Along those lines, I think that if civil war, or riots in the cities erupt the military will not be able to counter the civil disruption without weakening it's perimeter protection against an invasion,
That would explain why Bidan (and by Bidan I refer to forces controlling him) wants the border flooded and foreigners in the cities., and payments going to them as well. They are the front line forces for the insurrection when given the command to riot.
If we theorize that Bidan was put into office an occupation puppet, I'm not sure how different that would look than what we're seeing now.
I also think that rather that having 2 president situation like Lincoln/Davis, it's more like the Vichy French/ Free French scenario in the early 40's.
Nazi collaborators had day to day control and DeGualle ran the loyalists from the south of France.
During that time French girls went out with Nazi occupiers, because it was just the "normal" thing girls did. Same goes for collaborators who wanted to go along to get along.. in order to ke[[ things "normal".
"Normal" has to become so unbearable even the collaborators won't be able to take it anymore.