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Re: Civil War Alternate History
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 3:17 pm
by mèþru
my main problem with Muselmanistan is that it just sounds ugly to me phonetically; I don't have a problem with them all being related by Islam.
Islamistan doesn't sound grammatical - I think that -stan is a suffix relating to people specifically
Re: Civil War Alternate History
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 3:25 pm
by Pedant
Based on the area, might I recommend Iskitistan or Sakitistan, from the Turkish/Arabic word for “Scythian”?
Re: Civil War Alternate History
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 6:33 am
by mèþru
Since each state of the Russian Empire gets to make their own constitutions, I wonder if Muselmanistan will become a federation within the federation. If so, can Chechnya and Azerbaijan be a two-state federation witin the federation within the federation?
federalism-ception
Re: Civil War Alternate History
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 6:48 am
by mèþru
oh wait, I forgot Armenia and Georgia are in between. Forget the second part.
Re: Civil War Alternate History
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 9:02 am
by Bob
Pedant: I'm a big fan of Scythia. I forget if those place names are from it. I think probably. I'm more a fan of Bactria, though, because of Bactrian camels. I've read all of Herodotus and found Scythians there and in very very nice poetic, Christmas-y passages in the Aeneid or perhaps one of those other works by Virgil like Georgics or Bucolics or something.
Re: Civil War Alternate History
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2018 11:49 am
by mèþru
copying from a discord:
I wrote:James Speed becomes an Associate Justice.
David Davis becomes Chief Justice instead of Salmon P. Chase.
Stanton becomes Attorney General, Grant Secretary of War. Chase remains Secretary of State. Benjamin Butler becomes an Associate Justice.
I need to work on Supreme Court history after Taney's death.
Re: Civil War Alternate History
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2019 8:10 pm
by mèþru
According to
xkcd, my alternate history's present day is actually OTL 1854-6
I should make my own equivalent test for ATL
Re: Civil War Alternate History
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2019 8:21 pm
by mèþru
Damnit I can't read
Its actually 1919-1923
Re: Civil War Alternate History
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 6:46 am
by mèþru
If Tesla stays in Budapest and works for a telegraph company there, what would he work on? How will Edison's company develop without him? For one, I think they'll just adopt alternating current without fuss with no Edison-Tesla rivalry
I have him specialise on communication network engineering rather than electric engineering, but I don't know what that even means in the late 19th and 20th centuries
Re: Civil War Alternate History
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 4:34 pm
by mèþru
here are some ideas:
Improves the efficiency of dynamos used by the Budapesten Távíró Társaság, which is patented by him and then sold with royalties to other companies in Europe
Improves switchboard efficiency, eventually inventing automatic switchboards for phones and telegraphs.
Improves microphone technology in telephones, making clearer audio
Continues working on the telephone repeater which in our world he claimed to invent while in Budapest
Invents radiotelegraphy
Invents mobile phones, as he designs them first to be less fragile and more compact, then to operate on radio waves and then to be wireless
He works on wireless energy transference to the end of his life, but I don't know how far he could get. He's going to be more focused and less depressed as he will be in a high position in the Budapest Távíró Társaság until his death or forced retirement due to overworking.
Re: Civil War Alternate History
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 6:52 pm
by mèþru
The mobile teletrophone wouldn't actually be practical enough though until maybe the 50s or 60s, so non-mobile radio-based teletrophones first. He invents the concept in the 1910s, makes it viable in the 20s and then sells it on the mass market in 30s.
Re: Civil War Alternate History
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2019 7:06 am
by mèþru
The company will be renamed Magyarország Elektromos Társaság in the 1890s to reflect its wider product line and non-telegraphy services. In the 1930s, it is renamed Európai Elektromos Társaság to reflect its international customer base.
Re: Civil War Alternate History
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2019 1:36 pm
by mèþru
How would Lincoln's assassination in 1870 (a year and a month or two after the end of his presidency) affect, well, anything? I'm sure it would be major news, but what else would happen? He already retired from public life after the RNC of 1868.
Re: Civil War Alternate History
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:44 am
by mèþru
I'm thinking predominantly Tamil and Naga areas will be independent of my mega-India (which includes lower Burma, the whole of Bangladesh and Pakistan)
Re: Civil War Alternate History
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2019 11:08 am
by mèþru
Tamil Nadu will be a separate republic, while Nagaland is separated from the Raj in the 1920s and becomes a member state of the Imperial Federation.
Re: Civil War Alternate History
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2019 3:42 pm
by mèþru
and I'm thinking that the Mergui Archipelago and mainly Malay parts of Lower Burma will go to the Malayan Federation (part of the Imperial Federation)
Re: Civil War Alternate History
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2019 4:32 pm
by mèþru
I realised Nagaland can't use the pound sterling while surrounded by India, so I guess Nagaland is also completely independent.
Maybe they can be the location of an annual international Baptist conference.
Re: Civil War Alternate History (necroes welcome)
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2019 8:01 am
by mèþru
Any ideas on how this affects culture and politics 1869-1900 in Canada and the Maritime Union:
I wrote:Nova Scotia secedes from the confederation in 1869. They form a separate confederation with Prince Edward Island called the Maritime Union.
12 Senators each in Canada, 4 per a province in the Maritime Union. The Maritime Union is much more based on the United States in its constitution. Whereas Canada's senators are still appointed in the modern day, the Maritime Union indirectly elected them until the early 20th century. The Maritime Senate is now directly elected by STV.
I also forgot to mention that Cape Breton eventually broke off and became a separate province within the Maritime Union. Parrsboro was selected as a neutral capital in hopes that New Brunswick would also secede. When the hopes failed to materialised, the Union considered moving the capital in 1890s. This failed to happen because while PEI and Cape Breton wanted to move the capital to Pictou, the other provinces wanted the capital in Halifax. They decided that the status quo satisified everyone a little while a change would leave one side dissatisfied a lot.
I no longer have Parrsboro as the capital because I read about the gigantic waves in the Bay of Fundy. Instead, I'll have the capital in Pugwash.
Re: Civil War Alternate History (necroes welcome)
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2019 8:03 am
by mèþru
The Maritime Union also includes the Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Belize, Jamaica and the Turks and Caicos
Re: Civil War Alternate History (necroes welcome)
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2019 8:24 am
by mèþru
Okay, probably to the west of Pugwash, but the important thing is that it is on the north shore of Cumberland County. I'm thinking Amherst Shore or Northport. Trying to find info about them, but most of the communities are stubs or don't have pages at all.