So how's Venezuela in TTL by 2021 and what is it's history after the SGW?
Also what are the biggest cities in the world? Not the USA, the world.
Edit: This fic now has it's own TV Tropes page.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/Timeline191AfterTheEnd
Venezuela, during the first generation after the end of the Second Great War, benefited from its large oil reserves. The country also enjoyed one of the world’s highest rates of annual economic growth during the first postwar generation.
Venezuela was among the countries in South America that signed a post-SGW military alliance with the Empire of Brazil, with the exceptions of Chile and Ecuador, which both joined the CDS. Venezuela was also a member state, along with Brazil’s other military allies, of the Independence Movement. Later in the 20th Century, Venezuela joined the Brazil/US-led Council of the Western Hemisphere.
Venezuela in TTL never went under military rule. However, the country was not without economic problems. During the late 20th Century, Venezuela was among the petroleum-exporting states that were negatively affected by a collapse in the international price of oil. Since the 1980s, various governments in Venezuela have attempted to diversify the country’s economy, to mixed success. By 2021, Venezuela was among the countries in the Western Hemisphere worst affected by the Great Housing Crash.
Venezuela’s diplomatic relations with the United States after the end of the SGW have not been without tensions. The postwar governments in Venezuela were not pleased at the USA extending its rule throughout the Caribbean all the way to Trinidad. The political and military leadership of Venezuela did not forget how the USA had supported Colombia during the interwar border disputes between Bogota and Caracas. Although Venezuela would join the Council of the Western Hemisphere, the Venezuelan government was less than pleased at the headquarters for the CWH being located in Bogota.
By 2021, there has not been a diplomatic rupture between Venezuela and the USA. However, the two countries cannot be considered allies.
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By 2021, the fifty largest cities in the world by population include the following locations. They are not listed in order of population size.
Africa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Cairo, Egypt
Kinshasa-Ncuna, Congolese Federation
[OTL Kinshasa, DRC and Brazzaville. Republic of Congo)
Lagos, Oyo
Asia
Bangalore, Bharat
Bangkok, Thailand
Beijing, China
Chennai, Bharat
Chongqing, China
Chengdu, China
Dhaka, Bengal
Delhi, Bharat
Guangzhou, China
Jakarta, Indonesian Confederation
Karachi, Republic of Sindh
Kolkata, Bengal
Lahore, Republic of Punjab
Manila, Philippines
Mumbai, Bharat
Seoul, Korea
Shanghai, China
Shenzhen, China
Tehran, Persia
Tianjin, China
Tokyo, Ecological Union of Japan
Australia
Melbourne, Australia
Sydney, Australia
Europe
Berlin, German Empire
Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Constantinople
[By 2021, the city is under joint European Community control, led by Austria-Hungary and Germany, and is politically contested by the Kingdom of Bulgaria, the Kingdom of Greece, and the Kingdom of Turkey]
Hamburg, German Empire
Krakow, Austro-Hungarian Empire
London, United Kingdom
Moscow, Russia
Munich, German Empire
Paris, France
Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Rome, Italian Empire
Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland
North America
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Mexico City, Mexico
New York City, New York, United States of America
South America
Bogota, Colombia
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Caracas, Venezuela
Lima, Peru
Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil
São Paulo, Empire of Brazil
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My thanks to whoever created the TV Tropes page for this TL. I am glad that this TL warrants a mention on that website.