1990s in Sheaman

As the 1990s began the Conservative Party remained in power but was quickly falling in the polls. The Conservatives were experiencing divides at the same time with many progressive conservatives/moderate conservatives deciding to split off of the Conservative Party and forming the Progressive Conservative Party in November 1990. 34 MPs would split off of the Conservative Party and join the Progressive Conservative Party by January 1991 leading the Conservative government to become a minority.

The Conservative government continued to deteriorate and by the 1992 Parliamentary Election campaigning for the party has come to a halt due to funding issues and the lack of support for a conservative government. The party failed to win the 1992 Parliamentary Election leading to the government being voted out and BIL being elected.

#### BIL/SGLR Government

Main Article: *BIL Government (1992 - 1995), SGLR Government (1995 - 2008)*

On the 18th of July 1992 Lethabo Doema was appointed Prime Minister and became the youngest elected Prime Minister in history at the age of 27. He formed his first ministry that included Luthando Kuran and Deputy Prime Minister and began to start legislating but for unknown reasons Doema would call another election only a year later in 1993 that almost just as successful as the last election.

Doema's government would pass acts such as the *Divorces & Separation Act 1993* that made having a divorce much easier by allowing a divorce after just a year of marriage and allowing a legal separation after only a month if a valid reason is given. The *Education Reformation Act 1994* majorly amended the *Education Reformation Act 1963* by protecting homosexuality in schools and reintroducing gay education and sex education along with other major changes such as how subjects were chosen. The *Minimum Wage Act 1995* introduced a national minimum wage, the *Wildlife, Hunting & Sports Act 1996* protected the rights of animals in hunting situations, the *Cigarette Restriction Act 1996* banned the advertising of cigarettes and introduced a legal requirement for all cigarette boxes to include danger warnings. The most major acts of the 90s came near the end that included the *Abortion Act 1997* that legalized an abortion for people under 16 without parental permission and allowing under 16 year olds to have an abortion until the 20th week of pregnancy. The last and most influential act of the 90s was called the *Marriage & Equality Act 1999* that legalized same-sex marriage in both civil and religious venues, allowed civil unions in religious venues (previously just civil venues) and introduce join adoption for same-sex couples. The Act sparked threats from conservatives and older people and a small dip in popularity for the government but Lethabo Doema said he would not go back on the bill and supported the marriage gay and lesbian people.

#### Presidents & Prime Ministers

In the 90s there was only two Presidents and the first President of the 90s filled 9 of those years from 1990 - 1999. Michael Sefelfreid became President after the 1989 Presidential Election leading to the first BIL/SGLR President in Sheaman history and would go on to win the 1992 Presidential Election, 1995 Presidential Election, and 1996 Presidential Election. The 1996 Presidential Election was meant to held in 1998 but because of a scandal it was called earlier in 1996 but still led to Sefelfreid winning the election. In 1999 Sefelfreid refused to continue as President after 10 years leading to Luthando Kuran becoming the President elect in 1999. Kuran would go on to win the election with a 2nd round majority and was inaugurated later that year.

Between 1990 to 1992 Carol Heffewn was Prime Minister of Sheaman. She was a relatively unpopular Prime Minister due to a scandal involving her cheating on her husband for another woman as well as the Progressive Conservatives splitting off of the Conservative Party and turning her government's majority into a minority. Her party contested the 1992 Parliamentary Election and as expected her party lost to the Black Independent Liberals. Lethabo Doema was elected Prime Minister on the 18th of July and served as Prime Minister throughout the rest of the years in the 1990s. Doema was a very popular Prime Minister who was, at the time the most popular Prime Minister among people aged 45 and under according to many polls and was ranked the best Prime Minister after Joseph Jacks.

### Pop Culture

#### Music

Main Article: *1990s Music in Sheaman*

Music saw a major change in the 1990s from the popularity of post-punk, pop rock, metal, hard rock, and synth pop to alt-metal (funk metal, rap metal), alt rock, prog rock, space rock, pop rock, hip hop, funk, rap, and grunge. The 1990s saw a major shift in rock music as it continued to die with grunge and alt-metal acts keeping the genre alive throughout the 90s. Das München was a popular band in the 1980s that continued its popularity in the 90s with rap rock, rap metal, and grunge music which developed from their hard rock sound of the 1980s. The band released albums such as *Rage Forever (1991)*, *Objection it's the darn socialists (1993)*, *Tax Fraud (1997)*, and *Knock the Smile of my Face (1998). Yankees in Chicago* became a largely popular alt-rock band in the 1990s with albums such as *Charge!!! (1995), Villian (1997), Martyr (1998),* and *Mr. Politics (1999).* Yankees in Chicago became one of the most popular rock bands of the 90s in Sheaman who said their influence was from bands such as Radiohead, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and R.E.M. Punk music had a comeback in Sheaman with Bands such as *Glory Hounds* and *Gaze* who majorly revived the genre in 1993 which lasted throughout the 1990s with decline showing as early as 1998. Overall rock music began changing and mostly dying in the 1990s but a multitude of rock genres and rock bands kept the genre just as populary as it was in the 80s but this time with even larger competition.

Pop Music increased in popularity with acts from bands such as *Zazzey Kazz, Malcom X & the Tigers, Changing Places*, and *Andy Jon Daniels*. Zazzey Kazz generally moved away from the original dance-pop that he released in the 80s and moved onto more pop and funk sounds in the 90s. He released three pop albums in the 90s that included: *Bullet in Your Head (1990), Cobain is Dead (1995),* and *Marching on Berlin (1996).* Malcom X & the Tigers decreased in popularity by the mid 90s but did have one popular album called *People of Music (1993)* that became a worldwide hit and reached number one in Sheaman Charts within a week. Changing Places had a decent amount in the 90s but was generally considered popular between 1998 and 2005 with their own popular pop album in the 1990s being *Losing a List (1998).* Andy Jon Daniels was a immensely popular singer in the 1990s with his most popular albums being *Christians & Muslims (1992), Together (1993), Separation (1996)*, and *Calling Out and Shout (1999).*

Hip Hop saw a massive rise in the 90s with artists/bands such as Freedom, Eddie Edderds, KayZak, and Black Liberties being the most popular hip hop and funk bands/artists of the 1990s. The hip hop scene grew in cities like Sator, Ciudad de Jose, South Shriel, and North Shriel due to their larger minority groups with black people being among the largest listeners of hip hop music. Freedom saw a massive example of the rise of hip hop when they released *Wake up Mom* in 1991 which became a massive hit in Sheaman, reaching number one of the charts and remaining their for 13 weeks until being replaced by *Rage Forever* by Das München.

#### Film & Television

The Film and Television industry in Sheaman saw some great innovation in the 1990s and really kickstarted the film and TV industry in Sheaman. Previously it had been a small industry and films were dominated by American productions with little popularity among Sheaman production, of which were largely indie.

In terms of Television, Sheaman's beloved TV Series called A day in the life aired its last two seasons in 1990 and 1991 leading to major audience gains and season 9 (released in 1990) being rated the best season by a handful of critics and a poll conducted by Sheaman Polls. Eventually Sitcoms lost their way in the early 90s leading to TV Series' such as *Come on Coppers (1990 - 1994), Man & Boy (1994 - 1995), Mid-Western (1996 - 2005),* and *4 Hearts (1997 - 2000)* becoming incredibly popular shows of the 1990s in Sheaman. Man & Boy was rated the best Sheaman TV Show of the 1990s by Sheaman Polls, Sheaman Awards, and other organisations.

Sheaman's film industry massively expanded in the 1990s with movies such as: Man & Boy: The Movie (1992), Wheel (1992), Stars (1993), Stars: And Further (1996), Stars: The Last Voyage (1999), Rangers of Tedesu (1995), and Sport of Military (1997) being the most popular and highly grossing films of the 1990s in Sheaman. The movie industry saw massive funding from American companies that led to a handful of Sheaman-based productions to gain popularity. Because of the power that the American film industry did, many British production companies jumped into Sheaman and funded other movies including Rangers of Tedesu.

#### Fashion

The 1990s was a great time for fashion in Sheaman and saw the industry rise with many popular figures influencing fashion in the century. The early 1990s saw a massive influence from the musical genre, Grunge, which was a massive force in the casual-looking clothing of the 1990s. Kurt Cobain was a major inspiration to the grunge fashion and this took storm over the urban population of Sheaman who embraced the look, wearing things such as: flannel shirts, t-shirts, acid-washed jeans, sweatpants, sweaters, and Converse All Stars. In the mid 1990s the hip-hop style became more popular in Sheaman with clothing such as: baseball jackets, baggy jeans, bomber jackets, baja jackets, and tracksuits becoming majorly popular, as early as 1993. Grunge fashion soon lost popularity in the late 1990s and was soon replaced by streetwear which became a sort-of casual but somewhat dressed up look that was popular in the late 1990s.

*Women's Fashion*

#### Video Games

Video games were a massive hit the 1990s and although Sheaman had little influence. they still contributed to the success of video games and the rise of video game consoles. The Super Nintendo, Neo Geo, Atari Jaguar, 3DO, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, and Dreamcast where some of the most popular video game consoles in the 1990s that allowed the popular games to become popular games. Sheaman contributed to some popular games, most of which only saw popularity in Sheaman, New Zealand, and Australia. Night train (1990), Fight & Flight (1994), In the Jungle (1996), Shadow Blade Forger (1997), Night train II, (1998), and Motor Speeding (1999) were among the most popular Sheaman video games of the 90s.

#### Internet

The internet saw a rise in Sheaman with websites such as: IMDB, Ebay, Amazon, GeoCities, Yahoo, Hotmail, Google, and Napster were among the most popular websites of the 1990s. Sheaman also contribuited to this by launcing Treasure Bay in 1997 which allowed music fans to sell and buy music-related things as well as discuss music and post self-made music online to the website.

## Incumbents

**Monarch**

* King James I

**President**

* Michael "Mikey" Sefelfreid (Until 1st of September 1999)
* Luthando Kuran (Since 1st of September 1999)

**Prime Minister**

* Carol Heffewn (Until 18th of July 1992)
* Lethabo Doema (Since 18th of July 1992)

**Deputy Prime Minister**

* Cecil Colins (Until 2nd of February 1992)
* Luthando Kuran (2nd of February 1992 to 1st of September 1999)
* Elizabeth Sheaman (Since 1st of September)

## See Also

* 1980s in Sheaman
* 2000s in Sheaman