Re: [FT][SG][DS] Canada, the US Civil War II, and the structure

Good point about the South and Central Americas John. There should 
probably be a regional parliament in (at a guess) Sao Paulo Brazil 
for South and Central America. Any idea what the total pop of Central 
and South America is? Canada Plus US today is about 300 Million. UK 
is what... about 40-50 Million? Central America I'll hazard a guess 
at 350 Million. So that makes UK a small voting block. 

Let's project this into 2183. Low Growth rates plus wars will mean 
(at a guess): 
Canada: 70 Million (0.4 % growth per annum)
USA: 425 Million
Central America: 1.3 Billion (assumes very conservative and slowing 
growth from an intial estimate of 350 Billion)
UK: 125 Million
Albion/Avalon (never get the name right!): 65 Million
Other off Earth holdings (at a guess): Total population 80 Million. 

So an estimate of total NAC population not counting any arcologies or 
Terran system occupancies would be around 2 Billion people, of 
which the 'British' from the UK make up 125 Million - or about 
1/16th. Clearly, in a consitutional monarchy, the Central American 
component would dominate. It is more than 50% all on its own, and any 
time it voted as a block, the NAC would be following IT'S lead. 

 
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