The President

[RandyT0001]

Originally Posted by Project_Sardonicus

Yep but our line of succession president is most likely someone incredibly junior and unremarkable. Once nuclear war kicks off the US government turns into a hereditary elected monarchy until elections can be held again.

How do you have a hereditary 'elected' monarchy? Who is the 'elected' person(s)?

[Matt W]

Historically, it's not unknown to have an "elected monarchy". Theoretically, Anglo-Saxon England worked on that principle. Of course, it was usually a small electorate (the nobility) and potential candidates were also nobility

How about the President has to be from one of a few families? The hereditary heads of the Military, CIA and Congress choose one of themselves to be the President

[.45cultist]

In the 80's there was to be a 200 man special ops team and a couple of dozen 3C tractor/ trailers scattered across the country. What if this wasn't scrapped like IRL, but rolled into the snake eaters or a similar program.