Talk:Virginia (1983: Doomsday)

To the author: I'm afraid Mitro is right. Without significant changes, there is no way this article can fit into the Doomsday timeline. It is simply a fact of the world that the major cities of the US - including or especially Washington - were completely irradiated during the war. That alone makes much of this page unworkable. Benkarnell 23:17, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

I saw the message you left on Marc's talk page, which tells me you wouldn't mind changing some of this page. Here are the problems, as I see them:
 * It makes no sense for the area to be spared the very worst of the Doomsday attack. This was the nerve center of the US government and military.  If anything, the USSR would send more missiles than strictly needed, just to make sure the US was decapitated.  I'd expect targets in not only Washington, but Alexandria, Annapolis, Camp David, and the many military bases throughout Virginia.  The Chesapeake region likely had one of the lowest survival rates in the world.
 * Totally made-up people. Since this is alternate history and not simply fiction, it's best to find someone from that era who may have survived.
 * Saying that what is basically a barbarian survivalist state has a government "based heavily on Rome" without explaining why they would choose such a model. Why are they thinking in such classy terms?
 * Low cancer rates: no way. As said, this was one of the hardest hit places.  Radiation doesn't last forever, but there are probably still dangerous zones.
 * Size: a regime like the one described would probably be much more local.
 * Overall, if there is anything in the Washington region, it consists of people repopulating the area after decades of abandonment. There is also the climate to consider: if ice caps are melting, a lot of the tidewater region may be underwater.

That said, there are some workable points:
 * Fiefdoms set up or ruled by rogue elements within the military: this is something we have not explored enough.
 * A total autocracy held together through sheer force: this probably describes most of the world right now, but in general people have focused on the more pleasant areas.
 * Relations with the CRUSA: While I'm not sure how they would have heard of this group at all (it's based in Australia), if a state like this did hear of them, they wouldn't like them, that is for sure.

I hope you're willing to do some rewriting! Assuming you are, welcome to the project.

PS: Please consider getting a user name. That way, we can leave you messages and can know what to call you.

Benkarnell 03:31, 26 July 2009 (UTC)