#makeportugalgreatagain
#buildthatempire
#makethespaniardspayforit
#tencolonieslarger
Brazilian Portuguese is the default lingua-franca of this TL.
Well, are the Braganzas back?
Well, I've started work on a new map. As to the POD? Well... let's say dropping nukes on Nam wasn't exactly Johnson's brightest idea...
Progress on my crapsack Cyberpunk map has so far been good, all but done with Africa but I'm gonna ask you guys one question.
Let's say a war breaks out between these two guys:
Who would you root for? Because, well...
- An utterly psychotic Neo-Nazi Apartheid Regime and its puppet states
- An equally sociopathic alliance of brutal African dictatorships (some of which outright preach Black supremacism)
It depends. It's like choosing between AIDS or Radiation Poisoning.
I'd take a bullet to the head if I were to choose between 'We Wuz Kangz' or 'We Wuz Aryanz'.
Its "Wee ar Eryens" actually.
And as for the options:
1) South Africans - Genocide, indiscriminate use of chemical weapons on civilians, occupation policies not unlike Barbarossa
2) The Other Africans - Ethnic cleansing of dissident tribes, biological warfare in the form of weaponized Ebola, incredibly destructive scorched earth policies
Yeah... pass me the gun.
Is the DDR a thing in yout TL?
Yes. The Troubles turned out to be much more bloodier and traumatic while the Paris riots of 68 escalated to the point that t triggered a temporary state of emergency in France. Both the Brits and Frenchies ended up becoming more right-wing and authoritarian as a result of those events. Come the collapse of the USSR in 1984 and the disintegration of the Warsaw Pact, and German reunification seemed to be inevitable.
Until London and Paris threw huge temper tantrums and pressured Bonn into "postponing reunification for practical economic reasons". Some 32 years later, both Germanies are actually doing quite well. The West's economy is comparable to the OTL FRG while the DDR (now actually democratic) is on a level similar to OTL Poland. Both are very close and have a Economic/Customs Union, shared currency and open borders (Schengen got butterflied away ITTL) - and deep down resent the Frogs and Limeys for trying to keep them permanently divided.
Which is one reason why the NDP won 6% of Seats in the Western Budestag and 8% of seats in the Eastern Volkskammer in the most recent (East and West) German elections (which "coincidentally" have always fallen on the same date).
What about Australia?
pls no Republic
Good news: Not a Republic
Bad News: White Australia is still a thing. Also say Hi to police state-lite.
That and, meanwhile up North, Suharto went full dictator and subsequently violently fell from power in the early 80s. Cue Indonesian civil war, exodus of refugees, lots boats being turned away, and then some of them being "regretfully" sunk. Also a worse 'Nam experience didn't really help things ("We will be swamped by COMMUNIST Asians!")*Lemme guess... Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen becomes PM...?
That and, meanwhile up North, Suharto went full dictator and subsequently violently fell from power in the early 80s. Cue Indonesian civil war, exodus of refugees, lots boats being turned away, and then some of them being "regretfully" sunk. Also a worse 'Nam experience didn't really help things ("We will be swamped by COMMUNIST Asians!")*
*just curious, your thoughts on OTL Pauline Hanson? I admit to not exactly being the most knowledgeable of people when it comes to Aussie politics and history. I keep hearing that she's some sort of racist POS, but is that even remotely true?
Welcome to Dystopia! Entire point of the map and TL.Wow... I thought that Bjelke-Petersen running my state for two decades was ridiculous... But the entire bloody country!?
Welcome to Dystopia! Entire point of the map and TL.
Wow... well at least he makes a perfect candidate for creating Seth Efricka Doon Indah.-snip-
Considering how South Africa is ITTL... waaaay behind that level.I think making this guy PM would make the White Australia Policy look like Rhodesia's version of Apartheid. It would still be shit, but not on the level of South Africa.