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Why is the nickname the Horse State and there isn't a category for state animal which should be a horse? Other than that, thanks a lot! It seems my state is still a crossroads, though a more interesting one now.
 
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Veranius said:
Why is the nickname the Horse State and there isn't a category for state animal which should be a horse? Other than that, thanks a lot! It seems my state is still a crossroads, though a more interesting one now.
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New Jersey has the most horses per square mile of any state (in OTL it is number two). It also has a horse head on it's seal.
 
1996: Foreign Developments
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    1996

    Foreign Developments     ​

    The XV Winter Olympiad was held in Innsbruck, Germany.

    In March, Pope Clement XVI died after 13 years on the Throne of St. Peter. The College of Cardinals chose French Bishop Corentin Lefebvre as the new pope. Crowned Gregory XVIII, he became the first non-Italian pope since 1523 and the first French pope since 1378.

    Doctors Calvin Beatty and Amir Kawawa, New Zealander and East African scientists from the Royal Astronomical Foundation, confirmed the first discovery of an extrasolar planet on July 29. Orbiting the star 70 Virginis some 60 lightyears away, the planet was determined to be over seven times the mass of Jupiter. Because of its size, the planet was given the nickname “Jumbo.”

    During the summer, the Canadian city of Manitoba, Assiniboia hosted the Global Ecoist Summit. Attended by many well-known ecoist activists and politicians such as Tracey Harlow and Sally Deignan, the summit called for more supporters of ecoism to run for political office as was already happening in Central and South America. Unsurprisingly, disagreements over economic policy between socialist and free market ecoists were debated but not resolved.

    In August, Saidai Mohan and Arvind Verma the prime ministers of the Commonwealth of Madras and the Indian Republic held their first high-level bilateral talks since the Asia-Pacific War. During the mutual goodwill visits, the prime ministers discussed easing trade barriers on certain goods and technology sharing. China loudly protested the meeting fearing Madrasian-Indian rapprochement and sent a missile cruiser inside of Indian territorial waters to “make our displeasure known.”

    On September 11, the Eurasian Aviation and Space Bureau announced plans to conduct a manned flyby of the planet Mars by the end of the millennium. This announcement came seven years to day the after the IEF successfully completed a manned flyby of Venus. Certain government opponents, such as incarcerated Turkic activist Ismail Fitrat, lambasted the proposed mission as an expensive diversion to the war in Manchuria and the IEF’s “internal decay.”

    After two years of increasingly unstable government, pan-African nationalists seized control of the Congo Republic during a military coup in December. Led by Augustin Mihambo, the nationalists were largely inspired by Semere Kelati in West Africa. In the capital of Leopoldville, soon to be renamed Lukunga, Mihambo proclaimed that “a new day has dawned on Africa.”


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    Flag of the Congo Republic under Augustin Mihambo​
     
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    metastasis_d

    Mac Gregor said:
    In August, Saidai Mohan and Arvind Verma the prime ministers of the Commonwealth of Madras and the Indian Republic held their first high-level bilateral talks since the Asia-Pacific War. During the mutual goodwill visits, the prime ministers discussed easing trade barriers on certain goods and technology sharing. China loudly protested the meeting fearing Madrasian-Indian rapprochement and sent a missile cruiser inside of Indian territorial waters to “make our displeasure known.”
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    Sure, external aggression'll keep them from seeking each other's company.

    On September 11, the Eurasian Aviation and Space Bureau announced plans to conduct a manned flyby of the planet Mars by the end of the millennium. This announced came seven years to day the after the IEF successfully completed a manned flyby of Venus. Certain government opponents, such as incarcerated Turkic activist Ismail Fitrat, lambasted the proposed mission as an expensive diversion to the war in Manchuria and the IEF’s “internal decay.”
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    Doesn't matter; had space.
     

    Archangel

    Technocratic China is itching for a war. Some day they will misjudge things.

    Nationalists are usually cleptocratic tyrants that make society regress.
    I suggest that the Congolese president's surname be replaced. Mihambo seems to be a Tanzanian surname.


    Keep it up, Mac Gregor!:)
     

    HIM Dogson

    Can we just take a moment to appreciate that India excepted, basically the entire world is better off than OTL? No Hitler and Stalin obviously; the Technocrats are bad but not as bad as Mao; Imperial Japan, while still shitty, wasn't Comfort Women/Unit 731 shitty; American politics are in a much better state; Africa is generally better off (then again, harder for it to be worse than TTL); South America is implied to be better off due to American patronage in the LAR; and the Middle East is more conflict free. One question, though: is Arabia a benevolent monarchy like Jordan, or more similar to Saudi Arabia?
     

    frustrated progressive

    HIM Dogson said:
    Can we just take a moment to appreciate that India excepted, basically the entire world is better off than OTL? No Hitler and Stalin obviously; the Technocrats are bad but not as bad as Mao; Imperial Japan, while still shitty, wasn't Comfort Women/Unit 731 shitty; American politics are in a much better state; Africa is generally better off (then again, harder for it to be worse than TTL); South America is implied to be better off due to American patronage in the LAR; and the Middle East is more conflict free. One question, though: is Arabia a benevolent monarchy like Jordan, or more similar to Saudi Arabia?
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    So far. We very well might have a nuclear WWIII without the taboo.
     
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    metastasis_d

    HIM Dogson said:
    Can we just take a moment to appreciate that India excepted, basically the entire world is better off than OTL? No Hitler and Stalin obviously; the Technocrats are bad but not as bad as Mao; Imperial Japan, while still shitty, wasn't Comfort Women/Unit 731 shitty; American politics are in a much better state; Africa is generally better off (then again, harder for it to be worse than TTL); South America is implied to be better off due to American patronage in the LAR; and the Middle East is more conflict free. One question, though: is Arabia a benevolent monarchy like Jordan, or more similar to Saudi Arabia?
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    I'm cautiously optimistic that this'll end up being an Everyone! wank, but thoroughly prepared for Mac to take us off into Vlad territory.
     

    Mac Gregor

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    Yay, Canada does something. Sort of.

    Bad news for Africa though, coups are bad.
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    Like OTL, Canada does a lot it just doesn't always make the headlines. ITTL, Canada has a pretty good military reputation for its role in the Asia-Pacific War.

    And yes, this coup in the Congo is likely to be bad news.
     
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