Axis powers at 1939 to a virgin earth?
Or 1850 US to 1750?
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Or 1850 US to 1750?
In the summer of 2028, the Korean war was finally over, the North issuing an unconditional surrender.
The '20s were hard for the DPRK. Worldwide austerity measures and the beginning of the Long Crisis significantly reduced food aid to the country, and rulership under the Kims was more and more dysfunctional. This failures reached their peak when the Korean dictator and his younger brother stabbed and killed each in a drug-assisted quarrel. The sudden death of the DPRK's leader and a blurred line of succession gave way to immediate civil conflict, with the generals rallying their loyal soldiers in order to shore up their power. The North Korean Civil War lasted for three months, and with food supplies almost completely disrupted, tens of thousands of refugees poured through the safe points over the now unguarded North Korean side of the DMZ. The victorious generals, seeing the utter disrepair of their country, realized that they would gain little to nothing from their rule. If the junta was to continue, it would have to combat constant insurgency and coup attempts. Ultimately, the junta decided end the Communist experiment in Korea.
In the summer of 2028, the members of the junta sent a letter to Seoul, issuing an unconditional surrender and request for annexation, while the leadership boarded a ship full of North Korean government valuables, headed for Russia.
The South Korean government had a veritable disaster on their hands. While the DPRK military was headless, the country still contained unknown nuclear material and a massive arsenal. The RoK leadership had no other choice but to order the army to cross the DMZ and occupy North Korea.
Since then, the integration of the North has proven difficult and frustrating for all members of the Korean public. The culture shock of the reunification was devastating both for the North and South Koreans. The Northerners were faced with a new society without totalitarian diktat, and many were horrified by the existential freedom entailed. The Southerners were faced with having to re-educate and reconstruct a country that had been devastated by mismanagement, a country that was not their own. Tensions rose between the regions, with violence breaking out in the North against military rule, and protests in the South demanding an end to the occupation and a retreat across the old border. Ultimately, the Korean government could not abandon the North, and in 2034, a new federal constitution was approved for Korea. It was hoped that by giving the regions more autonomy, that tensions would be lessened.
While the situation is nowhere near comfortable, things have calmed down. The Federalization of Korea has lead to the regionalization of its politics. While the Transhumanists and Post-Liberals have support across the country, Southern nationalists and Northern regionalists play a significant role. While the North has been rapidly developing thanks to its wealth of natural resources, poor education, crime and poverty still plague the region. The South is one of the most prosperous regions on Earth, making the inequality all the more apparent and grating. Still, Korea has a bright future. Its close alliance with China has given Korea geopolitical security, and the Asian-Pacific Cooperation Council gives Korea access to valuable markets. While the country still faces security threats from radical Maoists and Transhumanist militants, the country has one of the lowest terrorism rates in Aisa. The question still remains whether Korea should continue as a junior partner of China, or step out as a leader on the global stage, but ultimately the country will continue to prosper.
We can only hope that it is this peaceful when unification occurs. I am of the belief that nukes will fly first.
In the summer of 2028, the Korean war was finally over, the North issuing an unconditional surrender.
The '20s were hard for the DPRK. Worldwide austerity measures and the beginning of the Long Crisis significantly reduced food aid to the country, and rulership under the Kims was more and more dysfunctional. This failures reached their peak when the Korean dictator and his younger brother stabbed and killed each in a drug-assisted quarrel. The sudden death of the DPRK's leader and a blurred line of succession gave way to immediate civil conflict, with the generals rallying their loyal soldiers in order to shore up their power. The North Korean Civil War lasted for three months, and with food supplies almost completely disrupted, tens of thousands of refugees poured through the safe points over the now unguarded North Korean side of the DMZ. The victorious generals, seeing the utter disrepair of their country, realized that they would gain little to nothing from their rule. If the junta was to continue, it would have to combat constant insurgency and coup attempts. Ultimately, the junta decided end the Communist experiment in Korea.
In the summer of 2028, the members of the junta sent a letter to Seoul, issuing an unconditional surrender and request for annexation, while the leadership boarded a ship full of North Korean government valuables, headed for Russia.
The South Korean government had a veritable disaster on their hands. While the DPRK military was headless, the country still contained unknown nuclear material and a massive arsenal. The RoK leadership had no other choice but to order the army to cross the DMZ and occupy North Korea.
Since then, the integration of the North has proven difficult and frustrating for all members of the Korean public. The culture shock of the reunification was devastating both for the North and South Koreans. The Northerners were faced with a new society without totalitarian diktat, and many were horrified by the existential freedom entailed. The Southerners were faced with having to re-educate and reconstruct a country that had been devastated by mismanagement, a country that was not their own. Tensions rose between the regions, with violence breaking out in the North against military rule, and protests in the South demanding an end to the occupation and a retreat across the old border. Ultimately, the Korean government could not abandon the North, and in 2034, a new federal constitution was approved for Korea. It was hoped that by giving the regions more autonomy, that tensions would be lessened.
While the situation is nowhere near comfortable, things have calmed down. The Federalization of Korea has lead to the regionalization of its politics. While the Transhumanists and Post-Liberals have support across the country, Southern nationalists and Northern regionalists play a significant role. While the North has been rapidly developing thanks to its wealth of natural resources, poor education, crime and poverty still plague the region. The South is one of the most prosperous regions on Earth, making the inequality all the more apparent and grating. Still, Korea has a bright future. Its close alliance with China has given Korea geopolitical security, and the Asian-Pacific Cooperation Council gives Korea access to valuable markets. While the country still faces security threats from radical Maoists and Transhumanist militants, the country has one of the lowest terrorism rates in Aisa. The question still remains whether Korea should continue as a junior partner of China, or step out as a leader on the global stage, but ultimately the country will continue to prosper.
Dorozhand
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That's why I don't really go on the main board that much anymore. These days it's mostly a stuffy echo chamber of self-importance where the consensus is that OTL was inevitable. Highly dysfunctional for a site dedicated to a pulpy literary genre.
I quite like it! My only question is, why does N. Chungcheong seem to be mainly east of S. Chungcheong, and not very much north of it?
Dunno. That's the actual name of the province OTL. The only new provinces are the border provinces of Musan and Kaesong, which are named after their largest city.
In 1928 Portugal was on the verge of bankruptcy. Desparate they tried to pawn off their African colonies on the British, however the UK had little interest (purchasing the interior regions to bail out Portugal had proven a drain on British accounts already). Instead, as Portugal's government slashed government spending left and right, they announced their intentions of selling their colonies to the world. Response was quite swift, with a consortium of Brazilian corporations pushing their government into purchasing Angola, Japan moved to purchase Mozambique, the Netherlands moved to purchase East Timor, China was after Macau, and Spain declared interest in Portugal's various West African colonies (hoping to rebuild their colonial empire). Various parties made initial payments as part of an 8 year transition process. Unfortunately for all involved these payments were announced they would be sent directly to creditors, rather than relieving the current austerity measures. The Prime Minister attempt to assure the masses that it would mean a shorter period of intensse austerity instead of over austrerity a longer period, but the average man on the street (and there were a lot of those due to a shakey economy) wasn't having it. An angry mob descended upon the Parliament and soon seized control of Lisbon waving the red flag.
The rest of the Entente was shocked. Spain immediately demanded intervention to put down the socialist rebellion, but the rest of the Entente was more cautious. France and Britain remained certain that Portuguese authorities could handle the crisis, and knew any military endevours would be unpopular with their populace. Japan and China meanwhile, needing to play a delicate balancing game with the Worker's Federation, hoped that the Entente showing an acceptance of socialism in her member states would make the WF more willing to work with them (and against the militant xenophobes ravaging the Chinese interior). As the Entente argued the Portuguese countryside was swept up in socialist rebellion far faster than anyone had expected (in truth a massive over-extension by the socialists, but they hoped that moving quickly to secure land could gain them recognition). Meanwhile the anti-socialist forces were sharply divided, many soldiers had little loyalty to the King and a government that often missed paychecks, though they did fear the idea of a socialist state. Desertion and a descent into banditry massively weakened the military. Seizing on Entente inaction Italy secretly contacted non-socialist republican factions in the Portuguese army with an offer of assistance. Bolstered these elements staged a coup within the counter revolutionary force, capturing the Royal Family and forcing them to request Italian aid. The Italian response was swift and decisive as they bolstered the new government with fresh supplies and funds to pay the soldiers. Within a few months the socialists were all but wiped out and Lisbon secured. At this point the military government shocked the world by defaulting on their debts, declaring the Portuguese Republic, and executing the King for crimes against the Portuguese people.
The economic impacts were felt instantly. Brazil's stock markets in Rio and Sao Paulo collapsed overnight (they'd dropped massively during the initial socialist rebellion, but had been recovering as the military had retaken the nation). The Japanese ruling coalition was overthrown and the Anarchist Party swept into power, resulting in massive military cutbacks and a slew of questionable economic reforms. Spain's government was similarly overthrown, though the difference between parties there was less extreme. Within a month Buenos Ares, Bogata, and Mexico City had seen their stock markets collapse as well. The sudden economic depression sweeping Latin America (and Canada) meant the end the the weak recovery that had begun in Europe and the United States. The Netherlands and Republican China both chose to seize the territories they had planned to purchase (initially having occupied them during Portugal's brief civil war). Lisbon was outraged and Rome soon began to side with the Dignified Chinese State in the aftermath.
With the economic collapse came political fallout. Colombia would see a coup and the military government would support the Venezuelans against the United State's ill planned effort to counter Entente power in Latin America. The US public, seeing their recent slight economic fortunes reverse and now their military struggling against Latin American states lost trust in the existing political establishment (as well as general distaste for the way the rest of the world paid them little respect). 1930 would see a wave of independents and third parties take seats in congress and the senate. The two most successful third parties would be the Communists and National Coalition. Germany would see an abortive communist rebellion that never quite reached the level of success seen in Portugal, but allowed military hardliners to push for a wide range of emergency laws that the Entente was willing to turn a blind eye to. Citing the disaster debt had caused in Portugal and their own hyper inflation issues that rose up every few years Berlin was able to negotiate a temporary freeze on reparation payments until 'the risk of communist rebellion was averted'. Germany then moved to strengthen relations with Italy, copying a number of the populist policies set up by the Fascists to relieve public pressure.
1931 saw the overthrow of the Abyssinian King, with his younger brother and the parliament moving against the corrupt ruler. Their position was legally questionable within Entente regulations (Portugal had been kicked out for their reckless behaviour, the Ottomans only just returned from supsension, while the Military Juntas in Ecuador and Colombia sat in suspension), which allowed the Italians to act, throwing their support behind the overthrown King and launching a full scale military intervention at his request. The London elite were outraged. Ethiopia sat squarely in 'their' sphere of influence, and Prime Minister pushed for the Entente to act. France however refused to risk a war with Italy, fearing they would be left to do the bulk of the fighting trying to push through the Alps and dreading the deathtoll. Mexico, Argentina, and the Central American League were more focused on protesting the suspension of Ecuador and Colombia (and lack of admittance for Venezuela) and could not be relied upon to assist either side of the debate. Japan's government was indecisive, knowing war would be unpopular, but also not wanting to see a non-white member of the Entente abandoned. As the British finally convinced China to at least back the idea (even if they had no real ability to assist in any such war, or perhaps because of that) protests broke out in London. The average citizen was against risking a war for a nation no one could even agree on the name of (both Abyssinia and Ethiopia were in use depending on whom you asked). Britain instead backed out of military action and attempted to talk Italy into some sort of ceasefire with minor territorial gains. Rome laughed offed the proposal and continued their conquest of the the nation (er, 'restoration of the rightful king to Gondar...').
With that Turkey, Thailand, and Persia departed the Entente in protest over it's inaction, while the Latin American states departed over a clear 'European Focus' of the alliance. The latter forming the Latin League, incorporating Venezuela, and focusing on a Pan-Latin American identity and alliance to counter the United States'. Austria soon found it's government out of office as a Pan-Germanist party was elected and pushed for unification with the more prosperous regime in Berlin. The rump Entente fumed, but many in the general public saw it as removing states that should have never been in the alliance.
In 1932 the US presidential election was a rude awakening for the National Coalition (Natcos). While they could win State Legislatures and seats in Congress or the Senate with their populist anti-black rhetoric the ideals didn't really give them a shot at the presidency. A new tactic was needed for 1936, and the upcoming charismatic duo of Alfred Moore and John Polzul (the son of Austrian immigrants), offered a solution. Firstly there was simple charisma, but they had also chosen additional foes for populous appeal, most noticably Finns and Russians ('notorious' for communist sympathies) and the Jewish population (notable for having largely escaped the post-war depression as most well to do American Jews had backed the Entente and given loans appropriatly, disliking Russian levels of anti-semitism). The National Coalition would get an extra boost as the Latin League began supporting rebel groups in Cuba and Costa Rica, gaining a chance to claim that Latin America lacked respect for the USA, and that it was because existing parties were 'weak'. The 1936 election would be notable for political violence, not just between Natcos and Communists, but also Democrats and Republicans as the United States had been teatering on hyper-partisan issues almost since the Civil War had ended (and certainly had it before the war). A lackluster Republican candidate and a very Southern Democrat allowed the Natcos to slide up the middle. The Natcos came in third, but close enough behind the other two parties to throw the election to the house. After fierce debate Alfred Moore gained the Presidency as an effort of by the two 'main' parties to deny the office to the other, though the Republics secured the Vice Presidency. Left leaning groups panicked immediately, and violence broke out in a number of communist voting regions fearing pro-Natco militias would attack them first.
The rest of the world had their eyes elsewhere though. In 1935 the confused Czech parliament saw the German Unity Party secure a majority of 1 seat due to vote splitting and the following of the Westminster FPTP system (with 6 significant parties small changes in support had frequently led to massive swings in government make up). The GUP initiated it's platform of requestin unification with Berlin, a move which resulted in riots across the nation. Citing the chaos the Entente attempted to push for a plebiscite to see which regions would join Germany, but a Berlin unimpressed by Entente disunity ignored the request and occupied the Czech state. Berlin then expressed their 'concern' for German minorities in Poland, to which Poland responded with mass arrests, convinced Germans were planning some sort of fifth column. Berlin demanded that Polish Germans be released less Warsaw wished to risk a war. The Entente announced their full support for Polish autonomy, leaders seeing public outrage over innaction when it came to the Czech Crisis and the fact that the public wasn't about to 'let Germany win in peace what she failed to take in war'. In June of 1936 German forces rolled into Poland, liberating Germans in internment camps, and instead rounding up Polish government officials to replace them. Within the following hours two events occured which shocked the world: The Entente actually declared war against Germany and the Worker's Federation invaded Eastern Poland as part of a pre-existing deal to secure that and the Baltics for Moscow while Germany had a free hand in Europe.
The rest of the Entente was shocked. Spain immediately demanded intervention to put down the socialist rebellion, but the rest of the Entente was more cautious. France and Britain remained certain that Portuguese authorities could handle the crisis, and knew any military endevours would be unpopular with their populace. Japan and China meanwhile, needing to play a delicate balancing game with the Worker's Federation, hoped that the Entente showing an acceptance of socialism in her member states would make the WF more willing to work with them (and against the militant xenophobes ravaging the Chinese interior). As the Entente argued the Portuguese countryside was swept up in socialist rebellion far faster than anyone had expected (in truth a massive over-extension by the socialists, but they hoped that moving quickly to secure land could gain them recognition). Meanwhile the anti-socialist forces were sharply divided, many soldiers had little loyalty to the King and a government that often missed paychecks, though they did fear the idea of a socialist state. Desertion and a descent into banditry massively weakened the military. Seizing on Entente inaction Italy secretly contacted non-socialist republican factions in the Portuguese army with an offer of assistance. Bolstered these elements staged a coup within the counter revolutionary force, capturing the Royal Family and forcing them to request Italian aid. The Italian response was swift and decisive as they bolstered the new government with fresh supplies and funds to pay the soldiers. Within a few months the socialists were all but wiped out and Lisbon secured. At this point the military government shocked the world by defaulting on their debts, declaring the Portuguese Republic, and executing the King for crimes against the Portuguese people.
The economic impacts were felt instantly. Brazil's stock markets in Rio and Sao Paulo collapsed overnight (they'd dropped massively during the initial socialist rebellion, but had been recovering as the military had retaken the nation). The Japanese ruling coalition was overthrown and the Anarchist Party swept into power, resulting in massive military cutbacks and a slew of questionable economic reforms. Spain's government was similarly overthrown, though the difference between parties there was less extreme. Within a month Buenos Ares, Bogata, and Mexico City had seen their stock markets collapse as well. The sudden economic depression sweeping Latin America (and Canada) meant the end the the weak recovery that had begun in Europe and the United States. The Netherlands and Republican China both chose to seize the territories they had planned to purchase (initially having occupied them during Portugal's brief civil war). Lisbon was outraged and Rome soon began to side with the Dignified Chinese State in the aftermath.
With the economic collapse came political fallout. Colombia would see a coup and the military government would support the Venezuelans against the United State's ill planned effort to counter Entente power in Latin America. The US public, seeing their recent slight economic fortunes reverse and now their military struggling against Latin American states lost trust in the existing political establishment (as well as general distaste for the way the rest of the world paid them little respect). 1930 would see a wave of independents and third parties take seats in congress and the senate. The two most successful third parties would be the Communists and National Coalition. Germany would see an abortive communist rebellion that never quite reached the level of success seen in Portugal, but allowed military hardliners to push for a wide range of emergency laws that the Entente was willing to turn a blind eye to. Citing the disaster debt had caused in Portugal and their own hyper inflation issues that rose up every few years Berlin was able to negotiate a temporary freeze on reparation payments until 'the risk of communist rebellion was averted'. Germany then moved to strengthen relations with Italy, copying a number of the populist policies set up by the Fascists to relieve public pressure.
1931 saw the overthrow of the Abyssinian King, with his younger brother and the parliament moving against the corrupt ruler. Their position was legally questionable within Entente regulations (Portugal had been kicked out for their reckless behaviour, the Ottomans only just returned from supsension, while the Military Juntas in Ecuador and Colombia sat in suspension), which allowed the Italians to act, throwing their support behind the overthrown King and launching a full scale military intervention at his request. The London elite were outraged. Ethiopia sat squarely in 'their' sphere of influence, and Prime Minister pushed for the Entente to act. France however refused to risk a war with Italy, fearing they would be left to do the bulk of the fighting trying to push through the Alps and dreading the deathtoll. Mexico, Argentina, and the Central American League were more focused on protesting the suspension of Ecuador and Colombia (and lack of admittance for Venezuela) and could not be relied upon to assist either side of the debate. Japan's government was indecisive, knowing war would be unpopular, but also not wanting to see a non-white member of the Entente abandoned. As the British finally convinced China to at least back the idea (even if they had no real ability to assist in any such war, or perhaps because of that) protests broke out in London. The average citizen was against risking a war for a nation no one could even agree on the name of (both Abyssinia and Ethiopia were in use depending on whom you asked). Britain instead backed out of military action and attempted to talk Italy into some sort of ceasefire with minor territorial gains. Rome laughed offed the proposal and continued their conquest of the the nation (er, 'restoration of the rightful king to Gondar...').
With that Turkey, Thailand, and Persia departed the Entente in protest over it's inaction, while the Latin American states departed over a clear 'European Focus' of the alliance. The latter forming the Latin League, incorporating Venezuela, and focusing on a Pan-Latin American identity and alliance to counter the United States'. Austria soon found it's government out of office as a Pan-Germanist party was elected and pushed for unification with the more prosperous regime in Berlin. The rump Entente fumed, but many in the general public saw it as removing states that should have never been in the alliance.
In 1932 the US presidential election was a rude awakening for the National Coalition (Natcos). While they could win State Legislatures and seats in Congress or the Senate with their populist anti-black rhetoric the ideals didn't really give them a shot at the presidency. A new tactic was needed for 1936, and the upcoming charismatic duo of Alfred Moore and John Polzul (the son of Austrian immigrants), offered a solution. Firstly there was simple charisma, but they had also chosen additional foes for populous appeal, most noticably Finns and Russians ('notorious' for communist sympathies) and the Jewish population (notable for having largely escaped the post-war depression as most well to do American Jews had backed the Entente and given loans appropriatly, disliking Russian levels of anti-semitism). The National Coalition would get an extra boost as the Latin League began supporting rebel groups in Cuba and Costa Rica, gaining a chance to claim that Latin America lacked respect for the USA, and that it was because existing parties were 'weak'. The 1936 election would be notable for political violence, not just between Natcos and Communists, but also Democrats and Republicans as the United States had been teatering on hyper-partisan issues almost since the Civil War had ended (and certainly had it before the war). A lackluster Republican candidate and a very Southern Democrat allowed the Natcos to slide up the middle. The Natcos came in third, but close enough behind the other two parties to throw the election to the house. After fierce debate Alfred Moore gained the Presidency as an effort of by the two 'main' parties to deny the office to the other, though the Republics secured the Vice Presidency. Left leaning groups panicked immediately, and violence broke out in a number of communist voting regions fearing pro-Natco militias would attack them first.
The rest of the world had their eyes elsewhere though. In 1935 the confused Czech parliament saw the German Unity Party secure a majority of 1 seat due to vote splitting and the following of the Westminster FPTP system (with 6 significant parties small changes in support had frequently led to massive swings in government make up). The GUP initiated it's platform of requestin unification with Berlin, a move which resulted in riots across the nation. Citing the chaos the Entente attempted to push for a plebiscite to see which regions would join Germany, but a Berlin unimpressed by Entente disunity ignored the request and occupied the Czech state. Berlin then expressed their 'concern' for German minorities in Poland, to which Poland responded with mass arrests, convinced Germans were planning some sort of fifth column. Berlin demanded that Polish Germans be released less Warsaw wished to risk a war. The Entente announced their full support for Polish autonomy, leaders seeing public outrage over innaction when it came to the Czech Crisis and the fact that the public wasn't about to 'let Germany win in peace what she failed to take in war'. In June of 1936 German forces rolled into Poland, liberating Germans in internment camps, and instead rounding up Polish government officials to replace them. Within the following hours two events occured which shocked the world: The Entente actually declared war against Germany and the Worker's Federation invaded Eastern Poland as part of a pre-existing deal to secure that and the Baltics for Moscow while Germany had a free hand in Europe.
Very neat! Though I'm curious as to why Transhumanism is such a prominent ideology that it's causing civil unrest. Wouldn't some form of neo-Juche worship be the more probable culprit?
Well, Korea's radical Maoist terrorists do have Juche influences, but decommunization was mostly completed by the late 50s. Transhumanism is fairly prominent in East Asia. Contributions to its rise include the problems faced by aging populations, increasingly competitive markets that favor human self-modification, and severe social inequality. Revolutionary transhumanists argue that technology should be equally available to all people, and that death should be abolished. Like with other utopian ideologies, it can attract violent individuals that believe that direct action can further their goals.
On the subject of the Korea map, is it still in the American/Zentrum sphere, with China, or something else?
Jcw3
Banned
This time it’s a summer 2016 Canada ISOT to virgin earth. I’ve included some appropriate background music, please enjoy. This is probably the world I would most want to live in, and I worry that might show in the update. I just can’t see many ways Canada going to a virgin earth can go wrong, and I honestly think it would go very well for humanity. No legend this time because there’s really only one sovereign state.
So, with that said, here you go. Canada ISOTed to Virgin Earth, 200 years later.
*Canada didn’t really suffer much from the initial ISOT. A food exporter and a stable, peaceful, prosperous and united democratic nation, the initial confusion and loss of outside resources, or the usual dark times after an ISOT, only lasted two years, as opposed to the usual ten or fifteen in these scenarios.
*Expansion began around twenty years after ISOT, almost entirely as resource exploitation in the former United States.
*World population is 527.9 million, with roughly a 1.29% yearly increase in population, the Canadian population not particularly eager to turn into breeding factories, and Ottawa was never authoritarian enough to demand it. However, birth rates for the average family have increased fairly dramatically, since there are fairly massive tax benefits for it if you want to be a settler.
*Tech level is roughly OTL 2050s. It’s advanced enough that Canada does have a base on Luna and a few Mars landings, and an entire town can be fabricated in a week or so by the factory-scale 3D printers (or fabs, as the slang term goes.). AIDS, diabetes, and a myriad of other diseases are things of the past. Hyperloops zipping back and forth at fifteen hundred miles an hour make commuting between oceans a reality of the new world. The average human lives to ninety-four years of age.
*So, now that you know the state of the world's development, let’s talk politics.
*Canada’s still technically the only state in the world, despite what the map might lead you to believe.
*It remains a multiparty parliamentary democracy, albeit politics is a lot more segmented and regionalized nowadays, since the Canadian state has major territories on two continents. There are roughly five parties of import, and Canadian politics can be a very confusing beast at times.
*The thirty-six Canadian provinces are putting their all into the settlement of Europe. North America has largely been exhausted of useful, easy to acquire resources, and the local territorial governments are trusted to settle the rest on their own. Meanwhile, Iberia, Greece, and Scandinavia see a push forward, with the Canadian settlement beginning to overshadow the autonomous polities (AP’s).
*AP’s are a product of Canada’s multicultural policy, allowing Canadian citizens like tourists, expatriates, and ethnic groups to rebuild their nation under Canadian inspiration. In 2216, there are a variety of ‘independent’ states under Canadian mandate, from Quebec to the Gracious Arabian Union to China.
*In almost all cases, AP’s have been fully assimilated as Canadian citizens with slight, local twists, and in most cases, they end up rejoining Canada, as the Irish, Scottish, Norwegian, Spanish, and a few others did.
*English, and to a much, much lesser extent, French, are the world’s languages, and other languages are about as prevalent as Irish in modern-day Ireland. Instant translation tech makes language barriers largely irrelevant, anyway.
*Poland, India, China, Italy, and France, in that order, are considered the most successful and developed AP’s, and none of them really have an interest of joining up with Canada as full provinces, which disappoints Ottawa.
*Quebec is very indecisive on whether or not it wants to be an AP, or return to full provincial status. They’ve actually switched over twice thus far, and Quebecois indecision is a popular topic in political comedy.
*Ottawa is in talks with two AP’s about reintegration. The Philippines have seen economic stagnation and absolute mismanagement since their foundation, and the region has seen a significant brain drain to other, more developed parts of the world, and Bagong Luzon is ready to cede power to Canada, as long as it will keep their population from lynching them. The poverty of the Philippines, whether or not to intervene, and who to blame for the Filipino state’s failure is a hot topic in Canadian political discourse.
*Then there’s the Chesapeake AP. There are actually two United States’ in this world. The first is the America-in-Canada Transitional Authority (ACTA), made up of the remaining legitimate American government, which chose to assimilate into Canada rather than go on some silly crusade to resettle an undomesticated homeland virtually on their own.
*ACTA is still around in the present day. Its responsibilities have largely faded, rather than helping Americans adjust to Canadian life, it now governs Canadians of American descent, but its membership slips every year as the American identity fades. Indeed, it only has 1,204,000 registered members now, and almost all live in the original Canadian provinces, which are themselves becoming increasingly irrelevant.
*ACTA largely functions as a community effort in Ameritowns and other communities with significant remaining American cultural heritage, helping promote charities, celebrations of their past, and electing local officials who...probably do something. President Waters is on record saying that the organization is largely superfluous nowadays.
*On the other hand, we have Chesapeake. Chesapeakeans were originally Americans who thought it was a smashing idea to rebuild the homeland, and started around Washington DC. They didn’t make terribly much progress, and their AP only continues to exist out of inertia. Well, no more. The Chesapeakean people have spoken, and their President has voted to annex themselves into Canada as another province. And so seven million people become Canadians.
*I’m afraid the rest of the world isn’t that interesting. There’s a Sikh state in what would be Pakistan, a Latin American state on the Rio de la Plata, and a Dutch state, though it may be difficult to make out on the map due to the similarity between the colors.
*Canada has the perfect recipe for a world-state, and in many ways, they already have it. There are open borders, no language barriers, there hasn't been any form of armed conflict since the initial riots and a few ethnic tensions in India, the Gracious Arabian Union, and the Philippines, Ottawa is technically the capital of every nation on Earth. In a few hundred years, Earth will be fully settled, and Canada will move on to exploit and settle the stars.
Questions? Comments? Thoughts? I'm either doing Scotland after the Battle of Bannockburn next (that one shouldn't take too long to make), and then probably Fascist Italy, with its fullest extent. I am still accepting requests and ideas. Hopefully not something as saccharine as this one.
EDIT: Actually, no, not doing Scotland. I don't know enough about the 14th century to do it justice.
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A huge change from other ISOTs I see. A rather pleasant one!
Probably the one I'd like to live in the most, good job!
In the final days of the Trump 2016 Presidential Run, the Republican Candidate appeared increasingly incoherent and loopy to the point where even his closest supporters began to have doubts about his mental health. The Democrats, with Hillary Clinton at the helm coasted to win all but five states- one of their greatest victories since the 1964. Over the course of the Clinton administration, the Republicans found themselves largely in the wilderness; they never returned to a majority in congress, and all but collapsed. By the mid-2020s, the Conservative Party, America First Party, Southwest Constitutionalist Party, and Christian People’s Party all emerged, each being a formidable local opponent to the Democrats, alongside the Republicans and Libertarians, but remaining unable to coalesce around a national candidate at election. The only Leftist Party to do better in this multiparty landscape was the Greens.
The Democrats became transformed into a ‘Big Tent Party’, containing supporters of a new extremist, but uniquely American, Hard Left ideology on one end, as well as what we would consider to be moderate Republicans on the other. Increasingly, Democratic Party Primaries mattered more than the general election. Though the Democrats never had more than 80% of Congress under their banner, and many state governors remained in the regionalist parties, they were self-assured of victory in the General Election for President. Their coalition of Latinos and Southern Blacks slowly made the party more socially progressive and religiously minded at the same time, bringing in millions of Evangelical voters into the increasingly ideologically crowded party landscape.
So, by the mid ‘40s, the Democrats regarded themselves the natural governors of America.
A few things would change this.
First, in the aftermath of the ’44 election, in which a hugely corrupt and widely unpopular Democrat was elected, a national conference of those dissatisfied with what had become a one-party system helped to create the new Legalist Party- which the Democrats immediately dismissed as nothing more than social media hype. Some in this party hoped to bring back the Republicans of Pre-Trump days, some still loved Trump himself, but most simply wanted a stronger protectionist state, one which would keep the U.S. out of the new global currency that various European, Latin American, and African states had already joined, and which would reduce state-interference in the public sector. The Legalist Party, though still having the support of only a minority of non-whites did do far better amongst them than the Republicans did (both Republicans and Democrats were generally equally blamed for the Race Riots of ’17), and also cast itself as the more secular party.
Second, though Trump failed in 2016, his personality and image cast a long shadow on American politics. A certain firebrand Mayor in Albany combined the loud mouth of Trump with a disdain for all that Trump stood for; a new brand of Social Justice, somewhat analogous to the Hard-Left Communist Movements of early 20th century Europe (but supported by Billionaires and having more emphasis on the development of new social norms) was already gaining support. After a party difficult Democratic Primary filled with corruption on both sides, the relatively moderate Jason Nelson managed to defeat the incumbent Democratic President in the ’48 primaries- Albany Mayor Adalberto Miller (in third place) nevertheless vowed to fight on, for a more ideologically pure America.
Third, the American public largely began to see war between China and Japan as spiraling quagmire that was the result of the Democrats unwillingness to restrain a former ally gone down the wrong path. Steven Chang, having wrapped up the Legalist Party’s first nomination, convinced Pacifists that the Democrats were to blame for starting World War III, and convinced War-Hawks that the Democrats were to blame for not adequately preparing America for the coming conflict.
Still, even a new political party gave heightened gusto the Mainline Democratic campaign, and it would’ve been entirely possible for Jason Nelson to assume the presidency. Even if the Legalists could merely be prevented from taking the necessary 286 votes in the Electoral College the vote would then be sent to the House which would ensure a Nelson Administration. But the crucial splitting of the Democrat vote in one of the strongest Democratic states, New York, ultimately gave the Legalists victory.
The effects were momentous. The Two-Party System in America had been restored. Moreover, the signals were clear to China that Chang, whose Grandparents had immigrated to America from there*, would stand up to Japanese aggression that was overrunning much of Asia.
*Making him the First Asian-American President
Don't bother counting electoral votes- the population here is more evenly distributed across the U.S.- cities like New York City have slowed in population growth while mid-sized cities everywhere have swelled with population growth and immigrants, bringing the country to 445 million people.
Cool, I agree with you that it would be a great especially since I would have come along and I think I would enjoy setting a new frontier.
A few questions though:
How the hell did The Yukon+Northern Alaska gain Province hood? The Yukon currently has 34,00 Pop and northern Alaska starts empty.
How did Quebec lose its empty (but resource filled) northern half? I have read about some of the partition plans that were put forth in case of secession, and it would have to be taken from them kicking and screaming about the "integrity" of there Nation/Province. And especially when they are not fully seceding bet becoming a AP it would not be worth the trouble to Ottawa.
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1. Population growth over two hundred years, mostly due to resource exploitation in the new Alaskan lands. Barely meets the population requirements for provincial status even now that it's mostly centered around Alaska.
2. Bad negotiations on the part of shortsighted Quebecois nationalists, who wanted reduced dependency on Canada, and were willing to trade for it. The First Nations raised holy hell to keep themselves out of Quebecois grasp, and the two desires merged. It is nowadays seen by a diplomatic coup, and a big portion of Quebecois regional politics is based around getting it back, but Ungava has no interest in leaving Canada, even on a very small scale.
Here's some more appropriate background music
In completely unrelated news, here's a quick map of what the Republic of China (Taiwan) would look like if it dropped its claims to places controlled by the PRC and Mongolia, but managed to regain control over the rest of its claimed territories.
edit: Fixed the little exclave on the Russo-Chinese border.
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Here's some more appropriate background music
In completely unrelated news, here's a quick map of what the Republic of China (Taiwan) would look like if it dropped its claims to places controlled by the PRC and Mongolia, but managed to regain control over the rest of its claimed territories.
Yeah... that's a lot of landlocked places. ._.
Washington State ISOTed to a virgin earth. Definitely ASB, but it was made more for fun than anything else. Population growth is a bit wonky, as is tech growth. C.A.U. is the Central American Union.
Standard color - State
Dark color - Territory
Light color - Soon to be state
*Most of the world and states have low populations and are pretty sparsely populated.
*Most populated is, of course, the Cascade Republic, with a high standard of living. The Cascade Republic follows a brand of "Scandinavian Socialist" as proclaimed by Bernie Sanders. Anyone who doesn't like it can leave to the authoritarian US or libertarian FAS or stick with it.
*Theodemocracy is a new-old governing system based on Joseph Smith's theoretical system. Seems to work out surprising well for both the Mormon Republic of Deseret and the Catholic Kingdom of Mexico. Granted, they both seem to hate each other for... Shall we say, religious differences. Both are happy that the Cascade Republic prevents them from having to share their border with a heathen nation. (They both seem to forget about the large Protestant population in the Cascade Republic.)
*Free American States hold that the best government is a small one. A Night Watchman State that allows the market to control ever other aspect of live. Not quite to the point of Bioshock's Rapture, but it definitely is headed that direction.
Sorry if the write up is short, I've had a long day and writing long write ups is not something I want to do when tired. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask. If you have any critic or criticism I would like to know. I want to be able to make better maps and I can't do that without it.
Standard color - State
Dark color - Territory
Light color - Soon to be state
*Most of the world and states have low populations and are pretty sparsely populated.
*Most populated is, of course, the Cascade Republic, with a high standard of living. The Cascade Republic follows a brand of "Scandinavian Socialist" as proclaimed by Bernie Sanders. Anyone who doesn't like it can leave to the authoritarian US or libertarian FAS or stick with it.
*Theodemocracy is a new-old governing system based on Joseph Smith's theoretical system. Seems to work out surprising well for both the Mormon Republic of Deseret and the Catholic Kingdom of Mexico. Granted, they both seem to hate each other for... Shall we say, religious differences. Both are happy that the Cascade Republic prevents them from having to share their border with a heathen nation. (They both seem to forget about the large Protestant population in the Cascade Republic.)
*Free American States hold that the best government is a small one. A Night Watchman State that allows the market to control ever other aspect of live. Not quite to the point of Bioshock's Rapture, but it definitely is headed that direction.
Sorry if the write up is short, I've had a long day and writing long write ups is not something I want to do when tired. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask. If you have any critic or criticism I would like to know. I want to be able to make better maps and I can't do that without it.
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