Arabia
Arabia lore update from the Discord server (shameless plug to join the server because there is a _lot_ of lore there that isn't in the thread)
These Fair Shores: The Commonwealth of New England
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What is the status of Mecca and Kaaba in Socialist (and, as I can see, secular) Arabia? Is Hajj still occurs?Arabia lore update from the Discord server (shameless plug to join the server because there is a _lot_ of lore there that isn't in the thread)
Arabia lore update from the Discord server (shameless plug to join the server because there is a _lot_ of lore there that isn't in the thread)
A presidential republic with a prime minister? That doesn't make sense. Perhaps the intention was a semi-presidential republic like OTL France?
Franco-Turkish Naval losses in Aden seem absurdly high. Also 2 battleships and 26 warships involved it says but losses show 19 frigates and 22 destroyers, which make for 41 warships (plus two battleships) lost, which is more than 26. Especially with air superiority their very much higher aircraft numbers suggest. Speaking of which aircraft losses probably should be included. (Also, what does frigate mean in TFS context anyway? Cruiser, as a continuation of the age of sail name; or anti-submarine escort as the OTL WW2 and later use (and in which case shouldn't they be listed after the destroyers)?)
For the last map, Muslim feels too vague. There should be a non-negligable Shia population in the territory it covers and Sunni and Shi'a are quite distinct.
I don't see why not. Secular does not mean anti-religious.
How has Islam almost become a minority in Arabia itself? I believe this would cause a massive reactionary religious backlash.
The United Canada Party is pretty much centre-right with a right-wing faction. Broadly pro-imperial that's socially conservative and economically conservative.
The National Party of Lower Canada is an outgrowth of Parti Bleu, which has morphed and changed over the years but remains generally committed to supporting the catholic church, right-wing economics, and a focus on the family. They can be considered the more right-wing in the coalition, but this is because the UCP is technically secular, and does not support enforcing lingustic standards, which NPLC does.
The Canadian Labour Party is a socially moderate (with factions both conservative and liberal) socialist party which seeks nationalisations of critical industries and support for the workers and farmers of the country. Very popular in the centre of the country, but very weak in Lower Canada and New Caledonia (the latter because of the CLP's historically and somewhat current racist views against Asian immigrants, of which New Caledonia has the most).
The Canadian Democratic Party is a secular party that runs primarily in the United Provinces, and is the former Parti Rouge. Its political positions are... varied. It can be considered either a big tent party with a large centrist and centre-left faction, though it is not unheard of to have centre-right members of the CDP.
The Pacific People's Party is the closest thing Canada has to a pretty normal socially progressive and economically moderate party out there. It is very much for civil rights for Canada's minority populations, and is popular in these communities. Given New Caledonia's left-wing slant, they do pretty well in the province. They've never been more than a coalition partner a couple times. This is Canada's newest political party.
The Western League is actually the primary opponent to the Canadian Labour Party, as farmers and rural folk most often choose between the two of them. They are socially conservative, and were formed from the Anti-Federation League which was active in the 1920s to try and preserve each colonies independence from one another. Big focus on agrarian issues and vehemently anti-union for farm workers.
Canadian laws don't apply. The only laws that do apply are Hudson Bay Company policies as well as overarching Imperial laws. Administration is done through company stores, where most commerce takes place (as the Hudson Bay Company has a legal monopoly on commerce). The Company stores are pretty massive all things considered and they source their material either locally or they import it via Canada or the rest of the Empire.
Thank you! Yes he was felled by a sex scandal, which turns out to be even worse considering he was the Prime Minister. He kept it under wraps and refused to resign, but a caucus revolt eventually did him in.
The universities are not open to current students. Only former students, which explains their right-leaning bent.
The Hudson Bay Company was an integral part of Canada forming in the first place. Canada doesn't have a lot of tech, the tech that does exist is concentrated between Wappatoo and Vancouver.
It's complicated. The United Canada Party runs in the entire country except Lower Canada (which is just a province of the Province of the United Provinces), where the National Party runs. The explanation above of how the parties came to be should answer the remaining questions on this. If it doesn't just let me know!
The fact it says "Muslim" is, in fact, correct. It's supposed to demonstrate the gradual decline of the religion in Arabia itself. This is primarily the result of a secular government which does not interfere with the ongoings of religious life, but does not promote it either. One major aspect of this is in schools, so Arabia follows a similar path as other countries have done.
The government is correct - the Prime Minister excercises government power with the President, though the President can override the Prime Minister if it is necessary. It's often considered a form of collective leadership in the country.
Naval losses are also correct - the initial numbers were at the start of the conflict. The French Navy sent more to support, and given the naval size of the two giants during the GCW, this was a costly battle, but it wasn't half the French fleet either.
I get the decline and the percentage. It is just that differences such as Sunni-Shia in Islam or Catholic-Protestant-Orthodox in Christianity tends to be included in such wikiboxes if they make up a large enough percentage (see Switzerland, Bosnia and even Serbia despite the latter having a vast majority of Orthodox the 5% Catholic is still noted). Hell, Czechia is majority no religion but Wikipedia still saw fit to divive the 11% Christians into Catholic and not Catholic.
I suppose the examples of that does exist in real life like Argentina and South Korea.
Then I think it should be noted as initial strenght. As it is I think it is misleading.
Wikipedia tends to note if it is given in a specific date or if it is the total strength, in some cases both total, initial and peak strength is given.
Unfortunately I've never seen that piece of media, but I'll take your word for it that it is
I wonder if HBC stores have a Time Masheen? If not, how else will we know how the Un un-Nazi'd the world?
I hope they have Brawndo; it's got what plants crave
There have been a few like that, as the electrical grid really does struggle with the lack of air conditioning. However, the warmer winters have meant building codes could change over time to allow for more heat to escape buildings (northern North America and northern Europe), so the physical changes are being made to the infrastructure to help the rising temperatures, but blackouts remain deadly.
I have a script that can run it based on the number of pixels in the map itself.
