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Thunder Bay referendum
Thunder Bay was supposed to hold a referendum on joining Canda, Superior or staying independent a few months ago. what would be the result of this?--HAD 18:38, June 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * Obviously this has been forgotten, just like the war in Saguenay and the war in Europe, just one of many problems I guess. And I think no one can speculate on the outcome other than the author, although I think that the referendum would be directly connected to the outcome of the war--Vladivostok 19:48, June 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * Let's take a poll so we can get it updated.
 * Let's take a poll so we can get it updated.

What should happen to Thunder Bay? Merge with Canada Become a protectorate of Canada Merge with Superior Stay Independent

Note:My browser had a spasm and marked "Stay Independent" when I meant to mark "Merge With Canada". Arstarpool 19:04, June 23, 2010 (UTC)

Seeing as none of the options reached a 50% threshold shall we move the top two vote getters to a runoff? --GOPZACK 01:45, July 13, 2010 (UTC)

Sounds like a plan. --Lordganon 10:12, July 14, 2010 (UTC)

What should happen to Thunder Bay? Merge with Canada Stay Independent

Resetting the runoff poll because the "merge with Superior" option officially lost. It had seven votes, the other two had eleven. Yankovic270 15:12, July 23, 2010 (UTC)

How the hell is Thunder Bay supposed to "Merge With Canada"? Most of Ontario is still outside of Canadian control. For God's sake the Canadians have yet to reclaim southern Quebec, let alone Ontario. I think that Thunder Bay should stay independent until at least 2020, when the Canadian province of Ontario is officially restored.

Yankovic270 22:58, July 24, 2010 (UTC)

So it's a problem with Canada when they are to "merge" with Thunder Bay, but not a problem when the Virginians control eastern Virginia which was ripped to shreds by nukes. I sense hypocrisy...Arstarpool 02:48, July 26, 2010 (UTC)

I don't have a problem with Thunder Bay merging with Canada....'''eventually. '''Let's be rational here. It would be much more convenient for both parties if they held off the merging until Canada reclaims the territory between itself and Thunder Bay. Which, at this rate of expansion, is around '''2020. '''And et tu Arstarpool? I defend the Commonwealth of California/Californian Republic and this is the thanks you give me? I try to be rational and you snap at me. All I'm saying is wait until its plausible. Which at the earliest is still ten years from now.

Yankovic270 02:57, July 26, 2010 (UTC)

How about we bring back the more plausible possibility of them merging with Superior? Arstarpool 03:09, July 26, 2010 (UTC)

I had that on the original runoff poll but Yank cleared it off, in defense of Yank it varies region to region as to who joins who & such. Thunder Bay is different then Virginia & such. GOPZACK 03:12, July 26, 2010 (UTC)

You guys need to remember that while dormant, a debate is still going on as to the actual condition of Ontario after Doomsday, and how it was originally made much, much worse sounding than it actually would have been.

Also, Canada does control the Ontario coast of Hudson's Bay - and Thunder Bay is not all THAT far from there.

While it is more plausible for them to join with Superior, it would still make some sense for them to join Canada.

On another note, whoever came up with that date for Ontario in the first place was likely wrong in some regard - sure, southern would be out, but Northern Ontario, except for North Bay, would be fine to establish a minimal territory/province, on the same level as Quebec.

Lordganon 12:30, July 26, 2010 (UTC)

While they are "not all THAT far" there are no roads to create a viable connection between the two. GOPZACK 04:26, July 29, 2010 (UTC)

Exactly. I think we should delay the vote until Canada actually controls the area in between itself and Thunder Bay. Until then, more practical voices will prevail over the blindly patriotic. Thunder Bay should remain independant, at least for now. I'm basically the practical person of the discussion, who noone listens to because the truth hurts. Thunder Bay can't and shouldn't rejoin Canada now. How many times to I have to say that it isn't practical at the moment?

Yankovic270 03:36, August 4, 2010 (UTC)

It seems to be a tie, chaps.HAD 08:11, August 20, 2010 (UTC)

It is? I'm seeing 13-12 in favor of Canada (and I just voted in favor of Canada - however, the vote tally didn't change to reflect that). BrianD 15:23, August 20, 2010 (UTC)


 * Never mind...the tally just changed. When are we cutting off the voting? BrianD 15:24, August 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * I have no idea, but the vote is too close for this to be called a consensus. Also we must debate which is plausible. Yank makes a very valid point that there are no roads of use that would connect Canada's holdings along Hudson's bay with Thunder Bay. GOPZACK 06:11, August 22, 2010 (UTC)

Well, way I figure it there's gotta be a way we can combine the two - without it being something that happens in 2020.

Something along the lines of what the deal was with B.C. and the railroad when it joined Confederation?

Lordganon 07:08, August 22, 2010 (UTC)

Any thoughts about what I said? Sheesh.

Lordganon 13:00, August 28, 2010 (UTC)

We've been busy. We'll get to it soon. --GOPZACK 23:26, August 29, 2010 (UTC)

Two points of interest: why is it that the 1st poll putting merging with Canada in the lead and the 2nd puts Independence in the lead. And how is it that 34 people have voted! With regards to communications, surely it would be possible to establish a radio link between Thunder Bay and the rest of Canada? HAD 16:25, September 2, 2010 (UTC)

Up until basically today the numbers on the second one were reversed.

Lordganon 23:05, September 2, 2010 (UTC)

Ontario should already be a part of Canada. It was hit by 2 nukes, one to the south and one to the east along the Quebec border. All of North West Ontario would have survived. Heck, most or North Ontario would have too. Canada should control it, along with parts of Manitoba, by now.Michael Douglas 01:08, September 8, 2010 (UTC)

It's actually 3 - the Norad base at North Bay was hit too. The area was also effected by radiation from strikes in Minnesota, Michigan, and the strike on Winnipeg.

Canada actually controls the coast of Hudson's Bay, and once controlled parts of Southern Ontario, before bandits in southern Quebec cut their supply lines.

The thing is, that area of Ontario has no roads going south from the Bay. Mostly that holds the same for Manitoba as well. While they could control the area, there's just no real way to get there.

Lordganon 02:43, September 8, 2010 (UTC)

East British expansion into Lincolnshire
I have written it down on the page. But I wanted confirmation as to whether this would be a sensible course of action. As East Britain is mostly based in Lincolnshire with some areas of Cambridgeshire and Norfolk, as well as Hull, it only seems natural for East Britain to take control of Lincolnshire. Bob 10:15, August 16, 2010 (UTC)

It could be done, but you'd need to make sure you do a good job with the locals. East Britain has only a population of 40,000, and would be incredibly thinly spread across Lincolnshire - unless you make sure the locals agree to become citizens of East Britain, you will have major issues in maximising the effectiveness of the land you've colonised. Fegaxeyl 08:44, August 18, 2010 (UTC)

I've updated it and East Britain has a population of 230000. Bob 11:07, August 28, 2010 (UTC)

That figure seems a little high to me; is it the population before or after expansion? Fegaxeyl 12:09, August 30, 2010 (UTC)

Before expansion. I altered the numbers to include populations from South Holland in Lincolnshire, Hull and the occupied Cambridgeshire areas, all reduced by a considerable margin to produce this number. Bob 18:30, August 30, 2010 (UTC)

Chechnya
Don't the Caucasus Emirate and Chechnya contradict each other?

Lordganon 14:39, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

Feel free to change Chechnya to match the Emirate. Hell, feel free to adopt it if you want to.

Yankovic270 15:56, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

They don't conflict. The Caucasus Emirate only controls part of Chechnya, not all of it. The rest can be controlled by the proposed Chechnya. Caeruleus 15:57, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

Considering that one has Grozny nuked but the other one has it as the capital, I'd say that they do.

Lordganon 00:09, September 8, 2010 (UTC)

As I wrote before, feel free to adopt Chechnya to to match the Emirate. I've moved on to other articles

Yankovic270 03:37, September 8, 2010 (UTC)

Evolving the Alpine Confederation
Hey guys. I was wondering if you could help me with the Alpine Confederation and something I plan to do with it. I saw what was recently done with the Greek Confederation and I would like to do the same with Alpine, making individual articles for the member states and such. If anybody would like to help me with this please comment. Arstarpool 20:24, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

I would really like to help! VENEZUELA 05:00, September 8, 2010 (UTC)

What part would you like to work on? Switzerland, Liechenstein, Austria, or the German, French, and Italy ones? Arstarpool 05:17, September 8, 2010 (UTC)

Maybe doing first a list of the states. VENEZUELA 05:20, September 8, 2010 (UTC)

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Jet Airplanes?
I was reading the WCRB Report on Transportation (1983: Doomsday) witch mentions jet aircraft IMV these would be implausible for 1983dd for 3 reasons

Owen, it says "Now jet travel is a rarity in most of the world as very few countries have the capacity to refine the Kerosene that jet engines need". And is this really a fundamental issue? Fegaxeyl 15:49, September 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * 1 all major cities were destroyed
 * 2 Keraseni is derived from Petroleum which is hard to come by in post DD
 * 3 the airports at did survive were small municipal airports which could cater for a DC-3 And they weren't built for large jet aircraft --Owen1983 15:40, September 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree with Fex. And besides Owen, not all major cities were destroyed. Consider the number of major cities in South America, Australia and Africa that still survived. Heck, Berlin, Dublin and Venice all survived in Europe. Mitro 16:32, September 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * Many Airports are big in South America and Australia. VENEZUELA 04:56, September 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * Also, you don't need a large airport for jets. There are smaller jet aircraft.Oerwinde 08:56, September 10, 2010 (UTC)

Miscellaneous discussion
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Nuclear winter
I found this link at alternatehistory.com (on a thread dealing with the buildup and aftermath of a nuclear attack on Britain). At this link, Carl Sagan's theories of nuclear winter are thoroughly debunked; the argument becomes that, in the event of an all-out nuclear war, the survivors would deal with a nuclear autumn (though crops would fail because not enough sunlight is getting through to ground level). BrianD 15:46, August 31, 2010 (UTC)

Proposal Overload
We currently have 53 proposals swimming around, most of them have sat idle for a month or so. Lets try to get to around 30 or so before we start making new pages guys. In my opinion I think placeholder articles like Yunnan or Alaska should just be graduated and marked as stubs. Arstarpool 00:36, September 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually there are 86 proposals currently. Also no offense Arstar, but a fair few are articles created by you. I think you should try getting some of your articles graduated before creating any new ones.
 * On a similar note, personally I am not that bothered by this huge number. Admittedly I used to be like that in the past, but the more I think about it, its better to make sure a few quality articles are added to the TL instead of just rushing through several mediocore ones. If it meets the proposal cue is a little long, so what? This is an active TL, we have more than 20 editors contributing to it. Its a good sign we have so many proposals. Mitro 01:36, September 2, 2010 (UTC)

Modern 'Knights'
Okay now this is probably one of my stranger ideas and I'm not sure what to do with it but it just won't leave me alone so I thought that rather then creating yet another proposal, I'd see what you made of it first. Basically it occurred to me that something like Doomsday is going to lead to some 'interesting' coping strategies. Given the general lawlessness of large areas of the world, I had an idea that someone (or several someones) who was a serious fan of chivalric ideas and imagery before Doomsday gets it into their heads that they have a calling to defend the innocent and for one reason or another (maybe the line between reality and their idea of the age of chivalry gets a bit blurry) establishes a military order to do so. Under 'normal' circumstances that sort of thing would quickly fizzle out but post-Doomsday there are a lot of people desperate for something to believe in and give their lives meaning, and anyone who seems to know what they're doing is going to attract followers, particuarly if they have a decent amount of charisma, so the order starts accumulating members (I see it starting out small, a few armed individuals protecting an isolated community or a travelling group of refugees, and then gradually snowballing) and one way or another it actually works. As I said, it's one of my stranger ideas.Tessitore 15:18, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

Interesting idea. Sounds sort of like the "New York Rangers" militia in Central New York State.

Lordganon 15:31, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

(had to look up the Rangers) Yes, I suppose it's along similar lines. There would be a number of differences though, the first being their motivation. The Rangers are in it to protect their homes, my knights do what they do because they see it as their calling/duty to 'smite the evil doers and defend the innocent'. Plus I see them as being European rather then American. I just need to think of a decent name for them.Tessitore 18:44, September 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * It's a good idea. How about "The Defenders Of The Right" as a name?HAD 18:48, September 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * I think before you think of a name you should think of where they're based. Once you have that you can look at historical groups in that area. Perhaps a resurgence of the Livonian Order in Lithuania/Latvia/Estonia.Oerwinde 19:11, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

Nuclear attack doctrines
I think we've all encountered problems deciding what was and what was not nuked. Could I suggest, as a way of ironing out these issues before they arise, we come up with a likely attack strategy for each side? For instance, we all know that any form of purely military target would have been hit, as would have power supplies, major population centres, and things like major ports and airports. We should also try to deduce what sort of kilotonnage would have been used, and how; I think it's been said that most military sites in the UK were hit with 1kt bombs; how would this change for cities (likewise, would they be a single big bomb or multiple low-yield bombs over a wider area)? And with cities, what size is large enough to merit a hit? 10,000 in the US? 100,000 or more in the UK? Naturally, attack strategy will differ between the two sides. I think that if we, as a community, can determine this, it will likely save us lots of time in future proposals. Fegaxeyl 15:06, September 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * During the Carter presidency Nuclear War doctrine began shifting from MAD to a sort of Winnable nuclear war strategy. Avoiding population centers if they weren't extremely strategically important, etc. Reagan continued this policy. Therefore in the case of nuclear war at this time, the soviets likely would have come out of it better off than the allies. Also, while larger yield bombs were available, lower yield ones were much more common.Oerwinde 16:57, September 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * You have to consider that many cities are strategic targets.HAD 19:46, September 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, but when an alternate target leaves nuking a city redundant, it shouldn't be nuked. For example an industrial target that could be disabled by nuking a power-plant outside the city. Removing the industrial capability without slaughtering the inhabitants. Or if the target has only minor strategic value, such as Calgary's status as a commercial and rail hub. Nuking a city of nearly a million simply so trains can't get through when the major ports have been taken out is overkill. Of course the Soviets didn't follow this doctrine so allied targets such as Calgary would still likely be hit, but similar targets in the USSR would likely have been spared.Oerwinde 16:59, September 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * I doubt that, Oer. Taking out a city is easier then taking out a power plant(anway, I wouldn't see the USSR coming out of a nuclear war any better then the USA)HAD 20:03, September 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * It depends on the facilities. If you can take out five relatively small cities with a single nuke on a shared power station (unlikely, but possible) then there's no reason any sane commander shouldn't. Fegaxeyl 20:10, September 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * What about SIOP? I bet their were plenty of nukes to go around. HAD 22:22, September 11, 2010 (UTC)

Category:1983: Doomsday
Guys this should only be used for primary/fundamental articles, like the and. It shouldn't be used for anything else, especially nation profiles. Mitro 01:19, September 9, 2010 (UTC)

=CURRENT ARTICLE PROPOSALS= Please list any and all current article proposals and their discussion here. If the proposals only involves a specific section of the article, please state that. Also remember to use  when reviewing new articles. To graduate an article, move to have the article graduated and if no one objects the article will be considered canon (see the for more information on this process).

Due to size this discussion is being moved to Talk:Sultanate of Turkey (1983: Doomsday). Mitro 00:59, September 9, 2010 (UTC)

Kingdom of Macedonia
I moved the old discussion to the Macedonia talk page archive. Arstarpool 01:39, September 2, 2010 (UTC)

Are there any other things needed to be fixed before we graduate this? Arstarpool 01:39, September 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, the objection I had about the bunker. It is based on to many assumptions with zero facts. South has already pointed out the prince would survive without it. Any reference to a fictional bunker should be removed. Mitro 01:55, September 2, 2010 (UTC)

Mitro, if you'd look at the page, all references have been removed regarding the bunker. Ownerzmcown 02:56, September 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * Huh, your right, my bad. On another note, the map posted seems to conflict with the map posted on the Greece article. What is the deal on that? Mitro 03:19, September 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * Owner, just fix it quick. Mitro, when he's done lets try to get this graduated quick. Owner's put a lot of work into it, and I think its time he gets his pay. Arstarpool 03:48, September 2, 2010 (UTC)

The Turkey contact dates will have to be adjusted due to issues involving their contact with Greece that would preclude contact with Macedonia.

Lordganon 20:30, September 3, 2010 (UTC)

When should the contact date be, it need to precede the Civil War? Ownerzmcown 21:09, September 3, 2010 (UTC)

Just make your story match the 1994 given in the Turkey article for contact (the voyage), though give 1995 for the trip of the king.

Lordganon 21:43, September 3, 2010 (UTC)

Also needs a map that removes the Serbian parts, or it needs to explain in the article how Macedonia managed to get a big chunk of Serbia from a nation that is far larger and more populous and experienced in warfare. And that needs to happen after 1989.Oerwinde 00:17, September 4, 2010 (UTC)

The understanding at the time was that in the aftermath of 1985, much of Serbia was in chaos. As of yet, the Serbia article doesn't say this, though they should, in part. Heck, my Bulgaria articles have even said that from early on.

Lordganon 17:45, September 4, 2010 (UTC)

The Bulgaria articles mention the collapse of Yugoslavia but not much more than that. The Slovenia, Bosnia, and Croatia articles are better to work from in regards to the status of Serbia.Oerwinde 17:08, September 10, 2010 (UTC)

I am going to revamp the article when I have access to a computer on a regular basis, so please refrain from editing until I do so. Arstarpool 05:11, August 18, 2010 (UTC)

Hows it looking? Better than before? Please do not leave a long comment because it is hard for me to view on the current device I am using but just tell me if you may. Arstarpool 22:27, August 21, 2010 (UTC)

Better, I think, but Erie is still listed as the capital, which is a problem.

Lordganon 23:31, August 21, 2010 (UTC)

How about now? Any objections to graduation? If it is something regarding Erie please don't take it into account because when I have the time I will revamp the Erie part of the article. Arstarpool 23:38, August 21, 2010 (UTC)
 * We take everything into account when graduating. As for Erie, the part of rebuilidng it makes as much sense as Richmond being rebuilt by Virginia. WP is a small survivor state. They do not have the time or resources to commit to rebuilding a city destroyed by a nuclear bomb. Such energy could be spent doing a number of other more important projects. Mitro 18:32, August 23, 2010 (UTC)

With the destruction of Erie, why would WP still be reaching out to Norfolk County across Lake Erie. Also there are still a TON of references that need to be removed. --GOPZACK 18:38, August 23, 2010 (UTC)

You are acting strange, Zack. First you posted a map that supported my claim that eastern Erie would survive, and then you speak against it.

As for Norfolk County, I will have that still happen, but instead it will happen a couple years later. Arstarpool 23:24, August 28, 2010 (UTC)

I said that some of the outskirts are viable for resettlement in the future because they were not blown away to smithereens.As for Norfolk, if it happens a few years later London will have gotten there first. --GOPZACK 04:38, August 29, 2010 (UTC)

Katanga (1983: Doomsday)
My proposal for a breakaway satate in the former Democratic Republic of the Congo (which I'm assuming fell to pieces following Doomsday).

Yankovic270 19:48, July 25, 2010 (UTC)

Any objections? Arstarpool 21:57, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Gécamines is a state-owned company of Zaire. As soon as Katanga gained independence the company would have no control over its mineral wealth. Nevertheless, a big question is, who is buying their mineral wealth? A landlocked nation can't have access to that many markets. Mitro 23:27, September 1, 2010 (UTC)

Me and JackOfSpades' proposal for a international organization in the Great Lakes region. Arstarpool 01:34, July 26, 2010 (UTC)

Any objections to passing as a stub? Arstarpool 00:13, August 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * Can we get a list of members, that way people don't have to consult the map. Mitro 15:02, August 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * Also London, Pennsylvania and Toledo should become canon first before this is graduated. --GOPZACK 19:00, August 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * I think this proposal might actually conflict with this article: League of the United American States (1983: Doomsday). Mitro 16:03, August 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't think it does. The League of the United American States (1983: Doomsday) was a proposed idea as I recall and hadn't even been foramlly voted on by Superior's Congress. --GOPZACK 16:26, August 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * But that is my point though. The LUAS is a canon article and pretty much seems similar to this current proposal. If the proposal is graduated, than why would this organization even be proposed if Superior was already a member of the UC in 2007? Mitro 21:28, August 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * yeah but, LUAS does not even exist yet its a bill purposed by Harold Duke some right-winger in the Congress of Superior. With that said, I really don't know Superior would be a member now that I think about it. In fact I don't know why the other members would want Superior in it. Superior would dominate all decisions made in the UC. --GOPZACK 03:17, August 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * Arstar became caretaker of Superior, but he may not have been aware of the LUAS (which if I recall correctly was Lahbas' proposal). BrianD 03:49, August 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * Are their any articles he's not a caretaker of? ;) I think your right Lahbas did write that article. --GOPZACK 03:55, August 13, 2010 (UTC)

How does one become a "caretaker" of an article he has not edited? Arstar was appointed to look out for vandalism and "trolls" (which I assume are obnoxious articles offensive and totally irrelevant). I am hard-pressed to keep my own articles updated, much less hop around fixing elements of other folks' articles.

Apart from that, the UC seems workable. It is not the grand scheme to bring the USA back under a new umbrella (an idea I like, by the way). The UC is a locally based organization, and probably would have been founded some time before anyone knew of the LoN. --SouthWriter 04:36, August 13, 2010 (UTC)


 * He asked Lahbas for permission to adopt Superior (and Wisconsin). BrianD 14:57, August 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * Did Lahbas grant him permission? GOPZACK 01:19, August 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * Zack, yes on Wisconsin, no on Superior. The latter was my misunderstanding. I got Lahbas and Superior mixed up with Mjdoch and Celtic Alliance. Lahbas did give Arstar permission to be caretaker of Wisconsin (with a couple of conditions), and Arstar did in fact ask him for Superior. According to their talk pages Lahbas never responded back in regards to Superior. So as far as I can tell, Lahbas is still caretaker for Superior.

Ah, I don't see any radical edits by Arstar on the Superior article so we need not worry about that for now. I still think this alliance can't work with Superior in it. Pennsylvania (if graduated) will be weaker then Arstar's original article, Toledo is in decent shape, Niagara Falls is small and London doesn't have much of an army so Superior would basically run that show with an iron fist. GOPZACK 01:22, August 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * Waitasecond. Oerwinde makes reference to Arstar being caretaker of Superior. http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Arstarpool#Superior.2FOntario.2FCanada.2FSaguenay_War BrianD 18:03, August 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * According to the adoption rules somebody must ask somebody who hasn't edited in three months or more to adopt a page. If the editor does not respond in a week the article is theirs. Other than a few talk page related edits within the three months Lahbas did not edit, meaning that I am the current caretaker of Superior. However I will return it to Lahbas should he request for it to be returned. Arstarpool 03:37, August 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * What do you plan to do with Superior? BrianD 20:55, August 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * While it is true that someone can adopt an unedited article the article cannot be changed based on QSS. However, it can be continued in a different direction from the last chronological reference (new item in "real time" in most cases). It will have to confirm with the histories of other related articles in order to stay viable as well. I suspect that Arstar has no real drastic changes in mind, though. SouthWriter 15:39, August 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * While it is true that someone can adopt an unedited article the article cannot be changed based on QSS. However, it can be continued in a different direction from the last chronological reference (new item in "real time" in most cases). It will have to confirm with the histories of other related articles in order to stay viable as well. I suspect that Arstar has no real drastic changes in mind, though. SouthWriter 15:39, August 28, 2010 (UTC)

Rhodope-Vidin War
Call it the Bulgarian finale. Will be ongoing through the month.

Lordganon 02:20, August 3, 2010 (UTC)

Objections? Arstarpool 00:36, September 2, 2010 (UTC)

It's not done yet.

Lordganon 10:15, September 2, 2010 (UTC)

Article created by Yank and expanded by Ven. Mitro 17:17, August 3, 2010 (UTC)

Any objections to graduating this now? Arstarpool 00:36, September 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Seems a little optimistic. Many of these countries have fought wars with each other in recent history. For some many to cooperate so quickly seems unlikely. Mitro 01:39, September 2, 2010 (UTC)

Article created by Yank. Mitro 17:17, August 3, 2010 (UTC)

Article created by Jnjaycpa. Mitro 17:17, August 3, 2jec010 (UTC)

Article created by Yank. Mitro 17:17, August 3, 2010 (UTC)

Article created by Caeruleus. Mitro 17:17, August 3, 2010 (UTC)

Article created by Oer. Mitro 17:17, August 3, 2010 (UTC)

Any objections? Arstarpool 23:21, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * Lianyungang, a city of 4 million, appears to be a pretty important city to China. Wouldn't it been destroyed on Doomsday? Mitro 00:50, September 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * I personally am surprised China got hit as bad as it did.Oerwinde 09:40, September 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well the Soviets probably wanted to knock out China from being able to attack them if they got into a war with the US. Exactly what targets that plan would entail is still guess work. Mitro 01:01, September 9, 2010 (UTC)

Article created by Yank. Mitro 17:17, August 3, 2010 (UTC)

Article created by Yank. Mitro 17:17, August 3, 2010 (UTC)

List articles


I have a concern regarding the article dealing with National Historic Landmarks in Virginia. Several of those listed were located in Richmond, VA and likely destroyed along with the city on Doomsday. I mentioned it previously, but I noted they are still there. When this article is canonized, I believe this part should be accordingly adjusted. --Fxgentleman 04:46, August 4, 2010 (UTC)

So do I. I like Yank, but his insistence on Richmond having survived is almost as bad as Owen's perpetual attempts to retroactively save Manchester, England. BrianD 01:36, August 19, 2010 (UTC)

I adjusted it so that Richmond was struck, but with a non-nuclear ICBM. I altered the page to make the landmarks in Richmond reconstructions of the originals.

Yankovic270 14:52, August 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * Richmond is too important of a target to not be nuked. We have been over this almost as much as Manchester with Owen. Mitro 04:03, August 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * At least Owen's proposals are amusing. Can we by any chance add that Richmond VA & Manchester UK were hit by nukes to the QSS and QAA and the . --GOPZACK 04:08, August 25, 2010 (UTC)

Article created by Caeruleus. Mitro 17:17, August 3, 2010 (UTC)

Former obsolete article revived by Yank. Mitro 17:17, August 3, 2010 (UTC)

Any objections? Arstarpool 00:36, September 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * There is still a lot of discussion going on in this region. What do Vlad, Lordganon, Caer and Owner have to say on this article? Mitro 01:41, September 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * It doesn`t mesh with canon. The Croatia article doesn`t have Serbia declaring independence from Yugoslavia, and it has it annex Kosovo and Montenegro prior to the dates in the article. Since Vlad seems to be dealing with most of former Yugoslavia aside from Macedonia, I say let him have a go at fleshing it out first.Oerwinde 08:03, September 2, 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, it makes no sense for them to be declaring independence.

The region should also be made more chaotic, especially in the areas near Bulgaria.

Going to have to make the Macedonian expansion northward plausible somehow too.

Would make Macedonian interference in the Sicily War much less likely too.

Lordganon 23:10, September 2, 2010 (UTC)

Former stub expanded on by Yank. Mitro 17:17, August 3, 2010 (UTC)

Any objections? Arstarpool 00:36, September 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * What about the Sri Lankan Civil War? What happened to the Tigers? Doomsday probably would have made things go better for them. We could see a divided Sri Lanka. Mitro 01:45, September 2, 2010 (UTC)

Article created by BSE. Mitro 17:17, August 3, 2010 (UTC)

Article created by Bob. Mitro 17:17, August 3, 2010 (UTC)

I did my research, and this is actually Bob's grandfather who died in OTL, but somehow managed to survive irridation and starvation. Arstarpool 23:39, August 3, 2010 (UTC)


 * Admit it, Arstarpool, the "research" was the talk page where Bob revealed to Mitro who William had been. As long as William was alive on Doomsday, his life could have gone any number of ways. This could include escaping whatever it was that killed him in OTL. If William died of heart disease, then the more austere life after DD may have improved his diet and excercise. If he died of cancer, life style changes might have prevented the cancer from developing as well. The fact that anyone escaped destruction means that it could be just that, ANY ONE


 * I say develope it, Bob. You've got the start of it on the East Britain page. SouthWriter 01:25, August 28, 2010 (UTC)

Because this man is my grandfather, I know the intimacies of the causes of his death. He was a farmer and a successful one at that. He died because of a combination of a tumour which developed in his face because of long term chemical use and a small stroke. My idea was that due to Doomsday, he continued to farm, providing for his community. As East Britain expanded, it took control of farms and made them state controlled. At this point my Grandad stood up for farmer's rights and moved from the agricultural field to the political one, all the time calling out for farmers rights. He grew to be a prominent politician and helped form the Agricultural Party. Because of this move from the fields to the political battlefield, the exposure to chemicals that would one day kill him is dramatically reduced, though small cancers would trouble him for the rest of his life. I know that toward the end he may have appeared pathetic but this was just the drugs. He was a strong man with a strong will to fight. Also as you say South, the more austere life leads to his heart being healthier, rendering the stroke that would be the slippery slope to death null. This means he still a fit and strong man now, in fact even more so. Though not leader of the Agricultural Party, he was a strong voice on the National Council and his political ideas about agricultural redistribution lead to a proliferation of jobs as young mean and women served their 'National Service' not in the Guardsmen but in the fields. His popularity as food became an exportable product and wealth flowed into East Britains coffers ultimately lead to his election as King of East Britain. Bob 11:01, August 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * With all that information, you need only move it to the article in an organized fashion and the article can be on its way to graduation. --SouthWriter 15:58, August 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * I just think making your grandfather king and you a prince is not the right choice. How about making him a chancellor of East Britain? But a king? And you a prince? I am sorry but not only is it not plausible, but unfair. If I said I wanted my cousin the new Queen of Spain, or my aunt the Eternal President of Singapore, or my dad the King of Kentucky, or my great-uncle the new Dictator of Cuba, it would be shouted down, but making him have a temporary seat of power as a prime minister would be much more plausible. Arstarpool 22:46, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * If you can find a plausible reason why your cousin should be the new Queen of Spain, or your aunt the Eternal President of Singapore, or your father the King of Kentucky, or your great-uncle the new Dictator of Cuba I'll support it. --GOPZACK 01:04, September 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Will do Zack. Arstarpool 01:32, September 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * But anyways does anybody else think it is implausible to make your grandfather king? At best I think he could be chancellor or some other seat of power but I doubt they would make him king. Arstarpool 01:32, September 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * The English love the monarchy Arstar. GOPZACK 02:05, September 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Though it is odd that a farmer would be elected t head the new nation, and then to be proclaimed king, it is not without precedent. After the American revolution, before the constitution, there were those who wanted to make George Washington king. It could have worked, and a decendant of Robert E. Lee might be king of America. Let Bob's grandad have his day. It does not hurt the time line and it is a possible scenario. SouthWriter 04:21, September 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * The English love the monarchy Arstar. GOPZACK 02:05, September 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Though it is odd that a farmer would be elected t head the new nation, and then to be proclaimed king, it is not without precedent. After the American revolution, before the constitution, there were those who wanted to make George Washington king. It could have worked, and a decendant of Robert E. Lee might be king of America. Let Bob's grandad have his day. It does not hurt the time line and it is a possible scenario. SouthWriter 04:21, September 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Though it is odd that a farmer would be elected t head the new nation, and then to be proclaimed king, it is not without precedent. After the American revolution, before the constitution, there were those who wanted to make George Washington king. It could have worked, and a decendant of Robert E. Lee might be king of America. Let Bob's grandad have his day. It does not hurt the time line and it is a possible scenario. SouthWriter 04:21, September 2, 2010 (UTC)

Besides, Bermuda has pretty much the same thing. An elected official who beocmes popular enough to be selected as king.

Yankovic270 00:47, September 8, 2010 (UTC)

Article created by BSE. Mitro 17:17, August 3, 2010 (UTC)

Article by me and Sunkist and Zack. It will be the result of a unification between First Coast, South Florida and Gainesville. Arstarpool 20:45, August 9, 2010 (UTC)

Any objections to stubby-ness? Arstarpool 20:45, August 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Pretty much I'm restating the same reasons that I had above. Mitro 21:18, August 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * The nation-state of First Coast (East Florida) is itself still a proposal, not having proven its own viability. The date you give for South Florida joining up is in 1996. I am pretty sure you mean 2010. Before you run headlong into this reunification, let's see if you can make First Coast work first. Meanwhile, let's change "Gainseville" back to "North Florida" (Sunkist - formerly known as Perryz - is back and he's the reason Zack changed the name).
 * I haven't researched East Florida, though it looks okay in concept. A balkanized Florida, like a balkanized Texas, does not make sense. Therefore, once we have established "East Florida," we can work on pulling them together, but I think the capital should be in Gainesville (a split capital really isn't necessary). SouthWriter 02:04, August 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * I am of the opinion that a balkanized Texas does make sense, at least in the aftermath of Doomsday. The size of Texas, combined with the number of nuclear strikes on State, makes it likely that Texas would split.HAD 18:33, August 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well any objections now? All three member states are canon now. Arstarpool 02:55, September 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well any objections now? All three member states are canon now. Arstarpool 02:55, September 3, 2010 (UTC)

All three are canon indeed but this is rushing unification of the Florida states. They need to have more stable roadways to interconnect the three nations. I support unification but this is all happening way too fast. Maybe sometime around 2015. --GOPZACK 03:14, September 3, 2010 (UTC)

That is way to late and all of us will most likely be gone by then. I chose 2011 because it is far enough away and unification has been a planned thing since the 90's. And actually, couldn't they be an "exclave nation", a nation with no access by land but all share sea access? Nevertheless I will make a couple of modifications to the date so that they all unify at the same time. Arstarpool 03:19, September 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * We must stick to plausibility we may not be here in five years but he have to keep this timeline in good shape for the next "generation" of contributors. An exclave nation would not work in this environment. In Texas reunification works because the nations are almost beside each other, the three Florida's are spread out and in three separate corners. Maybe a partial reunification could work. --GOPZACK 03:35, September 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * Was thinking about Ocala, 93 Highway, would of Gainesville visted them?, in fact its quite large, wouldent it become some type of city state?--Sunkist- 03:42, September 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * Ocala is only 30 miles south on Fla. 93 ( I - 75 ), so there is no reason why the two cities could not have not only known of each other, but Ocala could have been a city of North Florida. If so it would probably be the southernmost town or city of North Florida. Highway 93 Conecting_Florida.png/or I-75 take turns toward bombed areas somewhere south of Ocala, though. The roads east out of Gainesville sneak between bombed out areas to conect to both St. Augustine and Daytona Beach. If we wanted to put the capital in a centrally located city, Lakeland, a small town which had to deal with refugees from both Tampa and Orlando, would be the best choice. It is about equidistant between Gainevile, Daytona and Ft. Myers (junction of state highway 35 and I-4), but may have suffered as being isolated and overwhelmed. It's survivors probably ended up in South Florida, but some would have certainly gone north towards Ocala.
 * To the right is a map showing the probable roads used between the states.
 * To the right is a map showing the probable roads used between the states.

Guyana Esequiba War
War mentioned at the Guyana Co-Operativa article

any objection to graduation ? VENEZUELA 17:09, August 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * Why so soon, is there really no plans to expand on it? Mitro 02:24, August 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Surely this condtricts canon? The borders of the Co-Operative have been set for along time. I know that Venezuela has a claim on Guyana territory, but I doubt they would act in the immediate aftermath of Doomsday.HAD 19:16, August 26, 2010 (UTC)

It has actually long been canon that this attack occurred, just not advertised much. Check out the article of the co-operative.

Lordganon 08:18, August 28, 2010 (UTC)

Caucasus Emirate
About crazy, Islamic state in the Caucasus, tiny but claims many lands that are not from them. VENEZUELA 17:09, August 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * We need more ideas like these. Although it's not yet filled in I like it so far. Arstarpool 04:53, August 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * So Ven would you say this is a theocratic city state? --GOPZACK 16:26, August 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * yes. VENEZUELA 17:31, August 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * Why is the Emirate claiming Ossetia and Abkhazia? They are not Muslim. Fedelede 22:16, September 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * Ossetia have a small muslim population, and Abkhazia has also a small muslim population. VENEZUELA 19:55, September 11, 2010 (UTC)

Duchy of Lancaster
An English survivor nation in the county of Lancashire. Just an introduction so far, I'll add more once I'm sure I'm not stepping on anyone's toes.Tessitore 17:48, August 18, 2010 (UTC)

I am glad to see another survivor community in Lancashire in my article it was originally thought Manchester was hit by 2 nukes but the nukes malfunctioned saving the city--Owen1983 23:07, August 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * Owen, I believe that you've already been informed on a number of occasions that Manchester is toast in this timeline. Learn to take a hint will you. Tessitore 23:16, August 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Owen, Manchester is gone. G.O.N.E. H-Bombs tend to do that to cities. HAD 08:20, August 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * Just so you know, I'd really appreciate getting some feedback on what I've done so far. I've been careful but I'm pretty sure I've made some sort of mistake and if I have I'd prefer to correct it as early as possible.Tessitore 16:57, September 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * Just so you know, I'd really appreciate getting some feedback on what I've done so far. I've been careful but I'm pretty sure I've made some sort of mistake and if I have I'd prefer to correct it as early as possible.Tessitore 16:57, September 3, 2010 (UTC)

I've gone over it for you, and corrected what spelling, grammar, etc. errors I could find.

I shortened the Pre-DD history for you, it contained much that didn't seem relevant, though I'll leave it up to you if you want that kept.

Also added a nation-box, have fun with it.

Really, about the only thing is that it's full of bullets. Those should be made into paragraphs.

Lordganon 08:17, September 4, 2010 (UTC)

I've added sections on contact with other nations, the name change, and politics. The last is currently rather boring (not to mention that the current ruling party is Labour *pulls a face*, although I suppose that they could be less of a disaster in TTL) so if anyone has any suggestions in that department share away. More importantly, is it ready for graduation yet and if not then what needs adding?Tessitore 19:31, September 11, 2010 (UTC)

I plan it to be a sort of rump state comprised of the remnants of the US Military and initially the US's Atlantic territories until eventually it begins to deteriorate until it is comprised of two or three small islands in the present day. It will be kind of a mix between the APA and the CRUSA. Arstarpool 02:08, August 21, 2010 (UTC)
 * I left my comments on the talk page. Mitro 04:18, August 21, 2010 (UTC)
 * I must be high if I'm asking this but are there any objections? Arstarpool 01:41, September 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Um...yeah. There is still no way there would be an American presence in Guantanamo. It would either fall to the Cubans, or be abandoned and then fall to the Cubans. The idea that they would be bailed out by the ECF makes little sense. Even I doubt the ECF nations have that large of a navy to provide proper support. Furthermore Guantanamo would mean nothing for the Confederation. Mitro 01:51, September 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * I thought my email picked up all these notes. It's been 5 days and I did not get a notice of this. Anyway, our discussions on the USAR talk page make it clear that the consensus is against this idea as is. The main beef is the holding of the base at Guantanamo. Originally, Gitmo was to be a territory of South Florida, but that got shot down. So then it became the fortified capital of America in a hostile land at war with them (America having bombed them with two Nukes!) I am sure the command would have come to get out of there soon after the accidental firing of the missiles. The idea of the Remnant, though, need not die. Such military support in the Caribbean would be a blessing to the American diaspora. SouthWriter 23:41, September 7, 2010 (UTC)

Food
I've started a page on this, since if there's a page on what people are drinking then there should really be one on what they're eating.Tessitore 20:35, August 22, 2010 (UTC)

Any objections?
 * So much of it is not even finished. Give Tess some time to work. Mitro 01:52, September 2, 2010 (UTC)

Neonotia (New South)
SouthWriter's proposal for a nation-state in OTL southern Alabama and Georgia, with former President Carter involved. BrianD 17:41, August 26, 2010 (UTC)

The name is kind of wierd, kind of something you would see in the original Map Games, but the details are okay I guess. Arstarpool 23:19, August 28, 2010 (UTC)

Wales
A survivor republic based in southeast Wales. Jnjaycpa 17:53, August 28, 2010 (UTC)

Second Empire of Trabzon
I have just completed an article on the Second Empire of Trabzon, a now-extinct monarchy in post-Doomsday Turkey that was extinguished by the Sultanate of Turkey in 2009. It claims to be the (nominal) successor to the original Greek Empire of Trebizond based in modern Trabzon, Turkey. --Emperor of Trebizond 19:44, August 28, 2010 (UTC)

Looks fine, but graduation will have to wait until the Sultanate is graduated.

Lordganon 00:55, August 29, 2010 (UTC)

Greek Revival
So with Mr. Xeight's permission me and Lordganon have been filling out Greece including doing some articles on the various states that made up the confederation before it was unified at the end of last year.
 * Agion Oros (1983: Doomsday)
 * Cyprus (1983: Doomsday)
 * Heptanesa (1983: Doomsday)
 * Dodecanese Republic (1983: Doomsday)
 * Morea (1983: Doomsday)
 * Hellenic Republic (1983: Doomsday)
 * Cyrenaica (1983: Doomsday)
 * Delian League (1983: Doomsday)
 * Thrace Reclamation Zone (1983: Doomsday)
 * Kemet (1983: Doomsday)

We'll be filling these out for the next little while as well as expanding on the existing greece article. I'll put up the article for greek egypt once I get it started.Oerwinde 23:06, August 29, 2010 (UTC)

Can I work on Cyprus and Hellenic Republic? Arstarpool 23:10, August 29, 2010 (UTC)

They're both already being worked on. Mr.Xeight 01:21, August 30, 2010 (UTC)

Me, Oer, and Xeight have them all covered. This includes Thrace as well, even if I didn't end up making it last night.

(edit - that's made now too)

Lordganon 05:46, August 30, 2010 (UTC)

Ok, Kemet(greek egypt) is up too. Oerwinde 07:04, August 31, 2010 (UTC)

Well which ones are ready to be graduated? Arstarpool 00:36, September 2, 2010 (UTC)

Only Kemet and Cyprus can be called close.

Lordganon 10:20, September 2, 2010 (UTC)

I think Flag of Greece is ready for grad. I really didn't even think it necessary to mark as a proposal since all it contained was the flags of the states within the Greek Federation. Still needs Thrace, but its flag hasn't been decided yet.Oerwinde 08:07, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

It's up now. Went with your new version, Oer.

Flag of Greece can be graduated.

Lordganon 14:49, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

Oh, you guys, none of the articles have to be called proposals. Because the Confederation of Greece was graduated (what seems to be) years ago, and thus all of the states and territories with it, all of this stuff is just expanding on what's already been here for (what feels like) years. All you guys did was finally create articles for things long considered canon, that's all. Mr.Xeight 16:45, September 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * I agree the Flag of Greece article can be graduated, but I still think all of the other sub articles should go through the process. It is only fair. Mitro 17:20, September 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * I agree. The proposal process is there to let us improve our articles. Some things on here were graduated too fast and it led to problems later. Oerwinde 20:23, September 6, 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, the proposal process needs to be doen for these, even if they are effectively canon.

Lordganon 13:53, September 7, 2010 (UTC)

That may just about do it for Heptanesa. Thoughts?

Lordganon 10:32, September 10, 2010 (UTC)

The Republic of Indiana
Nation located in the former state of Indiana. Thanks to all who helped .--Sunkist- 04:39, August 30, 2010 (UTC)

Could we maybe pass this now, or is there anymore things to talk over to get this moved along?--Sunkist- 18:40, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

Just remove more of the south of the state and it'll be good.

Why?, clearly it talks about how Indiana refuses to expand outside of the state, Terre Haute and Richmond also control the counties south of them.--Sunkist- 00:58, September 6, 2010 (UTC)

Anything else?--Sunkist- 01:52, September 6, 2010 (UTC)

Could we pass this now, or is there anything else I need to explain :D?--Sunkist- 16:38, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * It still just seems to optimistically large. One of the reasons the original version of this article wasn't graduated was because of its size, now nothing seems to have changed. Mitro 17:22, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * I could always get a bigger map, show all of Kentucky and Virginian Republic. Indiana has been growing for the last 14 years, and if you look at the history, you would see that Terre Haute, Fort Waye, Anderson, Richmond, Lafayette kept order in the nearby counties.--Sunkist- 19:35, September 6, 2010 (UTC) I agree with Mitro and the south of the stater is claimed by the

Commonwealth of Kentucky (1983: Doomsday) --Owen1983 20:00, September 6, 2010 (UTC)

Owen, The Republic Indiana doesen't claim Southern Indiana. Let me explain this, we are in 2010, this happend in 1983....Indiana has been doing the same as Kentucky, expanding.--Sunkist- 20:41, September 6, 2010 (UTC)

Anything else?--Sunkist- 00:50, September 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * First off Sunkist, you list Fort Wayne as a city of this Republic, and yet it is already canon that it is destroyed. Furthermore, the argument that "other states are large as well" is a poor one. Just because there might be some survivor states larger than others does not mean proposals have a pass to be overly large.
 * Furthermore the history section could be expanded. It stops in 1987, what happens in the next 23 years? Also I just think with the devestation visited to the Chicago metro area, the Republic would have even less land in northwest Indiana than what you gave them originally.
 * Finally this whole article seems to contradict the article. In that article we see a Superior expedition in 1991 arriving in Indiana and here is what was said about their visit: "In former Indiana, the expedition came across several nomadic clans that traveled over most of the Midwest, and were told that there were many such groups both South and West of their current location." How does your article make sense if another older canon article stated that Indiana had nomadic clans but no mention of a large state covering its northern half?
 * IMO, this article just does not work. I think we have reached the tipping point of large organized states in the former US. Maybe some of the communities that make up the Republic can work as individual communities who might in the present be trying to form a united state to prevent Kentucky expansion, but as is now this article does not work. Mitro 01:06, September 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well clearly, if you look at the Indiana page you would see that the downtown area was destroyed, this image is of a building in the far reaches of Fort Wayne, If you look at the map you will see I've cut off the Gary Metro area, Also over the Superior, Where in Indiana is this, indeed South Bend became nomadic people, and if you also look Toledo also has a part of Northern Indiana, how far did Superior go into Indiana?.--Sunkist- 01:25, September 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * If downtown Fort Wayne was destroyed, I doubt the people of the people surrounding it would stick around a nuked crater. The town would be abandoned. Furthermore, the nomads would have no doubt traveled widely. They should have heard of a large survivor state that took up half of the former state and mention that to the Superiorins. I also did see that you cut off the Gary Metro area, but I don't think you cut enough. The fallout and refugees from Chicago would wipe out most of the area, especially when you can jump on I-90 and I-80. Mitro 01:33, September 7, 2010 (UTC)

Here's a map I made that corrects the border/territorial claims of Kentucky and reduces the size of Indiana. --GOPZACK 01:31, September 7, 2010 (UTC)

Bloomington was destroyed Zack, I would think Bloomington would of been the leading out point for Kentucky's expodition forces into Northern Indiana, And I'll cut more off from gary. Also about the Nomads, why haven't they been to Toledo, this entire thing about the nomads is alittle bit flipsy. And about Fort Wayne the Indiana page talks about a small low-yeild impact, which would of made a very small crater which would of been rushed in by the nearby rivers water.


 * Ah Bloomington was not destroyed, It was a city state until it was annexed by Kentucky. --GOPZACK 01:56, September 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * "along with the Crane Army Ammunition Activity plant in Crane (about 20 miles southwest of Bloomington)" from the Indiana page, it indeed was destroyed, according to the Indiana page.[Edit[ Your right Zack, pardon me.--Sunkist- 01:58, September 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * No problem. --GOPZACK 02:10, September 7, 2010 (UTC)



The Dump was destroyed but Bloomington survived as a city state. --GOPZACK 02:07, September 7, 2010 (UTC)

Second map, was really hoping that Terre Haute could be kept by Indiana and same with Richmond, Ive cut off the top of Northern Indiana.--Sunkist- 02:21, September 7, 2010 (UTC)



Imperial Chinese State
Can anybody help me find an heir to the Chinese throne that I can use in an article I am going to make? Arstarpool 00:12, August 30, 2010 (UTC)

I did some digging earlier when trying to come up with a Chinese revival of the monarchy. I believe the current heir was a member of the People's Liberation Army stationed in what becomes the Uyghur Socialist Republic.Oerwinde 00:45, August 30, 2010 (UTC)

Would it be ok if I wrote that he was banished into the Chinese wastelands, since the Soviets aren't the biggest fans of monarchy, and managed to establish a small control sphere or an empire-in-exile? Arstarpool 00:53, August 30, 2010 (UTC)+

He was a communist. I doubt he would want to. He was also a technician in the army, so he probably doesn't even have the leadership or combat ability to carve himself an empire.Oerwinde 01:00, August 30, 2010 (UTC)

Maybe he could be part of the People's Kingdom! Heres my idea: Him and some PLAs could try to revolt against the Soviets and get banished, and get picked up on the other side of China by Jiangsu. If not I could use him for Taiwan-China as a political figure or a supporter of "The One China".Arstarpool 01:16, August 30, 2010 (UTC) In 1983 this guy would have been the heir Yuyan Mind you at the time he was working as a road sweeper in Beijing so he would have died on Doomsday. His eldest son, the guy Oerwinde was talking about is Hengzhen Verence71 18:32, August 30, 2010 (UTC)
 * You could definately have some banished PLA members going from Uyghuristan, as that is already a part of the history of that former country.--Vladivostok 08:53, August 30, 2010 (UTC)

So Oer do you think it would be plausible to have him in the People's Kingdom? If not, I will give him a small area of control elsewhere with his banished army. Arstarpool 23:00, August 31, 2010 (UTC)

I think Jiangsu is too far away for him to have made his way all the way there. Its opposite ends of the country. Also, if he's going to be king of anything, he's going to be a puppet king. He's a projectionist and member of a communist army, not really monarch material. If you're going to do something with him keep that in mind.Oerwinde 08:26, September 3, 2010 (UTC)

Bosnia
A continuation of my work in the Balkans.--Vladivostok 08:53, August 30, 2010 (UTC)
 * I think I've pretty much alleviated all concerns regarding the article, any objections to making the article canon?--Vladivostok 17:38, September 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * I guess my only issue is with the economy section. How much tourism is Bosnia really getting? Mitro 20:17, September 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, not a whole lot, it's just that most of the industry in the territory that was left has been destroyed by the war, and since there isn't a whole lot of foreign investment going on, tourism is really the only other thing that could produce some source of income. So, not much really, most likely just the outlaying countries. It is still very much a poor country.--Vladivostok 20:28, September 10, 2010 (UTC)

Article on the state. Arstarpool 00:47, September 1, 2010 (UTC)

Article on the state. Open for adoption. Arstarpool 21:35, September 1, 2010 (UTC)

Auburn, Alabama
So what happened in the Alabama college town, and site of a provisional state government post-DD? An article to expand on what has been written as canon in the New Montgomery and 2009 WCRB report on the southern United States articles (I'm giving Charles Barkley to South if he wants him for the Neonotia article) --BrianD 03:17, September 1, 2010 (UTC)

Article mentioned in the New York State page. Also mentions a whole bunch of other small lake communities too. Arstarpool 04:40, September 1, 2010 (UTC)

Any objections? Arstarpool 04:40, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Why so soon, you just created it. Give people a chance to read it first. Mitro 14:50, September 1, 2010 (UTC)

Article I made and Zack wanted to work on it. Arstarpool 04:40, September 1, 2010 (UTC)

Article by Trebizond. Arstarpool 04:40, September 1, 2010 (UTC)

Just a hole-filler. Any objections to immediate graduation? Arstarpool 04:40, September 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * I'd change the name, "Alaska State" just sounds kind of awkward. --GOPZACK 05:13, September 1, 2010 (UTC)

Matlock
A small survivor state in Derbyshire. Basically a pre-Industrial Revolution Las Vegas. Fegaxeyl 11:12, September 4, 2010 (UTC)

An article by Oerwinde. Don't dismiss it by the title, its actually rather plausible. --GOPZACK 17:08, September 4, 2010 (UTC)

Its a joke right? Arstarpool 08:02, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

Originally yes, but I might try to develop it a bit more. Up the pop a bit, no more than a hundred or so though in a small walled commune.Oerwinde 08:04, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

But just to clarify it, this is not a page we are going to be seeing on the World Country Profiles riiiite? Besides that its pretty halarious but I think some people are taking it a tad seriously as evidenced on its talk page. Arstarpool 08:37, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

Well if its plausible, why the hell not? It is unrecognized though, and would likely be annexed if some sort of actual state entered the picture.Oerwinde 08:53, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

It is a pretty plausible idea, as a matter of fact.HAD 18:38, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

I am looking forward to New York been mentioned in 1983DD --Owen1983 19:27, September 6, 2010 (UTC)

Private Response and Military Defense Services
A private mercenary organization in the military field formed after Doomsday.--Emperor of Trebizond 01:24, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

I hate to say it but it's not really plausible for this sort of community project. An army fleeing to a small island and turning it into a fortress with spotlights and such? Defending from who? Being hired by who? For what purpose? I'm sorry but its a tad, um, unfit for this sort of thing. Arstarpool 08:34, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

There are such real organizations in the world. Who? For What Purpose? Defending it from who? The small island you described is just barely large enough it can be used for this. Besides, it's not one army, but ex-soldier survivors looking for a job that were brought together by someone whose fortune was generally unaffected by Doomsday. See the talk page for more. --Emperor of Trebizond 12:10, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

You don't understand. There is nobody except the Australians and the South Americans that had fortunes after Doomsday. Trade collapsed, and with it order, so there would be no jobs for a long, long time. You can't just keep things vague like "they meet under the table" in this sort of thing. Everything needs reason. And there are not such"real organizations" in the world. Sure, there are the New York Rangers, but they were founded on practicality Arstarpool 19:11, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

How do you contact the most prestigious and the best law firms and banks on the planet? Does that have a reason? No, it's awfully vague. You have to have a lot of money, and many important people contact such organizations "under the table". Investors in Australia and South America could have private reasons for funding the PRMDS.--Emperor of Trebizond 16:30, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

Arstarpool, you're comparing two very different things. The SAC and ANZC are nations. The PRMDS is a corporation. Corporations are a dimension we've failed to explore thus far on this timeline. Just because nations collapse doesn't mean corporations would also collapse, and the same goes with how prosperous they are. Many corporations, pre-Doomsday, were well equipped, wealthy, and highly connected. It's very possible that several large, multinational corporations would survive Doomsday relatively intact and be able to reorganize post-Doomsday. Or, another way to look at this is that the post-Doomsday world is a survival of the fittest world. The stronger you are, the wealthier you are. The PRMDS would be formed from various military groups that survived Doomsday, were well trained, and kept their equipment. At first, they would be glorified raiders, but later on, once the states of the Black Sea became interconnected with the rest of the world, they would become a legitimate mercenary force with global reach. Caeruleus 16:39, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

I'm really impressed. That sums up my concept of the PRMDS flawlessly.--Emperor of Trebizond 17:35, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

The SAC is not a nation for one, and neither of you have read enough and don't fully understand how everything works. There aren't investors in the northern hemisphere, where buisness is still at a very basic. Exceptions would be the Celts or the Alpines or the Siberians or maybe even the Nordics but they aren't going to be funding a private militia because they need dirty work done or something. World travel as you portray it is not how it really is, so they would not be launching missions across the world. This "world" isn't how ours is minus the US and Europe and the Soviets, its a world where you can find a degree of normalcy in the Pacific and South America and pretty much everywhere else is struggling at the moment including places like the Alpine Confederation and the Celtic Alliance and Canada and Siberia. If this was reorganized and renamed into something of a local militia it would be more plausible.

The worst part is is that you speak of nations that aren't part of the timeline yet, the Turkey page is still a proposal and isn't going anywhere for a looong time...so this page would remain a proposal until Elazig and Turkey are graduated. Arstarpool 19:11, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

What does it matter that your opinion that this would remain a proposal until Elazig and Turkey are graduated? I haven't a problem with that. The PRMDS could've been planned before Doomsday but significantly affected by the results of Doomsday, which made it by far a more possible, attractive, and plausible venture by whoever planned it. They can travel locally to the East or to the West (Furthest to Africa and furthest west to Central Asia). Limited range, but more than enough within that to keep them busy.--Emperor of Trebizond 19:46, September 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * I know the SAC is a collection of nations, but it fits into the same category. You're also misinterpreting what this is. This isn't a typical pre-Doomsday corporation that you just go and "invest" in. A more apt comparison would be to the Knights Templar or Knights of Rhodes. These were wealthy, independent, private mercenary organizations that had large amounts of capital and small amounts of territory in which they are based, similar to the PRMDS. They don't need people to invest in them. They acquire their own funds, or, in a post-Doomsday world, simply obtain success in survival which essential means they pay for themselves because in eastern Europe, financial systems broke down post-Doomsday so the typical dynamics of a money-based economy would not apply to as great of an extent.


 * Also, you vastly overestimate the necessary level of stability for this to be plausible. The Alpines, ANZC, SAC, Nordics, Celts, Siberians, Koreans and Japanese are all stable enough. They don't need to be prosperous to be able to pay for mercenaries. African warlords OTL are able to pay for mercenaries, and we all know how poor and unstable they are. The chaos of eastern Europe actually provides a ripe enviroment for them to develop because, like I said, they could start off as glorified bandits, grow wealthy through pillaging, and establish a semi-legitimate international operation by the late 2000s. This article is plausible, though they may not be deploying to Africa until the late 2000s. Caeruleus 19:52, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

Arstarpool has a thing about rushing articles through quickly so don't feel like you have to hurry. I defiantly think this article can work. After Doomsday there would be a lot of "guns for hire" popping up around the world. Also in the anarchy who says they need money? they could raid an armory get all the weapons they need. I'll try not get too philosophical here but money in the post Doomsday world is just pieces of paper. Major currencies would collapse on the commodities market (or whats left of it) and food, water and other necessities would become the new currency. Perhaps now that the situation has stabilized the ANZC Dollar or the currency of South America might appeal to them but initially its the necessities of life that ruled the day. GOPZACK 19:54, September 5, 2010 (UTC)

Why don't they use the already existing ruins and temples as bases? That would be more practical then demolishing them (which would be pretty hard post-Doomsday) and building new bases when materials would be scarse. Or they could build using ruins as foundations into new structures. Arstarpool 03:36, September 6, 2010 (UTC)

I suppose those temples would be small, ruined, and in their way, probably too unstable to use for much. They seem to be in pretty bad shape--the product of thousands of years..But I've seen remote ruins turned into secure monasteries before, so it wouldn't surprise me. It could also be a waste of explosive. I think I will probably consider this idea.--Emperor of Trebizond 09:35, September 6, 2010 (UTC)

Page created by Michael Douglas 03:22, September 6, 2010 (UTC)

I don't know about this one, guys what do you think? I really doubt they would decide to stay in Antarctica and anybody there probably starve or search refuge elsewhere. Arstarpool 04:09, September 6, 2010 (UTC)

Really sounds kinda implausible.

Lordganon 18:10, September 6, 2010 (UTC)

No offense but there is pretty much no way this can work in this timeline. So should we mark it obsolete? Arstarpool 22:43, September 6, 2010 (UTC)

A few leaders could convince people to stay there, seeing as they just found out there had been a nuclear war. Plus, many people thought and still think that the entire world wouldn't survive a nuclear war. Antartica may be the only survivor if we have a nuclear war. I think that they could survive. Its possible that a small number would at least. I mean, they can fish, they have snow for water, they have rations to prevent scurvy until they get enough soil for a small crop in the summer. Nuclear summer happened, so it got a little warmer, and they had the seeds from the ships rations. Still, I can see your objections, and people would have to be exceptionally resourceful.Michael Douglas 00:53, September 7, 2010 (UTC)

But by warmer, it means like 10-25 degrees, which, no offense, would not change anything. I guess the article could be something like a temporary hideout until maybe the late 80's when explorers confirmed that South America or Australia survived. If Soviet Cosmonauts managed to return to Earth I think these guys could easily travel to South America. But a nation, or even a present-day territory would not work. New Britain, a nation in this timeline maintains a small town of 150 permanent residents in Antartica, but it is the result of re-settlement of British Antarctica and needing constant resupply. Or maybe it can be the result of a nation attempting to reestablish its presence in Antartica by at least 2011 or 2012, but you'll have to consult the authors of the articles. Arstarpool 02:12, September 7, 2010 (UTC)

True enough. I don't think it would work with the naming of the article (I don't see any Russian survivor nation being received to friendly by the international community, especially if they are colonizing a previously unclaimable territory which is already rather contested). I think that the main idea behind Keslov, which is people taking to the sea to survive and what happens to those already at sea when the nukes hit, may have to be moved. Hudson Bay is the only other place it MIGHT work, maybe Nunavut...anyway, I think it would be fair to consider Keslov obsolete, so ya, I second the Obsolete motion.Michael Douglas 01:03, September 8, 2010 (UTC)

If you want I can make it work for you. Arstarpool 01:08, September 8, 2010 (UTC)

Another by Owen. This may have some promise. --GOPZACK 22:55, September 6, 2010 (UTC)

Owen tells me he is done. I'm not an expert on Zeppelins, but it doesn't seem that bad to me. Any objection to a stub? --GOPZACK 16:26, September 11, 2010 (UTC)

Republic of Connecticut
By Jnjaycpa. I'm pretty convinced that it won't work because Connecticuts small size plus assloads of fallout from Hartford and such. Plus the Vermont article states almost the entire state is a wasteland. Arstarpool 04:57, September 7, 2010 (UTC)

Renamed from Republic of Connecticut. I'm skeptical about the article as well, but let's give Jay a chance to make his case. We also need to consider the effect it would have on the New England region and on the Vermont, Plymouth and Outer Lands articles if Jay can prove to everyone's satisfaction that New Haven/Bridgeport would have survived. I've alerted all of the relevant editors on the three articles, plus Zack, about the article. BrianD 19:12, September 7, 2010 (UTC)

I decided to restore the original name. --Jnjaycpa 23:16, September 7, 2010 (UTC)

Hi, Jay. Thank you for your interest in the time line, but a survirvor community on the Connecticut coast is not a promising idea. Though we don't always go by the FEMA maps, we usually have a very good reason to stray from them. It has pretty much been decided that much of Connecticut was decimated. To the right is a map based on the one | found here You will note the center and bottom of the state are practically "carpet bombed" with nukes! Lower Middlesex county (Clinton) sits between three field days of nukes. Some of these could be tertiary targets, but it doesn't look good for the chosen home for this survivor "nation." SouthWriter 02:11, September 8, 2010 (UTC)

We need to figure out which of these targets are the primary and secondary targets, as the tertiary targets wer likely not hit at all.

Yankovic270 02:21, September 8, 2010 (UTC)

I got this from this web site.

CONNECTICUT Primary:  Groten-New London. Secondary: none Tertiary:  Bristol, Bridgeport, Danbury, Hartford, New Haven, Norwalk, Stamford.

I assumed that Hartford was nuked. I also nuked Stamford and Danbury. These strikes (along with the fallout from NYC) would devastate the western part of Fairfield County but leave New Haven county relativley unscathed. Jnjaycpa 03:15, September 8, 2010 (UTC)

I don't know exactly where this Bruce Beach guy is today, but back in May of 2001 he gave this analysis He theorizes as few 100 or as many as 2000 nukes would probably be used against North America in WW3. That would be in a planned attack of strategic targets. He defines what would be primary, secondary and tertiary targets in 2001. He says, though that targets are always changing. If we go with a certainty of primary, a high probability of secondary, and a rarity on tertiary sites, we will probably come out with a respectable patchwork of survivor states like we have now.

We cannot go back and rewrite the story though. I have to agree with Arstar on the tendency to optimism has prevailed most of the time. Nevertheless, as we rethink the size and number of strikes we acknowledge, it does look a lot better for people not living in the urban population centers. We see a lot of more surviving than originally imagined. We need a comprehensive map to see how well we're doing in our visualization of the USA and other sites around the northern hemisphere. SouthWriter 03:58, September 8, 2010 (UTC)

Agreed with the two cities, though you may want to add the city of Norwalk to that list - there's a lot of companies based there. And don't forget about the Submarine base at New London. Having a pair of strikes on Hartford may be best, to take out the city of New Britain, which is nearby, as well.

Though, you are right in one thing - New Haven wouldn't be hit unless someone really wanted to whack Yale or John Hopkins.

But, the fallout from New York and the surrounding strikes would have been dangerous. Fallout in the northeast US tends to drift slightly east, and then north. http://www.millennium-ark.net/News_Files/UN_Images/FEMA.fallout.map.jpg shows this, though you'd need to at least triple the width of the new york fallout.

Maybe it would be best to have it be New Haven, but not much else, and only kept together by Yale and Hopkins? Keep the name, though. Bunch of intellectuals would be more apt to do that instead of a "Republic of Yale", for sure.

Lordganon 04:15, September 8, 2010 (UTC)

A west-Ukraine state.

Lordganon 12:30, September 8, 2010 (UTC)

A west-Ukraine state.

Lordganon 12:30, September 8, 2010 (UTC)

A west-Ukraine state.

Lordganon 12:30, September 8, 2010 (UTC)

A west-Ukraine state.

Lordganon 12:30, September 8, 2010 (UTC)

Western Ukraine Organization.

Lordganon 12:30, September 8, 2010 (UTC)

Imperial Airways (1983: Doomsday)
article by me (under construction)--Owen1983 14:22, September 11, 2010 (UTC)

A proposal I made for a city state in Oklahoma. I will fill out it out shortly. --GOPZACK 16:50, September 11, 2010 (UTC)

=CURRENT REVIEWS= Review Archive

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Plymouth
After due consideration, I have decided that this article needs a review. It was graduated with remaining problems with previous article named "Outer Lands " (a geographical location in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York. I suggested earlier that Outer Lands might readily join with the new state, given their loose confedation anyway, but that has not been incorporated in the new article or the old. Since both are "under control" of one editor right now, I think this should be easily resolved by that editor. But until it has been, it needs to be "under review." (unsigned by SouthWriter)

Who is the anonymous editor who suggested it to be under review? Arstarpool 22:57, August 31, 2010 (UTC)

Basically since I haven't incorporated one into the other you can tell me to do so?

A direct statement by Brian giving me control of Outer Lands clearly states in fine print "do whatever you want with the article". So rather than hog up the whole Cape Cod region for Plymouth I decided to split it only taking the areas around Barnstable. So I have also removed the review template. Besides that there are no other problems so if you have something else bring it up on the article talk page.

Okay, South, I found out it was you. To be honest I think you are suffering from Power-to-the-head Syndrome like you claimed I had moons ago. I have seen a slight change in your language and even a couple "orders" like on the US Atlantic Remnant talk page telling me to change the purpose of the organization after you recently became a leutenant. I am trying to keep my slate clean as Mitro calls it but anyways the issue was resolved, but it would have been nicer if you would have just said "Hey, you should fix this".Arstarpool 22:57, August 31, 2010 (UTC)

My sinsere apologies. I simply forgot to sign the post. It happens every once in a while. And no, I am not on a power trip. I have mentioned the needed changes on the article's talk page, and even offered solutions. I have not "ordered" anything, but only made suggestions as to make your articles more viable. All I wanted from Plymoth was consistency. With US Atlantic Remnant I have resisted the concept, offering a way around the sticking point with many editors that happen to disagree with you. Consensus means compromise, and your idea of compromise is usually that the other side bends in your direction.

You have control of the articles, and all you have to do is work out the differences. The original article about the the Outer Lands assumed that the destruction of the mainland of Massachusetts was complete. It then preceded to conclude that the wasteland of New England would keep in separated from Vermont and Aroostook until recent times. Since Plymouth survived, contact would have been made early on with the Outer Lands - say 1990 or so - and the Outer Lands would be absorbed into the new nation (which claims all of Massachusetts anyway. I see no reason why the Outer Landers would not agree.

About the "fine print" - here is the exchange as Brian got tired of dealing with the article:


 * 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) 

You "wore him down," and he decided that you could do "whatever." But when you did not change anything on the Outer Lands, only making the changes you wanted on Plymouth, you confused matters. He asked for "control of the article back" and has now relented - giving his "blessings" on the proposed changes (merging the two articles). When you make the changes on the Outer Lands, it will become a footnote in "history," and Plymouth will be on its way to claiming all of Massachusetts (and returned to canon.) It's an odd situation in which the first article has to be changed to make the second one viable. Together they will make a great nation. --SouthWriter 00:36, September 1, 2010 (UTC)

=FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES= Archive 1, Archive 2

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South American and Australian Colonies
Although the world is slowly stabalizing, most of the world is still in chaos. I can very easily picturing some less devestated countries in South America establishing colonies or protectorates in the former United States and Asia. Although there would most definately be an outcry from several survivor states, these nations would be almost unchallenged. This would be a new age of imperialism, and the irony is delicous. I can even picture Australia taking over land. Is it plausible for modern day colonies to form? JackofSpades 20:55, August 26, 2010 (UTC)
 * No. This probably wouldn't happen. The SAC has made their hatred of imperialism clear and, since they're former colonies, they know what it feels like. ANZC has no reason, be it economic, military, territorial, or political, to establish colonies. OTL Australia and New Zealand aren't into anything related to any form of imperialism. The only thing they've done so far is admit English-speaking survivor states as associates. Caeruleus 22:26, August 26, 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually the might fit under this category since it is jointly administered by both blocs. Mitro 22:48, August 26, 2010 (UTC)
 * Is that technically a colony though? I believe its existence is due only to the fact that a safe harbor was needed in southern Africa and the LoN mandated it. I view it as more of a peacekeeping mission than anything else. Caeruleus 23:41, August 26, 2010 (UTC)


 * RZA is a special case - an old remnant of South Africa that had become a tragic shell of itself. International intervention was necessary to stop its total collapse. I would hope that New Britain will one day be allowed to administer that area, giving the transplanted British a decent chance to rise back to a place of influence in world politics. --SouthWriter 16:51, August 28, 2010 (UTC)

governments are focused on feeding there populations and as radiation is still a problem they would be focusing there resources on humanitarian research like new farming methods and combating radiation sickness --Owen1983 01:27, August 27, 2010 (UTC)


 * Owen, the ANZC and SAC are the two most powerful nations on the planet. And they're also amongst the least affected by radiation. If they have the resources to establish a global community (the LoN) and explore the planet with a fleet of former NATO vessels, then the issues you're describing (while valid in a handful of nations in the world) do not affect the nations in question. Fegaxeyl 08:52, August 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * Owen has a point, though, Feg. The "global" nature of the LoN does give these power blocks should have been working toward solutions in the devastated areas. The fact that the LoN was so long in forming reflects a decades long deficiency in their efforts in learning the true state of the world above the equator.


 * However, we have to work within the framework of the time line as created so far. Left on their own for so long, many survivor nations did not have the resources to even rebuild communications networks. With the loss of readily available fuel imports (processed and unprocessed oil), these nations would be "self contained" for decades. The coming of the new superpowers from the south after a quarter of a century can only be in a humanitarian role, for interventionism is not to their best interests. --SouthWriter 16:51, August 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * i think that if both are Superpowers and in a disguised Cold War, why not to have and establish puppets. VENEZUELA 16:10, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * i think that if both are Superpowers and in a disguised Cold War, why not to have and establish puppets. VENEZUELA 16:10, September 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * Puppets are very different than colonies and neither state has shown any interest in establishing puppet states. Both powers want to avoid a repeat of the Cold War anyway. Caeruleus 17:16, September 6, 2010 (UTC)