The incumbent, Margarita Perez, tries to hold to power against former prime minister Hendrick McDale. protests begin to spark as a consequence, saying that the Perez family is treated more like monarchs. As a result usrest against the re-election of Margarita Perez as the president ensued. Taking advantage, the Communists again planned a coup to overthrow the republic. On June 2, the coup happened, and was successful. However, the legal government went to exile in either to Cascadia or Salton, led by Prime Minister Wilson and his cabinet. The Free Californian Army (formerly the Californian Freedom Front, who fought in the 1984 war against the Fascist regime), flees the country, and regroups to two camps; the northern one on the Cascadian border, the southern one in Salton. Meanwhile, the R