Talk:East American Alliance (1983: Doomsday)

Potential allies
With you developing the scenario for the liberation of Jackson, my thoughts are that it could become the second member to be added to the Dixie Alliance/Southern Free Trade Pact, with the first being Portland. I have no issue with Portland joining the Dixie Alliance; given the LoN's blessing, and Virginia's help in the region, plus Portland's previous history with Cave City. Portland would have no problem deciding to join this group. And, over time, with LoN/Dixie help, Portland could become the capital of a revived state/republic of Tennessee.

Re: the other survivor states in the south: it makes the most sense for the survivor states in the south to either be independent or join up with a Dixie Alliance. I can only speak for the ones I've created. I don't know that East Tennessee would be jumping to reform Tennessee (given the many years it's been on its own) but it's not opposed to such a thing either. Blue Ridge and East Tennessee are very open to membership, and would prefer that all states join one alliance rather than have a dozen of them in the region. I don't know if distance would lessen the viability of Hattiesburg, Natchez, and Louisiana, but then again Mississippi and Louisiana were U.S. states in an era where the engine had not yet been invented.

One thing I would like to see with the Dixie Alliance is how such a political alliance works in a post-nuclear war world. Defense, trade, military, economic, cultural.

Another issue I want to raise is with the name: I don't see a problem with, though I think in TTL some people would have a problem with it. Understand that Dixie, for some people, in the 1980s was synonymous with the Confederacy, racism and slavery. For many people (all white), Dixie was not synonymous with racism and slavery, but as a form of southern culture and southern pride. The last time Yank and I argued over Dixie, I missed this point that he was trying to make.

Finally, I believe Virginia and Kentucky would be thinking ahead, not just militarily, but politically....who are their neighbors? What about the LoN? What happens if the Islamic Republic of Anderson requests membership? Lots of possibilities here. Good job on establishing the foundations, and keep up the good work. BrianD 19:40, March 2, 2010 (UTC)