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Tibby's Graphics and Grab-Bag Thread.

Notes on face-claims for a Ruthenia election infobox series
Yana Romanetsa: Marianne Thieme
Aleksey Andriiash: Laszlo Kover
Mykhail Stefanyk: Viktor Orban
Artem Kravets: Wim Kok
Maksym Zyma: Joan Herra
Ostap Mikhayluk: John Engler
Nadya Lazarenko: Lynn Morley Martin
Alisa Tsarnovska: Raluca Turcan
 
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“Regarding the Solstice, I have looked into the history of it. It is a curious thing, only celebrated in Britain and British-influenced Muslim countries. It is apparently a fusion of the old Celtic winter solstice festival, the Christian celebration of Christmas and the old Roman celebration of Larentalia. It is certainly not a faithful Islamic celebration. It tells us much more about where we come from, I think, than a lot of other celebrations we do.

I of course, participate in the traditional Solstice celebrations. I decorate my home, gather the traditional foodstuff, light the chimney every night from the Solstice itself all the way to Fourteenth Night and donate to charities. This year, I am donating to a charity that aims to help women escape domestic abuse with their children. A worthy cause, and one we all should support, especially this Solstice.

I shall be attending my cousin’s school’s play of the War of the Two Suns, of course. She’s the Oak Queen this year, and I look forward to her performance in such a role. I have no doubt that she will do very well, she has told me of her dedication to it. Such a work ethic in one such young!

I wish you all a very joyful Solstice. May you and your family enjoy.”
- Catren Molineir, speaking of the Solstice and her plans.

Basically the Solstice is the result of an already fused Celtic-Roman-Christian winter festival [by then called Christmas] being fused yet again with Muslim beliefs. The thing itself isn't contradictory with Ramadan. The traditional feast is at sundown so yes, you can observe Ramadan and celebrate the Solstice.

The British may be weird fusionists, but they are observant Muslims.
 
"One thing we do not let the ordinary people know is that Earth-Prime is actually short for Earth-Theta-Prime. We have categorised all the universes we have found, and have given them all a natural number based on the divergence from the 'natural' universe. Our universe was the thetath one to diverge, about 100 milliseconds after the Big Bang. That divergence led to magic, to divergent species, to a lot of things. The natural universe, it doesn't have thaumatology. It doesn't have theta-prime [which is still a classified Threat Level: Critical secret by the CoN's Global Defense Initiative]. It doesn't have sentient specieses of anything but humans. It doesn't have the creatures we call Pokemon. They haven't even made extraterrestial contact yet. It is a curiousity that their world is consistently twenty years behind ours, so while it is 2039 here, it is 2019 there.

We have noted that effects of our investigation may be causing events of that world to turn for the more chaotic in the decade or so we've did research on Earth-Zero. For one, their increased likelihood to vote for demagogue populists, which has destabilised their world considerably..."

- A CoN trans-universal spy, explaining stuff to a newbie spy.
 
CONCORD OF NATIONS
GLOBAL DEFENSE INITIATIVE


CONCORD-GDI-SECRET-000
EARTH-ZERO
DESCRIPTION: THE NATURAL UNIVERSE'S EQUIVALENT OF EARTH. IT LACKS THAUMATOLOGICAL ELEMENTS FOUND ON EARTH-PRIME, SUCH AS MAGIC, POKEMON, NON-HUMAN SENTIENT SPECIESES AND EVEN THE EVIDENT POSSIBILITY OF AN AFTERLIFE.
THREAT LEVEL: SUBSTANTIAL (CONTAINMENT IS A PRIORITY)
CONTAINMENT LEVEL: BLUE (CONTAINED, AND LOW POSSIBILITY OF BREAK)
AUTHORISED RESPONSE: GAMMA (NON-LETHAL RESPONSE AUTHORISED)


CONCORD-GDI-SECRET-001
GLOBAL DEFENSE INITIATIVE'S TRUE PURPOSE
DESCRIPTION: THE GDI'S PUBLIC PURPOSE IS TO SERVE AS THE INVESTIGATIVE BUREAU FOR THE CONCORD OF NATIONS. ITS TRUE PURPOSE IS TO SECURE, CONTAIN AND IF NECESSARY, DESTROY ALL THAT THREATENS EARTH-PRIME'S LONG-TERM SECURITY AND SAFETY.
THREAT: THE RELEASE OF THE GDI'S TRUE PURPOSE WOULD MAKE THE SENTIENT SECRETS MORE LIKELY TO EVADE US, AND IT IS A FUNDAMENTAL THREAT TO OUR ORGANISATION, AND HENCE, EARTH-PRIME'S LONG-TERM SECURITY AND STABILITY.
THREAT LEVEL: CRITICAL (CONTAINMENT IS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY)
CONTAINMENT LEVEL: RAINBOW (FUNDAMENTALLY UNCERTAIN)
AUTHORISED RESPONSE: NONE (CASE BY CASE BASIS)


CONCORD-GDI-SECRET-00θ'
θ' (THETA-PRIME)
DESCRIPTION: THE NATURAL NUMBER AFTER 3 AND BEFORE 4
THREAT: IT IS A COGNITO-HAZARD THAT RENDERS PEOPLE UNABLE TO DO HIGHER MATHEMATICS ONCE THEY ARE AWARE OF IT. AGENTS AT ALL LEVELS ARE REGULARLY MIND-WIPED OF THEIR AWARENESS OF THETA-PRIME TO MAINTAIN MENTAL ABILITY.
THREAT LEVEL: CRITICAL (CONTAINMENT IS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY)
CONTAINMENT LEVEL: YELLOW (CONTAINED, BUT HIGH POSSIBILITY OF BREAK)
AUTHORISED RESPONSE: ALPHA (LETHAL FORCE IS PERMITTED, EVEN ENCOURAGED)


CONCORD-GDI-SECRET-118
"THE CREATOR"
DESCRIPTION: A 24-YEAR-OLD WOMAN INHABITING THE BRITAIN OF EARTH-ZERO AND HAVING THE ABILITY TO CHANGE ANY FACTS ABOUT EARTH-PRIME JUST BY THINKING OR WRITING ABOUT IT.
THREAT: HER OMNIPOTENT POWERS AND THE FACT THAT EARTH-PRIME IS OBVIOUSLY 'UNFINISHED' DUE TO LOW INFORMATION ABOUT AFRICA, LATIN AMERICA OR ASIA SUGGESTS THAT SHE CREATED THIS WORLD, AND HENCE CREATED GDI. WE STAND NO CHANCE IF SHE TURNS HOSTILE.
THREAT LEVEL: CRITICAL (CONTAINMENT IS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY)
CONTAINMENT LEVEL: INFRA-RED (AT LARGE)
AUTHORISED RESPONSE: OMEGA (PEACEFUL COOPERATION IS HEAVILY PREFERRED)
 
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Emperors and Empresses of the German Empire (1871-present) [mostly for references]
William I (Hohenzollern) 1871-1888
Frederick III (Hohenzollern) 1888-1900
William II (Hohenzollern) 1900-1917

William III (Hohenzollern) 1917-1981 [Grandson of William II, his mother Duchess Cecilie served as Regent from 1917 to 1924]
Frederick IV (Hohenzollern) 1981-1996 [His brother Prince Albert served as Regent from 1992 to 1996]
Charles (Hohenzollern) 1996-2017
Frederick V (Hohenzollern) 2017-2038
Charlotte? (Hohenzollern) 2038?-present [Officially "Princess-Regent" of a throne in absentia, she's de facto Empress]
 
George Washington (Independent Whig) 1789-1797
John Adams ("Federalist" Whig) 1797-1801
Thomas Jefferson ("Republican" Whig) 1801-1809
James Madison ("Republican" Whig) 1809-1817
James Monroe ("Republican" Whig) 1817-1825
John Quincy Adams ("National" Whig) 1825-1829
Andrew Jackson ("Democratic" Whig) 1829-1837
Martin Van Buren ("Democratic" Whig) 1837-1841

William Henry Harrison (Tory) 1841
John Tyler (Independent Whig) 1841-1845
James K. Polk (Independent Whig) 1845-1849

Zachary Taylor ("True" Whig) 1849-1850
Millard Fillmore ("Federalist" Whig) 1850-1853
Franklin Pierce ("Republican" Whig) 1853-1857
James Buchanan (Independent Whig) 1857-1861
Abraham Lincoln ("Republican" Whig) 1861-1865
Andrew Johnson ("Republican" Whig) 1865-1869
Ulysses S. Grant ("Republican" Whig) 1869-1877

Rutherford B. Hayes ("Republican" Whig) 1877-1881
James A. Garfield ("Democratic" Whig) 1881

Chester A. Arthur ("Democratic" Whig) 1881-1885
Grover Cleveland ("Democratic" Whig) 1885-1889
Benjamin Harrison ("Democratic" Whig) 1889-1893

Grover Cleveland ("Democratic" Whig) 1893-1897
William McKinley (Independent Whig) 1897-1901

Theodore Roosevelt (Independent Whig) 1901-1909
William Howard Taft (Independent Whig) 1909-1913
Woodrow Wilson ("Republican" Whig) 1913-1921

Warren G. Harding ("Republican" Whig) 1921-1923
Calvin Coolidge ("Republican" Whig) 1923-1929

Herbert Hoover ("Republican" Whig) 1929-1933
Franklin D. Roosevelt ("Democratic" Whig) 1933-1945

Harry S. Truman ("Democratic" Whig) 1945-1953
Dwight D. Eisenhower ("Democratic" Whig) 1953-1961
John F. Kennedy ("Republican" Whig) 1961-1963
Lyndon B. Johnson (Independent Whig) 1963-1969
Richard Nixon (Independent Whig) 1969-1974

Gerald Ford ("Republican" Whig) 1974-1977
Jimmy Carter ("Republican" Whig) 1977-1981

Ronald Reagan (Independent Whig) 1981-1989
George H. W. Bush ("Republican" Whig) 1989-1993
Bill Clinton ("Democratic" Whig) 1993-2001
George W. Bush ("Democratic" Whig) 2001-2009
Barack Obama ("Republican" Whig) 2009-2017
Donald Trump ("Democratic" Whig) 2017-present

2020 Democratic Whig candidates
Fmr. Officer Ken Armstrong (HI)
Fmr. VP Joe Biden (DE)
CEO Don Blankenship (WV)
Fmr. Mayor Michael Bloomberg (NY)
Activist Howie Hawkins (NY)
Businessman Jacob Hornberger (VA)
Professor Jo Jorgensen (SC)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Activist Gloria La Riva (NM)
Businessman John McAfee (TN?)
Fmr. Gov. Deval Patrick (MA)
Sen. Bernie Sanders (VT)
Philosopher Jerome Segal (NY)
Businessman Tom Steyer (CA)
Pres. Donald Trump (NY)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (MA)
Fmr. Gov. Bill Weld (MA)
Author Marianne Williamson (CA)


2020 Republican Whig candidates
State Rep. Max Abramson (NH)
Actor Perry Caravello (CA)
Fmr. Sec'y of HUD Julian Castro (TX)
Activist S. K. C. M. Curry (CA)
Fmr. Rep. John Delaney (MD)
Activist Vermin Supreme (KS)
Party Vice-Chair Arvin Vohra (MD)
Commentator Joe Walsh (IL)
Businessman Andrew Yang (NY)


2020 Independent Whig candidates
Engineer Dan Behrman (TX)
Sen. Michael Bennet (CO)
Sen. Cory Booker (NJ)
Mayor Pete Buttigieg (IN)
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI)
Board of Education Member Dario Hunter (OH)
Activist Adam Kokesh (AZ)
Author Sam Robb (PA)
 
George Washington (Independent Whig) 1789-1797
John Adams ("Federalist" Whig) 1797-1801
Thomas Jefferson ("Republican" Whig) 1801-1809
James Madison ("Republican" Whig) 1809-1817
James Monroe ("Republican" Whig) 1817-1825
John Quincy Adams ("National" Whig) 1825-1829
Andrew Jackson ("Democratic" Whig) 1829-1837
Martin Van Buren ("Democratic" Whig) 1837-1841

William Henry Harrison (Tory) 1841
John Tyler (Independent Whig) 1841-1845
James K. Polk (Independent Whig) 1845-1849

Zachary Taylor ("True" Whig) 1849-1850
Millard Fillmore ("Federalist" Whig) 1850-1853
Franklin Pierce ("Republican" Whig) 1853-1857
James Buchanan (Independent Whig) 1857-1861
Abraham Lincoln ("Republican" Whig) 1861-1865
Andrew Johnson ("Republican" Whig) 1865-1869
Ulysses S. Grant ("Republican" Whig) 1869-1877

Rutherford B. Hayes ("Republican" Whig) 1877-1881
James A. Garfield ("Democratic" Whig) 1881

Chester A. Arthur ("Democratic" Whig) 1881-1885
Grover Cleveland ("Democratic" Whig) 1885-1889
Benjamin Harrison ("Democratic" Whig) 1889-1893

Grover Cleveland ("Democratic" Whig) 1893-1897
William McKinley (Independent Whig) 1897-1901

Theodore Roosevelt (Independent Whig) 1901-1909
William Howard Taft (Independent Whig) 1909-1913
Woodrow Wilson ("Republican" Whig) 1913-1921

Warren G. Harding ("Republican" Whig) 1921-1923
Calvin Coolidge ("Republican" Whig) 1923-1929

Herbert Hoover ("Republican" Whig) 1929-1933
Franklin D. Roosevelt ("Democratic" Whig) 1933-1945

Harry S. Truman ("Democratic" Whig) 1945-1953
Dwight D. Eisenhower ("Democratic" Whig) 1953-1961
John F. Kennedy ("Republican" Whig) 1961-1963
Lyndon B. Johnson (Independent Whig) 1963-1969
Richard Nixon (Independent Whig) 1969-1974

Gerald Ford ("Republican" Whig) 1974-1977
Jimmy Carter ("Republican" Whig) 1977-1981

Ronald Reagan (Independent Whig) 1981-1989
George H. W. Bush ("Republican" Whig) 1989-1993
Bill Clinton ("Democratic" Whig) 1993-2001
George W. Bush ("Democratic" Whig) 2001-2009
Barack Obama ("Republican" Whig) 2009-2017
Donald Trump ("Democratic" Whig) 2017-present

2020 Democratic Whig candidates
Fmr. Officer Ken Armstrong (HI)
Fmr. VP Joe Biden (DE)
CEO Don Blankenship (WV)
Fmr. Mayor Michael Bloomberg (NY)
Activist Howie Hawkins (NY)
Businessman Jacob Hornberger (VA)
Professor Jo Jorgensen (SC)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Activist Gloria La Riva (NM)
Businessman John McAfee (TN?)
Fmr. Gov. Deval Patrick (MA)
Sen. Bernie Sanders (VT)
Philosopher Jerome Segal (NY)
Businessman Tom Steyer (CA)
Pres. Donald Trump (NY)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (MA)
Fmr. Gov. Bill Weld (MA)
Author Marianne Williamson (CA)


2020 Republican Whig candidates
State Rep. Max Abramson (NH)
Actor Perry Caravello (CA)
Fmr. Sec'y of HUD Julian Castro (TX)
Activist S. K. C. M. Curry (CA)
Fmr. Rep. John Delaney (MD)
Activist Vermin Supreme (KS)
Party Vice-Chair Arvin Vohra (MD)
Commentator Joe Walsh (IL)
Businessman Andrew Yang (NY)


2020 Independent Whig candidates
Engineer Dan Behrman (TX)
Sen. Michael Bennet (CO)
Sen. Cory Booker (NJ)
Mayor Pete Buttigieg (IN)
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI)
Board of Education Member Dario Hunter (OH)
Activist Adam Kokesh (AZ)
Author Sam Robb (PA)
WHIG

DOMINANCE

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The Empire of Great Manchuria, a British "ally" [read: puppet] that struggles to incorporate the spoils Britain gave it after the collapse of Socialist Russia in the 1990s. It is a monarchy, but a heavily constitutional one and essentially in thrall to British whims.

It has several autonomous districts.
Natively [as in, Manchuria-created], it has the...
National Capital Region of Mukden, which is the capital region, obviously.
Province of Girinula, which is noted to have a lot of Japanese, from a period in the late 30s the Brits were big into population movements and thought loyal Japanese migrants would keep that region under control.
Yanbian Autonomous Province, a 1970s creation to preempt any pro-Juche movements from its Korean minority, it has ended up a part of the Korean supranational union to encourage further cultural interaction.

Inherited from Russia, it has...
Eretz Yisrael HaMizrach, aka Mizrach and formerly the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, set up by the Russians in the 60s in a desire to create a true "socialist homeland" for the Jews that wasn't the other Jewish places [which they thought were all too capitalist].
Polish Autonomous Okrug, aka Amur, which was set up by the Russians to offer a "Poland away from Poland" [read: away from the Veneds] in the 1950s. Used to have the Jewish Autonomous Oblast as a part, before it was split off.
Chukotka Autonomous Krai, currently trying to lobby to be renamed the Chukotka Republic, it's the northernmost and biggest of all Manchuria's autonomous districts, and was set up in the late 1930s by a Russia trying to look pro-indigenous.
Republic of Kamchatka, set up by the Russians in the late 1940s, is a quiet place. Very quiet. Apart from firmly insisting that they are a Republic and the only authority the Emperor has is as the Manchu Emperor and technically ruler of Kamchatka, nothing more.
Diomedes Confederation, a late 1980s creation in the last fevered reorganisation before collapse, it stretches over the Bering Straits, covering all islands between Asia and North America. It borders Alaska, which has led to issues with sentient polar bears recently.
 
*ALERT* Biden/Romney is still on the table *ALERT* Biden/Romney is still on the table
The Center Cannot Hold
Actor Donald J. Trump/Governor Michael R. Pence (Republican) 2017-2021
2016: def. Fmr. Sec'y of State Hillary D. R. Clinton/Senator Timothy M. Kaine (Democratic)
Fmr. VP Joseph R. Biden Jr./Fmr. Governor W. Mitt Romney (National Union -- Democratic/Republican) 2021-2023*
2020: def. Pres. Donald J. Trump/VP Michael R. Pence (Republican) & Activist Howie Hawkins/various (United Left)
VP W. Mitt Romney/Sec'y of HUD Peter P. M. Buttigieg (National Union -- Republican/Democratic) 2023-2029
2024: def. Fmr. Pres. Donald J. Trump/Activist Stephen K. Bannon (Republican) & Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez/Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba (United Left)
VP Peter P. M. Buttigieg/Fmr. Rep. C. Joseph Scarborough (National Union -- Democratic/Independent) 2029-3033
2028: def. Sen. Lee J. Carter/Sen. Rashida L. Tlaib (United Left) & Fmr. Gov. Richard B. Spencer/Rep. Matt L. Shea (Republican)
Pres. of the Red Corps Brace R. Belden/Sen. Peta Lindsay (United Left)??? 2033-
2032: def. State Sec'y of State Augustus Sol Invictus/Fmr. Businessman Donald J. Trump Jr. (Republican) & disunited National Union tickets.

The 2032 election is still disputed, with both Belden and Invictus alleging vote fraud on the other side, and both United Left and Republican paramilitaries have taken up arms. The country seems to be increasingly headed towards civil war.
 
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Romania in A Toasted World. Officially the Romanian United Principalities, it is a country of two lands, of two constrasts.

The Principality of Wallachia is a strong and stable economy, more or less, and considers itself developed. It is a land of skyscrapers, of sleek roads, of diverse cities full of ethnic tensions, and tends to be the more liberal of the two halves of Romania. You'll often hear from Wallachians how they're "bailing out the Moldovians" year after year and get nothing back. In the west, in Oltenia, you may hear grumblings about how their grand old city of Craiova, traditionally the capital of Oltenia, is now part of the land given to the Roma in the 1940s. Certainly, when anti-Roma sentiments are high, you'll hear in Oltenia and elsewhere "Reclaim Craiova!". The governments of the day pay little heed to this of course.

The Principality of Moldovia, formerly the Moldovian Socialist Republic, was once part of the Global Socialist Union after a revolution in the late 1920s [or an invasion by the Russians, but who do you believe, the people in Moldovia, or those Wallachian lies?]. Once the Russian Socialists fell, Moldovia's stability fell and a counter-revolution led to reunification in the mid-1990s. Now, regret may have seeped in, as the "Red Dogs", a militant communist organisation calling for an "Union of Eastern European Socialist Republics" has risen up in Transnistria, the most left-wing region in Moldovia. Moldovia's Socialist legacy still lingers, as it is both more socially conservative and economically socialist than Wallachia, and tends to be the less developed area comparatively and its cities are built in that distinctive 20th century Socialist Brutalist touch.

The autonomous provinces, those of Dobruja, Bukovina and Gaguazia, serve as a reminder that despite appearances, Romania is not just two lands, but of several perspectives. But has forty-four years of unification proved ephemeral and is Romania set to spin apart once more?
 
CONCORD-GDI-SECRET-220
"THE NARRATOR"
DESCRIPTION: FULL NAME IS 'LIME KIT PEREGRINE SANDIEGO BAUDELAIRE' - GOES BY 'LIME BAUDELAIRE'. KNOWN TO RANDOMLY APPEAR IN THE MIDDLE OF IMPORTANT EVENTS AND GIVE A DARK AND SOMBRE REFLECTION ON WHAT IS HAPPENING, TO AN UNKNOWN AUDIENCE, BEFORE LEAVING IN THE SAME MANNER. POSSIBLY AN INHERITED TRAIT FROM HER GRAND-UNCLE [SEE SECRET-1371 - 'LEMONY SNICKET']. CONNECTED TO SECRET-118 - 'THE CREATOR'? RELATED TO SECRET-1857 - 'MS. PEREGRINE'? WIFE OF 'CARMEN SANDIEGO', FORMER GDI AGENT TURNED ROGUE AND LAST REPORTED IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN ON A QUEST FOR SECRET-1000 - 'THE GREAT UNKNOWN'. REPORTS SUGGEST 'THE NARRATOR' BELIEVES HER DEAD.
THREAT: KNOWS A LOT OF TOP-SECRET GDI INFORMATION, AND CAN POTENTIALLY LEAK THEM TO AN OVERHEARING AUDIENCE.
THREAT LEVEL: SEVERE (CONTAINMENT IS HIGH PRIORITY)
CONTAINMENT LEVEL: INFRA-RED (AT-LARGE)
AUTHORISED RESPONSE: BETA (LETHAL FORCE IS PERMITTED BUT NOT ENCOURAGED)


PASSWORD: 6e3834734822673893664837

"Hello. I take it you are accessing the file the GDI has on me. I wiped it clear of any information I didn't want them to know. They haven't figured it out yet, which is rather disappointing. I thought they were supposed to be the top-secret world-police keeping us safe from any threats? Ah, hubris often blinds, it seems. Anyway, you won't find anything interesting here. The GDI records tends to be dry stuff that would bore even the most experienced psephologist. That's a Greek word meaning 'election-obsessed fanatic'. I could show you the reality of the world the GDI claims to record. Tell you what happens on the ground. Or you could read a pleasant book or watch a joyful movie instead. I would recommend those above what my world has to show."
 
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Romania in A Toasted World. Officially the Romanian United Principalities, it is a country of two lands, of two constrasts.

The Principality of Wallachia is a strong and stable economy, more or less, and considers itself developed. It is a land of skyscrapers, of sleek roads, of diverse cities full of ethnic tensions, and tends to be the more liberal of the two halves of Romania. You'll often hear from Wallachians how they're "bailing out the Moldovians" year after year and get nothing back. In the west, in Oltenia, you may hear grumblings about how their grand old city of Craiova, traditionally the capital of Oltenia, is now part of the land given to the Roma in the 1940s. Certainly, when anti-Roma sentiments are high, you'll hear in Oltenia and elsewhere "Reclaim Craiova!". The governments of the day pay little heed to this of course.

The Principality of Moldovia, formerly the Moldovian Socialist Republic, was once part of the Global Socialist Union after a revolution in the late 1920s [or an invasion by the Russians, but who do you believe, the people in Moldovia, or those Wallachian lies?]. Once the Russian Socialists fell, Moldovia's stability fell and a counter-revolution led to reunification in the mid-1990s. Now, regret may have seeped in, as the "Red Dogs", a militant communist organisation calling for an "Union of Eastern European Socialist Republics" has risen up in Transnistria, the most left-wing region in Moldovia. Moldovia's Socialist legacy still lingers, as it is both more socially conservative and economically socialist than Wallachia, and tends to be the less developed area comparatively and its cities are built in that distinctive 20th century Socialist Brutalist touch.

The autonomous provinces, those of Dobruja, Bukovina and Gaguazia, serve as a reminder that despite appearances, Romania is not just two lands, but of several perspectives. But has forty-four years of unification proved ephemeral and is Romania set to spin apart once more?
Ohhh

Interesting

Great job
 
On the Road to Babylon: The Middle East. A sectarian Levant where Israel and Palestine are allies against a common foe? Ziggurat Socialism? Surviving Sumerian minority in a Kingdom of Iraq?

All Tragic to the Moon: Australia. Jewish Kimberley with a lot of guns? Dutch windmills gathering sand storms? British Australia divided between Monarchists and Republicans?

Just the next two updates for ATW I plan to do. Might do Australia first because, erm, really bad timing OTL has with my Middle East one.
 
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Central America in ATW

The light blue outline is the United Provinces of Central America. Very EU-like those days, even if it still presents an united front as a supposed "nation" outwards. Yucatan is its own weird triprovincial federation that nobody really dares to ask how it works.

The orange outlined in red is the Dominion of Belize, a British dominion that Guatemala really wants to take, and this has sank every attempt to negotiate Belizean entry in UPCA. The most successful negotiation led to Guatemala temporarily seceding. Yes.

The reddish-pink [not the darker one] is the Kingdom of the Mosquito Coast, a long-time British ally, and historically very sceptical of the UPCA, even if Britain would prefer they enter it and be a strong pro-British voice in it.

The green is the Scottish Dominion of Caledonia, a white-minority illiberal democracy that is technically a dominion of Scotland but has gone its own way, especially under forceful leaders like Iain MacAfee, the "High Laird" of Caledonia from 1999 to 2027.

The dark blue is the British Canal Territory, something it zealously refuses to hand over to Caledonia, and has led to worsening British-Caledonian relations and Britain aligning more and more to pro-democracy movements in it.
 
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