Don't forget that the remnants of my father's liberal faction ((largely myself)) have backed the good Senor as well, Archbishop. I certainly hope that Senor Rivera will represent our interests in his cabinet.
((As for why the communists are seemingly dead, I honestly don't know; perhaps they all got busy or are simply saddened by all their defeats... and how old is Rivera, since he's served in the Restoration; he's the oldest candidate, right (maybe even as old as Santa Rosa was)))
((The FNT only voted this time becUse they believe Gogolow will win no sweat, however I think they are in for a rude awakening. ))
((Hmm, with the results of the current poll, a victory for the FNT would come at a hair's breadth. That is if we're going into the run-off elections; which we are, right? I'm a bit iffy on how that works.))
((Yeah, but Pedro has been around since the 1850's hasn't he? So he's about 60ish, isn't he? Santa Rosa was about 59.
I've also thought about how to divide this game into eras, and I've come up with this:
Second Republic, Romano Era 1833-1856
Moderate economic growth, military expansion, politically stable, ended with Andean Empire
Imperial, Roseno Era 1856-1863
Economic stagnation, military expansion, politcally unstable, ended with Restoration
Restoration, Liberal, Early Republican Santa Rosa Era 1863-1885/90
Massive economic growth, limited expansion, increasingly unstable, free market, ended with Santa Rosa's death/Gogolow's presidency
Middle Republican, Radical, Gogolow Era 1885/90-1905?
Probably economic slowness, military growth, extreme instability, far-right/left politics, ends with restoration of liberal/conservative politics?
Of course, this new period is really new, so I can't effectively define it or give it a name))
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Middle Republican, Radical, Gogolow Era 1885/90-1905?
Probably economic slowness, military growth, extreme instability, far-right/left politics, ends with restoration of liberal/conservative politics?
((Because clearly any era without Santa Rosa will have economic slowness and extreme instability ))
I change my vote to Rivera
I change my vote to Rivera
((I don't think defining eras with one president only is the right thing to do. It's unfair for all the other presidents. My personal belief is that there are three categories, historically speaking: the Second Republic, the Empire and the Third Republic. Let's leave it at that. And I really don't think there will be an economic crash, because our growth is stable and based on factories that are running on our neighboors' resources (OTLA's secret goal). We have raw materials from Brazil and every other place in South America, so we won't be losing our growth yet ))