Awesome as always.
Looking forward to the September update.
To make this TL more accessible to newcomer readers, I'm going to make a chapter guide on the
TL's official page, listing all the updates so far.
Thanks! Much appreciated.
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.
Another great update! Now I'm tempted to work on a Doctor Lexington map.
I'd be curious to see it.
Haha, I love this. TL-191 is so implausible that even its inhabitants are calling it out.
Well, at least in a satirical way.
Finally an update, and was it worth it. It seems that TL-191 is finally seeing something positive happening to it.
Happy to oblige. And we still have a few more decades to go.
Despite that, I really don't see why all those little islands are seperate states. Why not just have the State of West Indies or Antilles?
Largely because of the informal deal between the Socialists and Democrats on statehood admissions. In the 1970s, the Democrats gain a large number of House seats from the re-admitted Southern states, and the Socialists gain a large number of senators from the new Caribbean states.
Absolutely wonderful update David, I enjoyed how you covered the whole decade. I look forward to September!
Thanks! I hope you enjoy the remaining three updates.
*Note: This list contains Presidents (those succeeding Seymour and Blaine) that are not part of the canon. If anyone feels like they have a better idea for Presidents #18, 19, 22, 25, 26, and 27, please let me know.
Just a minor note: starting with President Dewey's first term, new presidential terms begin on January 20.
Here's the world on the eve of 1980. David, please let me know where I messed up.
Fantastic map! The only thing that I think needs to be changed is that the Italians still control former British Somaliland.
The US conquered all the Lesser Antilles as well? Gosh.
Not really conquered. Most were acquired in the Treaty of Aachen, which ended the Second Great War.
What a decade the '70s was. Alternate social movements, fun looks into film and literature, several men went into space (and two went to the moon!). Progress marches on in Africa much better than OTL. Very fun stuff. And rvbomally is right: that was a great joke, Dave.
Loving the alt-space programs too.
Thanks. It was refreshing to cover a large amount of history in this update.
The United States' juggernaut continues to be unmatched, it would seem. Somehow, I think the world is going to continue to fare much better in regards to its wealth compared to OTL. It seems to be much more evenly spread out without openly hostile powers anymore. Of course, if Bharat and the Chennai Pact are any indication, this could surely change, I suppose. Hopefully it doesn't come to that...
Overall, it does seem that way, and we still have a few decades left before the TL ends.
South America and Central America, with the exception of Brazil, have remained pretty quiet. I think it might be time for an update on them soon, yeah? Same with the U.K. and France.
I do plan to go into more detail about the Empire of Brazil for the 1980s update. I did include a bit more detail for the 1970s about Britain and France, but there will be more detail for next update.
Not sure how to feel about China's and Russia's political developments at the moment. It's great that they'll actually be free in the future (and in the case of China, we know when it'll begin to change) but Turov's president of choosing a successor seems fishy to me, at least in terms of the precedent it could potentially set. Though I have to say: wither poor Tibet. Can't catch a break OTL or here, it would seem. Then again, I suppose getting rid of a theocratic monarch is never a bad thing.
By "handpicked" in regards to Russia's changing of the guard, I was referring to the candidate that Turov chose to endorse.
Zhuang Lin's rule in China is somewhat similar in its form to Paul Kagame's OTL governance in Rwanda (post genocide). Like I said in the update, the Chinese Republic's current system of governance will not last forever.
Rhodesia and South Africa brought to heel, eh? Seems like it's going to be rough sailing for the foreseeable future. At least, I suppose, the ex-Stalwarts don't have many more places to run off to. This seems to be the end of the line for them. Good news for seemingly most in the continent, though, especially the new DWV. Interesting that the Germans let the Congo go, however...
Many of the worst ex-Confederate war criminal fugitives have been either captured or killed by 1980, particularly after the OSS's missions during the South African War. Though even in the 1980s, there are those who have evaded capture.
Trouble in paradise for the Ottomans as well. If the Georgians are calling for autonomy and being funneled weapons and cash by the Russians, I'd imagine sooner or later the Arabs will do the same thing. The Russo-Kazakh War in 1985 doesn't sound good either, that's for sure.
During the 1970s, its mostly money being supplied by the Russians. Things on that front will take a turn for a worse during the first half of the 1980s.
The Russo-Kazakh War certainly will certainly be bad.
I have to ask, though: when did the Spanish have a military coup? I don't recall reading that in any of the previous updates, even if it's admittedly been quite a while.
Anyway: great work on the map and updated presidential list, Arkhangelsk. Three cheers for President Reynolds as well!
In TL-191, apparently the Spanish still had a civil war in the 1930s; I believe that it was between the monarchists (supported by Germany) and the Nationalists (supported by Britain and France).