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| - Maurice Bradshaw, The First Iron Man was the military dictator of the United States, and later the Head of the Supreme Council from 2032 to 2053. He began his career in the United States military in 1999, shortly after his high school graduation. He served two tours in Afghanistan, and fought in World War III where he served in Saudi Arabia and Texas. He was selected by President Chris Christie to be the commander of United States Southern Command, and would later lead NATO forces into battle during the ill-fated attempt to re-establish sovereignty over Texas. He blamed the defeat in Texas on the Christie Administration's incompetence, and he would later join the Sons of Liberty in seizing power during the Second American Revolution. The Revolution put Rand Paul in power, and he was made the Army chief of staff; he had become one of the most powerful men in the country. While he was under Paul, he began studying political and economic theory and became active in the American political arena. He was alarmed when Paul began to massively cut military spending. Despite this, he stayed loyal to Paul and believed he could convince him to have a rethink of his policies; instead of advocating a military coup like his contemporaries. When Rand Paul is assassinated and overthrown in a military coup, Bradshaw steps down from his post in protest. He calls for Americans to overthrow the military regime, leading many dissidents to side with him. Finally, when Sarah Stone is assassinated in 2028, Bradshaw suspects the government's involvement. When it is discovered that the government was involved in Stone's death, Bradshaw along with Gordy Greene leads a mutiny against the US Government; various armed political factions, such as Kevin Thorne's Liberty Underground, begin taking sides and a Second Civil War begins. After four years of fighting, the Republic is overthrown and US President Paul Ryan is executed by Kevin Thorne and Liberty Underground. Maurice Bradshaw, Gordy Greene, and Kevin Thorne form the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC), through which they hold absolute power. The NRC enacts a series of reforms: improving the education system, introducing the Imperial Service Corps (a system that replaced welfare with National Service), and bringing down large banks. The NRC adopts an authoritarian style of leadership: trying, imprisoning and/or executing people from both sides of the Civil War who were responsible for atrocities and ruthlessly suppressing what was left of the Republican loyalists. He then adopts Kevin Thorne's model of participism, in which power is taken from politicians and given directly to the people; thus giving people complete control over their own governance. Bradshaw, Greene, Thorne, and several other people draft a constitution that cements their revolution and the Great American Union is formed. The NRC is then dissolved and the new government is proclaimed. Bradshaw is elected Head of the Supreme Council, a position that one holds for life or until they are incapacitated. His popularity soars when he defeats Texas in the Panhandle War in 2035, after Texas refused to return the Oklahoma Panhandle as agreed in the Paul-Rodriguez Treaty. By 2036, he reasserts America's influence on the world stage, returning America to superpower status. He leads America into a period known as The American Miracle, in which the country, despite having endured a bloody six-year long civil war that destroyed much of its infrastructure, quickly rebounds and becomes economically powerful again. He confronts Chinese imperialism by openly supporting Tibetan and Uyghur rebels, boycotting Chinese products, and putting together the Miami Accords: a treaty of nations that refused to trade with China in response to Chinese imperialism. In 2047, tensions come to a head when China invades Hawaii: leading to the Ten-Year War, which he would spend much of the latter parts of his reign fighting. His supporters see him as a strong leader who brought social and economic stability to America after the turbulent years of the Attitude Era, and although they acknowledge his authoritarian and ruthless style of politics, they believe that authoritarianism was necessary in order to bring stability to America. While his critics do give him credit for bringing stability to America, they argue that it was at the expense of human rights and democracy; and many saw him as a ruthless dictator who used populism to gain power. Maurice's rule, and that of his daughter Sophia, are incorporated into a period known as Pax Americana; a period of social and economic stability and prosperity.
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