Die Wacht am Rhein - A Kaiserreich TL

Arabian Civil War, socialist Persia
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Persian soldiers of the People's Liberation Army of the Persian Socialist Republic encounters a truck with refugees from war-torn southern Iraq (2002)


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Oil fields in southern Iraq burning. (2001)

Following a civil war in Hashemite Arabia, heavy fighting between royal troops and military coup supporters damaged oilfields in southern Iraq, Kuwait and eastern Arabian Peninsula, createing environmental and economic disaster in the world. On the other hand, burning of the oilfields encouraged more countries to invest into renewable energy sources and electrical cars.


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Four years of struggle (2001-2005) has left large parts of Hashemite Arabia destroyed by the heavy fighting.


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Despite protests of international community, both sides used chemical weapons to break the frontlines during late part of a war (2004-2005)


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Soldiers of the Persian Arabs' Police Brigade - part of the International Peacekeeping Force for Iraq and Kuwait.​
 
Did you say Ahura Mazda?
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Zoroastrians in the Persian Socialist Republic (2019)

To break the religious opposition against government, Persian syndicalists supported renewal of zoroastrian religion. History books since 1930s were rewritten to put an emphasis on Zoroastrianism as national religion of Iranian people, opposed to Islam forced upon Persians by the Arabs. Cyrus the Great was named as a precursor for socialism with his human rights declaration, existence of post-conquest states such as Ziyarids, Karenids, Bavandids and others, while teaching about barbaric desert invaders. Growing economy, continuous development of Iran from Soviet and American economical aid, using oil profits to improve standard of living allowed socialist government to isolate most of the conservative Muslims and their opposition towards new policies.

By 2019, 5% of Iranians identified themselves as Zoroastrian (77% are Shia, 5% are Sunni, 2% are Bahai, 1,3% are Yarsani, 1% are Christian, 1% are Mandaean, 7% are irreligious or atheist)


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Sassan Shahrokh, grandson of Keikhosrow Shahrokh was a Zoroastrian Chairman of the People's Commissars of Iran in late 1980s. Just like his ancestor, he campaigned for a Persian, non-Muslim nationalism and was popular among the youth. He was assasinated by a radical Islamist. His death sparked controversy across Iran and fuelled popular demonstrations demanding further secularization of the state.


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As response to Shahrokh's assasination, portraits of prominent Iranian Islamic priests were burnt down in Tehran in the beginning of "Persian Spring". (October 11, 1989 - October 28, 1989)

For the first time in existence, socialist government did not make any steps (even official) against them, with an Acting Chairman saying that portraits are a private property of those who are burning them and the government can not stop them.


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Egyptian-Arabian War (1989-1994)

After territorial dispute over Damascus and Syria, Hashemite Arabia attacked Egypt. Egypt, supported by the Federation of Italy managed to survive initial onslaught and stop advancing armies from taking Syria and Jerusalem. War turned into a stalemate, while the fighting devolved into World War I-style trench warfare. 1,400,000 people died in the conflict, due to harsh warfare and use of chemical weapons. To reduce dissent, Hashemite king made concessions to more conservative Muslim elements within the country, a move that would turn to be disastrous few years later.


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Protests in Hashemite Arabia that sparked the civil war. (2001)

Growing conservatism, falling standard of living and authoritarianism fuelled liberal revolution in Arabia. When parts of military forces joined protesters, civil war began.​
 
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War between CSA and Canada/New England
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Canadian infantryman preparing for a defence against Combined Syndicates of America (1945)

Despite organized defence, personal bravery of Canadian soldiers and willigness to fight against invaders, Kingdom of Canada fell within next two months.


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Reeducation Camps in Canada was a place where most of nobility was imprisoned and forced to work in farms. Usually, they were released after few years if they agreed to praise syndicalism. Royalty, such as princess Elizabeth of Windsor (or Elizabeth Wettin as she is known in the CUS) was more thorougly indoctrinated into the collective mind of Canadian syndicalists.

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New England soldiers preparing for a last defence of Boston in the battle against Syndicalists (1945)​
 
sexbots, Japanese geek fashion, 500e, maglevs, floating solar farms, nuclear trains

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Second decade of 21st century brought a new technological advance in robotics - appearance of sexbots. Hated by the social conservatives, banned in several countries in the world, they were perfectly fine for American and Soviet syndicalists.

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Newest Japanese "geek fashion" from 2020s.
After Japanese lunar landing and manned Martian flyby, Japanese became more interested in new technologies, science fiction and transhumanism.

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500e (2002) was the FIAT response to the oil crisis that came after Arabian Civil War. Cheaper than most of EVs in the world, 500e became a significant success in expansion of the corporation.

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Japanese maglev trains provided serious alternative and threat to trains produced already in the world (2000s)

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Japanese floating solar farms. (2010s)​

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Super trains in Combined Syndicates of America and Union of Soviets combined an enormous speed with the range of a standard freight train, all powered by the nuclear reactors. After 1986's Munich nuclear power plant, more and more people have resigned from using them and they were phased out.

 
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feminism, army and anti-abortion

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Commune of France was the first country in the world to legalize homosexuality. Many of those who married during the Interwar period, were persecuted by the German-imposed regime. (1919)

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Social conservative government of Sweden was in real trouble when it had begun conscripting women into military forces. Only seizure of Finland by the Union of Soviets and threat of Syndicalist armies convinced Swedes to do so. (1940s, photo from 1990s)

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Female soldier of the Kurdish People's Defence forces (1939)

While fighting against Ottomans, many women volunteered into Kurdish military forces, wanting to end tyranny of Constantinople's regime, gender equality and freedom of religion. During the war, old Zoroastrian or Oriental Christian practices were revived by many people who did not wish to follow Islam way of life.

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People's Volunteer Infantry Brigade was formed in Chicago during the first days of the American Civil War. (1937)

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588th "Flying Witches" Bomber Regiment was all-female air corps that fought against Japan, Transamur, Manchuria, in Caucasus and Central Asia. (1940s)

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New branch of feminism arose in the Combined Syndicates of America. This time advocating for pro-life policies and making rights of unborn and born equal. (2020s)​
 
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Map of the World (1946)

Pan-Eurasian Holy Agreement of the World's Capital Urqa of Supreme Mongolian Spirit and the Race:

Empire of Greater Mongolia:
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Chinese subdivisions
literally no one

Reichspakt:

German Empire with Kaiserbund states and puppets:
France
England
Wales
Scotland
Flanders-Wallonie
Netherlands
United Baltic Duchy
Australasia
Kaiserbund states

Poland
Lithuania
Switzerland
La Plata with a puppet:
Brazil

Peru-Bolivia Confederation
with puppets:
Equador
Columbia

Ireland
Czechia
Hungary
Croatia

Internationale:

Combined Syndicates of America
with a puppet:
Canada

Union of Soviets
with puppets:
Manchuria
Korea

Persian Socialist Republic
Mexico
Syndicalist Republic of Central America
Cuba
Carribean Syndicalist Union

New Asian Order:

Empire of Japan
with puppets:
Indonesian Confederation
Phillippines

Empire of India
Burma
Thailand​
 
Kurds, Christian sect of Zoroastrianism

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Flag of the Republic of Kurdistan (1938)

Kurdistan, surrounded by monarchies of the Middle East, decided to adopt republican system and made several agreements with the Union of Soviets and the Combined Syndicates of America. Progressive faction inside Kurdish politics ensured rise of the socialism with Kurdish characteristics - existence of a free market inside syndicalist state. By 2019, there were 50 millions of inhabitants inside Kurdistan, with 45 millions Kurds.



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Celebration of the Independence Day (2019)



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Tower of Medes since 2009 to 2021 was the tallest building the world. It is located in the capital city of Kurdistan, Mosul.



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Since the beginning of existence, Kurdish state used the sixth largest oil reserve in the world to fund national development. After Arabian Civil War and subsequent rapid rise of oil prices, income skyrocketed, allowing a rapid rise in the standard of living for millions Kurds.
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Zoroastrianism among Kurds re-appeared in late 1930s after lifting the oppressive religious policies of Ottomans. Kurdish branch of religion is more liberal, nationalist and proselytic than Persian one - a fact that gained them more followers. 25% of ethnic Kurds are Zoroastrians (11,250,000) - most of them or their ancestors were converted from Islam due to its cultural constrains and later unpopularity due to rise of militant Islamic terrorists who wanted to overthrow Kurdish secular government and were publicly associated with Muslims living there.

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Scene from the "Path of Zoroaster"

Many Zoroastrian Kurds believe that biblical prophet Daniel was, in fact, Zoroaster while his teachings were translated from Old Persian to Jewish language and corrupted, giving rise to the Judaism and Christianity.​
 
Japanese missions to Mars, Syndie Martian base, Iron Lady of Mongolia
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Japanese manned fly-by of Mars (2026)

Kamikaze (or "Divine Wind") was a manned spacecraft launched by the Imperial Japanese Space Agency with a five people onboard. They have spent few months in a Low Martian Orbit where they conducted several tests about Martian upper atmosphere, orbit and moons.

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Two astronauts on Mars during the first manned Martian landing conducted by the Imperial Japanese Space Agency. (2029)

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Construction of the Fourth Internationale's Martian base (2037)

Between 2033 and 2038, Martian base had been constructed by unmanned devices and Self-Learning Robots - available for the future Martian manned landings to host cosmonauts for a few Earth's months (later expanded to years).

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Michelle Yeoh as Yeoh Kian Teik, High Commissioner of Canton in her ceremonial uniform in Mongolian-Chinese movie "Birth of the Nation". (2051)

One of the most powerful woman in the Chinese Mongolian Empire, she was a great lobbyist for a space program. She promoted idea of expansion into space - establishment of manned bases on the Moon and Mars, unmanned, automated outposts on the other planets to ensure domination of Mongolians in the world. During her whole tenure, she was in favour of placement the cobalt-enriched nuclear weapons on the lunar surface to ensure destruction of the world if Chinese Mongolians were to be defeated in war.

 
Handmaid's Tale
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Elizabeth Moss and Madeline Brewer on Handmaid's Tale (2017-2020)

Handmaid's Tale depicts dystopian alternate history where the American Civil War lasted longer, until 1944 when Huey Long's forces used biological and chemical warfare against Combined Syndicates of America and her allies. After his deat on 1945, his direct successor William Dudley Pelley withdrew American Union State from international politics, privatized Northern industry, giving it to the web of monopolist cartels ruled by heavy-handed industrialists, expanded Jim Crow laws to the North and began passing anti-feminist laws that severed women rights' in the state. Nuclear war that happened on 1962 left large swaths of country irradiated and people's fertility began to fall. On 1980s Old Testament Christian group calling themselves the Sons of Jacob seized the power in AUS, imprisoned all fertile women and made them breeding slaves for highest men in the religion. In a new American state, woman could not read, write, leave a home without male relative, had to cover her head and be submissive for her husband. Few fertile women are brutally subjugated by the regime, assigned to the homes of the ruling class where they are ritually raped by their male masters to become pregnant and bear children for masters and their wives. All women who did have significant political or scientifical positions are forced to work in secret brothels for the Sons of Jacob elite. Handmaids are named after their masters (Offred, Ofglen, Ofjames) and forced to never use their birth name again under severe punishment if they fail.
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Series ends in a brutal revolution where all vestiges of the old system are destroyed by the Handmaids and other repressed women.​
 
Mongolian conquest of Moon, SSTO
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Chinese Mongolian Roman von Ungern-Sternberg's Lunar Base (2028)

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SSTO spacecraft "Genghis Khan" operated by Chinese Mongolian Empire (2027)

Used to send men and equipment (version for sending equipment is unmanned, stripped of life support system and rooms for crew) into Earth orbit.

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Yeoh Kian Teik's daughter was the first Chinese Mongolian on the Moon (July 21, 2021)​
 
Syndie revolutions on the British Isles
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During 1980s, CSA government took harsher stance on Germany - knowing that combined economies of America and Union of Soviets is more powerful than Reichspakt's, they launched massive re-armament program, with expansion of navy, army, air forces, space program and military technologies.


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English Royal Order Corps shoots at left-wing protest in Dover (1988)

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Maximist propaganda in the Kingdom of England (1988)

After bloody suppression of peace demonstration, more militant groups of Syndicalists united to start a guerilla campaign against German puppet government.

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Poster of the Scottish Socialist Party (1992)

Unlike English government, a Prime Minister of Scotland and the King both resigned after some negotiations with the opposition. Referendum about future of the country was won by the supporters of social democracy.


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Gwawr Morgan, Welsh General of the People's Self-Defence Forces announces dissolution of the government, abdication of the king and establishment of the workers' state - a dictatorship of proletariat. Photo taken shortly after Self-Defence forces broke through Welsh Royal Army, took over Royal Palace and imprisoned everyone inside. (1994)

Cardiff People's Trials would serve as an example of how Welsh treats counterrevolutionaries - with iron and blood.​
 
Dune
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Alexa Davalos as Julie Krain, Chairwoman of the New York Movie Syndicate in the "Girl with a Camera" (2019)

Julie Krain (1930-1969) was one of the most famous directors in CSA and the world. Her devotion to filmmaking traces back to her childhood when she was illegally watching old films in abandoned cinema during the American Civil War. She died at the age of 39 due to her refusal to take a break in directing and going to the hospital.

Last and the greatest film she ever made was the Dune (1969) - a 14-hours, seven-part movie based on Frank Herbert's novel under the same title.


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John Anderson (1940-2021) played Paul Atreides.


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Elizabeth Taylor (1939-2018) played Chani, lover of Paul Atreides.

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Majel Barret played Bene Gesserit Jessica Atreides.

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Richard Nixon played Emperor Shaddam IV.​
 
Alexa Davalos in Japan
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Alexa Davalos in the Old City in Hiroshima (2026)

American actress visited Japan on 2026 to meet Japanese astronauts who returned from the Martian orbit. Here, she is hown during her trip through the old city of Hiroshima - a part of the city where people cultivate old ways of living and offer traditional Japanese things to the tourists. Her previous role in Japanese series about travel through alternate Universes (Woman from the High Castle) gained her extreme popularity in the Japanese Empire.​
 
German exploration of Mars and Venus
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German unmanned airships on Venus (2041)

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German manned mission to Mars (2042)

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Imperial German maglev trains achieve speed of 1000 km/h (2031)

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German Crown Prince in the Imperial German Space Force uniform. (2038)​
 
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Star Trek
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Patrick Stewart, English actor as George Oliver Wilson, captain of SN Victory (1987).

Since 1987 to 1993 he starred Star Trek - a British science fiction series about adventures of the crew of SN Victory - flagship of the United Earth Space Navy - on a 5-year mission to explore new worlds, bring the British-centered human civilization upon undeveloped aliens and defend interests of the Confederation of Earth.


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Jodie Whittaker as a Captain Kate Davis of SN Ark Royal (2016)
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ST: Voyager

Fourth series in the Star Trek franchise depicted Kate Davis - female captain assigned to conduct research over the Gamma Quadrant of the Galaxy after appearance of mysterious wormhole.

After fall of the monarchy, Star Trek was revived on 2001 with ST: The Next Generation (2001-2008), ST: Discovery (2008-2015) and ST: Voyager (2016-2023)

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Dominic Keating played Captain Alexander Nelson in ST: The Next Generation.

ST: Next Generation was less militaristic and more into peaceful exploration. It also touched some controversial topic of current society, such as homosexuality or feminism.


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Benedict Cumberbatch played Captain Oliver Nelson in ST: Discovery.​
 
Cleanest city in the world, Chicago
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Chicago (2048)

Chicago, capital city of the Combined Syndicates of America is the cleanest city in the world.

Traffic is dominated by electrical vehicles, with emission engines banned from entering Chicago, jet planes and non-electric airships banned from overflying the city. 80% of EVs are shared by the citizens in the Carsharing Program.​
 
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Poland, Poland above all!


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Celebration of the rise of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. (September 12, 1937)

On September 11, Lithuanian king Mindaugas II was elected as a King of Poland by the Regency Council. One day later he officialy signed an Union of Warsaw, uniting two countries into one - Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania.

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Roman Dmowski (August 9, 1864 - )

Shortly after Mindaugas' decision to make government use both Polish and Lithuanian languages, he stated that bilingualism is an abomination for Poles and encouraged people to destroy all signs with this 'peasant dialect' on them. He established National-Radical Party, a paramilitary organization designed to fight against the 'government under Jewish and Lithaunian peasant influence'. During one of the clashes with police forces, he had been killed. Adam Doboszyński, his direct successor organized march on Warsaw, to eradicate all Lithuanian influence on Poland.


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Polish Cavalry attacks Adam Doboszyński's forces during the March on Warsaw. (March 14, 1938)

Norbert Barlicki, first Prime Minister of Poland decided to use military forces to supress National Populist coup attempt in Warsaw. Polish ulans were highly mobile, mounted forces - excellent to fight against lightly armed Nationalist militia.


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Etatist government of Poland invested two billion Polish złoty into the Central Industrial Region (COP or Centralny Okręg Przemysłowy) between 1938 and 1942.

Main aim for the COP was elimination of unemployment, increase in economic potential of Poland, expansion of heavy industry and infrastructure. After fall of Mitteleuropean system of agricultural subsidies, crisis pushed Eastern European into more independent system - Ukraine suffered syndicalist revolution by Nikita Khrushchev while in Belarus nationalist element broke off from Reichspakt. Seeking to save eastern buffer state from falling into Soviet sphere, German government authorized several large loans to fuel Polish economy, called Erhard's Plan after German Minister of Economy Ludwig Erhard.


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Construction of Nowa Huta near Kraków (1949)​
 
Agriculture and Industry of Poland

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Wheat Harvest in Poland (1961)

Large estates produced majority of the Polish grain output, ending fears of famine in the Central Europe.


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Warszawskie Zakłady Elektroniczne (1954)

Warsaw Electronics Factory was a major producer of electronics in Mitteleuropa since 1950s thanks to low costs of labour and favourable state policies.​
 
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