-British Isles invasion happens

-based on this

-succeeds due to overwhelming British force

-however, attempts to invade Chile and Peru totally fail

-British support initial administration of Castelli as independent state

-sees end of War of the French Revolution (1792-1804)

-however, postwar with it in British orbit confirmed, sees growing British interference

-Castelli hates this

-convening of Convention Parliament to write new constitution

-Castelli attempts to get it to declare Platina an independent states

-however, British forces dissolve it

-along with several constituent assemblymen, Castelli declares the independence of Platina

-flees Buenos Aires for Cordoba in the name of defensibility

-organizes resistance which is able to maintain itself for some time

-dies resisting new British force

-rearranged into a kingdom in personal union with British Isles

-nationalist revolt declaring the First Platine Republic defeated

-certain British laws enacted in area

-jury system ends up being chaotically implemented

-little to no authority beyond Buenos Aires and a few other cities

-sees a wave of penal settlement

-a lot of them Irish but a modest number of them British

-and a sizeable minority of them Protestant

-with French Wars > Second French War (1821-32) Spain launches several defeated invasions

-however with republican revolt the British put on backside

-by 1826 British forces forced to flee Spanish invasion on one side and Platine revolt on other

-rebel leader

-forms ties with British and Irish radicals in particular

-however, the Spanish successfully defeat them

-and most rebels would rather be Spanish than British

-Spanish attempt to push authority beyond just cities

-results in chaos

-sees British Wars > New Granadine War of Independence (1848-52)

-opportunity seized by revolutionaries

-British attempts to ally with revolutionaries refused due to memories of British period

-however, it does destroy the Spanish fleet at Buenos Aires which helps revolutionaries a lot

-elderly leader of the old republic becomes figurehead who all sides of the war can agree on

-enacts several Benthamic reform proposals

-resigns after independence achieved

1854: Ran unopposed

1857: Overthrown in Centralist Revolution

-establishes Argentina as a federal country

-capital in Cordoba

-establishes ties with France and the US

-in particular American Presidents > 1853-1861 Robert F. Stockton (People's) sends fleet to defend it

-sees rapid development of export-based cattle industry

-accused of allowing nonexistent authority outside rivers authority to continue

-overthrown in this

-centralizing figure

-attempts to impose authority

-fails

-faced with need to establish new independent Catholic Church

-very tough role and helps to cause overthrow

-federalist

-allows for authority to be distributed away from central authority

1866: Overthrown in Duffista Revolution

-continues federal-era policies

-overthrown by Duffy-era regime

1867 def.

1871 def.

1875 def.

1879 def.

1883 def.

-son of one of the many Irish sent by British to Platina

-as an opposition leader successfully establishes paramilitary

-as a pretty powerful force it threatens government

-establishes a system of links with provincial leaders

-in power successfully ties together elites in patronage networks

-sees dawn of railroad-based industry financed by French banks

-invites Richmondados fleeing the Liberty and Union War (1868-76) to settle

-comparing them to the Huguenots

-they enlargen the Protestant minority

-causes something of a backlash

-in French Wars > Fourth French War (1880-4) France gets Platina to invade Patagonia

-resulting invasion sees it entirely occupied

-having succeeded, retires from old age

-but from behind continues to influence the government

1887 def.

-faced with recession due to decreased demand after French Wars > Fourth French War (1880-4)

-results in reduction of popularity and a lot of people leave machines

-opposition wins

1891 def.

1895 def.

1899 def

1903 def.

-due to Russo-Chinese War (1893-9) a lot of Russians flee and Platina includes a lot of them

-also to rinderpest being introduced from Russia to North America spreading southwards

-by 1905 it's spread to Platina

-mass death of cattle destroys economy as that is pretty much all Platina's economy is based on

-this results in massive loss of popularity and assassination of president

-military takes power to "maintain order"

-after having successfully imposed order general election held

-several states do not recognize the takeover

-most notably Misiones

-and military recalled from Patagonia

-rebellion sparked in Patagonia and gets really intense

-essentially breaks away in the era and there's a continual war on the front

-given situation decides to hold election to maintain popularity

1910 def.

-then comes the Recessions > Panic of 1911

-kicks economy again

-results in state on verge of a default

-forced to resign

1912 def.

-an economist given power in order to deal with Panic

-to avoid a default with unstable French banks, makes massive cuts and increases taxes to create surplus

-this causes economy to get even worse and military finds it hard to keep order

-results in president assassinated

-launches huge campaign against Patagonia

-goes really badly

-after a huge defeat ends up being forced to resign

-assassinated

-military officer who's also a Protestant descendant of Richmondados

-regards Ideology > Sociocracy as the answer to Platina's doldrums

-and implements it

1917: Elected unopposed

-establishes a new constitution

-albeit with a system of government more democratic than the full-blown sociocracy of Russia

-elected to the post of Chief High Administrator with near-absolute power

-launches offensive against rebellious Misiones state

-goes very well and entirely conquered

-however, writes off Patagonia as lost

-enacts systematic period of reform to establish new industry

-free trade policies implemented

-and stable new currency introduced

-sees rapid development

-a lot of branch plants established, owned by the French

-factories owned by the state or else industrialists who are part of it

-meat industry recovers

-and becomes heavily tied to France

-retires from office thanks to having achieved his goals

-joins the Free Economic Society of Cordoba afterwards till his death

1932 def.

-elected to office

-in French Wars > Sixth French War (1937-41) French need for food and industry sees Platina boom

-benefits economy a lot

-when war ends, boom doesn't end but labor clashes rise

1947 def.

1952: Deposed in recall plebiscite

-economy deteriorates as French industry recovers

-comes at the expense of exports which are now going the other way

-sees an era of wages getting slashes

-ruthless crushing of strike in 1951 damages popularity immensely

-ultimately ends up removed from power

-due to critical loss of confidence by people which sees him recalled and deposed

1952 def. idk (Young Platina)

-ambitious and popular oppositionist leader

-having got elected, grabs the attention of the people and wins nomination

-in power, seeks establishment of parallel structure of cooperatives

-also establishes new modern industry that they are run within

-and issues scrip convertible with actual currency

-enacts tariffs within which to build up economy