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  1. A Nordic Twist to Europe (Nordic Confederation)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bothnia_Line Its within the time period and the Kvarken bridge is the last step in the kvarken-bridge plan. First step is to establish better ferry link reducing the crossing from 7-6h by ferry to less than 5h and increasing the capacity for goods trafic. From...
  2. A Nordic Twist to Europe (Nordic Confederation)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_route_E16 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_route_E18 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_route_E6 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_route_E14 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_route_E10
  3. A Nordic Twist to Europe (Nordic Confederation)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvarken_Bridge
  4. Dominion of Southern America - Updated July 1, 2018

    I hope its okay to raise some points against the logic in the "next logical step". Social Darwinism (from IOTL) were not all nazis and eugenics. Peter Kropotkin points out in the book "Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution" (1902) that Darwin didn't define the fitest as the the strongest. Its...
  5. Dominion of Southern America - Updated July 1, 2018

    Well there are also things like kelp farming, fish farms and access to minerals underwater. But IOTL underwater habitats have not become popular because of the cost’s associated whit them. I was actually thinking on Isaac Asimov’s position about overpopulation in the 60is. He has said that he...
  6. Dominion of Southern America - Updated July 1, 2018

    I got this idea that the Malthusians promotes all sorts of scientific research into things that actually sparks the green revolution. They fear the resources are limited and promote things like exploring living under ground or under the sea as compliments to reducing birth numbers. They could...
  7. AHC: Industrialize Finland

    The reforms in Russia following the loss in the Russo-Japanese war might have affected Finland different. Hard to know exactly how different because there is a lot of possible PODs there. No ww1 or no Russian participation would change a lot of things as have been pointed out. A central...
  8. What If: Japan doesn't invade China

    Don't start the split between civil government and army in Siberia. Read "The Way of the Heavenly Sword: The Japanese Army in the 1920s" and one gets a good grasp of a army that fights internally over going after the Soviets and the factions arguing that they should go after china. That and how...
  9. NO HK and China's econ

    HK Banks were good at stealing (yes outright stealing) clients from Taiwanese Banks in the 80is and 90is. When it were clear HK would make the transition into China proper it all accelerated on the basis of "why invest in Taipei when you can stay in HK and get into china directly". ITTL this is...
  10. NO HK and China's econ

    Not relay. ITTL of HK being in part of PRC and the civil war going largely as IOTL there is still Singapore, Taiwan and expat community in USA to connect china to other markets and foreign capital. PRC is such a big economic entity that they could drive their own industrialization by "mostly"...
  11. The Soviet Union does not intervene in the 1956 Hungarian Rising.

    Tornadoes are unforeseen when they happen but there is a statistical average of them in the same area so you could make a reserve (or insurances if you want to call it that). Market economies don't play whit insurances unless people wants to be risk averse and then there is a whole sleeve of...
  12. The Soviet Union does not intervene in the 1956 Hungarian Rising.

    What are you talking about now? Make some sense and come back. I’m talking about how worker councils and communes running factories and farms could make it work. That’s much smaller than EXXON or Microsoft. But the trusts and zaibatsus of the early 20 th century seemed to thrive happily in a...
  13. The Soviet Union does not intervene in the 1956 Hungarian Rising.

    It would work if there is a market system to redistribute resources and goods between the communes. Then it would be basically the same system as the west but whit different owner organization. I’m not joking as many large corporations basically are managed as planed command economies. Its...
  14. Is there a plausible TL where Japan attacks USA before 1939?

    Avgas is not one of the problems for Imperial Japan as long as they are supplied whit raw oil. Early 30is Soviet had problems whit aviation fuel due to lack of refinery capacity and production standard. Interesting as I newer heard of this incident. Do you have a source so I can see when and...
  15. Is there a plausible TL where Japan attacks USA before 1939?

    Ah rubber! That’s a good point. Japan could probably get rubber plantations started in their holdings but it won’t be in the same quantity or quality and not nearly fast enough whiteout having some sever effects on their economy. But his should make them go after all the colonial powers throats...
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