ATL about a British California
The world here is alright depending on the region
North America is led by the ADO(A regional version of members of the Oslo Pact) and shares a currency between California the USC(OTL CSA) Texas the Cherokee Confederacy and the USA and are all members of the OSLO pact respectively.Tensions were worse in the past but have came too a cooling point by this ATL 1980.Especially between the CSC and USA mostly due to California reminding them of the threat of Gran Colombia Peru and Brazil to the south.And after the Colombian invasion of the Yucatan in 1950 most of them have decided its a smarter idea to be hung together then hung separately.The recent Coup in mexico by the Colombian's has only made tensions worse with forces from all of the republics being placed at the Mexican border.All together the standing of living in most of these country's is akin to Scandinavia from OTL with a level tech in 1980 similar to our 2017 if not a little further ahead.
The Oslo pact was established in 1900 was established after The Great Catalyst War(ATl equivalent of world war except longer and much much bloodier.)Signed between the powers of Germany, The British Empire and her Dominions, California the USA,the CSC,Spain,Portugal,Scandanvia,Yugoslavia, Poland Japan La Plata and the Union of the Netherlands.
This was mostly due to the establishment of the European Entente of Austria.France,Greece,Peru,Columbia,Italy,and Russia
Europe in this Tl is a pot that is going to tip over any day now and with France's use of a Starbomb(this TL's word for nukes) on a rebellion in Morocco war seems that its going to come any day now.And with the French attacks on Algerians blaming them for there loss in the Catalyst war with most colonial subjects losing any rights they seemed to have.Germany and The Brittish look down on France with worry and with Spain seeming to be in the sights of the French and a French backed Coup in the Swiss Republic things only seem to be getting worse.Russia is trying to convince its Ally's to calm down due to a failed Military coup that lead to a purge of most Russian generals.The Balkans surprisingly have united and have been for a long time now Still uneasy of the threat of Greece has lead to a military build up with the help of California and Germany.
Asia is mostly dominated by Californian and Japanese interests with cooperation between British California Japan and USA force's after the heavenly kingdom seized power in china.Brunei and the Philippines incorporation into California and the USA respectively as Provinces and States is something that was more successful then anyone could have expected.Native assimilation was surprisingly efficient and with the help of Japan most of the population is multilingual in Japanese,English and there respective native tongues.Asia's standard of living is higher then OTL with most of it being at least akin to OTL Japan in 1990 and Malayisa's at the least by this ATL's 1980.The Capetown-Cairo-Baghdad-Mumbai-Saigon-Singapore-Hong-Kong railway has made trade much much easier.and with Brittian establishing their Imperial Federation by the goal date of 1990 hopes are high for Asia.This is undercut by the Rise of the Sleeping Tiger in the form of China with the establishment of a dictatorship in the country and the wide spread massacre of western diplomats and missionaries by rebels has lead some to fear french involvment. Surprisingly unbeknownst to them it is Colombian arms and weaponry being put in the country.
Africa is much more developed then OTL with a mixture of more accounting for cultural and language lines things are nowhere near as bad as they were in OTL. American Colonization of the continent began in 1840 after a successful negotiation of the Oregon Territory and Liberia was settled in the favor of the USA.Liberia has just recently voted for statehood and congress seems supportive of the idea.Germany has held a hands off approach in its territory on the Continent mostly leaving the natives to themselves as long as they don't attack missionaries and the use of Kolonialkrieger in the Catalyst war and in other places has earned the colonial's respect in Germany.The British has taken upon a policy of Anglicization on the Continent attempting to assimilate and integrate into the planned Imperial Federation teaching English in schools along with industrializing the continent and attempting to Urbanize it .Sweden and Portugal have used the German method to various degrees of success.
South America is a continent that has been on the brink of war for 120 years with border skirmishes between La Plata and Brazil being a constant fact of life.However Colombia is the strongest country on the continent with a government similar to {OTL Nazi Germany}Colombia's puppet Brazil is in much worse condition then they appear to be with unrest mostly being put down by Colombian soldiers.La Plata is in a state similar to OTL Brazil if only with a higher standard of living and a Constitutional Monarchy.The Queen is a military genius and is a asset to the forces of the Oslo pact and her Heir is a well known diplomat and has strengthened ties between Oslo Pact and La Plata. Even managing to expand there arsenal of Starbomb's.
The countries within the Oslo pact have social views similar to OTL Scandinavia and are mostly Socially Liberal Welfare State's with more of a focus on Military.Men and women in most of these country's have to serve at least 3 years in the military or humanitarian corp's respectively.The European Entente state's are similar to OTL Russia in 2017 in terms of Social issues and military strength with mostly oligarchy's in power.Most of the Oslo pact has had legalized gay marriage sense 1970 and have universal suffrage in most elections using a popular vote system in most of the north american states.Germany the UK and La Plata have systems similar to OTL British elections.The Space race is mildly different from OTL with the first Moon-base being established in 1970 by the Oslo pact. Clean energy has became much more popular and most Fossil Fuels are planned to be Phased out by 2000.The internet (Electronet is the common term in thisTL )is much more free then in OTL with Electronet Neutrality being established as a human right as in 1957.
Overall tension is high but people maintain hope for a better future
@Gentleman Biaggi
