Rise of the Southern Confederacy
Welcome everyone to the newest forum game. In the game you will role-play as the politicians/military leaders of the Confederate States, either as the President, VP, Cabinet members, Congressmen, State Governors, or military leaders.
Background
In the year of our lord 1860, a great tragedy befell the American Union. A radical tyrant named Abraham Lincoln was elected president. Unable to tolerate such a vile and radical man being there leader, the southern states left to form a more perfect union just as our forefathers had done against George III.
In 1862 general Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia moved into union controlled Maryland. However the plan was almost found out when a Confederate private discovered the plans for the invasion among some cigars, most likely dropped by a Southern officer. General Lee bested General McClellan at the Battle of Shaprsburg and thus convinced the British and French Empires to recognize the CSA as an independent nation.
Lincoln realized he has lost and thus signed an armistice. In the Treaty of London of 1863, the USA recognized the CSA as a sovereign nation and renounced any claim to the Southern States. In the treaty proceedings Kentucky joined the CSA while Missouri remained in the union. The Indian territories also joined the CSA as the State of Sequoyah and the CSA's claim to the Arizona territory was recognized.
The year is now 1866 the last year of President Jefferson Davis's term in office. What does the future hold for the young republic, will it rise and prosper, or fall and collapse, only time will tell.
Rules and Procedures
The game is rather simple. Everyone roleplays their own, made-up character, while you get to create a background, birth date, location, and political party of their choosing. Later on in this post there will be a list of available political parties for you to join. Now, while most people will play as politicians, there is one person who will sign up to be the leader of the nation. From the game start, that will be President Jefferson Davis.
Now, updates are rather simple in this game. There will be Crisis Updates, which will give the Congress something to debate over and pass laws for. The next type would a War Update, which gives the President and the Congress something to debate over, if funds should be opened up for war, or what the Congress can do for the war effort, building railroads, hiring more soldiers, and so on. The President, however, must give the GM (Me and I will ask for a co-GM to help run the game) instructions on what to do in case of a war. He will be solely responsible for the rise (or downfall) of the Confederate States should his orders not prove sufficient enough. The final type of update is the Election Update. Although the first Congress is already in session, all the rest are decided by elections, in which how well the current ruling part handled the country the past election. When this happens, even though there may be more players from Party X, Party Y is the ruling party. Elections are also held every two years while Presidential elections are every six years, in the CSA the president may not run for more then one term.
New political parties can be formed by any character at anytime. The Constitution can also be amended if the 2/3 of Congress or the 3/4 of the States agree to do so.
If you have any other questions about the game please PM me.
Available Parties
Democratic Party- Conservative/Pro Slavery party
Whig Party- Liberal/Indifferent towards Slavery party
Party Conventions and Primaries
For Presidential elections all parties must hold a primary and a convention where they will nominate, debate, and choose who should be that party's candidate. Any member of the party can be nominated. If there is only one nominee then he automatically becomes that party's candidate.
Character Template
Name:
State:
DOB:
Political Party:
Short Bio (optional):
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