William Yandell Elliott's Proposed "Commonwealths" (1935)
William Yandell Elliott was a prominent historian and intellectual during the mid-20th century. He was originally part of the "Fugitives," the forerunner to the Southern Agrarians, before going on to teach at what would become the...
Thank you for your critique. I'm looking to imitate multilingual signs like in Singapore (which this sign is taken from) as it makes sense in the context of this world. I will elaborate hopefully soon. I'm most nervous about the German and the Japanese, as it is harder to wing it with me.
Once again, you spoil us. And with such a infobox dump!
Just one question: what is the philosophical difference - if any - between "Marxist" and "Hamiltonian" socialism here? And I assume the latter refers to American socialism.
That's a very good question, especially if you are starting with a PoD after the Protestant Reformation in 1517.
Now, if you want to avoid the Enlightenment, or at least delay it, one way you could do that would be to somehow avert the Thirty Years War, which had a significant impact on the...
Okay, here's a few:
Canada continues to have a divided right, though it manages to have a working coalition arrangement not unlike the Liberal/National coalition in Australia. Quebec nationalism is still prevalent.
Spain is still racked by separatist nationalism, perhaps by a greater degree...
There was a TL somewhere on here where someone was trying to create a “Vaporwave” TL. The concept of a “perpetual 90’s” much like the Fallout series was a “perpetual 50’s” is a really cool aesthetic choice. I hope you do more with this.
I found a better base to make a worlda version of the Nicolosi Globular Projection map. Again, I am willing to commission someone to make this, so please DM me.
It’s a much older idea than you think. Scholar William Yandell Elliott - who was actually Henry Kissinger’s professor - proposed a similar concept in his 1935 book The Need for Constitutional Reform. He even uses the term “commonwealth” to describe his proposal of what amounted to super states...
Alaska is a constituent state of the “Columbian Commonwealth.” In short: the states are placed under a new level of government called “commonwealths” for reasons that will be explained later.
Don’t want to give away too much, but President Long gives the green light to proposals to resettle...