Union of American Realms: A World-Building Exercise

Misc: Realm Flags [LI]
  • The flag of Long Island County:

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    Misc: Upperatlantic Census Region
  • U.A.R. Census Region of the Upper Atlantic
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    For official confederal purposes, the Upper Atlantic Census Regions consists of the realms of New York, Pennsylvania and Long Island. The map shows those three realms in details, along with the immediate neighbors (Maryland, Delmar, Erie, Haudenosaunee); while the farther neighbors are shown in the least detail (Virginia, New Haven, Vermont, Huron, Canada and Ohio). You can also see the Royal Domain, officially the territory of the House of Columbia, with the seat of the Monarch-President located at Mount Vernon, and the Confederal Assembly, Supreme Court of the Union and the Executive Council located in George's City, within the Royal Domain but across the water from Mount Vernon. The realms are grouped in different ways by different organizations, but the Union Census Bureau officially recognizes the Upper Atlantic Census Region of consisting of NY, PA & LI.​
     
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    Realm History: List of Counts of Massachusetts Bay
  • List of Counts of Massachusetts Bay
    (House Adams holds hereditary rights over the Executive Branch of this Realm)

    1. John | T: 1790-1816 (26) | abdicated at 80 | L: 1735-1826 (91) [1]
    2. John Quincy I | T: 1816-48 (32) | abdicated at 80 | L: 1767-1848 (81) [2]
    3. Charles I (Adams) | T: 1848-86 (38) | L: 1807-86 (79)
    4. John Quincy II (Adams) | T: 1886-94 (8) | L: 1833-94 (61)
    5. George (Adams) | T: 1894-1900 (6) | L: 1863-1900 (37) [3]
    6. Charles II (Adams) | T: 1900-43 (43) | abdicated at 80 | L: 1862-1954 (92) [4]
    7. Charles III (Adams) | T: 1943-81 (38) | abdicated at 80 | L: 1901-99 (88) [5]
    8. Charles IV (Adams) | T: 1981-2001 (20) | L: 1938-2001 (62) [6]
    9. Charles V (Adams) | T: 2001-incumbent (18) | L: 1970 (49)
    [1] On Count John's 80th birthday on October 30, 1815, he gave a speech before the entirety of the Massachusetts legislature [i.e. the Executive Council of Assistants (Upper House) and the General Assembly (Lower House)] in which he looked back on his tenure as Count of Massachusetts - a tenure that, at that moment, had lasted a quarter century. "Far longer than any one person should, in their right mind, run a realm," John told those in attendance that evening, "but alas, such were the provisions of the Union Constitution and the Governing Charter of the Massachusetts Bay County." But at a certain age, the faculties of man fail us, the Count would continue, such that it would be a disservice to continue holding the position. As such, he concluded, on July 4, 1816, the 26th Anniversary of his inauguration, he would be abdicating the office of Count of Massachusetts Bay. This unofficial abdicate at 80 rule has been followed by every Count who has reached that age, and is known as John's Rule.

    [2] John Quincy I, upon assuming the position of Count, passed up the official name of John II so that his father would remain the only Count of that name. In 1886, when John Quincy II assumed the position, he too chose the official name John Quincy as opposed to John out of respect for his great-grandfather. This unofficial rule is known as Quincy's Rule.

    [3] Count George holds the unfortunate records of having the shortest tenure as count, and of being the youngest count to die while in office, dying at the age of 37 from the Wandering Flu.

    [4] Because George left no living heirs, the office of Count passed to George's brother, Charles II. This marks the only sibling to sibling succession in the realm's history. Charles II holds the record for longest term in the realm's history at 47 years - nearly half a century. Charles II followed John's Rule and abdicated on the first anniversary of his inauguration following his 80th birthday.

    [5] Charles III followed John's Rule and abdicated on the first anniversary of his inauguration following his 80th birthday.

    [6] Charles IV's death from brain cancer in 2001 rocked Massachusetts.

    [7] Youngest person to ascend to the office of Count of Massachusetts Bay (31 at the time).
     
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    Confederal History: List of Governor-Presidents of the UAR
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    Governor-President of the Executive Council
    Part I

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    Realm Politics: TV lordship election of 1798
  • Here is a redone box for the first lordship election in Transylvania:

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    Misc: Capitals of the realms and native confederacies
  • The new and revised capitals map:

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    Notes
    1. Commonwealth of Aegyptania: Cairo; similar origin to the OTL city, but a vastly different history. TTL Cairo is home to at least 200K people compared to an OTL pop. of ~2K.​
    2. Grand Duchy of Canada: Québec; same origin as the OTL city of the same name.​
    3. Grand Duchy of Carolina: Raleigh; same origin as the OTL city of the same name.​
    4. Chicagou County: Chicagou City; same origin as the OTL city of the same(-ish) name.​
    5. Delmar County: Dover; same origin as the OTL city of the same name.​
    6. Governate of East Florida: San Agustín; same origin as the OTL city of the same name, but with a vastly different history and a much larger population.​
    7. Governate of Erie: Erie City; similar location to OTL Erie, PA, but vastly different history.​
    8. Governate of Georgia: Georgeburg; this city does not exist in OTL, was chosen as a central location for the realm capital in the early 19th century; named after Lord-Governor George I of Georgia.​
    9. Haudenosaunee Confederacy: Onondaga; roughly in the location of the OTL center of the Onondaga tribe.​
    10. Governate of Hudsonia: Hull; a city endemic to TTL, roughly where OTL Chelsea, Quebec is. Not sure who I named it after to be frank.​
    11. Huron County: York; same origin as the OTL city, is never renamed to Toronto in TTL.​
    12. Long Island County: Hempstead; same origin as the OTL city of the same name.​
    13. Governate of Manitoba: Grand Forks; similar origin as the OTL city of the same name.​
    14. Grand Duchy of Maryland: Annapolis; same origin as the OTL city of the same name.​
    15. Massachusetts County: Boston; same origin as the OTL city of the same name.​
    16. Mayaimi Confederacy: Mayaimi; this city does not exist in OTL and should not be confused with Miami, FL; instead named after TTL's name for Lake Okeechobee (Lake Mayaimi).​
    17. Governate of Michigan: Detroit; same origin as the OTL city, remains the capital and center of the realm in TTL.​
    18. Muscogean Confederacy: Tuskalusa; although in roughly the same place as OTL Tuscaloosa, AL, this city's origins are completely separate from the OTL city.​
    19. New Brunswick County: St. Stephen; same origin as the OTL municipality of the same name, but larger than it's OTL counterpart. Chosen as the capital shortly after the Revolution due its central location and the fact that TTL's New Brunswick includes OTL Maine.​
    20. Newfoundland County: St. John; same origin as the OTL city of the same name.​
    21. New Hampshire County: Portsmouth; same origin as the OTL city of the same name.​
    22. New Haven County: New Haven; same origin as the OTL city of the same name.​
    23. New Scotland County: Halifax; same origin as the OTL city of the same name.​
    24. Governate of New York: Poughkeepsie; same origin as the OTL city, but chosen as the capital over Albany in TTL.​
    25. Northwest Confederacy: Prophetstown; a city endemic to TTL in roughly the location of the OTL Prophetstown used by Tecumseh's forces.​
    26. Governate of Ohio: Franklinton; roughly OTL Columbus, but named after Benjamin Franklin - I believe an early settlement in the region was named Franklinton in OTL.​
    27. Grand Duchy of Palmetto: Columbia; same origins as the OTL city of the same name.​
    28. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Harrisburg; same origin as the OTL city of the same name.​
    29. Commonwealth of Riviera: Saint-Ferdinand; named after Fort Saint Ferdinand, a TTL French fort that became the center of the regions population before joining the UAR.​
    30. Saybrook County: Saybrook; same origin as the OTL city (known today as Old Saybrook).​
    31. Superior County: Sault Ste. Marie; same origin as the OTL city of the same name.​
    32. Commonwealth of Transylvania: Lesina; this city is endemic to TTL. Lesina became the capital in 1848, following the cholera outbreaks in the former capital (Boonesboro). It began swelling in population during the end of the 20th Century, and that has continued into the 21st.​
    33. Twin Rivers Governate: Saint-Charles; same origin as the OTL city of the same name (in Missouri), however, it was never known as San Carlos, instead always going by Saint-Charles - serves as the legislative capital/Saint-Joseph; founded similar to OTL by TTL's version of Joseph Robidoux IV - serves as the judicial capital/Entrepot; a city endemic to TTL, it serves as the executive capital of the Twin Rivers.
    34. Governate of Vermont: Montpelier; same origin as the OTL city of the same name.
    35. Commonwealth of Virginia: Richmond; same origin as the OTL city of the same name.​
    36. Governate of West Florida: Pensacola; same origin as the OTL city of the same name, larger population than OTL considering it is a capital here.​
    37. Governate of Wisconsin: Green Bay; similar origin as the OTL city of the same name.​
    Two retcons: The Southern Confederacy and the Calusa Confederacy have been renamed to the Muskogean Confederacy and the Mayaimi Confederacy, respectively.
     
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    World History: 1846 World Map & Nordic Union Infobox
  • The world in 1846 at the peak of the Revolutions of 1846. These revolutions took on a number of shades and would lead to drastic changes going forward, including sparking nationalist movements along with unionist movements.

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    One major international movement that would ultimately be born out of the flames of the 1846 Revolutions would be the Nordic unification that occurred later in the 19th Century.

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    Cultural: Religious affiliations of residents of the UAR
  • Some more infographics:
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    The UAR is generally more religious as opposed to irreligious than the OTL USA in 2020. Protestant branches dominate as a whole, with the most dominant branch being the endemic Church of Columbia.

    Numbers:
    The Church of Columbia is strongest in Transylvania where 52.4% of respondents identified as adherents.
    The most non-CoC Protestants can be found in Newfoundland at 46.4%.
    The Catholic Church is strongest in Canada at 69.8% (East Florida is not far behind with 66.8%).
    The Twin Rivers reports the highest demographic choosing Other Christian at 21.1%.
    Islam was reported as the faith of 8.9% of Superior residents.
    Lastly, 51.6% of Haudenosaunee residents reported being Irreligious.
    I have exact breakdowns of every realm in a spreadsheet, if people had questions.
     
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    Misc: List of UAR realms and native confederacies by population
  • I reworked the population numbers and map, and made a larger wiki article for it. Here it is:

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    Cultural: Demographics of East Florida
  • A Look At The Demographics of East Florida
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    1. Distrito Capital de San Agustín, San Augustin, 1,786,298 (2020)
    2. Provincia del Rio San Juan Exterior, Anastasia, 2,489,198 (2020)
    3. Provincia de Santa Isabela, Puerto Carolina, 2,029,203 (2020)
    4. Provincia de San Juan Interior, San Juan, 1,000,403 (2020)
    5. Provincia de Santa Fe, Santa Fe, 737,283 (2020)
    6. Provincia de Leon, Talasí, 734,329 (2020)
    7. Provincia de Narvaez, Hernando, 703,200 (2020)
    8. Provincia de la Bahía Espíritu Santo, Espíritu Santo, 2,028,006 (2020)
    9. Provincia de Pascua, Ciudad Florida, 1,738,787 (2020)
    10. Provincia de Naranja, Avíla, 689,328 (2020)
    11. Provincia de la Costa Bella, Nuevo Léon, 3,338,209 (2020)
    12. Provincia de Palmera, Bahía Palmas, 1,284,222 (2020)
    13. Provincia de los Lagos, Los Arroyos, 598,010 (2020)
    -- TOTAL POPULATION: 19,156,476 (2020)​

    East Florida (Spanish: La Florida Oriental) was traditionally one of the less populated realms in the UAR, although its status as the only majority-Spanish speaking member of the confederation consistently saw its population grow as consistent waves of immigrants from the Caribbean and then South America moved there. It's population really exploded in the 20th Century, however, as modernization efforts, industrialization, and mass draining of southern swampland opened parts of the realm previously rendered inhospitable. The 20th Century also saw East Florida begin a mass campaign to attract other members from the confederation as it portrayed its coasts as the optimum tourist and retirement destination. In the 1900 census, East Florida reported a population of 612,327 - in the most recent census (2020), the realm reported a population of just over 19M, highlighting the rapid growth the realm experienced. In the 120 years from 1900 to 2020, East Florida's population grew by an astonishing 3028.47%.

    Initially and in the early part of the realms history, it's population was centered in the north and especially around the San Juan River (Spanish: Rio San Juan). The population growth seen in the 20th Century centered on the coasts, however, particularly around La Costa Bella province which today is home to the largest concentration of East Floridians in the realm. Considerable population growth also occurred around the Bahía Espíritu Santo and Pascua provinces. Altogether, these three provinces hold 37% of the population. Of course, the capital of San Agustín and the surrounding Capital District are the most populated area per square mile, and the province which surrounds it (Rio San Juan Exterior) has seen its population grow exponentially as the San Agustín Urban Area grew outwards. That province in conjunction with the Capital District hold another 22% of the population. The center of the realm and the northwest remain the less populated regions of the realm, despite amounting to the larger land areas. Nonetheless, these areas, especially the central provinces, hold considerable agricultural value for the realm.

    East Florida is just one of two realms in the confederation where a majority of the population speaks a language other than English (the other being Canada) with a vast majority of East Floridians speaking Spanish at home. More East Floridians speak English as a total, of course, due to English being taught in East Florida schools, but the language remains a second language for most citizens of the realm. This means that East Florida exhibits one of the highest bilingual populations in the UAR and the continent as a whole. Significant numbers of East Floridians also speak other languages, such as French, Italian and Portuguese. As far as the Spanish spoken in East Florida, it is considered a unique dialect known as Florideño, with considerable ties to Caribbean dialects of Cuba and Puerto Rico, although having its own norms and varying significantly from the Spanish spoken there or anywhere else. Florideño Spanish is also the dialect spoken by native Spanish speakers West Florida

    East Florida is home to a considerable number afromericans due to its history of slavery, although the practice was enforced differently in the realm as opposed to its English sister realms. Colonial law in East Florida provided certain protections for enslaved individuals that were not afforded in places like Georgia, Palmetto and Carolina, resulting in a larger free-black population during the 19th century than in neighboring slaver realms. At the same time, East Florida had considerably less slaves than many of its neighbors. Escaped slaves would oftentimes head south to the Mayaimi Confederacy, where slavery was outlawed, and contention often grew in the 19th Century between free-blacks and enslaved blacks in the realm. When slavery was outlawed in the realm at the end of the 19th Century, tensions eased, and the afromerican population continued to grow from time to time with immigration from the Caribbean. In the present day, roughly 23.2% of East Floridians identify as afromerican, nearly a quarter of the population.

    A super-majority of the population of East Florida is Catholic, making it one of two realms where a majority of citizens adhere to the faith (the other being Canada). East Florida holds one of the smallest Protestant populations, including adherents of the Church of Columbia. This, in conjunction with its large Spanish speaking population, has made East Florida the source of considerable racist attacks by politicians from across the confederation. East Florida has had a history of dealing with this, including multiple border crises with neighboring Georgia. In turn, East Florida is home to one of the largest independence movements in the realm and many parties in the realm advocate for greater autonomy.
     
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    Realm Politics: GA lordship election of 1909
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    The Executor Party would run a ruthless and violent campaign in 1909 to regain control of the Lord-Governor's office. Due to extreme voter suppression and mass hysteria sparked by the Executor Party, the Yeoman Party lost dozens of counties Lord-Governor William I carried in 1889. The murder of hundreds of afrogeorgians occurred as racial violence by Executor militias sought to undermine the suffrage gains granted to them under William I's reign. The election of William Brantley (stylized Lord-Governor William II) would lead to the near universal reversal of civil rights gains made under William I, along with a reversion to near total control of the realm by the Old Elite. A member of the Executor Party would hold the lordship following this election until Lord-Governor Harold's abdication and the subsequent election of Lord-Governor James in 1971.​
     
    Misc: Map of the Mayaimi Confederacy
  • The Mayaimi Confederacy
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    More than half of the Mayaimi Confederacy's population lives in the New River Metropolitan area, and the non-native population of the Confederacy accounts for more than half of its modern population, making it a minority-native Confederacy. Non-native settlement outside of the New River Metropolitan area is strictly limited and regulated by the Mayaimi Confederacy's Constitution and Government.
     
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    Realm Politics: EF lordship election of 2014
  • 2014 East Florida lordship election

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    Realm Politics: EF general election of 2014
  • The 2015 East Florida General Election occurred concurrent to that year's lordship election, giving it heightened importance and increasing turnout. Like the lordship election, the results were fairly close, with Farmer-Labor winning a plurality of seats, but losing five seats overall. The Liberal-Centralist Party, buoyed by their lordship nominee at the top of the ticket, reached 34 seats and just one short of the plurality. Following the declaration of Juan Carlos's victory in the lordship election, the LCP announced a coalition with the Green Party and the Christian Democrat Party that usurped Farmer-Labor. Just the third time the LCP would lead the legislature, the 2015 elections also marked the first time the LCP would come to lead both the legislative and executive branches of the realm's government and is considered a pivotal moment in East Florida political history. Luis Omar Oteño was selected to serve as Speaker.
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    Speaker of the Great Assembly: Luis Omar Oteño (LCP/GP/CDP Coalition)
    • Liberal-Centralist Party: 34 seats
    • Green Party: 6 seats
    • Christian Democrat Party: 11 seats
    Opposition:
    • Farmer-Labor Party: 35 seats
    • Gran Florida Party: 11 seats
    • Liberator Party: 3 seats
    The next general election was held in the late summer of 2017.
     
    Realm Politics: EF general election of 2017
  • The 2017 East Florida General Election was the first to occur under the reign of Lord-GovernorJuan Carlos. The Liberal-Centralist Party gained 7 seats in the elections, bolstering it's plurality in the legislature. The Green Party gained 3 seats bringing it to a total of 9 seats in the General Assembly, a record high for that Party. The Lord-Governors' Liberal-Centralist Party remained in power following the election, maintaining it's 2014 coalition with the Green Party and the Christian Democrat Party. This election continued the slide of the Farmer-Labor Party, who lost 5 seats bringing it to just 26. The Farmer-Labor Party used to dominate East Florida politics, but it has failed to gain traction in the 21st Century as the Green Party and the Liberator Party continue to take support to its left, while the Gran Florida Party continues to take support from the right.

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    Speaker of the Great Assembly: Luis Omar Oteño (LCP/GP/CDP Coalition)
    • Liberal-Centralist Party: 41 seats
    • Green Party: 9 seats
    • Christian Democrat Party: 7 seats
    Opposition:
    • Farmer-Labor Party: 26 seats
    • Gran Florida Party: 14 seats
    • Liberator Party: 3 seats
    The next general election will be held in the fall of 2020.

    (This is a remake of an old post.)
     
    Confederal Politics: Districts of the Confederal Assembly (2021-31)
  • And here is the updated Confederal Assembly district map - many realms had the same amount of districts after I revised the population numbers, but many others changed. As an example, New York lost four districts, Mayaimi gained 1, etc.

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    Confederal Politics: New England Delegates to the Confederal Assembly
  • Current Affiliations of Delegates to the Confederal Assembly
    From the New England Census Region

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    The New England Census Region (NECR) is home to over 24M people divided between seven realms. The realms that make up the NECR have played an important economic and political role throughout the history of the Union. Six of the regions realms are organized as 'Counties', while one, Vermont, is organized as a Governate. As of the 2015 Census, the seven realms of the NECR contain 43 seats in the Confederal Assembly divided unevenly amongst the realms based on their respective populations. Massachusetts Bay is the largest with 14 seats, followed by New Haven with 8, New Brunswick with 6, New Hampshire and Saybrook which have 5 a piece, New Scotland with 3, and Vermont with 2. The most recent confederal assembly elections were held in the Fall of 2018 for Class B seats.

    Currently, the Liberal Alliance for Prosperity holds more than half of the seats within from the NECR with 27 delegates from the region being members of the inter-realm political association. With many of the realms in the region having a history of liberal realm governments, the LAP has been the dominant political group at the confederal level for the region for years. That being said, they actually lost seats in the 2018 elections in both New Brunswick and New Haven. 8 delegates are members of the Coalition for the Advancement of Liberty, 6 are members of the Confederalist Coalition, while the Pan-Green Alliance and Social Popular Front have 1 member each.​
     
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    Cultural: Confederal Barreball Association (CBA)
  • The 36 teams of the Confederal Barrelball Association, one of the UAR's professional leagues. Barrelball is roughly TTL's version of OTL basketball. There was a previous entry concerning the CBA, specifically a post on the 2018-19 season, which is no longer accurate following this map.

    The Confederal Barrelball Association is one of the premier professional sport leagues in the Union of American Realms and is the second most watched league by viewership numbers behind the Major League Townsball. The CBA is comprised of 36 teams divided equally into two conferences: the Northern Conference, which is further divided into the Central, Coastal and Western Divisions; and the Southern Conference, which is further divided into the Eastern, Interior, and Peninsular Divisions. Each division is composed of an equal amount of teams (6). The 36 teams of the CBA are spread out across 24 realms, 2 native confederacies and the Mount Vernon Royal District. 9 realms and 2 native confederacies lack teams in the CBA. East Florida (also known as Oriental Florida) holds the most teams of any realm at 3 teams: the Espiritu Santo Pirates, the Nuevo Leon Rockets and the San Agustin Sol. Teams compete in a 92 game season, with each team playing against intradivision teams four times, intraconference teams three times, and interconfertnce teams two time per season. The top eight teams from each conference make it onto the playoffs, with the winner of each division being awarded a top seed regardless of overall record. The playoffs are divided by conference such that eight teams from the Northern Conference compete against each other and vice-versa, with the respective conference champions facing each other in the CBA Finals. The playoffs involve best-of-five series in the first and second rounds, and best-of-seven series in the conference and overall finals. The CBA regular season runs from mid-September through mid-April, while the playoffs usually run from mid-April through early June, depending on length of series that year. The most recent CBA Champions are the York Towers who won back-to-back championships in 2017-18 and 2018-19. The 2018-19 league MVP was Blake Morton III of the Green Bay Bobcats and the 2018-19 Rookie of the Year was Luka Doncic of the New Haven Celtics. The CBA is currently in its 75th season (2019-20).
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    Cultural: Percent of claimed ancestries in the UAR
  • A look at some of the major (claimed) ancestries in the U.A.R.'s various realms. Note, individuals oftentimes claim dual ancestry. Also note that this is not indicative of language spoken in the respective realms:

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    Britanomericans refer to English, Welsh, and Scottish folk. More people claim Britanomerican ancestry ITTL, in part due to the influx of immigration from Britain following the European Collapse. There are also slightly more Dutch-Americans (Nederlandercans) than OTL. Moreover, more people in TTL also claim "American" ancestry than OTL. Although in general, large portions of the populace claim multiple ancestries.​
     
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    Cultural: York Towers Team Bio (CBA)
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    York Towers

    The York Towers are an American professional mens barrelball team based in the city of York, Huron. The Towers compete in the Confederal Barrelball Association (CBA), as a member of the league's Northern Conference Central Division. Founded in 1946 in New York City, the Towers moved to York in 1954 and began playing at the Meyers Center until 2011, when the team moved to the newly constructed Augur Arena in downtown York.

    The Towers won their first championship in 1956 in their second season in York led by Hall of Fame duo Tom Gold and Neil Johnson, but would not win another title for 19 years until their upset victory in 1975 being led by Jamaal Wilkes and Rick Barry. The Towers would struggle throughout the next forty years, making the playoffs just 11 times between their 1975 championship and the 2010 postseason. Despite this, the Towers have been one of the most successful teams in the CBA since 2010 following the teams change of ownership after being bought out by former CEO of Microtech Bob Lavitz.

    In 2009, the York Towers selected Wardell Curry II with the seventh pick in the 2009 CBA Draft, a move considered by many to be questionable considering Curry's size and strength. In 2011, with Curry already starting to prove his potential to be an offensive machine, the Towers picked up Tristan Thompson with the sixth pick in the 2011 CBA Draft, before cementing their modern trio in the 2012 CBA Draft with the selection of Bradley Beal and the trade of then starter Monta Ellis. The young trio of Curry-Thompson-Beal showed tremendous upside in their first season together in 2013 by making the CBA Playoffs with rookie Beal scoring ~14 ppg, sophomore Thompson averaging 12 ppg and 10 rpg, while Curry would make a seismic leap in scoring averaging 23 ppg (his first season averaging more than 20 points) and winning the Most Improved Player award. Despite these progressions, the Towers were bounced in the First Round of the 2013 Playoffs as the Eighth Seed in the North. In the 2013 CBA Draft, the Towers had the New River Gators (that year's Champions led by LeBron James) 27th pick and ended up selecting frenchman Rudy Gobert, which is now considered one of the biggest robberies of the 2013 Draft. Gobert has since become the defensive anchor of the team.

    The Towers have made the playoffs every year since 2013. Wardell Curry II and Bradley Beal have been considered the best guard combo in the NBA since the mid-2010s, while Rudy Gobert and Tristan Thompson combine for the most rebounds by any two teammates in the last three seasons. In 2015-16, the Towers shocked everyone when they finished first in Northern Conference behind 30.7 ppg from Curry, who won that season's Most Valuable Player award. The Towers made it to the CBA Finals, defeating the defending champion New River Gators. Led by Curry, the Towers have made the CBA Finals again in 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19, winning two more championships in the process, making them the most successful team of the last half decade. Curry, Beal, and the Towers are credited with fundamentally changing the play of the game with a shift to shooting the three-pointer. The Towers 2018-19 season broke the CBA record for most wins in a season after the team finished with 78-14, this is also the league record for winning % in a single season (.848). During the regular season, Curry won his second MVP after averaging a career-high 31.2 ppg, while backcourt teammate Beal would average his career high at 25.7 ppg. Rudy Gobert won Defensive Player of the Year for 2018-19 as well.

    Championships
    1956
    1975
    2016
    2018
    2019​
     
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