Looking forward to this! Obviously waiting on the actual entries but from a first look
1. Seems like the UK is *much* better off than the US, I'm surprised the US-EC's entry talks so much about UK immigration. Most of the UK is under one of two governments, and while greater London, the Midlands, and lowland Scotland are gone the rest of the country seems to have limited atomic damage. Doesn't seem a great deal for a British citizen in mostly un-irradiated Wales to be voluntarily becoming a neo-Serf in a North Carolinian colony
2. Seems like Ireland should be a much bigger player in North Atlantic politics than it has been in previous entries. It's a fertile island, had a large and decentralized agriculture sector, and only suffered very limited nuking. NZ is mentioned as a big player in the Pacific, and NZ seems to have gotten a much worse atomic battering than Ireland did here, but the two countries have similar populations. If NZ dollars are common currency in California, Irish Punt should be a mainstay on the East Coast. Though it's easier for British refugees to flee to Ireland than Australians to NZ which maybe explains this
1. You ain’t heard nothing yet. You have no idea how much worse it can get. There’s a reason why many Britons have moved to America. Although British emigration to America is slowing down for a number of reasons, while Irish, German, and Brazilian emigration is increasing.
Also, aside from the rebel factions in the Wild Fields, all of the UK factions recognize the Douglas government to some extent, even the legitimist warlords. That recognition can range from full loyalty, to skeptical cooperation at arm’s length, to pure lip service. The factions may all hate each other, but Douglas maintains a shaky peace for now.
Just how loyal they will remain in the years ahead is a matter of speculation. There’s a reason why the Bulgarian government sponsored this fact-finding mission—they want to know who is on which side, and which side they should back.
2. Ireland and the conflicts in which it engages are key to this story. There is an extremely tumultuous relationship between the two, and Ireland has been deeply scarred from far more than just a nuke on Dublin. You might observe how they don’t control any of their major seaports on the Goldfinch map. 2059 is a rare period of peace, but it won’t last forever. As the series develops, I may go back and adjust American lore to reflect these things.
Things usually aren’t as bad as the New Mexico race war, that’s one of the worst case scenarios that unfolded in America, but they get that way at times and in certain places.
Pop culture references are often trite, but the first thing that comes to mind for me is season 1 of Game of Thrones. The lords of Westeros are all at each other’s throats, but the rulership of King Robert keeps them in line.
I demand to know why you specifically made Melksham in Wiltshire into Bowerhill, as one who spent the first ten years of his life on that housing estate, it blew my mind to see.
Almost all of the settlements on the map, especially those that are in areas of relatively higher population density have over 1000 inhabitants. Melksham proper, like many towns in the South West (and South East) was nearly-totally destroyed in the Irish War.
I get that, but every other town has the same name as its original. I grew up in Wiltshire and Somerset and every town's name is correct, only Melksham has been renamed after one tiny housing estate on the southern outskirts.
It’s not the only town that gets renamed, a lot of the Wild Fields capitals get renamed as well, and there’s a few others in places. I didn’t catch all the name changes though, and will have to go back and fix the ones I missed.
Awesome, can't wait to see this universe expand
I notice Lancaster is mentioned as being both a right-wing and left-wing faction. Deliberate or typo?
Pre-war political labels might not be wholly applicable to a post-nuclear world.
Looking forward to this! Obviously waiting on the actual entries but from a first look
1. Seems like the UK is *much* better off than the US, I'm surprised the US-EC's entry talks so much about UK immigration. Most of the UK is under one of two governments, and while greater London, the Midlands, and lowland Scotland are gone the rest of the country seems to have limited atomic damage. Doesn't seem a great deal for a British citizen in mostly un-irradiated Wales to be voluntarily becoming a neo-Serf in a North Carolinian colony
2. Seems like Ireland should be a much bigger player in North Atlantic politics than it has been in previous entries. It's a fertile island, had a large and decentralized agriculture sector, and only suffered very limited nuking. NZ is mentioned as a big player in the Pacific, and NZ seems to have gotten a much worse atomic battering than Ireland did here, but the two countries have similar populations. If NZ dollars are common currency in California, Irish Punt should be a mainstay on the East Coast. Though it's easier for British refugees to flee to Ireland than Australians to NZ which maybe explains this
1. You ain’t heard nothing yet. You have no idea how much worse it can get. There’s a reason why many Britons have moved to America. Although British emigration to America is slowing down for a number of reasons, while Irish, German, and Brazilian emigration is increasing.
Also, aside from the rebel factions in the Wild Fields, all of the UK factions recognize the Douglas government to some extent, even the legitimist warlords. That recognition can range from full loyalty, to skeptical cooperation at arm’s length, to pure lip service. The factions may all hate each other, but Douglas maintains a shaky peace for now.
Just how loyal they will remain in the years ahead is a matter of speculation. There’s a reason why the Bulgarian government sponsored this fact-finding mission—they want to know who is on which side, and which side they should back.
2. Ireland and the conflicts in which it engages are key to this story. There is an extremely tumultuous relationship between the two, and Ireland has been deeply scarred from far more than just a nuke on Dublin. You might observe how they don’t control any of their major seaports on the Goldfinch map. 2059 is a rare period of peace, but it won’t last forever. As the series develops, I may go back and adjust American lore to reflect these things.
Looking forward to it! I get the sense that this is an Arizona vs New Mexico situation
Things usually aren’t as bad as the New Mexico race war, that’s one of the worst case scenarios that unfolded in America, but they get that way at times and in certain places.
Pop culture references are often trite, but the first thing that comes to mind for me is season 1 of Game of Thrones. The lords of Westeros are all at each other’s throats, but the rulership of King Robert keeps them in line.
I demand to know why you specifically made Melksham in Wiltshire into Bowerhill, as one who spent the first ten years of his life on that housing estate, it blew my mind to see.
Almost all of the settlements on the map, especially those that are in areas of relatively higher population density have over 1000 inhabitants. Melksham proper, like many towns in the South West (and South East) was nearly-totally destroyed in the Irish War.
I get that, but every other town has the same name as its original. I grew up in Wiltshire and Somerset and every town's name is correct, only Melksham has been renamed after one tiny housing estate on the southern outskirts.
It’s not the only town that gets renamed, a lot of the Wild Fields capitals get renamed as well, and there’s a few others in places. I didn’t catch all the name changes though, and will have to go back and fix the ones I missed.
Ah OK, I would probably not recognise all of the other changes, but it made me laugh when I saw Bowerhill as the estate is a mess haha
Do the Aryan Empire, British Republic and Islamic Emirate ever interact?
There’s a royal wedding planned.