Tobacco Republic
What If the 13 Colonies Never United?
Olivia Braxton is a diplomat in Virginia’s embassy in Paris. Brody Linn is a covert agent for the People’s Republic of Pennsylvania. In their world, the thirteen American colonies failed to unite after winning their independence from England.
Bitter rivals with a history of conflict, Virginia and Pennsylvania are part of a patchwork of small republics in a North America caught in a 21st-century Cold War between the world’s superpowers: the USSR and Francia - the empire born of Napoleon’s victory at Waterloo.
An idealist, Olivia has joined a plot against Virginia's oppressive ally, Francia. Brody has been sent to Paris by Pennsylvania on the trail of a superweapon Francia has given Virginia. Their missions collide in the capital of the world's most powerful empire.
Amid secret plots, conflicting loyalties and a growing attraction, Olivia and Brody must risk joining forces to stop a war that could ravage their nations - and the world.
Thirteen colonies win independence from England. But none surrender its sovereignty. There is no constitutional convention. No shared treasury. No unified command. The colonies do not form a single nation. They become sovereign neighbors—wary, unstable, and competitive. The revolution ends, but the turmoil within each nation does not. Inflation spirals. Taxes rise. Angry farmers and shopkeepers fill the streets. Unpaid veterans erupt in open revolt. Tensions between neighbors increase. Borders harden. Trade becomes negotiation. Tariffs replace solidarity. The 1776 war of liberation from England does not fade with the peace. It settles into a continent divided into fledgling countries permanently divided under thirteen flags. The cluster of small, English-speaking nations hugging the Atlantic coast of North America will become known as the Britannic region. That legacy will shape the next two centuries.
THE LEGACY, PART 1
1776 Did Not Create One Nation
Thirteen colonies win independence from England. But none surrender its sovereignty.
There is no constitutional convention. No shared treasury. No unified command. The colonies do not form a single nation. They become sovereign neighbors—wary, unstable, and competitive.
The revolution ends, but the turmoil within each nation does not. Inflation spirals. Taxes rise. Angry farmers and shopkeepers fill the streets. Unpaid veterans erupt in open revolt.
Tensions between neighbors increase. Borders harden. Trade becomes negotiation. Tariffs replace solidarity.
The 1776 war of liberation from England does not fade with the peace. It settles into a continent divided into fledgling countries permanently divided under thirteen flags. The cluster of small, English-speaking nations hugging the Atlantic coast of North America will become known as the Britannic region. That legacy will shape the next two centuries.
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THE LEGACY, PART 2
1783-1800: Annexations, Invasions and Conquests
The early years of the Britannic nations bring new perils. Borders harden. Trade becomes negotiation. Tariffs replace solidarity. The domestic instability of these economic shocks opens the gates to a flurry of annexations and wars of conquest.
In a bloodless coup, Massachusetts seizes control of New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
Seeking the wealth of Maryland and Delaware’s lucrative tobacco plantations, a larger but destitute Pennsylvania invades its southern neighbors. Five years later, Pennsylvania seizes New Jersey’s textile mills, railroads and ironworks after a short, brutal war.
In just over a quarter-century, the Britannic region is remapped in ink and gunpowder. No border seems permanent. No agreement feels final.
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THE LEGACY, PART 3
1801-1815: After Waterloo, the Balance Shifts
THE LEGACY, PART 4
1815-1850: A Pigmentocracy is Born
THE LEGACY, PART 5
1860-1870: Corruption Fuels More War
THE LEGACY, PART 6
1865-1880: A Migration of the Enslaved
THE LEGACY, PART 7
1880-1910: A Backwater Region
THE LEGACY, PART 7
1930-1940: A Depression Spawns Strongmen
THE LEGACY, PART 8
1950-2030: The Proxy Era
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Thirteen colonies win independence from England. But none surrender its sovereignty. There is no constitutional convention. No shared treasury. No unified command. The colonies do not form a single nation. They become sovereign neighbors—wary, unstable, and competitive. The revolution ends, but the turmoil within each nation does not. Inflation spirals. Taxes rise. Angry farmers and shopkeepers fill the streets. Unpaid veterans erupt in open revolt. Tensions between neighbors increase. Borders harden. Trade becomes negotiation. Tariffs replace solidarity. The 1776 war of liberation from England does not fade with the peace. It settles into a continent divided into fledgling countries permanently divided under thirteen flags. The cluster of small, English-speaking nations hugging the Atlantic coast of North America will become known as the Britannic region. That legacy will shape the next two centuries.