User blog comment:CourageousLife/Joint AltHist/@comment-4822327-20120219015637/@comment-32656-20120221014832

No worries, obvious it was you.

As I said, such a thing wouldn't be called an "American Republic." Doubtful that they'd do that, too.

Option two is the most likely, but its been done before.

Three.... intriguing, though it would be ASB. When would such a shattering have occurred, in your mind?