3002Congratulations and thanks, loyal DSA readers and posters! We are now at 3000 posts in the DSA thread!!!
Empress Elizabeth II of the British Empire, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, it was initially feared, might follow in the footsteps of her illustrious namesake, Elizabeth I, as an unmarried monarch. The names of suitors from the Empires of Scandinavia and Germany were the lead contenders as having appropriate ranking scions of the Protestant faith. A dark horse candidate was a younger member of the French Royal Family (presumably if willing to convert). However, in quick succession the Queen-Empress refused all matches. She was a strong willed, vivacious woman, perhaps best loved from afar, some said. Her advocacy for increasing women's rights in the British Empire and rather liberal views on arts, dress, and religion, was seen as detriments to potential matches.
However, the Empress had other plans for her future. She met and fell in love with the handsome young Scottish 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghome, Thomas Lyon-Bowes. Initially, her wish to marry was opposed by Parliament and the Archbishop of Canterbury. However, with the election of a new majority Liberal government in 1864 coupled with the death of the previous Archbishop and the Elizabeth's appointment of a more sympathetic occupant to the post, Elizabeth and her allies pushed through both temporal and secular approval of her love match, and for the first time since 1515, a British Subject married into the the direct line of the Sovereign. While Thomas was only recognized as Consort to the Empress, their children would have full rights of inheritance to the British throne.
Where are you talking about, the site of OTL Paducah?
Yessir. Pekin (Paducah) is the perfect candidate for a big port city to spring up.
Thanks for listening!
I disagree what about Cairo, Illinois not only is it much closer to the border but as the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers it much better placed to be the primary import/export port to the DSA as it's much closer to the border. Admittedly it probably wouldn't be sited where it is between two rivers but on one bank or the other.
I disagree what about Cairo, Illinois not only is it much closer to the border but as the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers it much better placed to be the primary import/export port to the DSA as it's much closer to the border. Admittedly it probably wouldn't be sited where it is between two rivers but on one bank or the other.
We'll gladly be here for another 3,000
It historically didn't grow as large as Paducah, why would it be different here? And if it's on the other bank, it's pretty much absorbed by Paducah anyway. Between the areas of Cairo, Metropolis, and Paducah there would be a large cross-river metropolitan area with the highest density in Paducah.
The Lakota always struck me as one of the tribes more sympathetic to assmiliation.
Of course, who can tell?
Yes, a Borg of racially-tolerent freedom lovers
In what sense?
Having served with a Cheyanne chieftan in the Army, he always told me the relationships of the tribes in the Dakotas/Montana area with the USA had been mostly peaceful since the time of Lewis and Clark, especially compared to tribes like the Apace to the South. It certainly helped that skin color wise, alot of the Native Americans of the area almost look white. Until gold was discovered, it looked like they may be peacefully assimilated by the turn of the century.
Speaking of Korsgaardism, what's going on in Prussia-Poland at the moment?
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This timeline is very good so it deserves 3000 posts.
Oh, busy teaching the Poles to fight like Prussians, implementing the Korsgaardian model of life (Everything is for the State, and the Father of the State is the Kaiser!), that sorta stuff....