A quick historical recap by a random historian
The last decades have seen much bloodshed and battles. The long lived democratic republic had showed its flaws by 1900 when the conservative government led by president De Conti found itself unable to defeat the communist revolutionaries. By 1901 the communists had taken over the capital and raised the hammer and sickle over the presidential palace. Wanting to regroup for a counterattack, the president, all of the navy and a force of 24.000 soldiers fled to the distant Chilean province of Panama. The anticommunist politicians, thearmy and the clergy took matters into their own hands and attacked the capital. The communists were defeated but the old democratic government was not recognized by the anticommunist administration. These anticommunists, led by Caudillo Fernandez banned elections and the communist and socialist parties. The remnants of the communists and the socialists fled to the Andes, where they actively fight the new government as the resistance. Meanwhile, the old president and the navy alienated themselves from Fernandez's nationalist government. War between the two seemed inevitable, but somehow the two leaders reached a truce: they allied against the resistance. And so, the anticommunists have ruled for 15 years. Old dictator Fernandez declared he didnt want to rule for ever, and gave the power to choose a successor to the state party, the National Front. While Fernandez has always been a conservative, some of his most vocal supporters adopted a different ideology: fascism. The symbol of this new ideology was Saez. When Fernandez succesor was elected, the party chose a fascist so the gocernment and the party slowly shifted into fascism. The liberals, united under Fernandez by their fear of communism, now feeled alienated and sought to create their own party. Complicating things, Fernandez's sucessor enabled aristocrats to vote for a next Caudillo, so the fascist government may find its first democratic opposition ever.
Meanwhile, the fascists waged expansionist wars all over South America. In a specific war, de Conti's exiled government defeated France but they were utterly defeated by the USA later. Now there are remnants in the caribbean andtheir future is incertain. The fascist government, now lead by Caudillo Fuentes, sought to rebuild the chilean navy as De Conti had fled with the original navy. But when the new caudillo fuentes assumed control of the country, Fernandez (now a minister) gave him grave news: the resistance are now numbered little over a million.