AH Cultural Descriptions

[Rfl23]

Massive educational series on American public tv. Ironically originally intended to be a boring fiasco, and an excuse to cut budgets for public educational content, it turned into a surprise hit, and is well remembered to this day

The Wreck of the James Caird

James Caird was a famous shipwreck of the coast of the state of okinawa, the ship was originally built as a commercial post ww2 cruise ship (which basically mean very minimal in term of amenities) but after planes started to really take over (especially with pan am and american non stop flight) it was turned into a super luxurious cruise (one of only 10 ships in the us at the time) serving long routes between the overseas and coastal us states (for example from the then territory of socotro to sulu to okinawa). An interesting fact about the James Caird is that it also originally used as a coastal and sea sightseeing but after a collision with a mexican frigate and then a other with an american destroyer the route was abandoned and it got taken over by the american zeppelin company (after the war the american took over the zeppelin factory and move them to the state leaving only the official hq back in germany) which utilize the rigid and semi rigid airship to do it sightseeing.

How the wreck come to being was the combination of drinking,bad weather and ship collision, the captain at the time was suddenly sick after eating a bad sashimi bowl from a 7-Eleven and his replacement drunk so much he cant keep his leg up during the cruise and also at the time the weather was quite bad homever due to demands the ceo of american cruise federation demanded the ship to set sail to atleast either guam or taiwan (the ceo later admitted that he doesnt know that the captain was drunk) this combined with bad weather and the captain drunkness lead the James Caird to stray onto the path of an incoming us navy battleship uss new york which lead to two large ship colliding. The captain tried invain to bring the ship to shallow water but alas the ship was so heavily damaged he decided to abandon ship miracoulosuly out of the 1.995 people onboard only 90 perished and all came from the lower deck most of the survivors are picked up by the uss new york and okinawan state naval authority vessel.

This whole fiasco caused to the reigning ceo at the time to resign,the captain tried for neglience (he was sentence to 25 years in prison) and the american cruise federation taking a huge blow the wreck site homever now become a popolar diving spot (after all the 90 bodies recovered) and in 2025 it became a protected state site.

The State of Okinawa and The State of New York V. George Carlinn

 

[oboro]

James Caird was a famous shipwreck of the coast of the state of okinawa, the ship was originally built as a commercial post ww2 cruise ship (which basically mean very minimal in term of amenities) but after planes started to really take over (especially with pan am and american non stop flight) it was turned into a super luxurious cruise (one of only 10 ships in the us at the time) serving long routes between the overseas and coastal us states (for example from the then territory of socotro to sulu to okinawa). An interesting fact about the James Caird is that it also originally used as a coastal and sea sightseeing but after a collision with a mexican frigate and then a other with an american destroyer the route was abandoned and it got taken over by the american zeppelin company (after the war the american took over the zeppelin factory and move them to the state leaving only the official hq back in germany) which utilize the rigid and semi rigid airship to do it sightseeing.

How the wreck come to being was the combination of drinking,bad weather and ship collision, the captain at the time was suddenly sick after eating a bad sashimi bowl from a 7-Eleven and his replacement drunk so much he cant keep his leg up during the cruise and also at the time the weather was quite bad homever due to demands the ceo of american cruise federation demanded the ship to set sail to atleast either guam or taiwan (the ceo later admitted that he doesnt know that the captain was drunk) this combined with bad weather and the captain drunkness lead the James Caird to stray onto the path of an incoming us navy battleship uss new york which lead to two large ship colliding. The captain tried invain to bring the ship to shallow water but alas the ship was so heavily damaged he decided to abandon ship miracoulosuly out of the 1.995 people onboard only 90 perished and all came from the lower deck most of the survivors are picked up by the uss new york and okinawan state naval authority vessel.

This whole fiasco caused to the reigning ceo at the time to resign,the captain tried for neglience (he was sentence to 25 years in prison) and the american cruise federation taking a huge blow the wreck site homever now become a popolar diving spot (after all the 90 bodies recovered) and in 2025 it became a protected state site.

The State of Okinawa and The State of New York V. George Carlinn

Famous lawsuit concerning freedom of speech and comedian George Carlin (the extra n was a typo nobody ever bothered to check)

Working in Okinawa after leaving the service, he said some offensive (but hilarious) things to the local islanders. This should have been protected speech, but he insulted the Emperor of Japan. This was outlawed by the treaty admitting Okinawa into the U.S. Ironically, he had made the same joke at a stand up show in New York, and argued that free speech was free speech wherever it was made

The states argued for a moral relativism, and actually won, leading to a rise in censorship throughout the 50s, and the end of offensive jokes and stereotypes. Now everyone gets along.

A Nation with no Flag

 

[TheLionOfJudah]

A Nation with no Flag

A Nation with no Flag is a book written by Charles-Louis Boulanger. Originally published in 1937, shortly before his death, A Nation with no Flag was written as a story with an underlying (and often unsubtle) political message. It follows the protagonist Alexander Cassel, living in a "utopian" society. The world he lives in is unified under a single autocratic government, which claims to be providing the people with all they need. The propaganda is constantly juxtaposed to the suffering and poor quality of life that the people face every day, as the vast majority of people toil away in factories and reside within slums, eating miniscule amounts of food. The while the book is meant to be character driven, it often involves Alexander entering longwinded inner monologues detesting the state of the nation and it's government. The book ends with Alexander's own execution after attempting to organize a resistance against "the Nation", but his death galvanizing the people and causing them to rise up in revolt, though their success is left ambiguous. The vast majority of the book is a clear criticism of the Soviet influenced Communist ideology, as "the Nation" claims to follow many communist ideals, banning religion, nationalism, and regulating speech and thought, while also being hypocritical about it's own promises. The book was banned shortly after publication in the USSR and came under flak by communist groups for being "an exaggeration and perversion of communism", though it became a best seller in the US during the 1950s and 1960s

Codex Austrasius

 

[brunohusker]

Codex Austrasius

In the 1700s, the French sailed around Cape Horn and eventually started a colony in Australia. One of the members of this expedition, who was on the ship Ste. Michele, was Horace Benedict De Sausurre, who was known more for his exploits as a mountaineer. However, he would become more famous for his exploration of the Australian hinterlands, even reaching the Great Australian Desert in 1789. He would then write of his exploits in the Codex Austrasius, detailing the Flora, Fauna and indigenous people of the Australian continent, observing animals such as koalas, kangaroos, wallabies, and even crocodiles, and also learning to communicate with the aboriginal people of Australia. The Codex today is known mostly as a guide to the once wild Australian continent, as well as providing a good resource on early French and even British settlement which occurred in New South Wales, while the French settled in the north in what would be known as New Normandy.

Hackberry Hill Agricultural Society String Band presents : A Ranch hand's Soliloquy

 

[ennobee]

Hackberry Hill Agricultural Society String Band presents : A Ranch hand's Soliloquy

Third installment of the Disney teen musical franchise "The Hackberry Hill Agricultural Society String Band". Although eventually four more 'Hackberry Hill' musicals would be made for the Disney Channel, this was the last movie starring the original power couple of Maarten Hontis and Simone Biles and is therefore considered the last of the 'original trilogy' or 'The real Hackberry musicals'.

The movie follows Hontis' character Brando West as he spends the summer holidays with his grand-uncle Arturo on his South Texas ranch, learns horse riding and cow wrangling and sings half a dozen songs about what a fool he was to break up with (Biles' character) Lexie. Lexie in the meantime copes with her heartbreak by interning in a software startup and writing a cowgirl romance cell-phone game, the above-mentioned "Ranch hand's soloqui"

Off course... Guess who unkowingly will become her over-the-internet invisible writing partner that helps her understand the ranch-hand's life.

The movie was released in 2017 straight to television on the Disney Channel and although not as successful as the first 'Hackberry Hills' musical, it has been a on constant reruns ever since. The breakout song 'Cow girls don't yodel on command' was even a minor hit in the mainstream charts and did especially well in Japan and Germany.

It is still playing on Disney Radio, although Biles, after she quit the Disney musical franchise and became a singer-songwriter in her own right steadfastly refuses to perform it on her own shows.

Next up:
Putin on the Ritz
(Mind the spelling)

 

[TheLionOfJudah]

In the 1700s, the French sailed around Cape Horn and eventually started a colony in Australia. One of the members of this expedition, who was on the ship Ste. Michele, was Horace Benedict De Sausurre, who was known more for his exploits as a mountaineer. However, he would become more famous for his exploration of the Australian hinterlands, even reaching the Great Australian Desert in 1789. He would then write of his exploits in the Codex Austrasius, detailing the Flora, Fauna and indigenous people of the Australian continent, observing animals such as koalas, kangaroos, wallabies, and even crocodiles, and also learning to communicate with the aboriginal people of Australia. The Codex today is known mostly as a guide to the once wild Australian continent, as well as providing a good resource on early French and even British settlement which occurred in New South Wales, while the French settled in the north in what would be known as New Normandy.

I meant Austrasius like Austrasia but this works too

 

[Tmckay]

Third installment of the Disney teen musical franchise "The Hackberry Hill Agricultural Society String Band". Although eventually four more 'Hackberry Hill' musicals would be made for the Disney Channel, this was the last movie starring the original power couple of Maarten Hontis and Simone Biles and is therefore considered the last of the 'original trilogy' or 'The real Hackberry musicals'.

The movie follows Hontis' character Brando West as he spends the summer holidays with his grand-uncle Arturo on his South Texas ranch, learns horse riding and cow wrangling and sings half a dozen songs about what a fool he was to break up with (Biles' character) Lexie. Lexie in the meantime copes with her heartbreak by interning in a software startup and writing a cowgirl romance cell-phone game, the above-mentioned "Ranch hand's soloqui"

Off course... Guess who unkowingly will become her over-the-internet invisible writing partner that helps her understand the ranch-hand's life.

The movie was released in 2017 straight to television on the Disney Channel and although not as successful as the first 'Hackberry Hills' musical, it has been a on constant reruns ever since. The breakout song 'Cow girls don't yodel on command' was even a minor hit in the mainstream charts and did especially well in Japan and Germany.

It is still playing on Disney Radio, although Biles, after she quit the Disney musical franchise and became a singer-songwriter in her own right steadfastly refuses to perform it on her own shows.

Next up:
Putin on the Ritz
(Mind the spelling)

Putin On The Ritz was a comedy show which ran worldwide from 2015-2025, spawning two films and an animated series on Netflix. The show explores a man from the suburbs of Moscow named Igor Putin who sets about exploring The UK, trying to fit in all the while causing mass controversy due to mocking religious offices, farmers etc, all the while remaining oblivious, using broken English and often using phases that don't make sense, given the content. Somehow, Putin ends up purchasing The Ritz but ended up running it into the ground. Heavily in debt and fearing for his life, he begged local politicians to help him, until only one did. The Prime Minister Of The UK, Bob Jameson. When the scandal broke out, Bob Jameson was forced to resign. Having accidentally pushed The Queen over while attending one of her tea party's, disguised as a guard, Putin feared for his life.

The Queen imprisoned him in The Tower Of London, for months before crazed admirers broke him out. Forever banned from entering The UK or its respective territories, Putin returned to his mother country.

In 2030, Putin In The Ritz, Again! Was released, seeing Putin and his nephew Vlad, disguised as Irish alcoholics return to The UK. Amid more controversy, they managed to repurchase The Ritz. Eventually, having amassed an immense wealth, Putin ran for PM.

Just two days into being in office, Igor was exposed, when during a live press conference, he fell over and his wig and costume was exposed. Stealing a nearby helicopter, Igor and his nephew fled to Moscow. When The UK threatened war, The Russian and local Embassy's defended Igor and his nephew. Narrowly, war was averted. Though Igor alongside his family were banned from The UK for eleven generations.

The Putin In The Ritz franchise, though extremely controversial and unscripted, having been real, won numerous film awards. They also spawned a successful career for Igor Putin, who went on to release seven more films, three TV Shows as well as numerous TV shows, before his death in 2050.

Points for whoever guesses what this is based off of!

Next up: Sponge In The White House.

 

[Plateosaurus]

Sponge In The White House.

Art instalment placed outside the White House in St. Louis, Missouri, made to protest working conditions. The plan to move the capital from DC (then made into part of Maryland) to Missouri was a disaster, based heavily in racial resentment and Reconstruction politics and nothing else.

Don't believe me? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ill-fated-idea-move-nations-capital-st-louis-180977569/

The Rooster of Cairo

 

[SkyBlue300]

Art instalment placed outside the White House in St. Louis, Missouri, made to protest working conditions. The plan to move the capital from DC (then made into part of Maryland) to Missouri was a disaster, based heavily in racial resentment and Reconstruction politics and nothing else.

Don't believe me? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ill-fated-idea-move-nations-capital-st-louis-180977569/

The Rooster of Cairo

A novel wrote by British writer Lord John Werwick detailing his experiences fighting in the infamous Siege of Cairo along with the newly-formed Sudan-Egyptian Federation fighting the Ottoman invasion to the city. The book is praised as a "inspirational story to defend our allies in Middle East" and "A new perspective to the siege defendants and their relentess sacrifice for God, Queen, and the Commonwealth". The book is published by Macmillan and sold many copies especially in Britain and Egypt (translated by An-Noor in Egypt). This book remains banned in Turkey after a coup by far-right individuals following the unstable Turkish Federation.

Our Darkest Hour : The Story of the British Union and it's demise.

 

[brunohusker]

I meant Austrasius like Austrasia but this works too

Sorry for that.

 

[ennobee]

Our Darkest Hour : The Story of the British Union and it's demise.

A polemic pamphlet from 1921 by British writer and politician Lord John Werwick. In it, Werwick, a wartime commander in the British North African Army, warns that the British Union has reached its highest point and from here on will inevitably decline because the 'sacred union' of Royalty, nobility and military has been replaced by politicians. In particurly he lamented 'our darkest hour', the 1920 parliamentary decision that alongside with the admission of Egypt and Palestine into the British union, the inhabitants of this regions now obtained free rein to relocate to everywhere in the Union, including the British Isles and -oh horror- London Proper.


Although polarizing, controversial and pretty much the talk of the town for much of thr year, the book sold rather poorly and today is mostly remembered for prompting Charles Chaplin to make his first full-length silent movie 'The Great Dictator' in which he mercilessly makes fun of all the talking points of Lord Werwick's book.

Next Up:
a poke alypse

 

[oboro]

A polemic pamphlet from 1921 by British writer and politician Lord John Werwick. In it, Werwick, a wartime commander in the British North African Army, warns that the British Union has reached its highest point and from here on will inevitably decline because the 'sacred union' of Royalty, nobility and military has been replaced by politicians. In particurly he lamented 'our darkest hour', the 1920 parliamentary decision that alongside with the admission of Egypt and Palestine into the British union, the inhabitants of this regions now obtained free rein to relocate to everywhere in the Union, including the British Isles and -oh horror- London Proper.


Although polarizing, controversial and pretty much the talk of the town for much of thr year, the book sold rather poorly and today is mostly remembered for prompting Charles Chaplin to make his first full-length silent movie 'The Great Dictator' in which he mercilessly makes fun of all the talking points of Lord Werwick's book.

Next Up:
a poke alypse

Countrified way of speaking for Jim Galway, a cult leader in South Dakota who managed to get his hands on a Minuteman ICBM. “Now we’re going to have ourselves a little a poke alypse” he would say on his nightly broadcast during the Silo Siege, which only ended when he actually launched the missile. Fortunately, someone had hacked into its guidance system, and it landed in the most isolated part of the Pacific Ocean, killing no one and causing no deleterious long term effects. Galway and several of his followers never made it out of the silo - it was sealed closed. They may still be alive down there, but the world has moved on

How Homer went Blind

 

[Lyr3866]

Countrified way of speaking for Jim Galway, a cult leader in South Dakota who managed to get his hands on a Minuteman ICBM. “Now we’re going to have ourselves a little a poke alypse” he would say on his nightly broadcast during the Silo Siege, which only ended when he actually launched the missile. Fortunately, someone had hacked into its guidance system, and it landed in the most isolated part of the Pacific Ocean, killing no one and causing no deleterious long term effects. Galway and several of his followers never made it out of the silo - it was sealed closed. They may still be alive down there, but the world has moved on

How Homer went Blind

A special episode of the simpson that was noted for its unnusual theme of darkness (no oun intended) as its not the ussual treehouse of horror special instead it was a special to raise awareness for blind people but the episode ends up beinh one of the most dark and creepiest episode of children television (after thomas and friends stepney goes missing) due to it portrayal on how homer went blind (he got into a car crash that pead to his eye being gouged out) and subsuquent bullying (on one occasion nelson even replaced homer drinks with kerosene)

How South Vietnam Became a US State

 

[Liam Johnson of The Army]

How South Vietnam Became a US State

A history book detailing the de facto statehood of the de jure independant nation of South Vietnam through American megacorporations buying local Vietnamese businesses,to heavy involvement of the US Army in South Vietnamese politics,to South Vietnamese children being taught to think of the USA as a sort of free market Utopia within their schools,America had been able to effectively make South Vietnam into its de facto 51st state as is argued by the author Graham Joseph Smith.
The Antonius of Democracy

 

[Rfl23]

A history book detailing the de facto statehood of the de jure independant nation of South Vietnam through American megacorporations buying local Vietnamese businesses,to heavy involvement of the US Army in South Vietnamese politics,to South Vietnamese children being taught to think of the USA as a sort of free market Utopia within their schools,America had been able to effectively make South Vietnam into its de facto 51st state as is argued by the author Graham Joseph Smith.
The Antonius of Democracy

After mark anthony abolished the roman empire he was declare supreme ruler of fhe 2nd roman republic and as a reward was given the title the antonius of democracy, his rule homever was marked with rebellion especially in hispania and gaul in which his response is to approach them diplomatically but if they refuse crush them and i mean CRUSH.

(This is a sequel to @Lyr3866 captain scotland description)
Captain Scotland and The Hapsburg Affair

 

[Victoria]

Captain Scotland and The Hapsburg Affair

One of the newer Captain Scotland novels. This one shows him going to Austria after having to run away from France because he killed a nobleman in an illegal duel. After some lucky encounters, he ends up being invited to court and having an affair with Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, the Holy Roman Empress, with the implication that he's Maria Theresa's real father.
The novel was very historically accurate in some aspects, like the description of people's clothing and the fact that Elisabeth was an excellent shot while also being almost hilariously inaccurate in everything else.

Rex factor

 

[Rfl23]

Ngl that captain scotland stuff could be made into some fictional tl lol

 

[oboro]

One of the newer Captain Scotland novels. This one shows him going to Austria after having to run away from France because he killed a nobleman in an illegal duel. After some lucky encounters, he ends up being invited to court and having an affair with Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, the Holy Roman Empress, with the implication that he's Maria Theresa's real father.
The novel was very historically accurate in some aspects, like the description of people's clothing and the fact that Elisabeth was an excellent shot while also being almost hilariously inaccurate in everything else.

Rex factor

Saying attributed to Teddy Roosevelt upon seeing the first complete skeleton of T. rex. “Roar loudly, have tiny arms and huge teeth. Have the Rex factor”. No one knows what he really meant, but, being Teddy Roosevelt, no one questioned him on it. He later wrote a book called “The Rex Factor”

The Cuneiform Encyclopedia

 

[Otto Kretschmer]

Saying attributed to Teddy Roosevelt upon seeing the first complete skeleton of T. rex. “Roar loudly, have tiny arms and huge teeth. Have the Rex factor”. No one knows what he really meant, but, being Teddy Roosevelt, no one questioned him on it. He later wrote a book called “The Rex Factor”

The Cuneiform Encyclopedia

A name given to a textbook of cuneiform written by an Oxford professor of Ancient History Sir Archibald Percival Spencer in 2021. The book served as the ultimate source of information on cuneiform writing for decades to come.

The Asparagus Syndrome

 

[Plateosaurus]

The Asparagus Syndrome

Cumbrian slang for a person after their spouse cheat on them, so named because both are bitter.

The Patron Saint of Idiots