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Yeah, the reason for the Fallout Reference is because Jones Soda sold Nuka-Cola Quantum to promote Fallout 4, the other two were because neither the Simpsons nor Futurama exist ITTL and so they get sold under the Jones Soda Co.
I want a real one [nanaimo bar] not this crap.Do you ever wonder whether the world needs more alternate history dessert wikiboxes? Do you ever wonder if maybe you've spent too long on an alternate history dessert wikibox? No? Just me?
Do you ever wonder whether the world needs more alternate history dessert wikiboxes? Do you ever wonder if maybe you've spent too long on an alternate history dessert wikibox? No? Just me?
I want an alternate history cookbook now
Foiled by cultural imperialism again. Chocolate’s not to the taste of the Japanese overlords.
This isn’t the last you’ll be seeing!
For some reason, I'm picturing a Futurist-style cuisine that got developed by decrepit plantation barons when they realized how all of the food they liked was originally made by black people.
Gentleman Biaggi
Banned
Going into the 1976 election, incumbent president Strom Thurmond was unpopular. The Congo Crisis had spilled over into a full-scale war, and many felt that the American territories of Guam, Cuba, Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominica, the Congo, Greenland, Hawaii, Alaska, the Philippines, Iceland, the Virgin Islands, and West Africa should get a choice on independence or statehood. Also, the issue of segregation had spilled over into conflict, as Huey Newton and Malcom Little's Black Revolutionary Army had gotten into several fights and riots across the nation. The election would be one that no one could forget.
The oldest party in the nation and the incumbent party had their convention first. The Democrats were split between four candidates. First was George Lincoln Rockwell. Rockwell lead a political movement in the Democratic party that was incredibly hawkish and wanted to expand America's empire farther into Africa and Asia. Also, as governor of Virginia, he was incredibly tough on the BRA, causing "Law-and-Order" Democrats like Mario Biaggi and Asa Carter to endorse him. Second was Jimmy Carter. Carter, along with Governor Trent Lott and Preacher Jerry Falwell had lead the "Christian Democratic" wing of the Democrats. The Christian Democrats were massive supporters of Prohibition, and were just as socially conservative as other Democrats (or in Trent Lott's case, more conservative), but on economics they were often as left-wing as the Farmer-Labor party. There was also Strom Thurmond's own candidate, newly appointed senator Orval Faubus. Russell Long was also running off of his dad's legacy as a populist, but it just seemed like he'd endorse Carter. The convention went 10 rounds, but by round 8, Rockwell had an impressive lead, but needed a two-thirds majority. With that, he made a deal with Faubus and Thurmond to make Thurmond's Secretary of State Mike Mansfield his running mate. Rockwell already wanted to make Mansfield his running mate, as he could appeal to the moderates in his party. Carter and Lott cried foul, and announced that they would run on an Independent Democratic ticket. Their ticket was listed as the official Democratic ticket in Georgia, Mississippi, and Utah.
The Union Party held their convention after the Democrats. Unlike the Democrats, their nomination was never in doubt. Powerful Californian senator Richard Nixon won easily. He did have some lesser-known candidates oppose him, such as Joe Snell and John Lindsay, who both seemed like they could be in the Democratic and Republican parties respectively. Nixon surprised the convention and picked little-known New York Attorney General Roy Cohn his running mate.
After the Congo Crisis and many incidents of extreme racism in Thurmond's administration, New England Independence seemed more popular than ever. With that, the New England Independence Party that had existed since 1912 decided to participate in its first presidential election, so that they could potentially deadlock the electoral college and cause the nation to kowtow to New England. The first NEI convention was messy. After 57 rounds of voting, no candidate was selected, so compromise candidate Lowell Weicker was nominated in round 57. He chose long-time New England Independence activist and Mayor of Providence John Chafee as his running mate.
The final party to hold a convention was the Republican Party. The Republicans had basically been in a death spiral since 1868, and with the rise of the New England Independence Party and the Parti Populaire Français, it seemed their hold on New England was slipping, and they'd still disappear. Their convention did nothing to dispel predictions of their party's collapse, as it went a whopping 128 rounds before Vermont Governor Thomas Hayes was nominated. Representative Mark Hatfield managed to be nominated for Vice-President despite Hays wanting to choose Margret Chase Smith. Hatfield's nomination did nothing to stop the chaos that was the Republican Party.
The other two major parties in the United States were the Parti Populaire Français and the Farmer-Labor Party. After the French-German War[1] that lasted from 1912 to 1918, France suffered harsh penalties from Germany and fell into Civil War and near-Anarchy. After that, many French refugees moved to the Northeast, and especially in Northern Maine, which was known for its large French-speaking populations. The party had two wings. One wing which was based in Maine supported Maine independence and was split into two more wings that wanted just independence or wanted to join Quebec. The other wing just wanted to help the growing French population. So, they just chose unpledged electors in all states to stop the two wings from literally killing each other. Meanwhile, the Farmer-Labor Party didn't have a major convention because they held primaries. The Farmer-Labor party had many left-wing ideals in their platform. Most notably they support the direct election of senators, desegregation, unions, and are strong supporters of prohibition. George McGovern was nominated after an intense primary with Walter Mondale and Lloyd Omdahl. McGovern shocked the nation when he chose Ronald Reagan, a former actor and current Independent representative to be his running mate.
Right off the bat, the election was intense. There was already hatred between the Democratic and Independent Democratic tickets and such hate was extended through the creation of televised debates. The debates were suggested by Carter, and were agreed upon by most other candidates. However, in the first debate, Rockwell and Carter got into yelling match while Nixon, McGovern, and Hays debated policy. Weicker notably boycotted the debates. After the fight between Rockwell, the debates calmed down, but it was clear that Nixon won all of them. It became clearer every day that Nixon was going to win. The only question was by how much.
In the end, it wasn't even close. The most surprising part of the election was that George Rockwell got second place. While it was expected that he'd do well in the south, but no one expected that he'd win Texas, Maryland, or Indiana. Many were actually expecting George McGovern to get second. Instead, he underperformed and lost Nevada, Oregon, and Idaho. Carter managed to not only win the three states where he was the official Democratic candidate, but also West Virginia out of support from social conservatives and Unions, along with Idaho due to some vote-splitting and large Mormon support. Meanwhile, the Northeast was split between the Republicans, the NEI, and Parti Populaire Français. After his blowout victory, Nixon promised to be a "President for all people", and many people living in colonies were hoping that Nixon would allow them statehood/independence.
The oldest party in the nation and the incumbent party had their convention first. The Democrats were split between four candidates. First was George Lincoln Rockwell. Rockwell lead a political movement in the Democratic party that was incredibly hawkish and wanted to expand America's empire farther into Africa and Asia. Also, as governor of Virginia, he was incredibly tough on the BRA, causing "Law-and-Order" Democrats like Mario Biaggi and Asa Carter to endorse him. Second was Jimmy Carter. Carter, along with Governor Trent Lott and Preacher Jerry Falwell had lead the "Christian Democratic" wing of the Democrats. The Christian Democrats were massive supporters of Prohibition, and were just as socially conservative as other Democrats (or in Trent Lott's case, more conservative), but on economics they were often as left-wing as the Farmer-Labor party. There was also Strom Thurmond's own candidate, newly appointed senator Orval Faubus. Russell Long was also running off of his dad's legacy as a populist, but it just seemed like he'd endorse Carter. The convention went 10 rounds, but by round 8, Rockwell had an impressive lead, but needed a two-thirds majority. With that, he made a deal with Faubus and Thurmond to make Thurmond's Secretary of State Mike Mansfield his running mate. Rockwell already wanted to make Mansfield his running mate, as he could appeal to the moderates in his party. Carter and Lott cried foul, and announced that they would run on an Independent Democratic ticket. Their ticket was listed as the official Democratic ticket in Georgia, Mississippi, and Utah.
The Union Party held their convention after the Democrats. Unlike the Democrats, their nomination was never in doubt. Powerful Californian senator Richard Nixon won easily. He did have some lesser-known candidates oppose him, such as Joe Snell and John Lindsay, who both seemed like they could be in the Democratic and Republican parties respectively. Nixon surprised the convention and picked little-known New York Attorney General Roy Cohn his running mate.
After the Congo Crisis and many incidents of extreme racism in Thurmond's administration, New England Independence seemed more popular than ever. With that, the New England Independence Party that had existed since 1912 decided to participate in its first presidential election, so that they could potentially deadlock the electoral college and cause the nation to kowtow to New England. The first NEI convention was messy. After 57 rounds of voting, no candidate was selected, so compromise candidate Lowell Weicker was nominated in round 57. He chose long-time New England Independence activist and Mayor of Providence John Chafee as his running mate.
The final party to hold a convention was the Republican Party. The Republicans had basically been in a death spiral since 1868, and with the rise of the New England Independence Party and the Parti Populaire Français, it seemed their hold on New England was slipping, and they'd still disappear. Their convention did nothing to dispel predictions of their party's collapse, as it went a whopping 128 rounds before Vermont Governor Thomas Hayes was nominated. Representative Mark Hatfield managed to be nominated for Vice-President despite Hays wanting to choose Margret Chase Smith. Hatfield's nomination did nothing to stop the chaos that was the Republican Party.
The other two major parties in the United States were the Parti Populaire Français and the Farmer-Labor Party. After the French-German War[1] that lasted from 1912 to 1918, France suffered harsh penalties from Germany and fell into Civil War and near-Anarchy. After that, many French refugees moved to the Northeast, and especially in Northern Maine, which was known for its large French-speaking populations. The party had two wings. One wing which was based in Maine supported Maine independence and was split into two more wings that wanted just independence or wanted to join Quebec. The other wing just wanted to help the growing French population. So, they just chose unpledged electors in all states to stop the two wings from literally killing each other. Meanwhile, the Farmer-Labor Party didn't have a major convention because they held primaries. The Farmer-Labor party had many left-wing ideals in their platform. Most notably they support the direct election of senators, desegregation, unions, and are strong supporters of prohibition. George McGovern was nominated after an intense primary with Walter Mondale and Lloyd Omdahl. McGovern shocked the nation when he chose Ronald Reagan, a former actor and current Independent representative to be his running mate.
Right off the bat, the election was intense. There was already hatred between the Democratic and Independent Democratic tickets and such hate was extended through the creation of televised debates. The debates were suggested by Carter, and were agreed upon by most other candidates. However, in the first debate, Rockwell and Carter got into yelling match while Nixon, McGovern, and Hays debated policy. Weicker notably boycotted the debates. After the fight between Rockwell, the debates calmed down, but it was clear that Nixon won all of them. It became clearer every day that Nixon was going to win. The only question was by how much.
In the end, it wasn't even close. The most surprising part of the election was that George Rockwell got second place. While it was expected that he'd do well in the south, but no one expected that he'd win Texas, Maryland, or Indiana. Many were actually expecting George McGovern to get second. Instead, he underperformed and lost Nevada, Oregon, and Idaho. Carter managed to not only win the three states where he was the official Democratic candidate, but also West Virginia out of support from social conservatives and Unions, along with Idaho due to some vote-splitting and large Mormon support. Meanwhile, the Northeast was split between the Republicans, the NEI, and Parti Populaire Français. After his blowout victory, Nixon promised to be a "President for all people", and many people living in colonies were hoping that Nixon would allow them statehood/independence.
Pagan Samis in an alternate canada in a timeline where the Norse Greenland settlement survived, lots of butterflies, and it's in the same timeline as this infobox.
Some samis decided to go to North America in the 17th and 18th century when the swedes start to push into lapland. They weren't christian yet at this time and brought their religions with them.
Some samis decided to go to North America in the 17th and 18th century when the swedes start to push into lapland. They weren't christian yet at this time and brought their religions with them.
but ultimately ASB lets face it. at some point between the quarter's and semi's something will go wrong.
This is great!
Also, in the first election, Reston's running mate is named - they give a close up of a voting machine in Defiance where the name 'Russel Howard' is visible in the Democratic box.
What's this? A non-political infobox?
The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition, contested by the senior men's football teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The first championship took place in 1928 in Brazil as a competitor to the Olympic football tournament being held in the Netherlands; a later agreement between FIFA and the IOC led to the World Cup being switched to odd-numbered years, starting in 1935. The planned 1941 and 1945 tournaments were cancelled due to the Second World War. The tournament has been held every four years since 1949. The current champion is Brazil, which won its record sixth title at the 2017 tournament in Italy. The next edition of the tournament is set to take place in Australia in 2021.
The current format of the competition involves a qualification, which currently takes place over the preceding three years, to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase, which is often called the World Cup Finals. 32 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation(s), compete in the tournament phase for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about a month. FIFA has announced plans to expand the final tournament to 40 teams, starting in 2025.
The 22 World Cup tournaments have been won by eight national teams. Brazil have won six times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament. The other World Cup winners are Argentina, with four titles, Italy and Germany with three, Spain and France with two and Hungary and the Netherlands with one title each. The most successful teams never to have won the tournament include England (who have unsuccessfully contested the final twice, as well as recording top four finishes in 1953, 1961, 1985 and 1997), the Soviet Union/Russia (two finalist appearances, two additional top four finishes) and Uruguay (one finalist appearance, three additional top four appearances).
The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition, contested by the senior men's football teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The first championship took place in 1928 in Brazil as a competitor to the Olympic football tournament being held in the Netherlands; a later agreement between FIFA and the IOC led to the World Cup being switched to odd-numbered years, starting in 1935. The planned 1941 and 1945 tournaments were cancelled due to the Second World War. The tournament has been held every four years since 1949. The current champion is Brazil, which won its record sixth title at the 2017 tournament in Italy. The next edition of the tournament is set to take place in Australia in 2021.
The current format of the competition involves a qualification, which currently takes place over the preceding three years, to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase, which is often called the World Cup Finals. 32 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation(s), compete in the tournament phase for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about a month. FIFA has announced plans to expand the final tournament to 40 teams, starting in 2025.
The 22 World Cup tournaments have been won by eight national teams. Brazil have won six times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament. The other World Cup winners are Argentina, with four titles, Italy and Germany with three, Spain and France with two and Hungary and the Netherlands with one title each. The most successful teams never to have won the tournament include England (who have unsuccessfully contested the final twice, as well as recording top four finishes in 1953, 1961, 1985 and 1997), the Soviet Union/Russia (two finalist appearances, two additional top four finishes) and Uruguay (one finalist appearance, three additional top four appearances).
Teaser for a TL I have in the works (EDIT: Forgot to put this, but credit to @True Grit for the map):
- Bobby Rush (ITTL a Democratic Senator from Illinois) is elected in a landslide in a populist in wave in '08 after eight years of an unpopular Republican from the South (sound familiar?). Rush, however, proves to be deeply unpopular with the Democratic establishment (who openly try and sway elections to their preferred candidate), so they call a deeply reluctant Caroline Kennedy from her cushy job as the U.N. Ambassador to serve as their champion. She manages to "upset" Rush with the backing of the donor class and endorsements from numerous high profile Democrats, but a serious breach has divided the party, and open civil war is about to break loose. Rush reluctantly endorses her (although he toys with running third), but he spends more time campaigning for progressives on the downballot instead of trying to help Kennedy. She picks Sherrod Brown (ITTL a former Senator and the incumbent Governor of Ohio) as her Veep in an attempt to woo the left of the party, but most are nonplussed.
- Enter Rocky Anderson. Famous across the nation as a maverick Representative who frequently clashed with party leaders in the House, Anderson prepares his own run for the Presidency with the son of Jesse Jackson (who has become an American icon a la Bobby Kennedy) as his running mate to really tap into the vein of representing "real" progressive ideals in contrast with Kennedy. Of course, this party is called the Progressives.
- All while this is going, Governor Jim DeMint manages to get himself a cakewalk to the nomination, as many more prominent Republicans initially sat out the race (Rush was a popular incumbent), and he only faces off against a challenge from the right with Ann Coulter trying to portray DeMint as a tool of the Washington elite. That doesn't really work, seeing how DeMint is already pretty damn conservative and has been building a brand among the activist base by attacking Rush from the sidelines. Lots of talk about welfare, racial dogwhistles, you know the drill. A vocal criticism of Rush among the GOP is his relatively diplomatic and pacifist foreign policy, and while DeMint is no interventionist ( he would prefer the term "globalist") himself, he doesn't want to let an Ambassador one-up him on that front. So, he taps the controversial, brash and vocal General Stanley A. McChrystal. McChrystal, despite being a Democrat, frequently butted heads with Rush and famously resigned in 2010, and since then became a darling of the right with his vulgar rants against the incumbent President. The good General is rather uncomfortable with playing second fiddle, and with two assertive personalities on the same ticket, he and DeMint barely talk during the campaign. McChrystal even fires numerous of DeMint's closest advisers in place of his own, which causes a bit of a stir after the Convention.
- This is, however, is overshadowed by the complete meltdown of the Democratic Party. Anderson spends his time ripping into both Kennedy and DeMint, with Kennedy's apathetic campaign playing into his claims that she doesn't even want to be President, and while DeMint doesn't seem to care much about Anderson himself, going after someone on the right riles the base up, and soon the Progressive's are polling in the mid-20's. However, sources close to Democratic insiders leak information that Jonathan Jackson (ITTL taking on the mantle of carrying Jesse's legacy) has supposedly been using campaign funds and small-dollar donations to pay for his brothers rehab and treatments for bi-polar disorder. Jonathan vehemently denies this, and there's a lack of genuine evidence to back it up besides a few bills that are only reported in the tabloids, but the scandal is lurid enough that it damages Anderson's brand enough, and he drops into the high teens.
- Both the Democrats and Progressives entered Election Day with depressed turnouts, with Kennedy's uninterested campaign (it was an open secret that she only ran out of some sense of duty to the party) and Anderson's scandalized brand failing to turn out voters. DeMint's high energy style of right-wing bluster in contrast gets the GOP going, and while they are far short of a legitimate majority in the popular vote, they still have a sizable plurality, and a landslide in the Electoral College.
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Does it have Alvin Greene as a challenger to DeMint's 2016 campaign?
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And now for something completely different.
A democratic Cuba from Hail, Britannia:
The Kingdom of Cuba is a sovereign state comprising the islands of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located in the northern Caribbean region, where the Caribbean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Gulf of Mexico meet, and the country is west of the two Haitian states, Kingdom of Haiti (North) and the Republic of Haiti (south), and is bounded on the north and south by the United Empire. In the north by the Free State of Florida and the Carolinian state of the Bahamas, and in the south by the Free State of Jamaica.
Prior to the arrival of Europeans, Cuba was inhabited by three distinct tribes of indigenous peoples; the Taíno, the Guanahatabey, and the Ciboney. All three had arrived on the island sometime after 4,000 BCE, migrating from what is now South America and Hispaniola, and inhabited the island until discovery by Spain in the late 15th century CE. The fleet of Christopher Columbus landed in what is now Holguín Province on 28 October 1492, claiming the island for the Kingdom of Spain, and naming it Isla Juana. In 1511 the first Spanish settlement was founded at Baracoa, followed by several other settelements including San Cristobal de la Habana, which became the modern capital Havana. Within a century of contact with Europeans, the indigenous people on the island were virtually wiped out, primarily due Eurasian infectious diseases, but also the harsh conditions of the represseive colonial regime. Cuba developed slowly, but unlike the plantation islands of the Caribbean the island had a diversified agriculture with an urbanised society that supported the Spanish colonial empire.
For a brief period during the Seven Years' War, Havana and parts of western Cuba were occupied by the British Empire, beginning in 1762 and ending with the Peace of Paris in 1763. During the short occupation, the British opened the island to trade with their North American and Caribbean colonies, causing a rapid transformation of Cuban society, with the import of food, horses and other goods into the city, as well as thousands of slaves to work on the sugar plantations. The Haitian Revolution of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century was the trigger for the economic development of Cuba, as the island imported thousands of slaves to work in the sugar industry. During the 1820s, as the rest of the Spanish colonial empire in Latin America rebelled and formed independent states, Cuba remained loyal to the Spanish Crown.
Although Cuba remained part of the Spanish Empire during the Latin American Wars of Independence, and the subsequent Bolivarian Wars, some in the country agitated for independence from Spain. When the Spanish Revolution began on 16 August 1863, revolutionary forces in the three territories of the Spanish West Indies rose up against the royalist colonial governments, in support of the revolutionaries in Continental Spain. Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, a Cuban plantation owner, led the Cuban revolutionaries against Spain's colonial forces, freeing his slaves in the process. Although there was a strong abolitionist movement in Cuba, many of the business elite were opposed to a complete break with Spain, conscious of the impact it would have on the lucrative trade with British North America. The Cuban theatre of the revolution saw major fighting between royalists and republicans in the towns and countryside of the country, until the sinking of the HMS Maine in Havana Harbour, which brought Great Britain into the war. British forces moved quickly to pacify republican forces in Cuba, and the Cuban Revolt was ended when British American soldiers took the city of Santiago at the Battle of San Juan Hill on 1 July 1868.
The Peace of Lisbon formally ended the Revolution, and led to the establishment of the Kingdom of Spain-in-Exile, more commonly known as the Spanish West Indies, over the territories of Cuba and Santo Domingo. The Spanish Royal Court was also transferred to Havana, where the arrival of Queen Isabel II on 24 November 1868 was greeted with much fanfare and celebration, with the Queen being the first Spanish monarch to have visited the island. With the monarchy now based in Cuba, the island's society underwent significant changes, most notably the full abolition of slavery in the 1870s. Close ties with Spanish-speaking Florida continued to develop over the late nineteenth century, with the island now freed from restrictive Spanish trade policies, and a large Cuban diaspora exists in Florida to this day.
As a fragile state, the Spanish West Indies attempted to strengthen its democratic system throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, but mounting political radicalisation and social strife led to the rise to power of Gerardo Machado and Rafael Trujillo, and the dictatorial period. The pro-Axis leaning of Machado and Trujillo, as well as their close relations with South Haiti and the fascist Argentine regime of the Infamous Decade, led to a decline in relations with the United Empire. Matters came to a head when King Alfonso XIII, grandson of Isabel II, removed his eldest son from the succession for marrying a native Cuban. Pro-democracy activists had been agitating for a revolution to overthrow the dictatorial regime of the National Unity party, and in Alfonso, Prince of Asturias they found a figurehead. On 1 July 1940, Cuban revolutionaries issued a declaration of independence in Santiago, declaring the island independent from the West Indies and proclaiming Alfonso XIV as the first King of Cuba. The resulting conflict would spread across Cuba and Santo Domingo, opening up a secondary theatre in the Second World War, as Allied- and Axis-aligned forces fought against each other across the islands. Following the death of Alfonso XIII on 28 February 1941, his other son was declared King Juan Carlos I of Santo Domingo, and lead the Dominican revolutionaries against the fascist governments. British and Texan support for the anti-fascists swung the conflict against the National Unity government, and in a final stand in Ciudad Isabel, Generals Trujillo and Machado were killed by opposition forces.
On 14 April 1941, the San Juan Agreement was signed in San Juan, Puerto Rico by representatives of the new Cuban and Dominican governments, and led to the mutual recognition of both countries independence. Cuba would align itself to the Allies for the remainder of the conflict, and some volunteers served in Europe and North Africa as part of the British forces, as well as travelling to Argentina to fight against the fascists during the civil war there. The immediate period following the Second World War saw the nation undergo an extensive period of reconstruction, as the fledglinging democracy consolidated itself and the promulgation of a formal constitution. Reconstruction of the country's infrasturcture would continue throughout the better part of the twentieth century, relying heavily on investment from British American companies, especially those based in Florida. Cuba would join the nascent Commonwealth of Nations, becoming one of the first non-British colonies to recognise the British monarch as Head of the Commonwealth, and is one of the most integrated members of the Commonwealth system, as a member of the Common Travel Area, the Common Defence Pact and the Commonwealth Economic Community.
Cuba of the 21st century is a multiethnic and multicultural country, whose people, culture and customs derive from diverse origins, including the original aboriginal population, the long period of Spanish colonialism, and the introduction of African slaves. Cuba's close relationship with the United Empire has greatly affected the nation, and relations across the Straits of Florida are very close, leading to Cuba often being derided as the "31st dominion". A highly developed country, Cuba's economy has diversified from its base in sugar, tobacco and coffee production to boast a strong tourism industry and burgeoning finance and technology sectors.
The 2018 Cuban general election was held on 9 June 2018 to elect, under the additional member system, the 171 members of the Cuban Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Cortes Generales. Of the 171 members of the Chamber of Deputies, 115 are elected under the first past the post system from single-member constituencies, and the other 56 are elected from provincial lists.
Incumbent Prime Minister Mario Díaz-Balart, leader of the incumbent centrist liberal conservative Christian Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano; PDC), called the election earlier than expected, in an effort in shore up support for his struggling government. The opposition centre-left Cuban Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Cubano; PSOC), under leader Miguel Díaz-Canel, defeated the government in an upset result, as most opinion polls had predicted strong support for governing PDC. Many pundits attributed this loss to Díaz-Balart's personal unpopularity, as he had repeatedly u-turned on key issues of trade and domestic policy, and had refused to legalise same-sex marriage despite opinion polls showing a majority of Cubans in favour.
The left-wing socialist Democratic Revolutionary Party (Partito Revolucionario Democrático; PRD) under Alina Fernández, daughter of former prime minister Fidel Castro, saw moderate gains at this election and formed a confidence and supply agreement with the PSOC in exchange for concessions on investment in nationalised industries. The conservative United Action Party (Partido Acción Unida; PAU) and the left-wing republican Independent Republican Party (Partido Republicano Independiente; PRI) both saw their share of the vote decline, attributed to their support for many of Díaz-Balart's unsuccessful policies. Longtime PRI leader Marcelino Miyares was unseated by a landslide in Matanzas Province.
Fidel Castro Ruz, 1st Duke of Castro GC OAXIV (13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban lawyer and politician who served three non-cosnecutive terms as Prime Minister of Cuba, first from 1956 to 1961, then 1965 to 1974, and finally from 1979 to 1987. Following his resignation he was granted the hereditary title of Duke of Castro, one of the few titles in the Cuban nobility, and served as the 8th Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations between 1994 and 1998. In Cuba he is rembered as the "Father of the Nation", for his role in establishing the modern Cuban state, and his role in the Commonwealth has seen him recognised as an internationalist who strengthen the institutions for the 21st century.
Born in Birán as the son of a wealthy Spanish immigrant father, Castro studied law at the University of Havana where he became involved in the growing Socialist Workers' movement in Cuba. After completing his education, Castro sought election to the Chamber of Deputies at the 1953 election as a member of the Cuban Socialist Workers' Party, and he was elected as a list member for Havana Province. In the legislature he distinguished himself as a passionate orator, with a skill for outmanoeuvring his opponents. After less than three years in the Chamber, Castro led a leadership challenge against Eduardo Chibás, which he won, becoming the leader of the opposition at the age of 29. The following year at the 1956 election, Castro successfully defeated Prime Minister Fulgencio Batista's United Action party, leading the PSOC to form their first government.
Although he would be twice defeated in elections, Castro would be returned to office twice more, serving three non-consecutive terms as prime ministers. Successive Castro governments would enact various socialist policies in Cuba, nationalising the rail industry and establishing a state-subsidised healthcare system. One of his most prominent legacies is the Cuban education system, regularly ranked in the top twenty in the world, and his support for environmentalism and development of close relations with Latin America and the Commonwealth. His political beliefs, known as Castroism, continue to be a force in Cuban pol
Upon his resignation from office in 1987, the King granted him the hereditary title Duke of Castro and Grandee of Cuba, and he is the only Cuban to hold the later title. In 1994 his was nominated by the Californian and Cuban governments as the replacement for Walter Mondale as Commonwealth Secretary-General, a position he accepted. During his time as Secretary-General, the Commonwealth expanded to include Mozambique, Angola and West Papua, all countries which had never been part of the British Empire. He also strengthened the role of the Commonwealth in peacekeeping operations across the globe, and when he retired in 1998 due to ill-health he was praised for leaving the organisation stronger than ever.
In his retirement, Castro retired to his family estate in Holguín Province and rarely made public appearances. Throughout the 2000s and early 2010s he suffered several illnesses, and his health deteriorated quickly. Despite this he would frequently meet for foreign officials when they visited Cuba, and was occasionally seen in public with his sister, Queen Juanita. Castro passed away on 25 November 2016, after a short illness. Refusing a state funeral, Castro was cremated the following day and his ashes entombed in the Santa Ifigenia Cemetery in Santiago de Cuba.
Raúl Castro Ruz OAXIV (born 3 June 1931) is a retired Cuban politician and diplomat, who served as the Cuban Ambassador to Brazil between 1966 and 1975, and the High Commissioner to Texas between 1982 and 1989. The brother of Fidel Castro, the third Prime Minister of Cuba, and Juanita, Queen consort, Castro grew up with his siblings on the family estate in southeast Cuba. Joining the Cuban Socialist Workers' Party with his brothers in the early 1950s, Castro was elected to the Chamber of Deputies at the 1956 election in the Old Havana constituency, part of the Red Surge that saw his brother take the office of prime minister. Serving in the legislature for a decade, Castro survived the 1961 election that saw his brother's first government narrowly defeated by the opposition Christian Democrats. After his brother returned to government at the 1965 election, Castro was nominated as the Ambassador to Brazil, a position he held until 1975 when the Matos government forced his resignation. Remaining a prominent member of the PSOC, Castro made frequent appearances at campaign rallies, and guest lectured at the University of Havana at international relations. In 1982 his brother appointed him as High Commissioner to Texas, a position he held until 1989, when ill health forced his resignation and precluded any return to frontline politics. Since his resignation, Castro has become an elder statesman in Cuba, recognised as a prominent leader of the PSOC and a knwledgable advisor on foreign relations and global geopolitics.
Queen Juanita of Cuba (née Juana de la Caridad Castro Ruz; born 6 May 1933) is a member of the Cuban royal family who served as Queen consort of Cuba during the reign of her husband, King Enrique V, from their marriage in 1961 to his death in 1997. Queen Juanita is the fourth child of Ángel Castro and Lina Ruz, his second wife, and the younger sister of Fidel Castro and Raúl Castro. As her father was a farmer and landowner, Juanita and her 12 siblings and half-siblings grew up on the family estate near Birán in southeast Cuba. Whereas her brothers pursued political and diplomatic careers, Juanita initially remained at the family estate to care for their ailing father. After his death in 1956 she resettled in Havana, as Fidel had just been elected prime minister, and it was here that she first met Prince Enrique, Duke of Havana, the only child and heir to King Alfonso XIV at a formal reception.
Their early courtship was kept secret from the public, due in part to the king's ailing health, and they would only confirm the romance in 1959 after Enrique's accession to the throne. Opponents of her brother decried the relationship as unconstitutional, accusing Juanita of unduly influencing the king in favour of her brother. Their relationship would continue, and the Cortes Generales would grant their approval for marriage in late 1960, which was approved under Prime Minister José Miró Cardona the following year. Juanita and Enrique wold marry in Havana Cathedral on 26 October 1961, and the birth of their three children in the 1960s would solidify the succession to the Cuban throne. Throughout her husband's reign, and in the years following his sudden death in 1997, Juanita has been a prominent and active member of the Cuban royal family, regularly appearing at public events and representing the country at state functions and foreign tours. Her personal popularity remains high, despite the scandals surrounding her daughter's husband and youngest son.
A democratic Cuba from Hail, Britannia:
The Kingdom of Cuba is a sovereign state comprising the islands of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located in the northern Caribbean region, where the Caribbean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Gulf of Mexico meet, and the country is west of the two Haitian states, Kingdom of Haiti (North) and the Republic of Haiti (south), and is bounded on the north and south by the United Empire. In the north by the Free State of Florida and the Carolinian state of the Bahamas, and in the south by the Free State of Jamaica.
Prior to the arrival of Europeans, Cuba was inhabited by three distinct tribes of indigenous peoples; the Taíno, the Guanahatabey, and the Ciboney. All three had arrived on the island sometime after 4,000 BCE, migrating from what is now South America and Hispaniola, and inhabited the island until discovery by Spain in the late 15th century CE. The fleet of Christopher Columbus landed in what is now Holguín Province on 28 October 1492, claiming the island for the Kingdom of Spain, and naming it Isla Juana. In 1511 the first Spanish settlement was founded at Baracoa, followed by several other settelements including San Cristobal de la Habana, which became the modern capital Havana. Within a century of contact with Europeans, the indigenous people on the island were virtually wiped out, primarily due Eurasian infectious diseases, but also the harsh conditions of the represseive colonial regime. Cuba developed slowly, but unlike the plantation islands of the Caribbean the island had a diversified agriculture with an urbanised society that supported the Spanish colonial empire.
For a brief period during the Seven Years' War, Havana and parts of western Cuba were occupied by the British Empire, beginning in 1762 and ending with the Peace of Paris in 1763. During the short occupation, the British opened the island to trade with their North American and Caribbean colonies, causing a rapid transformation of Cuban society, with the import of food, horses and other goods into the city, as well as thousands of slaves to work on the sugar plantations. The Haitian Revolution of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century was the trigger for the economic development of Cuba, as the island imported thousands of slaves to work in the sugar industry. During the 1820s, as the rest of the Spanish colonial empire in Latin America rebelled and formed independent states, Cuba remained loyal to the Spanish Crown.
Although Cuba remained part of the Spanish Empire during the Latin American Wars of Independence, and the subsequent Bolivarian Wars, some in the country agitated for independence from Spain. When the Spanish Revolution began on 16 August 1863, revolutionary forces in the three territories of the Spanish West Indies rose up against the royalist colonial governments, in support of the revolutionaries in Continental Spain. Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, a Cuban plantation owner, led the Cuban revolutionaries against Spain's colonial forces, freeing his slaves in the process. Although there was a strong abolitionist movement in Cuba, many of the business elite were opposed to a complete break with Spain, conscious of the impact it would have on the lucrative trade with British North America. The Cuban theatre of the revolution saw major fighting between royalists and republicans in the towns and countryside of the country, until the sinking of the HMS Maine in Havana Harbour, which brought Great Britain into the war. British forces moved quickly to pacify republican forces in Cuba, and the Cuban Revolt was ended when British American soldiers took the city of Santiago at the Battle of San Juan Hill on 1 July 1868.
The Peace of Lisbon formally ended the Revolution, and led to the establishment of the Kingdom of Spain-in-Exile, more commonly known as the Spanish West Indies, over the territories of Cuba and Santo Domingo. The Spanish Royal Court was also transferred to Havana, where the arrival of Queen Isabel II on 24 November 1868 was greeted with much fanfare and celebration, with the Queen being the first Spanish monarch to have visited the island. With the monarchy now based in Cuba, the island's society underwent significant changes, most notably the full abolition of slavery in the 1870s. Close ties with Spanish-speaking Florida continued to develop over the late nineteenth century, with the island now freed from restrictive Spanish trade policies, and a large Cuban diaspora exists in Florida to this day.
As a fragile state, the Spanish West Indies attempted to strengthen its democratic system throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, but mounting political radicalisation and social strife led to the rise to power of Gerardo Machado and Rafael Trujillo, and the dictatorial period. The pro-Axis leaning of Machado and Trujillo, as well as their close relations with South Haiti and the fascist Argentine regime of the Infamous Decade, led to a decline in relations with the United Empire. Matters came to a head when King Alfonso XIII, grandson of Isabel II, removed his eldest son from the succession for marrying a native Cuban. Pro-democracy activists had been agitating for a revolution to overthrow the dictatorial regime of the National Unity party, and in Alfonso, Prince of Asturias they found a figurehead. On 1 July 1940, Cuban revolutionaries issued a declaration of independence in Santiago, declaring the island independent from the West Indies and proclaiming Alfonso XIV as the first King of Cuba. The resulting conflict would spread across Cuba and Santo Domingo, opening up a secondary theatre in the Second World War, as Allied- and Axis-aligned forces fought against each other across the islands. Following the death of Alfonso XIII on 28 February 1941, his other son was declared King Juan Carlos I of Santo Domingo, and lead the Dominican revolutionaries against the fascist governments. British and Texan support for the anti-fascists swung the conflict against the National Unity government, and in a final stand in Ciudad Isabel, Generals Trujillo and Machado were killed by opposition forces.
On 14 April 1941, the San Juan Agreement was signed in San Juan, Puerto Rico by representatives of the new Cuban and Dominican governments, and led to the mutual recognition of both countries independence. Cuba would align itself to the Allies for the remainder of the conflict, and some volunteers served in Europe and North Africa as part of the British forces, as well as travelling to Argentina to fight against the fascists during the civil war there. The immediate period following the Second World War saw the nation undergo an extensive period of reconstruction, as the fledglinging democracy consolidated itself and the promulgation of a formal constitution. Reconstruction of the country's infrasturcture would continue throughout the better part of the twentieth century, relying heavily on investment from British American companies, especially those based in Florida. Cuba would join the nascent Commonwealth of Nations, becoming one of the first non-British colonies to recognise the British monarch as Head of the Commonwealth, and is one of the most integrated members of the Commonwealth system, as a member of the Common Travel Area, the Common Defence Pact and the Commonwealth Economic Community.
Cuba of the 21st century is a multiethnic and multicultural country, whose people, culture and customs derive from diverse origins, including the original aboriginal population, the long period of Spanish colonialism, and the introduction of African slaves. Cuba's close relationship with the United Empire has greatly affected the nation, and relations across the Straits of Florida are very close, leading to Cuba often being derided as the "31st dominion". A highly developed country, Cuba's economy has diversified from its base in sugar, tobacco and coffee production to boast a strong tourism industry and burgeoning finance and technology sectors.
The 2018 Cuban general election was held on 9 June 2018 to elect, under the additional member system, the 171 members of the Cuban Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Cortes Generales. Of the 171 members of the Chamber of Deputies, 115 are elected under the first past the post system from single-member constituencies, and the other 56 are elected from provincial lists.
Incumbent Prime Minister Mario Díaz-Balart, leader of the incumbent centrist liberal conservative Christian Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano; PDC), called the election earlier than expected, in an effort in shore up support for his struggling government. The opposition centre-left Cuban Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Cubano; PSOC), under leader Miguel Díaz-Canel, defeated the government in an upset result, as most opinion polls had predicted strong support for governing PDC. Many pundits attributed this loss to Díaz-Balart's personal unpopularity, as he had repeatedly u-turned on key issues of trade and domestic policy, and had refused to legalise same-sex marriage despite opinion polls showing a majority of Cubans in favour.
The left-wing socialist Democratic Revolutionary Party (Partito Revolucionario Democrático; PRD) under Alina Fernández, daughter of former prime minister Fidel Castro, saw moderate gains at this election and formed a confidence and supply agreement with the PSOC in exchange for concessions on investment in nationalised industries. The conservative United Action Party (Partido Acción Unida; PAU) and the left-wing republican Independent Republican Party (Partido Republicano Independiente; PRI) both saw their share of the vote decline, attributed to their support for many of Díaz-Balart's unsuccessful policies. Longtime PRI leader Marcelino Miyares was unseated by a landslide in Matanzas Province.
Fidel Castro Ruz, 1st Duke of Castro GC OAXIV (13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban lawyer and politician who served three non-cosnecutive terms as Prime Minister of Cuba, first from 1956 to 1961, then 1965 to 1974, and finally from 1979 to 1987. Following his resignation he was granted the hereditary title of Duke of Castro, one of the few titles in the Cuban nobility, and served as the 8th Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations between 1994 and 1998. In Cuba he is rembered as the "Father of the Nation", for his role in establishing the modern Cuban state, and his role in the Commonwealth has seen him recognised as an internationalist who strengthen the institutions for the 21st century.
Born in Birán as the son of a wealthy Spanish immigrant father, Castro studied law at the University of Havana where he became involved in the growing Socialist Workers' movement in Cuba. After completing his education, Castro sought election to the Chamber of Deputies at the 1953 election as a member of the Cuban Socialist Workers' Party, and he was elected as a list member for Havana Province. In the legislature he distinguished himself as a passionate orator, with a skill for outmanoeuvring his opponents. After less than three years in the Chamber, Castro led a leadership challenge against Eduardo Chibás, which he won, becoming the leader of the opposition at the age of 29. The following year at the 1956 election, Castro successfully defeated Prime Minister Fulgencio Batista's United Action party, leading the PSOC to form their first government.
Although he would be twice defeated in elections, Castro would be returned to office twice more, serving three non-consecutive terms as prime ministers. Successive Castro governments would enact various socialist policies in Cuba, nationalising the rail industry and establishing a state-subsidised healthcare system. One of his most prominent legacies is the Cuban education system, regularly ranked in the top twenty in the world, and his support for environmentalism and development of close relations with Latin America and the Commonwealth. His political beliefs, known as Castroism, continue to be a force in Cuban pol
Upon his resignation from office in 1987, the King granted him the hereditary title Duke of Castro and Grandee of Cuba, and he is the only Cuban to hold the later title. In 1994 his was nominated by the Californian and Cuban governments as the replacement for Walter Mondale as Commonwealth Secretary-General, a position he accepted. During his time as Secretary-General, the Commonwealth expanded to include Mozambique, Angola and West Papua, all countries which had never been part of the British Empire. He also strengthened the role of the Commonwealth in peacekeeping operations across the globe, and when he retired in 1998 due to ill-health he was praised for leaving the organisation stronger than ever.
In his retirement, Castro retired to his family estate in Holguín Province and rarely made public appearances. Throughout the 2000s and early 2010s he suffered several illnesses, and his health deteriorated quickly. Despite this he would frequently meet for foreign officials when they visited Cuba, and was occasionally seen in public with his sister, Queen Juanita. Castro passed away on 25 November 2016, after a short illness. Refusing a state funeral, Castro was cremated the following day and his ashes entombed in the Santa Ifigenia Cemetery in Santiago de Cuba.
Raúl Castro Ruz OAXIV (born 3 June 1931) is a retired Cuban politician and diplomat, who served as the Cuban Ambassador to Brazil between 1966 and 1975, and the High Commissioner to Texas between 1982 and 1989. The brother of Fidel Castro, the third Prime Minister of Cuba, and Juanita, Queen consort, Castro grew up with his siblings on the family estate in southeast Cuba. Joining the Cuban Socialist Workers' Party with his brothers in the early 1950s, Castro was elected to the Chamber of Deputies at the 1956 election in the Old Havana constituency, part of the Red Surge that saw his brother take the office of prime minister. Serving in the legislature for a decade, Castro survived the 1961 election that saw his brother's first government narrowly defeated by the opposition Christian Democrats. After his brother returned to government at the 1965 election, Castro was nominated as the Ambassador to Brazil, a position he held until 1975 when the Matos government forced his resignation. Remaining a prominent member of the PSOC, Castro made frequent appearances at campaign rallies, and guest lectured at the University of Havana at international relations. In 1982 his brother appointed him as High Commissioner to Texas, a position he held until 1989, when ill health forced his resignation and precluded any return to frontline politics. Since his resignation, Castro has become an elder statesman in Cuba, recognised as a prominent leader of the PSOC and a knwledgable advisor on foreign relations and global geopolitics.
Queen Juanita of Cuba (née Juana de la Caridad Castro Ruz; born 6 May 1933) is a member of the Cuban royal family who served as Queen consort of Cuba during the reign of her husband, King Enrique V, from their marriage in 1961 to his death in 1997. Queen Juanita is the fourth child of Ángel Castro and Lina Ruz, his second wife, and the younger sister of Fidel Castro and Raúl Castro. As her father was a farmer and landowner, Juanita and her 12 siblings and half-siblings grew up on the family estate near Birán in southeast Cuba. Whereas her brothers pursued political and diplomatic careers, Juanita initially remained at the family estate to care for their ailing father. After his death in 1956 she resettled in Havana, as Fidel had just been elected prime minister, and it was here that she first met Prince Enrique, Duke of Havana, the only child and heir to King Alfonso XIV at a formal reception.
Their early courtship was kept secret from the public, due in part to the king's ailing health, and they would only confirm the romance in 1959 after Enrique's accession to the throne. Opponents of her brother decried the relationship as unconstitutional, accusing Juanita of unduly influencing the king in favour of her brother. Their relationship would continue, and the Cortes Generales would grant their approval for marriage in late 1960, which was approved under Prime Minister José Miró Cardona the following year. Juanita and Enrique wold marry in Havana Cathedral on 26 October 1961, and the birth of their three children in the 1960s would solidify the succession to the Cuban throne. Throughout her husband's reign, and in the years following his sudden death in 1997, Juanita has been a prominent and active member of the Cuban royal family, regularly appearing at public events and representing the country at state functions and foreign tours. Her personal popularity remains high, despite the scandals surrounding her daughter's husband and youngest son.
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I haven't seen any band infoboxes around here, so I'm not sure if this is the appropriate place to put this. Apologies if it isn't, just let me know and I'll take it down and put them in the appropriate place
Not really sure of the likelihood of this particular lineup occurring, but all of the "current" members are ones who were either in the band or were in consideration at some point (though Claypool was considered because of Hammett, who is not in this version of the band), and it is one that I would have been interested in listening to, which is more or less the only reason I did this. I kind of just threw the Abbott brothers in because I wanted there to be more than two past members, no idea of the likelihood of them ever being in the band.
Also made a timeline, though keep in mind it was something I threw together pretty late at night. I'm unsure of the join/departure dates and want to change the black lines around, since I highly doubt they'd release the exact same amount of albums at the exact same times. Still though, I thought I'd show what I have so far.
Used to mess around with these timelines all the time back in the early 2010s, kinda fell out of it but I think it still looks pretty good.
Not really sure of the likelihood of this particular lineup occurring, but all of the "current" members are ones who were either in the band or were in consideration at some point (though Claypool was considered because of Hammett, who is not in this version of the band), and it is one that I would have been interested in listening to, which is more or less the only reason I did this. I kind of just threw the Abbott brothers in because I wanted there to be more than two past members, no idea of the likelihood of them ever being in the band.
Also made a timeline, though keep in mind it was something I threw together pretty late at night. I'm unsure of the join/departure dates and want to change the black lines around, since I highly doubt they'd release the exact same amount of albums at the exact same times. Still though, I thought I'd show what I have so far.
Used to mess around with these timelines all the time back in the early 2010s, kinda fell out of it but I think it still looks pretty good.
We've had plenty of wikiboxes for alternate media in the past*, I don't see why this would be a problem.I haven't seen any band infoboxes around here, so I'm not sure if this is the appropriate place to put this. Apologies if it isn't, just let me know and I'll take it down and put them in the appropriate place
*My personal favorite is the Decider trilogy, from a world where Pres. Bush the Younger became an action movie star instead of a politician.
Here's a alternate 2014 election where Kennedy wins the leadership and Hudak resigns earlier and is replaced by Dykstra.
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