Elias I

Elias Robert Charles Maria was King of Argentina, and the third son of King Robert I. He succeeded his father as king due to the mental disabilities of his older siblings. The Argentine Congress had little faith in their capabilities to rule, and thus named Elias as monarch. However, Elias' two elder brothers were still granted the titles of prince as recognition. In order to secure his reign, Elias made considerable concessions following the Argentine Revolution in order to garner enough support to take the throne.

Elias faced much opposition at the beginning of his reign. During the many wars at the start of his father's reign, including the Paraguayan War that ended in a bloody victory and the War of the Pacific that ended in an embarassing defeat, the monarchy of Argentina was in decline in popularity. Due to the domestic political unrest, he made two significant decisions of his reign. The first was declining to support Luis of Orleans-Braganza and his claim as Emperor of Brazil. The second was to ensure that his war-weary citizens stayed out of the Great War, deciding to remain neutral during the Congress of Columbia. However, he ultimately changed his mind, and in 1919, authorized military mobilization, and Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands. As a result, Great Britain cut off trade to the region, causing a economic panic that effected multiple nations.

Elias recieved a lot of criticism at home and abroad for Argentina's involvement in the Great War. Emperor Leopold I of Brazil openly called Elias a scourge, blaming him for the economic panic in the New World. Elias, however, doubled down on his efforts, seizing British ran railways, nationalizing them for the Argentine people. Elias appointed ministers that set aside their ethnic differences, crucially balancing the banks and working to connect the industrial north with the rural south. Major infrastructure projects, such as national roads, employed thousands of Argentinians. Though many international investors from Europe were wary of Argentina's growing nationalist sentiment, the German Empire became the first to recognize their efforts, including that against Great Britain, and became a replacement for British trade.

When King James I of America looked to add Argentina to the Pan-American Confederation, Elias and the Argentine government demanded international recognition of Argentina's ownership of the Falklands. Chancellor Henry L. Stimson, an Anglophile, did not wish to make the Confederation a bulwark against Great Britain, and pressured the American congress to decline. However, with the outbreak of the World War, America agreed in exchange for Argentina's involvement. Argentina declared war on Great Britain in 1945.

Elias began to order further militarization in Argentina, bringing in factories and industry to the struggling economy. As a result, Argentina began construction on their own aircraft carrier, wishing to join the global powers in modern naval warfare.