Re: Canada 2183

Wow, I never realized what a Pandora's Box I'd open. Perhaps I've even
cause 
a bit of digression from the game itself.

First off, let me say, I realize a lot of what I have happen in my
timeline 
is highly unlikely. However, if we go with the "Infinite Worlds,
Infinite 
Possibilities" arguement, it does happen this way somewhere.

I just thought it would be interesting to see a world with a lot of
powers, 
no superpowers.  Canada and the US HAVE both completely collapsed in my 
world (For reasons stemming both from current issues AND from fictional 
issues to arise within the next 100 years or so).  My timeline also
drags 
it's feet a bit, the whole process of geopolitical shifting and of 
technological advances and space travel take a bit longer than in the 
Tuffleyverse. And I do believe I already mentioned a
BC/Washington/Oregon 
union. I once read a National Geographic article on the US/Canadian
border, 
and when they got out west, the writer was surprised to find that the 
cultural differences were greater between western and eastern states or 
provinces than between the US and Canada. As one Montanan put it, the
Rocky 
Mountains are a bigger divider than the Canadian border is.

As for Canada eventually taking over the US, hell, if you're stupid
enough 
to WANT it, knock yourselves out. Don't get me wrong, I'm proud to be an

American, I love living here, but if you take us over, you gotta RUN us,
and 
that's a headache I wouldn't wish on anyone (Except maybe an old
girlfriend 
or two).

Brian B

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