1990
Foreign Developments
Foreign Developments
After considerable debate, the Republic of Spain joined the Turin Pact alongside France and Italy on January 29. Smaller in population and GDP than France or Italy, Spain had much to gain from joining its neighboring Catholic republics. Understandably, Spain’s ascension to the Turin Pact, now also known as the Triple Alliance, cemented the divide with the monarchist and German aligned Kingdom of Spain that controlled the Balearic and Canary Islands.
On February 4, Burma became a fully independent nation inside of the British Commonwealth. Former general Khin Hlaing was sworn in as the new Prime Minister. Khin Hlaing immediately sought monetary help from the British Commonwealth and Community of South Asian States to develop his country and fight the myriad of Krulikist and ethnic minority guerillas that were threatening to tear it apart.
In the spring, East African author Rose Musyoka released the Road to Mombasa a critically acclaimed work of African surrealism that became an international best seller.
In Germany, Chancellor Hermann Lasker and his Democratic Union (DDU) lost control of the Reichstag during the general election largely due to his plan to grant the colony of Cameroon full statehood. The Conservatives who had campaigned to keep Cameroon a colony swept into power with Ernst Osterloh becoming chancellor.
On March 26, the Persian Empire conducted its first successful nuclear weapons test becoming the 8th nuclear armed nation after Germany, the United States, Britain, the IEF, France, Italy, and China. The incident sparked protests from anti-nuclear groups and renewed calls for an international treaty to curb nuclear proliferation.
In the 1990 British General Election Prime Minister Cledwyen Bates-Morgan and his Liberal Party lost control of the government. Most pundits pointed to the ailing economy and unhappiness with decolonization failures such as Chad. A Conservative/Imperial Progressive/Unionist coalition government under Ned Frasier was formed vowing to rescue the British Commonwealth form its “slow decent into irrelevance.”
The 19th Summer Olympics were held in Vancouver, Canada. The damage suffered during the 1977 air raid by Imperial Japan had long been repaired by the time King Edward VIII and Canadian Prime Minister Hector Marchand opened the games. Coincidently this would be the first summer Olympics attended by Japan since the Asia-Pacific War.
On September 30, Heng Jiang the founder and leader of the Technate of China died at the age of 79. In the technate’s first ever transfer of power; Heng’s chosen successor Yu Qishan assumed the position of chief executive without any serious challengers. Yu, the aggressive former head of the Directorate of Defense, declared that he would lead China into the twenty-first century making it the “pinnacle of nations.” Yu also voiced his continued support for “forward thinking” irregulars fighting IEF forces in Manchuria.
In Costa Rica, six new national parks were established by the ruling Natural Front the first Ecoist political party to win a majority in a national election.
In December, Norwegian astronomers Lene Nilsen and Gunnar Abrahamsen announced the discovery of a 10th planet in the solar system. Named Niflheim after the primordial world of ice and cold in Norse mythology the small planet reaches a maximum distance of 6,303,637,000 miles from the sun in its heavily elliptical 558 year orbit.[1]
Niflheim and its unnamed moon
Johannes Kepler Space Telescope
Imperial Space and Aeronautics Commission
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[1] Known in OTL as the dwarf planet Eris
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