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FIFA organization
2009 FIFA Congress - held Dec. x, in Dublin, Celtic Alliance (in conjunction w/draw for World Cup 2010)

As of the 2009 FIFA Congress, there are xx FIFA Member Associations OAFC - Oceanic/Asian Football Confederation in Asia and Oceania Aceh Afghanistan ANZC Brunei & Sarawak Cocos Islands East Timor Fidji French Republic Hawaii India (United Interim Parliament) Indonesia Japan Pakistan Papua New Guinea Phillippines Singapore Soviet Socialist Siberia Sri Lanka Tonga Vanuatu

CAF - Confederation Africaine de Football in Africa (also covers the Middle East) Algeria Assyria Cabinda Egypt Iran Kongo Kurdistan KwaXhosa Libya Madagascar New Britain New Union of South Africa Pais del Oro People's Republic of Angola Republic of Angola Seychelles Somaliland Zaire Zululand

CONCACAF - Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football in North America and the Caribbean Aroostook Alaska Bermuda Canadian Remainder Provinces Costa Rica (portion controlled by Costa Rican forces) Cuba Deseret Dinetah Dominican Republic East Caribbean Federation Haiti Mexico MSP Netherlands Antilles Nicaragua North American Union * (may split Puerto Rico Saguenay Superior Thunder Bay Victoria Virginia Wisconsin

CONMEBOL - Confederation Sudamericana de Futbol in South America Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru United American Republic Uruguay Venezuela

UEFA - Union of European Football Associations in Europe Aland Alpine Confederation Auvergne Bourgogne-et-Franche Comte Celtic Alliance Cleveland and Northumbia Cyprus Denmark Faroe Islands Finland Friesland Galicia Greece Greenland Iceland La Republique Poitevine Lille-et-Terres Flamande Luxembourg North Germany Norway Orleans Pays-Libres des Basques Portugal Prussia Sicily Republic Sweden Transylvania

just say great work with 2010 fifa cup--Fero 00:12, December 3, 2009 (UTC)

Fero, thanks!--BrianD 00:16, December 3, 2009 (UTC)

Vermont proposal
The Republic of Vermont is an American survivor nation in former New England.

As with every other state, Vermont was hit by Soviet nuclear weapons on Doomsday. Burlington, its largest city, and Montpelier, the capital, were bombed, along with Plattsburgh, New York.

The communities in the north - specifically the county capitals of Newport, and Saint Albans, along with Swanton, Highgate Center, Richford, North Troy and Morton - banded together in an informal alliance. This group made agreements with the so-called "Lawrence raiders" for medical aid and limited supplies, in exchange for being left alone.

Communities south of former Burlington and Montpelier formed a provisional state government in Windsor; representatives in fact signed the constitution of the provisional republic of Vermont in the Old Constitution House - the same site the constituion for the first Vermont Republic was signed 206 years earlier. Survivors from the bombed areas were routed to triage centers near the largest southern towns: Bennington, Brattleboro, Hartford, Rutland and Springfield. Addison, Orange, Washington and Chittenden counties were abandoned. Middlebury and Randolph were reestablished as villages in 1999, and as the radioactivity has gone down, the 'Republic of Vermont' has sent exploratory parties to examine the ruins of Montpelier, Burlington and nearby Plattsburgh. The Republic also has sent parties to salvage the granite works in Barre, hoping that it can be used as a source of revenue in the post-Doomsday world.--BrianD 01:25, October 10, 2009 (UTC)

When it comes to the Virginian and Lincolnite teams, I think they would definately have teams. Thought they would probbably not have officially been in the NFL.

Lincoln: Nebraska Cornhuskers (college fooball team "upgraded" to professional)

Virginia: West Virginia Mountaineers (same thing. more commonly known as the Virginia Mountaineers)

--Yankovic270 01:13, October 10, 2009 (UTC)

Yankovic, thanks for the idea! Sorry I didn't know enough to set up the article to where you could leave a message. Anyway, my thoughts are that such a professional league is years off, because people are just now getting out of survival mode into a more-or-less pattern of living, and coast-to-coast travel is still prohibitive..although if the powers behind the various countries got behind the idea, and you had owners who could weather the travel and salary costs, I suppose the NFL could be resurrected in a few years time.--BrianD 01:25, October 10, 2009 (UTC)

One man's dream
Iron Mountain entrepreneur Elliott Gold has a room full of memorabilia from the old National Football League.

Front and center sits a jersey and helmet allegedly worn by Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr, alongside other items from the Packers and other NFL teams.

Twenty-seven years after Doomsday, the league is a memory that long lives in the minds of many older Superior citizens, one of whom is Gold. And if he gets his way, the long-dead league will soon rise again.

"Like a Phoenix," Gold said.

The league is only in his mind at this point, as many as 12 teams, in survivor nations, named after former NFL and Canadian Football League franchises. A team in Superior named the Vikings. The Green Bay Packers. Aroostook Patriots. Victoria Lions, not after the franchise in Detroit but the CFL team in British Columbia. The Thunder Bay Blue Bombers. A team in the Municipal States of the Pacific, possibly named after the San Francisco 49ers or Los Angeles Rams. Teams in the Virginian Republic, Lincoln, Deseret, Canada, even in Saguenay.

And, a team in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, home of the other known NFL or CFL franchise whose city survived the war: the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Gold knows that his dream is far-fetched and that a few important factors have to come together: large and sustained population growth, the emergence of a middle class with expendible income, transportation across the continent as easy and cheap as before the war.

But, he says, a man can dream. And dream he does. --BrianD 18:20, October 9, 2009 (UTC)

Yankovic,, thanks for the idea! Sorry I didn't know enough to set up the article to where you could leave a message. Anyway, my thoughts are that such a professional league is years off, because people are just now getting out of survival mode into a more-or-less pattern of living, and coast-to-coast travel is still prohibitive..although if the powers behind the various countries got behind the idea, and you had owners who could weather the travel and salary costs, I suppose the NFL could be resurrected in a few years time.--BrianD 01:28, October 10, 2009 (UTC)

We could also have it reform piecemeal. Have a few more regional leagues set up before they reunite. And the Virginian President-General would probbably help chip in due to the fact that the sports could distract his citizens from the dictatorship. --Yankovic270 02:46, October 10, 2009 (UTC)

That's similar to how the actual NFL began (minus the dictators, of course). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League#Beginnings --BrianD 02:53, October 10, 2009 (UTC)

Official policy regarding changes to articles by anonymous users
Hmm...good question. We always try to defer to the creator of the article before we make massive changes to the content. Still when an article is in a proposal phase we generally hope that the creator would be willing to make changes to it so that it does contradict canon. Sometimes of course other editors will go in and make those changes to a proposed article to get it ready to be graduated if the creator is either unable or unwilling to make them himself. As for anonymous users, well I guess it depends on what is the quality of their work? I think it is completely within your right to change it if you don't like it since the article is still a proposal. Things are a lot more fluid in that stage.

Also your welcome on Vermont, it was very good. Just to point out though I'm not the only one who can graduate articles, I just saw that DarthEinstein had moved for its graduation and since no one objected I stepped up and graduated it. Mitro 16:46, October 14, 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, I just looked at the edits you were reffering to. Yes they were very unconstructive, go ahead and undo them. Mitro 16:48, October 14, 2009 (UTC)
 * Re: Vermont, this may be the last advanced survivor state I build (unless I see a compelling reason for another such state elsewhere in the world, like Singapore). I want to be mindful of your point on another talk page about too many advanced states arising from the former U.S., especially as I flesh out my other proposals.--BrianD 16:56, October 14, 2009 (UTC)

On tap

 * Update FIFA membership additions for December world congress
 * Create pages for soccer/football and baseball
 * Raise question on talk page of whether to refer to the sport as soccer or football
 * What to do with Cave City?

Policy
We don't really have such a policy but I would suggest that you just mention on the main talk page that your article is open for adoption. Mitro 13:49, October 26, 2009 (UTC)

Cave City
I thank you sir, I assure you that your work will not go in vain.--GOPZACK 19:18, November 8, 2009 (UTC)

Gaelic football
Should elaborate on this for the sport by country article. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7962884.stm --BrianD 13:03, November 9, 2009 (UTC)

Virginia in WCRB Report on Southern United States
You did perfectly. I never thought to have Virginia explore the neighboring states. I have no objections. In fact I am positively thrilled and delighted at this wonderful addition to my nation. Forget A+. You get A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++. --Yankovic270 22:36, November 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Yank! Thompson would almost certainly have done so in real life. Didn't you have Virginia meeting a Superior expedition in Ohio? Now that doesn't mean they found anybody, but if nothing else they would have been able to get an idea of what did happen to those folks.--BrianD 01:36, November 11, 2009 (UTC)

The Virginians would have annexed any small survivor states. Either by persuasion or force, it doesn't make a difference to them. --Yankovic270 02:33, November 11, 2009 (UTC)

Republic of Texas
I'm considering building towards a reunification of West Texas and eastern Texas into a Republic of Texas. Please let me know if you think it's realistic, or if the two countries need to be split. They're not at war, and there's no reason for anything beyond a few eastern Texans being mad that West Texas didn't get out there sooner. Also, a unified Texas would give me an excuse to use Clint Dempsey in the timeline; he's a soccer/football player for the U.S. men's national team and for Fulham FC in England. I've established West Texas as having tremendous interest in soccer, and see its national team as influenced by the Mexican style (since many of the players are immigrants or sons of immigrants from Mexico) and a possible dark horse in the CONCACAF region. --BrianD 15:35, November 11, 2009 (UTC)

I think this realistic and I support it --GOPZACK 00:29, November 12, 2009 (UTC)

The Future of Cave City
I want to have Cave City hold a referendum on whether or not to have them join the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Is that alright with you? --GOPZACK 00:28, November 12, 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm good with that. --BrianD 00:46, November 12, 2009 (UTC)
 * I want the Virginians to at least annex enough territory to reclaim Fort Campbell and secure it to there nation. If that means that most of Cave City goes to Kentucky, I'm fine with that. I am also planning a Virginian military expedition to the remains of the fort to clear out the dangerous cannibal gangs in the area.

--Yankovic270 01:02, November 12, 2009 (UTC)

I want to have all of Cave City up to the old tennessee Kentucky boarder along with parts of Tennessee Missouri Indiana Illinois and maybe even parts Arkansas. I would also like to see a map of all the territory the Virginian Republic has/ claims right now. --GOPZACK 01:11, November 12, 2009 (UTC)


 * You guys need to work out then who has the rights to Fort Campbell. The base is west of Cave City, which means that for Virginia to hold the area it will need the area of Kentucky, or Tennessee, that is between Virginia and Fort Campbell. Therefore, that is something you guys will have to negotiate. One solution is for Kentucky to have sovereignty over the old state of Kentucky, Virginia to have sovereignty over Tennessee, and the two sides to split the base (and remaining assets) between them. You'll also have to consider the survivor communities in both states: Cave City (and Lake Cumberland) aren't mine any longer so I can't speak for them; but the Tennessee communities I will. Portland would be interested in working with either country; Morristown might be more interested in a political alliance with Asheville but granting access through its territory in exchange for some type of aid.--BrianD 01:23, November 12, 2009 (UTC)

Deleted sections on talk page
Not really, they should be archived. What page are you referring too? Mitro 15:00, November 12, 2009 (UTC)
 * A deletion on an editor's talk page that was subsequently undone by another editor.--BrianD 15:16, November 12, 2009 (UTC)

Madison and Superior

 * Yes, those territories are the one and the same. However those territories were largely depopulated in the time after Doomsday, and many of those areas have since been reclaimed by colonists from Mackinaw City. This is a source of dispute between the Madison and its parent nation, though refereda held in those territories has consitently supported union with Superior. Madison is largely made up of its former population, though it had lost most in the gang wars in the pursuing years. Since then, there has been steady growth in regards to immigration from the West and South. Lahbas 01:56, November 14, 2009 (UTC)
 * I had wondered about that. Thanks for the clarification. Are you alright with Madison/Wisconsin sponsoring a Green Bay Packer football team to play in the Superior league, or should I remove that?--BrianD 01:58, November 14, 2009 (UTC)

Sport in the Great Lakes

 * If you take over the creation of those sports leagues in Superior, I would be grateful. I had some plans for them, but you seem more versed in these specifics than I am. Also, I am not sure Madison would have a Green Bay Packers team, since that would be more like a political statement; rather, this team would represent the Green Bay territory. The only requirement I have for those leagues, if you don't mind adopting them, would be that Thunder Bay and the Repulic of Madison participate in these leagues. Lahbas 02:04, November 14, 2009 (UTC)
 * Let's go ahead and flesh this out, then. There are three pro leagues - hockey, football and baseball - all initially funded by an act of Superior's Congress, correct? As Madison doesn't sponsor a Green Bay team, we can establish that there is a team there, playing somewhere in the city (perhaps a rebuilt Lambeau Field funded w/state money)? And, if you don't mind my asking, does Superior intend for these to be major league-level replacements for the NFL/MLB/NHL in some way?--BrianD 02:26, November 14, 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, they are meant to replace the former leagues in the United States. As for the stuff you have already covered, you've already done more than even I planned. Stupidly, I had planned a massive expansion, creating seperate pages for each, in which I was going to give articles on the teams, seasons............basically an unrealistically grandiose plan. However, I like what you have done, except for maybe Stowe (I am not sure as to its size, though in the end it might remain the same, and no change will be needed). Again, you seem much more versed in these topics than I possibly could ever be. Good job. :) Lahbas 04:37, November 14, 2009 (UTC)
 * I went with Stowe because it was the capital, and that there would be a sufficient population due to the infrastructure needed to support the government, and businesses that help run and supply the city proper. Thanks for the compliments!--BrianD 14:49, November 14, 2009 (UTC)


 * I am thinking of expanding the Republic of Wisconsin (expansion having been made in the last four to five years) and therefore this might require the development of a regional league. Am I right on this, or would it remain largely the way it is currently set up? Lahbas 04:39, November 14, 2009 (UTC)
 * It will depend on if Superior is alright with adding additional teams from Wisconsin, and if they do so now, I'd assume they would allow more Wisconsin teams in. There is precedent for U.S. and Canadian teams playing in the same league (baseball's AL, NHL, and OTL NBA and MLS). The questions going forward are how many people in the city you may want to expand to? I'm assuming the markets need to be as big as the biggest cities you've listed for Superior. As long as Superior has good relations with Wisconsin and vice versa, no reason why Wisconsin wouldn't join the Superior league. Think of the OTL pro leagues in terms of U.S. and Canada vs. U.S. and Cuba. --BrianD 14:49, November 14, 2009 (UTC)

Sports in Greece
Hey Brian, would you be up to adding Greece to the sports page of DD? Soccer and basketball are the most popular, and in our world rugby is expanding; I'm sure in this new world where Australia is the mover & shaker of post-Doomsday, rugby might be even more popular in the Confederation. Some sort of equestrian sport might be popular in the Confederation's North African territories.
 * Everything I've just said is pure speculation. I'd like to leave all the decision up to you.

Mr.Xeight 02:59, November 15, 2009 (UTC) I'll roll with that, Mr.Xeight, but I do defer to the wishes of each country's creator(s). I'll look at the Wikipedia entry for Greek sports and work with that, and your suggestions. Thanks!--BrianD 03:03, November 15, 2009 (UTC)

The Southern USA
Upon seeing what happened with Yank there I must say I'm very tempted to move away from working with him and more with rational thinkers. I would be deeply interested in working with you in the further development and revitalization of the Southern USA. I ask for no deadline as to when you will know what your doing, all I ask is if you are interested and when you do know what you want to do I will back you --GOPZACK 00:38, November 17, 2009 (UTC)
 * Zack, thanks for the kind words. I'm not looking to make enemies here with anyone, including Yank. Conflicts happen, you work through them, and you move on. I'm still not sure what I want to do in the region, though, so I'll have to get back to you on that :) --BrianD 00:59, November 17, 2009 (UTC)

And it was my fault anyway. I was just acting like an idiot. I am sorry and I hope I can continue to work with both of you. I am an idiot. I pretty much alienated one of the best allies I have in this timeline. I am of course talking to you Zack. --Yankovic270 02:47, November 17, 2009 (UTC)

Look don't worry about it Yank. It's cool. --GOPZACK 03:14, November 17, 2009 (UTC)

Conflit with another editor
It seems like you guys worked it out without me. If there are any more problems let me know. Mitro 02:37, November 17, 2009 (UTC)
 * Owen has caused problems like this in the past (if you look in the archives you might come upon his famous attempt to kick out Louisiannan). So far though he has not done anything that can get him blocked from editing, even though most of his contributions are either implausbile or too difficult to understand to be workable. I am not going to try to guess why he does things like this but if he makes an edit like the one you just described then just undo it. Mitro 16:36, November 18, 2009 (UTC)

Portland Tennessee
Thank you for the kind words and well wishes I'm sure President Bunning will make an appearance there soon. I to believe Kentucky would be able to help reclaim Tennessee Perhaps if the state were to be divided into two sectors with Kentucky taking one half and Virginia the other. --GOPZACK 16:49, November 18, 2009 (UTC)

Hi, Brian. I have recently been giving Yank a hard time about the expedition to and war with Jackson, Tennessee. I decided to reread your article and get a feel for what Portland had become. The totally brutal early history, with a staggering loss of over 80% of the population in a course of one year, is hard to grasp. It is no wonder the population became isolated for a quarter century.

I ran the figures, and your estimate of survivors is pretty close to what one fourth (the northern portion assuming equal dispression) of the refugees out of the Nashville area would have been. Even with the extreme conditions you describe, though, I can't see 84% of them dying. But that figure held up in the early days of this wiki, so I won't to beleaguer the point.

The real reason I wrote was to see if you can write in reconnaissance and/or diplomatic teams in Jackson before Portland and Virginia (why it wasn't Kentucky is a mystery to me) went there on the ill-fated joint mission. The war seemed far to extreme, and Yank mentioned that Portland might have had prior knowledge of the situation. That would change the conditions for that brought on the war, but it would be much more palatable to world opinion.

Meanwhile, there is the "propblem" with East Tennesee - not connected to the capital city, and thus not "heir" to the government of the state - which turned out to be more successful and has set up another "provisional" government for the state. Virginia is now working Portland to usurp any authority that East Tennessee might have on the eventual makeup of the southeast. Knowing of peaceful East Tennessee by now, should Portland go along with the VR's plans for the Dixie Alliance to grow by acquisition? SouthWriter 20:11, April 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * When I can. Perhaps late tonight.BrianD 20:16, April 8, 2010 (UTC)

Indonesia
are we talking about 1983 indonesia? maybe i start that but you are free to do wtv in there, maybe you can question the community, i am not the indonesia master emperor. Singapur is like swizerland, or caiman island, a bank country of asia, i dont know what can happen in 1983 in there--Fero 23:59, November 20, 2009 (UTC)

well done in sports--Fero 20:55, November 21, 2009 (UTC)

como siempre leer tu ingles me dar ganas de escribir en espanol para explicarte todo, fero...!! Indonesia I wrote a lot about, in conjunction with Aceh. HAve a look man... I made a DETAILED REGIONAL MAP right after making the firs world map.. you should remember thaT???--Xi&#39;Reney 22:21, November 21, 2009 (UTC)
 * I remember it, and I've seen it...I was looking for any info on the Singapore region I may have missed while reading the various talk pages and articles on the timeline.--BrianD 22:38, November 21, 2009 (UTC)

Sports of Ecuador
I'm planning on expanding Ecuador (1983: Doomsday) as soon as finals are over for me and was wondering if you would be interested in writing the section on sports? Mitro 13:41, December 15, 2009 (UTC)
 * You have been doing so well with the sports angle I am going to leave that entirely to you. As for Ben being on break, I will definetly let you know if I need any help. Mitro 19:52, December 19, 2009 (UTC)

OFL
I went and turned the OFL page into a redirect toward the current version and then deleted the other two redirects before it. This is the second time Owen has created an article for something that already had an article. If he does it again let me know. Mitro 19:21, December 21, 2009 (UTC)
 * Don't worry.--BrianD 19:23, December 21, 2009 (UTC)

Anon edits
You were right to undo the edits made to Egypt, they completely rewrote canon. As for Israel I'm not so sure if they should be reverted. I don't think we should undo anon edits outright simply because they were made by an anon. If they do contradict canon then of course they should be reverted but the anon should be told about the. But the edits to Israel didn't actual contradict anything. The section was left blank by Fx and actually seemed to coincide with Fx's idea of having a unified Israeli/Palestinian state. Mitro 15:59, December 23, 2009 (UTC)

Siberian news headlines
Hey Brian, I saw that you wrote some interesting new information regarding the USSR. I like the new ideas, it's just that I would have liked to have been included, or at least told that you were going to write something new, since I have written most of the articles surrounding Siberia. But that aside, I would like to hear your plans. What does the future hold for the Khanate of Khiva, will you be writting an article?--Vladivostok 08:29, January 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see,thanks for clearing things up.--Vladivostok 17:32, January 7, 2010 (UTC)

NEW Hall of Fame
For your information, I will give you the green light on your little project. Feel free to use Athens as a springboard for exploring Canton.

--Yankovic270 16:53, January 8, 2010 (UTC)

ps: If this feels too RPG-ish, I apologize

LOL! De nada. Thanks for the approval. There is a potential snag I've thought about in regards to the locale: I had thought that while Virginia would give it's OK and work with Gold, it might want the football hall of fame located in Athens, recognizing the football hall of fame as a potential tourist attraction and wanting something for itself out of the deal. The two parties would eventually compromise, with Gold taking back some salvageable Packer-related memorabilia (and replicas of the busts of Packer HoF members), and Virginia taking the rest and rebuilding the HoF in its own territory, and an agreement between the two parties to exchange memorabilia on a regular basis. Thoughts?--BrianD 17:03, January 8, 2010 (UTC)

Its a deal. --Yankovic270 18:21, January 9, 2010 (UTC)

Yank, alright! The question now is what is salvageable in Canton? You're talking about a complex that's been derelict for the last 25 years, but you're also talking about bronze busts of former players, and artifacts behind glass and (presumably) boxed up. In other words, unless somebody burnt the place down, there could be a lot of stuff there that can be cleaned up and put back on display. I could have Mr. Gold go on his "little project" in the spring, but right now BrianD needs to read up on the Football Hall of Fame, to see exactly what's there :) --BrianD 18:27, January 9, 2010 (UTC)

Americana Games
Just so you know, I chose the name Americana Games because of the fact that the European Olympics name was stylized in the exact same way. The name Americana Games to me just feels like the kind of name a sporting event of its magnitude needs. Besides, the majority of the survivor states I had invited on the 1983: Doomsday timeline consist of former American territory. --Yankovic270 16:51, January 9, 2010 (UTC)

That's fine with me; Americana invokes the United States, without actually being an American event (like OTL U.S. Olympic Trials in any number of Olympic sports).--BrianD 18:10, January 9, 2010 (UTC)

The South
I would like to work with you on making pages for the Various City-States in the former Southern United States. If of course you are interested --GOPZACK 21:00, January 14, 2010 (UTC)


 * Let's do it. I saw you started Joplin; I went ahead and started Natchez. What ideas do you have in mind?BrianD 21:06, January 14, 2010 (UTC)


 * I have also started Broken Bow the place in Oklahoma. As for ideas I'm not entirely sure. One idea I had floating around in my head is some kind of confederation of city states amongst the democratic ones anyway, kind of like the League of Nations but for the South only. Some city states may also what to join the Provisional United States Government thats part of the NAU. Who knows maybe the Provisional United States Government will become a major player in the south. So how about you, any ideas? --GOPZACK 21:34, January 14, 2010 (UTC)

Like the Dixie Alliance? As far as the region goes, it's the LoN and Mexico and other interested countries coming in and redeveloping the region, setting up an infrastructure to allow for eventual trade and travel between the cities and with other regions. What we need to figure out is how strongly sentiment for the (former) U.S. is down there. The South was heavily patriotic (despite the abundance of Rebel flags in certain parts). I could see people moving on, but, in the South and out in the heartland, I can't see people completely moving on and forgetting the U.S. The CRUSA would realize that, too.--BrianD 00:59, January 15, 2010 (UTC)


 * I really hate the Dixie alliance idea. What it says, what it implies and all. I just don't see the democratic city states or nations like Kentucky wanting to join confederate sounding alliance. I agree we should determine what the sentiment is for the (former) U.S. I think there is a good chance they would like to form a new USA or just continue the US as it was before Doomsday. --GOPZACK 02:36, January 15, 2010 (UTC)

The older people might be interested, I think. The question is are the younger people more attached to Piedmont or the USA? West Texas or the US? Kentucky or the US? Other editors on the Wiki have raised the same question before, and their consensus has always been people would be more attached to their new country. But the question of whether they'd want to restore the USA is sound, especially given in TTL no one has heard from many of these states until recently (or have yet to hear from them).--BrianD 02:42, January 15, 2010 (UTC)

Another thought on the newly discovered states: they've been isolated from the rest of the world for, what, 26 years? They knew of themselves, and other nations that happened to be next door. They had themselves, their memories and whatever history books were in the library. An entire generation grew up as Piedmontians, Texans, Portlanders, Virginians, Vermonters, Superiorians, etc. Only in the past few years - if not the past few months - have these nations discovered a whole new world beyond their own. So they're going to be adapting to that. As the LoN, the Mexicans and their American refugee citizens, and other nations come in and build infrastructure, these countries are going to eventually get the same level of technology they had before the bombs went off. Infrastructure will also include roads and highways, and railroads; this will lead to trade, and travel. The world will eventually come to them, so these nations will be learning how to integrate into the North American community of nations (for lack of a better term). I can't imagine why several of them wouldn't want to band together, especially with the most powerful nation in the region (Mexico) and the "new UN" (LoN) helping them and backing them up in case of aggression from a rogue state. I do believe the American question will have to be settled, and not just for the southern nation-states, but the newly discovered and to-be-discovered survivor communities out West, in the midwest, southwest and even the northeast.BrianD 07:19, January 15, 2010 (UTC)

I'm not crazy about the name Dixie Alliance, either. I tried to explain that there would be great resistance to the alliance out of a perception of its affiliation with the Confederacy or as a continuation of the Confederacy. But the idea of an alliance of nations with a common heritage (USA, they're in the same region) - especially since many of these countries' leaders would remember life in the US pre-DD - would be attractive, I think.BrianD 07:24, January 15, 2010 (UTC)

I agree with what your saying Brian. We should raise the America Question sooner rather ten later. For now we should just establish the backgrounds of these various cites states & what their views on the old USA are. --GOPZACK 21:14, January 15, 2010 (UTC)


 * Agreed. Most importantly, who are these nations and how did they survive to 2010. BrianD 15:58, January 16, 2010 (UTC)

Going back to an alliance in south I could see some type of alliance between Kentucky, Hot Springs, Cape Girardeau and Joplin. Kentucky is expanding North, South and West. With their expansion west they have came into contact with Cape Girardeau and essentially control the areas around them and are setting up outposts. Through Cape Girardeau Joplin and Hot Springs have leaned of this fully functional nation just to their west that upholds the values of America. That would give the LoN peace of mind should an alliance forms because it follows their mandate of upholding the values for democracy that the US represented. I can't see these city states maintaining the status quo. Like Cave City a ex-city state, there was Kentucky a nation to the north that upheld American values since it's founding and offered assistance to the citizens. Such an event like that has happened and will in all likelihood happen again. I was wondering what your thoughts were. --GOPZACK 21:24, January 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * Regional alliances like you are talking about make sense, Zack. Perhaps, in 10 or 20 years or so, they would merge with other alliances into one giant alliance, or country. Kentucky leading this effort makes sense, as it is the "power" and the other three states would benefit more from an alliance than to keep to themselves. Also, the three states have a shared history between them.BrianD 23:22, January 19, 2010 (UTC)

With your blessing seeing as your the Sultan of the South I have devised the following plan: finish Joplin & get it graduated, then start Hot Springs & graduate that finally I will begin to lay the frame work for an alliance between the four. So long as you don't object I'd like to implement the plan GOPZACK 03:12, January 20, 2010 (UTC)


 * Go for it.BrianD 03:16, January 20, 2010 (UTC)

This a tentative map I have made for the future alliance, it shows Kentucky Joplin. Hot springs Cape Girardeau & Broken Bow as they stand now. The dark green is new territory that would be acquired in order to complete the alliance. GOPZACK 20:24, January 20, 2010 (UTC)

Since Viginia and Kentucky pretty much have an alliance allready, any such alliance between the citystates and Knetucky would naturally include Virgnia. And I thought up the name "Dixie Alliance" because I thought it represented the deep south region well. If you can figure out a better name, I'm all ears.

Yankovic270 21:33, January 20, 2010 (UTC)

I can defiantly see a regional alliance between Virginia & Kentucky, but with that said I don't see one involving Kentucky Virginia and the city-states for three reasons. For one the people of Joplin, Cape Girardeau, Broken Bow & Hot Springs all are rather weary about Virginia because they were a military dictatorship until very recently where as Kentucky has always been a democracy. Secondly Kentucky discovered Joplin, Cape Girardeau, Broken Bow & Hot Springs and assisted the LoN introduce them to the world. Thirdly like Brian said a large alliance is a good 10-20 years off. GOPZACK 20:20, January 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yank, what possible problem would Virginia have with an ally making alliances with other city states in Missouri and Arkansas???BrianD 20:50, January 21, 2010 (UTC)

Anywho I'm just curious as to what feedback you have on the map, of course it is rough and needs to be touched up a bit but I think it gives an accurate idea of what could possibly be. Also while studying the map it occurred to me that Texas and Kentucky may very well link up in the near future, I could see a trade deal of sorts coming down the pike, how about you? GOPZACK 21:37, January 25, 2010 (UTC)

It looks fine to me. How well Kentucky can govern that much territory might be a question; then again, the US was governing vast portions of the West in the 19th century. Official relations with Texas can happen now, but trade will be far off, maybe by 2015. BrianD 22:41, January 25, 2010 (UTC)

So I'm just about done with Broken Bow and my next big project to tackle is Hot Springs. I would like to know what ideas you had for the area aside from what is in the report on the south you created. Thank you for your input! GOPZACK 07:23, February 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * None, really (but maybe my mind is blank on the subject at the moment). I like your ideas regarding the alliance among the Arkansas/Oklahoma/Missouri communities, though I would pay attention to what everyone else is commenting on the subject. Realism. Anyway, I think I wrote that Hot Springs overthrew a bunch of racist warlords with the help of Joplin. Now Joplin is 200 miles away, but that doesn't preclude there being people from Joplin who could help the Hot Springs resistance craft a strategy to overthrow the warlords. Probably former military people w/combat experience. Hot Springs probably was stable enough to form a regional government, warlords (or whatever their equivalents would be in Arkansas) rose up, took over at least part of the town, and the resistance fought them and defeated them. Write it up and we'll see how it looks. BrianD 07:32, February 1, 2010 (UTC)

SO thus far I have written up to the first racist government getting overthrown with help from Joplin advisors and a small contingent of troops. I also had a thought about the towns of Hope and Prescott. I believe Texarkana was blown sky high but I doubt they would be struck with a powerful warhead. If it is possible for some type of small city states to form in Hope and Prescott where Hope would be an anti slavery community with Prescott being a proslavery one. Eventually Hope and Hot Springs would liberate Prescott from the racist warlords there eliminating most of the threat from warlords in Arkansas. What are your thoughts on that?GOPZACK 00:03, February 3, 2010 (UTC)


 * That's fine if you wish to explore that. I don't have much time right now to check the Texarkana area for potential targets. A lot would ride on any military and economic targets the Soviets wanted to take out. http://www.survivalring.org/cd-targets.php might help you, but don't think of it as absolute canon. Another thing to consider is Hope and Prescott are like 10 miles northeast of the city; how much fallout and aftereffects from the blast would affect them obviously depends on the yield and wind patterns that night. BrianD 00:17, February 3, 2010 (UTC)


 * I will say what I said on another talkpage. To me the word "Dixie" is the old romantic nickname for the region, and it makes me visualize the good ol' down-home country charm that is the true spirit of the region. Discrimination exists everywhere, but this charm only exists south of the Mason-Dixon line. Sorry if I sound like a public relations commercial for the region, but thats just how I feel.


 * Yankovic270 03:13, February 22, 2010 (UTC)

My talk
Hi, Brian. I noticed you just deleted large sections of my talk page. Why is that? (I'm not trying to accuse, but genuinely asking: maybe I'm missing something.) Benkarnell 23:23, January 25, 2010 (UTC)


 * I didn't, not intentionally! I did try to leave a message there earlier today in regards to the anon user on Owen's page. BrianD 23:25, January 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * I wasn't upset, no need to apologize! Sometimes I do miss things (I was an admin for a month before I realized it, actually), and I didn't know if there was some reason. Mitro's left a note on the anon's talk page and protected Owen's, so hopefully there'll be no more tampering. Benkarnell 23:45, January 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah apparently Owen has told the Wikia people we are "bullying" him. This guy saw it and wanted to say he supports us, but he is not a member of the Wikia staff. Mitro 00:26, January 26, 2010 (UTC)

Well, I decided to do a little snooping and it seems that Owen used the same username on Central Wiki. It's funny but someone copied the main page from one of his wikis and when he found out, he said if it's done again, there will be consquences. Doesn't seem that he reported us for bullying, unless you used a difference username. Maybe this user is a "sock" or whatever I saw Ben refer to it to of Owen's. Mr.Xeight 01:56, January 26, 2010 (UTC)

is it me or has Owen become really unpleasent recently? --HAD 16:12, January 28, 2010 (UTC)

Mexico (some other ideas)
Hi there, I put some other ideas on the talk page of Mexico. JorgeGG 14:30, February 10, 2010 (UTC)

East Tennessee talkpage
Thank you Brian! What you said on the talkpage was exactly what I have been trying to tell everyone but nooooooo. Basically every user on '83 DD thinks of the Virginian as gun-happy, land-hungry, evil fascists. The article states that the martial efficiency of this state, coupled with the unusual punishment of hard labour even if the terrain was radioactive, allowed this state the fastest economic recovery in North America. The people enjoy an early twentieth century lifestyle on a continent where living conditions are commonly at eighteenth century levels.Virginian is at least one of the most financially and politically stable nations in the former US east of the Mississippi. I am grateful that my work is appreciated by anyone on the wiki. I am, of course, not seeking to argue with you. I am simply explaining what I imagine to be the situation as of late. And I think that alternate history is a person's imagination backed up by research.

Yankovic270 23:52, February 16, 2010 (UTC)

Indiana
Hey I was wondering if you'd like a hand with the new Indiana page you made? I could assist in the portions of Southern Indiana controlled by Kentucky & I can start the page on the city state in Indiana. --GOPZACK 00:18, February 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yeah, of course. Any ideas you have, let me know. BrianD 00:25, February 24, 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism
Thanks for the info. The anon has been blocked. Mitro 21:12, February 19, 2010 (UTC)

Jackson
Those ungrateful b******s! The Dixie Alliance contingent came only wanting to help and those b******s stole their guns and threw threw them out of town. Not only that they did so while pretending to bring them to the mayor! These b******s need to be taught a lesson. '''This means war! '''And I am sure that the meeting of s Thompson tank and a Jackson tank would be like a WWII tank meeting one of those mechanical monstrosities that they used during WWI. The Jackson would be blown up and its crew roasting before they knew what hit them. Still I doubt that the Jacksonians would have a mechanized fighting force. Either way, this time '''the gloves are off! '''Jackson is going to learn the hard way why you don't piss off a Virginian.

Yankovic270 15:48, February 27, 2010 (UTC)


 * They wouldn't have a mechanized force. Probably one "tank". Also: the people who met the Virginian/Portland contingent were cordial. It was the leadership of the town that ordered the guns to be confiscated and the visitors escorted out of town. I suspected that Virginia would have contingency plans for such an event, involving one tank (not a dozen - after all, it's quite a long ways from Virginia proper to western Tennessee, especially in TTL). BrianD 17:15, February 27, 2010 (UTC)

Ok. That makes more sense. But, then again one of Viginia's tanks is more than a match to Jackson's "tank". Since the Jacksonians would probbably have nothing in the way of anit-tank weaponry, the Thompson tank would probabbly be virtually unopposed.

Yankovic270 17:28, February 27, 2010 (UTC)

How long would it take for the rearmed contingent to arrive back at Jackson? The sooner, the better.

Yankovic270 18:40, February 27, 2010 (UTC)


 * A couple of weeks - remember the distance between Virginia and west Tennessee, and that the troops and tanks are going over terrain. BrianD 19:28, February 27, 2010 (UTC)

The Kentucky I believe would help their ally, what shall they contribute? --GOPZACK 18:45, February 27, 2010 (UTC)

We could have Kentucky be a part of the contingent intent on attacking the ungrateful Jacksonians. The amount of soldiers actually particpating is up to you Zack. You just need to change "planning to send an expedition" to "sent an expedition" on the Kentucky article.

Yankovic270 19:03, February 27, 2010 (UTC)

Yep I can do that. I'll figure out a number soon, also do airstrikes do anything for you? --GOPZACK 19:08, February 27, 2010 (UTC)

Oh yes! Nothing is too bad for those insolent Jacksonians. But please keep the airstrikes to a minimum, and please use them primarily to demoralize the enemy. There are going to be Kentuckian soldiers fighting in Jacksonian territory, so the Kentuckian Air Force is going to have to be careful not to kill allied soldiers. And try to avoid killing the Jacksonian mayor. I want to see him tried and executed by firing squad. Perhaps with his back to the wall of the Gillmore Hotel where the contingent stayed before being kicked out. Also I want the amount of Virginian soldiers to be, at least eventually, a grand total of 2,000. Or more.

Yankovic270 19:25, February 27, 2010 (UTC)


 * I'll leave it to you guys to formulate a response. Keep in mind though all members of the contingent were not harmed, just evicted from the territory, and without any of their weaponry. There was a skirmish as the weapons were "confiscated" - but as the contingent was outnumbered 4 to 1 and taken by surprise, the Jackson militia was able to get the weapons w/o having to seriously harm anyone in the process.BrianD 19:28, February 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * This is where the LoN steps in and cautions Virginia on what they might be dealing with. Virginia would respond "Look at what they did to us! We're going in and exact justice". The LoN responds, saying 1) you really don't know what you're dealing with - is this a bunch of gung-ho thugs that would be intimidated by a tank? Would you be walking into a trap, and find yourselves fighting a guerrilla-type war 2) all they did was kick you out and take your weapons; your people are all safe. But the fact they took the weapons, in our (LoN's) mind, is cause for concern. (Portland's last contact with Jackson, in the 90s, ended poorly, and Hattiesburg was told to stay "the hell out" of the area by survivalists who hinted at atrocities by the governing bodies. The LoN is going to advise intelligence to know what they are dealing with, then either negotiating with Jackson to get it to open up...or recommend a joint LoN/Virginia/Kentucky "task force" to remove the leadership by force. Of course, the LoN has no real jurisdiction over Virginia, Kentucky or Jackson (it only has peacekeepers in Portland), so Virginia could tell the LoN to get lost....or, Virginia and Kentucky could take the LoN's advice and gather more intelligence on the region before determining a response.BrianD 19:28, February 27, 2010 (UTC)

The rationality on the Virginans part is that they need to intervene before the Jacksonians becoome confident enough to start raiding surrounding survivor communities. They could be helped in this by the testimony of an escaped citizen of Jackson. The testimony pulls back the mystery on the repressive regime of Jackson. It would provide, in hindsight, a perfect reasoning for the war. It also makes the Dixie Alliance look good, as they are liberating the people of a repressed survivor state. It would make the war yet another stepping stone towards LoN membership for every member of the Dixie Alliance.

Yankovic270 02:35, March 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * Agreed, on all counts. I've been hard on Virginia in the past, but as I've said before, I think I understand much better than I had before your reasoning behind the country's actions. Write up the scenario, and I would like you to keep in mind that the LoN representatives are American refugees living in Mexico, who are largely sympathetic to survivor nations in America, including Virginia. So, I had McAllister advise caution as opposed to unilaterally condemning Virginian "aggression". No one, least of all the LoN or Mexico, is going to intervene in this situation. Indeed, the LoN will observe this, to see how Kentucky and Virginia enact peace in this rogue citystate and free its citizens (the goals that the LoN says it is dedicated to preserving). BrianD 02:47, March 2, 2010 (UTC)

By the way, the contingent beat a hasty retreat to Portland, not all the way to Virginia or Kentucky.

Yankovic270 02:40, March 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * I knew that, even if I didn't convey that properly. BrianD 02:47, March 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * I wasn't sure how many tanks and artillery Virginia would have sent into Portland, so I thought if they did have to go to war the tanks and heavy equipment might have to be shipped in. I overlooked the fact that Virginia's military would be prepared for every situation and they'd have more equipment than most people might think they'd need for a peace-keeping operation (in Portland). BrianD 02:49, March 2, 2010 (UTC)

When the unexpected happens it is often the overprepared that have a solution. The Virginians, not knowing what to expect, send everything but the kitchen sink. To make themselves seem less threatening they leave the heavier weaponry behind in Portland. When the Jacksonians turn out to be hostile, the Virginians high-five each other as their bit of paranoia paid off. Almost imediately after the Virginian Congress declares war, the Virginian tankers start their engines and head for Jackson. The infantry get resupplied with arms via neighboring Kentucky. How long would it take for the contingent to arrive back in Jacksonian territory from Portland?

ps: The Virginian artillery is pulled by livestock to save as much fuel as possible for the tanks. In fact the supply trains are back to the wagon trains last seen in the Civil War, and the infantry travel by foot. The majority of Virginian military transportation was set back to nineteenth century to help keep the armored contingent in the twentieth.

Yankovic270 03:14, March 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Google maps says it's 2 hours and 47 minutes by Interstate 40. By pulling livestock and foot - a day? How fast are the tanks going - the 2:47 I guess assumes 65 MPH over good roads. Virginia would be going over terrain. Perhaps two days, to allow for the troops to rest?BrianD 03:36, March 2, 2010 (UTC)

Since the tanks are roughly the equivilent of the german King Tiger tank the top speed would be more like 35 mph, not 65. For convienience's sake the contingent is going to mainly stick to I-40. What kind of condition would you assume it would be? I could have a pair of tanks fitted with special parts to clear the road of any cars stalled by Doomsday. These "Bulldozer" tanks would naturally lead the contingent to clear the highway. It would take at least 3-4 days, as the oh-so-vital tanks are about half your estimated speed.

Yankovic270 03:57, March 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * You'll need to figure a more direct route to Jackson that avoids Nashville, as I-40 runs through Nashville (the route probably would go north of the blast site, and be the same one that Portland and Jackson used in the late 80s and early 90s).BrianD 04:13, March 2, 2010 (UTC)

Ok, then I'll use the earlier Portland-Jackson route. That probbaly rules out blulldozer tanks.

Yankovic270 04:24, March 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * Find a map of tennessee, take a straight line, more or less (while avoiding Davidson County, where radiation would probably present a problem..though I wonder how much so now?), between the two cities, roughly following state and county roads along that line. That would be your route. BrianD 05:07, March 2, 2010 (UTC)

See, this is what we need more of - more nice, manageable, 2-sided wars, not the complicated monstrosities we dream up and leave half-written. I'm excited to see what you come up with. Benkarnell 05:01, March 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * Like Saguenay? Is everyone on extended vacation up there or what? :) BrianD 05:07, March 2, 2010 (UTC)

I plan on this war being the anti-Sanguenay. Short and Sweet. I doubt that this small statelet would be able to resist for long.

Yankovic270 17:15, March 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm with Ben - I'm looking forward to what you and Zack will come up with. My only suggestion is to have most of the fighters in Jackson fight like men - perhaps the leadership would back down like cowards when you finally corner them. But the rank and file would be fearless, fighting more for their world (Jackson) and for each other than for the men who run the place. In fact...these might be the kind of men that the Dixie Alliance would find useful. Good hunting...BrianD 19:21, March 2, 2010 (UTC)

Oh I know they will, but they will still be defeated quickly. The reason? Because the Dixie Alliance has pure, crushing numerical superiority over the Jacksonians. And they posess even small quantities of what can be considered a modern main battle tank.

Yankovic270 22:46, March 2, 2010 (UTC)

How long would it take for the Dixie Alliance troops to complete the occupation of Jackson if the Jacksonians fought street-by-street, house-by-house, Berlin style?

Yankovic270 00:46, March 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * Dang, what is the Alliance looking to do? Remove the regime? Or blitzkrieg the entire city? There is a certain amount about their enemy that the Alliance does not know, so they would be right to prepare for any scenario.


 * If I were the Alliance, I would have forces show up back at the section of the Interstate where they got kicked out, and send an ultimatum to the regime: negotiate, or be removed. Have the Alliance forces surround the city quietly. While the Alliance delivers its ultimatum Kentucky aircraft fly over the city and drop pamphlets, explaining who the Alliance is, their status as former American states now independent nations, allied for peace and prosperity, etc etc etc. with the aim of getting the people on your side, and informing them their regime, not they, are the enemy here. Jackson's forces are trained by survivalists and former Vietnam vets who would look to the Communist guerrilla tactics as their strategy for defending their territory. I'll leave it to you to determine if Jackson fires first or actually talks, but I would have Jackson try to draw the Alliance forces into a guerrilla trap. The regime won't back down easily; initially the Alliance forces would overwhelm the Jackson guerrillas (for that is what they are), but after the second day the forces withdraw into the center of town, the leaders trying desperately to hold onto their power. This is where the house-to-house fighting could occur...it might take a couple of weeks to root them all out, and that might result in hundreds of casualties amongst the civilians and Alliance forces. I would propose having the LoN send an observer - a Mexican military commander from Arizona who fought for the U.S. in Vietnam and would be familiar with Jacksonian tactics. BrianD 03:04, March 6, 2010 (UTC)

Great idea! How about after the pamphlet drop the Jacksonian government, attempting to save face in front of its citizenry, brazenly rejects the offer to negotiate. The noose that the Alliance formed around Jackson tightens as the DA forces drive themselves deeper and deeper into Jackson's heart, until they capture Mayor Farmer. The whole idea of this war was to punish the people who created the incident that sparked the war. That means the leadership of Jackson. Anyway, please post your response and ideas on my talkpage.

Yankovic270 03:33, March 6, 2010 (UTC)

Mexico (1983: Doomsday)‎
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!! Haved read your edits on Mexico. Liked them a lot. Very plausible and with some twist I dinn't think before but work very well. Very interesting. JorgeGG 13:44, March 15, 2010 (UTC) p.s. sorry I didn't read them before (earthquake down here in Chile top priority and job - I work in the goverment - main worries)


 * Thanks, Jorge! I'm building on your work. This is a work in progress, so I am not done yet (by a long shot). BrianD 16:02, March 15, 2010 (UTC)

Pennsylvania
If you don't mind could I begin a page for a survivor community around the Oil City-Franklin area? --GOPZACK 23:24, March 24, 2010 (UTC)

What do you have in mind for it, Zack? And, while we're on the topic, do you have any additional ideas for Pennsylvania - including involvement with the Dixie Alliance? BrianD 01:40, March 25, 2010 (UTC)

I suppose now is a good time to layout my ideas for Pennsylvania as a whole. I believe the bastions of Democracy in the state will be in the State College-Altoona area, the Reading-Allentown-Bethlaham (possibly) area and the Oil City-Franklin everything else is either nuked, in chaos or run by gangs and warlords. As for the Dixie alliance I think they will most likely would have had sporadic contact with some survivor groups in Pennsylvania. To quote James Carville "Pennsylvania is Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in Between. Considering the portions of the state that faired the best in PA are in the "Alabama" section I could see many of the smaller villages and towns wanting to join the Dixie Alliance and possibly the areas round State College, Altoona and Oil City as well. As for Allentown & Reading you claimed that area so I'll let you start that area off & if I come up with anything to build off of that I'll let you know. --GOPZACK 02:19, March 25, 2010 (UTC)

I'm revising the main article to eliminate Allentown and Bethlehem, and putting Reading as the center of that particular survivor communities group. Remember I also claimed the forest area in the northern part of the state. I hadn't heard the Carville quote before. Oil City would be in the State College sphere of influence anyway, right? Go right ahead then.BrianD 19:09, March 25, 2010 (UTC)

To-do list

 * help write scenario for Malaysia (a long term project)


 * Draw up World Cup 2010 schedule


 * update sports by country, colleges and universities page


 * Explore possible reunification between west and east Texas, and ramifications of such a union on the combined country and region. How much of the former state could it actually control?


 * West Texas Congress is expected to vote on formalizing San Angelo and Waco's territorial status when it reconvenes in January 2010.


 * George W. Bush - negotiator, Mexican ambassador to West Texas


 * Possible incentives for former Americans to move back to West Texas...including Dubya


 * Investigate Vermont's role as Switzerland of North America and all its political ramifications


 * Investigate move to extend term from 2 yrs (as Vermont governors have OTL) to 4 years (like the US President OTL) and why that is so important for Douglas to do his job as a regional leader


 * Confederation of New England establishment


 * exploration of nuked Massachusetts, Conn. and Rhode Island, plus exploration of New York City (based on FxGentleman's NBC article, it's probable that someone has already visited and explored Manhattan).
 * expand on Pennsylvania, New York and New England articles (New England to be created)

--BrianD 04:19, November 24, 2009 (UTC)

New England page
Outline for proposed New England: 1983 Doomsday page I plan to create soon:

History

Post-Doomsday

Republic of Vermont

Aroostook

New Hampshire

Vermont territories that became counties in

Massachusetts

Connecticut

status of Rhode Island

status of Aroostook/Vermont port in former Maine

status of Confederation of New England

Foreign relations (with Canada, Saguenay, St. Lawrence, Superior, Mexico, ANZC, Celtic Alliance and LoN)

BrianD 21:38, March 21, 2010 (UTC)

Hattiesburg
Could I have the Dixie Alliance offer aid to Hattiesburg to help defend the city-state from the rogues in New Montgomery?

Yankovic270 00:07, April 13, 2010 (UTC)


 * That was years ago in the timeline, Yank. It would do better to establish formal relations with Hattiesburg, if they haven't already been established. BrianD 01:45, April 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * There is a similar rogue city-state, confirmed by witnesses to still be holding slaves, and claiming to be heir to the CSA. That city-state is "Toccoa, CSA." For years now agents of Piedmont's version of the CIA, its Covert Information Forces (CIF) has had operatives in both Toccoa and Anderson. The CIF has worked with the citizens of northwest Georgia to build an resistence organization to overthrow the regime at Toccoa Falls. This information, of course is top secret. I suppose if Yank would like, he could look a little closer to home to offer military assistance. SouthWriter 02:21, April 13, 2010 (UTC)

Governors of Georgia
Brian, I am confused as to the procession of governors at Athens. You seem to confuse [given name?] Sanders and Davidson in the first paragraphs. I want to list the governors in the Infobox of the Georgia (U.S. state). SouthWriter 15:29, April 13, 2010 (UTC)


 * Fixed. I apologize for the confusion; in fact I don't even remember who "Sanders" was! BrianD 16:33, April 13, 2010 (UTC)


 * No problem. There was a Carl Sanders that was a governor of Georgia back in the sixties. You may have seen the name on a list of governors of Georgia. Or perhaps that was the mayor of Athens (the loser in that first election). SouthWriter 20:50, April 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * I couldn't find a reference to the mayor of Athens in 1983 online. In fact, it's near impossible to find references to mayors of any towns or small cities online for that time period.BrianD 21:03, April 13, 2010 (UTC)

I've noticed that. Occasionally I get lucky while researching a state or federal race and land on a mayor who was a contender. I think I found the mayor of Darlington, GA, once, but I'm not sure I will be able to do it again for the article! That's how difficult it is.SouthWriter 21:28, April 13, 2010 (UTC)

Berkshires
Hi BrianD. I made an article proposal about the Berkshires. I didn't know that Vermont had control over the area. So I was wondering if I could change it so the page would be about the Berkshires being a county of Vermont. CheesyCheese 14:54, April 20, 2010 (UTC)


 * Sure. It looks to me though like the Berkshires have been independent up until now; were you going to revise that, or did you want Berkshires to formally join Vermont this year (perhaps now?). You also may want to review the history of Vermont article to make sure that the date you've established for first contact with Vermont doesn't contradict when I had the Vermont Army going into Massachusetts and Connecticut. Making contact with the Berkshires around that time period is fine with me. BrianD 15:02, April 20, 2010 (UTC)

My contact date is off. I have it between 1989 and 1995. However I can change it. So about joining Vermont. Instead of being a county, how about a satellite state?. CheesyCheese 15:24, April 20, 2010 (UTC)

Check the main talk page where you commented a few minutes ago. Perhaps having "The Berkshires" as a semi-autonomous state within the Vermont borders, and alongside Berkshire County? We'd have to figure out a plausible reason for Vermont to not swallow up your nation. BrianD 02:15, April 21, 2010 (UTC)

Having the Berkshires as a semi-autonomous state seems good enough for me. CheesyCheese 13:17, April 21, 2010 (UTC)

Two EMPs over America
Since we were getting way off subject over at Blue Ridge Talk, I came here. I mentioned that there would have to be two lower missiles to cover the USA and not much anything else. Well, the available choices ended up missing the tip of Texas, so I enlarged the lower strike by just a little -- I figure 130 miles up instead of 120 -- to zap every inch of the lowere 48 along with northern Mexico and a few islands of the western end of the Bahamas. As you'll notice, I even missed zapping western Cuba (though the nuke on Havana would have accomplished that!). I liked the idea of Aroostook getting a break (as the large circle shows) but this way the story stays the same.

By the way, the two EMPs would be about 130 miles above western Colorado and northeastern Illinois. SouthWriter 04:55, April 29, 2010 (UTC)


 * I could live with something that would effectively cover the whole of the US and just about all of Canada, plus the border Mexican states. We've never really dealt with where the EMP blasts occurred and how far their range was, and any proposal, would be something that would need to be brought to everyone's attention. You can have Mexico with border states effected by the EMP blasts; but I maintain that if we went with the 300 mile scenario, that drastically affects Mexico because, at least as I understand it, Mexico was more or less the most stable and powerful nation in the region throughout the 1980s and 1990s. If most of the nation gets thrown back into the Wild West, how could Reagan contact de la Madrid? How would Reagan choose to ask de la Madrid to take in the American citizens who fled to Mexico? None of the Mexican cities other than Tijuana and Juarez would have been affected by the blasts, but if the capital city is in chaos, how could the entire nation not fall apart? Why not have 30 different republics where the United Mexican States used to be? I'm sure that someone would love to put together some barely legible proposal for the "Republic of Acapulco" but I'm not prepared to go there. This timeline, IMO, depends on a stable Mexico; EMPs frying everything north of Yucatan and Chiapas might be enough to throw that nation over the edge into anarchy. Plus, it has been assumed all along that Aroostook suffered the same fate as the rest of the nation - so, sadly, no Power 98 blasting hope, news and Tom Petty to the rest of northern Maine and New Brunswick :( BrianD 11:58, April 29, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, two bad we couldn't have at least one stable government to begin things in a good light. Even Alaska didn't fill that spot. Any way, I don't believe there ever was a difinitive statement in any article about the EMPs placement or even the number of EMPs. If there was, it can be easily changed to fit canon. Russia had plenty of bombs and a relative shortage of missiles, resulting in a lot of multiple warheads. I'd say that the real expense would have been the fuel needed to get the payload to 300 miles. Perhaps, instead the above graphic can be assumed and written in to the main timeline. Should the US have planned a similar EMP strategy, or could we have had a rocket capable of the 300 mile altitude? I can propose an article on EMPs to be referenced from the paragraph that mentions them in the main timeline. SouthWriter 17:26, April 29, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, two bad we couldn't have at least one stable government to begin things in a good light. Even Alaska didn't fill that spot. Any way, I don't believe there ever was a difinitive statement in any article about the EMPs placement or even the number of EMPs. If there was, it can be easily changed to fit canon. Russia had plenty of bombs and a relative shortage of missiles, resulting in a lot of multiple warheads. I'd say that the real expense would have been the fuel needed to get the payload to 300 miles. Perhaps, instead the above graphic can be assumed and written in to the main timeline. Should the US have planned a similar EMP strategy, or could we have had a rocket capable of the 300 mile altitude? I can propose an article on EMPs to be referenced from the paragraph that mentions them in the main timeline. SouthWriter 17:26, April 29, 2010 (UTC)

Confederate States of America
Hi, Brian. I know you're the "Boss" when it comes to the South, but I placed a complaint on the talk page at your new "information" article on the Confederate States of America. You know I'm a southerner, and I have held off working on Toccoa because I find the stereotype that has been perpertrated to be hard to work with. Yank, a Canadian, has taken the stereotype of a conservative nationalist to great heights. The scenario with "New Montgomery" is a cartoon masquarading as a scenario.

I have worked hard the last few days beginning to breathe some life into the "great last hope" for the Constitutional Republic that dares to call itself the "United States of America." I am an American, and in the ATL a proud Piedmontan looking forward to a time when at least Piedmont, Blue Ridge and (East) Tennessee can bond as a coalition to uphold what is so right about the values that make the south a great place to live. But if I am able to guide the story line just a bit, I would love it if the south and the west could join together to once again show the world that the American experiment is not a failure! SouthWriter 03:26, May 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * South, you are taking this way too personal. No offense is meant to you nor to any other Southerner...in fact, the existence of Piedmont, Blue Ridge, East Tennessee, Outer Banks; North Florida, South Florida, Hattiesburg, Natchez, Hot Springs, Portland, Broken Bow, Louisiana, West Texas, eastern Texas, RGV, South Texas....and as-yet unwritten proposals like your New South in Georgia; Darien; and various communes and towns we haven't yet uncovered show the South is not a bastion of racism and violence, but overall is a pretty tolerant, civlized place to live in this timeline.


 * That said, in some ways at least this is a dystopia...and there will be pockets of violence, and communities where racism, at least for a time, prevailed.


 * As far as being the boss....that's your opinion. I got the ball rolling, but anyone could have done it, and there are a lot of nations I didn't create and don't have final say over (if I wanted to exercise such a thing). I see no problem with the basic concept of Virginia, and New Montgomery is not supposed to be a cartoon but a nation of white racists. Racism was postulated as a real issue in whatever survived in the south by the editors here, before you got here and before I arrived. I rolled with it. I'm sorry for offending you, but when I created these scenarios I didn't think "hey, how can I offend someone?" I tried to make it as realistic as I could. If you wish to take this further up the chain, to the overseers of this time line and the wiki, you are welcome to do so. BrianD 03:55, May 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * I know you did not mean to offend, and I am probably letting it get to me a little, but I didn't want to vent to hard on the "public forum" just yet. I know that your article is just a proposal, and that it is just a repository for general coverage of whatever "CSA" groups might arise. However, I just don't want the stereotype of the south to be the "norm" when such articles are laid out for consideration. When I referred to New Montgomery as a "cartoon," it was my way of saying it was a caricature or a satirical look at rednecks run wild. I know what it is like to be called a hate-monger for merely pointing out bad behavior. I am the bad guy for standing for what is right while others get away with all kinds of anti-social behavior while being a member of some "minority" demanding special rights.
 * Racism is as old as the Tower of Babel - and it has not always been a matter of skin tone. People groups grow apart and by nature don't trust other groups who are "different." It's human nature. Though told to show the world what God was like, the Jewish people came to hate anyone not Jewish. This anti-social behavior caused all other people groups to hate the Jews. When European tribes came upon and absorbed the culture of those they conquered, they came to see those less endowed with such culture as Barbarians (called such because they could not speak the language). Such uncultured people came to be exploited, and then treated as less than human because they were misunderstood. Much mistrust arose among the subjugated -- for good reason -- and the cultural divide made the feeling mutual when the subjugation ended. Yes, "racism" is real. But most people only want to be among those who they "understand." Ethnic and cultural divides are far more pervasive.
 * I say this as a white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant -- de facto "racist" because I have inherited the "majority" culture -- who does not believe in the concept of "race" among humans. I have friends who are in "bi-racial" marriages with lovely children. I have friends that have adopted an infant that could have been born in the sub-saharan jungles of Africa. The amount of pigment in the skin does not constitute a "different" race! We all are of ONE race, known as the HUMAN race. The president of the United States is not "bi-racial" or a "black" man, but rather he is a HUMAN being of mixed heritage. He and I share an American ancestor, in fact, who came to America as an infant in the early 1600's. My Irish ancestors were despised by my English ancestors. And both those groups despised my Jewish ancestors (in London "ghettos" in the 1400's, I believe).
 * If we must create racist groups, let us see if we can tie them to real historic trends in the areas where we place them. Where were the neo-Nazis in the 1980's? What is the history of such groups that exist today? Could the KKK takeover a town in Indiana in 1983? Would race riots tear apart Athens a less than three years after Georgian Jimmy Carter left the White House? Was the Selma of 1983 the hot bed of racial strife that it was in 1963? I lived in Athens in the seventies, my grandmother lived in Selma until her death there in the early 90's, The fine people of Anderson are my neighbors, and were so in 1983. I have lived through this -- my neighbors on either side are African American, across the street and behind me live Hispanic families. They live lives much like mine.
 * Enough ranting. Thanks again for putting up with me.SouthWriter 05:41, May 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * South, please forgive me where I have offended you. How am I to know what these towns are like? I am an outsider, of sorts. I had my reasons for writing up Athens, Toccoa, Anderson, Selma, etc. the way I did and it wasn't to perpetuate stereotypes. In a nuclear war, where all is presumed lost and you are thought to be the only one left alive, who is to say what might happen? Athens may have torn itself apart if WWIII actually had occurred; it wasn't just about race riots. It was everyone against everyone. The article was intended to convey a sense of despair among the people. Selma and New Montgomery was intended to show racist enclaves developing as a result of a dystopia, not stereotyping the region. Selma was chosen because the African-Americans who fled there via persecution from the white racists saw it as historically significant; New Montgomery was the creation of whites, some whom were racists, some whom wanted merely to be among their own "kind" (as ridiculous as sounds) and build their own society. I could very well be wrong, on not just something I wrote but everything I wrote. In fact, if the other editors here think its a good idea (and don't ignore it), we can revise things if it makes more historical sense and logical sense. I hope I'm not hard headed enough to refuse to do that.


 * Remember, though, the origin of this timeline...if you saw The Day After the overwhelming sense of the people was total despair; almost no hope at all. Take what happened in Lawrence, Kansas and put it all across the country; is it possible that such despair would result in men and women doing things to one another, and accepting demagogues and thugs and racists as authorities, they never would have before the nuclear exchange? Now that isn't to say that everyone would have committed mass suicide; South, I think you and I are kindred spirits in that we believe people would have risen up and overcome their circumstances to rebuild society as best they could. For every Athens I wrote, I wrote up a West Texas, a Blue Ridge, an East Tennessee, a Vermont. I'm more optimistic than pessimistic. Even with Lawrence, I didn't leave the people to die, instead having them make the trek to shelter in nearby Nebraska. Endless stories of death and cannibalism and despair don't interest me; life itself in this TL is hard enough as is :-) I still want to have the small city/college town fall apart, I still want to have the race-based enclaves (but not because I believe the people are inherently racist). I believe those scenarios would play out somehow, and they need to play out somewhere. If not Athens, then where? Greenville NC? Tuscaloosa? Oxford? Starkville? And, if I rewrite Athens, what to do when the next editor comes along and objects to Auburn, or Starkville? Next thing you know the entire South and Midwest and East and West is such a pleasant little place to live, except for those bothersome 3-mile-long radioactive craters. You've made some great points regarding this timeline, but so have Mitro, Louisiannan, BenKarnell and Xi'Reney.BrianD 10:46, May 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, Brian, I appreciate your responding the way you did. After spending quite some time today CSA_1990.png(Monday) on mapping the proposed states of CSA -- Map of CSA in 1990 is to the right -- I think these city-states and "full" states have a chance at a comeback. I added "Alabama, CSA (defunct)" to the Doomsday by state page. However, that brought up a little problem. If these individual states are autonomous states now, what do they call themselves (or what should we call them in the meantime)? I'm thinking "Provisional state of ---" since each of the surviving states (the other two being controlled by Kentucky/Dixie Alliance right now). PS-TN may even be able absorb Jackson once the DA moves its peace keeping forces out. If PS-AL claims the rest of abandoned North Alabama, the combined new CSA will be quite a chunk of uninterupted real estate. It might even prove enticing to BR, ET and RoP.SouthWriter 04:18, May 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * South, the states probably officially died along with the first version of this country. Or, they exist in name only...for example, someone from Shelbyville will say they're from Shelbyville, or Tennessee (although the only official government is the CIty of Shelbyville). Referring to ones self as a "Tennesseean" for example still exists in the popular culture there. In fact the movement to reform the states may precede the move to reform the nation. The only question is how far back do you want to go in reestablishing statehood. The Alabama towns could probably gear up fairly quickly (in fact the mall still exists TTL as a museum that could be converted back to government use). Same in northwest Georgia, northeast Mississippi and south Tennessee (though the strongest towns in those regions would take the lead at reestablishing state government). This also opens up possibilities for existing citystates, from Piedmont to Selma to Hattiesburg, as to what to do with this CSA: join or not? BrianD 04:28, May 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * South, the states probably officially died along with the first version of this country. Or, they exist in name only...for example, someone from Shelbyville will say they're from Shelbyville, or Tennessee (although the only official government is the CIty of Shelbyville). Referring to ones self as a "Tennesseean" for example still exists in the popular culture there. In fact the movement to reform the states may precede the move to reform the nation. The only question is how far back do you want to go in reestablishing statehood. The Alabama towns could probably gear up fairly quickly (in fact the mall still exists TTL as a museum that could be converted back to government use). Same in northwest Georgia, northeast Mississippi and south Tennessee (though the strongest towns in those regions would take the lead at reestablishing state government). This also opens up possibilities for existing citystates, from Piedmont to Selma to Hattiesburg, as to what to do with this CSA: join or not? BrianD 04:28, May 4, 2010 (UTC)

Spelling Changes
On the recent revert of my 'corrections' -- That's what I get for believing the spell checker in source mode! I went on the page to check the structure of the info box, and as I was about to leave, those pesty red lines jumped out at me. --SouthWriter 02:52, May 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * Spellchecker unfortunately isn't always right. Especially for the title of a TV show that everyone there would have remembered! BrianD 02:54, May 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * It doesn't help that the actual town in Kentucky with the name is spelled "Hazard." Google Earth pulls up "Hazard, Washington Co, Georgia" but it is just a road outside of Terriville (about halfway between Macon and Augusta). SouthWriter 03:14, May 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * I think it was intentional on the part of the producers, to avoid confusion with the actual Hazard here in Kentucky. BrianD 03:19, May 5, 2010 (UTC)

Map
South's map is a good start. I tried to post a map tonight but the file was too big. If I can find a county map of the southern United States that's not the size of a Kindle book, I can set it up and post it. --BrianD 02:57, May 5, 2010 (UTC)

I have no idea how I pieced together my blank map, and I forgot to save it! But I got it from this site that makes printable maps:

http://www.nationalatlas.gov/natlas/Natlasstart.asp

I used the sight to grab this from the screen capture:

SouthWriter 04:02, May 5, 2010 (UTC)

Would you be interested in reading and giving me ideas on how to expand the Russian Expansion Timeline. --Catherine 23:34, May 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * Sorry, Catherine, but I'm focused on the 1983: Doomsday timeline right now. I barely have time for that. You need someone who can give you the time you need to get that project up and running as you want it. BrianD 23:45, May 8, 2010 (UTC)

Brian, who created the 1983: Doomsday timeline? Why do so many people (or nearly all) on this site have something to do with it. Is it the most popular timeline on this wiki? --Catherine 00:56, May 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * Catherine, I don't know if it's the most popular, but it sees a lot of activity. I can't speak for others, for myself this is the timeline that grabbed my attention and I thought I could make some good contributions to it. As far as who created it, I believe the originator was an anonymous user. Mitro, Xi'Reney, Benkarnell and Louisiannan have been around far longer than I, and they can answer any questions you have about the timeline, as well as possibly give you better help on your Russian timeline. BrianD 01:04, May 9, 2010 (UTC)

Hiatus
I'm putting all my contributions for 1983: Doomsday on hiatus, given the ongoing discussion on the talk page. Exceptions will be discussions of anything regarding my created articles as they relate to the impending review and revision of the overall timeline. Given that this will be the case, I don't see the point of going on.--BrianD 21:42, May 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * I want to clarify something. I guess it's not a total hiatus, but until we figure out what direction the timeline is going to take, I don't see much point in developing scenarios when we may decide to roll things back to a more primitive state. We may not do so at all, though, which is why I'm holding on to the nations and scenarios I've created and not placing them up for adoption. I want to see where 1983: Doomsday goes over the next several months. BrianD 03:45, May 23, 2010 (UTC)

New timeline idea
I have an idea for a concept mashing the 19th and 20th centuries together - where the War for Independence was fought in the 1870s (with 19th century technology)... where conflicts over civil rights and slavery, between Southern aristocratic, upper class minority and an African-American slave majority led to civil war after the federal government attempted to intervene in the 1960s....where Abe Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. were contemporaries, where William Howard Taft is the current President and only a few, crazed nuts on the internet see political conditions setting the stage for a great global war unlike the world had ever seen....the only thing is, I don't know what to call it :-) BrianD 03:45, May 23, 2010 (UTC)

Proposal
Hey Brian, I just wanted to give you a heads up on a proposal I am about to make involving several nations you made, specifically Vermont and Northern Townships. I was going to propose the "economic union" hinted at in Aroostook, but I thought since you were the creator of two of the three nations I would get a green light before I forcefully involve two of your creations. Arstarpool 03:08, June 17, 2010 (UTC)

Tell me what your ideas are first. Perhaps I can be of some help there. I'll review them in the morning, and get back to asap tomorrow. BrianD 03:34, June 17, 2010 (UTC)

I was going to develop it as something between the Nordic Union (which basically governs all of its members) and the SAC (self governing countries, unified economy). Since they are your articles, feel free to add whatever you want. However, this is going to be a "new" union, like present day, just formed this year "new". Arstarpool 04:09, June 17, 2010 (UTC)


 * Vermont is an independent country and politicially neutral. Switzerland isn't an exact model in terms of culture, how Vermont governs itself, et al. But it is in terms of its neutrality, which is a pretty important concept to the nation. Joining a North Atlantic Organization would render that neutrality null and void. Economically, Vermont would have worked out trade and economic agreements with the various countries (like Aroostook, with the port in Maine on the Atlantic coast). If the regional countries merged together, Vermont would certainly work out agreements with the new nation. But just as modern-day Switzerland is not a member of the European Union, so TTL Vermont wouldn't be a member of the NAO.


 * Also - the NAO wouldn't just appear overnight. Something like this takes years to develop. Therefore either this thing was proposed and begun years ago (perhaps back around 2000) or economic and political conditions are just now allowing for such a union to be proposed. BrianD 13:53, June 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * The North American Community, since you brought the thing on Vermont up, would just be a single-currency economic union. There would be no military necessities, no juristiction, no etc. Essentially, it would be like "Trade me your gold for this bucket of oil" kind of thing. Of course, the gold and the oil bucket would be paid through by the North Atlantic Dollar I proposed, though if you like it would be similar to OTL Euro, where every country has their own little version of the NA Dollar. Or, if Vermont is still picky, the Vermont dollar can be a legal tender for the Union.
 * As for the date, it was something just formed recently, maybe a couple years ago, and only now are things like unified currency and open borders coming into effect. (though I don't know if having your borders open is a good idea in this ATL).
 * As for the date, it was something just formed recently, maybe a couple years ago, and only now are things like unified currency and open borders coming into effect. (though I don't know if having your borders open is a good idea in this ATL).
 * As for the date, it was something just formed recently, maybe a couple years ago, and only now are things like unified currency and open borders coming into effect. (though I don't know if having your borders open is a good idea in this ATL).




 * I was thinking that maybe the Northern Townships could be eligible as well, but thats for you to decide. Arstarpool 22:03, June 17, 2010 (UTC)

I've already explained why Vermont would not agree to something like this for now. This may be the eventual fate of the region - including Canada - but not now. So I cannot support the proposal as is.--BrianD 22:23, June 17, 2010 (UTC)

Is there anything I could do to make Vermont join? I will make it as loose as possible if you wish. I can degrade it to a free-trade union, similar to the Dixie Alliance. There will be no unified currency or anything like that. I don't want this idea to go to waste.

As for the Northern Townships, do I get a yes or no on that one? Arstarpool 22:57, June 17, 2010 (UTC)

Arstarpool, may I ask why you're so adamant about this proposal, especially one involving countries you didn't even create (but two that I did) and, to the best of my knowledge, haven't (until now) taken any interest in? Why does this North Atlantic Organization need to exist? BrianD 11:26, June 18, 2010 (UTC)

Adamant? Nah, to be honest I could care less. I figured that since the "Confederation of New England" never got very far that I could replace it with a much looser organization, since this area is one of the underdeveloped in terms of economics. Arstarpool 15:32, June 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * Okay then. Just because the Confederation of New England never got very far doesn't mean it won't. Remember this entire timeline is supposed to be happening in real time, and things like you're proposing take years of negotations and development to become reality. So once again, being that I am caretaker of Vermont and the northern townships - and that Mitro, who's studying for the bar and won't be back until August, is caretaker of Aroostook - I have to say no on this proposal.BrianD14:51, June 19, 2010 (UTC)

Outer Lands
Could I adopt the Outer Lands from you? Arstarpool 05:18, June 29, 2010 (UTC)

No, because I still have some ideas I want to develop for the region in conjunction with Vermont and former New Hampshire. BrianD 02:52, June 30, 2010 (UTC)

Republic of Texas article proposal
The Republic of Texas is a proposed unification of various entities within the borders of the former U.S. state of Texas:


 * West Texas,


 * the "Republic of Texas" currently established in eastern half of the former state,


 * the State of South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley Republic in the southern half of former Texas,


 * the cities of Graham and Paris and various farms and townships scattered across the northern part of old Texas.


 * The Republic of Dos Laredos has told authorities from surrounding nation states and the League of Nations it is not interested in uniting with the proposed Republic of Texas.


 * The residents of the various survivor towns and townships in the central portion of old Texas are satisfied with the status quo, but would likely vote to merge into the new nation.

As of July 31, 2010, political leaders in Midland and Nacogdoches are discussing merger of their two countries by January 1, 2012.

The process involves drafting a constitution for the new country, and then presenting it to voters across the former state in a referendum to be held in May 2011. Assuming the measure is approved, delegates would then be chosen for a constitutional convention, either in Midland or Nacogdoches, in August 2011 to approve the new constitution.

West Texas, eastern Texas, South Texas, RGV, Graham, Paris and the association of Central Texas towns would each nominate their heads of state for a special Presidential election in November 2011. The winner would be inaugurated on February 20, 2012.

Plymouth
I am sorry, Brian, but now that I think of it I decline the offer to bring up the border dispute w/ Plymouth and Outer Lands. I narrowly avoided a large border dispute, and as you can see here you directly allowed me to keep the northern part of Cape Cod:
 *  I read the description, but its not very descriptive. Plymouth had no nearby strike zones other than Boston, as with Barnstable. So I thought that it would be logical for them to cooperate with each other. If you could just allow me to use the northern tips of the Cape, that would be good. Arstarpool 04:16, June 30, 2010 (UTC) 
 *  You know...that's fine. Best wishes to the Plymouth survivor nation. BrianD 04:21, June 30, 2010 (UTC) 
 * I am sorry again but I decline any discussion over the border. If you would like any slight or small adjustments to be made, that is fine, but I will not fork over the entire part you allowed me to use. Arstarpool 16:41, August 5, 2010 (UTC)

Delmarva-Vermont Future Ties
Brian: I wanted to say thanks in regard to your comments, they were appreciated. I know we both started at approximately the same time and I have enjoyed reading your work especially in regards to New England and Texas. I wanted to talk with you regarding the new map just released showing your areas and my Delmarva unifying along with PA and NY into a vast supernation in the future. What do you think of all this? I have tried to keep Delmarva neutral like Vermont, which is why I have steered clear of the Dixie Alliance. I have always hoped Vermont and Delmarva could have closer relations, but figured it likely wouldn't happen until you opened up a sea port since Delmarva is more likely to communicate and trade by sea. I had never gotten around to talking about the subject with you; however, the map got me to thinking so I thought I would raise the question. I could see the two sides working to help survivors in NY-PA but not merging. Let me know your thoughts when you get a chance, there is no rush. Believe it or not I am going on vacation this weekend to NV for two weeks so I will only be checking in on occasion as I can. Thanks.--Fxgentleman 17:22, August 5, 2010 (UTC)

Erie, Pa
Hey, Brian. I recently created an article on a survivor state in Pennsylvania, but I accidentally included Erie in the article, a city you wrote as being nuked on the Pennsylvania State page. Anyways, I raised it as an issue, and eventually a group consensus led to the rest of the community agreeing that it would not have been hit. You can see in the archives of 1983: Doomsday/Politics 4 that we took a vote and such. However, Mitro claims that all the work I put into Erie not being hit does not count and plans to mark the article obsolete.

Technically, it is now established canon that Erie was not hit. It all depends on your input. My article depends on Erie not being hit, but Mitro continues to argue that it was a violation of QSS and QAA. Nevertheless I am assuming that the group consensus overrided that.

Get back to me when you can.

Arstarpool 19:33, August 5, 2010 (UTC)