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  1. AHC: A third side to the Cold War?

    China remains Nationalist and allies with a staunchly anti-British post-independence India.

  2. AHC: Alternative location(s) for the global film industry

    This is probably the craziest idea so far in the thread, but what about Mexico? After all, New York was the original center of filmmaking, before Hollywood. The reason why Hollywood became the US filmmaking hub was its warm climate and to escape Thomas Edison's patent fees. But let's suppose...

  3. Planetocopia Map Thread

    This one I found the most interesting. It's insanely warm for the latitude. Closest place I can think of in OTL is Valentia, Ireland, but even then it's 2C cooler and one degree latitude further south. I think places in the northern part of Spain would be the most similar to retro-Vladivostok...

  4. Planetocopia Map Thread

    Not OP, but I've been interested in Turnovia for a long time. Here are my speculations: Atlanta: BWh climate type. Similar to OTL Phoenix, Arizona (latitude and altitude are almost a perfect match). Seasonal mean temps are 14 C in January, 35 C in July. Annual precipitation is approximately...

  5. More linguistically diverse England

    There's a fair amount of linguistic diversity in Italy in the south alone. The distance from the straits of Messina to Rome is about 650 km, similar to the length of England. Between those two points, the most widely spoken languages are standard Italian (of course), Sicilian, Neapolitan, and...

  6. Challenge: Make England still speak old English but still become the empire it did.

    Old Norse was from a different branch of the Germanic family, North Germanic. It was similar enough that Old Norse and Old English speakers could sort of communicate but the differences in the case systems got in the way, which likely contributed to the loss of case endings. In fairness, the...

  7. Challenge: Make England still speak old English but still become the empire it did.

    The problem with this is that the Norse arguably changed English more than the French. According to linguist John McWhorter, it was the Norse influence that simplified Old English's grammar. He states this was because speakers of Old English and Old Norse were similar enough that they could...

  8. WI: Star Treks original pilot was picked up

  9. AHC: Larger Russian Population in Alaska

    It doesn't have to be made all in one trip. The most likely route would be something like Oslo > Svartnes (Vardo today) > Barrow > Anchorage > Seattle, refueling at every stop. The longest leg, Svartnes to Barrow, is only 2,600 miles (New York is 3,300 miles from occupied Brittany). Granted...

  10. AHC: Larger Russian Population in Alaska

    I think it's possible that with a toehold on the North American continent, the Axis powers might not attack Hawaii. Rather, the first attack on the USA could come from Nazi Germany. With Norway under Axis control, German planes might be able to fly from there over the North Pole and land in...

  11. Planetocopia Map Thread

    I'll add that I've heard that highland areas (like Tibet and the American Great Basin) also enhance the monsoon effect.

  12. Most Climatically Diverse Country

    The U.S. already has most of the Koppen climates; it doesn't really need Canada or Mexico. For the record, the US currently has: Af: Hawaii, Puerto Rico Am: Hawaii, southern Florida As: Hawaii Aw: Florida Keys BSh: southwest Texas BSk: most of the Great Plains BWk: Great Basin BWh: Sonora...

  13. Fertility rate in united states from 1918 to 1964

    I understand that there has long been a decline in fertility rates in the US, but the OP specified 1918 as the start date for a long-term plateau. I was responding to the previous poster, who said (rightly) that fertility rates fell during the Great Depression and World War II. My point was...

  14. Fertility rate in united states from 1918 to 1964

    US fertility rates also fell considerably during the 1920s, even before the Great Depression. From 1920 to 1930, fertility rates declined from around 3.3 to 2.5. I think this can be traced back to the first-wave feminist movement, urbanization, and industrialization. Many women entered the...

  15. WI: The Simpsons characters had aged in ~real time

    Has anyone seen this by any chance? It's what an AI thinks a live action version of the Simpsons would have looked like.

  16. Return of Horrible Educational Maps

    Good catch. The map is wrong. The American South is dominated by Ultisols, a type of red clay soil. They're also found in southern China, which has a similar climate. Deserts have Aridosols, which are tan in color and are nutrient-poor.

  17. Return of Horrible Educational Maps

    Weirder still, they left some English words untranslated (grey-brown, red-yellow, and chestnut) but translated everything else into Dutch.

  18. AHC: How can Nebraska be the No 1 state?

    That's going to be very difficult with a post-1900 POD. But with an earlier POD I would suggest moving the US capital there. One way this could happen is if the South wins the Civil War and the national capital moves out of Washington, D.C. out of necessity in the event the city ends up part of...

  19. Planetocopia Map Thread

    This is an amazing map and very detailed. How did you make it?? I think it is generally correct, however I do have some feedback... Agreed that the California/Oregon coast should be wetter and not desert, due to the coastal warm current. Not sure about Chile, where I expect cold Antarctic...

  20. Return of Horrible Educational Maps

    That's some extreme continental drift there.
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