Does the majority of the world call refer to Jia Dynasty China simply as "China?", or as something else like "Jia China" like Saudi Arabia or just as the "Jia Dynasty". Is the Jia Dynasty China's official name?
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"China" and "Jia China" are the most commonly used. Jia Dynasty is used, but it's rare.
Nope! China is (mostly) united under the Jia Dynasty
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What is the condition generally in China?
Here we have the Constituent Country of Hong Kong (also just known as Hong Kong to basically anyone who asks). Often considered the Empire's "Crown Jewel," there is no greater symbol of the British Empire than Hong Kong, the homeport of Britain's large Pacific Fleet, and the primary port of entry and departure for all goods entering into southern China. The Jia Dynasty has leaned heavily on Hong Kong's relative openness to facilitate trade and capital for projects inside the country, which has helped to fuel China's recent explosive economic growth. Both Hong Kong and China have seen staggeringly good economic prospects in the new millennia, with Hong Kong reversing its trend of young workers moving away to cities in the United Kingdom, such as Dublin, Manchester, or Birmingham. Immigration has increased significantly in recent years, with Javans and Sicilians taking up residence in the packed Kowloon City, where rents still manage to be reasonable. Shamchun, the largest city in Hong Kong, is the busiest container port in the country, and together with Kwai Tsing and Sha Tau, are the busiest not only in the Empire, but across the world.
The Hong Kong Parliament (香港議會) manages the affairs of the country, with 151 members directly elected using First Past the Post from single member districts which are drawn by the Boundary Commission after every UK-wide census. For nearly twenty years the Liberal Party has held a majority in Hong Kong, winning a supermajority in the 2003 Election. Since then, Hong Kong has had three Liberal First Ministers. Incumbent First Minister Leung Yiu-chung has served since 2017, and has since promised an ambitious project to increase ferry services from Edward Harbour to Sha Lo Wan and Lung Kwu Tan, in a bid to decrease the increasing rent prices in Greater Shamchun. Conservative Opposition Leader Gavin Williamson has often attacked the ferry project, instead insisting that a tunnel under Victoria Harbour to connect the high-speed rail networks of Kowloon and Hong Kong Island would be a better investment, which would better connect the capital, Victoria, with the rest of the country.
Hong Kong also sends eighty-nine MPs to the House of Commons, the largest of any country besides England. Twenty-six Lords from Hong Kong sit in the House of Lords. Hong Kong also has twenty-six members of the House of Delegates in the Imperial Council. As of the 2017 U.K. General Election, 49 Liberals, 24 Conservatives, 9 Hong Kong Unionist, and 7 Labour MPs were returned to the House of Commons. Since Hong Kong's inclusion in Westminster, Government policy has been far more focused on increasing the quality of life in Hong Kong, as well as carving out more exemptions for contributions to the British Isles Home Development Fund.
Bit of diversion for this weekend... Special thanks to @XFE, @HongCanucker, and everyone else on the Discord channel who helped me out on this map! Would *not* have been able to complete it without your help!!
Oh well.
Is there a political implication to which name someone uses, like Myanmar vs. Burma?
What is the status of minority languages in Great Britain?
Not THE Gavin Williamson? I think the other side of the planet is the absolute perfect place for him 👍
Nice update! But how did a bill letting millions of ‘foreigners’ of a different racial group sit in Parliament pass? In 1987 I would imagine travel times and a lot of racism would sink such a bill. Especially in places like Ireland and Scotland, where they would loose much of their proportional representation, and thus a lot of their power.
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How does Hollywood and Silicon Valley would look like in this TTL since California is actually independent or part of Mexico?
Or more likely it’ll be decentralised across America since none of those location are as ideal as SoCal.
Though I personally agree with the idea that Chicago could work as it would have easily access to a variety of filming locations thanks to being a train hub (this was suggested as an option in a thread about this awhile back).
Though I personally agree with the idea that Chicago could work as it would have easily access to a variety of filming locations thanks to being a train hub (this was suggested as an option in a thread about this awhile back).
Not particularly, no.
This will be revealed in the future.
England, Scotland, and Wales are simply "Great Britain," and have no separate legal framework within the Empire or the United Kingdom.
Correct.
Define minority. English, Cantonese, Scots, Welsh, Irish, ect. are all recognised languages, but if you speak say, Arabic, you won't be able to get government support in that language.
That would be him, yes.
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The problem here is to assume that the same cultural, racial, and social system has been in place in this 1987. By this time, the Empire's structure had already been in place for many years, and the concept of the foreign "other" that would "invade" the UK does not exist. Settlement in the UK was allowed and common with no restrictions, and Imperial subjects do not have their own citizenship. These were and are British citizens who were granted the right to representation in the House of Commons. For nearly forty years Hong Kong was represented in the House of Lords prior to this. Given Ireland's expansive and broad Home Rule, the loss of representation in Westminster was not particularly troublesome.
The expansion of slavery into warmer territories and climates predominantly occupied American colonial interests. Much easier to spend money and men into Caribbean sugar plantations than to invade, occupy, police, and build new infrastructure to support their economic system in what they saw as "untamed wilderness." There was simply no profit motive for the expansion of slavery in the plains, thus, it was mostly left alone.
Neither exist.
The main hub for television and film in the United States is the city of El Paso in Texas.
There is no such thing as the Covid-19 pandemic.
I do not have the histories of individual companies at this time, sorry.
It does not.
How and why? It's doubtless you've thought through this but at a cursory glance it seems to me like Texas would be a nightmare location for filming pre-airconditioning.
Interesting, what of the areas that this US didn't annex that are suitable for slave holding?