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I was inspired by a thread I saw in the 'Before 1900' area, titled 'European Nations of an Alternate World'.

This is going to be basically a patchwork of what an alternate U.S., and perhaps even surrounding countries{eventually}, might look like in the present day{i.e. 2000}.

House Rules:

1. All of the states, and surrounding countries, are all part of the same timeline.
2. Technically, there aren't any size restrictions, but IMO, there IS such a thing is too large and/or too small{Edit: if you are going to make a super large state, that's fine, but please try to put it in an area that typically is only sparsely populated, i.e. the Arctic, or the interior of the Rocky Mountain West, okay?}
3. You can put up an additional history if you'd like but please don't forget to use the template.
4. Please try not to be too ASBish when creating a state or country. {This isn't meant to stifle creativity, though}
5. Flags are not required at all, but are just fine.
6. Please don't forget to post a map, it's technically not required but it is very helpful.........or at the very least, try to describe it with enough detail so that I, or someone else can try to interpret the location to the best of our abilities. And please, do use the map that was provided for this thread.
7. The PoD is March 11, 1791, about 1 week after the admission of Vermont as the 14th state. {That means, no submission can be earlier than that date. Hope this doesn't stifle anyone's creative impulses, but there has already been a slight misunderstanding.}
8. Claiming a post is not actually required, but is rather helpful.
9. You do NOT have to fully apply the butterfly effect, but please don't totally disregard it either, okay? Try to be reasonable, and try to find a middle ground, if you'd like.
10. You may do an ISOT or 2 if you'd like, but please try not to do too many, okay folks? I was hoping to keep this as original as possible.
11. If you decide to make up a city that is in the place of one in OTL, it is highly recommended, although not really required, to post the name of the real city in {parentheses}
12. Please, no total Ameriwanks in which the U.S. dominates every single inch of the map, okay?
13. Let's try to leave space for at least a few other nations, shall we?{If you can help it; I really would like to see other countries on the map, too.}
14. Please, if you have any criticism try to be constructive only, okay?
15. There is no rule 15 :D :p

Oh, I almost forgot, here's the states' templates{an * marks an optional slot}:

Official Name: {this is the official name of the state}
Nicknames*: {the popular nicknames of the state, e.g. OTL's Texas is the 'Lone Star State', and California is called the 'Golden State'
Governor: {self-explanatory for the most part, although a start of term date in recommended}
Lt. Governor*:{same here}
Capital: Capital City (Population)
Largest City: (Name), (Population)
Other Cities*: (Name) {Population stats are optional}
Population: {This is the total population of your state.}
Religion*: {self-explanatory}
Admission: {please try to use a full date, mon. day, year format whenever possible, i.e. Dec. 7, 1787}
Date of Current Borders*: {In OTL, a few states, like Texas and Virginia, for example, on occasion, had to change their borders for various reasons.}
History*: {Absolutely optional.}

Also, folks, one last thing: for right now, I think we should focus on states instead of other countries at the moment; sorry if I wasn't clear enough{I will try avoid making these mistakes as much as possible.}. It's only to help things not get real crazy, and so enough people can submit their ideas for states.............we'll get to other countries, eventually, though, promise.


Have fun, folks. :cool: ;)
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