I doubt America would fight back by building a "palace". I mean, it's a fun idea. But more likely they'd go for constructing an office block kind of thing. Stalin loved the palace thing, but a sky scraper would be more American.
No doubt Russia would want to try to beat America again. And...
I don't see the relevance to this thread.
If you want to get rid of Christianity, you'd need a really early PoD. Far too early for space flight to develop for reasons not directly connected to the POD in 100 years.
Hitler is killed in WWI, and the Soviet Union looses the Russian civil war, and Russia eventually goes Fascist. Slightly later on, the Communists loose out in Germany is well. Afraid of the onslaught of fascism, the west supports the Spanish left against France and the Chinese Communists against...
Bits I found particularly insane
How insane is this? Does the writer really think Hussein would willingly give up his power for literary fame? Besides, Hussein could probably get an agent for his literature anyway. He was quite famous.
Unlikely.
There's so much quoting in this...
The butterflies for this would destroy the modern world. But imagine a Judaism that positively encourages the priest to engage in sexual relations with the consecrated sacrificial animal. A female version, mostly theoretical and involving sex with animals is banned.
This world's equivalent...
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The gypsy word for "child" is "Chav", they used it as a term of endearment and it got picked up on and made into a racial slur for gypsy. At some point it became the English word for a certain type of working class, baseball cap wearing type.
In a world where Japan for some reason...
That is correct, sorry for not noting them. It slipped my mind for some reason.
The Baha'i's probably have a small number in all states, but I'm assuming that some areas attract a larger immigrant population and are more effected by the growth of the religion than others.
Oh, the modern...