What have you learnt after reading the AN’s factbooks? III

[Sherechia]

So despite being a "European" themed country their language is apparently Semitic since the Phoenicians and Carthaginians used the Islands as a stopping point for trade.

[The Imagination Animals]

They have a great civil rights and political freedom record and yet they legalize cruel and unusual punishments.

[The Caleshan Valkyrie]

They apparently have some very dramatic malls, including one that is built in an aquarium. Either that’s one hella big aquarium, or one hella small mall.

[Waisnor]

Caleshans had a series of wars with Roman Empire, which lasted for 350 years, and in the end of the wars in 18th century armored vehicles and airships were used.

[Sierran Republic]

Waisnor has a history that makes sense for its location, but is somehow more brutal than the Baltic States or Belarus. There's something about the factbooks that are very readable, but also very believable, particularly for its history during the 20th century.

[Isles of Eamhna]

Waisnor has a history that makes sense for its location, but is somehow more brutal than the Baltic States or Belarus. There's something about the factbooks that are very readable, but also very believable, particularly for its history during the 20th century.

In 1910, Japan forced the Queen of Hawaii into exile. She appealed to the Sierran government for support, who provided it in exchange for her acceptance of their suzerainty following her reinstatement after a two-year conflict.

[Hatsunia]

Although it is close to Ireland, the culture and language was influenced by Phoenician and Carthaginian traders from the Mediterranean Sea. A dark age occurred after the fall of Carthage. The country has been under the control of Celtic, Norse, Scottish, and English influence.

[Daeju]

Much of the nation follows above user's ideas in what a better Japan might look like socially, culturally, and economically. But there are also some elements which seem just based on personal preference or stylistic choices, like Miraito being in the area of Hokkaido, or the distinguishing feature of their capital not being either Skytree or Tokyo Tower but an unbuilt skyscraper instead.

[The Restored Danelaw]

Unlike most places in Korea, Daeju was not renamed during the Japanese period -which is weird in and of itself given how thorough they were in renaming everything and everywhere in Korea. In fact, the only point of divergence between the Japanese, Korean and Chinese names for the island is its etymology.

[Bursken]

That the above factbooks are well written and interesting

[The Restored Danelaw]

That the above factbooks are well written and interesting

Thank you!

/still me

[Sherechia]

Your "state minister" which I presume means prime minister looks like the son of Boris Johnson and some skinny physics professor. He seems to be a decent, sensible centrist. Pro market but also pro-worker rights, seems to understand that if the workers are not happy, the writings of Chairman Mao might become the Danelaw's state ideology. Also seems to be a writer.

[Waisnor]

One of Sherechian parties, Calicon Star, somehow mixed neoliberalism and neoconservatism in their ideology with adding globalism.

[Pan-Asiatic States]

Second Cinema Channel is, to my understanding, Waisnor's HBO.

[The Imagination Animals]

The Pan Asian States are a Socialist one party state

[The Norden Utopia]

They banned the act (and even visual representation) of anthropomorphic animals wearing human clothing.

[Rhim Flavezztowland]

That most of the Norden Utopia's people don't have an idea of anything "gendered clothing" at all, and that physical distancing was already existent in that country years before the COVID pandemic even began.

[Schneeland Republic]

The current country has, in different forms and intermittently, existed for over 1500 years, since 500 CE.

[Whitemore]

The country had both a Napoleonic style Republic, and later a National Socialist style regime in different periods of it's existence.

[The Restored Danelaw]

Like with most German states, Schneeland follows a model of parliamentary federalism wherein the president is a largely ceremonial figurehead and true power is invested in a parliamentary-appointed head of government. Unlike most German states, this head of government is named Prime Minister, the aforementioned parliament is unicameral and mostly dominated by two parties.

AN: In some ways, Whitemore is a literal army with a state. Not just because its state is ruled by the military but because even the economy is subservient to it and designed around making permanent warfare a possibility: its economy is pretty much mostly only manufacturing arms, equipment and vehicles of war. There is nearly no form of worker protection enshrined in law -long, grueling work hours in unsafe conditions, barely any regulation at all and an army that will kill any attempt to actually bring order to this mess through legal means.

[Hatsunia]

In this universe's WWII, the equivalent of the Allies was led by the Anglo-Japanese alliance. Japan still instigated the war against China in 1937, but it was Russia that invaded Poland in 1939. The Danelaw stayed out of the war until Spain invaded their long-time ally Portugal. Atomic bombs were dropped on Russia, New Spain, and China, which were part of the Brotherhood of Nations (which was mostly fascist but not always).

[The Restored Danelaw]

In this universe's WWII, the equivalent of the Allies was led by the Anglo-Japanese alliance. Japan still instigated the war against China in 1937, but it was Russia that invaded Poland in 1939. The Danelaw stayed out of the war until Spain invaded their long-time ally Portugal. Atomic bombs (as well as chemical weapons, presumably, if that's what "kernelweapons" means) were dropped on the fascist states of Russia, Spain, and China.

(Kernelweapons means nuclear weapons, though I meant it to be atomic bombs so I might need to edit that. Also, it's New Spain [Mexico], not Spain, that gets nuked alongside Russia and China. And not because it's fascist) /skip

[The Vault 87 Super Mutants]

Their English has some rather noteworthy differences in spelling and vocabulary compared to its real world counterpart.

Edit:
The Japan in their universe has quite a different shape, with two long islands joined by one central, rounded landmass.

[The Celestial Shurayu Republic]

They are a group of various supermutant warbands lead by the highly intelligent Shepard who conquered the Capital Wasteland and now keep humans in pens as slaves. Also they have cute centaur pets.

[The Near Islands]

While East Coast Supermutants are generally considered simple, they possess the ability to create long-range radio towers that allow them to contact with super mutants as far away as Texas. This is made even more impressive by the fact that one of the most powerful OTL radio stations based in Cincinnati barely reaches Chicago, but I'd imagine several hundred years of being reliant on radios for long-distance communication would cause their technology to be much better than the OTL.

IIRC though, the Texas Supermutants are Mariposa rather than Vault 87 or Institute. Which from my understanding, are a lot more intelligent and have a wider range of personalities - with many wanting to integrate with humans rather than murder/enslave them. So perhaps there might be a rivalry between the two races eventually, but I could be wrong.

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AN: Whereas most modern systems of government typically have two-to-three branches of Government (Executive, Legislative, and Judicial), Shuraya is unique in the sense that it has five. The Din and the Arnum. The first one deals with hiring and examining would-be politicians, civil servants, and bureaucrats whilst the latter deals with examining and monitoring established members of government. While I would normally question why they wouldn't just be departments, I feel like it fits within Shurayu's culture and style of Government. The rigidness of the government and societal structure would necessitate a system where only the best are allowed into the government, which I think would allow for bureaucrats dedicated to monitoring the government to prosper - either as a pre-existing ministry that branched off from one of the branches or as their own thing entirely.