Reinstitution

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Blue Heaven had survived, but barely. The nation had nearly fallen apart with the collapse of the Smith government. If anyone could bring back the nation, they could have, but it was an impossibility as both Roger and Dorothy Smith were long dead. With the collapse of the government came a break down in the entire democratic system as a whole. The military took over and began to run things, but the problems only increased as they took a hands off approach to the economy, which allowed the stock market to run wild. This resulted in a massive increase in income inequality along provincial lines and a full-scale war broke out with the military breaking ranks and aligning with their respective provinces. 

 

After several years, the civil war ended, but the tensions remained high. Only a remnant of the military has stayed loyal to the military government, which soon turned into a democratic nation. After some time, the American Commonwealth came and took over, but now the time had come for Blue Heaven to once again rejoin the world of nations.

 

In a quite television broadcasting room, former General Wesley Virnington sat in a blue suit and faced the camera. Over the years his blonde head of hair had greyed and lines in his face began to appear, but overall he had remained in rather good health. Virnington was flanked by five people on his left side and four on his right. He got a signal from the cameraman that the TV was going live. He nodded and upon recieving another signal, began to look into the camera and speak.

 

"Times change. Seasons change. Relationships change, both on a micro and macro level. Times have changed and changed again, but for the better. We were once a sovereign nation and the time has come yet again for us to be sovereign, to have control of our own destiny. Thus, I proclaim the 2nd Republic of Blue Heaven. I, Wesley Virnington, will act as interim President and the men and women on either of my side will act as the heads of the interim government. Elections will be held in the next two months. In that time, we will reconstitute the armed forces."