Monopoly on the Continent, from Eddy Endberg's A Story of Two Vinlands (1997)
...the English could not keep their discovery a secret from the world for a long time. The flow of outlandish goods that flooded European markets, the drunken tales of English sailors about the ‘second India’ in European ports, and simple espionage did their job. In 1529, a French ship arrived at the shores of Anahuakl, in 1531 - an Iberian ship, in 1533 - a ship from Pisa. The European caravans rushed to the new continent, established trading outposts on the islands of the Taino Sea and the shores of the Anahuakl Bay. England tried in vain to sink foreign ships and to demand from the Pope to declare all Vinland the property of the English crown. In a series of maritime trade skirmishes and European wars of religion, England's trade dominance was undermined. England would return here only in the 18th century during the conquest of Central Vinland by a Western Trading Company.
The Diaspora, from 14-year-old Louise Sandstrom's address to the Assembly of the Council of Nations on the Issues of the Nordic Diaspora (2040)
My people first arrived on the Vinland shores in 1003, 500 years before the Englanders. They had strained relationships with the locals, but over time they learned to work together for the sake of survival and the common good. They created a culture that is still admired by some of the finest researchers at the leading Vinland universities. After the rediscovery of Vinland in 1502 and the arrival of Europeans, my people were able to reunite with their distant relatives from Europe. This was the golden era of Franco-Nordic cooperation. Unfortunately, under heavy pressure from the new post-war European order, France had to leave its colony in the 1970s and leave us with them. I have no right to use here the words that we call them because of the atrocities they used against us, dear residents. You call them the Reeds, ‘indigenous Vinlanders’. My grandparents were forced to leave their homes closer to the coast due to persecution and constant arsons. My parents were forced to flee to Iceland due to direct death threats from the Anicinape government. How much longer will you turn a blind eye to this? How much more will my people suffer? I ask, no I demand, you have to take action...
Scramble for Vinland, from the video of the popular sci-pop videoblogger Oleg Stroy (2030)
And so in 1886, European diplomats gathered in London to solve the Vinland problem. No one wanted a repetition of the Ooi River incident, which almost escalated into a pan-European war. After a series of negotiations and secret agreements, new borders were drawn, everyone shook hands and flew home. Yes, this is how the fate of an entire continent was decided. The Europeans used their existing colonies on the east coast to finally divide Vinland like a pie. So the English, who already owned most of Anahuakl, got the Misizibi's basin, and even Nihon got a piece of the cake. Local tribes and small states could not oppose anything to the European military machine at the peak of its power. The division of the continent on an unprecedented scale was an incredible success. In a couple of years, the same fate will befall Africa.
‘God is an Englishman’, from King Edward II's speech to his peoples in Minster Square, British Union (1931)
I greet you, my dear fellow citizens! <cheering> I am glad to see each of you here today! Every person who comes here today can rightfully consider himself a true Britt! <cheering> The same applies to our dear fellow citizens in other cities of Albion and our overseas colonies <cheering> And yet I gathered you here for a reason. <ten-second silence> 20 years ago, our fellow citizens fought in the Great War, waged an equal fight with all of Europe, and almost won! <shouts of approval> This war was the inevitable consequence of continentals' envy for our power, our influence, our wealth, our vast empire! <cheering> We were on the brink of victory!... But our generals thought differently. <hooting> They betrayed us and made a truce. My father... <the king pauses, the crowd silenced> my father was furious, but I still remember his words that day: ‘Fools, only delayed the inevitable. Britain will rule the world.' <cheering> You know well the names of those traitors. <crowd shouting names> they have been punished. <cheering> Traitors and cowards will never again command our armies. Our army is stronger than ever, we have taken advantage of these 20 years, unlike the lazy continentals. <cheering> I did not gather you here to brag. I have gathered you here so that, here and now, with all of you, dear fellow citizens, to declare war on those whom we were prevented from finishing off 20 years ago. <cheering> All our industrial power will fall on Europe. Britain will rule! YOU will rule! <loud shout from the crowd>
The ensuing second round of the Great War claimed the lives of 30 million in Europe and the colonies. With its end, European world domination began its slow path to decline.
The End of Humiliation, a text generated by a personal neural network for Lou Young (2098)
The Tiwanaku Empire was the longest-lived civilization in southern Vinland. It dates back to the 2nd century AD, although according to the legends of the Aymars, their statehood begins long before Anno Domini. When the Europeans arrived, their empire stretched from the Taino Sea to the southern tip of the Andes and had close trade contacts with the Anahuakl region. The Emperor was very interested in trade with European aliens and even received European ambassadors with honors at his palace in Tiwanaku. Unfortunately, the remoteness of the Andes from the north of Vinland made them the most unprepared people for European diseases. European plague killed up to 70% of the Empire’s population, the country plunged into chaos. After a short-term military rule, the country broke up into dozens of small dynasties and remained in this state until the 17th century; until the Mapuches’ conquest and the founding of the Wutanmapu Empire.
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By the late 19th century, the once great and vast empire of Wutanmapu was a pitiful sight. The juvenile emperors were replaced every 10 years and were puppets in the elites' hands. The more technologically advanced Europeans fought off trade preferences and spheres of influence with impunity. Poverty reigned in the country; bloody popular uprisings arose every thirty years. Only after the Second Round of the Great War one of these uprisings led by Mayhuasa succeed in overthrowing the puppet emperor and declaring the Citizens’ Republic of the Andes. A slow painful modernization of the country began and then continued by Mayhuasa’s followers.
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By the beginning of the 21st century, the CRA burst into the tops, turning from an impoverished country into an industrial economic giant. In all indicators, only Sarmatia was ahead of the Andes. The country possessed a huge sphere of influence, the economy continued to grow, as did human resources. All analysts of that time prophesied them world hegemony by the 2060s, but the subsequent Taino War forever changed both the Vinland and the world picture.
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Egypt and France, Long Divorce, from a lecture by street historian Antonio Porier (2089)
Come on, come on friends! If you did not come on notification, then I inform you, today I will tell you the long history of relations between France and Egypt... <shout out from the crowd> What-what? Well, yes, that's right. It is Gallia from now on. For a couple of hours, bore! Yes, everyone, Happy Independence Day of Gallia, guys! Independence from the former colony. So, our story begins in a teen’s favorite period of history - in the Golden Age of Europe - the end of the 19th century. Inspired by a sense of their exclusivity and, of course, an advantage in technological development, Europeans bring the benefits of their civilization to far-flung corners of the earth. Under secret European treaties, by chance, Egypt found itself in the sphere of French interests. We will not go into details of exactly how this happened, otherwise, you will wander home. So the world is divided. What to do next? That's right, quarrel and try to re-divide it. The Great War has begun! Now we will not go into the details of this war, I will have a lecture about it in Saint Laurent Square this Saturday, I am waiting for you there. In short and on the subject, during the second round, the British Union occupies entire continental France in a swoop, the government and army flees to the Maghreb, and later to where? <shouts> Right! To Alexandria. This is where it all begins. King Henri III was so imbued with the Egyptian culture that after the defeat of the British and the beginning of the reconstruction of France, he often visited here on summer holidays. Thirty years later, his son Emanuel declared Egypt a part of France. After 20 years, the capital of France was officially moved to Alexandria. Here's a story. France has become a backyard in the state of France with its capital in Egypt! Naturally, the French people rebelled more than once, during the Blue October of 2001 and during the infamous Paris stand in 2022, but they did not achieve anything. Only ten years ago Saint-Simon and the movement Décolonisation inversée, barely uttered it pheh, began a slow and hard political work to split France, now Gallia, and Egypt, now Misr. And, as you can see from today's news, the guys did it. Let's wish them the best of luck! Bonne chance! Good luck to you too, my friends! Do not forget to support me with money if you are interested in my work.
You slept through the end of the world! From a telephone conversation between two friends, Anicinape Republic (2053)
-...hello?
-hey dude wake up! You slept through the end of the world!
-man, it’s 9 am. Have you been awake all night?
-yes, I monitored the situation in the Taino Sea, my sleepy friend. You’ll never guess what happened.
-what?
-Anahuakl and Misizibi exchanged nuclear strikes.
-mmm... Wait what?
-yes-yes.
-what does Misizibi have to do with it? In the evening, there was a conflict between Anahukl and the CRA.
-well, technically it wasn't a war. They were preparing for war. Then, apparently, Misizibi, under pressure from the Andes, attacked Anahuakl.
-and those launch nukes?
-yelp.
-you are kidding me. And what about CRA?
-It is not yet clear what will happen next. It is not even clear how many people died. My father has already gone down to the basement, heh. I said I would join later.
-some kind of bullshi...
The nuclear exchange of 2053 took the lives of 15 million people. Anahuakl lost a couple of cities while Misizibi was totally destroyed. The ensuing migration and environmental crisis, as well as the intervention of the Council of Nations, changed the situation in the region and the world. CoN has regained its prestige and threw off the status of a talking club. Andes and Anahuakl went to the negotiating table and resolved many territorial disputes in the Taino Ocean. The subsequent quiet coup in the CRA changed their policy; aggressive foreign actions were replaced by a peaceful existence with neighbors and an orientation towards continued trade dominance.
13.1. A look back into the 21st century, from the controversial book Things to Pass (2099)
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‘Peace is our goal’
I now give a word to Anne Lorraine, Speaker for the English Republic.
Thank you. I hardly prepared the speech today and I do not want to waste your time with prefaces. Our world is now in great danger. As you know, a huge hurricane is now raging off the coast of Majapahit Confederation and their government believes that this is an Andean climate weapon. The fleets of both powers patrol the Endless Ocean and miraculously have not collided with each other three times in a combat clash. As far as I know, there are already languid firefights in their disputed territory on White Continent. We all know that in the event of a war, both powers will release their entire arsenal of climate weapons at each other, and we all know that this will lead to a global environmental disaster. In this regard, I, represented by the English Republic and eight other countries, express my protest and insist on holding urgent negotiations between Majapahit and the CRA. Right now, we are inviting other countries to join us and not silently wait for the end of the world. If our conditions are not met, we will be forced to impose heavy sanctions on them; the more countries join us, the more severe the consequences will be. Peace is our goal, and we will achieve it at any cost.