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Oh and here's a big one.

The global climate is now hotter and more humid yes?
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@Willy Vereb Maybe the Great War started at 1502 and lasted until 1509? The war would be within living memory.


I'd really like it within living memory. I've been working to a 'within the past two decades' timeframe to allow the political developments (within my nation) since then to have been more recent.
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@Isotope Yup, the Cataclysm had a major effect on the environment, with the icecaps melting and whole landmasses sunken. And With that, yup, it's gotten more warmer.
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@Isotope Yup, the Cataclysm had a major effect on the environment, with the icecaps melting and whole landmasses sunken. And With that, yup, it's gotten more warmer.


My idea for the areas around China was that a rise in humidity and precipitation had made the Tarim Basin and Tibet more fertile, allowing for the City-States in the Tarim, as well as Tibet to develop into an Imperial Power. Unless there are any objections to that
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@Nerevarine None from me :) Makes sense they flourish in their new found resources.
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Er, climate change would so greatly affect vegetative life cycles that the ensuing stress would result in massive species die-off that itself would lead to widespread desertification, especially in areas bordering the already volatile Gobi. In addition, glacial melting, especially in the northernmost extremes of the Atlantic, would introduce enough freshwater to diluting the surrounding area's seawater to a point where there would be no water dense enough to sink underneath the surface brine and continue forcing warm water from the south to replace shifted currents, thereby eliminating the possibility of warm surface winds meant to prevent Europe from reaching ice-agetemperatures...
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Er, climate change would so greatly affect vegetative life cycles that the ensuing stress would result in massive species die-off that itself would lead to widespread desertification, especially in areas bordering the already volatile Gobi. In addition, glacial melting, especially in the northernmost extremes of the Atlantic, would introduce enough freshwater to diluting the surrounding area's seawater to a point where there would be no water dense enough to sink underneath the surface brine and continue forcing warm water from the south to replace shifted currents, thereby eliminating the possibility of warm surface winds meant to prevent Europe from reaching ice-agetemperatures...


Can we file this under 'science as plot demands' and basically involve crazy climates/weird weather as we see fit? I can see us getting bogged down in another WMD dispute (maybe they coulds/maybe they couldn'ts) if we overthink this one.
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Of course, yeah, but you'd all complied with Willy's incessant obsession with frankly insignificant minutia of a similar vein so I thought I might get a word in here as well.
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Of course, yeah, but you'd all complied with Willy's incessant obsession with frankly insignificant minutia of a similar vein so I thought I might get a word in here as well.


Well it wasn't as much compliance as it was ignored. Trivial things like anti nuke satellites and hard science (albeit completely correct) aren't necessary in a narrative such as this. Now on the flip side especially as seen with the grogar, can shed light on how strange things could have gotten by the means of simple evolution.

I'm curious as to how the fauna and animal life adapted to the mass extinction that would've followed a nuclear war / major climate shift like we had.

Sadly, as fantastic as it all may be and so you know, id enjoy anyone's take on that evolution topic, its still just fluff for our characters plots.

Just remember this too, we have furries. However impossible that actually is, its fun to think about!

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@Monkeypants I know I certainly will be taking advantage of it :P. The Grogar will be fielding some strange beasts at their service :) Both local, and perhaps specifically designed from the Facility. (Of which I'm tempted to make it Area 51 :P)

@Brink_ As for the implications of the Icecaps and all, yes, I'd like to leave it as a "Science as Plot Demands" as @Jig puts it. Allows players to determine what they want to put in place.
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I need to go to bed, so I won't be able to finish this sheet tonight. HOWEVER:

I'd like for some opinions on the flags I threw together. I'm toying with trying something different, perhaps having the symbol in the center. Which flag do you folks think works best as is?

Advice is also welcome.







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@ShorticusThe Forth one looks pretty good. I kinda get a British Empire vibe from it.
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@ShorticusThe Forth one looks pretty good. I kinda get a British Empire vibe from it.


...Should I try adding similar lines heading up toward the corners like the British Empire flag? I could see that working.
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@Shorticus I'd think that could be fun, if you like it that is. Your nation to me feels like a fusion of the East India Company and the Empire itself, if the Company took hold of the whole thing :D.
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I vote four @Shorticus

Also my culture section is up, anyone considering interaction with Cascadia or just curious about what their people would think are welcome to take a look.
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Wow, that was unexpected :P

Something tells me the former UPC and Cascadia had a cold to neutral relationship, purely business, but disagreed greatly on slavery. Probably makes it all the more better for Cascadia to install a friendly goverment or go the NAU route and outright annex the plains.
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Indeed, Cascadia is the ugly cousin of the democratic world.

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I vote four @Shorticus

Also my culture section is up, anyone considering interaction with Cascadia or just curious about what their people would think are welcome to take a look.


Hmm, I'm curious. Could there be a trans-Pacific slave trade going on between The Great Han and Cascadia? It could be a nice way for the Great Han to get rid of Colonial peoples to complement their practice of mass deportation. You know, if Cascadia is in need of some Coolies for construction.
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Hmm, I'm curious. Could there be a trans-Pacific slave trade going on between The Great Han and Cascadia? It could be a nice way for the Great Han to get rid of Colonial peoples to complement their practice of mass deportation. You know, if Cascadia is in need of some Coolies for construction.


It's possible, that said slavery in Cascadia is largely in the form of servants for the wealthy. I can imagine nobles buying 'exotic' slaves to serve them in notable quantity but mass import of labor is unlikely. Refugees from the plains have already swelled the population, there's hardly a need for more mouths to feed.
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@MonkeypantsMy people did not have a natural genesis, so yes, it is highly impossible that they exist.

I'd like to think that the animal populations of the planet has gotten badly damaged, and there are thin populations of prey species and extreme rarity of predators as a result. I don't think many nonrenewables would be left either.
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