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25 Most Influential People of the 20th Century
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    • Mac Gregor

    Top 25 most influential people of the century ​

    In December of 1999, Harper's Weekly published a list of the top 25 most influential people of the past 100 years. While some accused it of focusing to heavily on Americans it did provide a snapshot of some of the century's most impactful persons. (Note that some slots have more than one individual)

    Katsuo Akiyama: Japanese Prime Minister from 1941-1951. Consolidated the Kobushi Party’s corporatist rule over Japan.

    Arnie Arias and the Pumas: American musicians. Swag music and popular culture icons.

    Shane Bayard: American businessman. Founder of Dreamworld Film Company.

    Dr. Molly A. Carroll: Irish chemist. Key developer of practical plastics.

    Leroy R. Connor: President of the United States from 1949-1957. Civil rights advocate. A founder of the League of American Republics.

    Eckehard Diefenbach: German physicist. Father of the atomic bomb.

    Fredrick III: King of Prussia and first German Emperor.

    Heng Jiang: Founder and Chief Executive of the Technate of China from 1972-1990.

    Christopher R. Janssen. American inventor and businessman. Founder of Janssen Computing Machines (JCM) which developed the JCM Innovator-72 the first personal home computer.

    Jurcek Krulik: Slovenian academic and engineer. Author of Man and the Technocratic World. Intellectual father of Technocracy.

    Verusha Kuznetsov. Russian neo-romanticist poet and author. Her works help fuel ethnic Russian identity inside the IEF.

    Samuel P. Langley: American scientist. Inventor of the airplane.

    Robert Todd Lincoln: President of the United States from 1901-1913. Led America out of the Great Depression and to victory in the Great War.

    Poul Lykketoft: Danish scientist. Developed a vaccine for polio.

    Rev. Samuel G. McGuffey and George W. Harley: American civil rights leaders.

    Walter K. Melton and George W. Lopez: American astronauts. First in space and first to walk on the moon.

    Napoleon IV: Emperor of the French from 1875-1910. Most historians consider his actions the primary cause of the Great War.

    Harshad Nanda: Founder and Leader of the United Republic of India from 1968-1980.

    Pius X: Pope from 1965-1983. Convened Second Vatican Council.

    Hamid Hassan Qajar: Shah of Persia from 1966-1997. Led Persian forces during the Asia-Pacific War. Returned Persia to great power status.

    Hector M. Rifkind: British programmer. Chief architect of the Military Electronic Information System (MEIS) computer network the forerunner to the globtrix.

    Ulrich Schiller: German inventor and industrialist. Founder of Reichwagen Auto Company.

    Margaret L. Stewart: First female President of the United States from 1977-1985. Led America during the Asia-Pacific War.

    Danny “Funky” Turpin: American singer and musician. Known as the “King of Grove.”

    A.P. Vaughan: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1971-1981. Primary political leader for British Commonwealth forces during the Asia-Pacific War.
     
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    • HIM Dogson

    I think it's in no order, because otherwise it makes no sense. No, Margaret Stewart probably isn't as important as Napoleon IV, and no, the founder of Dreamworld isn't either.
     

    Mac Gregor

    Beedok said:
    I like that if you read that as 1 to 25 or 25 to 1 the 2nd place is still occupied by musicians.
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    HIM Dogson said:
    I think it's in no order, because otherwise it makes no sense. No, Margaret Stewart probably isn't as important as Napoleon IV, and no, the founder of Dreamworld isn't either.
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    TimTurner said:
    It looks like it's in loose alphabetical order.
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    It is indeed in loose alphabetical order. Feel free to post them in your order of most influential.
     

    RyderWest

    So, we got 12 Americans, 3 Germans, 2 British, 1 Irish, 1 Slovakian, 1 Persian, 1 French, 1 Indian, 1 Irish, 1 Japanese and 1 Italian in that Harper's Weekly 25 list.
     

    Mac Gregor

    RyderWest said:
    So, we got 12 Americans, 3 Germans, 2 British, 1 Irish, 1 Slovakian, 1 Persian, 1 French, 1 Indian, 1 Irish, 1 Japanese and 1 Italian in that Harper's Weekly 25 list.
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    Thanks for the breakdown but you have Irish twice, Krulik is Slovenian not Slovakian, and need to include 1 Chinese and 1 Dane.
     
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    Mac Gregor

    Pokemon Master said:
    Since there were no Nazis ITTL, does the swastika represent Hinduism the same way the cross represents Christianity?
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    fjihr said:
    I have a hard time seeing that. In Hinduism, the Om symbol is used far more than the swastika.
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    The Om symbol remains the most common representation for Hinduism although the swastika is more common than OTL. Due to the swastika being on the flag of Indian Republic it is most commonly associated with the Indian nation.
     
    Alliance Map: 2000
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    • Mac Gregor

    Here is a map of the various power blocs as of 2000. Note that I decided to include the Kurdistan in the IEF's sphere. No one would have debated this during the first half of the century when Kurdistan was a Russian protectorate. Nowadays, Kurdistan has shown a growing capability to act independent of St. Petersburg's wishes. However, the IEF continues to serve as Kurdistan's principle economic and military backer.

    Alliance map 2000.png
     
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    • 2000: World Statistics
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    • Mac Gregor

    My thoughts on some year 2000 statistics. Let me know what y'all think. Cheers!

    Top 10 Nations by Area[1]

    1. Imperial Eurasian Federation
    2. Dominion of Canada
    3. United States of America
    4. Federal Republic of Brazil
    5. Federation of Australia
    6. Technate of China
    7. Dominion of South Africa
    8. French Republic
    9. Argentine Republic
    10. Republic of Italy


    Top 10 Nations by GDP

    1. United States of America
    2. German Empire
    3. Imperial Eurasian Federation
    4. Technate of China
    5. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    6. French Republic
    7. Republic of Italy
    8. Federal Republic of Brazil
    9. Empire of Japan
    10. Commonwealth of Madras

    Top 10 Nations by Population

    1. Technate of China
    2. Indian Republic
    3. Imperial Eurasian Federation
    4. United States of America
    5. German Empire
    6. Federal Republic of Brazil
    7. Republic of Indonesia
    8. Commonwealth of Madras
    9. Union of Nigeria
    10. Technate of Bengal


    [1] Statistics do not include oversea colonies.
     
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    • SuperFrog

    Mac Gregor said:
    Here is a map of the various power blocs as of 2000. Note that I decided to include the Kurdistan in the IEF's sphere. No one would have debated this during the first half of the century when Kurdistan was a Russian protectorate. Nowadays, Kurdistan has shown a growing capability to act independent of St. Petersburg ,the IEF continues to serve as the IEF's principle economic and military backer.
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    The IEF is the IEFs backer?
     
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