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The Brazilian front collapsed when the rebellion occurred and the Argentinians advanced forward with the object of establishing a more defensible border with more space for their capital.

The Río De La Plata War "There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare" - Sun Tzu As the Americans reformed their nations and the Europeans prepared for yet another war that would tear the continent apart, South America went about things in much its own way, just as it had...

Perhaps he wanted to, but it's a less defensible position. Baja is connected to the mainland and is easily defensible. Veracruz, on the other hand, was only taken so that the United States could dominate Central America, a strategy which is now being abandoned. So it makes sense, strategically...

The Great Depression Part 3: New America "Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself." - Pythagoras In the Americas, things weren't much better. The economic depression placed extreme pressure on unsteady South and Central...

Certainly. The Germans are incredibly concerned by Soviet expansion, as are the British and French. The United States isn't quite so worried, but it has its own problems to deal with.

The Great Depression Part 2: Decline and Disenchantment "Capitalism inevitably and by virtue of the very logic of its civilization creates, educates and subsidizes a vested interest in social unrest." - Joseph Schumpeter Though the stock market had badly damaged the global economy, there was...

Here's a link to an audio version (I unfortunately can't find a text version) of the original short story. http://escapepod.org/2006/09/21/ep072-joe-steele/

So Turtledove is making Joe Steele a full-length novel. I love his standalone books, regardless of their plausibility, so I'm quite excited. http://uchronia.com/bib.cgi/label.html?id=turtjoeste I'm also looking forward to Ian Tregillis' new novel, as the Milkweed Triptych was absolutely...

The Great Depression Part 1: Black Days "After all, the chief business of the American people is business" - Calvin Coolidge With the completion, or at the least the cooldown, of the Cuban-American War, things looked up for the United States. The economy seemed smooth, and the President's...

Considering how close the war on the Western Front was at times, this could have serious ramifications. The British, French, and Russians (defending the Raj, Indochina, and their own nation respectively) will have to maintain a heavy presence in the Pacific region. Australian and Indian troops...

In the modern day I don't see the Russians blindly firing missiles after a meteor strike. At the height of the Cold War? Space rocks do crazy things.

We don't have a definite estimate, but I personally think we should have a playable version before the end of the year. Absolutely.

They do look awkward, but unfortunately that's about the closest we can get to the TL's borders at the time. Victoria II is designed for OTL, so it has provinces that fit for example Idaho as you're referring to here. In the timeline the Protectorate's borders obviously don't stop at Idaho, but...

What exactly is New England's status during the time of the Fourth Silesian War? It doesn't seem like they're a combatant, which surprised me because of their close relationship with Britain, but the French seemed to have no qualms about raiding them and provoking their attack on Saint Domingue.

Vanilla. I'm afraid I have very little experience with the mods on Victoria II, I spend most of my time with Europa Universalis and Hearts of Iron. However, I will check out the mods you mention and consider using them as a base. Also, who owns Malta in 1830? Britain, as OTL?

We'll probably do a start date both before and after the war, and another one later on (1860s or 70s). EDIT: So we found maps of Europe and North America for 1830, the world in 1810 and 1850, and various other areas of the world at different times, which should be enough to piece together a...

Slydessertfox and I are considering doing a Victoria 2 mod for this TL, with your permission. If you'll allow us, there doesn't happen to be a world map circa 1830, does there?

I got mine accepted, which made me happy :D

In my DH: Kaiserreich game, as I finally finished a long, victorious war with the German Empire as the Qing, I noticed something strange. There was a lot of Green to my west. So I checked and found out that Turkestan had gone and created a massive Islamic Empire, which included much of Iraq, all...

I haven't read Rast's timeline, but I imagine it has something to do with the British and French particularly not wanting to fight another year or two of war and eventually win by attrition (which only would have been possible by making casualties out of hundreds of thousands of men, a large...