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Thunder Bay referendum
Thunjnder Bay was supposed to hold a referendujm on joining Canda, Superior or staying independent a few mountsh a go. 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 independant 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 hypocracy...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 convienient 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)

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Food
Given that it's undoubtably a major issue in post-DD world, it might be interesting to look at it in more detail. Which countries are still suffering the most from shortages, which ones are doing okay, rationing and the extent thereof, national staples, changes in diet since before DD, which foods have almost vanished from many countries (eg, chocolate, coffee, tea, cane sugar, ect). Food production has probably changed in a few places as well, due to a combination of isolation, limited farmland, and climate change. What do you think?Tessitore 23:59, August 12, 2010 (UTC)

the Celtic allience and ANZ are doing okOwen1983 14:58, August 15, 2010 (UTC)


 * I have a brief section in the Toledo Confederation article on how food had been effected by Doomsday. A large portion of the population starved to death between 1984 and 1989 despite a quick response by local governments. Most farmland and livestock were destroyed by fallout resulting in government takeover. In the modern day, the federal government and most states have set up emergency stockpiles in case of another food shortage. I was considering adding something about the average Toledan's diet but was unsure where it would go or what it would be. JackofSpades 15:08, August 15, 2010 (UTC)

Clothes
This has be brought up before but it didn't really go anywhere which is a shame since there's more to it then you'd think. For one thing cotton would become a rare commodity in places where it isn't cultivated (eg, Europe) due to the pre-DD trade network collapsing, and synthetic materials would probably also be quite rare in most places, which would probably lead to linen and wool becoming the most common types of fabric in a lot of places. Fashion would probably give way at least partly to practicality, although human nature would probably stop it from dying a death altogether. Climate change would have an impact (I'm seeing a lot of light fabrics with long sleeves and legs in summer, not to mention a lot of wide brimmed hats), while the long periods of isolation from the reat of the world would lead to regional styles developing. Despite what you'd expect from a world that's as messed up as this one, I'd imagine that there'd probably be a lot of bright colours rather then black, mainly because like shiny things, humanity seems to have an inbuilt attraction to them, plus when things are depressing you do what you can to cheer yourself up.That's just my thoughts on the matter though.Tessitore 23:59, August 12, 2010 (UTC)

I would imagine Virginian suits looking more like Colonel Sanders' famous suit than the traditional black tuxedo. It's a cultural icon, and the white color makes it much more practical when wearing outside. The overall stye of colthing is relatively anachronistic, as items from the 80's mixing with clothes styled after the Civil War-era.

Yankovic270 22:23, August 15, 2010 (UTC)

Folklore
A possible addition to the already interesting culture section. Folklore is pretty much a universal human tradition and something with the cultural and psychological impact of Doomsday followed by a lengthy period of isolation would probably lead to a whole load of new additions. Songs, stories, urban legends, ect. There'd probably be some new superstitions as well, given the dangers of the post-DD world and the vunerablity of the population. I don't know about anyone else, but I think it'd be a good way of having a look inside people's heads.Tessitore 23:59, August 12, 2010 (UTC)

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Whale farming?
I brought you the notion of airships, now I bring you another ludicrous - but possibly workable - idea.

Whales can provide huge sources of not only meat, but also other products. With their numbers increased due to a likely fall in whaling post-Doomsday they would be readily available food stocks which opportunistic coastal nations could make the best of. However, rather than run the industry on luck, could a rich enough state (Japan, ANZC, Victoria) net in a number of whales to a particular bay or coral and establish a breeding population? Japan had OTL plans for something like this - ostensibly for research - though it was unsurprisingly shot down by the environmentalists. But with most people in TTL concerned about their next meal than happy whales, might we see in the decades after Doomsday people starting to farm whales on an increasing scale? I understand the idea is far-fetched and economically taxing - Minke whales, the smallest, require around 200kg of fish daily - but any nation that managed to pull off the notion might be able to supply itself with large amounts of food and have a significant trading source for inland nations. The strongest nations (like the ANZC) could probably rope together their neighbours to construct the large infrastructure necessary to sustain the industry and make it profitable.

I know that this is a very implausible idea, and I won't be surprised if it's shot to pieces, but if you consider it objectively and from the perspective of a starving post-Doomsday citizen, the idea might just be workable, in spite of the economic and ecological flaws. Fegaxeyl 09:46, August 4, 2010 (UTC)

Very Impausible, and the 1983DD WWF in ANZC would protest.

When there are starving people and murders over food the whale farmers could care less about what some Eco-Aussies thought on whale protection. Most people in the OTL world think of themselves before animals, and in a timeline like this they would be eating whatever walked, flew, swam, or crawled. Remember that whales are a very good source of a lot of different food and non food items. Arstarpool 20:19, August 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * Well I wouldn't have put it that way but Arstar is right. I could see them now with the situation stabilizing reducing or possible banning in some areas but not in the first decade or so. --GOPZACK 20:35, August 6, 2010 (UTC)

Will go on the record and say that this version of the WWF is more concerned with investigating the environmental changes since/caused by DD on a larger scale than this, though in ANZC they would oppose it, for sure.

I could see Japan, Nordic Union, parts of the West Coast, the ANZC, Hawaii, and maybe the Western parts of South America being involved in this somewhat. Esp. Japan and the Nordics.

Lordganon 08:26, August 8, 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).

The Sultanate of Turkey is the successor state of the now defunct Republic of Turkey. I've started to write the article. Commentary and ideas are welcome. Most of the pre-Doomsday history is straight off Wikipedia. And I hope this doesn't conflict with any already accepted nations in this althist. I've accounted for the existence of Kurdistan, the Greek control of Rhodes and the (formerly) Turkish Straits, and the possiblity of an enlarged Armenia in eastern Turkey, though I'm not sure there's an accepted article about Armenia.

Caeruleus 22:17, May 21, 2010 (UTC)

In fact, its pretty awesome. Any objections? Arstarpool 17:24, June 22, 2010 (UTC)

Heh. That Caucasian war bit is impossible, realistically, and the state is still too large.

Lordganon 03:03 June 23, 2010 (UTC)

Maybe if it included only southern Turkey, and shared little/no borders with Greece, then it would be acceptable. The Causcausian War crap should be taken out. Sorry, but I didn't read through the whole article, heh. Arstarpool 16:31, June 23, 2010 (UTC)

You have to erase the Georgian and Armenian things. There is a state on Georgia since much before you wrote this article. Fedelede 16:48, June 23, 2010 (UTC)

Bye bye Turkish Empire I guess. Caucasian War portion removed. Caeruleus 18:29, June 24, 2010 (UTC)

Still way too big as well as expanding too fast, and he's right about the strikes - dont know why I didn't notice before. You have to remember, the list is only a guideline, not anything definite. Some research is involved in this project, remember.

You need to take the criticism and work with it, not ignore it.

Lordganon 10:50, June 26, 2010 (UTC)

Christ! He just gave himself nukes. Not getting graduated with that there, buddy.

Still needs to be smaller and expand less, especially with the new nuclear strikes. No way is that happening now. Add Edirne, in European Turkey, as well, please.

Lordganon 10:45, July 1, 2010 (UTC)

I just wanted to let you know per our earlier discussion, I have posted my thoughts as you asked on your discussion page for Turkey. Please let me know if you wish to talk further in the future.--Fxgentleman 03:30, July 6, 2010 (UTC)

Any other objections to its graduation? I believe I have fixed most of the previous issues. Caeruleus 15:42, August 11, 2010 (UTC)

Um..... no, you haven't. It's still illogical for it to be that size. If I'd been the only one to say so, I'd let it slide, but I'm not the only one. Thus, I do object.

Lordganon 05:176, August 12, 2010 (UTC)

Kingdom of Macedonia
Its a small nation in the southern Balkan peninsula, its a constitutional monarchy, based off mostly of the real Macedonia and headed by a real Yugoslav prince, living in Seville in 1983 which wasn't nuked (I checked). Ownerzmcown 02:31, June 28, 2010 (UTC)

You still dont get it - The list of targets is NOT COMPLETE. Seville is a major port and industrial center and as a result would have been clobbered. Also, you do not state how on earth he could have gotten all the way from there to Yugoslavia in the first place, or gotten all those men. And that's besides the fact that Yugoslavia was not hit at all and survived as a state until 1985.

The state is too large besides, and interferes with too much. Make it the size of modern Macedonia at MOST.

Lordganon 3:41, June 28, 2010 (UTC)

Look, I know you're pissed about me saying Macedonia contacted Greece without talking to you, but I apoligized on the talk page. Plus, you operate a lot of countries who are large than Macedonia, and were established later than it. Ownerzmcown 3:47, June 28, 2010 (UTC)

Ganon, please STAY OUT OF THIS. You are out of place here. Coming from someone who just started, his article is pretty good. Yugoslavia was NOT HIT WHATSOEVER. While I agree the borders should be like modern Macedonia, you cannot diss him and saying that Seville was hit is totally false. Yugoslavia was NON ALIGNED. It would not be destroyed. Arstarpool 05:17, June 28, 2010 (UTC)

Seville is in SPAIN, Not Yugoslavia.

Lordganon 10:31, June 28, 2010 (UTC)

Tehnically, the Croatia article I'm writing has Belgrade nuked and since Yank is doing Serbia and I think he agrees as well it would be nuked. If Vienna was nuked, why not Belgrade? The USSR already had plans to attack both countries in case of a war.--Vladivostok 12:27, June 28, 2010 (UTC)

Actually, if you look on a map of Europe, the Greater Macedonia area is relativley small comapred to other nations. Ownerzmcown 12:50, June 28. 2010 (UTC)

I know where Seville is. And I don't know why a completely neutral, communist country would be hit by the USSR. Arstarpool 13:03, June 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, then you'll have to ask yourself why Vienna was nuked. It was also as neutral as it gets.--Vladivostok 14:12, June 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * As far as I know, Vienna was nuked because the Soviets assumed NATO would violate the neutrality of Austria and move in for invasion through there. They took it out to neutralize a threat. If a neutral communist country is nuked it will be the allies that nuke it.Oerwinde 16:20, June 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, I never really specifically stated who nuked Belgrade, just that it was obliterated. Now, in a conventional war, the Soviets, or NATO, which ever came first, would try to invade Yugoslavia. Now, that wouldn't happen during Doomsday. I just suspected that perhaps one of the superpowers, if not both, would try to take Yugoslavia out of the equation in Europe during the nuclear exchange.--Vladivostok 16:31, June 28, 2010 (UTC)

If I recall correctly we had a discussion on whether Yugoslavia was nuked about a year ago; therefore the caretaker of Macedonia and whoever else wants to prove his own opinion is true will have to dig through the Archives to the find it. Though I have to warn the caretaker of Macedonia; generally speaking when a nation is up for debate on whether it was nuked or not, I can't think of a time (remember I'm older and went inactive for months, I can't talk about the recent past) when any nation in question was spared; the council of contributors usually ruled in favor of any sort of bombings, probably based on the idea that NATO or the Warsaw Pact would bomb them "just to be on the safe side". Mr.Xeight 19:17, June 28, 2010 (UTC)

My point is that the list of targets is unconfirmed, and needs to be updated. Spain is no exception, and I find it hard to believe that Seville would not be hit. Even it it wasn't, it is not explained how on earth he'd get there in the first place. If he were to somehow survive the hit, it is extremely unlogical for him to have not only made it to the bunker, but also survive with so many followers and gotten there in the first place.

And, as I noticed on the talk page for the article, it is illogical that a bunch of Greeks and former communist subjects would except him as king anyway. The chetniks from the war and the anti-royal propaganda afterwards would argue against it, anyway.

Lordganon 03:37, June 30, 2010 (UTC)

I think that I've got most questions answered in the article and that the major points of the article are finished, so I believe my article should be read over now and considered for the canon. Ownerzmcown 02:03, August 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * This "bunker" seems a little fanciful. Did Alexander actually have one in Spain? Can you provide a source to prove it? Mitro 02:31, August 3, 2010 (UTC)

I can in fact, not provide a source as of yet, but good reasoning, Alexander was and is a very important person in society, he is the Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, which although isn't a country anymore, he still is a high-ranking member of a historical society and would easily be given permission and money to build a bunker. Ownerzmcown 02:49, August 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * We can't just assume he would have a resources to build it even though he is a VIP. There were a lot of VIPs during the Cold War who had the resources to build nuclear bunkers and didn't. Assuming that this exiled royal did have a bunker without any source is too ASB. Mitro 02:55, August 3, 2010 (UTC)

You can't keep track of everything in history, Alexander lived in Spain, I believe as a guest of the King of Spain, and there is a distinct possibility he had hereditary connections to the Spanish Royal Family, the Spanish Royal Family was very important at the time, and probably had bunkers for multiple members, maybe even Alexander, I can't say exactly, besides the only way I'll really ever know is if I asked Alexander himself, besides, one, that will never happen, and two, it is in my opinion an interesting part of the story that makes sense in multiple ways. Ownerzmcown 21:31, August 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * This TL is supposed to be as realistic as possible. Thus we try to keep it as plausible as possible. Article have been marked obsolete that assumed that a person or place would be overly-prepared for Doomsday when they were not. When Yank proposed a new Germany article he had the founder of Aldi apparently buy land in Saudi Arabia before Doomsday, even though there was no proof of this. An early version of the Republic of Indiana had Dan Quayle apparently knowing that Doomsday was going to happen and thus warn the Governor of Indiana to prepare for it. Again no proof that this happened, these were guesses and in my opinion bad guesses. With your assumption about Alexander you admit yourself that you have almost no way to prove that he had a fallout shelter/bunker. To just assume might be interesting, but it is not plausible. Mitro 02:56, August 4, 2010 (UTC)

I'm ust saying, even today we know that everything in history was never written down, thats why we know what we do about Ancient Egypt and such, their are the parts of history we can prove, like Alexander was from Yugoslavia, and the parts we can't prove due to no documentation and have to assume, like Alexander, a crown prince, having a bunker. Ownerzmcown 07:28, August 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * We make assumptions about ancient history for a reason, because it was really long ago. The year 1983 is not ancient history. Ben once found the names and location of the daughters of the governor of the governor of Bermuda. We don't just assume someone was somewhere or had something just because they were an important person. By 1983 the bunker craze was already long gone and if we assume one VIP had a bunker than we have to assume that every VIP has one, which does not make sense. If you can prove he had a bunker than great, but if you can't than its logical to assume that he did not have a bunker. Mitro 16:04, August 4, 2010 (UTC)

Alexander was a member of the British Royal Family until 1972 when he married a Catholic dutchess from Brazil/Spain (not sure on that one) because he was a descendant of Victoria and Alfred, her second son, in the 1950's from fear of a Soviet nuclear threat, the British royal family built large underground cities and bunkers for each member of the royal family. If by 1972 he was living in Spain, he would still have an estate where he had access to a bunker because as a partial descendant of both the Spanish and British royal family, he would be given a bunker as both royal families thought important that all members have one. Ownerzmcown 13:45, August 8, 2010 (UTC)

P.S. I've changed it so now it says he was having a bunker constructed prior to DD due to rising tensions between east and west and had it expanded upon days before DD and after it, too. Ownerzmcown 12:12, August 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm still not convinced that Alexander would have a bunker. Where exactly do you draw the line on the British Royal Family? Most of the royals on the continent are related to them, would the British government shell out cash for all of their relatives, even those who are not even citizens of Britain? Mitro 21:21, August 9, 2010 (UTC)

Look at an ancestry family tree for Alexander and he has ancestors who are British royals, and, although he wasn't a real king, he was a high-ranking member of society to many people, and was inevitably connected personally to members of the British Royal family, they would likely have given him a bunker, and if you read the article you'd see that I changed it to say he had one under construction due to recent tensions between the US and the USSR, and had it finished before DD. Ownerzmcown 22:08, August 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * I saw that, but since it is information pertaining to pre-Doomsday it needs to be 100% factual, or else it becomes the POD of the TL if it predates the current POD. So again, do you have any source that states he had such a bunker? If not we are making assumptions. Mitro 22:21, August 9, 2010 (UTC)

Look Mitro, many people don't know who Alexander is, I didn't know him until just a few months ago, I doubt with the resources I have that I could find out much about the bunkers of Europe's royal families, presidents have tons of bunkers that we probably don't know about, is that an asumption, yes, but is it true, its very likely, and its the same with Alexander, and people still do this with modern, history, we don't exactly know, so we must assume. Besides the timeline has hundreds of PODs, every country from this TL is made by a POD which makes mine insignifigant in my opinion. Ownerzmcown 00:26, August 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * As far as I know history on every article remains the same until the ultimate POD of this TL. All other changes to history are based from that point. If that is not the case please point it out to me. As for your proposal, Alexander might not be that well known, but I have seen people find information on some pretty obscure topics on this wiki. If you have made a good faith attempt to find out whether Alexander prepared for some future nuclear conflict and did not find anything, then the most logicial assumption is that he did not have one. I'm not sure why its more logical to believe he did have one. Presidents have bunkers, but sitting presidents are different from exiled-heads of royal houses. Now we can continue this back and forth, but I would like to hear what the other editors have to say? Mitro 02:14, August 10, 2010 (UTC)'
 * Before I could write my article on the Piedmont region of South Carolina, I had to deal with a fictional uprising of African Americans that took Anglo Americans as slaves. While I was trying my best to use real people, a city-state in my "back yard" had been created that was rather implausible. I first created a character to take over Anderson, SC, but then was able to find a real person that who rose in importance AFTER 1983 but fit the need quite well (he was unaccounted for in 1983 and was from South Carolina originally). I say this to defend the survival of Prince Alexander. If he was in Seville, Spain, and it was not on a list of nuked cities, then QSS over-rules the more nebulous QAA. We should not assume an important European city was a primary target unless it has NATO or US troups stationed there. Spain was not a strategic threat to the USSR at the time, so Seville should be assumed safe. How Alexander got to Macedonia, and whether the Yugoslavs would accept him, are different questions. But I don't see any reason why he need have been in a bunker to have survived. SouthWriter 03:33, August 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * Before I could write my article on the Piedmont region of South Carolina, I had to deal with a fictional uprising of African Americans that took Anglo Americans as slaves. While I was trying my best to use real people, a city-state in my "back yard" had been created that was rather implausible. I first created a character to take over Anderson, SC, but then was able to find a real person that who rose in importance AFTER 1983 but fit the need quite well (he was unaccounted for in 1983 and was from South Carolina originally). I say this to defend the survival of Prince Alexander. If he was in Seville, Spain, and it was not on a list of nuked cities, then QSS over-rules the more nebulous QAA. We should not assume an important European city was a primary target unless it has NATO or US troups stationed there. Spain was not a strategic threat to the USSR at the time, so Seville should be assumed safe. How Alexander got to Macedonia, and whether the Yugoslavs would accept him, are different questions. But I don't see any reason why he need have been in a bunker to have survived. SouthWriter 03:33, August 10, 2010 (UTC)

Me and Sunkist's proposal for a military alliance in Italy. Arstarpool 05:49, July 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * No mention of the Alpine Confederation? Kind of odd to me, since it has been stated time and time again that it is the principle contributor to North Italian stability in the face of the Sicilians.--Vladivostok 07:05, July 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * I think this is more of an Italian alliance to combat Sicily within the peninsula. That would be like having Pais del Oro in the Organization of British Nations. Arstarpool 07:08, July 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh no, I wasn't thinking of them joining, of course not. But perhaps some funding would be in order. I mean the AC is de jure neutral but de facto it actively supports the ADC and northern Italy. Thus, I was thinking something along the lines of them being an observer. Maybe the ADC as a whole could be the same.--Vladivostok 07:14, July 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Maybe. I'll write it in. Arstarpool 15:14, July 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Any objections? Arstarpool 01:31, July 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * I was re-reading the sicily article and it had some stuff that contradicts the existence of Tuscany as a state. I posted it in the Tuscany talk page.Oerwinde 09:17, July 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * I was re-reading the sicily article and it had some stuff that contradicts the existence of Tuscany as a state. I posted it in the Tuscany talk page.Oerwinde 09:17, July 3, 2010 (UTC)

With Tuscany re-written to fit with canon, are there still any objections? Arstarpool 04:48, August 13, 2010 (UTC)


 * None here. --GOPZACK 05:19, August 13, 2010 (UTC)


 * For some reason..San Marino is a proposal...--Sunkist- 05:57, August 13, 2010 (UTC)

There seems to be some confusion on whether San Marino was in Sicily, but I think its safe since canon makes no mention of San Marino at all. Besides, as caretaker of Sicily I would never add something in that would cancel out San Marino's existince.

Any other objections? Arstarpool 06:20, August 13, 2010 (UTC)

There's a simple solution to eliminate any troubles - change the Adriatic city that is on the Sicilian border in the Sicily article to one further south on the coast. Ancona or Fano would work nicely.

Lordganon 06:57, August 13, 2010 (UTC)

I think it would be better to just maintain San Marino in its OTL borders as an enclave within Sicily. Makes it hard to be a full time member of the IPA but still. Also, objection to the article: New Rome is deep within Sicilian territory, the IPA likely has no contact. We need to iron out the Genoese state mentioned in the Sicily article, that would likely be a member of the IPA as well.Oerwinde 09:27, August 13, 2010 (UTC)

Balochistan
Another country in Afghanistan. Any objection? VENEZUELA 01:14, July 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * I just think Afghanistan will be too crowed. Most of the country is not to suitable for life nevermind an organized nation. --GOPZACK 01:46, July 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree with Zack. Arstarpool 02:37, July 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * Any objection to marking this as obsolete? --GOPZACK 14:47, July 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * No, but knowing Vene, he'll mark it as a proposal again saying that there are too many nations in America so there can be a lot of nations everywhere else. Arstarpool 16:23, July 7, 2010 (UTC)

VENEZUELA 16:13, July 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * We'll have to tell him that the geography and conditions very by location. If he fails to realize this we can take further action. WE'll just have to wait and see. --GOPZACK 16:52, July 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * In fact were Balochistan is located no parts were nuked. VENEZUELA 19:00, July 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh my God, I am about to lose my patience. So four nations will be able to survive in desert lands with little to no trade? Arstarpool 21:33, July 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * First what 4 nations? and second I never said they doesn't have trade. VENEZUELA 21:35, July 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * There is the Northern Alliance, Afghanistan, the other one you made, and Balochistan. It is logical that in a time like this, trade would be cut off. Use your head, Vene. Arstarpool 01:21, July 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * One nation in Afganistan tops! Pick one you think is most viable then the rest should be marked as obsolete. GOPZACK 01:42, July 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * Zack, has anyone ever told you your right almost all the damn time? Arstarpool 02:17, July 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Ha! As a matter of fact yes. Thanks! --GOPZACK 02:46, July 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm at my witts end with Vene. Any objections to making this article obsolete? Arstarpool 03:31, July 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * yes, and wait until other people that are not you or Gopzack writes. VENEZUELA 03:33, July 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * What's your objection, Vene? Arstarpool 03:38, July 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * To be fair, before we mark this as obsolete lets here what Vene has to say. --GOPZACK 03:41, July 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm waiting....Arstarpool 15:18, July 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * Balochistan is to small, so in fact it can survive and be away from the radiation
 * there is no Northern Alliance (except in Canada)
 * the Baloch had live like in the 1 century for years, so in fact they can survive
 * The Baloch wouldn't care about the deaths because they just want a nation since the 18 Century.

A Baloch nation would be interesting, in that it would likely cause issues in Pakistan and Iran, as parts of them are part of the Balochistan region and have large Baloch populations.Oerwinde 20:07, July 11, 2010 (UTC)

That better guys? If so, any objections to graduation as a stub?

Will be making the other Afghan one more.... workable. It's just no good with that map.

--Lordganon 16:46, July 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * I still have my doubts about the viability of another Afgahn survivor nation. Ven points out that "the Baloch had live like in the 1 century for years, so in fact they can survive" but they never had to deal with a nuclear war & the final point Ven makes lets of the impression that the Baloch are pretty heartless, which I doubt is true. --GOPZACK 17:57, July 28, 2010 (UTC)

I have to admit - I completely disregarded the vast majority of what he said and wrote, and made it realistic. This as written now is essentially an Iranian puppet, honestly.

But, to only leave the area of Afghanistan as the "Northern Alliance" and the Pakistani-supported state being the only "nations" seems like it wouldn't be enough.

Lordganon 10:47, July 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * Still I think the "Northern Alliance" and the Pakistani-supported state is enough unless Iran annexed the area seeing as they are as you say a "puppet" regime. --GOPZACK 23:11, August 1, 2010 (UTC)

Well, the Northern alliance really is not defined at all in canon - its only really mentioned. But, in my mind it is led by Massoud and occupies the rough area the OTL Northern Alliance controlled when the attacks occurred in 2001.

But looking at the world map, the Pakistani-backed state only controls parts of east-central Afghanistan - and leaves plenty of space for other states.

This one here is up against the Iranian border, and is basically to prevent domination of the area by Pakistan. While they may be effectively allies, I see no reason why they'd want Pakistan to have total influence over the area.

Heck, I see an opening in the northwest where something else could exits, even if it is only under GLA control.

Lordganon 00:50, August 3, 2010 (UTC)

Page to document the fate of Miami. Arstarpool 21:30, July 21, 2010 (UTC)

Any objections? Arstarpool 00:10, August 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * The Communities of Kendall and Pinecrest seem well off despite being so close to large strike. Even if they were not directly affected by Doomsday the indirect effects (refugees, disease, famine, etc.) would force to keep them small. Also the industry they have is generally optimistic. When only the largest survivor states have any actual industry, I doubt a small community of 10k could have just one factory even with the help of South Florida. Mitro 14:59, August 6, 2010 (UTC)

My proposal for the north-western corner of the state. Arstarpool 00:29, July 23, 2010 (UTC)

I hate to be buzz kill but Erie was hit I believe, but the article could still work. However I think the article could still work, I made mention in my State College article of some survivors in Oil City & that has become canon. I can work with you to fit this in if you'd like. --GOPZACK 00:45, July 23, 2010 (UTC)

Well, this is where I'm going to apply a theory of mine to counter-attack Eire being hit:

Almost every article has one town standing that should have been destroyed. Virginia has Richmond, Sierra Nevada has Reno, Lincoln has, well, Lincoln, and Kentucky has Fort Knox. Well mine is just going to be Eire. If you don't like that, then you can remove the aforementioned cities from their respective articles and then I'll remove Eire. Arstarpool 02:03, July 23, 2010 (UTC)

Well Richmond was hit, so that might sweeten the deal some. Nonetheless that theory with do respect is bullshit. We don't swap the nuking of cites so one article or the other can fit. --GOPZACK 02:11, July 23, 2010 (UTC)

According to Yank, Richmond was not hit. If it is "bulls**t", then why do you cling so dearly to Fort Knox, a known target? Remember that the the FEMA list is the FEMA list, and I'm sure the Soviet's had their own map on what they were going to nuke. Arstarpool 02:47, July 23, 2010 (UTC)

Yank's out to lunch with the Richmond thing and everyone but him knows it. Fort Knox is a secondary target, and it can be argued that it would not be hit in this scenario - it even says in the article that the troops there were surprised to not be hit. Reno is an entertainment town, and a tertiary target - and I think that is overrated myself. Erie is indeed a teritary target, but it IS on the list atm, so...... And its the northWEST corner, fyi.

P.S. I noticed you taking the strike off the tuscany article! Tsk tsk. Lordganon 03:17, July 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * I've opened up the discussion to the whole community above as to whether Erie was hit or not. T'was established many moons ago that Fort Knox was not hit. Arstar you have no Soviet map and your charge causes for unneeded and rather biased speculation. I agree with Lordganon on Reno. Oh & Lordganon whats this about removing the strike on the Tuscany article? --GOPZACK 03:28, July 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * Do you think that the Soviets were out to destroy every little city in North America? No, and whoever added it to the list just copied every single possible target from the FEMA Target List, including tertiary targets.
 * As for Tuscany, the power went out when I was rewriting the history of Florence, so I lost internet access as well. True Story. Arstarpool 03:40, July 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * Alright well thats not entirely true, some tertiary targets, secondary targets and even one primary target were not listed on the Doomsday page and were listed as having survived in various articles. --GOPZACK 03:50, July 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * On what talk page, might I ask? Arstarpool 03:52, July 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry I meant to write the Doomsday page. GOPZACK 04:08, July 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry I meant to write the Doomsday page. GOPZACK 04:08, July 23, 2010 (UTC)

LG, if you would. He'd had the Tuscany article have a non-nuclear strike on the industrial district of Florence, which he removed something during the day today. Nothing big, and I dont care much, to be honest. Did notice, though.

Lordganon 03:59, July 23, 2010 (UTC)

So is Erie safe or not? Arstarpool 04:24, July 23, 2010 (UTC)

We''l wait & se what the community has to say. GOPZACK 05:31, July 23, 2010 (UTC)''

Does anyone have any other objections? Arstarpool 19:22, July 23, 2010 (UTC)

The New York article - and the Doomsday by US Sate one as well - make mention of a survivor state in Westfield, Which is a city in the counties of New York which you've claimed. That'll need to be dealt with one way or the other.

Lordganon 06:54, July 24, 2010 (UTC)

The fact they discovered it just means they found it, not that it is independent as of now. Arstarpool 16:44, July 26, 2010 (UTC)

I think contact with London would have come sooner. London is extremely close to the Canadian protectorate, only an hour and 45 minute drive, or 20 hour walk and would likely have contacted them much earlier than 1990, more like 85. So Pennsylvania would have had knowledge of them pretty much immediately following contact.Oerwinde 18:02, July 26, 2010 (UTC)

That can't happen because the Canadian protectorate was created in 1990. Arstarpool 18:14, July 26, 2010 (UTC)

I'm saying that the communities that make up the protectorate would have had contact with London around 85. They're too close not to. So when Pennsylvania makes contact with the communities that make up the protectorate, they would likely let them know about London surviving less than 2 hours away. At that point London would be working on restoring the railroad to Port Stanley and would be easily contacted. So contact with London and the creation of the protectorate would be about the same time. London was mostly expanding according to its needs rather than building an empire, so Port Stanley was more important than the protectorate communities as it would give access to lake Erie for fishing and such, which would explain why they hadn't been incorporated into London's territory despite being so close.Oerwinde 08:46, July 27, 2010 (UTC)

Any objections to graduation? I really want a quick graduation for this page since I think its done. Arstarpool 16:44, July 26, 2010 (UTC)
 * I have an objection. This article currently contradicts the article on . For example, Erie was destroyed on Doomsday. [EDIT] I just read the rest of the discussion above. Listen, Erie being destroyed is canon, that is final. If you don't like it, I'm sorry but we have rules for a reason. Maybe you can rewrite the article to make it not violate QSS and QAA.Mitro 02:40, August 3, 2010 (UTC)

This article can still work if Erie is cut out. It is technically canon that there are survivors in Oil City. If Arstarpool has no interest in fixing it I can certainly revamp it, so don't mark it as obsolete just yet. GOPZACK 04:40, August 3, 2010 (UTC)

Hypothetically speaking, if I could get BrianD's permission to cut out Erie from the list of targeted cities of Pennsylvania, what would happen? We had a pretty big discussion and I fought pretty hard to get Erie off the nuked list after both a consensus which we voted and by which Fx gave me a logical explanation on why it could have been saved. I have centered to much of the article around Erie for it to be changed now. If I lose this article I will most likely end up leaving the timeline, because I really intended this to be my flagship article upon completion and without it I have to ditch three other articles. Arstarpool 00:55, August 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * Well I don't think that can be done but you can try. However like I said if Erie is out the article can still work & what three articles will be "ditched" in the unlikely event Pennsylvania is scraped all together? --GOPZACK 01:10, August 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * Guys you can't simply get rid of canon by vote. Erie being destoryed was a part of canon long before this proposal was written. You can see it on the article. There are only a few rare times when canon can be changed, but like I said they are very rare. We don't change canon so someone can have an easier time writing. It it unfair not only to those who wrote the canon, but also those who have modified their works in accordance with it. To start making exceptions will be bad for the TL. Mitro 03:00, August 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * Think of it as going under review. I brought up something I wasn't happy with, I discussed it, and it won. As I understand the group voted to change the canon that Erie was hit. So as far as I am concerned there is nothing blocking this article from being graduated that is related to Erie. Consider this one of those "very rare times" that canon is changed, then. Arstarpool 19:25, August 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry but canon cannot be changed by vote. What type of precedent does that establish where someone can work hard on an article and get it graduated into canon, only to have it changed against his will by majority vote? As far as I can tell there is nothing incredibly implausible about Erie being hit. It is listed as a FEMA target and is a center of heavy manufacturing. No one had any issue with Erie being hit when the article was graduated and I do not think it should be changed just because someone wrote an article that contradicted canon. Mitro 19:30, August 5, 2010 (UTC)

Do you think Brian took the time to carefully decide which cities would be hit or not? No! He probably just took every target on the FEMA list and wrote it down on the Pennsylvania article.


 * Mitro, I will say this once and will not repeat it. I am cutting all communications with you regarding this matter. It is not your article and we put in a lot of discussion to it when you were gone, and then you come back and you must bash an article I worked so hard on. Did you even read the discussion we had, Mitro? It spanned three talk pages, and everyone gave their reasons why it would be not hit and it "flew" with the rest of the members. How would you know that the Soviets even knew about Erie? Do you think they had spies at all the manufacturing plants, army bases, and steel mills across America? The FEMA list is an American-made list, it is what we thought would get hit, not what the Soviets planned to do.


 * I have decided to bring it up with Brian uno-a-uno. What you don't get is that we put Erie getting hit as going under review in a way. We voted, we discussed, and it was changed. Arstarpool 19:42, August 5, 2010 (UTC)


 * Copying what I said to Arstar on my page.
 * When I wrote the Pennsylvania article, I did use the FEMA article as a source to base my target list on. I did not half-ass list targets without any thought as to what or why they would have been hit. I did have faith in the FEMA list and that the writer knew what he/she was doing. Erie would have been hit because of its manufacturing hub; the Soviets would have targeted cities and towns they thought would have been used by the military to rebuild itself and the country. I'm sorry for what this does to your proposal, but in this case, Mitro is correct. Keep in mind QSS as well, and that it not only keeps the timeline from turning into a chaotic mess, it also protects articles that editors - like you and I - have written. BrianD 20:07, August 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * I also want to comment on something Arstar said here. Arstar, you vastly underestimate the Soviet Union's knowledge of the United States. They knew the country well enough to be able to identify population centers, military bases, manufacturing hubs, steel mills, whatever needed to be nuked in order to damage or destroy the country's infrastructure and prevent the U.S. from rebuilding. My concern with Erie is if you retroactively let that slip past, then it gets easier and easier to let other cities escape targeting, until you have a timeline where everything and everybody escaped destruction and you have editors writing articles for the Empire of Manhattan and the United States of Los Angeles. BrianD 20:15, August 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you Brian, I could not have said it better. Furthermore, Arstarpool, the fact that this is not my article is irrelevant. We have a graduation process for a reason, and I am following that reason. We have to respect canon, that is why the and QSS and QAA. We change canon only when it contradicts older canon or it is so incredibly implausible that to keep it hurts the TL. IMO, neither of those events have occured. It is plausible that Erie would be destroyed and there are no other articles that state that Erie was not destroyed. Also, I don't care that a vote was held to undo canon. We don't vote to change canon when the only real reason to is to make things easier for an editor in getting his proposal graduated. As Brian said that would lead to chaos. If i was here I would have objected to it as well.
 * One more thing. The FEMA maps are one of the best sources we have when coming up with a plausible strike list. What do you think there creators of the maps did, throw darts at an oversized map of the USA? To ignore one of our most persuasive sources would be damaging to this TL. Furthermore in light of the recent unearthing of a Russian spy ring that dated back to the Cold War, how can you possibly say that the Soviet Union did not have good intelligence on the US? Mitro 20:25, August 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * Also just to clarify something I saw on Brian's talk page. I never said the article should be marked as obsolete. I said the article could be rewritten so it does not contradict canon, and Zack stated the same thing. Mitro 21:41, August 5, 2010 (UTC)

Toledo Confederation
GOPZack, Caeruleus, a few other contributers and myself are currently working on a proposal for a nation centralized in what was Northwestern Ohio. The article is about half done right now. Help on its construction would be greatly appreciated. If you have any suggestions, or notice any errors please post them either here or in the Toledo talk page. Thank you in advance for your help.

My apologies if anything has been done incorrectly. JackofSpades 03:11, July 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * Jack your doing everything right so far! I'm sorry I haven't contributed much to the article lately I've been busy as evidenced above but I will take a look at it soon. --GOPZACK 03:21, July 23, 2010 (UTC)

No need to be sorry. I fully realize that you are a very busy person. Today, I took a glance at your talk page and nearly had a fit. You have a lot of work. JackofSpades 03:23, July 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * I'll be gone for about two weeks, beginning tomarrow. While I most likely will have internet access, updates will be... sporadic. Anyone is free to add to the current page if they would like to. Right now, I'm having difficulty with the history. However, a general list of thoughts and ideas are in the Talk page for inspiration. JackofSpades 01:52, July 26, 2010 (UTC)

With the exception of the military section, and the nation's history the page is pretty much done. I may add Demographics and Culture to it later. Are there any issues that need to resolved? Any problems with canon or plausibility? JackofSpades 14:17, August 13, 2010 (UTC)


 * If I write up the Military section tonight, would the article graduate or no? I am not certain on how the process works. JackofSpades 17:02, August 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * Technically, you have to wait another few days after the article is complete for formal graduation, but you're basically there. Caeruleus 18:38, August 14, 2010 (UTC)

Invasion of Norfolk, and Invasion of the Isle of Eels
A trio of invasions following up the recent invasion of West Suffolk, written by me, Verence and Bob respectively. Fegaxeyl 09:17, July 23, 2010 (UTC)

Southeastern Cambridgeshire is completed. Objections to graduation? Fegaxeyl 11:55, July 31, 2010 (UTC)

True British Army (1983: Doomsday)
links into Essex and Woodbridge.--Smoggy80 19:51, July 23, 2010 (UTC)

Article mentioned on the Pennsylvania talk page. Arstarpool 00:41, July 24, 2010 (UTC)

Crap, I had one I was half working on since like noon friday and finally hit submit on what little I had late at night only to find this on the talk page. Anyway, mine was here London, ON (1983: Doomsday)Oerwinde 09:36, July 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * So the London, ON is the only viable one of the two, correct? Mitro 02:47, August 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the London, Ontario one is just a copy of what I have been writing on the London, ON one.Oerwinde 02:59, August 3, 2010 (UTC)

My proposal for Midland Ontario. I hope to flush it out in the next few days. Ideas are welcome & if anyone would like to write it with me just contact me on my talk page. --GOPZACK 06:23, July 25, 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)

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

Until Yank takes some interest in it I say we mark it obsolete. Arstarpool 23:36, August 5, 2010 (UTC)

Since its mentioned on the China page, and the China page is canon, the nation exists. Just because the page has no content doesn't mean it should be marked obsolete. Its basically a placeholder article, we have a lot of those.Oerwinde 10:20, August 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * Agreed, we can either keep it as a proposal or graduate it as a stub, but right now its not causing issues. Mitro 15:03, August 6, 2010 (UTC)

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

New Afrika
A page I'm about to write on a African American survivor state in the United States.

--Yankovic270 21:17, August 6, 2010 (UTC)

Without a set location this article is as good as nothing. Any objections to making it obsolete? Arstarpool 20:46, August 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Arstarpool we do not require articles to be completed shortly after they are created. Give Yank a chance to work on this article. Mitro 21:16, August 9, 2010 (UTC)

Republic of Kola
Article I'm going to make about a survivor nation in the Kola Peninsula.

Sorry, forgot to sign. CheesyCheese 00:27, August 7, 2010 (UTC)

The First Coast
A new survivor nation in Florida.--Sunkist- 06:11, August 9, 2010 (UTC)

Anything look out of place or somthing I need to change? Trying to get it cannoned as fast as possible.--Sunkist- 20:08, August 9, 2010 (UTC)

If nobody objects I say we get it graduated pretty quickly because without this article graduated the Republic of Florida will have to wait a bit more. Arstarpool 20:45, August 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Wait a second, this article was just created a couple of days ago and IMO all North American survivor states should not be graduated quickly due to the huge debate that happened a few months ago. Lets give it some time for people to review. Mitro 21:18, August 9, 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)
 * 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)

The island-nation in the Mediterranian. Arstarpool 20:45, August 9, 2010 (UTC)

A page on the former nation of Italy. Arstarpool 20:45, August 9, 2010 (UTC)

Please, can somebody make a map like they did with the China page? Arstarpool 20:45, August 9, 2010 (UTC)

Georgia (Rome)
A proposal for a small state in northwest Georgia that was part of the Muscle Shoals-based CSA. BrianD 04:34, August 10, 2010 (UTC)

Alabama (Florence)
A proposal for a small state in north Alabama also part of the Muscle Shoals CSA. BrianD 04:34, August 10, 2010 (UTC)

Mississippi (Corinth)
Another state that was part of the Muscle Shoals CSA, based in northeast Mississippi. BrianD 04:34, August 10, 2010 (UTC)

Oklahoma
An overview of the 46th state of the former USA, with a couple of items for editors to expand upon if they wish. BrianD 04:34, August 10, 2010 (UTC)

Republic of Texas
A placeholder for the planned reunificiation of the various nation-states currently in former Texas, with an article that gives a brief overview of how the unification would happen, and potential political alliances, as of mid-August 2010. This is the article that Arstarpool started on his own initiative, but as it is dealing with articles I am the caretaker of, I have gone ahead and filled in the details. BrianD 20:24, August 12, 2010 (UTC)

Europa Games
A page on the European regional games that will be held in Prussia in October 2010. Very much in the early stages so any help would be appreciated.Tessitore 22:54, August 15, 2010 (UTC)

My attempt to resurrect an obsolete article to get it to fit canon. Mitro 05:47, August 16, 2010 (UTC)

=FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES= Archive 1

''This subsection is for decisive and vital issues concerning the 1983: Doomsday Timeline. Due to the complexity level we have reached with 1983: Doomsday now, each of these issues might have world-spanning consequences that affect dozens of articles. Please treat this section with the necessary respect and do not place discussions that do not belong here.''

PUSA Constitutional Convention and the "Decleration of Suceeding"
We need to talk about the above, guys. The second bit is the document that shows the the Conituaion Act is void and that the Consituion is back in force.--HAD 21:52, July 24, 2010 (UTC)

Why are people ignoring this? This is important!HAD 21:28, August 4, 2010 (UTC)

HAD, would you link to the pertinent article(s)? I can't seem to find mention of it on the PUSA page. BrianD 00:52, August 5, 2010 (UTC)

I don't think there is an article for it yet. Glad to see you've returned Brian :) --GOPZACK 01:13, August 5, 2010 (UTC)

Zack, thanks. My return is not etched in stone. It all depends on how things go here in the short term. BrianD 20:26, August 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * I forgot all about this. May need to backtrack a little. Mitro 13:04, August 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * Speaking of PUSA, there seems to be some conflicts regarding the status of the Pasco Free State. The PFS article states that they joined the NAU (and I believe they are listed as members on the NAU article as well). Nevertheless, on the news page its mentioned that they were to have a vote on May 25th on whether or not to join PUSA, but there is no info on the outcome of the vote. I suggest a compromise: let the May 25th vote have 3 options (join PUSA, stay independent and join NAU, or keep the status quo). Let the May 25th vote outcome be to stay independent and join NAU. Thoughts? Mitro 13:52, August 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * The way I understood it is that Pasco (Which I am a joint caretaker of) voted to joint the NAU but left the door open to joining the USA (or the PUSA whatever it ends up calling itself.) I think we need to make that clearer then it was on the newsfeed or the respective pages in question. So I think Mitro they did indeed vote for your comprise plan. --GOPZACK 20:34, August 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * If there is no article, then HAD would you summarize the issue and your objections to it so we're all on the same page?BrianD 20:27, August 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * I have just had a look on the PUSA page. Apparantly, "On July 4, 2010, the leaders of the Torrington Constitutional Convention announced that it had been decided that the Provisional United States would declare itself the successor of the United States of America. All references to the nation being a provisional republic would be erased from the Constitution. " That is taken direct from the PUSA page. So I guess that A) Their is no issue any more. B)The PUSA needs to drop the P and C) The USA is back! HAD 08:13, August 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah I added that, but South has raised some objections to it so it will likely be revised. Feel free to check out the PUSA talk page if you are interested in the outcome. Mitro 14:19, August 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * Who wants do the honours of putting on the main page that the PUSA is no longer Provisional, as well as updating all relevent articles and links and such and such?HAD 18:30, August 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * I think the USA was my most recent project - before getting involved with the SNU-California debate - so I'll take on the revision of articles pertaining to that great country. I will move the article to "United States of America (1983: Doomsday)" this afternoon. I think all links will follow the move automatically. But if not, I'll fix it so that they do. All references in dated articles (historical references) will stay the same, so maybe changing sections that refer to the ongoing situation won't take long. SouthWriter 19:24, August 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, South. Your a good guy, you know? I bet you and me disagree on alot of things but your still are a good bloke. You've made me reconsider my views on the Southern United States thats for sure.HAD 19:58, August 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * I think the USA was my most recent project - before getting involved with the SNU-California debate - so I'll take on the revision of articles pertaining to that great country. I will move the article to "United States of America (1983: Doomsday)" this afternoon. I think all links will follow the move automatically. But if not, I'll fix it so that they do. All references in dated articles (historical references) will stay the same, so maybe changing sections that refer to the ongoing situation won't take long. SouthWriter 19:24, August 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, South. Your a good guy, you know? I bet you and me disagree on alot of things but your still are a good bloke. You've made me reconsider my views on the Southern United States thats for sure.HAD 19:58, August 14, 2010 (UTC)

Future map
I'm sure many of you have heard me bashing 83:DD and saying how "Its about dead" every time it becomes the highest edited page. I'd like to apologize, as I realized that I may have offended some specific users. Then, to those users whom I have offended it may come as a shock to know that I like 83:DD. Thats right, you heard right. EE likes 1983:DD, and it happens to be one of his favorite timelines. So, out of a combination of hoping for forgiveness, trying to add some little piece to the crown of 83:DD, and just because I like making maps,

I have decided to make a map of what (I think) the world would look like if this TL could be continued.

Before I show it, know that its not done and that I would like it if you told me about whatever nation(s) you're in charge of.

Here you goEastward Expansion 21:45, August 3, 2010 (UTC)

I could see the Virginian Republic eventually absorbing the other members of the Dixie Alliance. And perhaps the rest of the survivor states in the area east of the Mississippi as well. After all, a lot can happen in 100 years.

Yankovic270 22:47, August 3, 2010 (UTC)

I feel that Macedonia would probably also expand north into the upper balkans, it seems Rhodope isn't on this map so I predict that they have conquered them, and, besides Greece, with no other power in the Balkans, Macedonia would probably have the ability to expand into the rest of the Balkan peninsula. Ownerzmcown 22:52, August 3, 2010 (UTC)

Don't listen to Yank on the Virginian Republic. That would have to be done by force if it ever were to happen. And all of the survivor nations combined could overthrow Virginia in a heartbeat. I'm not going to get into a big argument here, but as someone else once stated he is "out to lunch with Virginia and everyone but him knows it".

South Florida might eventually rename itself the Republic of Florida and control all of the state up to the panhandle. And Plymouth will take whatever Vermont doesn't take. I could see New England itself eventually uniting, and the members of the Dixie Alliance may eventually merge into a unified state that is NOT centered around Virginia.

The Celtic Alliance will take over the rest of Wales and Scotland, but the states in England will problably merge together. Arstarpool 23:30, August 3, 2010 (UTC)

I've updated the map, and went with Arstar on the Dixie issue (sorry Yank). What do you think guys think would happen too...

China?

Mexico and America's Southwest?

That area South of India?

Indonesia?

And remember, just because I don't have some countries doesn't mean I think they would collapse. I think by 2100, there would once again be borders.

Eastward Expansion 00:38, August 4, 2010 (UTC)

What about Turkey? I could imagine them ruling some more land in the Middle East. Ownerzmcown 01:02, August 4, 2010 (UTC)

There's too many states in the northern Balkans for Macedonia to get much bigger than its current size - and not into Bulgaria/Rhodope either.

Much of the Northern areas of the NAU on that map are part of anti-NAU states, or Victoria.

The northern third of victoria there is part of Alaska. And, the eastern half of Alaska is in territorial governments that are effectively independant of Canada - and will both very willingly join as soon as possible. Victoria and the Canadian government currently in the NAU are in that camp as well, for that matter.

Sanquay~ in central Quebec is missing, and Superior (given proposals for southern Ontario) Wouldn't have near so much territory.

Current long-terms plans for France are to have it be re-established, with some small chunks of its territory taken by Monaco, Andorra, Luxembourg, and the Celtics.

The Canaucus~ is not empty of states, and Korea would be independent.

Indonesia and the Southeast Asia / Middle East nations should be added.

I don't see Israel giving up the Sinai THAT easily.

Italy on your map would need to be some sort of confederation. And Sicily would eventually be forced from the mainland, too.

Greece would have territory further north, too.

Prussia has given up on territory east of its current position, and short of war North Germany wouldn't join them - and Prussia couldn't beat them, either.

The more central areas of Germany - those not under Luxish~ control - would have allied together, but only at a bare minimum. Political positions of most if not all are against both Prussia and Alpines~.

The only Alpine territory in Germany is likely to be Bavaria.

The nations of Yugoslavia~!

Assiniboia, in southern Manitoba, northwest minni~ and north east N. Dakota.

The USSR would have gotten further West.

Eastern Texas should be added to the NAU.

Poland and Belarus?

East Africa?

Central America and Mexico?

Caribbean?

Several Moroccan states exist - why would they be under Spain?

What about Portugal?

Transylvania?

... that's all I can think of for now.

Don't take it as insulting, its just light criticism! It does actually look nice.

Lordganon 05:11, August 4, 2010 (UTC)

Oh good GOD! The Celts have gone most of Britain in their claws! Plausible, but not popular for the people in Albion (Cleveland and Northumbria), England/Anglia (possible union of East Britain, Woodbridge and Essex) - and definitely not for the Scots. Depending on how the future turns out we might even have seen a war between the British states and the Celtic Alliance - hopefully one where we British don't lose(!). However, I'm inspired somewhat... who here would like to do their own version of 'Doomsday in 100 years', perhaps as a little competition? Fegaxeyl 08:57, August 4, 2010 (UTC)

Hey I'm already doing it! But that might be interesting...

And Lord, thanks but can say specific nations? What Anti-NAU States? What Morrocan States? I suppose I'll try and find out myself...

And don't you think NAU would have conquered those little countries.

Eastward Expansion 13:38, August 4, 2010 (UTC)

I don't think the nations in England would you unite. And there is the Scottish New State which despises the Celts. And what of France? Bob 18:39, August 4, 2010 (UTC)

Are you sure? We already know Cleveland and Northumbria will unite, regardless, and though Essex and Woodbridge have somewhat larger gaps I would posit a possible unification within a few decades, possibly with later absorption of East Britain and recognising the current monarch (who might well be Prince Bob himself at the time!) as theirs. You'd have a solid power base in East Anglia for that nation, and then in the future the new Essex-Woodbridge-East British nation of Anglia might marry with the Albionic rulers to form a single new united kingdom, provided political differences don't enter the mix (Essex is reasonably resentful of the Celtic Alliance's celticism, much less so in the north). This would leave only Southern England (which would plausibly gravitate towards either Anglia or the Celtic Alliance) and the Scottish New State (which if it continues on track will still be hostile to the Celts and allied to Anglia, or completely conquered). Of course, this is a plausible extrapolation of the current situation, much less what we as editors might want. Fegaxeyl 19:16, August 4, 2010 (UTC)

The NAU is a peaceful union, not some war-mongering thing.

Besides Asinaboia, Athabaska and Lincoln are both against the idea of it.

You may want to divide it up into Canada and the USA, as well, since the stated objective of the Canadian part ( as well as the Northwest Alliance, Yukon, and Victoria) is to rejoin the Canadian government in St. Johns when it becomes practical. The Eastern half of Alaska there is the Yukon.

Morocco looks fine like that.

The Gulf States Union would have the Arabian peninsula.

Belarus, like the eastern half of east Poland.

A "German Alliance" in Central Germany, and a German Republic in the Northwest.

Crimea in the southern Ukraine.

The Celts~ would have Brittany and Normandy, Andorra the central part of the Pyrenees, Luxembourg most of Lorraine and Alsace, Monaco most of Southeastern France. The remainder would be a "Kingdom of France"

Belgium would be mostly under the control of Luxembourg, with whatever being left given to France.

The Netherlands is likely to be only recently re-colonized, and I think Friesland would end up with the whole thing.

Sicily, given its nature, would eventually be cut down to Sicily itself, with the mainland being split between Greece and Italy.

By that point, India would have its territory in the South back, for sure.

Superior needs to be cut back - much of that territory would go to Canada, Dixie or New England, more likely than not.

I'd extend the South American Confederation further into Central America - if the columbians get their way, that'll happen.

Bulgaria would more than likely be independent.

Just pencil in the Caucasus as being an alliance or something, stretching up into Russia.

Louisiana will return - the slated goal of the survivors there - and would have joined the NAU, more likely than not. Same for California south of the MSP.

Based on survivor nations east of Finland, the southern area would be Nordic while the Northen parts would be Soviet - see the Karlia articles for details.

The CMAC would be the nation in east Africa.

Iran would likely have the whole area between Turkey and Pakistan.

And don't forget about Isreal and Jordan - now effectively allied - which would have the territory between Anatolia and Egypt west of Suez, more likely than not.

The Philippines are intact after DD, and control the corner of Borneo nearest them.

The rest of Borneo is controlled by Brunei.

Mainland Mayasia is intact, as is Singapore and Sri Lanka.

I'd give most of Burma to India.

Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia survived.

In northern Sumatra is Aceh.

Prussia has given up claims east of Danzig.

Victoria controls most of Southern British Columbia.

I could see West Poland (communist!!) pissing off someone to get taken out.

Luxembourg would probably join a Central-German Alliance.

Stick Croatia in that gap between Italy and Transylvania.

Give the Caribs the rest of Central America, and Mexico the remainder of modern Mexico.

Japan is a self-isolated state, and it is highly unlikely that they'd take over Korea.

And yeah, kinda hard to believe the Celtics would have that much of Britain in their claws.

Lordganon 09:54, August 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * This map and discussion would go well with the 2010 WCRB report on the Future Geopolitical Outlook (1983: Doomsday) article. Also I renamed the topic, you got nothing to apoligize about. Mitro 13:07, August 5, 2010 (UTC)

Other than Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Slovenia would also exist, especially as both Croatia and Serbia aim to join the ADC. And if this really is a map of the world a 100 years from now, or even 50, the most likely outcome in Eastern Europe would be that the rest of the blank spaces in Russia and the Ukraine be absorbed into the Socialist Union. As for Belarus, I'm not so sure.

Thailand and the rest of the Indochinese nations are also missing, but I assume you'll add most of this in the next version of the map.--Vladivostok 15:08, August 5, 2010 (UTC)

Some things,

1. Japan already has Korea (according to the 83:DD map).

2. Why wouldn't the Celts have that much territory?

3. I updated the map!



Eastward Expansion 15:36, August 5, 2010 (UTC)

Korea is independant, the 1983DD map has an error showing Korea under Japan.

As the caretaker of the Celtic Alliance, neither I or the Celtic Alliance show no interest in any more expansion into France. We will take the rest of Cornwall, Scotland, and Wales, but leave England and France to themselves.

I plan on making a map myself pretty soon, but this one will also show the OTL borders. At the current moment I can't do so because I am typing from my iPod, but when I get my computer fixed I will make a more, accuate map. Arstarpool 16:18, August 5, 2010 (UTC)

Editing EE's map I made it slightly more accurate, but still needs a lot of work.Oerwinde 11:16, August 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * Maybe I missed this in the discussion, but what happened to Saguenay? Is it really likely that they will not be independent in the near future? Mitro 14:49, August 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * I actually completely forgot about it, and with EE's map leaving it out it never crossed my mind.Oerwinde 18:36, August 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * After reading the article on Saguenay, I really think Canada would have annexed it. And also, the point of my map is that all those little city-states (I'm not saying Saguenay is one) would be absorbed by larger nations.
 * Eastward Expansion 22:03, August 6, 2010 (UTC)

It's a good goal - but it some areas of the globe just not feasible.

With regards to Canada, Sangquay~ is toast in the long run.

What you're missing with the NAU is its parts - the P. Canada would merge with Canada, as would Victoria, given the chance - which will definitely come in a hundred years. The PUSA would likely have the entire area south of the border, except the part in Victoria, as well.

The MSP would definitely be part of the PUSA as well.

And, the Central German States - and Southwest too, for that matter - would not go along with any other German states willingly - some sort of Central Germanic Alliance would be best.

Lordganon 08:22, August 8, 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps by then, the NAU would become the USA, with the PUSA (Without the P) having become so powerful as to make this so. I probably should have worded that better...HAD 10:18, August 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * Why don't you guys use the indent button, it would make these discussions easier to follow. But then, sometimes the indents are disregarded by the edit software.


 * Anyway, I'm with HAD. The "North American Union" would cease to be a political alliance (it is NOT a nation), and the DD_100.jpg would take the reins of the American states as they come to realize that a Balkanization of America just weakens them. There is no way that the MSP would continue. I am surprized that the scattered city-states made it this long. The USA and the alliances in the south would probably become one (south of Virginia/Kentucky) once Texas came on board. And I don't think the USA would take land from Mexico in the meantime either. My American spirit is strong enough that I hold out for at most four, but probably only three nations between Canada and Mexico. Here is what I think the American states might be a hundred years after Doomsday. The proposed names for the alternate American successor nations are tentative, of course. SouthWriter 04:48, August 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * This is interesting, but I don't see the Dixie Alliance joining the USA. I almost picture them as a second Confederacy who would maintain their independence. Caeruleus 05:34, August 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * Right you are, Caer. The Dixie Alliance is in the red area, expanding north to join with Superior which would lose its Canadian territory but reclaim the lands of the midwest Great Lakes states. The two "nations" of the DA are very much like Superior, so I see them combining. I am not sure about the northeastern states, but given the political situation in OTL, I would not be surprised if in TTL that area would see little continuity with the historical USA anyway. The south and west, on the other hand, tend to hold more closely to the USA of history. The liberalism of the far west does not foster independence so much as it does interdependece of the states on the federal government. All in all, there would be some balkanization, but these three seem to be the extent of it in the long run.SouthWriter 16:28, August 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't think Superior would unite with the Dixie Alliance. Nor do I think the rest of the Southern US east of the Mississippi would join the USA. I would imagin the Dixie Alliance expanding southward to encompass all of the US south of the Ohio and Potomac Rivers and east of the Mississippi. In the north, there would be Superior expanding southeward into Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin, Toledo expanding noth towards Toronto, west to Chicago, east to Pittsburg, and south to the Dixie border. The USA would remain west of the Mississippi. The states east of the Mississippi may uite though. There has also been talk of a reunited Texas who may not join the USA. Caeruleus 21:31, August 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * I am one of the editors working with the deep south, and I don't see us continuing to be separated from the USA. The deep has the history needed to give the new USA its heritage back. The nations as they now exist, a quarter of a century in, are not sufficiently alienated from the old America to warrent a wholesale rejection of the idea of rejoining with the legitimate government that has just been declared. If the legal and political structure is there, I can see this happening. This is especially true if Texas rejoins the USA, adding its support to the weak states of Louisiana and Mississippi. If Texas, goes it alone, then Dixie (probably not taking that name) might very well follow its lead, perhaps even joining the largest southern state (instead of the other way around).
 * My optimism is anathema to Yankovich, and others tend to agree with him but not to the extreme. But since this is alternate history and not alternate future, this exercise only helps to set our goals as to where we want our particular articles to go. We can only represent the minds of each nation-state's leaders as we write our articles. This is sort of like "long range planning." If you don't know where you are going, you'll be lost wherever you are! SouthWriter 02:55, August 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't think Superior would unite with the Dixie Alliance. Nor do I think the rest of the Southern US east of the Mississippi would join the USA. I would imagin the Dixie Alliance expanding southward to encompass all of the US south of the Ohio and Potomac Rivers and east of the Mississippi. In the north, there would be Superior expanding southeward into Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin, Toledo expanding noth towards Toronto, west to Chicago, east to Pittsburg, and south to the Dixie border. The USA would remain west of the Mississippi. The states east of the Mississippi may uite though. There has also been talk of a reunited Texas who may not join the USA. Caeruleus 21:31, August 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * I am one of the editors working with the deep south, and I don't see us continuing to be separated from the USA. The deep has the history needed to give the new USA its heritage back. The nations as they now exist, a quarter of a century in, are not sufficiently alienated from the old America to warrent a wholesale rejection of the idea of rejoining with the legitimate government that has just been declared. If the legal and political structure is there, I can see this happening. This is especially true if Texas rejoins the USA, adding its support to the weak states of Louisiana and Mississippi. If Texas, goes it alone, then Dixie (probably not taking that name) might very well follow its lead, perhaps even joining the largest southern state (instead of the other way around).
 * My optimism is anathema to Yankovich, and others tend to agree with him but not to the extreme. But since this is alternate history and not alternate future, this exercise only helps to set our goals as to where we want our particular articles to go. We can only represent the minds of each nation-state's leaders as we write our articles. This is sort of like "long range planning." If you don't know where you are going, you'll be lost wherever you are! SouthWriter 02:55, August 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * My optimism is anathema to Yankovich, and others tend to agree with him but not to the extreme. But since this is alternate history and not alternate future, this exercise only helps to set our goals as to where we want our particular articles to go. We can only represent the minds of each nation-state's leaders as we write our articles. This is sort of like "long range planning." If you don't know where you are going, you'll be lost wherever you are! SouthWriter 02:55, August 13, 2010 (UTC)

Interesting. Though, the borders of Greece must be greatly reduced in this map. Greece simply doesn't have the population, or friendly enough neighbors, to allow them to have such a large empire. Turkey, as in OTL, will become wealthier, more industrialized, and much more populous than Greece. Also, due the the mutual Greco-Turkish hatred, there would be many Greco-Turkish wars. The end result of these wars would, as the absolute minimum, be the Turkish conquest of the Turkish Straits, parts of nothern Greece, and Cyprus. After that war occured, it is highly possibly that Turkey would have expanded into eastern Bulgaria. Also, Turkey would be an ally of Macedonia due to their mutual hatred of Greece. Egypt, after developing a hatred of Greece imperialism and experiencing an upsurge of nationalism, would also probably align with Turkey against Greece and conquer most of Greece's North African territory. Sicily also has a larger population and equal, or greater, industrialization to that of Greece, so neither Sardinia, Tunisia, or southern Italy would be under Greek control. I predict, in 100 years in this timeline, Greece would be limited to southern Greece, the Aegean Islands, and Crete.

Also, Kurdistan would also probably be conquered by Turkey. If fully supported by Iran, only the northern Kurdish provinces that were part of pre-Doomsday Turkey would be conquered.

In addition, I still see a Caucusian alliance as very implausible. Azerbaijan would become an ally of Turkey. Georgia and Armenia would become allies. There would probably be at least one war between the two alliances. The Caucusus could also become a battleground for a possible Turkish-Iranian cold war. Not sure what will happen there, but it won't be divided. Traditionally though, Turkey has always been stronger than Iran. Caeruleus 02:57, August 12, 2010 (UTC)


 * I was bored, so here's another possible map for 100 years from now. Caeruleus 04:26, August 12, 2010 (UTC)


 * I think what might also happen is Sicilian expansion gets so unacceptable that the LoN, ADC, or just multiple Mediterranean states would fight a war to destroy it and force an unconditional surrender. Ownerzmcown 04:32, August 12, 2010 (UTC)


 * That wouldn't happen. Macedonia and Turkey would probably join forces with Sicily to destroy Greece at some point, due to their mutual hatred of Greece and the general vulrunbility of Greece. Israel would probably tag along due to their strong relations with Turkey, or at least they would stay neutral. Egypt would grow sick of Greek imperialism and wish to reconquer their territory that's controlled by Greece. So after Greece was dismantled, all those states would join forces with Sicily that would enable it to hold off the ADC. And the only other states in the LoN, and aren't in the ADC, who would militarily oppose Sicily is ANZC, who wouldn't be able to enter the Mediterrean easily if Greece lost control of the Suez Canal. Essentially, it would stalemate the Meditterranean. Turkey, Macedonia, Sicily, and Egypt would dominate the eastern Mediterranean, while ADC would dominate the western Meditterranean. Caeruleus 04:41, August 12, 2010 (UTC)




 * .... Holy empire-building Batman! No way on earth that could happen, the ADC is a lot stronger than Sicily, and would crush them easily in a war that lasted longer than a couple months. Turkey wouldn't be far behind.


 * Lordganon 05:16, August 12, 2010 (UTC)


 * Not really. Remember, Sicily controls most of pre-Doomsday Italy's navy, is highly industrialized, and has a fairly large population. Greece would be crushed because their empire is overstretched and their surrounded by enemies. The ADC has other problems too, such as the wars in North America, the Nordic Alliance in Russia, and a possible North German-Prussian war. Not to mention that Spain and Portugal would still be recovering from Doomsday, be more focused on reuniting their nations than conquering Sicily, and have minimal population from which to draw up an army to fight with. Actually, when you think about it, the ADC isn't that powerful. As long as Sicily doesn't go too far and do something crazy, like invade mainland Spain, they wouldn't react that strongly, mainly because they couldn't. All the nations of ADC have their own issues, which would have priority as long as Sicily restrained itself.


 * However, the ADC would successfully limit northern and western Sicilian expansion. However, once Greece was defeated, the ADC would be facing a long, protracted war with Sicily and its new allies, which thBlank.jpg ADC would not be very keen on engaging in. And if they won, they'd be facing an occupation of Sicily, that would involve a Sicilian insurgency, and a war sometime in the future with an alliance, led by Turkey. They would use their influence to prevent the complete annexation of Greece, but wouldn't launch an all-out invasion of Sicliy. In additon, Turkey, Macedonia, and Egypt were all industrializing fairly rapidly and if nothing else, Turkey, as in OTL, would quickly come to match, and surpass, the states of western Europe militarily.


 * Also, as many have recognized, Greece's size and empire is implausible, so its collapse is quite realistic. Caeruleus 05:34, August 12, 2010 (UTC)

100 years may be too much of a time to really guess. A lot of unforseen events can happen in that amount of time. Here are some predictions I have for Western Europe within the next 50 years. My apologies for any errors. Question marks refer to areas that I think are up for grabs or have no idea on. The area around Rome might be returned to the Papacy as a compromise between Sicily and Alpine.
 * Why would the Alpine Confederation annex almost the entirety of Croatia and all of Slovenia? They are both asking to be admitted into the LoN and the ADC and they are strong economic partners. But I do agree that if a map were to be done that the timescale should definately need to be reduced, perhaps even to only 25 years into the future, and even then it would be hard to predict everything, as perhaps new nations would get in the way.--Vladivostok 16:58, August 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * Personally, I am of the opinion that by 2110, the CANZ will have evolved into the Federal Republic of Australia and New Zealand (FRANZ) after severing the last ties with the monarchy and replacing the old post of Governor-General with that of President. The SAC will evolve into the South American Federation. The two Polands will unite, forming the Republic of Poland, which along with Belarus, the Crimea (If excepted as plausible) and Transylvania will form the Eastern European League as a counterpart to the ADC. Sciliy will probably democratise and become a member of the ADC. The English and Scotish survivor states will unite as the Kingdom of Albion, while the French states will unite as the Kingdom of France. Spain will be a republic. The Western German states will unite as the United German Republic while Prussia will remain independent. The PUSA (USA) will replace the NAU and unite most of the American continent, with the exception of the Confederation of Dixie, the Republic of New England and the Republic of Superior. Canada will reclaim most of it's territory, but Assinoba and Victoria will remain independent. The USSR will fully democratise and become the USS, the Union of Sovereign States. I would like to show all this on a map, but I don't know how. HAD 08:16, August 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree Victoria will remain independent. Rejoining Canada at first was a goal, but by the time thats feasible, there will be a significant American population that I don't see wanting to join Canada, while the Canadian population won't want to join the new USA. With the current setup of Germany, I can see it solidifying into Alpine, Prussian, North German, and Southern monarchist(Waldeck-Hesse and Wurttemburg, possibly uniting through conquest maybe).Oerwinde 08:38, August 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree with you in part about German although i feel the monarchies will unite with Prussia while the Republics like the Rhineland Federation will join with North GermanyVegas adict 10:40, August 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree with you in part about German although i feel the monarchies will unite with Prussia while the Republics like the Rhineland Federation will join with North GermanyVegas adict 10:40, August 13, 2010 (UTC)

Space Operations in the SAC
The Space Operations article saids that the SAC launch their rockets in the Guiana Space Center, but why they couldn't use the Alcantara Launch Center in Brazil? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcantara_Launch_Center. VENEZUELA 21:55, August 15, 2010 (UTC)


 * Construction started in 1982 so its possible Doomsday disrupted the planed launch center or scrapped it all together but it could be operational today. It would just come into operation later then in OTL --GOPZACK 05:16, August 16, 2010 (UTC)