Timeline of The Domination of Draka, The United States and other nations(1651-2004)
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1914-1919-The eurpean war war as the grand alliance(France,russia, United States , britain and the ottoman empire) go
against the central powers(germany,Draka italy and austria-hungary). By wars end it is the spectacular advances of the German Stormtroops and the more coordinated infantry assaults by the allies that become parts of standard military doctrine along with tank and airplane use.
-Expansion of the locks on the Panama Canal to accommodate larger ships begins, complicating worldwide shipping and
naval movements. And as the USA is neutral, but an agreement from 1868 forces them to allow British warships through as if they were American, things get rather tense on both coasts of the state of Panama. In the end, Royal Navy ships are
allowed through after they unload all ammunition and move it by rail to the other end of the canal.
-The british moderate their policy in ireland instead of mass massacres the british begin a policy of merely destroying the culture.
-President Roosevelt has increased US spending on technology and education almost 2 fold. Roosevelt had been an
engineer before entering politics and has several (mostly impractical) ideas he wants to see explored. While little will come of Roosevelt's ideas the funding will dramatically increase US technolical development.
1915-greece falls to the ottoman empire after a blitzkrieg of armored attack vehicles.
-Santa Fe(new mexico), Chiapas and Mojave(arizona) admitted as states. Again, negotiations with the Indians
delayed admittance.
-a german corporal by the name of A. Shicklegruber Hitler is wounded in battle and honorably discharged.
-beginning of a revolt in ireland by both protestants and catholics up
-"Crazy" Mark Freeman buys land in the foothills/ mountains west of the Widney Sea - cheap (it's considered wasteland -
too far from the shore for resorts, too lumpy for farms). He begins planting hundreds of hectares in trees, with plans to convert all his land into a forest (he likes forest. He's also terribly rich, being a major stockholder in S.F. Rwy). A decade later, much to everyone's surprise, he's got about 25 kilometers squared of short, but growing forest land. Freeman Woods continue to expand and are joined by several other private forests.
-The Domination enters the war on the side of the Central Powers. It invades and annexes all of British Africa in
lightning campaigns utilizing cannon-equipped tanks, Janissary troops armed with semi-automatic rifles or sub-machine guns and transported in open-topped lightly-armored vehicles, and aerial reconnaissance and interdiction bombing using dirigibles and biplanes. This first blitzkrieg is practically ignored by the rest of the world as a military lesson at the time, since it occurs mostly in desert and jungle terrain and both the British and Drakans aren't telling. Captured British citizens are put into "collection camps" following bloody city fighting and looting by both Citizens and Janissaries. Drakan forces advance to the Suez Canal, but the British are able to render it temporarily useless through explosives and sinking ships in the channel. The British naval forces at Aden are caught in the harbor by aerial bombardment, and destroyed or flee out to sea. Those at Alexandria bombard the city as the Drakans enter, and then withdraw to Cyprus, Malta and Gibraltar. Besides one disastrous hastily-executed attack towards the Suez Canal that only makes it easier for the Drakans several weeks later, the Ottoman Empire is unable to organize the satraps and their troops before the Drakans roll up the British
1916- first primitive cruise missile developed in Germany
-A Hindu pacifist movement arises in India, causing unrest with massive sit-down strikes and clashes between Muslims and Hindus. The movement is started due to britain using Indian conscripts.
-Unrst in indonesia and a major rebellion rocks australia. Millions of malay refugees flee to the USA.
1916-1919-In both America and Europe a underground drug culture emerges. LSD gains popularity among mystics, musicians, and writers. Adolf Hitler gets heavy into this new culture.
1917-In the US the Socialist nationalize many railroads and begin heavy subsidies to cargo and passenger rail lines. These nationalized railroads are soon joined by a national steam line and national air line (although private companies can and do compete against the national lines). In each of the nationalized industries strong Socialist Unions take root.
-The Japanese attempt to foment Chinese uprisings against the Western enclaves, but fail to do more than call attention to themselves.
-Bolshevik revolution in russia. Vladimir lenin takes power and declares the USSR. He begins a program of restructuring society to make a New Soviet man. Prohibition declared in the USSR: all intoxicans including tobacco, alcohol and caffiene banned.
-Australia puts down sev
1918- Virgin Islands annexed as a US possession.
-Germany adopts prohibition. This cuases austria-hungary and the netherlands to follow
suit.
-Britain decides to simply cut its losses and leave Ireland. The British government recognizes the new irish
governemnt and offers to open relations with it in a surprise move. The move is done after president Roosevelt expresses that he'll take america out of the war unless britain leaves ireland. Several rallies in support of the allies in major cities by irish-americans.
-The American absentee ballot process is formalized so you don't have women physically voting in place of their
husbands, but the women continue their patriotic activities on the home front.
1919-end of the war with a status quo peace trety reached. The ottoman conqurest of greece is recognized in exhange for germany retaining alsace-lorraine. Due to no harsh reperations the Allied nations default which takes out wall street in a sickening crunch. The destroyed banks and destroyed firms are nationalized by the federal government. Bank deposits retroactively insured up to $20K reliquifying the economy. This gives America a large state sector in its economy.
-the USA makes economic peace with the british empire. British and Empire investment in the Americas and the
ntipodes largely transfered to US control. Much valuable art work and specie followed. Exports resumed as state to state trade, saving the Farm belt.
-A de facto peace with Draka is soon established, due predominantly to the inability of the exhausted Allies to mount
any significant offensive against the Domination, and concern for the British still held hostage in Africa. The
Domination refuses to recognize the Peace of Versailles (especially the provisions for returning territory to anyone), although it soon repatriates all remaining British citizens and makes payments to British and German firms for seized commercial properties.
-beginning of civil war in ottoman empire between the muslim radicals and the young turks. The ottoman sultan declares
a jihad against the domination of draka. Muslim revolts occur all over the lands of the draka. Ottoman empire invaded by drakans. All Drakan conquests are annexed as "New Territories," and the Pacification Wars begin. Rest of the world outraged as the Domination publicly executes captured enemy leaders in Archona on "Victory Day", first in 1923 with over 4,000 Ottomans and Young Turks, and in 1924 with the Shah's Vizier and others. Widespread embargo against Domination begins due to continuing use of slaves, brutality in war, and flaunting of depravity by Citizens. The Domination enters an isolationist phase enforced from within and without, heavily fortifies the conquered areas, and gradually eases restrictions on free women in combat positions, with full integration in 1936.
1919-1929-The Federal Indian Territories scattered across the country become a popular venue for gambling and drinking, as there are no federal anti-gambling laws, and insufficient law enforcement to keep state Prohibition or anti-gambling laws enforced. "Jazz Age" begins. Rise in worldwide popularity of marijuana (kif in the Domination). Rise in the security directorate's power due to the fear of the rest of the world.
-veracruz,alta california,michoacan,napoleona and cuba abolish the militia service/fee requirement for voting. This
causes the culture wars in that era between drys(farm raised,protestant,for militia equirements, against tobacco/marijuana/alcohol) and wets(urban,immigrants/natives of annexed areas,mexican,anti-prohibition). The supreme court upholds the laws repealing it.
-Formation of the Assembly of Nations, a diplomatic and international law organization. Voting members include all
major powers except the Domination, which refuses to participate in this and all other international organizations and treaties. Among other issues, China is declared open for free trade and becomes a hotbed of intrigue between all the European powers plus America and Japan, all vying for commercial and diplomatic advantage.
- Trans-African Railroad from Capetown to Alexandria completed. (Cecil Rhodes rolls over in his grave.)
-The Domination discovers and begins exploitation of the Algerian oil fields, and continues exploitation of the Libyan and Middle Eastern ones, charges high prices for oil and refined petroleum exports. australia (especially at Balikpapan) and Brunei oil fields heavily developed in response, Ploesti and Maikop extraction and refinery complexes expanded in Rumania and Russia. Massive Drakan infrastructure development in conquered areas. Domination charges exorbitant tolls for use of Suez Canal, and insists on rights of inspection and refusal, leading to dramatic decreases in merchant traffic compared to pre-war. Shipping traffic through Panama Canal and Pacific, or nonstop around southern Africa, increases to compensate. Britain and France, as the two powers most affected by the Suez Canal, are rather unhappy but can't muster international support or find a lever to force the Domination to change the prices. Russia and Britain agree to build a railroad connecting the Baltic and Afghanistan, but the project turns into a Russian bureaucratic nightmare. Oil discovered in Republic of greater PAraguay's Oriente province (Venezuela). Drakan Provincial Assembly moved into a larger building that has provisions for further expansion.
1920-The economic collapse ends and economic revival begins in the USA.
1922- A mild economic crisis causes a revolt in the German Reichstag, and the fall of Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg. When the Kaiser attempts to appoint a new Chancellor without consulting the Reichstag, as he has always done before, the majority Socialists walk out of the Reichstag and take several smaller "democratic" parties with them. A general strike is called, which is not particularly effective. Nevertheless, the Kaiser gives in after only a week, and allows the Reichstag to appoint its own ministers thereafter. The British, in particular praise this as a step toward responsible government in Germany.
-America begins building a true two ocean navy to rival the great powers.
-Congress passes the public utilities holding acts which forbid electric and automobile companies from owning transporation companies.
-beginning of large scale populairty for cocaine and heroin in the roaring 20's. Beginnign of crack cocaine appearing
after feebasing is discovered. Beginning of moral backlash against heroin and cocaine by prohibitonists looking for a new target.
1923- Palmyra Island and Kingman Reef (both in the South Pacific) annexed as American possessions. Casacadia (OTL British Columbia),Keewatin(nunavat),Yukon and Saskatchewan admitted as states, and the USA state flag is redesigned with 5-pointed stars to represent groups of 5 states.
-the USA extends its National lines into Greater Paraguay (with the Permission of Greater PAraguay). the USA also drops
a number of tarriffs against Greater Paraguayan goods going into the USA.
-In America Debs launches a major war on organized Crime. This is the beginnng of the so-called "Sicilian Scare". Italian Americans, mexicans and irish face a good deal of open discrimination.
-Japan makes a late try at Siberia, but Russian forces there are well prepared and not subject to the collapse seen in Europe. Japan quickly backs off once it becomes obvious this will become trench warfare and the British and Americans will not tolerate further aggression.
-the USA begins building a massive airforce for national security along with keeping its navy big.
-The Roman Catholic Church, beginning in Italy, signs concordats with various regimes that keep local Catholics from being
a unified political force, in exchange for government support of Catholic educational institutions on par with public ones. The one in Italy also has sovereignty for the Vatican, after giving up some other church properties.
-Moral outrage against cocaine/heroin/opium increases to the point where rallies are done by prohibtiionist groups
agaisnt it. Several states outlaw cocaine or heroin or opium.
-Immigration restrictions established in the USA. Greater paraguay keeps up the admittence of immigrations at the
high levels.
-Massive industrialization in Russia and creation of the "People's Army" to address the problems posed by the previous war. Russian population boom, as serfdom is abolished and large numbers flock to the cities to work unskilled industrial jobs.
1924-President Debs reelected due to the booming economy. Debs doesn't manage to push through any major social programs
only expand or tweak current ones.
-Crack cocaine epidemic begins to cause problems in society. Crack cocaine banned under federal law. Beginning of "crack" scare. Beginning of debate regaring opium/cocaine/heroin on whether to keep them legal or make them illegal.
-Draka supresses a muslim revolt with great force. Beginning of depopulation of New Terretories and resettlement with slaves from africa.
-railroads nationalized by the American government. The government begins a program of expanding cities and having them be connected by rail.
-After a plebscite the sudenten region of czechslovakia unites with germany. This is the first rollback of treaty provisions.
1925–1936- After the mass executions have already killed most of the valuable native personnel in the New
Territories, the Domination begins to realize that there are too few Citizens to do all the skilled jobs required by an industrial and technological society, especially one that has just greatly expanded through conquest. With immigration and tourism down to nearly nil, there must now be a change in Draka society to allow individuals to rise (and fall) on merit, rather than relying on racial distinctions for pre-destination. What emerges — after considerable resistance from the entrenched Citizen aristocracy — is mandatory aptitude testing for both serf and Citizen children. This is even justified within the official serf religion as a ritual for determining if the child's status should be higher or lower than the parents' is. It immediately expands the pool for potential skilled workers in the Domination, although downward mobility by Citizens is practically impossible except in cases of gross incompetence. Thus, a regimented meritocracy begins to appear within the Domination's area of civil government; the War and Security Directorates have control of the incompletely pacified areas, and usually make it rather difficult to find willing workers until the population is a fraction of pre-wars levels.
-European nations deestablish any official state churches. This strangely comes on the heels of prohibition being declared
in just about every european nation.
-Denmark goes through a brief civil war, the temporarily ruling reactionary regime sells iceland and greenland to the USA.
1925-Attempt at communist revolution failed. The revolution is stopped by a clerical-royalist-conservative coaliton in italy. The regime begins repressing the northern cities in favor of the more conservative country side.
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1928-Herbert Hooverr elected president. Hoover's election against Al Smith is due to america being bored of leftist
rule(bryan's democrats,Roosevelt's progressives and Deb's socialists)
-After withdrawal of Allied occupation forces from Germany, a narrow election victory succeeds in placing two Militarist heroes of the Battle of the Mazurian Lakes in power as Chancellor and Prime Minister. They announce public works projects to rebuild the economy, including the autobahn highway network and rearmament with the most modern weapons (within treaty limits). Although there is some financial sleight-of-hand behind the scenes, the popular and economic response is soon overwhelmingly positive. Communist, Socialist, and various racist political elements lose power as the situation in Germany improves.
-In India there are major marches for independence, but the English remain committed to an India inside the Empire. Some in the ViceRoy government do however work for a greater level of autonomy.
1929-1931-A speculative boom on Wall Street collapses, leading to a Great REcession that quickly spreads worldwide to
most nations through loans being called in, except for the Domination, and to a lesser extent USSR. The result of the depression is to take 1920's decadence and make it worse along with making the styles more decadent and the "immorality" worse in the eyes of the drys/prohibtionists. The conventional charitable and government approaches persist in America until civil unrest begins to break out, as Congress and the President are unwilling to tamper with the economy or follow the European examples. A popular but ineffective President is elected in 1928, who proposes several schemes that Congress rejects for their inpracticality. Socialist,social credit and other such movements appear in strengh.
-Sumptory laws, excess profit taxes, luxury goods taxes, restrictions on frivelous businesses begin to appear in europe as christian democrats,militarists and socialists begin working together. These types of laws also appear in Draka and in the USA(but in a lesser form).
-The government of Draka establishes authoritarian security restrictions on radio.
1929- Athabasca(OTL's northwest terretories and nunavut) and chiapas admitted as state, the final American territories on the continent to recieve statehood. Negotiations with the indians in both states delayed annexation.
-Closed-circuit television and color photography invented
-Herbert Hoover's action excacerbates the economic slowdown after cutting or attempting to weaken social safety nets set up in the bryan/roosevelt/debs administrations.
-Cocaine and heroin become far more popular as alcohol/marijuana doesn't prove good enough to beat the depression blues.
-J. Edgar Hoover removed from the justice department after scandals come out.
-Japan made to leave korea after a chinese invasion of korea. This discredits militarist leaders.
1930-1939-The emerging military doctrine of air power is even more powerful than in our TL. Military theorist are convinced not only of the ability of bombers to destroy the enemies will to fight but also the aircraft as a superior delivery system. Most countries (including the Germans) develop large powerful transports. Further fighter doctrine includes close air support for transport drops, glider drops and supply. Drop tanks and later in air refueling are developed. The Germans develop the idea of Luftkrieg (airwar), dropping airborne troops (with gliders) and advancing along the line the hold (sort of like Operation Market Garden in 1944). The Germans develop and deploy a wide variety of light but powerful weapons.
1931-British response to the Great Depression turns to this public-works concept, but to an ineffective lesser extent, after charitable measures are overwhelmed and conventional government intervention in the economy fails to regain public confidence. France announces accelerated plans for Surlot Line construction. Many countries turn to rearmament or public works projects to pull themselves out of the economic slump. The Treaty of Berlin is quietly overcome by events as Italy, Japan, and then the USSR openly violate the terms as "an economic necessity."
1932-Huey Long, elected on promises of a "New Deal" for the poor and economic reform. President Long promises he will pull the US back to greatness "by our boot staps". Recovery begins in USA as public works programs (National Public Service Corps based on the Quaker Legions) and increased militia pay cut into unemployment and poverty, marred by corruption and cronyism. Increasing sales of raw materials to Japan, such as the tearing down of antiquated elevated trolley lines in several cities that are sold as scrap metal.
-In India there are major marches for independence, but the English remain committed to an Indian inside the Empire. Some in the ViceRoy government do however work for a greater level of autonomy.
-The indonesian population
-powerful desalinating devices are invented.
-Republican party splits over economic issues and the election of a tradictioclist. The more capitalist/isolationist wing breaks off to form the Party of Liberty (POL). Hoover becomes the first president to change his party affiliation in
his adiministration. The radical progressive faction revives the progressive party.
1933-Domination begins "Quattara Depression Project" to generate hydroelectric power between Mediterranean and
Quattara Depression, along with chemical extraction from the brine created. Plans for a Bosphorus Project to take
advantage of constant currents through the Turkish Straits are delayed indefinitely by priority construction of nearby fortifications. Extensive testing of hormonal contraceptives on serfs leads to their being approved for use by Citizen women, Race Purity laws amended to allow Citizen women to legally have sex with serf males if protected. Eugenics Directorate established with missions to improve the Citizens, find biological/chemical ways to control serfs, and develop biological weapons. Virunga Biocontrol Institute established in the Kalahari Desert.Taringa Biocontrol Institute established in the middle of the Kalahari Reserve, 10-kilometer radius around the facility cleared of all plant and animal life and aggressively patrolled.
-Due to the moral influence of progressives Cocaine, opium and heroin banned in USA. Beginning of gangwars and the rise of mexican, italian and irish gangsters. Beginning of the prohibtion era.
1934-tesla demonstrates his death ray and plasma weapons.
-Bloodless coup with hostage taking forces the feeble King Rama VII of Siam to allow a constitutional monarchy. A young prince is designated his successor, and a Council of Regents led by the coup conspirators runs the country for the next several years.
-the european countries which had prohibition end it.
-a group of economic royalists attempt a coup against president Long. This leads to all the parties dropping ties to big business. The republicans are tkaen over by a progressive-nativist fusion.
-In New York City, the USa, Brazil, Greater Paraguay sign the "Western Hemisphere Defence Treaty", a military alliance designed to counter any hostility on the part of Germany or other threats.
-Anchluss of Germany and austria.
-Draka cuts off shipments of oil outsie its borders.
1935-The Great Recession persists only in America, and to a lesser degree in Britain. Veterans marching on Unitas to demand early payout of pension benefits leads to looting put down by loyal local militias. Congress flees the city after declaring martial law, doesn't return for several months.
-Research on vectors and diseases at Taringa closed down by a Senate committee after Conservation Directorate objections. Permitted avenues of research must now avoid indiscriminate slaughter and be self-limiting to avoid unleashing a holocaust into the Domination.
-The roundtable conference in London comes to a compromise solution. India (inc. the 600-odd princely states) will be one nation. But, Muslim-majority states (it will be a federal system) will be grouped into a "Pakistan Special Region". This region will have its own assembly and have more devolution from Delhi. Therefore, there will be three tiers of federal government in Muslim areas (federal govt., Pakistan Special Region + states) but only federal government + states in non-Muslim areas.
1936-1937-the spanish civil war with american support the moderate socialists defeat the communists and establish the
soviet republic of spain.
- First computer is all transistors and "size of a house."
-Communist up
-Japan experiances unrest which leads to demands for more democracy.
-The German Militarists throw off one of the last peace treaty provisions, and begin national conscription to rebuild the armed forces.
-Full integration of women into all Citizen forces and as serf auxiliaries, Janissaries remain male only.
-First tests of chemical agents that act directly on the human nervous system, refinements begin on effects, dosages, and delivery systems. Taringa becomes a popular alternative to destructive labor camps in the Security Directorate.
- First tape recorder, using magnetized wire developed.
-As another measure done by the long adminstration a program of "letting the good times roll" for economic revival is begin. This program includes using federal funds to get states to remove blue and dry laws,legalizing gambling
-National regulatory authority set up to regulate business. The NRA is used to make business cooperate with the Long administration. The NRA officials takre a pro-labor stance leading to labor unions cooperating with Long's administration.
-In order to help the rural economy President Long institutes programs of cultivating spices in mexico/the carribean/the phillipines to establish an american spice industry to compete with australia, Long also uses horticulturists to find alternate crops to grow and export. The measures lead to an increase in available types of produce.
-The Pope condemns the rampent materialism which he says lead to the current crisis in world affairs. He calls for greater individual freedom and a place in the state for the Spiritual.
-In the US higher tarriffs are set to help pay for the public debt and the increases in public spending. The US has nationalized a number of bankrupt insurance and pension companies and formed the National Retirement Fund, it will function much like the Social Security System in the US, in 1939 membership is made manditory
-The australian government begins a program of re-aquification using the desalinators. This project takes decades but by 1980 theres more rivers and lakes flowing in central australia. The project also allows for more forests to grow in australia.
-Elections and constitutional provisions trestored however a national amnesty enforced by a seperate set of security coourts and including a constitutional ammendment enabling the same remain. - the military / space / tech budget is also partially self financing and the military reserve the right of reintervention.
-the military backed by financiers attempts a coup against the Long administration but fails. All pretensions of political power removed from the military.
-A Royal Commission on Indian Federal Boundaries is set-up. Its aim is to draw up the boundaries of states in a federal India. They will be primarily demarcated on language.
1938-The transistor is invented.
-Socialized medicine,the negative income tax and various great society/modern european of OTL welfare programs instituted slowly by Long's popular front party.
-Taringa delivers the first batches of a chemical contact nerve agent guaranteed to cause muscular paralysis and death within 5 minutes, yet effective for only 15 minutes after dispersal, packaged for the standard 250 kilo bomb and other delivery methods. An antidote is also made available.
-In America the US begins to build a series of massive and modern subsidized highways. The Highways are owned by the US government (much like most of the rail line). Subzidized buses and trucklines are also set up. The Highway system stimulates an even more rapid growth in Automobiles.
-The indian terretory is opened up to full movement going or leaving it.
-Popular resentment of the prevalence of corruption and open criminal influence on the police, particularly in major cities, begins to bring an American reform movement into focus.
-New reforms put into place in japanese politics establish democracy.
against the central powers(germany,Draka italy and austria-hungary). By wars end it is the spectacular advances of the German Stormtroops and the more coordinated infantry assaults by the allies that become parts of standard military doctrine along with tank and airplane use.
-Expansion of the locks on the Panama Canal to accommodate larger ships begins, complicating worldwide shipping and
naval movements. And as the USA is neutral, but an agreement from 1868 forces them to allow British warships through as if they were American, things get rather tense on both coasts of the state of Panama. In the end, Royal Navy ships are
allowed through after they unload all ammunition and move it by rail to the other end of the canal.
-The british moderate their policy in ireland instead of mass massacres the british begin a policy of merely destroying the culture.
-President Roosevelt has increased US spending on technology and education almost 2 fold. Roosevelt had been an
engineer before entering politics and has several (mostly impractical) ideas he wants to see explored. While little will come of Roosevelt's ideas the funding will dramatically increase US technolical development.
1915-greece falls to the ottoman empire after a blitzkrieg of armored attack vehicles.
-Santa Fe(new mexico), Chiapas and Mojave(arizona) admitted as states. Again, negotiations with the Indians
delayed admittance.
-a german corporal by the name of A. Shicklegruber Hitler is wounded in battle and honorably discharged.
-beginning of a revolt in ireland by both protestants and catholics up
-"Crazy" Mark Freeman buys land in the foothills/ mountains west of the Widney Sea - cheap (it's considered wasteland -
too far from the shore for resorts, too lumpy for farms). He begins planting hundreds of hectares in trees, with plans to convert all his land into a forest (he likes forest. He's also terribly rich, being a major stockholder in S.F. Rwy). A decade later, much to everyone's surprise, he's got about 25 kilometers squared of short, but growing forest land. Freeman Woods continue to expand and are joined by several other private forests.
-The Domination enters the war on the side of the Central Powers. It invades and annexes all of British Africa in
lightning campaigns utilizing cannon-equipped tanks, Janissary troops armed with semi-automatic rifles or sub-machine guns and transported in open-topped lightly-armored vehicles, and aerial reconnaissance and interdiction bombing using dirigibles and biplanes. This first blitzkrieg is practically ignored by the rest of the world as a military lesson at the time, since it occurs mostly in desert and jungle terrain and both the British and Drakans aren't telling. Captured British citizens are put into "collection camps" following bloody city fighting and looting by both Citizens and Janissaries. Drakan forces advance to the Suez Canal, but the British are able to render it temporarily useless through explosives and sinking ships in the channel. The British naval forces at Aden are caught in the harbor by aerial bombardment, and destroyed or flee out to sea. Those at Alexandria bombard the city as the Drakans enter, and then withdraw to Cyprus, Malta and Gibraltar. Besides one disastrous hastily-executed attack towards the Suez Canal that only makes it easier for the Drakans several weeks later, the Ottoman Empire is unable to organize the satraps and their troops before the Drakans roll up the British
1916- first primitive cruise missile developed in Germany
-A Hindu pacifist movement arises in India, causing unrest with massive sit-down strikes and clashes between Muslims and Hindus. The movement is started due to britain using Indian conscripts.
-Unrst in indonesia and a major rebellion rocks australia. Millions of malay refugees flee to the USA.
1916-1919-In both America and Europe a underground drug culture emerges. LSD gains popularity among mystics, musicians, and writers. Adolf Hitler gets heavy into this new culture.
1917-In the US the Socialist nationalize many railroads and begin heavy subsidies to cargo and passenger rail lines. These nationalized railroads are soon joined by a national steam line and national air line (although private companies can and do compete against the national lines). In each of the nationalized industries strong Socialist Unions take root.
-The Japanese attempt to foment Chinese uprisings against the Western enclaves, but fail to do more than call attention to themselves.
-Bolshevik revolution in russia. Vladimir lenin takes power and declares the USSR. He begins a program of restructuring society to make a New Soviet man. Prohibition declared in the USSR: all intoxicans including tobacco, alcohol and caffiene banned.
-Australia puts down sev
1918- Virgin Islands annexed as a US possession.
-Germany adopts prohibition. This cuases austria-hungary and the netherlands to follow
suit.
-Britain decides to simply cut its losses and leave Ireland. The British government recognizes the new irish
governemnt and offers to open relations with it in a surprise move. The move is done after president Roosevelt expresses that he'll take america out of the war unless britain leaves ireland. Several rallies in support of the allies in major cities by irish-americans.
-The American absentee ballot process is formalized so you don't have women physically voting in place of their
husbands, but the women continue their patriotic activities on the home front.
1919-end of the war with a status quo peace trety reached. The ottoman conqurest of greece is recognized in exhange for germany retaining alsace-lorraine. Due to no harsh reperations the Allied nations default which takes out wall street in a sickening crunch. The destroyed banks and destroyed firms are nationalized by the federal government. Bank deposits retroactively insured up to $20K reliquifying the economy. This gives America a large state sector in its economy.
-the USA makes economic peace with the british empire. British and Empire investment in the Americas and the
ntipodes largely transfered to US control. Much valuable art work and specie followed. Exports resumed as state to state trade, saving the Farm belt.
-A de facto peace with Draka is soon established, due predominantly to the inability of the exhausted Allies to mount
any significant offensive against the Domination, and concern for the British still held hostage in Africa. The
Domination refuses to recognize the Peace of Versailles (especially the provisions for returning territory to anyone), although it soon repatriates all remaining British citizens and makes payments to British and German firms for seized commercial properties.
-beginning of civil war in ottoman empire between the muslim radicals and the young turks. The ottoman sultan declares
a jihad against the domination of draka. Muslim revolts occur all over the lands of the draka. Ottoman empire invaded by drakans. All Drakan conquests are annexed as "New Territories," and the Pacification Wars begin. Rest of the world outraged as the Domination publicly executes captured enemy leaders in Archona on "Victory Day", first in 1923 with over 4,000 Ottomans and Young Turks, and in 1924 with the Shah's Vizier and others. Widespread embargo against Domination begins due to continuing use of slaves, brutality in war, and flaunting of depravity by Citizens. The Domination enters an isolationist phase enforced from within and without, heavily fortifies the conquered areas, and gradually eases restrictions on free women in combat positions, with full integration in 1936.
1919-1929-The Federal Indian Territories scattered across the country become a popular venue for gambling and drinking, as there are no federal anti-gambling laws, and insufficient law enforcement to keep state Prohibition or anti-gambling laws enforced. "Jazz Age" begins. Rise in worldwide popularity of marijuana (kif in the Domination). Rise in the security directorate's power due to the fear of the rest of the world.
-veracruz,alta california,michoacan,napoleona and cuba abolish the militia service/fee requirement for voting. This
causes the culture wars in that era between drys(farm raised,protestant,for militia equirements, against tobacco/marijuana/alcohol) and wets(urban,immigrants/natives of annexed areas,mexican,anti-prohibition). The supreme court upholds the laws repealing it.
-Formation of the Assembly of Nations, a diplomatic and international law organization. Voting members include all
major powers except the Domination, which refuses to participate in this and all other international organizations and treaties. Among other issues, China is declared open for free trade and becomes a hotbed of intrigue between all the European powers plus America and Japan, all vying for commercial and diplomatic advantage.
- Trans-African Railroad from Capetown to Alexandria completed. (Cecil Rhodes rolls over in his grave.)
-The Domination discovers and begins exploitation of the Algerian oil fields, and continues exploitation of the Libyan and Middle Eastern ones, charges high prices for oil and refined petroleum exports. australia (especially at Balikpapan) and Brunei oil fields heavily developed in response, Ploesti and Maikop extraction and refinery complexes expanded in Rumania and Russia. Massive Drakan infrastructure development in conquered areas. Domination charges exorbitant tolls for use of Suez Canal, and insists on rights of inspection and refusal, leading to dramatic decreases in merchant traffic compared to pre-war. Shipping traffic through Panama Canal and Pacific, or nonstop around southern Africa, increases to compensate. Britain and France, as the two powers most affected by the Suez Canal, are rather unhappy but can't muster international support or find a lever to force the Domination to change the prices. Russia and Britain agree to build a railroad connecting the Baltic and Afghanistan, but the project turns into a Russian bureaucratic nightmare. Oil discovered in Republic of greater PAraguay's Oriente province (Venezuela). Drakan Provincial Assembly moved into a larger building that has provisions for further expansion.
1920-The economic collapse ends and economic revival begins in the USA.
1922- A mild economic crisis causes a revolt in the German Reichstag, and the fall of Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg. When the Kaiser attempts to appoint a new Chancellor without consulting the Reichstag, as he has always done before, the majority Socialists walk out of the Reichstag and take several smaller "democratic" parties with them. A general strike is called, which is not particularly effective. Nevertheless, the Kaiser gives in after only a week, and allows the Reichstag to appoint its own ministers thereafter. The British, in particular praise this as a step toward responsible government in Germany.
-America begins building a true two ocean navy to rival the great powers.
-Congress passes the public utilities holding acts which forbid electric and automobile companies from owning transporation companies.
-beginning of large scale populairty for cocaine and heroin in the roaring 20's. Beginnign of crack cocaine appearing
after feebasing is discovered. Beginning of moral backlash against heroin and cocaine by prohibitonists looking for a new target.
1923- Palmyra Island and Kingman Reef (both in the South Pacific) annexed as American possessions. Casacadia (OTL British Columbia),Keewatin(nunavat),Yukon and Saskatchewan admitted as states, and the USA state flag is redesigned with 5-pointed stars to represent groups of 5 states.
-the USA extends its National lines into Greater Paraguay (with the Permission of Greater PAraguay). the USA also drops
a number of tarriffs against Greater Paraguayan goods going into the USA.
-In America Debs launches a major war on organized Crime. This is the beginnng of the so-called "Sicilian Scare". Italian Americans, mexicans and irish face a good deal of open discrimination.
-Japan makes a late try at Siberia, but Russian forces there are well prepared and not subject to the collapse seen in Europe. Japan quickly backs off once it becomes obvious this will become trench warfare and the British and Americans will not tolerate further aggression.
-the USA begins building a massive airforce for national security along with keeping its navy big.
-The Roman Catholic Church, beginning in Italy, signs concordats with various regimes that keep local Catholics from being
a unified political force, in exchange for government support of Catholic educational institutions on par with public ones. The one in Italy also has sovereignty for the Vatican, after giving up some other church properties.
-Moral outrage against cocaine/heroin/opium increases to the point where rallies are done by prohibtiionist groups
agaisnt it. Several states outlaw cocaine or heroin or opium.
-Immigration restrictions established in the USA. Greater paraguay keeps up the admittence of immigrations at the
high levels.
-Massive industrialization in Russia and creation of the "People's Army" to address the problems posed by the previous war. Russian population boom, as serfdom is abolished and large numbers flock to the cities to work unskilled industrial jobs.
1924-President Debs reelected due to the booming economy. Debs doesn't manage to push through any major social programs
only expand or tweak current ones.
-Crack cocaine epidemic begins to cause problems in society. Crack cocaine banned under federal law. Beginning of "crack" scare. Beginning of debate regaring opium/cocaine/heroin on whether to keep them legal or make them illegal.
-Draka supresses a muslim revolt with great force. Beginning of depopulation of New Terretories and resettlement with slaves from africa.
-railroads nationalized by the American government. The government begins a program of expanding cities and having them be connected by rail.
-After a plebscite the sudenten region of czechslovakia unites with germany. This is the first rollback of treaty provisions.
1925–1936- After the mass executions have already killed most of the valuable native personnel in the New
Territories, the Domination begins to realize that there are too few Citizens to do all the skilled jobs required by an industrial and technological society, especially one that has just greatly expanded through conquest. With immigration and tourism down to nearly nil, there must now be a change in Draka society to allow individuals to rise (and fall) on merit, rather than relying on racial distinctions for pre-destination. What emerges — after considerable resistance from the entrenched Citizen aristocracy — is mandatory aptitude testing for both serf and Citizen children. This is even justified within the official serf religion as a ritual for determining if the child's status should be higher or lower than the parents' is. It immediately expands the pool for potential skilled workers in the Domination, although downward mobility by Citizens is practically impossible except in cases of gross incompetence. Thus, a regimented meritocracy begins to appear within the Domination's area of civil government; the War and Security Directorates have control of the incompletely pacified areas, and usually make it rather difficult to find willing workers until the population is a fraction of pre-wars levels.
-European nations deestablish any official state churches. This strangely comes on the heels of prohibition being declared
in just about every european nation.
-Denmark goes through a brief civil war, the temporarily ruling reactionary regime sells iceland and greenland to the USA.
1925-Attempt at communist revolution failed. The revolution is stopped by a clerical-royalist-conservative coaliton in italy. The regime begins repressing the northern cities in favor of the more conservative country side.
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1928-Herbert Hooverr elected president. Hoover's election against Al Smith is due to america being bored of leftist
rule(bryan's democrats,Roosevelt's progressives and Deb's socialists)
-After withdrawal of Allied occupation forces from Germany, a narrow election victory succeeds in placing two Militarist heroes of the Battle of the Mazurian Lakes in power as Chancellor and Prime Minister. They announce public works projects to rebuild the economy, including the autobahn highway network and rearmament with the most modern weapons (within treaty limits). Although there is some financial sleight-of-hand behind the scenes, the popular and economic response is soon overwhelmingly positive. Communist, Socialist, and various racist political elements lose power as the situation in Germany improves.
-In India there are major marches for independence, but the English remain committed to an India inside the Empire. Some in the ViceRoy government do however work for a greater level of autonomy.
1929-1931-A speculative boom on Wall Street collapses, leading to a Great REcession that quickly spreads worldwide to
most nations through loans being called in, except for the Domination, and to a lesser extent USSR. The result of the depression is to take 1920's decadence and make it worse along with making the styles more decadent and the "immorality" worse in the eyes of the drys/prohibtionists. The conventional charitable and government approaches persist in America until civil unrest begins to break out, as Congress and the President are unwilling to tamper with the economy or follow the European examples. A popular but ineffective President is elected in 1928, who proposes several schemes that Congress rejects for their inpracticality. Socialist,social credit and other such movements appear in strengh.
-Sumptory laws, excess profit taxes, luxury goods taxes, restrictions on frivelous businesses begin to appear in europe as christian democrats,militarists and socialists begin working together. These types of laws also appear in Draka and in the USA(but in a lesser form).
-The government of Draka establishes authoritarian security restrictions on radio.
1929- Athabasca(OTL's northwest terretories and nunavut) and chiapas admitted as state, the final American territories on the continent to recieve statehood. Negotiations with the indians in both states delayed annexation.
-Closed-circuit television and color photography invented
-Herbert Hoover's action excacerbates the economic slowdown after cutting or attempting to weaken social safety nets set up in the bryan/roosevelt/debs administrations.
-Cocaine and heroin become far more popular as alcohol/marijuana doesn't prove good enough to beat the depression blues.
-J. Edgar Hoover removed from the justice department after scandals come out.
-Japan made to leave korea after a chinese invasion of korea. This discredits militarist leaders.
1930-1939-The emerging military doctrine of air power is even more powerful than in our TL. Military theorist are convinced not only of the ability of bombers to destroy the enemies will to fight but also the aircraft as a superior delivery system. Most countries (including the Germans) develop large powerful transports. Further fighter doctrine includes close air support for transport drops, glider drops and supply. Drop tanks and later in air refueling are developed. The Germans develop the idea of Luftkrieg (airwar), dropping airborne troops (with gliders) and advancing along the line the hold (sort of like Operation Market Garden in 1944). The Germans develop and deploy a wide variety of light but powerful weapons.
1931-British response to the Great Depression turns to this public-works concept, but to an ineffective lesser extent, after charitable measures are overwhelmed and conventional government intervention in the economy fails to regain public confidence. France announces accelerated plans for Surlot Line construction. Many countries turn to rearmament or public works projects to pull themselves out of the economic slump. The Treaty of Berlin is quietly overcome by events as Italy, Japan, and then the USSR openly violate the terms as "an economic necessity."
1932-Huey Long, elected on promises of a "New Deal" for the poor and economic reform. President Long promises he will pull the US back to greatness "by our boot staps". Recovery begins in USA as public works programs (National Public Service Corps based on the Quaker Legions) and increased militia pay cut into unemployment and poverty, marred by corruption and cronyism. Increasing sales of raw materials to Japan, such as the tearing down of antiquated elevated trolley lines in several cities that are sold as scrap metal.
-In India there are major marches for independence, but the English remain committed to an Indian inside the Empire. Some in the ViceRoy government do however work for a greater level of autonomy.
-The indonesian population
-powerful desalinating devices are invented.
-Republican party splits over economic issues and the election of a tradictioclist. The more capitalist/isolationist wing breaks off to form the Party of Liberty (POL). Hoover becomes the first president to change his party affiliation in
his adiministration. The radical progressive faction revives the progressive party.
1933-Domination begins "Quattara Depression Project" to generate hydroelectric power between Mediterranean and
Quattara Depression, along with chemical extraction from the brine created. Plans for a Bosphorus Project to take
advantage of constant currents through the Turkish Straits are delayed indefinitely by priority construction of nearby fortifications. Extensive testing of hormonal contraceptives on serfs leads to their being approved for use by Citizen women, Race Purity laws amended to allow Citizen women to legally have sex with serf males if protected. Eugenics Directorate established with missions to improve the Citizens, find biological/chemical ways to control serfs, and develop biological weapons. Virunga Biocontrol Institute established in the Kalahari Desert.Taringa Biocontrol Institute established in the middle of the Kalahari Reserve, 10-kilometer radius around the facility cleared of all plant and animal life and aggressively patrolled.
-Due to the moral influence of progressives Cocaine, opium and heroin banned in USA. Beginning of gangwars and the rise of mexican, italian and irish gangsters. Beginning of the prohibtion era.
1934-tesla demonstrates his death ray and plasma weapons.
-Bloodless coup with hostage taking forces the feeble King Rama VII of Siam to allow a constitutional monarchy. A young prince is designated his successor, and a Council of Regents led by the coup conspirators runs the country for the next several years.
-the european countries which had prohibition end it.
-a group of economic royalists attempt a coup against president Long. This leads to all the parties dropping ties to big business. The republicans are tkaen over by a progressive-nativist fusion.
-In New York City, the USa, Brazil, Greater Paraguay sign the "Western Hemisphere Defence Treaty", a military alliance designed to counter any hostility on the part of Germany or other threats.
-Anchluss of Germany and austria.
-Draka cuts off shipments of oil outsie its borders.
1935-The Great Recession persists only in America, and to a lesser degree in Britain. Veterans marching on Unitas to demand early payout of pension benefits leads to looting put down by loyal local militias. Congress flees the city after declaring martial law, doesn't return for several months.
-Research on vectors and diseases at Taringa closed down by a Senate committee after Conservation Directorate objections. Permitted avenues of research must now avoid indiscriminate slaughter and be self-limiting to avoid unleashing a holocaust into the Domination.
-The roundtable conference in London comes to a compromise solution. India (inc. the 600-odd princely states) will be one nation. But, Muslim-majority states (it will be a federal system) will be grouped into a "Pakistan Special Region". This region will have its own assembly and have more devolution from Delhi. Therefore, there will be three tiers of federal government in Muslim areas (federal govt., Pakistan Special Region + states) but only federal government + states in non-Muslim areas.
1936-1937-the spanish civil war with american support the moderate socialists defeat the communists and establish the
soviet republic of spain.
- First computer is all transistors and "size of a house."
-Communist up
-Japan experiances unrest which leads to demands for more democracy.
-The German Militarists throw off one of the last peace treaty provisions, and begin national conscription to rebuild the armed forces.
-Full integration of women into all Citizen forces and as serf auxiliaries, Janissaries remain male only.
-First tests of chemical agents that act directly on the human nervous system, refinements begin on effects, dosages, and delivery systems. Taringa becomes a popular alternative to destructive labor camps in the Security Directorate.
- First tape recorder, using magnetized wire developed.
-As another measure done by the long adminstration a program of "letting the good times roll" for economic revival is begin. This program includes using federal funds to get states to remove blue and dry laws,legalizing gambling
-National regulatory authority set up to regulate business. The NRA is used to make business cooperate with the Long administration. The NRA officials takre a pro-labor stance leading to labor unions cooperating with Long's administration.
-In order to help the rural economy President Long institutes programs of cultivating spices in mexico/the carribean/the phillipines to establish an american spice industry to compete with australia, Long also uses horticulturists to find alternate crops to grow and export. The measures lead to an increase in available types of produce.
-The Pope condemns the rampent materialism which he says lead to the current crisis in world affairs. He calls for greater individual freedom and a place in the state for the Spiritual.
-In the US higher tarriffs are set to help pay for the public debt and the increases in public spending. The US has nationalized a number of bankrupt insurance and pension companies and formed the National Retirement Fund, it will function much like the Social Security System in the US, in 1939 membership is made manditory
-The australian government begins a program of re-aquification using the desalinators. This project takes decades but by 1980 theres more rivers and lakes flowing in central australia. The project also allows for more forests to grow in australia.
-Elections and constitutional provisions trestored however a national amnesty enforced by a seperate set of security coourts and including a constitutional ammendment enabling the same remain. - the military / space / tech budget is also partially self financing and the military reserve the right of reintervention.
-the military backed by financiers attempts a coup against the Long administration but fails. All pretensions of political power removed from the military.
-A Royal Commission on Indian Federal Boundaries is set-up. Its aim is to draw up the boundaries of states in a federal India. They will be primarily demarcated on language.
1938-The transistor is invented.
-Socialized medicine,the negative income tax and various great society/modern european of OTL welfare programs instituted slowly by Long's popular front party.
-Taringa delivers the first batches of a chemical contact nerve agent guaranteed to cause muscular paralysis and death within 5 minutes, yet effective for only 15 minutes after dispersal, packaged for the standard 250 kilo bomb and other delivery methods. An antidote is also made available.
-In America the US begins to build a series of massive and modern subsidized highways. The Highways are owned by the US government (much like most of the rail line). Subzidized buses and trucklines are also set up. The Highway system stimulates an even more rapid growth in Automobiles.
-The indian terretory is opened up to full movement going or leaving it.
-Popular resentment of the prevalence of corruption and open criminal influence on the police, particularly in major cities, begins to bring an American reform movement into focus.
-New reforms put into place in japanese politics establish democracy.
1851-Perry opens japan as OTL
-Beginning of mexican influences on the catholic church as bishops from former mexico being conferring with their conhorts of the rest of the USA.
- Eastern Shore counties(WORCESTER,TALBOT,SOMERSET,QUEEN ANNES,KENT,DORCHESTER,CECIL,Northhampton,Accomack and CAROLINE) split off into the state of Chesapeake as a compromise to the south for the senate. The other parts of the deal include admitting the western nonslave counties of virginia as the state of appalachia.
IOTL 1833-1835 the Eastern Shore came within one vote in the Maryland Senate of seceeding. In the House of Delegates the vote was overwhelimgly in favor of allowing the Eastern Shore to leave.
The Eastern Shore tried again in 1851-1852. Each time the Eastern Shore was not seeking statehood as it was too small and had too small of a populations. The Eastern Shore was seeking to be joined to Delaware. This would have bolstered slavery in Delaware while keeping the Southern Maryland tobacco plantations in Maryland.
-Beginning of mexican influences on the catholic church as bishops from former mexico being conferring with their conhorts of the rest of the USA.
- Eastern Shore counties(WORCESTER,TALBOT,SOMERSET,QUEEN ANNES,KENT,DORCHESTER,CECIL,Northhampton,Accomack and CAROLINE) split off into the state of Chesapeake as a compromise to the south for the senate. The other parts of the deal include admitting the western nonslave counties of virginia as the state of appalachia.
IOTL 1833-1835 the Eastern Shore came within one vote in the Maryland Senate of seceeding. In the House of Delegates the vote was overwhelimgly in favor of allowing the Eastern Shore to leave.
The Eastern Shore tried again in 1851-1852. Each time the Eastern Shore was not seeking statehood as it was too small and had too small of a populations. The Eastern Shore was seeking to be joined to Delaware. This would have bolstered slavery in Delaware while keeping the Southern Maryland tobacco plantations in Maryland.
Max Sinister
Banned
*doing evil dark thread necromancy*
My two cents:
1. "ancient egyptian and aramaic begin to be taught to the mostly illiterate natives/hindus in british egypt. THe result is to create an egyptian dialect of englsih with aramaic/egyptian words in it."
How useful would that be? Why don't you simply teach them English?
2. About killing all the Bedouins and their animals: The desert can never become green as fast as you described it! I think it wouldn't even work if they tried to make it green again.
3. Designing a religion is one thing, but would people accept it? I could rather see said Draka religion develop organically. When it's codified in the end, someone just writes down what people believe anyway.
My two cents:
1. "ancient egyptian and aramaic begin to be taught to the mostly illiterate natives/hindus in british egypt. THe result is to create an egyptian dialect of englsih with aramaic/egyptian words in it."
How useful would that be? Why don't you simply teach them English?
2. About killing all the Bedouins and their animals: The desert can never become green as fast as you described it! I think it wouldn't even work if they tried to make it green again.
3. Designing a religion is one thing, but would people accept it? I could rather see said Draka religion develop organically. When it's codified in the end, someone just writes down what people believe anyway.
Darkest
Banned
The concept of Draka is a cool one, and I would love to see a timeline that plausibly gets as close as possible to the one featured in the books. But, for many Draka timelines I have read, they seem as if they must require ASBs. Its possible to make it plausible, I believe, but people need to try harder.
Haven't read yours, Straha, so this opinion may not be attached to your timeline.
Haven't read yours, Straha, so this opinion may not be attached to your timeline.