Anaxagoras
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Did a thread on this about a year ago, but it didn't go anywhere. Rather than pull a thread necro, I figured I try again...
In a CS Victory TL, what is the greatest extent that North America might "balkanize"?
I can see an independent Texas seceding from the Confederacy, especially after oil is discovered. Some have also suggested that New Orleans might try to set itself up as a sort of Creole city-state, though that seems somewhat implausible to me.
An independent Mormon state ("Deseret") is sort of a staple of AH fiction, but is it more plausible in a CS Victory TL than it was IOTL? And what about the idea of a Pacific Republic splitting off from the Union at some point?
Within the United States itself, could postwar political turmoil between Republicans and Democrats see an independent New England or an independent Free City of New York?
Could the American purchase of Alaska be butterflied away, allowing for the existence of a Russian American in a CS Victory TL? And what impact would there be on Canada?
Brainstorm away, AH.commers!
In a CS Victory TL, what is the greatest extent that North America might "balkanize"?
I can see an independent Texas seceding from the Confederacy, especially after oil is discovered. Some have also suggested that New Orleans might try to set itself up as a sort of Creole city-state, though that seems somewhat implausible to me.
An independent Mormon state ("Deseret") is sort of a staple of AH fiction, but is it more plausible in a CS Victory TL than it was IOTL? And what about the idea of a Pacific Republic splitting off from the Union at some point?
Within the United States itself, could postwar political turmoil between Republicans and Democrats see an independent New England or an independent Free City of New York?
Could the American purchase of Alaska be butterflied away, allowing for the existence of a Russian American in a CS Victory TL? And what impact would there be on Canada?
Brainstorm away, AH.commers!