These Fair Shores: The Commonwealth of New England
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Which, of course would be followed by the Good Ol' US Of A drowning in a sea of nuclear fire.
Well, I do, but everyone here does not! I do plan on having a "police/intelligence"-themed update at some point, though it is not high on my list.
Internet in the British Empire is a fully-owned government entity called the Digital Communications Office (often just shortened to Digcom). Private ISPs are illegal, and the government has full ownership and control of communications infrastructure.
You ain't seen nothing, yet.
The President-elect of California, you mean?
After the most recent re-work of the world map, I will be able to expand upon content in Africa, and behind the scenes have been sketching things in my notebook on what to cover moving forward.
Pretty similar!
VOCA is well to the right of most mainstream parties.
- While ironic, California's history is one of resisting Anglo adventurists from Canada, and maintaining a fine line of accessing assistance from the British and Anglos in their struggle against Mexico, and not being made into a Crown Colony.
- Elections in California are considered fully democratic. There is a strong and stable multi-party system, and Presidential elections are done through IRV.
- I believe you should have an indication how bad things are in the United States at the moment by now
- This is a new wave of unrest and rebellion never before seen in the United States.
- I do not think intervention is likely, but this is not up to me. The decisions of the Cabinet are going to guide the process here.
- The BBC would likely have... the best information out of anyone outside of the United States. Not perfect, of course, but dang near close enough.
- It is Climate Change related, yes. Java has a long history of economic diversification and reduction of reliance on fossile fuel extraction.
- Russia, for many years, has relied on a mostly voluntary military. The Russian military provides ample benefits, such as free, guarenteed housing for life, access to healthcare facilities, educational facilities, and a strong pension.
The Quabbin does not exist! I am glad someone picked up on that
. The Tupper Lake Reservoir is, indeed, located in Adirondack. During the 1920s and 1930s when it was devised, it was deteremined that the amount of water Boston needed would be well beyond anything a reservoir inside the province could hold. Instead, in working with the federal government, Massachusetts Bay purchased the land rights to the new location in Adirondack, and built the reservoir. The Federal Governemnt built the massive water movement systems from Adirondack to Boston, mostly pipes, aqueducts, and pump houses. It has now passed into federal hands, and remains there. It was not initially in federal hands because, in fairness, Massachusetts Bay paid for the land and construction of the reservoir!The Russian Empire is massive, though they are much quieter than you'd expect. Much of their focus today remains on securing their southeastern border, rather than global politics. Though their word still does carry considerible weight.
In some form they did, yes.
The Imperial Internet is heavily regulated - the internet is considered to be a public place (for most of it, not email for example), so your real identity is known to the government while you are on the internet, and your internet traffic is linked directly to your personal data. This measure is taken to ensure that no illict activities take place on the internet. So long as you obey the laws, by all means you will be fine.
There's a lot of websites that would be illegal in the Empire, but fine to us here today. Most of these websites are hosted elsewhere in Europe.
Indeed, the Empire's dominant strain of political thought is Liberal Imperialism, wherein the Empire must remain strong - but rule on a benevolent basis.
This is correct. The SNP, ALBA, ect. are considered to be illegal.
Hah, thanks!!
I'd be afraid, for sure.
De jure, nothing has happened, but De facto the situation on the ground is... tense.
Napoleon VII, Emperor of the French. The Prince Imperial, Charles Bonaparte, also signed this Declaration.
There is considerable debate to shift the country from American to English.
Oh it's not going to be good, no.
Yes. Louisiana issued both documents.
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Column 1
Arsène Beliveau
JN. Kennedy
Mary Landrieu
Elijah Jackson
Edwin Edwards
Maxwell Koster
Column 2
Eric Skrmetta
Cedric Richmond
Napoleon
Mary Chenoweth
Franklin Lafon
Mitch Landrieu
Column 3
Karen Peterson
Jaimeson Rivers
Patrick Williams
Charles Pinnick
Charles Bonaparte
Jared Brossett
Column 4
Louisa Whittemore
James Harris III
Katrina Jackson
Barbara Carpenter
Royce Duplessis
Frederick Carter
Stay tuned...
There indeed was a nerve agent chemical attack on a suburb in Louisiana, along the coast of the Mississippi River. It was spill over from anti-Terrorist operations in Mississippi.
The United States does not maintain a stockpile of nuclear weapons.
Right on the money.
You might very well think that, I couldn't possibly comment.
At present, no British military operations involve the deployment of nuclear weapons in North America.
Is it just me or is the "normal" English version of the document not showing up anymore? On another note, because the other document wasn't available for me to read, I decided to read through the "American" document and found it surprisingly easily to read all around. There were a few words that I stumbled over, but I didn't have much trouble. Kudos for making something that makes sense and is readable. I used to hate it, but now I kind of like it.
My bad, I fixed it! I deleted the English one from my imgur gallery. Oops!
As for the writing reform, I must admit that I did not comeup with it myself. It is an extant proposal for spelling reform IRL that I have (in a few instances) modified to make better use of and to fit the the lore.
Oh really? That's still pretty cool. Good job on making it work then. Thanks for fixing the issue with the other document.
Another quick question, I noticed Napoleon, who we've already established is Napoleon VII, who is Charles Bonaparte? Brother or distant cousin of Napoleon VII?
Charles Bonaparte is the son of Napoleon VII, he is the Prince Imperial. Here is a photograph of both of them during a recent session of the Louisiana Legislature.
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@CosmicAsh what was terrorism and civil unrest like in the US from the 60’s to now? What’s an example? What kind of insurgencies occurred in the US? And would MLK be equivalent to Nelson Mandela and the Black Panther party equivalent to the spear of the nation, in the terms of guerilla warfare? Excellent timeline by the way!
Very very cool. I love the idea of the Bonapartes in Louisiana. Reminds me a bit of the old TL Disaster at Leuthen where the Bonapartes establish a Louisianan Empire. Anyway, can't wait to see where this goes!Charles Bonaparte is the son of Napoleon VII, he is the Prince Imperial. Here is a photograph of both of them during a recent session of the Louisiana Legislature.
It makes perfect sense, the people that don't like the US don't fit in with it's values. That and the rise of Hogan occurred just after a rather liberal presidency so they may be a holdover.
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I like how there's a little tab for the Constitution on the top. I'm guessing the ABL is the American Baseball League?
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IIRC, the LPP did pass legislation to improve the situation of non-whites during their time in power during the 90s, but that was rolled back when the DSU returned to power.
American Special Forces ready to land in Baton Rouge like:
But in all seriousness, it seems like an American Civil War is on its way shortly. Possible a patchwork of states in the Mississippi delta and Midwest against the East Coast Loyalists and rural West. Given Supreme Warlord Larry Hogan has a vast stockpile of chemical weapons, he can perhaps use that as a stick to threaten the International Community with staying out of American Affairs lest they get nerve gassed. It also makes things that much harder for the Rebels to be able to fight against government forces unless they can grab stockpiles of their own.
Given this, I think the Rebels may be anywhere from Hard-Left radicals to DSU supporters who think Hogan has shit the bed.
Rebel Territory may be centered in the Black Belt, Steel Belt/Rust Belt, Southern States( as they don't have much heavy industry and thus have not 'benefitted' from America's Industrialization nearly as much.
This may also culminate in a lot of violence for sectarian purposes as the breakdown of society and Civil War stresses lead towards massacres of political enemies as well as the 'settling' of long-standing grievances and resentments.
Louisiana has historically had a free population made up of Free People of Color, it could very well be that without the conditions leading up the entrenchment of slavery and the civil war (mainly that America went to war with Britain and got its ass kicked in the 1850s) that Louisiana's free black population would've continued to enjoy a relative sense of prosperity and social status.
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