It was seen as the only way to avoid having the same problems as before.
The Marines have multiple roles; some of their duties overlap with the Army, some don't.
1) Fleet Duty: Every ship in the Navy carries at least a platoon of Marines (but normally a company) in her belly, for defense of the ship, any potential boarding actions (uncommon but not unheard of during the 2108 Rebellion, anti-pirate campaigns, and the current conflict) and rapid deployment to crisis situations on colonies or space stations to support local units and provide some shock and awe.
2) Garrison Duty: Every Alliance space station and remote terrestrial outpost has a detachment of Marines embarked, for similar reasons as Marines are stationed aboard ships.
3) When a Marine unit is not pulling a tour as a Fleet or Garrison unit, they are housed in multiple bases both on Earth and other colonies (for instance, Camp Pendleton on Earth, rented from the US government by the Alliance) essentially waiting for conflict to break out. If and when conflict does arise, the Marines are mobilized and deployed as the Alliance's premier light infantry expeditionary force (where the Army tends to be heavy or mechanized infantry, although also fields light infantry) capable of very well integrated combined arms actions. In terms of the "eliteness," Marine training is regarded as on the whole more difficult than most Army units (but there are still a number of Army formations with training equally as or even more difficult than average Marine training), but it differs from Army training mostly not in how hard it is but in the methods of combat the Marines emphasize.
Bio-conservatism and Techno-progressivism. Very new ideologies for a new era.
What time is this infobox 'set'?
What time is this infobox 'set'?
Why is the Orange Free State's flag the one used while it was independent and the Transvaal's from while it was under British rule?
The current year is 2041, the Democrat and Republican parties have fallen and new parties have risen to take their place. One of which was the Transhumanist Party.
The Transhumanist Party is one of the smaller parties to rise to power, being the center-right party of the nation. The Transhumanist party opposes the Techonocratic Party of America.
The Transhumanist Party is one of the smaller parties to rise to power, being the center-right party of the nation. The Transhumanist party opposes the Techonocratic Party of America.
Posted by two different people and thus most likely in two different TLs, so there's no conflict.
Ah. Got confused there because I asked what the time was and the first paragraph of the second person seemed to answer my question.
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