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I am writing a CSA victory timeline for a nation sim that starts in 1950. In the timeline the CSA expands to include the Southwest, Indian Territory, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, and DC. Virginia also brings the "secessionist counties" of West Virginia back under its control. The Confederacy manages to win its independence without the direct intervention of foreign powers in the conflict, but it does have a better diplomatic outreach effort during the war and thus has higher foreign diplomatic and material support.
I was wondering how the CSA would go through the process of industrializing since the war showed the danger of relying on sales of raw materials to foreign nations for the hard currency with which to purchase finished goods, especially of a military nature. The CSA constitution prohibited funds raised in one state from being used to fund infrastructure development in another state, so things like railroads are going to require interstate agreements or private investment. However, the federal government would likely fund the development of important defense industries such as arsenals and shipyards, the industries traditionally being federally run in the US during the period.
Also, how would the system of slavery change (and eventually be phased out) with the independence of the CSA, especially over time? Might they be used in factories and other semi-skilled professions as the country industrializes?
Lastly, how would the CSA go about imperialism? Is it possible that the CSA would go about imperialism through methods like purchasing Cuba from Spain, or would it more likely have to go about it through invasion? Would the CSA ever try to go outside of the Americas, or would it be mostly confined there?
I was wondering how the CSA would go through the process of industrializing since the war showed the danger of relying on sales of raw materials to foreign nations for the hard currency with which to purchase finished goods, especially of a military nature. The CSA constitution prohibited funds raised in one state from being used to fund infrastructure development in another state, so things like railroads are going to require interstate agreements or private investment. However, the federal government would likely fund the development of important defense industries such as arsenals and shipyards, the industries traditionally being federally run in the US during the period.
Also, how would the system of slavery change (and eventually be phased out) with the independence of the CSA, especially over time? Might they be used in factories and other semi-skilled professions as the country industrializes?
Lastly, how would the CSA go about imperialism? Is it possible that the CSA would go about imperialism through methods like purchasing Cuba from Spain, or would it more likely have to go about it through invasion? Would the CSA ever try to go outside of the Americas, or would it be mostly confined there?