Worldbuilding-Adventure Friendly Cold War/Alternate Earth

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Originally Posted by johndallman

What state is Germany in? How did WWII finish? Did England become communist before or after that?

Originally Posted by johndallman

Not yet invented, or actually impossible given the world's physics? The latter seems safer, and can be rationalised to the standard necessary for this world.

The details on the finish of the war I'm not too sure on, myself. Probably less american involvement as things wrapped up-I figure England got to be communist before the war started, so there's that.

After talking with a friend I think I have a fair handle on the Japan situation-land invasion happens, huge casualties, constant fighting, and some guerrillas even after the government fragments/surrenders. Russia helps with the land invasion, and keeps some chunks of Japan to itself. The americans sort of slip out thanks to the whole guerilla nightmare going on, and China starts taking over for them there. (Incidentally, China would still be democratic. Because I think it makes things more interesting that way.)

As for the nuclear weapons, I had been going with "not invented yet", though I was also considering making it much harder to get the necessary materials, due to less of them sticking around in the crust. Though if there's some way to make nuclear weaponry impossible while still allowing for nuclear reactors, that'd be interesting.