The country was dangerously divided. The executive was dominated by the aristocratic blue team. The countryside and the lower house of the legislature, however, were controlled by the red team, which predominantly espoused a form of fundamentalist Christianity and viewed the blue team as a group of corrupt, out-of-touch, autocratic elitists indifferent to the plight of ordinary citizens. Government was consequently deadlocked at a time of crisis, and serious trouble loomed.
Is it America (or Israel, or France, or any number of countries) in 2023, or England in 1640? You decide.