The Broken Republic

[Cold War Liberal]

Interesting and mildly horrifying.

What's the state of average people who aren't white, male, straight, Christian, etc. in the CRA? Did the CRA go full Republic of Gilead, or are minorities severely oppressed culturally but not really in a systemic sense, like not actively persecuted by the government a la Nazi Germany? Or something else? This world is interesting and I can't wait to see it fleshed out more.

[Cold War Liberal]

Interesting and mildly horrifying.

What's the state of average people who aren't white, male, straight, Christian, etc. in the CRA? Did the CRA go full Republic of Gilead, or are minorities severely oppressed culturally but not really in a systemic sense, like not actively persecuted by the government a la Nazi Germany? Or something else? This world is interesting and I can't wait to see it fleshed out more.

Thanks!

Your question is very good. A White Straight Male is a very privileged member of society, so long as he is a Protestant as well. Catholics, Jews, Mormons, Muslims, and other adherents to other faiths are treated very poorly and are either second-class citizens or amongst the bottom of the class hierarchy. Women are incredibly oppressed, being barred from owning property once married, as well as barred from several professional jobs outside medical assistant, teacher, nun, housewife and the like. Despite this, there have been a few female politicians and notable celebrities, but they have all been right-wing subordinates who enforce the ideal of Christian womanhood. White women of course are leagues ahead of women of color.

There has yet to be a massive genocide, but African-Americans, Latinos, Asians, Jews, Native Americans, as well as non-Protestants, LGBTQ, Atheists, Laborists, Leftists, and other "undesirables" are barred from holding office at any level, as well as barred from financial, academic, business, and cultural jobs. There is also extreme housing discrimination against them, as they are also barred from real estate jobs. They are effectively ghettoized to inner cities and poor rural areas.

Violence against them is common and usually unpunished, with police brutality being common. The murder rate for black people and gay men is highest, with transgender women and Jews being close behind.

The CRA, and its media, politics, and culture, propagandize heavily on the virtues of hierarchy and class order. Miscegenation between strictly defined races is explicitly banned in the constitution, as well as same-sex marriage, adoption, and intermarriage between income brackets (an enforcement of castes).

The country is incredibly poor and unhealthy, however, due to the stratified class system, the rich and upper classes are filthy rich and have enormous political power and access to healthcare and many institutional privileges not afforded to much of anyone else.

Internationally, the country is not recognized as legitimate by any sovereign state, and only partially recognized by Russia, Kazakhstan, and Libya for trade and diplomatic purposes. Many sovereign states use Russia as an informal intermediary between diplomats. Prior to 1960, many more states recognized the CRA, but a widespread crackdown on political dissidents and civil undesirables brought a wave of sanctions and economic blockades of the country.

Economically, the CRA's financial and banking institutions have been legislated to only provide service to white protestants and only to married women. Economic inequality is staggering and the country is in a perpetual state of economic malaise. Famines are rare but not unheard of. The most recent famine was in 2000 and killed about 500,000.

It is a mostly self-sustaining country, but international sanctions have gradually put the country on a course for economic disaster. It went from the largest economy in the world in 1946 to one of the smallest in 1999. This has allowed countries like Great Britain, France, China, Brazil, and Japan to become the world's most powerful.

Thank you for taking the time to write this up.

I'd probably be a refugee living in either Ireland or the Dominican Republic in this timeline.

I will definitely be watching this timeline closely.

[Cold War Liberal]

DEATH TO THE CRA

Also, I'm glad Gomes and Almedia survived.

[Cold War Liberal]

This is absolutely fantastic. One of my favorite timelines on here.

[Cold War Liberal]

Quick question: you use real people's photos for some of the characters (e.g. John Thune for President Hawthorne, Hillary Clinton for Melinda Wallace, etc.). Are those people the same as OTL just with different names, or do Melinda Wallace and Hillary Clinton (well probably Hillary Rodham, I can't imagine she met Bill in the CRA) and John Thune and Michael Hawthorne all coexist in the same universe, or something else? One of those nagging, unimportant questions I've had.

[Cold War Liberal]

SUZA 2022

I'M WITH HER