Editing Oliver Milton (section)

=== Social Reforms ===
Although Oliver Milton is remembered primarily as a war-time leader, he was elected when the [[Great War]] was little more than soft whispers of trouble brewing in [[Darya]]. Milton defeated [[National Conservative Party (Maximusian)|Conservative]] Richard Graves, [[Progressive Citizens' Party (Maximusian)|Progressive]]-candidate Lance Rhodes, and LFP-candidate [[William Ainsworth]] in the 1960 Presidential election and was inaugurated in 1961 on January 1 at noon (as is custom). Milton branded himself as a champion of the working-man and a futurist, successfully garnering votes even in many rural areas by promising to bring updated infrastructure and education opportunities to the Maximusian north, though the war stalled many of these plans (with the exception of the [[Profectus Motorway]], which was constructed from 1961 to 1962). Throughout the war, Milton advocated for increased female participation in the workforce and in the military, creating the ''Radio and Logistics Corps'' within the [[Maximusian Army]], offering women the chance to serve as uniformed-non-combats and receive war-time pensions.

Following the war, Milton made good on many of his campaign promises, initiating the [[Public Universities Charter]] in 1967, which brought higher education to all [[Provinces of Libertas Omnium Maximus|sixteen provinces]] of the nation. In 1968, Milton signed into law the ''Unemployed Maximusians Act'' (UMA), which significantly expanded on and consolidated existing federal-level unemployment benefit programs. For his reforms, Milton has often been regarded as the founding father of the Maximusian welfare state.