Our Fair Country: The Commonwealth of New England

[Valerian S.]

Bigger lore than Lord of the Rings

 

[Screwhorn77]

I would imagine his career is similar, but much less flashy in the Soviet Union. My guess is that his brother is a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, but Pavel Valeryevich is either in exile in another country nearby that acts as the Soviet underground, or he's simply in prison for working on the Soviet version of Facebook and assisting those who are critical of the government.

Honestly, I'd prefer him as being in exile. And while VK might not emerge as well as it did, Telegram might get sone traction, with the Soviet governement being completely unable to ban it (since in OTL, Telegram is highly popular in Iran among those whi disagree with the Iranian governement).

 

[puerto-nic0]

You have been spoiling us these last few days with all the infoboxes!
You could well publish these collected works some day as a faux-history book.

 

[CosmicAsh]

Look what is before us, men, for what we see is true,
Our eyes are graced with a sight that we shalln't eschew,
Oh how we must give thanks for our lives to pursue,
On these fair shores of New England.

Hurrah! Hurrah! Our loyalties are true!
Hurrah! Hurrah! There's none like it you know!
So we shall sit here while we look upon the sea,
On these fair shores of New England.

Oh how loudly we proclaim to love our native home,
From which we all sprang forth, and we n'er shall roam,
Instead we shall stand fast and protect her 'till the end,
On these fair shores of New England.

Hurrah! Hurrah! Our loyalties are true!
Hurrah! Hurrah! There's none like it you know!
So we shall sit here while we look upon the sea,
On these fair shores of New England.

From her tallest peaks I saw the beauty that is found,
Her lakes and forests simply make her the most renowned,
I dare the man to say these things and deny to me her charm,
On these fair shores of New England.

Hurrah! Hurrah! Our loyalties are true!
Hurrah! Hurrah! There's none like it you know!
So we shall sit here while we look upon the sea,
On these fair shores of New England.

Nothing can explain the fervour when we see her coast,
The honoured mix of old and new which we all can boast,
N'er before have you seen liberty so gracious,
On these fair shores of New England.

Hurrah! Hurrah! Our loyalties are true!
Hurrah! Hurrah! There's none like it you know!
So we shall sit here while we look upon the sea,
On these fair shores of New England.

We can proudly call her home, our rights duly stayed,
Other men from poorer shores shall always be dismayed,
Hardly could they resist her great triumphant call,
On these fair shores of New England.

Hurrah! Hurrah! Our loyalties are true!
Hurrah! Hurrah! There's none like it you know!
So we shall sit here while we look upon the sea,
On these fair shores of New England.

(Henry Clay Work, being born in Connecticut, never wrote 'Marching Through Georgia,' instead his tune was used years later for the anthem of New England.)

 

[Deleted member 92121]

Damm, it really fits with the lyrics.

 

[CosmicAsh]

Damm, it really fits with the lyrics.

and I only spent all day on it

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kill me please

 

[Deleted member 92121]

and I only spent all day on it

ha
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kill me please

But then I wouldn't get any more updates. So you'l keep on living

And Writing

Wow, went a little Misery there for a second, haha..ha......ha.

 

[Amateur Psephologist]

Well, at least the US ITTL has an actually sensible split in parties, instead of the liberal-conservative (with a dash of social democrat) vs. conservative-conservative (now with EXTRA conservatism) one it has IOTL.

Did you realise that Donald Trump is a member of the Social Labor Party?

 

[Gian]

Look what is before us, men, for what we see is true,
Our eyes are graced with a sight that we shalln't eschew,
Oh how we must give thanks for our lives to pursue,
On these fair shores of New England.

Hurrah! Hurrah! Our loyalties are true!
Hurrah! Hurrah! There's none like it you know!
So we shall sit here while we look upon the sea,
On these fair shores of New England.

Oh how loudly we proclaim to love our native home,
From which we all sprang forth, and we n'er shall roam,
Instead we shall stand fast and protect her 'till the end,
On these fair shores of New England.

Hurrah! Hurrah! Our loyalties are true!
Hurrah! Hurrah! There's none like it you know!
So we shall sit here while we look upon the sea,
On these fair shores of New England.

From her tallest peaks I saw the beauty that is found,
Her lakes and forests simply make her the most renowned,
I dare the man to say these things and deny to me her charm,
On these fair shores of New England.

Hurrah! Hurrah! Our loyalties are true!
Hurrah! Hurrah! There's none like it you know!
So we shall sit here while we look upon the sea,
On these fair shores of New England.

Nothing can explain the fervour when we see her coast,
The honoured mix of old and new which we all can boast,
N'er before have you seen liberty so gracious,
On these fair shores of New England.

Hurrah! Hurrah! Our loyalties are true!
Hurrah! Hurrah! There's none like it you know!
So we shall sit here while we look upon the sea,
On these fair shores of New England.

We can proudly call her home, our rights duly stayed,
Other men from poorer shores shall always be dismayed,
Hardly could they resist her great triumphant call,
On these fair shores of New England.

Hurrah! Hurrah! Our loyalties are true!
Hurrah! Hurrah! There's none like it you know!
So we shall sit here while we look upon the sea,
On these fair shores of New England.

(Henry Clay Work, being born in Connecticut, never wrote 'Marching Through Georgia,' instead his tune was used years later for the anthem of New England.)

Is there a French version of the anthem used by the Acadians and other French-speakers?

 

[CosmicAsh]

The Peerage of New England is the loose collection of extant and extinct nobility that exists separate from the peerage of Great Britain. The majority of the titles were granted after the American Revolutionary War, and during the reign of Queen Victoria, for service to the Empire or exceptional standing within New England. The last title was granted by Queen Victoria in 1896 as Queen of New England. The Peerage is generally considered to be looked down upon in New England society, with most who can claim the titles eschewing them and opting to remain commoners. Despite this, it is a legal, functioning institution. Peers with hereditary titles are barred from serving in the House of Commons, even if they renounce the title. Despite being intended as a title of honour, in some cases peerages are associated with the worst that New England's association with Britain had to offer.

A bold title indicates the nobility is still active.

Baron de Poboncoup
Creation: 1651/1653
Monarch: Louis XIV
Area: Nova Scotia
Recipient: Philippe Mius d’Entremont

Baron de Beauville
Creation: 1717
Monarch: Louis XIV
Area: Nova Scotia
Recipient: François de Beauharnois de la Chaussaye

Baron Blowers
Creation: 1785
Monarch: George III
Area: Chelsea, MA (now Boston, MA)
Recipient: Sampson Salter Blowers

Baron Fanning
Creation: 1785
Monarch: George III
Area: Crown Point, AD
Recipient: David Fanning

Baron Lechmere
Creation: 1785
Monarch: George III
Area: Newport, RI
Recipient: Nicholas Lechmere

Viscount of Stratford
Creation: 1786
Monarch: George III
Area: Stratford, CT
Recipient: David Wooster

Baron Adams
Creation: 1788
Monarch: George III
Area: Arlington, VT
Recipient: Samuel Adams

Marquess of Saint John
Creation: 1789
Monarch: George III
Area: Saint John, NB
Recipient: Benjamin Milliken

Earldom of Norwich
Creation: 1792
Monarch: George III
Area: Norwich, CT
Recipient: Benedict Arnold

Baron Hamilton
Creation: 1793
Monarch: George III
Area: Hempstead, LI
Recipient: John Hamilton

Baron van Schaack
Creation: 1795
Monarch: George III
Area: Schaghticoke, AD
Recipient: Peter van Schaack

Earldom of Merrimack
Creation: 1795
Monarch: George III
Area: Merrimack County, NH
Recipient: Elkanah Watson

Baron Dearborn
Creation: 1796
Monarch: George III
Area: Tuftonboro, NH
Recipient: Henry Dearborn

Baron Fenner
Creation: 1798
Monarch: George III
Area: Providence, RI
Recipient: Arthur Fenner

Earldom of Halifax
Creation: 1804
Monarch: George III
Area: Halifax, NS
Recipient: John Howe

Baron Stuart
Creation: 1806
Monarch: George III
Area: Narragansett, RI
Recipient: Gilbert Stuart

Baron Floyd
Creation: 1809
Monarch: George III
Area: Brookhaven, LI
Recipient: William Floyd

Viscount of Freeport
Creation: 1811
Monarch: George III
Area: Freeport, ME
Recipient: Thomas Henry Barclay

Baron Gardiner
Creation: 1816
Monarch: George III
Area: Gardiner's Island, LI
Recipient: John Lyon Gardiner I
Current: Alexandra Creel Goelet, 6th Baroness Gardiner

Baron Ward
Creation: 1818
Monarch: George III
Area: Westerly, RI
Recipient: Samuel Ward Jr.

Baron Atwater
Creation: 1824
Monarch: George IV
Area: East Hoosac, MA
Recipient: Caleb Atwater

Viscount of Taunton
Creation: 1826
Monarch: George IV
Area: Taunton, PL
Recipient: David Cobb

Baron Slater
Creation: 1827
Monarch: George IV
Area: North Smithfield, RI
Recipient: Samuel Slater

Baron Astor
Creation: 1831
Monarch: William IV
Area: Long Island City, LI
Recipient: John Jacob Astor
Current: John Astor, 7th Baron Astor

Dukedom of Grafton
Creation: 1834
Monarch: William IV
Area: Grafton County, NH
Recipient: William Ticknor

Marquess of Albany
Creation: 1842
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Albany, AD
Recipient: Herman Knickerbocker

Baron Lavergne
Creation: 1846
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Plattsburgh, AD
Recipient: Hector Lavergne

Marquess of Charlottetown
Creation: 1848
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Charlottetown, PE
Recipient: Lewis Cass

Marquess of New Britain
Creation: 1849
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Farmington, CT (now Hartford, CT)
Recipient: James Kilbourne

Baron Colt
Creation: 1851
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Hartford, CT
Recipient: Samuel Colt

Baron Webster
Creation: 1853
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Marshfield, PL
Recipient: Daniel Webster

Viscount of Sydney
Creation: 1854
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Sydney, NS
Recipient: George Barrell Emerson

Viscount of Meriden
Creation: 1854
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Meriden, CT
Recipient: Charles Goodyear

Dukedom of Hampshire
Creation: 1855
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Hampshire County, MA
Recipient: Edward Hitchcock

Viscount of Ledyard
Creation: 1855
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Ledyard, CT
Recipient: Matthew Calbraith Perry

Earldom of Mashpee
Creation: 1858
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Mashpee, PL
Recipient: Oliver Ames Jr.

Baron Hopkins
Creation: 1860
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Pittsford, VT
Recipient: Frederic Williams Hopkins

Earldom of Thomaston
Creation: 1860
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Thomaston, ME
Recipient: Henry Thatcher

Earldom of Montauk
Creation: 1862
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Montauk, LI
Recipient: Nicoll Halsey

Baron Fenerty
Creation: 1866
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Upper Sackville, NS
Recipient: Charles Fenerty

Viscount of Madawaska
Creation: 1866
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Madawaska, ME
Recipient: Norbert Langlois

Baron Churchill
Creation: 1868
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Yarmouth, NS
Recipient: Ezra Churchill

Earldom of Colchester
Creation: 1868
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Colchester, CT
Recipient: Denison Worthington

Viscount of Lanesborough
Creation: 1869
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Lanesborough, MA
Recipient: Daniel Read Anthony

Dukedom of Suffolk
Creation: 1871
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Suffolk County, MA (now Boston, MA)
Recipient: Charles Adams
Current: Charles Francis Adams V, 5th Duke of Suffolk

Marquess of Chicopee
Creation: 1873
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Chicopee, MA
Recipient: George D. Robinson

Baron Surette
Creation: 1874
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Millinocket, ME
Recipient: Barnabé Surette

Baron Hamlin
Creation: 1875
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Paris, ME
Recipient: Hannibal Hamlin

Marquess of Rutland
Creation: 1876
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Rutland, VT
Recipient: John Deere

Viscount of Setauket
Creation: 1882
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Setauket, LI
Recipient: Francis B. Spinola

Baron Morton
Creation: 1886
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Grand Isle, VT
Recipient: Levi P. Morton

Viscount of Newburyport
Creation: 1888
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Newburyport, MA
Recipient: Adolphus Greely

Baron Melville
Creation: 1890
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Sandwich, PL
Recipient: Herman Melville

Earldom of Jamaica
Creation: 1894
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Jamaica, LI
Recipient: John Pierpont Morgan
Current: Junius Spencer Morgan IV, 5th Earl of Jamaica

Dukedom of Westminster
Creation: 1896
Monarch: Victoria
Area: Westminster, MA
Recipient: Nelson A. Miles

 

[Zorqal]

What happened to Winston Churchill ITTL? His mother would have been a New Englander rather than an American, as she was born in Brooklyn. Did he still live in the UK or was he a New Englander?

 

[Deleted member 105545]

I have a feeling that @Kanan is an inter-dimensional traveler.

There is no other explanation for lore this expansive.

 

[CosmicAsh]

What happened to Winston Churchill ITTL? His mother would have been a New Englander rather than an American, as she was born in Brooklyn. Did he still live in the UK or was he a New Englander?

She was a Manhattan socialite. Her Father was born near Syracuse, New York. He never moved to Brooklyn, instead he moved to Manhattan. The rest of Churchill's story is the same, although he is not highly regarded as a Prime Minister.

It is interesting to note, however, than Andrew Bonar Law was born in New England (New Brunswick). He is the only New Englander to have become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

I have a feeling that @Kanan is an inter-dimensional traveler.

There is no other explanation for lore this expansive.

A girl never gives up her secrets.

Or her space-warping device.

 

[Deleted member 105545]

She was a Manhattan socialite. Her Father was born near Syracuse, New York. He never moved to Brooklyn, instead he moved to Manhattan. The rest of Churchill's story is the same, although he is not highly regarded as a Prime Minister.

It is interesting to note, however, than Andrew Bonar Law was born in New England (New Brunswick). He is the only New Englander to have become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.



A girl never gives up her secrets.

Or her space-warping device.

The only thing I can even compare this to is Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkreig.

You ever thought of making this a mod for a Grand-Strategy Game?

 

[CosmicAsh]

The only thing I can even compare this to is Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkreig.

You ever thought of making this a mod for a Grand-Strategy Game?

I literally know nothing of coding. I don't play many video games either so literally wouldn't know anything about any game it would fit in. If someone wanted to take up the project they have my permission lol.

I've heard of Kaiserreich but idk what that is, really.

You don't even know how much I wish I didn't have a job, I have a whole notebook of notes of random stuff I have jotted down that makes the roadmap look wimpy. This is probably gunna be like a decade long project...

 

[Deleted member 105545]

I literally know nothing of coding. I don't play many video games either so literally wouldn't know anything about any game it would fit in. If someone wanted to take up the project they have my permission lol.

I've heard of Kaiserreich but idk what that is, really.

You don't even know how much I wish I didn't have a job, I have a whole notebook of notes of random stuff I have jotted down that makes the roadmap look wimpy. This is probably gunna be like a decade long project...

Also, what happened to the Beatles ITTL? Was there as much Beatle-mania in America? Or was it in New England Mostly?

 

[Deleted member 105545]

I literally know nothing of coding. I don't play many video games either so literally wouldn't know anything about any game it would fit in. If someone wanted to take up the project they have my permission lol.

I've heard of Kaiserreich but idk what that is, really.

You don't even know how much I wish I didn't have a job, I have a whole notebook of notes of random stuff I have jotted down that makes the roadmap look wimpy. This is probably gunna be like a decade long project...

Also, You could probably get paid for doing stuff like this for other people's projects. Seriously. It's that good. But if that's not your thing, then I can't make you.

 

[CosmicAsh]

Also, what happened to the Beatles ITTL? Was there as much Beatle-mania in America? Or was it in New England Mostly?

The Beatles were still super huge in North America! America, Canada, New England - you name it. You could argue their reach was even more worldwide than it was in our timeline, given that British culture still had an international presence due to the Commonwealth. So, one could reasonably assume that the Beatles might have had a tour in China, starting in Hong Kong and traveling to the "nicer" cities of Chiang Kai-shek's China.

Also, You could probably get paid for doing stuff like this for other people's projects. Seriously. It's that good. But if that's not your thing, then I can't make you.

Ughhhh I wouldn't even know where to start with something like that. I would totally love to work on projects that I have a passion for. I just have a feeling no one has much interest in paying me to write the history of the entire world from 1776 in my universe. I'm always open to collabs with other people tho!!

 

[Deleted member 105545]

The Beatles were still super huge in North America! America, Canada, New England - you name it. You could argue their reach was even more worldwide than it was in our timeline, given that British culture still had an international presence due to the Commonwealth. So, one could reasonably assume that the Beatles might have had a tour in China, starting in Hong Kong and traveling to the "nicer" cities of Chiang Kai-shek's China.



Ughhhh I wouldn't even know where to start with something like that. I would totally love to work on projects that I have a passion for. I just have a feeling no one has much interest in paying me to write the history of the entire world from 1776 in my universe. I'm always open to collabs with other people tho!!

maybe you could help with mine





But anyway, you could write books, or get a Patreon. People love this stuff!

 

[CosmicAsh]

maybe you could help with mine





But anyway, you could write books, or get a Patreon. People love this stuff!

Send me a link to yours! If I know enough and like the subject area I'll totally help you out!

I'm honestly the world's worst writer. I struggle writing up the blurbs for the infoboxes. A patreon just seems eyerolling to me and like begging? Just my take