The Union Forever: A TL
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Well with the different Homestead Act, more black people did move out west. And in OTL Mia Love is a US representative from Utah.
Indeed, with the TL's Homestead Act the western United States does have a larger percentage of African Americans than OTL.
Just out of curiosity, how are technocratic movements in the US? Is their power as limited as that of Communist movements after the Red Scares, or is it Progressive Era levels?
Somewhere between the two but closer to Progressive Era levels.
As of 1981, Jarrod Baumgartner (see picture below) is the most prominent Technocratic politician and is currently serving his second term as the mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is a likely candidate for governor in 1982. A number of smaller cities have Technocratic mayors and aldermen.
Also, there is one Technocratic congressman, Matilda Lesinski from New York City elected in 1980.
1981: Foreign Developments
Hey everyone, not saying this TL has been restarted but I thought I would do a quick update. Enjoy.
1981
Foreign Developments
Foreign Developments
Cledwyen Bates-Morgan
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
During the 1981 British general election, the Liberal Party under Cledwyen Bates-Morgan managed a narrow victory ending a decade of Tory rule. Bates-Morgan inherited a country still reeling from the war. In his first address to Parliament, Bates-Morgan outlined his plan to shore up the nation’s finances by “divesting Britain of its less profitable oversea possessions.” Bates-Morgan also announced his intention for the various Commonwealth realms to take greater responsibility for their own defense. Many economists however, believed that these measures would not be enough to manage the United Kingdom’s colossal wartime debts and that further cuts would be needed.
On April 24, the world marked the first anniversary of the end of the Asia-Pacific War. Around the globe, memorials and somber ceremonies commemorated the over 30 million people who lost their lives in the conflict.
In the Congo, the German government claimed continued success as troops under Alfred von Lauenburg, now a field marshal, launched three large offensives in the north and eastern part of the colony. In response, hundreds of thousands of refugees along with several bands of Congolese guerrillas fled across the border into neighboring Chad and Gordonia, destabilizing the region. The war’s growing number of critics continued to lobby Chancellor Ulrich von Ritter for a negotiated end to the war.
During the summer, Swiss scientists led by Dr. Jean Marc Couchepin announced the creation of a vaccine for pneumonia.
On September 23, the Technate of China launched its first domestically produced satellite Zheng He. This made China the seventh nation to launch a satellite along with the United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Imperial Eurasian Federation, France, and Italy. Chinese leader Heng Jiang declared that this was just the first step in China’s quest to eventually become the leader in space exploration.
In October, Japan ratified a new constitution, ending the provisional government that had ruled since the end of the war. As per the Treaty of Manila, the constitution of 1981 guaranteed basic civil rights, limited Japan’s military, and mandated regular multiparty elections. Kota Itokazu of the center-left Democratic Reform Party was sworn in as Japan’s first democratically elected prime minister since the 1930s. Itokazu would spend much of his term in office overseeing the reconstruction of Japan’s heavily damaged cities as well as mending relations with the League of American Republics and other foreign powers.
During a conference in Berlin on December 1, the Social Democrats and Christian Democrats announced that they would officially merge under the new name, the German Democratic Union. Over the next few years, the German political landscape would continue to adjust as many of the more leftwing Social Democrats and conservative Christian Democrats defected to the Socialist Party and German Conservative Party respectively.
In keeping with Prime Minister Bates-Morgan’s agenda, by the end of the year the territories of British Honduras, Somalia, and Puntland were granted dominion status. Ceylon and Malaya, which had played crucial roles during the war, became independent nations within the British Commonwealth.
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Great update, Mac Gregor . It's been so long.
An update!? Ode to Joy Mac this is lovely news
Glad to see it's back!
Thanks guys. Glad y'all enjoyed it.
Good to see an update, Mac Gregor!
Is the British Monarch still the head of state for Ceylon and Malaysia?
Thanks Archagel, and yes Edward VIII is still the head of state for Ceylon and Malaya but they have full control over their foreign and domestic affairs like Australia and Canada.
Erica Curtis (1990-)
Born in Lexington, Kentucky, May 2nd, 1990, Erica Curtis was destined to be a star. Described by classmates as the class clown, she was always making voices or playing practical jokes. This got her noticed by talent scouts when they were casting Dreamworld's 1995 animated classic Amelia about a highflying mouse. She appeared sporadically in Dreamworld movies over the next 13 years until she decided to take a break from acting to study International Law and Russian. Graduating at 23, Erica returned to acting in the live action movie The Sybil War a comedy about twin sisters that accidently switch places. Now she is playing opposite Michaela Harris on the hit TV series Foresight.
Grand Duchess Anastasia (1982-)
Born in the Imperial Capital of St. Petersburg, December 31st, 1982, Grand Duchess Anastasia is the eldest grandchild of Czar Elizabeth II. Educated in some of the schools in the IEF and Europe, she is a staunch reformer. The Grand Duchess is also a patron of the Arts setting up numerous schools for painting, acting and particularly dance. Her father died in 2004, making her first in line to the throne. In 2006, Grand Duchess Anastasia shocked the world when she married a commoner, Canadian Murray Anderson, the first Russian Royal to do so. As her grandmother's health declines, she is starting to take on the powers that she can under Russian law. While she is ready to lead, she knows that her time will come.
Born in Lexington, Kentucky, May 2nd, 1990, Erica Curtis was destined to be a star. Described by classmates as the class clown, she was always making voices or playing practical jokes. This got her noticed by talent scouts when they were casting Dreamworld's 1995 animated classic Amelia about a highflying mouse. She appeared sporadically in Dreamworld movies over the next 13 years until she decided to take a break from acting to study International Law and Russian. Graduating at 23, Erica returned to acting in the live action movie The Sybil War a comedy about twin sisters that accidently switch places. Now she is playing opposite Michaela Harris on the hit TV series Foresight.
Grand Duchess Anastasia (1982-)
Born in the Imperial Capital of St. Petersburg, December 31st, 1982, Grand Duchess Anastasia is the eldest grandchild of Czar Elizabeth II. Educated in some of the schools in the IEF and Europe, she is a staunch reformer. The Grand Duchess is also a patron of the Arts setting up numerous schools for painting, acting and particularly dance. Her father died in 2004, making her first in line to the throne. In 2006, Grand Duchess Anastasia shocked the world when she married a commoner, Canadian Murray Anderson, the first Russian Royal to do so. As her grandmother's health declines, she is starting to take on the powers that she can under Russian law. While she is ready to lead, she knows that her time will come.
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Hmm an artistic liberal Grand Duchess marrying a common Canadian and beginning to rule from the shadows? Do tell me more
Another great set of profiles. Erica Curtis should do nicely.
An issue with Grand Duchess Anastasia. The current monarch of the Imperial Eurasian Federation is Empress Elizabeth II (see full list below). Anastasia could be Elizabeth II's daughter or grand-daughter. Keep in mind though that Elizabeth II is viewed as a reformer. If the conservative Motherland Party, currently in opposition, believes that yet another liberal monarch will take power things could indeed get interesting. With this being said however, Anastasia is well a head of where the TL is currently so I don't think we can consider her canon.
Emperors of Russia:
Alexander II (1855-1895)
Nicholas II (1895-1919)
Alexander III (1919-1947)
Peter IV (1947-1962)
Elizabeth II (1962-
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Grand Duchess Anastasia (1982-)
Born in the Imperial Capital of St. Petersburg, December 31st, 1982, Grand Duchess Anastasia is the eldest child of Czar Elizabeth II. Educated in some of the schools in the IEF and Europe, she is a staunch reformer. The Grand Duchess is also a patron of the Arts setting up numerous schools for painting, acting and particularly dance. In 2006, Grand Duchess Anastasia shocked the world when she married a commoner, Canadian Murray Anderson, the first Russian Royal to do so. As her mother's health declines, she is starting to take on the powers that she can under Russian law. While she is ready to lead, she knows that her time will come.
I think that it would be more reasonable that grand duchess Anastasia would be Elizabeth II's grand daughter. I would suppose that empress Elizabeth was already adult when she ascended to throne. Or then Peter IV was quiet young when ascended to throne and didn't live very old.
So my suggession: Anastasia would be Elizabeth II's heir's oldest child and will take some duties of his old father on 2000's. Or then her father on some reason dies before can inherit throne and Elizabeth II lives 2010's. But you decide.