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Science fiction, as of TTL’s 2021, remains a very popular genre in many countries, including in the USA and German Empire. This is tied in to continued public interest in space exploration, and the ongoing contest between competing blocs of countries to establish a permanent presence in Low...

There certainly are numerous instances in this world where things could have developed differently. Of course, a version of TTL where Austria-Hungary is on the verge of political disintegration by the 1960s, instead of the politically stable and wealthy ally of Germany of TTL, means that things...

Thus ends the timeline. This was a very well-written and well-structured ATL that managed to show the rise and fall of a genuinely horrifying “anti-America”. While it’s unfortunate that the ATL is ending, I wish you luck on future projects. - It’s good to see the United States (mostly)...

Thomas Dewey (Democrat): 1945-1953 Harry Truman (Democrat): 1953-1961 Hubert H. Humphrey (Socialist): 1961-1973 Joshua Blackford (Democrat): 1973-1981 Morgan Reynolds (Republican): 1981-1989 Leo Enos (Socialist): 1989-1993 Thurston DeFrancis (Democrat): 1993-1997 Patrick Gutierrez (Republican)...

So far, I have done write ups for Irving Morrell, Alec Pomeroy, Armstrong Grimes, Michael Pound, Sam Carsten, George Patton, and Clarence Potter: Irving Morrell was tapped by Harry Truman as his running mate for the 1952 elections (and is credited by presidential historians for being one of...

Nantucket can probably sustain a technological edge, depending on the field, for some time yet. The Republic certainly has the motivation: the Island itself was almost conquered by Tartessos at the beginning of the Walker War in a surprise attack. If nothing else, I would expect Nantucket to...

The Congolese Federation, as of TTL’s 2020, is roughly analogous to OTL 2019 Malaysia, in terms of its overall HDI. Of course, there are areas of the Congolese Federation that are wealthier, especially the major cities and provinces centered on mineral extraction. The capital of the Congolese...

As of 2020, the US film industry is massively influential, though not without competition. The German Empire has its own influential film industry, especially in the member states of the European Community and German Economic Association. US and German filmmakers, as has been the case since the...

As of 2020, LGBT rights varies by country. In the United States, there was never an equivalent to our world’s Defense of Marriage Act. Additionally, there was never a real equivalent of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” in the modern US military; gay men were allowed to serve openly beginning in 1986. By...

I think that it’s completely fair to despise Dart. It’s true, as you point out, that Dart is the product of the time and place that he came of age in, and the empire that he seized power over. But ultimately, it was Dart who brought about the destruction of most of the world, as a true believer...

As of 2020, the quality of life for the average citizen of Austria-Hungary, as in the German Empire, is quite high. The political situation, of course, is rather different from the pre-FGW period. After a long period during the interwar years that involved its fair share of protected internal...

In Germany and the United States, he’s still generally remembered fondly by the public at large, as of 2020. In the USA, it’s not surprising to find at least one Kaiser Wilhelm Boulevard or Wilhelm Street or Kaiser Avenue in the major cities, at least in the area comprising the USA’s 1914...

Even by the end of the JWR, living conditions are not nearly as bad as OTL North Korea. As of TTL’s 2011, conditions in the JWR are analogous to the late Brezhnev-era USSR, but with far more blatant corruption at the highest governing levels. The JWR is also analogous to the retro-dystopian...

Yes, but outside of Japan, they’re fringe groups. Even in Japan itself, as of 2019, the major Syndicalist factions find themselves marginalized as the new Ecological Union consolidates power.

Of course, by TTL’s 2019, the Japanese Workers Republic is dissolved, as is its ruling Syndicalist Party.

As of TTL’s 2019, China has the single largest economy in Asia, followed by Bharat. The other countries in Asia in the “Top 10” of the region’s economies include, in no particular order, Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam, Bengal, Burma, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

There’s no real equivalent to the MCU as of TTL’s 2020s, both because the superhero genre is very different from our world, and because the trend from our world of bigger and bigger mega-franchises never occurred. Superman does exist, but there are differences to the character to backstory and...

While Donald Trump doesn’t exist in this world, an analogue to the Trump family does.

Other factors exist in this world that would likely affect the global response to a COVID-19 analogue. -There is an International Health Organization that has been active since the 1960s in this world in responding to major regional public health emergencies, such as the effects of Unit-731’s...

More or less, though the details are different. Donald Trump doesn’t exist in this world. And an analogue to COVID-19 doesn’t occur in TTL’s 2010s.