Europe In 1875
*Bavaria and Austria united shortly after the war.
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English Canada/French Carolina: A Timeline
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*Bavaria and Austria united shortly after the war.
First Global War Death Toll
First Global War Deaths (Military and Civilians)
The Alliance
The Alliance
- Poland-Lithuania: 600,000
- Habsburg Empire: 800,000
- Ottoman Empire: 800,000
- British Empire: 3,100,000 (Britain: 300,000, COA: 300,000, India/Asia: 2,500,000*)
- Portuguese Empire: 500,000 (Portugal: 150,000, Brazil: 150,000, India/Asia: 200,000)
- Bavaria: 300,000
- Total Alliance Deaths: 6,100,000
- Russian Empire: 1,000,000
- Prussia: 500,000
- French Empire: 1,050,000 (France: 500,000, La Floride: 150,000, India/Asia: 400,000)
- Spanish Empire: 800,000 (Spain: 300,000, Spanish America: 400,000, India/Asia: 100,000)
- Naples: 50,000
- Greece: 150,000
- Sardinia-Piedmont: 100,000
- Total Coalition Deaths: 3,650,000
- Total Deaths in the First Global War: 9,750,000
The next war will be in the 1910s or 1920s, so it's about 40-50 years of peace (or at least in Europe and their colonies).
Part 56: America 1875-1900
Part 56: America 1875-1900
With the First Global War updates now complete, we now return to peacetime, starting with the Commonwealth of America. The last quarter of the 19th Century was a time of great growth for the Commonwealth, as the industrial boom of the war continued into peacetime, the population exploded as millions decided to try their luck in America and new frontiers were blazed as the expansion from Sea to Shining Sea was finally complete. The provinces of California (Northern California and Western Nevada), Colorado (Eastern Nevada, Utah and Western Colorado), Alexandrina (Eastern Colorado, Southeastern Wyoming and Western Kansas), Acansa (Northern Arkansas, Southern Missouri, Northeastern Oklahoma and Southeastern Kansas) Kootenai (Northern Idaho, Western Montana, Eastern Washington and Southeastern BC), Shawpatin (Southern Idaho and Western Wyoming), Bighorn (most of Wyoming, Western South Dakota and Southern Montana), Sosoni (most of Montana, Western North Dakota and far southern Saskatchewan and Alberta), Saskwaton (basically Saskatchewan) and Athabasca (basically Alberta plus a little bit of British Columbia) were chartered in the Late 19th Century and first few years of the 20th (Athabasca and Saskwaton were chartered in 1904). The population grew immensely, passing the 100 Million mark at exactly the turn of the century, with the population in 1900 being 100.1 Million. Laurentia, to no one’s surprise, was still the most populous province at 10.47 Million. America was now the fourth most populous country in the world, only after China, British India and the Russian Empire, and was three times as populated as Britain itself.
New York was still the most populous city at 3.5 Million, with Mount Royal in second at 2.25 Million and Chicago in third at Two Million. Philadelphia, Kirkeston, Saint John, Toronto, Stuarton, Boston and Baltimore were other cities that had populations over 500,000 in the eastern part of the country, while further west the cities of Saint Louis (recently conquered from the French), Winnipeg, Lakesend, Owamenna, Silver Bow, San Francisco (recently conquered from the Spanish), Vancouver (Vancouver, Washington), Tacoma and New Westminster were all burgeoning. On the other side of the coin, the Late 19th Century was also a time of a growing appreciation for and protection of the natural world, with areas like Yellowstone, the High Rockies and the Adirondacks (just 80 miles from the center of Mount Royal) being set aside as reserves where resource exploitation and development was limited, if not banned outright. There was also a growing movement for cleaning up the environment in cities, as industrial production during this time period was absolutely filthy. Major rivers such as the Saint Lawrence, Mississippi, Hudson, Susquehanna and Delaware had become severely polluted, poisoning drinking water and killing off wildlife (thus hurting the fishing industry in those areas). Pushes for governments, whether Municipal, Provincial or National to regulate industrial pollution and environmental protection began to gain steam (no pun intended) around the turn of the 20th Century, particularly amongst the working class that was most affected by pollution. With quicker transportation and a growing middle class that wanted to get away from the pollution, communities began to develop on the outskirts of major cities, primarily along new streetcar lines that stretched from the urban core out to these new communities. As mentioned earlier in the post, Millions of immigrants, primarily from Europe but also from Asia (more on that in a future post) made their way across the pond onto American shores. The largest immigrant-sending countries and regions for the Commonwealth were Germany, Britain, Scandinavia, Ireland and Eastern Europe (including a large amount of Jewish immigrants, but as with Asian immigration, I’ll save that for another time). Many immigrants took advantage of the opportunity to acquire land to farm in the west, but many also seeked to earn their fortune in the cities, bring their families over and start a new life in America.
I wish I could continue the update further, but I’m drawing a blank as for what to say, so I’ll see you all next time.
Updated map of America please?
Part 57: Who Could It Be Now?
Part 57: Who Could It Be Now?
After our visit to the Commonwealth of America, we now come back to Terra Australis, the Great Southern Land, the Land Down Under. While there was some limited fighting around the mouth of the Murray River that formed the border between the British and French colonies, Terra Australis was largely spared from the bloodshed of the First Global War, with only a few thousand casualties. The populations of the European colonies Down Under burgeoned in the Late 19th Century, with the British colony of Australia now being home to 3,000,000. The French colony had grown at a considerable rate too, from 95,000 in 1875 to 320,000 in 1900, a growth rate of about 5% per year (natural growth + immigration).
However, growth was most pronounced in the Dutch colony of New Holland, which had grown from 104,000 in 1875 to 404,000 in 1900, much of it coming during the Gold Rush of the Late 1880s. The bush town of Kalgoole went from nonexistent in 1880 (founded in 1884) to a giant gold mining camp of 40,000 by 1888, before settling back down to 10,000 by 1900, many of those 30,000 who left either returning to Europe, settling down as farmers and ranchers on the frontier or resettling in growing port cities. The Dutch also settled along the northern coast of New Holland, founding the outposts of Hartog, Willemsmond, Witspoort and Schelpvisbaai, connected by a lone railroad traversing the seemingly endless desert.
Back in Terre-Bourbon, the French expanded along the Southern Coast, as far west as Cap La Dune. The border with the British Australians remained the Murray River (known as the Rivière Artois in Terre-Bourbon) and 141st Parallel East, with towns on or near the river like (I always use “like” or “such as” when I’m listing locations, I know) Le Coude, Port Rencontre, Pomberuc and Berry (a name of Indigenous origin that the French settlers associated with the region back home) grew into major (by Terre-Bourbon standards) towns. A few Frenchmen had also decided to expand out of their coastal Mediterranean-climate stronghold into the red desert interior of the continent, establishing giant-ass cattle ranches and the two tiny desert outposts of Coubapédi and Les Gommiers.
Now onto the other Latin colony in Terra Australis, Portuguese Capricornia. The Portuguese continued to expand along the Northeastern Coast, continuing to bring in Indian and East/Southeast Asian workers for the plantations. The non-Aboriginal Capricornian population had grown to 170,000 by 1900, of whom 55% were of Indian origin. Portuguese settlement along the east coast stretched south to As Rochas and north to Gangarha. In order to solidify their control over the territories they claimed and stop any potential colonizers (notably Prussia, who’d just colonized nearby New Caledonia) from snapping up any land, they also founded the remote outposts of Ouepa, Corumba, Manaingcareira and Cinco Rios. All of these places were cut off from each other (a connection wouldn’t be built until the 1940s), relying on shipments by sea for supplies, and they (especially Cinco Rios) were ungodly hot (which is to be expected for Northern Terra Australis). Portuguese Capricornia was probably the part of the continent where the Aborigines could best maintain their traditional lifestyle and customs, simply because the Portuguese didn’t have the capacity to advance deep into the interior, unlike the British for example.
Speaking of the British, you may have noticed that I haven’t really been talking about British Australia a whole lot. Truth be told, not a lot changes aside from the territory the British controlled. Sydney (which stays Port Jackson ITTL( and Melbourne still grow to be massive cities, the frontier is still a full of dangerous animals, the Aborigines are still treated like s**t, what else is new? Still, with a white population almost 10x the size of the next largest European colony due to a 50 year head start, British Australia was the undisputed main player in Terra Australis.
After just a century of European colonization, the face of Terra Australis had been permanently altered, for both better and worse, and the Land Down Under was now to enter the new century. So, Who Could It Be Now?
European Settlement of Terra Australis as of 1900
- Red - British Settled
- Pink - British Influenced
- Blue - French Settled
- Light Blue - French Influences
- Orange - Dutch Settled
- Light Orange - Dutch Influenced
- Green - Portuguese Settled
- Light Green - Portuguese Influenced
Part 58: Patagonia
Part 58: Patagonia
Patagonia had previously been a small British outpost at the end of the world, but after the First Global War, that all changed. Britain had acquired a massive chunk of the extremely fertile Pampas and some solid Pacific ports. The frontier of America was filling up quickly, and with all this new land in South America, Patagonian farmland became a hot commodity for Europeans looking to emigrate. With so much fertile land in the newly acquired northern territories, the Colonial Government of Patagonia moved it’s seat from Williamstown up to White Bay, which had been a previous Spanish outpost, with the previously Spanish settlement of Carmen located between the two. The towns of Falkner, New Swansea and Saint Clement also served as gateways to the Pampas for European settlers (mainly British, Irish, German and Scandinavian).
Meanwhile, on the Pacific Coast, the Royal Navy reestablished the old Spanish port of Valdivia as the port of New Exmouth, which would serve as the main port of the Royal Navy on the Pacific coast of South America, as well as establishing the secondary port of Melipulli. The land between the Spanish border and the River Tolten was set aside for the Mapuche people, who had been British allies during the FGW, while areas south of there were opened for European settlement. A railroad was constructed from White Bay to New Exmouth, with the town of Neucen sprouting up along the route due to its central location at the point where two rivers meet to form the Black River, one of the most important rivers in Patagonia.
One more important trend to mention would be the ranching industry, particularly Sheep. Patagonia saw a boom in Sheep farming during the Late 19th and Early 20th Century, as the grasslands of Southern Patagonia drew in Sheep farmers looking for more land, most notably from Scotland and Ireland, thus giving Southern Patagonia (much like other areas) a very Celtic flavor. On another note, the Beagle Channel town of Ushuaia was (and still is) the southernmost permanently inhabited town in the world, at 54.48° South.
During the last three decades of the 19th Century, about 200,000 European settlers arrived in Patagonia, helping the Patagonian population to balloon up to 508,000 by 1900, a more than five fold population growth in 30 years, and an annual growth of 6%. White Bay had grown into a thriving port town of 45,000, Williamstown was home to 18,000 and New Exmouth was home to 15,000. The land at the end of the world was a new beginning for thousands of souls seeking both their fortune and their future, a land of great beauty, of fertile fields and desolate plains, of ancient forests and windswept shores. I wish I could keep writing, but I’ve gotta get this update done, so I’ll see you next time.
Part 59: The Twin Colonies (RETCONNED)
Part 59: The Twin Colonies
It is now time for our long overdue return to the Twin Colonies in the Antipodes: the Danish colony of Ny Sjælland (New Zealand) and the Swedish colony of Ny Gotland (New Gotland). These isolated Scandinavian colonies on the other side of the world from their homeland had been around for almost a third of a century by 1870, and the small population of Scandinavians meant that they had to negotiate with the native Maori. This was especially true for the Danes, who had colonized the more populated North Island. Unlike other Indigenous populations in European settler colonies, the Maori actually got a somewhat fair shake from their colonizers. By 1870, the White population of the North Island was around 50,000, with a Maori population of 30,000 and a small but growing Mixed-Race population of 2,500, adding up to 82,500 in total. Danish/Norwegian settlers continued to establish new settlements, both along the coast such as Ny Køge, Turanga, Ahuriri and Fakatanæ, while also expanding more inland to places like Randers, Råtarua and Storsø.
Now, we head south to the Swedish colony of New Gotland. The South Island had a much smaller native Maori population than the north island, and thus while the White population was also around 50,000, there were only 10,000 Maori and 1,000 Mixed-Race, totaling 61,000. As with the Danes to the north, the Swedes expanded into new settlements, both on the coast and inland. Some of the coastal settlements included Blindvik, Bredmynning, Maruberg and Storlagun, while the interior settlements were Armbågen, Fyrafloder and Gafflarna. The main economic activities in both of the colonies were farming (mainly wheat and barley), ranching (sheep in particular), forestry and fishing, pretty similar to the economic activities found back home. There was a brief gold rush in the central part of New Gotland during the Mid 1870s that drew about 20,000 prospectors, about half of whom stayed after the gold rush died down, as well as the usual farming settlers. Between 1870 and 1900, about 90,000 Europeans (mainly Swedes, Norwegians and Germans) settled in New Gotland, while about 75,000 (mainly Danes, Norwegians and Germans) settled in New Zealand. By 1900, the population of New Zealand had grown to 291,500, while the population of New Gotland grew to 275,500 (New Zealand was larger because of the larger Maori population). Frederiksby had grown to a population of 26,000, while Gustavstad had grown to 24,000, with each of them being the largest cities on their respective islands. One notable aspect of both islands was the fact that they had far more sheep than people (about three million sheep as compared to just under 600,000 people) something that holds true of OTL’s New Zealand as well. So, greetings from the far side of the world, where sheep reign supreme and where these twin islands were home to Twin Colonies. I ain't got anything else to say, so farewell for today.
IOTL, the Portuguese monarchy relocated to Rio De Janeiro during the Napoleonic Wars, before returning to Portugal after the war ended, after which Brazil declared independence. ITTL, Portugal and Brazil are still united, but by this point Brazil will have taken an overwhelming advantage in terms of land, population and influence. Any suggestions as to what happens (I might put up a poll) with the relationship between Portugal and Brazil?