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I recommend reading the update before last (chapter 30).

I don't know that that's the case—the original map doesn't look like a Mercator to me. Not 100% on what it actually is, though. But it probably wasn't reprojected, you're right.

>political ideology: rule utilitarianism i...truly don't know what to say there also, curious how they reconcile nationalism and effective altruism

Actually, the United States government did poison alcohol during Prohibition, so really not as far-out as you might think. If something's already illegal, then it's not a huge step from there logically to shift the chemicals commonly used in its production so they can't be used to produce the...

Absolutely beautiful. You've done wonderful work here; thank you for sharing it with us.

HYPE TRAIN AROOOOOO

Absolutely incredible work, as always. Interesting that the Ottomans don't seem to be actively backing Zapolya, but to be honest it might make more sense to play the one against the other if you're hoping to weaken Hungary sufficiently for conquest. Also, being entirely pedantic, but this...

steny hoyer's name having an ø feels so cursed and I can't explain why

congratulations, you have somehow managed to actually make Vegas worse

i feel that one highly overlooked yet very cursed aspect of this timeline is that the capital of the US is in Vegas like i know slavery is still a thing but somehow i just can't stop thinking about Caesar's Palace being a literal palace

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you guys realize readers aren't picking which countries these rolls apply to, right? also, just rolled a real d20 (crazy, I know), and got a 14.

excuse me what

Well, maybe for part of its existence. I would say the Venezuela crisis of 1895 kind of illustrates the exact opposite (MD being enforced in opposition to British power), and certainly around the time of the Civil War, it rested largely on American power: see the French invasion of Mexico at the...