Making this post as a place to dump various things I learn while researching Prospera. Feel free to discuss or dump other things that you find interesting.
Epistemic status: extremely low confidence. I'm mostly just taking info from Wikipedia, which might be a biased source.
ZEDE law was introduced by Porfirio Lobo Sosa.
After the military did a coup in 2009, the military ran an election, claiming that Porfirio Lobo Sosa received 57% of the vote.
Supposedly, this did not happen entirely peacefully:
In addition to introducing ZEDE law, Porfirio Lobo Sosa banned the morning-after pill. His wife was incarcerated for stealing $4 million from the state.