Polity Name:Argentine Republic, Argentina
Color:#6CACE4, the color of the sky of which they try to fly towards, or #FFB81C, the color of the sun, and the new begining that is fast approaching
Summary:
Before we can get to the end, every story has it begin, and for Argentina, the beginning start with the context, a context of failure and liberty.
1983, after the horrifying defeat at the Falkland war, the last military junta, the PRN(Progresso de Reorganization Nacional(process of national reorganization), known for it brutality, would fall, and in it, it would give path to democracy, and above all, a high animosity towards the military branch, it was well aware that perhaps the army hasn’t had the most support of the civilian population with exceptions here and there, but after the brutality, the army looked as if it was headed towards extinction, and as such it acted, but not with the objective of taking government again.
What followed next is what it called the carapintadas(painted face) revolts, a series of military uprising intended not to take over the government, but to force demands and to save something from the army, using every and all political power it still had left the carapintadas proved successful in maintaining the army as unit and avoiding complete dissolution, yet that is what it only managed to barely avoid, and as such it would begin slowly losing abilities, allowing for the democratic machine to truly rule the land uncontested and it wouldn’t be until 2056 that the armed forces would be able to get, although a extremely small bit, of political influence to get back into the lands.
What followed(especially after the ending of enforced military conscription under the Menem presidency of the 90s) is what is commonly referred to as “the new republic” era, a democratic era where 2 large blocks would find itself in constant political struggle in Argentina, the Peronist and anti-Peronist, lasting from the 1991 all the way up to 2050.
Now I will not blame anyone for not knowing what Peronist or anti Peronist are, but to put it on a short explanation for those who do not know, Peronism refer to the ideology created by army general and 3-time president Juan Domingo Peron, created in mind for his rather extremely populistic doctrinal ideology that prides itself in being able to represent the people and, in that, it has done a job few ideology can achieve, and that is achieving versatility, you could fine a communist Peronist just as you could find a fascist Peronist or a social democrat Peronist, Peronism was anything and nothing at the same time, and it thrived in scenarios where populism dominates the scene, which was the Argentine democratic machine.
As for anti-Peronism, it represented a anti-thesis, fighting against such populism with trying to maintain the old order, always rejecting populism and preferring tried and true ideas such as traditional conservatism, liberalism or just anything in between, also changing to adapting whatever the current dominant body in Peronism is.
In that struggle, the battle between Peronism and anti-Peronism, casualties would happen, but not a normal one, it would first start slowly, economic uncertainty would begin to rear its head as such wildly changing ideologies of the 2 main group lead to possible unpredictability, at one point the government could be a extremely laize-faire capitalist trying it best to privatise whatever isn’t nailed on the ground, when in just a snap of the finger(or election) it could be changed for a corporatism regime intended on ensuring every company, foreign or not, followed the will of the government and its ideals.
Then it would come socially, as the economical uncertainty began reducing quality of life and increasing crime, the government would quickly try different way to dealing with the problem, but never staying on the same idea, every 4-8 year they would have a new plan on dealing with the problem, but when a new government comes in(be it from the same party with a different candidate or the opposition) they turn the house upside down and try another tactic, adding in to the chaos of the situation.
Infact, those issues could had been seen, from the crash in 2001 to the same one in 2018, along with the rising social instability, it would seem as if both parties where tearing the nation, and in the 2019 elections, a new force would make a appearance, although they wouldn’t be more important until the 2030s
For the first time in history, multiple differing and rather radical parties managed to go through the PASO(the system of which calculate what kinds of party can run the main election after doing a mock elections of sort), the first one to note is the Frente de Izquierda(Leftist front), having the first openly and directly Marxist group to appear on a electoral ticket since 1973, 47 years we talking, the move represented the leftist resurgence in Argentina, along with them becoming increasingly restless from the action of the kirchnerist wing of Peronism, a rather left-wing kind that rose from the pink wave of south America of the 2000s
Then we had the libertarian party, while libertarianism has never been a thing as a movement in Argentina, the rise of the inter-connected world and the menemist mandate had allowed for the rise of argentine libertarianism, taking notes from the neoliberal success, it had become a movement increasingly moving towards capitalist minarchism and it represented the growing neoliberal will of maintaining the free market and it hold in the economy rather than the command economy that had dominated in some way or fashion in the other parties.
And then, we had the Consenso Federal(Federal Consensus), lead by a independent with a Peronist VP, the coalition contained in it most important component that of old parties re-surging and wanting to end the 2 dominance, containing the federalist, a originally right-wing conservative party that turned toward centrist wishing for turning Argentina into a truly federal nation, the socialist party born in 1896, and not to be confused with the parties that composed the Leftist front like the Socialist Workers' Party, Workers' Party, Socialist Left, Workers' Socialist Movement and the Unified Socialist Workers' Party which yes, where all different parties and yes, where all in the leftist front ticket, but I digress, back to topic, proposing democratic socialism, the socialist party wanted to ensure the return of the true roots of the socialist movement in Argentina, and the Christian democrat, made in 1954, proposing, you guess it, Christian democracy, all of this party where old but represented the unified spirit of bringing back the old ideals and using those instead of the anti-peronist or Peronist line of thought.
No matter what you use, all 3 of them shared the same thought, you could even say that, while Peronism was the thesis and anti-Peronism was the anti-thesis, these 3 groups, commonly pen-named in 2036 as “la nueva cara”(the new face) by western media represented the synthesis, the fight against the old for something amazing and a uncharted future.
Yet, that future wouldn’t come soon, It would come in 2050, after much, much suffering.
For the third stage of degradation began appearing, and that is of security, as the economy and social order began collapsing deep into the mid 20s and then 30s, both parties tried to use the police but as it resources where stretch to the limit, both side found innovative ways of achieving not only peace, but also political power.
For the Peronist, they had the CGT, the worker’s confederation, almost uplifted and practically molded by Peron himself, this worker confederation would prove to be a continual allied of Peronism, even after it fall, and as such, for the Peronist, they would use that tool as their form of securing power, creating paramilitary forces of “worker’s battalion” as they would fight and work towards the Peronist goal.
For the anti-Peronist, it came in the form of foreign legionaries, while far more international than the more isolationist Peronists, the anti-Peronist called in favours our brought in manpower of places which “no longer needed their services” to ensure that the street and cities where protected from the populist menace.
The result? Growing para-militarism increased political divide, leading to the 2030 plaza de mayo massacre, where anti-Peronist and Peronist paramilitaries would clash on plaza de mayo, leading to 53 death and an estimated 543 wounded, beginning the second infamous decade.
In argentine history, the first infamous decade refers to a time between 1930-1946 where a combined military coup and the stock market crash would lead to a increase of instability and conflict, leading to multiple militaries coup, mutinies and attempt as the forces of old cannibalise and destroyed each other to secure their position, it was in that chaos that the Peronist where even born, as Peron used the chaos as a form of a ladder to increase his influence secretly and slowly, molding and making any kinds of friends, but now that same situation was happening as the street turned to open conflict and both Peronist and anti-Peronist engaged in a form of a “soft civil war”, a civil war that would almost bring the nation to its knees.
Almost, until the “new faces” would appear, and in those new faces, a old one made a appearance.
by 2030, the army was not a army but more like a museum of some sort maintained by a breathing apparatus, yet, despite all of that, there was a wing of the armed forces that, while still being an equivalent skeleton, it was still able to project some power and be able to be somewhat armed when use south American military equivalent, the air force.
the air force was always something Argentina loved, even in the Falkland wars, where they weren’t even informed or able to do any changes of the war plan, the air force proved itself almost a 1-1 match to the might of the British empire, and while it still lost, it did maintain face, and in that face, it managed to survive, and while by 2030 it wasn’t much, with the growth of the new faces, they where able to do something.
slowly but surely, military equipment and surplus would began to “disappear”, only then to end up in the hands of someone else, the new faces, rinse and repeat that process and, as the Peronist and anti-Peronist where pushed aside, 2050 would come and the new rulers would appear, those of the new face, with the air force taking part of it.
And while this proved to finally be the unifying point for Argentina, time would change, and time would hit Argentina hard.
During the degradation and collapse, the environment began taking a hit, although by 2030 it had suffered, it wasn’t the worst, yet by 2050, it was on the brink of a true environmental crisis as the 2nd infamous decade proved to be disastrous, and in that, the new faces unified and created a government, a eco-statist government.
By the Oxford Definition, introduced in 2037 as per the growing tides of the “green revolution” happening in places where the ecological damage had hit worse,
“Eco Statism is a hybrid of green politics and authoritarianism, declaring the degradation of the natural environment, climate and the expansion of pollution as a national and global emergency with uppermost importance to the people of the state”, eco statism espouses that partisanship is unable to solve the climate crisis in time, and that a committee of experts completely focused on creating and enacting solutions to the climate crisis must be empowered over ALL civilian institutions.
Yet, the Argentine one was different in a way, normally a eco-statist would entirely concentrate at home in securing nature, perhaps leading a adventure or two to secure the environment of someone else, yet in Argentina it developed differently, as the climate worsened, they began pushing for something different.
Now, conspiracy theory aside, Argentina plan was bold, extreme yet something they had felt it was necessary, that plan was to, quite essentially run away, not from their home, but from earth itself, pushing every single resource it can, it began hyper-concentrating on space colonisation under the so called “cohetes a la estratosfera”(rockets to the stratosphere)a reference to the highly joked promise by carlos menem of sending rockets to space, and true to be told, that is what the government is doing.
And while protest rise from its action as resources that could had perhaps been used to maintain the climate at home are instead use to the venture of space, the government doesn’t stop, the government maintains it path and, above all, the government is entirely concentrated one thing and one thing only.
For earth is dead, and Space shall be our new shining sun of the Argentine people.
Terrestrial Policy
- Government(3): the rather curious eco-statist junta of Argentina has proved itself to be in a rather extremely unified form despite it challenges in the 2000s, it has standed unite and, despite the differing parties, they all working on the same goal, space
- Climate Change(0): Argentina is dying, the environment of Argentina its dying, rocks are falling, the crops are begining to run into more issues, the fact is quite simple
- Technology(2): overall Argentina has tried it best to stay close to the 1st world countries in technological advancement, althought just barely trailing behind them, they have overall been adapting well, but issues keep rising on the implementation and introduction of AI into the daily life and work of the nation, something that certainly behind the reason of lagging
- Society(3): society has perhaps become the most united it has ever been in its history since 1917 when the UCR won in its first free elections in argentina, society has united behind the GSNE(Gobierno de Salvacion Nacional Ecologica, or Government of National Ecological Salvation, GNES in English) and while there might be minor grumble of the resources being thrown towards to space, they are standing tall and working towards the future in space
Space Policy
- Orbital Manufacturing(1):The construction of shipyards and heavy industry in space has been something the government has concentrated on doing, however, it hasn't been it main concentration, most of said construction are related to the facilitation and completion of the main objective of the space plan
- Space Colonization(3):Space, the final frontier, just as Patagonia and the interior was home of gauchos and the likes in its march of colonisation so has Argentina fully adopted it, marching it with a high head, the population in turn has done so as well, marching into the future with the hopes of learning from the mistake of the past and creating a new one in the future
- Interplanetary Exploitation(0) - As it stand, Argentina hasn't actually began plans for interplanetary exploitation, as part of the whole colonisation campaign, it first plans to have as much of it maintained by the Argentine government on earth as to ensure that the colonisation process is sound and has left for it on the back-burner for once the colonisation campaign has been consider "satisfactory"
- Domestic Investment(0) Wait you actua- c'mon now, you know their plans, their intention doesn't lie at home, it lies on the stars, as such, it has not concentrated on investing on earth at all, and it certainly not gonna do so in the near or far future, at least that the governmental and societal consensus for now
- Militarization(0) Military, perhaps the thing most wonder is the thing that not concentrated, as mentioned before, the army suffered a extreme hit during its last dictatorship all that time ago and even now after the 2nd infamous decade and all, the argentine "army" is more like the airforce, this of course has lead to the space of it area of colonisation not so defended military at all, infact, military is the last thing the plan even intends to create, after all, it be quite hard to remove the still overall pacifist mindest that the Argentine has developed towards the army
