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    Medieval Iceland Settlement

    Does anyone know what the size and locations of medieval Iceland's towns/cities? Apparently Reykjavik is a fairly young settlement, so I'm not sure what the others were?
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    Canada Challenge: Maximum Native Population

    With a PoD no earlier than 1850, how would you maximize the population of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples? Bonus points if it can include improved living standards.
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    Battleships in Rivers

    So, with the 20th century warships have gotten big. Very big. They are typically too large for rivers. However some rivers are much bigger than others. For instance the St. Lawrence is pretty deep, so a bit of dredging allows large ocean cargo ships to get as far as Montreal. Kolkatta meanwhile...
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    Koppen in Worlda Scale

    I decided to start one off. If anyone wants to help out it would be appreciated.
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    Can a US Vice President Run for Another Office?

    VPs don't really do that much in some presidencies, so I was wondering if legally they were allowed to run for another office (maybe mayor of DC or something)? And just as importantly, what about in another country? Say president of a small Caribbean nation or something? Or are they legally...
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    (Official?) Urban Maps Thread

    Subway lines, simple city maps, urban scale warfare, whatever. This thread is for small area maps the size of a city or couple counties. I feel that we've got many great maps of the world or of countries, but sometimes things at the urban scale can be just as interesting. I hope other folks agree.
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    Failed Enlightenment/Industrial Revolution?

    Throughout history many civilisations* were on the cusp of either a pseudo-enlightment or industrial revolution, but then wobbled back due to politics, warfare, plague, etc. Is there any way to get the major shift of the 18th and 19th century to not (really) happen? Would it take a second black...
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    WWII Most Interesting Characters

    WWII had some interesting folks. There was Jack Churchill, Digby Tatham-Warter (one of the most English men ever), de Wiart, and Audie Murphy (pretty much Steve Rogers, but Texan). I'm sure there's others though, and interested to hear about them.
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    An Important Map for ISOTs

    It's a little out of date, but still the best version of this info I have found so far: http://faostat.fao.org/Portals/_Faostat/documents/pdf/map05.pdf Food imports vs. exports balance.
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    Where Are Canada's Sheep?

    Britain had a serious obsession with sheep for a large chunk of the 18th and 19th century, filling Scotland and Wales with them, while setting up major sheeping farming cultures in Australia and New Zealand. Meanwhile Canada has hardly any sheep. Surely regions of Canada would be quite suited to...
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    Kinetic ICBMs?

    So, in a world where rocketry (and electronics) get ahead of nuclear power and you have the technology for ICBMs, but not the know how to build nuclear warheads, would it be at all economical to build a kinetic ICBM? I was thinking about the 'rods from god' type idea, and how the satellite adds...
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    WWF Biome Map

    Anyone want to try to translate this map to Worlda? (Link because it's massive.) I'm a bit busy right now.:o
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    Elephants of the Great War?

    Yep, it's Beedok with another crazy idea: Elephants in a WWI style war. Not just running around naked mind you, but armoured. As far as I can tell early tanks weighed about 30 tonnes, and a lot of that weight was in the engines, gear trains, treads, etc. Obviously even if that's half the weight...
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    Marching An Army Across Frozen Seas

    So, ice has the ability to support a lot of weight if it gets thick enough. There's plenty of northern lakes that see tractor-trailors drive along them all the time. I'm wondering what bodies of water can manage this, and which can't. For instance sometimes the Baltic freezes completely, could...
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    Could Have Been Cities: USA Edition

    I figure it would be interesting to discuss towns that had the potential for greatness, villages that just sort of spluttered, or cities that kind of went astray. Cities are after all the beating hearts of national economies and industry, so if a different set of cities could have dominated...
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    Could Have Been Cities: Canada Edition

    I figure it would be interesting to discuss towns that had the potential for greatness, villages that just sort of spluttered, or cities that kind of went astray. Cities are after all the beating hearts of national economies and industry, so if a different set of cities could have dominated a...
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    OTL Question: UK Soldiers In India Post 1947?

    Hello, so a quick question about UK forces in India post-independance. Namely, were there any? My one Grandfather, who is Scottish, talks about having been in the army in India, but wasn't old enough to be in the army pre-1947 (if I've done my math right).
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    Provinces Proposed At Confederation?

    I read on one Wikipedia article (I know) that during the talks for Confederation there were discussions about dividing Lower Canada into multiple provinces. Were there any other changes proposed? I've been trying to find out, but all I can find are references to the Province of Canada being divided.
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    Soil Quality Map Accuracy Check

    So, I found this (kind of big) interesting map about global soild quality. I'm not totally sure how accurate it is though, as it seems to show the Pallister Triangle area as being somewhat worse than I would have expected (some parts are definitely grazing-land only, but not all of it), so I'd...
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    WI: Trent Affair on a French Ship?

    Napoleon III was a bit more passionate than the British parliament, so I was wondering if a Trent Affair equivalent happening on a French ship might get a stronger reaction out of France than the OTL event got out of the UK.
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