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* CrapsackWorld: The United States that California left behind us heavily implied to be this, with the Trump Administration's first year being worse than our future.
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* CrapsackWorld: The United States that California left behind us is heavily implied to be this, with the Trump Administration's first year being worse than our future.
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* EpicFail: The sad case of Trump City, the response of a few [[StrawCharacter diehard right-wing fanatics]] living in California. Basically, they tried to move and settle in Oregon, but a string of idiotic choices and lack of foresight and planning led to the whole thing collapsing.
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* EpicFail: The sad case of Trump City, the response of a few [[StrawCharacter diehard right-wing fanatics]] living in California. Basically, they tried to move and settle in Oregon, but a string of idiotic choices and lack of foresight and planning (and the author's TDS) led to the whole thing collapsing.
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* CrapSackWorld: The United States that California left behind us heavily implied to be this, with [[StrawDystopia the Trump Administration’s first year being worse than our future]].
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* CrapSackWorld: CrapsackWorld: The United States that California left behind us heavily implied to be this, with [[StrawDystopia the Trump Administration’s Administration's first year being worse than our future]].future.
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* CrapSackWorld: The United States that California left behind us heavily implied to be this, with the Trump Administration’s first year being worse than our future.
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* CrapSackWorld: The United States that California left behind us heavily implied to be this, with [[StrawDystopia the Trump Administration’s first year being worse than our future.future]].
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: A good chunk of the story is told through events involving POV characters, of which there are many.
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* RealityEnsues: While California was in survival mode after the ISOT, [[spoiler:ensuring what was left of the NTSB had proper equipment to do air crash investigations was not high a priority]]. It becomes a minor issue after [[spoiler:the Maryland State Militia shoot down a civilian airliner]].
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome : While California was in survival mode after the ISOT, [[spoiler:ensuring what was left of the NTSB had proper equipment to do air crash investigations was not high a priority]]. It becomes a minor issue after [[spoiler:the Maryland State Militia shoot down a civilian airliner]].
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* EpicFail: The sad case of Trump City, the response of a few [[StrawCharacter diehard right-wing fanatics fanatics]] living in California. Basically, they tried to move and settle in Oregon, but a string of idiotic choices and lack of foresight and planning led to the whole thing collapsing.
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* MortonsFork: Initially, the Californians make a good amount of effort to remain in the United States, fearing what would happen if their own secession legitimized the cause of the Southern states as the Civil War looms. Eventually, however, the secession is completed to the detriment of the United States.
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** The ruling family of Korea is informed about their future division into North and South, and upon insisting on being told the names of the conspirators against his dynasty has them arrested.
** The Czar looks to be somewhat averting this, as while he has been informed about the fall of the Romanov dynasty and the rise of communism and is taking steps to eliminate all threats to his family, the manner in which he is doing so [[note]] Arresting and executing people for actions they wouldn't commit for decades, including children too young to even have seditious thoughts, such as one of his most powerful and respected generals son, and demanding the arrest of at least one person that's yet to be born[[/note]] makes him look even more unhinged and a number of his powerful allies to start turning against him. There might not be a 'communist' coup in the future, but it looks like there will be 'a' coup because of his paranoia.
** The Czar looks to be somewhat averting this, as while he has been informed about the fall of the Romanov dynasty and the rise of communism and is taking steps to eliminate all threats to his family, the manner in which he is doing so [[note]] Arresting and executing people for actions they wouldn't commit for decades, including children too young to even have seditious thoughts, such as one of his most powerful and respected generals son, and demanding the arrest of at least one person that's yet to be born[[/note]] makes him look even more unhinged and a number of his powerful allies to start turning against him. There might not be a 'communist' coup in the future, but it looks like there will be 'a' coup because of his paranoia.
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** [[Anime/SailorMoon Dr. Saeko Mizuno]] is posted aboard the CNS Carl Vinson's infirmary.
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* ForWantOfANail: The introduction of California all but destroys the downtime United States' path to dominance. With a powerful anti-slavery state backing the formation of a unified Native American bloc, the race to the Pacific is lost and the Monroe Doctrine fails, shattering the illusions of wealth the downtime youth had come to expect and making them face the reality of the society that built expectations around ideas that were ultimately proven false. The issue of slavery leads to a different road to the Civil War, starting with a more aggressive United States in far worse diplomatic ground with everyone.
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->''“‘California is – and must always be – a refuge of justice and opportunity for people of all walks, talks, ages and aspirations – regardless of how you look, where you live, what language you speak, or who you love.’ While the country around us has changed drastically overnight, our values as Californians have not changed, and we will defend those values.”''
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The story has a character sheet, and it could use a hefty dose of WikiMagic
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* WhamEpisode: While relations between California and the United States have been going downhill throughout the story, Chapter 41 dramatically raises the stakes by having the Maryland State Militia [[spoiler:manage to shoot down a civilian airliner.]]
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* WhamEpisode: While relations between California and the United States have been going downhill throughout the story, Chapter 41 dramatically raises the stakes by having the Maryland State Militia [[spoiler:manage to shoot down a civilian airliner.]]]]
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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: The Californians, once it became clear that the US wanted to blockade them, dispatched submarines to Cape Horn to destroy the fleet and invoke this trope. While Matthew Perry's fleet instead chooses to traverse the Strait of Magellan, the subs ambush him there and destroy six of the seven ships anyway.
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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: The Californians, once it became clear that the US wanted to blockade them, dispatched submarines a submarine to Cape Horn to destroy the fleet and invoke this trope. While Matthew Perry's fleet instead chooses to traverse the Strait of Magellan, the subs ambush sub ambushes him there and fires a single torpedo at them. The ensuing DisasterDominoes destroy six of the seven ships anyway.ships.
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* NoodleIncident: The phantom hangover John C Fremont recounts
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* NoodleIncident: The phantom hangover John C Fremont recountsrecounts.
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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Zigzagged. The Californians, once it became clear that the US wanted to blockade them, dispatched submarines to Cape Horn to destroy the fleet and invoke this trope. However, Matthew Perry's fleet instead chooses to traverse the Strait of Magellan... where six of the seven ships sink anyway.
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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Zigzagged. The Californians, once it became clear that the US wanted to blockade them, dispatched submarines to Cape Horn to destroy the fleet and invoke this trope. However, While Matthew Perry's fleet instead chooses to traverse the Strait of Magellan... where Magellan, the subs ambush him there and destroy six of the seven ships sink anyway.
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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Zigzagged. The Californians, once it became clear that the US wanted to blockade them, dispatched submarines to Cape Horn to destroy the fleet and invoke this trope. However, Matthew Perry's fleet instead chooses to traverse the Strait of Magellan... where six of the seven ships sink anyway.
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* PrecrimeArrest: Using the records of the lost history, the Tsar starts having people arrested and executed for crimes they haven't committed yet and due to ripples might never commit. Though it comes off as less pragmatic and more insane considering many of those on the list wouldn't commit their 'crime' for decades. Pyotyr Kropotkin is taken for writing a seditious book in the future, despite only being 'eight' now. The daughter of governor Vasily Perovsky is also on the list to be arrested for plotting to kill the tsar, she hasn't even been 'born' yet.
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* PrecrimeArrest: Using the records of the lost history, the Tsar starts having people arrested and executed for crimes they haven't committed yet and due to ripples might never commit. Though it comes off as less pragmatic and more insane considering many of those on the list wouldn't commit their 'crime' for decades. Pyotyr Kropotkin is taken for writing a seditious book in the future, despite only being 'eight' now. The daughter of governor Vasily Perovsky is also on the list to be arrested for plotting to kill the tsar, and she hasn't even been 'born' yet.
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** [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Gabriel Reyes]] appears as a CHP officer checking on a group of caravans entering California.
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* PrecrimeArrest: Using the records of the lost history, the Tsar starts having people arrested and executed for crimes they haven't committed yet and due to ripples might never commit. Though it comes off as less pragmatic and more insane considering many of those on the list wouldn't commit their 'crime' for decades. Pyotyr Kropotkin is taken for writing a seditious book in the future, despite only being 'eight' now. The daughter of governor Vasily Perovsky is also on the list to be arrest for a future plot to kill the tsar, which is quite impossible since she hasn't even been 'born' yet.
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* PrecrimeArrest: Using the records of the lost history, the Tsar starts having people arrested and executed for crimes they haven't committed yet and due to ripples might never commit. Though it comes off as less pragmatic and more insane considering many of those on the list wouldn't commit their 'crime' for decades. Pyotyr Kropotkin is taken for writing a seditious book in the future, despite only being 'eight' now. The daughter of governor Vasily Perovsky is also on the list to be arrest arrested for a future plot plotting to kill the tsar, which is quite impossible since she hasn't even been 'born' yet.
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* PrecrimeArrest: Using the records of the lost history, the Tsar starts having people arrested and executed for crimes they haven't committed yet and due to ripples might never commit. Though it comes off as less pragmatic and more insane considering many of those on the list wouldn't commit their 'crime' for decades. Pyotyr Kropotkin is taken for writing a seditious book in the future, despite only being 'eight' now. The daughter of governor Vasily Perovsky is also on the list to be arrest for a future plot to kill the tsar, which is quite impossible since she hasn't even been 'born' yet.
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** [[Literature/{{Worm}} Tom Calvert, Colin Wallis, Cheryl Bailey and Hana Bashur]] appear having dinner at the Barstow In-N-Out and discussing their jobs to their friends.
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** [[Literature/{{Worm}} Tom Calvert, Colin Wallis, Cheryl Bailey and Hana Bashur]] appear having dinner at the Barstow In-N-Out and discussing their jobs to their friends.jobs.
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