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### History and Background

President John F. Kennedy envisioned an America that took control of the space race and revolutionized space exploration. In this timeline, his “dream'' is taken to a whole new level. Kennedy was not assassinated, and as a result technology for space travel and colonization significantly advanced over the next 50 years. In 1983, the first Lunarian territory was established. The first Martian territory was established in 1999. Luna was fully terraformed in 2006 and Mars in 2027. Afterwards, because of its advanced technology, and need to expand, Space colonization went much faster than originally anticipated. Venus and Mercury began terraformation and colonization in the 2030s and finished in the early 2040s. The Jovian system was completely terraformed by 2067 and the Saturnian system by the early 2080s. Uranus and Neptune’s moons were easily terraformed and colonized by the 2120s. By interstellar law, the United States had to temporarily stop colonization of the outer system until 2150 due to the Treaty of Auckland. Afterwards, the United States colonized and terraformed Pluto by 2180 and continued to colonize the Kuiper Belt. The year is currently 2215, and the United States has hundreds of states and territories stretching across the solar system, and is working towards colonizing other nearby exoplanets and exomoons.

### Government and Politics

The United States government is a little different. Because the United States has hundreds of states across billions of miles, the United States created commonwealths which serve as an in-between government for states and the national governments. Commonwealths are ruled by premiers. Most of what was done by Congress is done by Commonwealth legislatures, however, funding and appointments, and other things are still passed on the federal level.

### Political Parties and Factions

The main political parties of the United States remain the Democratic and Republican parties. Both parties are big-tent parties. The Democratic Party, also known as Kennedy’s Party, is known for supporting expanded efforts of colonization, centralization of governmental affairs, and increased funding for social programs. They have won 7 of the last 10 Presidential elections and have close to a supermajority in the House of Representatives. The Republican Party supports isolationism, and localization of government. The 2212 election was the closest they’ve been to winning a presidential election since the last Republican was elected in 2180. (45% of electoral votes)

#### Democratic Party Factions

*See Also: Democratic Party (United States)*

* Red Dog Democrats-Social moderates, pro-labor
* Green Labor-Emphasizes environmental politics, pro-labor
* Social Democrats-democratic socialism
* Third Way Democrats-big business (New Democratic Coalition in our timeline)
* Progressives-progressivism, expansionism, largest wing in the party

#### Republican Party Factions

*See Also: Republican Party (United States)*

* American Enterprise Alliance-fiscal conservatives, big business, largest wing in the party
* Rockefeller Republicans-moderate
* American Taxpayers-blue collar, small business, libertarian
* New American Century-Liberal Republicans, expansionists

#### Frontierist Front

* Far-right expansionists
* Mainly in the outer system
* Only 5 seats in Congress

### Bipartisan Factions

* Terra Primers, focused on earth centered policies, challenging any policies or executive orders passed that involve any other planet.

Many smaller local political parties

### President

The current President of the United States is Abigail Saylor, a Democrat from the state of Magellan, in the commonwealth of Ishtar on Venus. She is the first native Venusian to be elected to the highest office in the nation. Before being elected president, she was a United States Senator. Saylor is a political outsider, an astrophysicist by trade, and has been known as an innovator during her short time as President. She has increased funding for space research programs, increased diplomatic relations with outer system countries, and appointed qualified reformers to her cabinet and the federal bench. She is very popular amongst Democrats and moderate Republicans. President Saylor is expected to be re-elected in a landslide in 2216.

## Important Pages

* List of Presidents of The United States of America
* List of States and Territories of the United States
* 213th United States Congress
* 2214 United States elections
* 2215 United States elections
* List of Commonwealths in the United States