Why am I reminded of the film Pacific Rim?Another post for my Gran Lago timeline, where a massive lake in Southern California doesn't dry up and sticks around to the modern day (with some help). This time an organization. The thread for this timeline can be found here.
The Pacific Cooperation Organization (PACCO), also known as the Pacific Pact is an intergovernmental organisation of 16 members states and 8 associated members largely centered around the Pacific Ocean. Originally an American-led bloc of satellite states, it has since evolved into a free and equal community directed by the PACCO Secretariat, although the United States still has significant influence. The organization promotes cooperation through the Common Economy, a free trade bloc, the Common Security, a conflict prevention group, and the Common Defence, a collective military organization.
The formal peace treaty with Japan ending the Pacific War was signed in 1955, freeing Japan’s former colonies and putting the Home Islands under American occupation. The origin of PACCO begins in 1958, when the new governments established by the United States signed the Pacific Charter, declaring the principles of self-determination and self-governance, international cooperation to improve economic and social conditions, and the end of aggressive wars. The charter was not only aimed at the defeated militarists in Japan, but also European powers who saw their far east colonies not returned to them after Japanese control was wrestled away. While relations with Europe were seriously damaged, the nationalist movements and the governments that they founded became largely pro-American. The Pacific Community, the predecessor to PACCO, was founded that year as an American dominated free trade organization.
In 1985, the United States conceded to demands from Japan and Korea to delegate administrative duties to an independent Secretariat and the decision-making process was revised to be based on common consensus. Since then, the scope of the organization continued to expand and further economic integration. The current organization was formally founded in 2000, with the singing of the Manila Treaty, reorganizing the former Community into a free and equal organization. The treaty further expanded and reorganized PACCO’s purpose into three broad agencies:
Common Economy: A trade bloc, free trade zone, and common monetary system. It intertwines the economies of the member states by reducing trade barriers between the states, addressing intellectual property theft, and improving market access. In addition it organizes a common monetary policy through the Pacific Currency Board, who sets exchange rates and monetary value of the currencies of member states.
Common Security: A national security oriented group concerned with civil rights, conflict prevention, crisis management, and post-conflict rehabilitation in member states. Notable affairs it addresses are stopping the illegal spread of weapons, preventing conflict, coordinate disaster response, and ending human trafficking.
Common Defense: While it is not a conventional military alliance, it promotes military cooperation and coordination instead. It on provides intelligence to combat international espionage and terrorism through information sharing and cooperation between domestic intelligence and law enforcement agencies. It also coordinates large scale military exercises on land and sea to increase military readiness and experience in combat operations. It also maintains a newly formed common peacekeeping force.
The accession of new member states in the Americas, Asia, and Oceania since the signing of the Manila Treaty has further expanded the power of the Organization. Today, its full members cover more than 32,990,082 thousand square kilometers spanning three continents. In 2018, it has an estimated population of 1.11 billion people contributing a combined Gross Domestic Product of 42.08 trillion dollars. Associated members only participate in some sections of the Organization, although they may gain full membership in the future.
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For a timeline I'm doing called l'Amérique Divisée, partially inspired by @Planita13's Gran Lago timeline and @Ugly Idiot's Huronia posts, here's a parliamentary election for a French-speaking country in the Midwest that stretches from Michigan to Montana
It's a slow going at first, I won't lie but the stories that we want to tell makes it worth doing.
It's ok, but Gaitskell is way too moderate to work as a Corbyn analogue. How about a more radical figure, like Nye Bevan?
This is more of a jumping-off point for a proposed TL I've been thinking about on and off: based on the long-standing conspiracy theory that elements in the British intelligence services spent most of the 70s plotting against Harold Wilson, and, to this end, launched "training exercises" involving the Army occupying Heathrow and the BBC buildings in London (without the knowledge of the Prime Minister) as a dry run for coup, the timeline would be based on:
- These "training exercises" actually being part of a serious coup attempt; and
- Said "training exercises" going tits up in the most public and embarrassing way possible.
Might have a go at getting it off the ground if I can think of a way to do it without stepping on the toes of the wonderful "Flight of Agent Lavender".
You have any copys in English?Second Indochina War Infobox from my new illustrated alternate history book "Au Bord de l'Abîme: Cycle 2"
You can grab a copy on Amazon.
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Sadly not.
I do not have the skill to translate it myself and I do not have the budget to pay someone to translate it.
Maybe, once the trilogy is over, I'll create a crowdfunding to make en english version.
Or if someone have a plan...
Bookmark1995
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New Guinea under German rule is very interesting idea.
I wonder what kind of culture would've emerged from a synthesis of New Guinean and German?
ST15RM
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Well in TTL during the 20th Century Life in New Guinea goes south...
Apartheid south. This is until the election of Michael Somare (as well as other things) but the fact that he ruled for 44 years is ... a strong indication of the development post-Rassentrennung(TTLs Apartheid)
The 1964 United States presidential election was the 45th quadrennial American presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 3, 1964. Incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon defeated Senator Henry M. Jackson, the Democratic nominee. Despite being considered a competitive election, Nixon decisively defeated his Democratic opponent and secured a second term.
President Nixon faced nominal opposition to secure the Republican nomination for President. The Democratic Party endured a crowded field for its nomination. Eventually, the party nominated Senator Henry M. Jackson of Washington and nominated Senator Thomas J. Dodd of Connecticut. The selection of two socially liberal candidates angered many of the southern delegations, with South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana storming out of the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This would lead to Mississippi forcing Jackson off the state ballot and putting Governor Ross Barnett as the "National Democratic" nominee.
Nixon centered his campaign on the thriving economy, thawing of relations with the Soviet Union, and the eviction of communism from nearby Cuba. Jackson ran a campaign criticizing Nixon's lack of force in Southeast Asia, pushing for the passage of the Civil Rights Act, and expanding the welfare system. Similarly to the previous election, both Nixon and Jackson ran relatively positive campaigns. Nixon and Jackson also partook in one presidential debate prior to election day.
Nixon successfully defeated Jackson, winning 337 electoral votes and winning 52.39% of the popular vote. Nixon was able to improve his margins in the north and southeast, while performing slightly worse in the Pacific Northwest. Nixon also became the first Republican to carry South Carolina since Reconstruction, defeating Jackson by two points. Despite the opposition by Southern Democrats, Jackson still carried the deep southern states of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, and Louisiana. Jackson also became the first presidential candidate to win the District of Columbia, defeating Nixon by a 2-1 margin there.
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Close states
Margin of victory less than 5% (175 electoral votes):
- Oregon, 0.83%
- Minnesota, 0.88%
- South Carolina, 1.97%
- Pennsylvania, 1.98%
- Georgia, 2.03%
- Michigan, 2.09%
- Hawaii, 2.30%
- North Carolina, 3.05%
- Connecticut, 3.75%
- Texas, 4.06%
- Alabama, 4.23%
- Missouri, 4.46%
- Delaware, 4.79%
- Florida, 4.98%
- New Mexico, 5.00%
- New Jersey, 5.14%
- Illinois, 5.54%
- Wisconsin, 5.97%
- Maryland, 6.04%
- New York, 6.17%
- Ohio, 6.20%
- Alaska, 6.36%
- Louisiana, 6.37%
- Tennessee, 6.46%
- Washington, 6.59%
- Virginia, 7.04%
- Nevada, 7.27%
- California, 7.52%
- West Virginia, 7.71%
- Montana, 8.42%
- Kentucky, 9.10%
- Arkansas, 9.49%
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Adding to the above:
"So come on, Jimmy, who are you going to fight when this balloon of yours goes up?"
"Forces of anarchy: wreckers of law and order. Communists, Maoists, Trotskyists, neo-Trotskyists, crypto-Trotskyists, union leaders, Communist union leaders, atheists, agnostics, long-haired weirdos, short-haired weirdos, vandals, hooligans, football supporters, namby- pamby probation officers, rapists, papists, papist rapists, foreign surgeons - headshrinkers, who ought to be locked up, Wedgwood Benn, keg bitter, punk rock, glue- sniffers, Play For Today, squatters, Clive Jenkins, Roy Jenkins, Up Jenkins, up everybody's, Chinese restaurants - why do you think Windsor Castle is ringed with Chinese restaurants?"
"You realise the sort of people you're going to attract, don't you Jimmy? Thugs, bully-boys, psychopaths, sacked policemen, security guards, sacked security guards, racialists, Paki-bashers, queer-bashers, Chink-bashers, anybody-bashers, Rear Admirals, queer Admirals, Vice-Admirals, fascists, neo-fascists, crypto-fascists, loyalists, neo- loyalists, crypto-loyalists."
"Do you really think so? I thought support might be difficult."
In 2004 John Kerry barely defeated George W Bush to become the 44th President of the United States but scandal erupted when Vice President John Edwards was forced to resign in 2006 after admitting he had cheated on his cancer stricken wife leading to a six month vacancy before Hillary Rodham Clinton was appointed first woman to be Vice President with rumors of bribery and force to get the spot.
With the American people being warned down after seven years of war the GOP nomination goes to Mitt Romney who was able to soar over John McCain.
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You're right my math is terrible. But I also don't believe that voter turnout would be up if it was between Kerry and Romney just saying
Just updated it
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Did mittens stay in Utah and become governor or senator instead of going to Massachusetts?
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