By that logic anyone that's not American shouldn't be postulating on this thread since they'd be subject to the same problems. I do agree it's not that the thread was for, and I do apologize for having a hand in that, I was mostly wondering what was preventing the rest of the world from invading America in this setting, since if they never fell technologically, well, quite frankly there would be no reason for them to not carve up North America for themselves, so I was just wanting to know what was stopping that. But I whole hardheartedly disagree that an American shouldn't speculate/write this kind of scenario due to somehow "not knowing" the nuances of the other country. By that reasoning I dare say that you're suggesting that one should stick to one's own country for speculative fiction, for fear we get something wrong. That's not going to cause peoples knowledge of each other to grow, or for people to better connect, but rather to divide and an increase in ignorance.