An odd but inspired Cold War timeline by Linkwerk, in which Ayn Rand and several of her followers try to found a utopia based on her Objectivist philosophy in the Katanga region of Congo during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Lots of weird stuff happens… Read it here or use the chapter guide available below.

I: June 1966, Galtville, Republic of Katanga

II: 1957, Los Angeles, California

III: 1962, Northwest Katanga Autonomous Region

IV: 1962, Northwest of Katanga Autonomous Region

V: January 1961, Galtville, Katanga

VI: Autumn 1957, Hyde Park, Chicago

Intermission: Dreaming of Rhodesia (joke, non-canon)

Intermission: Ayn Rand on the UN (using an actual OTL quote)

VII: New York, 1965, U.N. Builiding, Secret sublevel 3

VII: January, 1961 Above Galtville, Republic of Katanga

Intermission: Objectivist Katanga - A Visual Guide

IX: Paris, 1958

X: Brussels, Belgium, 1958

XI: Galtville development, Kolwezi SEZ, Late 1959

XII: January, 1961 Somewhere above the western Congo

XIII: January, 1961, Galtville International Airport

XIV, Part I: Western Katanga, 1961

XIV, Part II: Somewhere in rural Katanga, 1961

XV: Telephone transcript, 1961

XVI: Tshombeville 'Opportunity Village', Galtville, Katanga Autonomous Region. Sometime in 1963

XVII: Over the river Congo, the morning after, 1961

XVIII: Early 1965, Galtville, Kolwezi Special Economic Zone, Katanga Autonomous Region

Galtville isn't the only thing under construction...

Ayn Rand and Kurt Tank discuss the role and capabilities of the FMA Pulqui II within the Katangan Air Force

Profile art of the Katangan Air Force FMA Pulqui II

Weathered propaganda poster found in the ruins of Galtville a few decades after the Katangan Objectivist regime fell

Freshly delivered Pulqui IIs (the mainstay of the newly created Squadron No. 1) under assembly at the Military Hangars of Galtville International Airport

Linkwerk talking about the potential helicopters of the Katangan Air Force

Proposed design for the insignia of the fictional UN "Hammershields" fighter squadron (non-canon yet)

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