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I was going to post a brief rely, but with your kind permission I will write a longer background post from the TL's history text and newspapers to clear up at least some of your questions. This weekend looks promising for AH work, because of rain, so I hope to get the first one up tonight or tomorrow.
J
Very interesting stuff. I liked the War of 1810-2.
How much of Ontario is American now? I expect it's really just the land that borders the Great Lakes. Even so, that still probably puts a firm divide between Quebec and the Maritimes on the one hand, and Rupertsland, the Prairie and Oregon on the other. I expect this will make negotiations with the British on the border fairly interesting.
It will be interesting to see how the New Israelites manage to incorporate their new territory. I nevertheless love the nouveau-Roman style politics. Nice contrast with American traditions, I think.
I'm a bit confused as to how enduring a divide the Southern laws discriminating against immigrants will be. The South needs manpower, so ennacting disincentives to migration is counter productive. Moreover, it seems like keeping disenchanted immigrants in the South will be much, much harder than keeping freed blacks was during Jim Crow: the North may not be any more friendly toward the immigrant groups, but keeping out second-generation families may be pretty difficult. Nevertheless, it does seem like something the South would try. I'm more curious about how it affects immigration to the North.
Am I correctly understanding that the Twin Republics are two seperate countries, to wit Texas and Rio Grande? Why are they seperate, when the causes of their rebellion seem so much more similar than the revolts of OTL Texas and the Rio Grande were?
How exactly did Napoleon come by Cuba? I get the sense that he / France purchased it from the Spanish, but it also seems like this could only happen with the assent of the Allies. Similarly, it seems like it would have to have been a carrot to get Napoleon to assent to a surrendur / peace. How does Spain agree, though? Cuba was one of the most loyal parts of the Spanish North American Empire OTL?
It seems like Mexico is no longer ruled by Spain, but by a local monarchy, similar to Iturbide ("his democratic majesty"). What about the rest of Latin America? Before I read this far, I had been imagining a potential future for Napoleon stirring up trouble during South American revolutions: imagine Bolivar, San Martin and O'Higgins as new Marshalls in a Second Napoleonic Wars, these set in the New World. You've taken a different, probably more plausible tack, but I'm curious where that leaves South America.
Looking forward to more updates, nevertheless.
I was going to post a brief rely, but with your kind permission I will write a longer background post from the TL's history text and newspapers to clear up at least some of your questions. This weekend looks promising for AH work, because of rain, so I hope to get the first one up tonight or tomorrow.
J