The Articles of Deconfederation: A World Without America

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SaveAtlacamani said:
What is the capital of New England? Also, more information on this abomination of a nation (ITTL) would be good... How do they select a dictator? What institutions (even if rubber-stamp) are there? What is the "Militia of Christ" and are there other such state militias? Do they burn people at the stake (I routinely expect this from extremist Christian theocracies)?
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The capital of New England is located in the city of Manchester in the state of New Hampshire. Burnings at the stake are actually carried out by the government. The MOC does most of their killing quickly.
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In addition to this, as the New England government is unstable, is there any territory that the resistance completely controls? If so, how are these territories stability-wise and government-wise?
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Northern Vermont and New Hampshire are, for the most part, controlled by the resistance. There’s relatively little counter-resistance, so the regions are stable, but the type of government varies cell-to-cell.
 
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finnz said:
Is New England "friends" or allies with any other country? Or are they a complete pariah state?
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New England is partially friendly with China and India, which are both relatively fascistic. I'll make a full wikipage on New England some time next week since people seem so interested.
 
Alaskan Legislative Election, 2016
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    The Alaskan legislative election, 2016 was held on May 28, 2016 to elect or reelect all 95 members of the Alaskan Legislative House. The ruling Green Party, led by Sergei Serebryanyy, won the majority of the seats in the legislature despite losing eight to the Conservative Party led by Alexei Navalny. As in the 2012 election, Sergey Baburin's Alaskans' Party (AP) came in third with two total seats. Although the Greens suffered losses in both the popular vote and in seat count, the party managed to finish with a majority of the vote; just over 800 thousand in total, coming out to 51 percent of the popular vote.

    The chief issue surrounding the electoral campaign of 2016 was Alaska's place in North America in terms of integration with the American Union and closeness of trade with Canada and Oregon, Alaska's two largest economic partners. Serebryanyy campaigned with the promise of getting Alaska into the A.U., an idea that has rarely ever sat well with most Alaskans. Although he acknowledged the lack of support behind such a move, Serebryanyy insisted on applying for union membership as a way to help the struggling Alaskan economy, which had remained stagnant in recent years and, for a time, risked falling behind that of the USAS in regards to output. Navalny, in contrast, was of the belief that Alaska's economy could be repaired by reconnecting with Siberia, Russia, and potentially, Denmark, in order to create a network of Arctic-based economic cooperation grounded in mining, fishing, and oil exportation. Navalny's policies appealed to rural voters whose jobs relied on these industries, marking a continuation of the recent trend in which the Greens become an increasingly urban party whereas the Conservatives shift away from past, socially liberal, policies in favor of economic deregulation and a decreased concern for environmental impact.

    While the Alaskans' party remained the third largest in the legislature, it suffered at the polls due to the regrowth of the Conservatives. Post-election research showed that upwards of 45 percent of all Alaskans who voted for AP in 2012 voted instead for the Conservatives in 2016. The AP stronghold of the Aleutian island-seats all held the party among their top two most-voted, although the Conservatives did come close to closing this gap in some seats, whereas the Greens managed to pick up the seat of Aluetiana due to a weak showing by AP candidate Grigori Surkis.

    Although the Green victory by no means yielded a mandate for rule, Serebryanyy had remained adamant in getting Alaska into the American Union, and had suggested that if Alaska truly could not be persuaded to favor the A.U., it would not have voted for several more years of Green party leadership. However, when the issue came to a vote in the Legislative House, not even a majority of the Green party favored joining the Union. Serebryanyy stepped down in January of 2018, claiming that failure of the A.U. vote was a failure of his administration. He was succeeded by Alexander Zykondyrin on January 14, 2018, and has said that he will not seek reelection in his seat come the next election.

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    Bennett said:
    I'm curious... how's Outer Space ITTL?
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    The ISS is maintained by astronauts from New York, Russia, Canada, and France. France was the first country to send a man into space, and Alaska (of all places) was the first to land a man on the moon. No single country has a monopoly on space power, although the eastern fascist bloc are taking the lead in exploration and militarization.
     
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    GBehm said:
    The ISS is maintained by astronauts from New York, Russia, Canada, and France. France was the first country to send a man into space, and Alaska (of all places) was the first to land a man on the moon. No single country has a monopoly on space power, although the eastern fascist bloc are taking the lead in exploration and militarization.
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    I take it that colonization is about as active as OTL, then? I.E., barely?
     
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    Bennett said:
    I take it that colonization is about as active as OTL, then? I.E., barely?
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    More or less, yes. There is a planned mission to Mars being managed by a joint French-New Yorker team, and they're expected to land and make a temporary settlement by 2025.
     
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    How has Albany and the North and Western part of New York dealt with the capital being set in NYC instead of Albany as IOTL?
    Is there still a political disconnect between NYC politicians and the largely rural Northern and Western New Yorkers they represent?
    Was there any historical turmoil that arose with NYC's central importance relative to the rest of New Yorkers?
     

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    What's the culture like in New York, the South and Alaska?
     
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    Foushoo said:
    How has Albany and the North and Western part of New York dealt with the capital being set in NYC instead of Albany as IOTL?
    Is there still a political disconnect between NYC politicians and the largely rural Northern and Western New Yorkers they represent?
    Was there any historical turmoil that arose with NYC's central importance relative to the rest of New Yorkers?
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    Upstate is more developed than IOTL due to New York being the center of the AU, but there are some demands to move the Capital from the city to some place like Utica, Albany, or Syracuse to give New York a face beyond the major cities in the south.

    terranova210486 said:
    What's the culture like in New York, the South and Alaska?
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    You're gonna have to be more specific in what you mean by that.
     
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