Oh, the possibilities when you worldbuild in a timeline that diverges around 1900. Well…if we’re trying to alter the territory of the United States 1850 might be a better point of departure, but the 20th century alone has a host of possibilities that would make … Continue readingIn my Timeline, an Expanded States of America?
Rather famously, the western United States have rather arbitrary borders, boxy figures defined by parallels and meridians, which has had the rather hideous consequence of placing e.g. very different regions separated by 14,000-foot tall mountains in the same state (Colorado, I’m looking at you). More … Continue readingBuilding Better Western States
What kind of a country strives hard to acquire territory only to deny its people the full splendor of the spoils? Among many other countries who often styled themselves “empires” and acquired far-flung islands across the ocean, the United States, that’s who. Specifically I’d like … Continue readingA Not-so-Minor Dream for the Minor Outlying Islands