You know, if I wasn't afraid of coming across as a spammer, I'd be tempted to start a thread on that topic as well. Korea is not wanked enough, in my opinion.
Everyone loves a good Japan-wank. Visions of cyberpunk mechs fill our easily satisfied minds as we see that wonderful big blob of yellow smeared all over the edges of the map. We feel a bit guilty about throwing Korea and the Philippines under the Co-Prosperity bus, but it's a small price to pay...
Oh hey, it's the AH.com Space People! Hey Space People, big fan! :D
One thought I had was a de facto France-led European Defence Community being more heavily into space-based dick-waving. With countries like Italy and West Germany pitching in, a relatively large budget wouldn't be completely...
France was the third nation to independently achieve access to space, and has been the leading backer of the ESA since its inception.
Is it possible to make the French even more advanced in the area of space exploration? Could France, alone or in cooperation with other European nations, come...
As you all know, the world had to suffer through the whole Bear-and-Eagle glaring match during most of the 20th century's second half. Weaken one, the logic goes, and you automatically strengthen the other. That's obvious. Common sense.
Your challenge, then, is to weaken both the US and the...
Boring, technically correct answer: Zoroaster, because he's the oldest one and no-one else on the list would exist if he farted differently any given Tuesday.
Answer based on who personally achieved the most: Muhammad, without a doubt.
Answer based on whose name is invoked the most: Jesus...
I really wonder how the general public (or, well, noblemen and rich burghers) will react to the Order's secularization. The romantic crusader ideal was still very much alive, and the Teutonic Knights derived enough goodwill from being the selfless defenders of Christendom to withstand opposition...
Anyway, to get a good picture of a potential Swedish dystopia, read up on Gunnar and Alva Myrdal.
Edit: Actually, I think I might know an even better guy. Hold on, gonna dig through my library...
Edit 2: Ah yes, here he is. Sven Fischer, author of "Den obetydliga människan", translated: "The...
It's not that hard to turn the Social Democratic dream about "folkhemmet" into something dystopian. A kind of socially conservative, corporatist, class-collaboration-focused socialism, with concrete landscapes of "rationally" planned gray blocks to live in, compulsory sterilization and perhaps a...
The slaves imported via the trans-Atlantic slave trade were mostly male, as strong men were in high demand for physically straining plantation labor. Based on this, it would seem sensible to assume that earlier cultures would also have preferred male slaves.
However, that's not the impression I...
Very interesting. But what does Pope Urban VI think about this new statelet? If I was in his shoes I would probably interpret it at some Sinister Teutonic Scheme (tm) to remove the last shreds of ecclesiastical control from the Baltic.
Closer to home, I wonder what the actual Samogitians think...