Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin was an important leader of the Democratic-Republican Party.
 It is set in an alternate history, the so-called Gallatin Universe, where a libertarian society has formed on the North American continent, styled the North American Confederacy ("NAC"). 
Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin (January 29, 1761  August 12, 1849) was a Swiss-American politician, diplomat, ethnologist and linguist. 
 He was an important leader of the Democratic-Republican Party, serving in various federal elective and appointed positions across four decades. 
