Dude, that's a book there. A big book. 70,000-100,000 words is usually the range for a novel. That's like 300-400 pages there! Are you sure you didn't accidentally add an extra digit there?
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Dude, that's a book there. A big book. 70,000-100,000 words is usually the range for a novel. That's like 300-400 pages there! Are you sure you didn't accidentally add an extra digit there?
Jcw3
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I feel a bit inadequate posting this after @Camelopardalim 's spectacular work, but here you guys are. It's a world in which the Christian Right came to power in the 1970s, and they soon devolved into a standard isolated, corporatist, fascist dictatorship. The Soviet Union and China have a sort of cold war going on, but their power doesn't stretch over the entire world, and there are around six or seven power blocs of significance in opposition to them (and each other). The year is 2028, fifty years since the first Christian Right leader was elected. I'm leaving that part of it intentionally vague.
So the name of the largest city *did* get changed, and now has changed back...
Just curious, Does the Baltic Republic allow for the Russian Fleet to be based there or not?
Gian
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Probably did until like 1999 or something.
Nowadays, Pillav Naval Base allows U.S. and other NATO fleets to station there.
How is Australia and Canada with the USA?
How is Israel, and Western Europe holding up?
The UK?
What is going on in India, and East Africa?
I feel like Id be leading a Resistance cell in this world
I feel a bit inadequate posting this after @Camelopardalim 's spectacular work, but here you guys are. It's a world in which the Christian Right came to power in the 1970s, and they soon devolved into a standard isolated, corporatist, fascist dictatorship. The Soviet Union and China have a sort of cold war going on, but their power doesn't stretch over the entire world, and there are around six or seven power blocs of significance in opposition to them (and each other). The year is 2028, fifty years since the first Christian Right leader was elected. I'm leaving that part of it intentionally vague.
Miranda Brawner
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That's a cool looking map. One thing that surprised me was Mars's population of 15.6 Billion compared to Earth's 5.3 Billion. How did Mars get to be so densely populated?
As others have already said, these are excellent maps and a worthy contribution to the thread. I want to see more.
Hmm. There has been a certain amount of Mexico-wanking here of late: not that I mind a Mexico-wank per se, but Mexico gets too strong too close to the POD, when it needs quite a bit of time to work out all the problems the Spanish colonial heritage saddled it with. But the SW staying part of Mexico or at least (in the case of California) not joining the US isn't that implausible even without a Mighty Mexico in the given situation. Much of the US drive to conquer the SW came from the slave states (the founders of US Texas were slaveowners), with the slave power weakened early on there would be less of a push to expand, and aside from California, much of the area wasn't very appealing for farmers or plantation owners, not to mention rich in hostile Indians. (I say this as a New Mexican: it's still a bit of an empty space between the Sierras and west Texas).
Oh please do.
I think that's Venus (it says "Colony established.."). I don't think the Earth is labelled yet.
Jcw3
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More prominence of the abortion and Christian Right movements, further polarizing the country, and a popular Christian Right candidate as opposed to an unpopular Democrat.
Australia fell down the same rabbit hole as America. Canada is still democratic, but they're a dumping ground for America's refuse. Gays, liberals, etc, have a way of winding up north.
Shaky, militarized, and alone, but still there. Israel's friendly with the Soviets and Chinese, and believe it or not, the Arabs, but things are a bit tense.
UK is torn between the Europeans and US, having fallen into a bit of a right-wing hole like the US and Australia.
India is split between Chinese and Soviet sponsored parties. East Africa is a Chinese experiment. A loose confederation of Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya all in one country, trying to create a pan-African communist state.
I see.
What is up with Utah, that part of the Dakotas and Mexico?
What is life like in the USSR, Warsaw Pact, China, and Western Europe?
How is the Brazilian and North African Blocs holding up?
Speaking of Israel, isn't supporting Israel a big thing for the Christian Right? (Admittedly, I'm not sure that was the case in the 1970s, and their evolution certainly will have been different than OTL...)
An Anglo-Ottoman War in the early 1800s lead to the direct annexation of Egypt and heavy pushing of colonization in order to secure the "Keys to India". Over the next 200 years native Egyptians were pushed into what is known as South Sudan, while the rest of the area was heavily settled by British colonists (think land grants for cotton farms or something similiar).
Due to the Brits pushing the Ottomans down a peg, it leads to France and Germany developing more differently, and uniting as allies against the British and Austrians. After a few major wars, rebellions in the less colonized areas leads to the stripping of most things of use in those areas, and building up the more heavily British areas of the Empire, this is what lead to the Cape area being part of the Federation, while the majority non British areas were more or less administered seperatley. After World War 3 from 1961-1964 ended with a more or less draw with the Continental Powers not being able to successfully invade the Isles. This war ended with the Continental cities of Versailles and Munich being engulfed in nuclear fire and the war turning into a stalemate.
Following WW3, issues with German, American, and French funding of the stripped colonies and rebellions breaking out. Over the course of the next 2 decades, Britain began to remove its settlers from the regions and concentrating them in certain areas, notably the Cape and Egypt. After the loss of Africa and eventually India, Britain became exporting oil from its Canadian, North Sea, and Egyptian territories, allowing it to make up enough from the loss of India until eventually bouncing back. By 2017, Britain and Russia are in alliance, while America hawkishly protects the west and the rest of Europe is part of the European Commonwealth.
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