Okay so the populations are slightly higher than OTL, but with different population distribution. There is a large urban corridor that stretches from San Gabriel, just north of the Gran Lago to Los Angeles proper, and then down to San Diego. For Los Angeles, more live in the east and southeast compared to OTL. More people live in the desert around the Gran Lago, although water restrictions limit it to around 500,000 people around the lake.What's the population of the cities in TTL's *California?
For the Cajuns and Louisiana Creoles its a bit of a mixed story. Obviously the black and multiracial ones can fit right in, but for the white ones its much more complicated. The black government in Louisiana, largely maintained the three-tried society that existed before hand despite abolishing the legal restrictions. The really racist ones (and with money) left of their own accord, but the ones either too poor or at least somewhat tolerant of a black majority government stayed. Meanwhile what the white Cajuns experienced is largely shared by other whites who lived in the Free States, unless they actively assisted and participated in the society in the Free States, they were viewed with distrust. Still the white Cajuns stayed in Louisiana because of the perceptions of them by other Southern. From the view of whites outside the Free States, the white people who lived in the Free States were seen as unfortunates oppressed by an inferior race or collaborators and race traitors. The Cajuns largely fitted in the latter category except for the racist vocal ones, because of their French Catholic heritage. its not particularly nice for the white Cajuns anywhere in the Southern United States, but the mixed race Creoles could only really live in Louisiana without being labeled black and having the racial laws applying to them.What happened to the Cajuns and Creole of Louisiana?
For the Cajuns and Louisiana Creoles its a bit of a mixed story. Obviously the black and multiracial ones can fit right in, but for the white ones its much more complicated. The black government in Louisiana, largely maintained the three-tried society that existed before hand despite abolishing the legal restrictions. The really racist ones (and with money) left of their own accord, but the ones either too poor or at least somewhat tolerant of a black majority government stayed. Meanwhile what the white Cajuns experienced is largely shared by other whites who lived in the Free States, unless they actively assisted and participated in the society in the Free States, they were viewed with distrust. Still the white Cajuns stayed in Louisiana because of the perceptions of them by other Southern. From the view of whites outside the Free States, the white people who lived in the Free States were seen as unfortunates oppressed by an inferior race or collaborators and race traitors. The Cajuns largely fitted in the latter category except for the racist vocal ones, because of their French Catholic heritage.
Yes through the efforts of the Creoles, the government recognizes their heritage and accommodate them. They don't establish a official language though like OTL, they allow them to preserve their culture.Did the Free State of Louisiana try to accommodate them in the years since though (maybe adopting French as an official language)
There was a Great Migration analogue with the migration when the Free States were established. Jim Crow was implemented earlier and more harshly so African Americans migrated to the North as OTL or to the Free States. If you wonder about numbers, more people moved with migration to the Free States or the North being roughly 60/40.So with regards to Free States, is there any migration of minorities elsewhere? Ie. was there a Great Migration or some analogue, or the Asian immigration to the US of the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
African American Free [State] of . . . Liberty.
Does Liberia exist ITTL?
Thank you very much! and I'm glad you asked. So when North Carolina elected Lost Causers to their government after Liberty was established, they completely hated their neighbor to the south. Among other things, they implemented unofficial border checkpoints, refused to recognize the name change, and even go so far to host a self-declared South Carolinian government-in-exile. Basically they kept the name all the way until the 2000s, when they finally changed the name to Carolina. If you call Liberty by its old name, you will probably get a lot of odd looks and if you insist on using it enough, yeah you will probably have the label of a racist sympathizer attached to you. I haven't thought that much about Liberia, so I will have to figure that out in the future, but I like @damein fisher's ideas.Wonderful map!Is North Carolina still called North Carolina or is it called “Carolina” since is there is no more “South Carolina?” Also, is it considered “white supremacist” if you call Liberty by its old name?
What are the full demographics of Liberty?
Oh, and does Liberia exist ITTL?
Yeah you guys got some glimpses of the different colonization in the Gran Lago history section. Yes, the initial population is higher, but the Spanish concentrate more on the southern region around the lake. I would say Californian culture is pretty unique, its a combination of American, Mexican, and its own influences created by its original settlers and immigrants later on like the Chinese.On a different note, Are we going to see how Spanish (and later Mexican) colonization of California was affected by Gran Lagos? Was the population of California higher? Is the culture of "Californian" as a whole more Mexican than American? Was the republic able to actually revolt earlier and form a real country like Texas?
A Ballot Party is the TTL term for a national level electoral coalition that is mainly present during Presidential elections, because of the nature of TTL's Presidential Election.What does "ballot party" mean?
Are you guys interested in learning more about Californian politics?