Did you miss the part where I said "with no proof"? Obviously, if proof is shown first, that's a different situation, but it has to be done well before even a whiff of military intervention, or we have mass civil unrest. Not quite a civil war, and the federal bureaucracy will kind of limp on, but the ability to truly govern will be shattered in enough areas for it to be effectively shattered across the board. Whoever finally manages to obtain long-lasting, solid control just wins being king of a massively in-debt trash heap.
Did you miss the part where I said "with no proof"? Obviously, if proof is shown first, that's a different situation, but it has to be done well before even a whiff of military intervention, or we have mass civil unrest. Not quite a civil war, and the federal bureaucracy will kind of limp on, but the ability to truly govern will be shattered in enough areas for it to be effectively shattered across the board. Whoever finally manages to obtain long-lasting, solid control just wins being king of a massively in-debt trash heap.