Our Fair Country: The Commonwealth of New England
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Sure, he wanted it to be. But the South, which was much stronger, got really pissy about it and he agreed to move the capital to a purpose-built city in exchange for them agreeing to his economic system, as well as taking on the deep financial burden of the nearly broke New York and funding of a slew of projects. They got a capital and a bunch of lighthouses out of it.
If Hamilton gets the capital named after himself, does TTL's Lin-Manuel Miranda write Washington: An American Musical?
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Along the lines of Hamilton, quick question about the Hamilton Post. I see it has the same "democracy dies in darkness" slogan as OTL's WaPo, but IIRC WaPo adopted that in response to Trump's criticism of the paper. Was there a similar event in Our Fair Country that prompted it?
(Long-time lurker, first time poster - I'm constantly in awe of the quality and sheer awesomeness of your work!)
Not quite. Washington is, however, reviered as the father of the country. Despite never holding the presidency, one could argue his impact is greater because of his support for Hamilton and the Constitution to replace the disintegrating articles.
Welcome to the posting club! Glad to have you as a reader! And thank you for the kind words!
Yes, the Hamilton Post has that motto for a reason, I was wondering if someone was ever going to mention it...
There's a modestly large controversy surrounding President Rubio's past, as well as his family connections. His father was incredibly weathly due to owning a lot of land and buildings in Havana-curious given that his own father was rather poor. There is intense speculation that Mario Rubio was a member of the Havana Mob, and part of the larger Cuban Mob crime ring that operates in Cuba and Florida.
The Hamilton Post has pushed this story and the investigation very far, and some on the left believe that it goes so far as the President himself being involved in the Cuban mafia. The rest of the media establishment, for whatever reason, does not see merit or does not believe these accusations, and they do not report on it.
This, "Democracy dies in Darkness" is the motto for the Hamilton Post due to their efforts to try and uncover the Rubio family ties, and to try and prove (or disprove) that the President is involved in the mafia. Darkness refers to them being the only media outlet investigating the story.
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Beautiful. I'd commit murder to see more of these.
Since this is just election season, I guess, I was messing around in Photoshop and created a screengrab from Election Night 1980 where President Nelson Rockefeller (N-New York) defeated Governor Fernando González (SL-Salado).
President Rockefeller would pass away on January 26th, 1981 before he could attend the March 4th Inauguration. Outgoing Vice President William Scranton thus became President for 37 Days, the third shortest Presidency in the nation's history. Vice President-Elect George Romney would take over the office from Scranton, and he fulfilled the entire term and retired from politics after pledging to only serve a single term.
Hahaha, I love Wayne's World.How I feel reading this time line
Amazing work, as always.
Wow. No one comes close to you, Kanan.
All alternate timelines, kneel before Empress Kanan!
Hey, I know that there is already a Brazil ITTL, but I saw this other version of it on Alternate History Wiki that was super cool, check it out if you want!
http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/Brazil_(Parallel_Brazil)
It also has links to a potential alternate Paraguay, Angola, and UAE.
All alternate timelines, kneel before Empress Kanan!
Hey, I know that there is already a Brazil ITTL, but I saw this other version of it on Alternate History Wiki that was super cool, check it out if you want!
http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/Brazil_(Parallel_Brazil)
It also has links to a potential alternate Paraguay, Angola, and UAE.
@Kanan can you please do more of the history of New England in this format, please? It's superb and it makes me want to go buy it.
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Nazi Space Spy
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Seriously! I've never seen a project with such graphical glory! (Meaning Kanan’s project of course)
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Kanan's is better though. I just saw this and realized that it was a cool twist.
Thank you! <3
Patience...
Thank you so much!
Well, I guess it really isn't fair to you to just get the cover and two pages...
Maybe you could do a chart on the GDP growth history of New England? Like if they had an economic miracle (hopefully a good one like West Europe and Japan, not Turkey).
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