Re: (North) American games...

Rukesh Korde wrote:
> 
> I agree.  No American could have ever written:
>
> 2057	  Britain, Canada and the United States unite under the Crown
and
>	  create the [New] Anglican Confederation.  Admiral Dewsbury
>	  appointed Lord Governor of the territory previously known
>	  as the United States of America.

Heh heh... it is an interesting idea though.  And of course, a
British person (what *do* you call yourselves?) would never have
made the US the dominant partner, as an American would have done! :-)

~2020  The economies of the USA, the former Soviet States and many
       of the poorer nations of Europe are decidedly shaky.
       Increasing industrialisation in South America, Asia, and
       parts of Africa begin to show dividends for these countries
       in the World markets, while Japanese technological innovation
       continues to expand at a virtually exponential rate. [FT:40]

It is interesting here that the US is lumped in with a bunch of
"poorer" nations and weak economies.  While I don't feel we have the
most stable economic system, it is fairly strong.  OTOH, if Social
Security isn't abolished we may well be in serious trouble in 20
years!	In any case, the demose of the Federal government and
military leadership is hard to swallow.  My own personal doomsday
scenario would have America slowly weakening economically and
militarily until we are no longer significant on the world scene.
Entropy is more likely than collapse.

Ironically, the NAC *could* be read as the "North American
Confederation" meaning that the US and Canada were the dominant
members of the new government.	However, I like "New Anglian" since
it is non-specific, and one could easily view the members as equal
partners; just looking at population, the US would certainly have a
huge cultural impact, which would filter up into the government, so
in the end I doubt it makes much difference.  Certainly, if America
ever did merge with other countries, Canada and Britain would be at
the very top of my list.

Mike
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