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At least limited involvement of ROC (Taiwan) in southern China seems to be logical. They had... long experience in the martial law ;)

Chiang Kai-shek ? He is not, he died in '75 (at the age of 88, by the way). But his son, Chiang Ching-ku controlled Taiwan between 1978 and 1988 (when he died), so probably also in this timeline. Government was (in this timeline - is) still not liberalized and rather autocratic...

Monetary exchange rate remained state-controlled (fixed). Minister of Finance Sergio de Castro, departing from Friedman’s support for free floating exchange rates, decided on a pegged exchange rate of 39 pesos per dollar in June 1979, under the rationale of bringing Chile’s rampant inflation to...

Fidel Castro is more often whitewashed by the left. Personally, I would prefer to live in 1990Chile than in the 1990Cuba, thank you very much. I will not even compare with 1989Somalia or 1960China, because I don't want to beat dead horse.

I'm somewhat interested also in Honduran history, and I want to remind everyone, that Mr. Zelaya was elected as a conservative market liberal; then went crazy and fall in love with Chavez. Contrary to the wishes of elected parliament and "his own" Liberal Party. It's a pity that he was not...

This economic trend was obvious when Pinochet stepped down in 1990. Democratic governments simply continued it, we don't see any sharp increase in economic growth rate. And I assure you that Chile is still very well regarded in "neoliberal" (this is really weird word, classical liberalism is...

Economy was definitively not mismanaged under Pinochet's regime. Chilean miracle is called that for a reason. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Chile -------------------------------------- Today, Columbia is in better economic situation than Venezuela. Slightly lower GDP, but much more...

These values ARE NOT NOMINAL, they are in 1990 Geary–Khamis dollars. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geary%E2%80%93Khamis_dollar I'm not that stupid, please :P All data from prof. Angus Maddison (RIP), Groningen University: http://www.ggdc.net/maddison/Maddison.htm If you consider Peruvians to...

GDP per person in US 1990 dollars 1901 USA 4 464 1933 (Great Depression) USA 4 777 2008 USA 31 178 2008 Mexico 7 979 2008 Peru 5 388 (data according to prof. Maddison, Groningen University) If we can froze development at 1930'levels, this will be sufficient. American GDP actually...

Worse great depression. After that... Successful coup'de etat, civil war, unstable & corrupt military dictatorships; occasionally Stalinist policies... Implausible, but theoretically possible... You probably underestimate what truly incompetent governments can do. :D However, do you...

My views on charity are very simple. I do not consider it a major virtue and, above all, I do not consider it a moral duty. There is nothing wrong in helping other people, if and when they are worthy of the help and you can afford to help them. I regard charity as a marginal issue. What I am...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Rose_Island http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Minerva etc, etc, etc... Something slightly more successful is possible, but of course, this will be something like Lichtenstein or Vatican... Actually... The Vatican may be called a "religious...

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The word "soviet" (sovei) simply meant "council". There isn't any reference to any nationality... Very international, in my opinion...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism_and_Objectivism

Form of government is irrelevant to me, as long, as laws are libertarian. If democratically elected president thinks that drugs should be illegal, then he is one of enemies of the liberty. Majority shouldn't have any rights to decide about my private life.

Very interesting thread. There are some actual ideas like this... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patri_Friedman and historically: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Oliver_(real_estate)

And you don't understand soviet security services. If anybody who showed that distrust will be sent to camp, with family... Seriously troubling regions can be even destroyed with planned famines. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor

Russians are Russians, and international communists are international communists. Maybe with different fraction in power...

I don't know about AK-47, but machine pistols can be produced in workshops. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C5%82yskawica_submachine_gun First Ford T (before mass production) was produced in workshop, too. Many parts can be recycled for hundred years, if not longer (assuming very low labor...

While I don't think that there will be market demand for new cars; warlords, traders and some industrialists surely will pay good for repairs. I cannot imagine scenario, in which every city will be totally destroyed. Even Mogadishu still has almost 2 milions inhabitants, and some light...