Deo Vindice: The Agrarian Empire and the Shadow of Slavery
Author's note: This AAR will attempt to roleplay a CSA that has
completely rejected western ideals- there will be no factories
or industry ever produced. The economy will be floated by force
of arms- the demanding of indemnities from more prosperous
neighbors. The nation will work like a 19th century North Korea,
maintaining a vast army it can barely support. This is a
collaborative AAR- wish us luck! Chapter I. Antebellum The
Confederate states of America has been called the most
conservative of revolutions, and justly so. In 1860 the south
stood, unique among the civilized world, as a region dominated
by cotton, the cross, and the sword of steel. Under the harsh
beat of the southern sun, Dixieland was governed by an
aristocratic oligarchy acting upon chivalric ideals and backward
interests. Surpassed by the industry of the north, and under
siege by a liberal movement of self-righteous enlightenment that
sought to end chattel slavery across the Ameri