Across the great ocean, the United Commonwealth, as the second largest member of the Oceanic Alliance, had been especially bustling of late; the issue of whether to send troops to war had completely turned the nation upside down.
Not only were congressional members divided into factions quarreling, but civilians too were split into camps; with the media fanning the flames, it had become the hottest topic in American society.
It was with great difficulty that a consensus was reluctantly reached when suddenly, with the news of the London bombing, everyone started arguing again.
After a herculean effort to calm everyone down, the dire news of the Malacca naval battle arrived.
One piece of bad news after another almost drove Theodore Roosevelt to the brink of collapse. Being the President of the United States was not an easy task, as domestic positions had never been unified.
