The novel points to an actual “strike” , Judge Narragansett begins editing a copy of the Constitution. That scene always reminds me of Franklin’s comment “A republic, if you can keep it” when asked what form of government came out of the convention in Philadelphia.
The Atlases of colonial America created the first real world Gulch. I do not think the end of history is at hand. There is a rational foundation, it needs to be rediscovered and perhaps refined.