Dominion of Dixieland

Mainly agricultural in the Deep South, and industrialized in Virginia and Kentucky. This nation holds traditional and conservative values to the core of their society. Many of these values cause tensions between the oppressed blacks and the white majority who only freed their slaves because of uproar from Europe. Many Southerners sympathize with the British, although they despise their northern neighbor, the Yankees as they call them. Increasing black equality is almost impossible without a revolt since the Southern Democrats firmly control the parliament after the collapse of the Conservatives movement. They got dominion status in 1873 after British, Dixie, and Northern delegates met in Ottawa to discuss this. Still reeling from the crippling effects of the depression it seems that southern values remain as strong as ever. As radical ideas begin to form from those core values. There are 10 provinces of Dixieland in total, each differs in culture and politics.

## **History**

### **Revolutionary Times**

Much of the South including East Florida and Georgia remained loyal to the Crown. The British began to implement their "Southern Strategy'' in late 1778, in Georgia. In which they captured Savannah and soon fell Charleston in a siege. A 500 strong continental militia marched on East Florida and was sent licking their wounds back after the loyalists there defended.  Several American victories, such as the Battle of Ramsour's Mill, the Battle of Cowpens, and the Battle of Kings Mountain, halted certain British advancements. After Charleston fell, the American army scattered into a guerrilla warfare campaign all across the south. The guerrillas are known as Sumter’s Devils remained 1,000 strong till news came of an official surrender from Congress. This shocked the rebels, but Sumter knew that they had no hope. So they fled across the Deep South until they were granted refuge in French Louisiana and later made their way to meet up to form the paramilitary branch of the Knights of Liberty called Sumter’s Knights. After the official revolution was put down there were still scattered remnants of the continental army which either fled to French Louisiana or continued on fighting till the last remnants in Kentucky were put down. A small band of southerners after the official surrender formed the Boone State in Tennessee but later was the last hold out in the South as they fell in 1785, only lasting 7 years. The official last rebel divisions in the North surrendered in 1787.

### **Rise of Slavery**

Following the end of the revolution, it was a time of rebuilding and slaves who fought on the side of the British were only granted to be a Freeman and later sold back into slavery. When the cotton gin was invented in 1793, the south began to climb the ranks. Thousands of slaves were brought to the Americas, increasing their economy and exports. In 1807 Britain passes Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, outlawing British Atlantic slave trade. Many Southerners argued and talk of a 2nd revolution could occur. The British realized this, not wanting another revolt they agreed that the South could not take slaves from Africa, but could continue to breed them. Haiti loomed nearby and many southerners feared a slave revolt, so harsh laws were brought down on slaves. Soon some slave traders realized that the British said no taking slaves from Africa, not Haiti. White smugglers between 1810 to 1881 took over 50,000 freemen there and brought them to the South. The South experienced an economically stagnant, however, the industrialized north began to experience an economic boom and soon a cultural divide began to spread.

### **Troubled Times**

The Lincoln proposal of 1857 to the British Parliament said that slavery should be abolished slowly over time, and a dominion status be granted for the American Colonies. This was seriously considered as a possibility. Dominion status was granted in 1857 to the Dominion of Victoria named after the Queen. Many southerners disagreed with this proposal, well at least the slavery part. Lincoln ended up being killed in Baltimore after a rally, which brought the attention of the British that this is a serious problem. However, the British government was too busy with the Spanish at the time. Several fights broke out between Northerners and Southerners as the new parliament brought things to a political level. Even in Parliament things weren’t safe as Preston Brooks caned Charles Sumner, creating increasing friction between the Southern Conservatives and the Northern Republicans. After the death of Lincoln, a man with a plan begins to form his own movement. John Brown, a popular northerner which many loved begun to rally his supporters against anti-slavery. He began a raid on a pro southerner fort in the Kansas territory, basically murdering them. However, these slavery debates were thrown overshadowed because of an up and coming war.

### **To Arms!**

Over 150,000 men from the Dominion of Victoria participated in this war. A quarter of these men would not come home. The war never reached home territory though it was close. Key Generals such as Grant, Lee, Stonewall and Sherman all came from this Dominion. With Grant and Lee being popular in their respective areas, this bonded the people of the Dominion for a while. Several slave uprisings provoked by the Spanish happened during this time including the largest which took over a town in Alabama, but later Bedford Forrest took care of it, massacring all the slaves who took part.

### **Mackenize-Garfield compromise of 1873**

The Prime Minister during the war from 1868-1873 was James Garfield who realized that a Northern and Southern combined Dominion would never work. With permission from Great Britain, the Ottawa Conference began dividing up the Dominion of Victoria into two separate ones. The Dominion of Dixieland and the Dominion of New England were made. Elections soon followed resulting in Stonewall Jackson winning the first election in the south, and John Brown in the North. However, Brown was soon arrested in 1874 after evidence showed he was part of the Knights of Liberty and was the closest the Americans ever got independence. In the North soon followed a string of former military leaders resulting in Grant(1874-1885) who died in office, Sherman(1885-1891) who also died in office, John Pope(189-1892)who also died in office, and the final of these military prime ministers was George Armstrong Custer(1892-1915) which was the longest serving prime minister before the North went under military control. Custer later moved to the Dominion of the Dakotas and ran again for office resulting in him being prime minister therefrom(1915-1925) and continued politics till 1929 when he gave up his position as Secretary of Defense(1925-1929). Custer is still alive to this date at the ripe old age of 97.

### **Stonewall’s iron-grip**

A similar situation began in the South but there was only one prime minister, Stonewall Jackson who served from(1873-1900) where he decided against running again. Stonewall easily won the first election and continued on winning. He continued to dominate the stage, using the almost dictatorial force of intimating his political opposition. His party called the Confederate party continued to gain a majority in Parliament not giving a single seat up. He continued slow industrialization because he knew one-day slavery will be abolished. And slavery was in 1889, a long time when British politicians were getting angry at keeping it going this long. Blacks were paid almost nothing, and they weren’t taught to read or write or do anything. Things, for the most part, came and went. After Stonewall retired, his successor Charles Brantley Aycock could not keep up, as the Confederate party soon broke apart in 1912, with Aycock serving two terms.

### **The Rise of Woodrow Wilson and the Downfall of Oscar Underwood**

The 3rd Anglo-Spanish war was going on, and people wanted a good leader, a better one from the failed Confederates. For once the people had to pick a side, two big names began to pop out. Woodrow Wilson from Virginia of the Democrats and Oscar Underwood from Alabama of the Conservatives. Both of the parties were very similar besides one key difference, Underwood despised the Ku Klux Klan, and wanted to stop racial violence but not necessarily outlaw segregation. Wilson on the other hand, wanted to continue to put down the blacks using whatever means necessary, and wanted the idea of religion integrated in the Government. Underwood supported the war against the Spanish, while Wilson did not, which was one of the key differences. When the Election of 1912 came it was close. Oscar comfortably won Kentucky, North Carolina and Tennessee, while barely beating Wilson in his home state of Alabama and he also closely won Georgia. Wilson easily beat Oscar in Virginia, Mississippi and South Carolina. Wilson won Florida as the deciding factor and won over 55% of the popular votes. Wilson during his first 4 years implanted a change, deciding to continue segregation and decided to withdraw and send limited support during the conflict which made him popular with the people, but unpopular with the British. During the election of 1918 Wilson ran again winning 65% of the popular votes, and Oscarwood seemed beat. During the 1924 election, Wilson won again over Underwood however Wilson suffered a stroke which eventually led to his death half way during his first year, in which Thomas Marshall took over. Underwood himself, the last hope for a peaceful desegregation against the KKK, got killed in Virginia while making a speech as a member of the KKK shot him in 1927.

### **The Depression and the Ku Klux Klan**

David Stephenson better known as D.C. Stephenson is the leader of the KKK, who was rather quiet under Wilson’s and Marshall’s terms. But when the Depression hit everything went to hell, Marshall got reelected in 1930 only to be killed with him, the speaker of the house. Those men were killed causing a crisis and a reelection in 1931, there were 3 main parties, the Democrats, the Conservatives, and the Dixiecrats which are a KKK funded political group. Stephenson ran as the Dixiecrats gaining considerable support evening tying the Conservatives, but not beating popular General Robert Alexander but soon the Depression threw him into a crisis, he handled the Depression poorly, causing millions to go unemployed. The Dixiecrats have gained even more support during this time causing them to become the 2nd largest party, but the Democrats still hold a considerable amount of votes. But a group, which is even larger than some of the political parties is out there but can’t vote. Inspired by the Santo Domingo socialist revolts in Haiti, the Socialist Unionist movement is out there, mainly with a lot of suppressed blacks who can’t even vote, and some minor white socialist movements. If the Dixiecrats win, there might be a civil war between the Whites, and the Blacks where Britain is supporting the Whites.

## **Military**

### **The Army**

For the most part, the Army is big and unscathed from the last war, due to Wilson’s peaceful approach. A grand army of 500,000 men for a Dominion their size is plentiful. Most of their army is usually on standby near the coast, in Louisiana or waiting for the next American uprising in the North. Their army is rather good and experienced from the handful of southern generals. It has a lot of pride as well due to their success in the 2nd Anglo-Spanish War.

### **The Navy**

Their navy is primarily based in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. The biggest naval bases are in Norfolk, Miami, Mobile, Savannah, Charleston, and Reedsville(Jacksonville). Reedsville is named after the first Governor-General of Florida, Thomas Reed. Their navy isn’t the biggest, but it is formable with its new battleships.

### **The Air force**

It’s airforce however is massive. The best pilots usually come from the South, since two Northern brothers made the first trip on a plane in North Carolina. Ever since the Grand Southern Aeroplane Company or GSAC. The majority of planes are produced in the Aeroplane capital of the world which is in Raleigh, North Carolina. Which produces thousands of planes and ships them all across the world, besides Great Britain which has a steady production rate of planes., besides Great Britain which already produces a steady rate on their own.

### **The Marines**

These special divisions were first used against the Spanish in the uprising in Tejas in the 1830s as volunteers. Ever since then the inspiration for the Marines have spread but the best are still in the South. Due to recent cutbacks, the Marines aren’t as big as they were since military spending has decreased and affected the entire military.

### **The Coast Guard**

The Coast Guard patrols the more than 1,000 miles of coastline of the South, mostly protecting against Spanish raiders, and human trafficking in Haiti. The Southern Coast guard has an important job in protecting British trade and the British islands such as Jamaica and the Bahamas.

## **Politics**

The current prime minister is Robert Alexander, after a disastrous failure in managing the Great Depression. Many hope in the up and coming elections in 1937 will be better. The conservatives represent a small amount of the former Underwood faction mainly from Tennessee and Kentucky. The second largest group the Dixiecrats are hard-core extremists bent on eventually exterminating the black population. Finally the biggest party the Democrats who under Wilson managed to become the biggest party, controlling more than half of the seats. The current prime minister has made the democrats’ popularity lower but there is still a lot of popularity left. The Dixiecrats are really just a political branch of the KKK and everyone knows it. The British really don’t want hardcore extremists in their colony, so they usually fund the Democrats which are still right. The South, in general, is really right, but there are some leftist groups out there. Such as the Socialist Unionist Movement an extreme branch of a collective minds of oppressed blacks which are kept in secret. Most of the parties wouldn’t cede away from Great Britain since they are pretty loyal, although the race question is a controversial topic. The Knights of liberty don’t have much influence in Dixieland aside from some support in Virginia and Kentucky.

## **Foreign Relations**

Relations between Great Britain and Dixieland are pretty good with a minor chance of revolt. Most of the other colonies like Louisiana, Western Canada, and the Bahamas have excellent relations with the South, however, their northern brother doesn’t care for them. In fact, the South has helped in the military occupation of them. With them being a British colony they don’t fancy the French and the Spanish since they are their enemies. Southern Slave owners have carried the dream of a Dixieland administered Cuba since even the revolutionary days, with slavery banned this has continued to be the case with different mottos as the idea of deporting blacks there is a real idea. Tejas is a different case, many southerners sympathize with the independence ideas of Tejas as many Anglo-Saxons there come from Dixieland. Haiti is their most hated enemy, slave traders have come and go stealing people from there. Human trafficking is still a big problem between the two as Southern politicians usually ignore these.