Our Fair Country: The Commonwealth of New England
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IIRC, there is no Second World War or Great Leap Forward, so the population is larger.
French Algeria
French Algeria is the name often used for the French region in north Africa composed of the three departments of Oran, Alger, and Constantine. The region is the most populous in France, and is responsible for a significant amount of the country's economic activity. The region is also the most controversial, attracting international scorn for France's continued ownership of the territory. After the brutal Suppression of the Algerians between 1953 and 1985, the departments were considered part of Mainland France, and were subject to a fierce colonisation effort by the government over the years, with a policy of deporting native Algerians who were considered troublesome to the "Southern Territories," the semi-autonomous part of Algeria not officially incorporated into France.
There have been attempts by France over the years to release the Southern Territories as the Republic of Algeria, but each time it has been tried, the government collapses due to lack of support among the people, and no recognition abroad. The National Liberation Front in Algeria operates underground and supports terrorist attacks against French forces in Africa, even if they are not in Algeria proper. Violence has escalated in recent years, and the Pied-Noirs, the white inhabitants of Algeria, have begun to depart for mainland France. There has been a strong effort to reverse the trend, as the government has invested into stronger security measures. France has garnered extreme international attention for its relocation programme for Muslim Algerians into the Southern Territories, which had begun during the Suppression of the Algerians with the movement of one hundred thousand Muslims out of the three northern departments. Today, France is accused of moving nearly ten thousand Muslims a year into the Southern Territories through direct transportation, or forcing them out of their homes through other methods.
A leaked French government document in 2014 showed that the government had been planning for nearly a decade to resettle enough Muslims into the Southern Territories that a supermajority of Pied-Noirs and pro-France Berbers could be forged in French Algeria to secure the region in the long term. From this point, the Republic of Berberia would be proclaimed from the Southern Territories under French leadership for a period of time until national elections could be held, and France would invest large sums of money into the country's infrastructure so as to support the large population it would need to hold, such a programme is already underway with the City of Djelfa in the Southern Territories being planned as the capital of Berberia. The city's population stands around a million, and much of its water is gained through irrigation pipes from Algeria, laid by the government between 1997 and 2006.
The French National Assembly has debated opening talks with the more moderate elements of the Algerian independence movement on the basis of allowing one department, Constantine, to be ceded as a measure of achieving lasting peace in north Africa. While this is the main goal of the Socialist Party in France, they have as of yet failed to win an election when that platform was first adopted in the early 2000s, with opposition politicians accusing the Socialists of being willing to "give territory away so easily," that they should "begin talks with Germany to return Alsace-Lorraine." Despite this mockery of the Socialists, polls show their plan is very popular among the French population, and even moreso among the Pied-Noir population.
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What happened with Ronald Reagan TTL? And also, you mentioned earlier an IRA bombing of an A380 in London, do you mind making an infobox and/or more info and the aftermath of the attack?
Mao never came to power and decided to have people melt steel in their backyards.
Correct.
You betcha.
I'll do all of these tomorrow
What's New England like in the Olympics, how many times has it hosted the Olympics?
Yeah, without a Second world war ethnic cleansing wouldn't be seen as badly as OTL, although TBH i still have trouble believing that the french population can support the deportation of 100,000k people per year in the 21st century.
Also are the non-european population of French Algeria proper french citizens? Because if they are about 20 millions, that would cause a huge imbalance in the elections.
Also are the non-european population of French Algeria proper french citizens? Because if they are about 20 millions, that would cause a huge imbalance in the elections.
Pauline Hanson as Aussie PM? WTF?
On the other hand, I am loving your work. Keep it up!
On the other hand, I am loving your work. Keep it up!
as an aussie, let me tell you there is no darker timeline that exists.
I'm sure though in this tl she wouldn't be as bad or else she wouldn't have won a seat in any city in the country.
Crap, that was a typo. My brain was thinking something else and I typed that because I was distracted by something else
thanks for catching it, I'll fix it.As for being citizens, they are, they just abstain from voting because the FLN is banned to make sure there's no legitimacy.
She is as bad. Australians are a bit more hostile towards a more open and inclusive society. Image the influx of Chinese, Philippine, and Indonesian immigrants into Australia today, now double them and have them come from southern Africa instead. This is the Australia of OFC.
Crap, that was a typo. My brain was thinking something else and I typed that because I was distracted by something else
As for being citizens, they are, they just abstain from voting because the FLN is banned to make sure there's no legitimacy.
She is as bad. Australians are a bit more hostile towards a more open and inclusive society. Image the influx of Chinese, Philippine, and Indonesian immigrants into Australia today, now double them and have them come from southern Africa instead. This is the Australia of OFC.
So Australia ended up with whites, blacks, indians and Coloured's from South Africa. Makes a lot of sense, how much has south african culture played on Australia.
Also does that mean Trevor Noah is Australian instead of South African, that would be great to be honest (our comedy scene could do with a good, witty mainstream comedian of that caliber).
What's the impact of Southern Africans coming to Australia been like on Australia?
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I'm surprised that the three departments of Algeria haven't become something more like twenty to thirty by this point.
Heathrow Airport 2009 bombing; British Airways Flight 372; Crackdown on IRA Activity
The Heathrow Airport 2009 Bombing was a terrorist incident in which members of the Irish Republican Army were able to smuggle explosives on a British Airways flight from Hong Kong to London. The explosives were believed to have originated in Burma, and smuggled into Hong Kong through Vietnam before being placed on the aircraft by sympathetic airport workers, although none were ever charged of a crime. The flight was concluding as planned, with the aircraft descending towards the airport. When the landing gear was dropped and fully engaged, one bomb went off, causing initial panic and a slightly rushed decision to try and land quicker, taking a steeper angle. Fifty seconds after the first bomb, the second, much larger, bomb detonated, splitting the aircraft in two. The front part of the plane (which contained the wings) swooped down and made a hard landing on the tarmac, where it careened out of control but did not hit anything. The force of the explosion sent the chunk of the tail section towards Terminal 4, where it slammed in between two gates and damaged two other aircraft there were in the process of boarding.
Miraculously, nineteen people were able to survive the crash of Flight 372, but a further 244 people perished on the ground from parts of the aircraft slamming into Terminal 4. The incident was mourned internationally, and resulted in universal condemnation of the IRA's activities, even by the Irish government, which had a policy of non interference with the IRA within their borders, saying it remained a British problem. While this had long caused tensions between the two countries, the Republic of Ireland agreed to begin to enforce their own anti-terrorism laws and fought against the IRA. This lasted until mid August, when Prime Minister Peter Mandelson ordered what amounted to an invasion of Northern Ireland, deploying thousands of British soldiers to troublesome areas and engaging in open combat with suspected IRA members. In what has been called the "Northern Ireland surge" was lauded by all members of British society, they wanted to get revenge for the world's worst terrorist incident. The Irish, viewing the shock and awe as a threat to their own sovereignty, suspended their campaign against the IRA. It wasn't until British soldiers crossed the border to pursue IRA fighters that the Irish diplomatic protested, cutting off formal diplomatic ties with the United Kingdom on 5 April 2010, which have yet to been restored.
The United Kingdom's treatment of prisoners in Northern Ireland has been condemned worldwide, with the Soviet Union vetoing several issues on the security council that would benefit the United Kingdom. The United States has made it known it sees Northern Ireland's future as untenable within the United Kingdom, and has long backed peace talks to take place between the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the IRA. All of Britain's major parties support a continuation of the crackdown in Northern Ireland, but all parties do hold those who would like to see peace talks commence.
It's sad that the Troubles are still ongoing. Was there no Good Friday Agreement equivalent, did negotiations fail or something?
There was never any meeting, mostly because it's pretty much known that the majority of Northern Ireland wants to become part of a United Ireland, but there's a massive number of Unionists still (it's probably ~55 GBR and 45 IRE). So the British have a lot to lose by actually coming to the table and talking about it.
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