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Welcome to the encyclopedia for the world in which the Counterculture LARP takes place.  Like the Wikipedia in our world, this is a work in progress.  However, unlike the Wikipedia in our world, this encyclopedia is not available for public editing.  Any changes made to it will be reversed, and make the GMs unhappy, which is never a good thing.
  
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United States of America (USA):
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'''Links'''
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    * Capital: Philadelphia
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* The [[Counterculture/Lone Star Republic|Lone Star Republic]]
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    * 2 major political parties:
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* The [[Counterculture/Lone Star Indian Territories|Lone Star Indian Territories]]
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          o American Party: socially restrictive, fiscally permissive
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* The [[Counterculture/Confederate States of America|Confederate States of America]]
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          o Democratic Party: socially moderate, fiscally moderate
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* The [[Counterculture/Free American Republic|Free American Republic]]
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    * 17 states after Secession War: Conneticut, Delaware, Indiana, Ohio, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, & Wisconson.
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* [[Counterculture/North America|North America]]
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    * Parts of northern Kentucky are absorbed into Indiana & Ohio at the end of the Secession War.
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* Complete [[Counterculture/World Timeline|World Timeline]]
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    * 2 more states join the USA during the Northwest Revolutionary War which leads to the FAR: Illinois & North Missouri.
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* [[Counterculture/Maps|Maps]]
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          o This lets all four countries have a border with Kansas after the formation of FAR (assuming South Missouri goes to the CSA.)
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* [[Counterculture/Washington and Lee University|Washington and Lee University]]
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    * USA is puritanical: most freedoms but with censorship, especially regarding sex. No successful socially liberal political party.
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* [[Counterculture/Integration Protest|Integration Protest]]
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    * Constant problem with uneducated blacks as illegal immigrants from the CSA.
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* [http://counterculture.brancog.org/casting.py/form Casting Questionnaire]
  
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Timeline:
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'''Other'''
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    * 1864 (June): The NWC breaks away from the USA..
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* [[Counterculture/Editing Information|Editing Information]]
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    * 1864 (September): The end of Confederate Revolutionary War.
 
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    * 1866 (February): The LSR breaks away from the CSA.
 
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    * 1867 (March): The UK creates the Dominion of Canada.
 
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    * 18?? (?): The Farite Revolutionary War.
 
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    * 1875 (March): The UK gives complete sovereignty to the Dominion of Canada.
 
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    * 1896 (August): Canada's negotiations to purchase Alaska from Russia disolve with the Klondike gold rush.
 
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    * 1914 (June): World War I begins.
 
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    * 1917 (August): Russian Revolutionary War begins in Alaska.
 
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    * 1917 (November): Russia withdraws from WWI.
 
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    * 1918 (October): WWI ends with dissolution of the Ottoman Empire & harsh penalties imposed on Germany.
 
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    * 1939 (September): WWII begins with German invasion of Poland.
 
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    * 1945 (July): WWII ends when Russia drops an atomic bomb on Berlin.
 
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    * 1947 (January): The EU is formed.
 
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    * 1950 (October): The AU is formed.
 
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General Notes:
 
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    * Kansas is the Poland of North America.
 
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    * Cuba is the Switzerland of North America.
 
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    * Little oil outside of the LSR.
 
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          o This retards the use of automobiles in North America.
 
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    * The American Alliance is forged during WWII to send aid to allies in Europe.
 
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    * The American Union (AU) starts with Canada, the USA, & the LSR in 1950.
 
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          o The FAR & Mexico enter the AU in 1951.
 
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          o The CSA enters the AU in 1952.
 
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          o Kansas petitions for its own seat in the AU and enters in 1961.
 
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    * New Jersey is the movie capital of North America.
 
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    * Largest media organizations are located in the FAR.
 
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    * Slang terms: Wankees (Yankees), Cons (Confederates), Greasies (Texians), Farts (Farites)
 
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    * Map of "America" during 1864: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ElectoralCollege1864-Large.png
 

Latest revision as of 02:59, 8 July 2007

Welcome to the encyclopedia for the world in which the Counterculture LARP takes place. Like the Wikipedia in our world, this is a work in progress. However, unlike the Wikipedia in our world, this encyclopedia is not available for public editing. Any changes made to it will be reversed, and make the GMs unhappy, which is never a good thing.

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