And this is the second one. It should be noted that FACTS Magazine is not an... unbiased source. It's very certainly a loyal monarchist publication of Virginia (it's endorsed every President king candidate of the Washington family, and King George IV, if reluctantly[1]), and is very interested in making the IWC look as bad as possible. So, it's not as bad as it appears, and the other side isn't as good as it appears, obviously.
The main thing this map doesn't show that well is the sheer diversity of the IWC. I tried to make it like every possible Authoritarian-Socialist permutation I could think of, from the permanent Gulag of Patagonia, to the English surveillance state, and then to the collapsing Phillipines. So certain areas are much nicer to live in then others. For instance France is actually a rather nice place all things considered, as long as you don't anger the Surete Political. It's not corrupt, has excellent Educational opportunities (particularly in theoretical physics, biology and chemistry, although they tend to lag behind in Mathematics and applied sciences), and is very intellectual. If you anger the Surete Political however... no one talks of that. Oh, and they've absolutely destroyed the current French orthography replacing it with something that horrifies all OTL French, and is rather terrifically ugly.
The Marathas are not as nice, but India is much richer then in OTL, and WR Maratha along with Mysore are the largest power block after France. Together France and it's allies in the WNC fight the long game with Maratha and Mysore for political influence, although both groups are becoming increasingly annoyed with the absolute failure of the rest of the WRs to get it together. Since the WNC is also a fairly weak body, it only manages to apear as powerful as it is to toher powers due to it's opacity and the members fear that if they don't present a united front, Russia, China (and if they could ever agree) the USA would rip them up.
On the bad side of the WNC, you find places like Pegu (imagine the Khmer Rouge left absolutely alone for 30 years, and yoou'll be close), the slavery system of the Congo, the racist caste society of Amazonas, England (imagine 1984+Prisoner and every other British dystopia of that type, and you'll only be a little over the top of ATL England), the almost entirely collapse Phillipines (Manila and bits of Luzon are basically the only area actually controlled by the government) with rampant brigandry and violence, along with more typicall corrupt one party systems like Mejico and Guinea.
the WNC last fought a war ten years ago when Russia and China finally allied together and tried to break through the Himalayas with the help of Bengal. It didn't work out so well for them. Since then all of the world powers have retreated and the world lies in a semi-peace, although recent signs along the Red Curtain of Eastern Europe worry the populace of the world. This time, with an interventionist President king the USA looks set to join, surely on the side of the Capitalist powers. And deep within Paris as the thousands of delegates squabble and shout, cooler minds worry about the fate of the Revolution.
[1]The American political system in ATL is... complicated to say the least, but I'll try to simplify as quickly as possible. Due to the Frontier war of the 1810s, Virginia, Delaware, Mackinack and formerly Maryland and Michigan were in Personal union under the Washington Dynasty. The Washington Dynasty was also a perennial runner in the presidential elections (blame a slightly different George Washington I) as the conservative candidate, and when they're both King and President, they are usually reffered to as President-King in ATL. Canada, Belize, Jamaica, Quebec, and Nova Scotia are all part of the USA in ATL (the British monarchy fled to Ontario due to the French invasion in the 20s) and George IV stepped in when there was no Washington heir to run for president in the 1840s, when faced with a powerful radical opponent.
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The main thing this map doesn't show that well is the sheer diversity of the IWC. I tried to make it like every possible Authoritarian-Socialist permutation I could think of, from the permanent Gulag of Patagonia, to the English surveillance state, and then to the collapsing Phillipines. So certain areas are much nicer to live in then others. For instance France is actually a rather nice place all things considered, as long as you don't anger the Surete Political. It's not corrupt, has excellent Educational opportunities (particularly in theoretical physics, biology and chemistry, although they tend to lag behind in Mathematics and applied sciences), and is very intellectual. If you anger the Surete Political however... no one talks of that. Oh, and they've absolutely destroyed the current French orthography replacing it with something that horrifies all OTL French, and is rather terrifically ugly.
The Marathas are not as nice, but India is much richer then in OTL, and WR Maratha along with Mysore are the largest power block after France. Together France and it's allies in the WNC fight the long game with Maratha and Mysore for political influence, although both groups are becoming increasingly annoyed with the absolute failure of the rest of the WRs to get it together. Since the WNC is also a fairly weak body, it only manages to apear as powerful as it is to toher powers due to it's opacity and the members fear that if they don't present a united front, Russia, China (and if they could ever agree) the USA would rip them up.
On the bad side of the WNC, you find places like Pegu (imagine the Khmer Rouge left absolutely alone for 30 years, and yoou'll be close), the slavery system of the Congo, the racist caste society of Amazonas, England (imagine 1984+Prisoner and every other British dystopia of that type, and you'll only be a little over the top of ATL England), the almost entirely collapse Phillipines (Manila and bits of Luzon are basically the only area actually controlled by the government) with rampant brigandry and violence, along with more typicall corrupt one party systems like Mejico and Guinea.
the WNC last fought a war ten years ago when Russia and China finally allied together and tried to break through the Himalayas with the help of Bengal. It didn't work out so well for them. Since then all of the world powers have retreated and the world lies in a semi-peace, although recent signs along the Red Curtain of Eastern Europe worry the populace of the world. This time, with an interventionist President king the USA looks set to join, surely on the side of the Capitalist powers. And deep within Paris as the thousands of delegates squabble and shout, cooler minds worry about the fate of the Revolution.
[1]The American political system in ATL is... complicated to say the least, but I'll try to simplify as quickly as possible. Due to the Frontier war of the 1810s, Virginia, Delaware, Mackinack and formerly Maryland and Michigan were in Personal union under the Washington Dynasty. The Washington Dynasty was also a perennial runner in the presidential elections (blame a slightly different George Washington I) as the conservative candidate, and when they're both King and President, they are usually reffered to as President-King in ATL. Canada, Belize, Jamaica, Quebec, and Nova Scotia are all part of the USA in ATL (the British monarchy fled to Ontario due to the French invasion in the 20s) and George IV stepped in when there was no Washington heir to run for president in the 1840s, when faced with a powerful radical opponent.
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