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I'm not sure the Northern coast would be that big a desert, and I can't see the world lake region being desert. I love how the SW isles have near all the biomes on that fairly thin strip, ala Chile.

It does answer some of it. But not of the huge geographic distance, which will be a problem in not simply governance (though I know the states, or future states, have a lot a autonomy) but defensively. The Americans have pissed off the Ottomans, relations with France are not good, and all the...

Good update, apart from this. It goes against what you originally said about the US, that is a free association of states, and that the US would not engage in offensive measures. Annexation because you've occupied a nation is offensive, and is definitely not a free association, it's forced...

Ha yeah, one angered Mongol creating a giant empire. If it hadn't of happened no one would believe it to be possible! :p

Yes that's exactly it. They need to be plausible, otherwise it's ASB. Just because they didn't happen doesn't mean it's not plausible.

I've sent you a rather short PM as I don't want to argue. The terms for confederation and federation came up before the TLs time-period. I did look up the banking system. If you had read my piece properly, I stated the other factors on why I don't think it would work in the US, as opposed to...

You said you didn't want the treat turning into politics, but you have so far ignored my PM on the politics. So I'm forced to place it here. (Though it is completely to do with the thread, in the sense of how would its government/society work with these things etc). You've once again...

This is what I've said about how long such a thing could last in regards to how independent each of the states are. It's far more a confederation, basically a free trade area, common currency, freedom of movement, and mutual defence pact, with a top governed military force to act in foreign...

My scenario was meant to be more of (in simple form): Rich person makes private mint. People with 100 gold pieces come and can have 100 gold coins made, but says owner, if I add a little bit of copper, you can have 110 gold coins, and as we're so far away from government oversight (or if it's...

I never knew that. But wouldn't it allow people to make themselves rich simply by being rich, or with an independent mint, to allow someone to 'water down' the gold content? Especially if it's far away from oversight. What happens if a private mail service is bigger, better, and cheaper...

I'll pm you later about politics so this thread doesn't become that. Doesn't a postal service and a mint mean centralisation? In a free market shouldn't private enterprise handle post?

A New World Republic, I like the sound of that. With this melting pot I forsee it to be much easier for arguments over the 'nations' direction coming up, and especially some language arguments. This sounds much more like a Confederation, maybe use confederal government instead of federal...

I like those names. :rolleyes: Sorry I haven't contributed much lately, just been rather busy. :o

I'm finding this quite interesting. It's nice to see a quite radically different US. Will there be a manifest destiny? What about filibusterers (in the sense of setting up countries) ? While I understand your political beliefs have obviously shaped the TL, I don't see how this could be...

If a majority of 305 seats are needed, wouldn't the NDP and Liberals go in coalition? They'd have 310 seats.

The NE of the main continent, the eastern lands, and scattered large isles don't have any?

NYC was also somewhat a swamp. Some drainage and hey presto! A dry but slowly sinking land.

A K class means the habitable zone will, most likely, be closer in than Earth, say 0.4-0.8 AU? If the other K class is sufficiently far away, with a stable rounded orbit, then the planet may only have a mildly elliptical orbit. It may also be the furthest planet out from the star.

I don't mind helping out with wiki updates or thread things. I'd just need a pm with what wants doing. I usually come on at least 4 out of 7 days.

Not really, based on their spectral class and distance, you can fairly easily work out the temperature and light effects. Not really, a lot of systems are binary or more, Gliese 667 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_667 , yes I know it's Wikipedia but it's fine for showing the idea of it)...