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This was originally conceptualized for an MotF so long ago that I can't remember which one it was. I took a lot of inspiration from B_Munro's Portugal Wank.
In 1453, the Portuguese accepted Columbus' offer of finding a western route to the Indies. He was successful in finding what he believed to be the Indies but the Portuguese came to realize that Columbus had discovered an entirely new continent, and expeditions sent after Columbus confirmed this. A scramble for this "New World" commenced, eventually named Cabralia after the Portuguese explorer who first mapped the islands that Columbus discovered. The Portuguese claimed that the entirety of Cabralia was theirs, for they discovered it and only they had the resources to actually take it. This did not stop other nations, such as Castile, France and the Netherlands from trying to take their own piece of the New World. The Castilians succeeded in gaining a foothold in portions of North and South Cabralia that the Portuguese had not reached yet, and the French famously founded the colony of Acadia in North Cabralia. The English and Dutch weren't so fortunate.
In Europe, religious wars and wars over dynastic marriages shifted the balance of power around. A resurgent, Habsburg-led Kingdom of Burgundy rose after the French were defeated in the Wars of Religion. Castilian power was limited by the resurgence of Aragon and their new alliance with the Portuguese. The Holy Roman Empire was ravaged by the religious wars, although in the end it became dominated by the Habsburg family. In the meanwhile, Portugal expanded throughout the Old and New Worlds, the other nations of Europe managing to catch up, but barely. The Portuguese managed to dominate India and the East Indies, and along with their territories in Cabralia, it made the Portuguese Empire the largest in the world.
Portuguese power would decline in the 18th and 19th centuries. Although they would maintain much of their empire, Portuguese power would be eclipsed by English (later, British), French and Austrian might on the continent. A series of humiliating wars and revolutions abroad would weaken the Portuguese Empire, making them lose most of Cabralia. The Portuguese lost out on the Scramble for Africa, and by the late 19th century their economy was eclipsed even by that of New Grenada.
But the events of the 20th century would unite the once arch-rivals of the West. Communalist revolutions swept through the world, first as an African nationalist revolt in Acadia, and then overthrowing the decaying Ottoman and Chinese empires. Unrest in Russia and Austria destroyed both monarchies, replacing them with military autocracies that distrusted the communalists but despised the old Imperial orders of the West more. The terrified Western empires set aside their differences and united against these new threats. The battle lines were drawn, and the rest of the 20th century was defined by the conflict between the western United Nations and the eastern Anti-Imperialist League.
The United Nations is not led by any one country, but the British are the most powerful within it. Portugal, however, maintains the most international influence through the Lusophone Sphere and its former colonial empire. They are mostly constitutional monarchies, but the power of the monarch varies with the different nations. The Portuguese queen and the British king are both figureheads with no actual power, but the French, Burgundian and Castilian kings still have to pass (and have the right to veto) any bill that goes through their legislature. Executive power lies in the hands of either elected officials (Portugal, Britain, Aragon) or in an appointed head of the military (France, Burgundy, Castille). The great exception is the Dutch Republic, whose leadership is elected by representatives from the constituent states of the Republic. The United Nations sees itself as the bulwark of traditionalism and sense in a world that is going to Hell in a hand basket by following insane, revolutionary ideas. Christianity in its various forms are the official state religion, racism has become codified in various laws (the Portuguese are an exception), and the ideas of nationalism and communalism are banned. Even holding communalist beliefs is a crime in France, but the French government lacks any way of actually enforcing this law.
The Anti-Imperialist League is more diverse, with a clear split between the military autocracies of Russia and Mitteleuropa, and the commiunalist autocracies of Acadia, Eurasia and China. Russia and Mitteleuropa both were absolute monarchies prior to the coups that sent their monarchs to prison. Russia promotes a Slavic supremacist platform, although they have also banned the Russian Orthodox Church after the Church supported the monarchy, while the Mitteleuropans oppose nationalism of every sort and promote an ideology of pan-European unity that only the iron fist in Vienna can hold together. The communalists are united by their belief in collectivist, state-controlled economics, but they too are fairly diverse. Acadia is a racial supremacist state, placing the formerly enslaved Africans of the country over the French- and English-descended population, who are forced into ghettos. The Eurasian Union tries to be the leader of the global communalist movement, but its tendency to support communalist rebels fighting other communalist rebels has stifled its efforts. The Eurasians are a more traditional autocracy under the Communalist Party, resembling Russia and Mitteleuropa more than Acadia. The Chinese Heavenly State has fused Confucianism, Buddhism and communalism into an insane, pseudo-theocratic ideology that holds that the Jade Emperor was overthrown in Heaven by the Great Peasant, and it is from the Great Peasant that the Chinese Heavenly State gets its mandate.
Standing apart from these three blocs is New Grenada. Although an anti-communalist state, given Acadian attempts to spread the revolution northward, the New Grenadans see no reason to fight communalism anywhere other than in Cabralia. The democratic, equality-focused New Grenadan government also finds aligning with the monarchist and racist United Nations distasteful, and many New Grenadan politicians have voiced that they would not be too worried if both blocs fell apart. Then there is the Republic of Iran, a state which was radical during its revolution in the 18th century, but has become a fairly mellow and stable democracy in the later years. Surrounded by the Portuguese, whom they despise for attempting to colonize them centuries ago, and the Anti-Imperialists, the Iranians have withdrawn into their borders, but have been crystal clear that they will defend themselves if provoked.
Technology has advanced in leaps during the 20th century. Internal combustion engines rule the world, fixed-wing aircraft and telephone communications link it all together, and people (at least in New Grenada and the United Nations) can expect to live to at least 90. The catapharct, an armored, heavily armed war machine, dominates armies, and a hypothetical war between the United Nations and the Anti-Imperialists would see tens of thousands of the machines mobilized. Physicists debate over the relationship between mass and energy, and no theory has yet to surface that all can agree on. The rocket sciences have become impressive, however, and in 2009 the French launched mankind's first manmade satellite. This has led to a race between the United Nations and the Anti-Imperialists, as both sides know that victory goes to he who has the high ground, and orbit is the highest ground there is.
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In 1453, the Portuguese accepted Columbus' offer of finding a western route to the Indies. He was successful in finding what he believed to be the Indies but the Portuguese came to realize that Columbus had discovered an entirely new continent, and expeditions sent after Columbus confirmed this. A scramble for this "New World" commenced, eventually named Cabralia after the Portuguese explorer who first mapped the islands that Columbus discovered. The Portuguese claimed that the entirety of Cabralia was theirs, for they discovered it and only they had the resources to actually take it. This did not stop other nations, such as Castile, France and the Netherlands from trying to take their own piece of the New World. The Castilians succeeded in gaining a foothold in portions of North and South Cabralia that the Portuguese had not reached yet, and the French famously founded the colony of Acadia in North Cabralia. The English and Dutch weren't so fortunate.
In Europe, religious wars and wars over dynastic marriages shifted the balance of power around. A resurgent, Habsburg-led Kingdom of Burgundy rose after the French were defeated in the Wars of Religion. Castilian power was limited by the resurgence of Aragon and their new alliance with the Portuguese. The Holy Roman Empire was ravaged by the religious wars, although in the end it became dominated by the Habsburg family. In the meanwhile, Portugal expanded throughout the Old and New Worlds, the other nations of Europe managing to catch up, but barely. The Portuguese managed to dominate India and the East Indies, and along with their territories in Cabralia, it made the Portuguese Empire the largest in the world.
Portuguese power would decline in the 18th and 19th centuries. Although they would maintain much of their empire, Portuguese power would be eclipsed by English (later, British), French and Austrian might on the continent. A series of humiliating wars and revolutions abroad would weaken the Portuguese Empire, making them lose most of Cabralia. The Portuguese lost out on the Scramble for Africa, and by the late 19th century their economy was eclipsed even by that of New Grenada.
But the events of the 20th century would unite the once arch-rivals of the West. Communalist revolutions swept through the world, first as an African nationalist revolt in Acadia, and then overthrowing the decaying Ottoman and Chinese empires. Unrest in Russia and Austria destroyed both monarchies, replacing them with military autocracies that distrusted the communalists but despised the old Imperial orders of the West more. The terrified Western empires set aside their differences and united against these new threats. The battle lines were drawn, and the rest of the 20th century was defined by the conflict between the western United Nations and the eastern Anti-Imperialist League.
The United Nations is not led by any one country, but the British are the most powerful within it. Portugal, however, maintains the most international influence through the Lusophone Sphere and its former colonial empire. They are mostly constitutional monarchies, but the power of the monarch varies with the different nations. The Portuguese queen and the British king are both figureheads with no actual power, but the French, Burgundian and Castilian kings still have to pass (and have the right to veto) any bill that goes through their legislature. Executive power lies in the hands of either elected officials (Portugal, Britain, Aragon) or in an appointed head of the military (France, Burgundy, Castille). The great exception is the Dutch Republic, whose leadership is elected by representatives from the constituent states of the Republic. The United Nations sees itself as the bulwark of traditionalism and sense in a world that is going to Hell in a hand basket by following insane, revolutionary ideas. Christianity in its various forms are the official state religion, racism has become codified in various laws (the Portuguese are an exception), and the ideas of nationalism and communalism are banned. Even holding communalist beliefs is a crime in France, but the French government lacks any way of actually enforcing this law.
The Anti-Imperialist League is more diverse, with a clear split between the military autocracies of Russia and Mitteleuropa, and the commiunalist autocracies of Acadia, Eurasia and China. Russia and Mitteleuropa both were absolute monarchies prior to the coups that sent their monarchs to prison. Russia promotes a Slavic supremacist platform, although they have also banned the Russian Orthodox Church after the Church supported the monarchy, while the Mitteleuropans oppose nationalism of every sort and promote an ideology of pan-European unity that only the iron fist in Vienna can hold together. The communalists are united by their belief in collectivist, state-controlled economics, but they too are fairly diverse. Acadia is a racial supremacist state, placing the formerly enslaved Africans of the country over the French- and English-descended population, who are forced into ghettos. The Eurasian Union tries to be the leader of the global communalist movement, but its tendency to support communalist rebels fighting other communalist rebels has stifled its efforts. The Eurasians are a more traditional autocracy under the Communalist Party, resembling Russia and Mitteleuropa more than Acadia. The Chinese Heavenly State has fused Confucianism, Buddhism and communalism into an insane, pseudo-theocratic ideology that holds that the Jade Emperor was overthrown in Heaven by the Great Peasant, and it is from the Great Peasant that the Chinese Heavenly State gets its mandate.
Standing apart from these three blocs is New Grenada. Although an anti-communalist state, given Acadian attempts to spread the revolution northward, the New Grenadans see no reason to fight communalism anywhere other than in Cabralia. The democratic, equality-focused New Grenadan government also finds aligning with the monarchist and racist United Nations distasteful, and many New Grenadan politicians have voiced that they would not be too worried if both blocs fell apart. Then there is the Republic of Iran, a state which was radical during its revolution in the 18th century, but has become a fairly mellow and stable democracy in the later years. Surrounded by the Portuguese, whom they despise for attempting to colonize them centuries ago, and the Anti-Imperialists, the Iranians have withdrawn into their borders, but have been crystal clear that they will defend themselves if provoked.
Technology has advanced in leaps during the 20th century. Internal combustion engines rule the world, fixed-wing aircraft and telephone communications link it all together, and people (at least in New Grenada and the United Nations) can expect to live to at least 90. The catapharct, an armored, heavily armed war machine, dominates armies, and a hypothetical war between the United Nations and the Anti-Imperialists would see tens of thousands of the machines mobilized. Physicists debate over the relationship between mass and energy, and no theory has yet to surface that all can agree on. The rocket sciences have become impressive, however, and in 2009 the French launched mankind's first manmade satellite. This has led to a race between the United Nations and the Anti-Imperialists, as both sides know that victory goes to he who has the high ground, and orbit is the highest ground there is.
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