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For Want of a Nail

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For Want of a Nail	comment	For Want of a Nail: If Burgoyne Had Won at Saratoga by economic historian Robert Sobel is a 1973 Alternate History textbook that details the counterfactual trials and tribulations of the North American continent from 1763 to 1971. It's considered a Trope Codifier, if not the Trope Maker, of more hard-nosed approaches to alternate history that move away from the outlandish geopolitical shenanigans in works like The Man in the High Castle note where Nazi Germany has filled in the Mediterranean and split the United States with Japan or Bring the Jubilee note a book that features a Confederate States of America that took over all of the nations south of it. The book eschews any conventional fictional story, and embraces alternate history for its own sake, serving as an inspiration for writing communities like AlternateHistory.com (which is especially evident from the glowing review it received from Ian the Admin, the site's founder.) The book also won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History (Special Achievement category) in 1997.The Point of Divergence is the arrival of reinforcements for British General John Burgoyne during the Battle of Saratoga, which turns the tide of the American Revolutionary War to the favor of the United Kingdom, which then stamps out the rebellion. Afterward, the colonies are reorganized into the more centralized and autonomous Confederation of North America (CNA), while thousands of revolutionaries that weren't executed or imprisoned sojourn westward, founding the nation of Jefferson in the place Texas would have been. Under the charismatic yet steady leadership of Andrew Jackson, it unifies with the neighboring Republic of Mexico to create the United States of Mexico (USM) in 1820. The new republic is soon embroiled in a continental power struggle with the Confederation of North America.Although historical figures factor heavily in the beginning, such as Thomas Edison essentially inventing most modern technology, there are also new faces in the CNA and the USM, such as the idealistic automobile mogul Owen Galloway and the histrionic liberal governor Richard Mason, the nepotistic narcissist Benito Hermíon, as well as the bastardy Corrupt Corporate Executive Bernard Kramer who leads his company Kramer Associates in attaining dizzying heights of power. Throughout this entire book, one finds that two hundred years of history becomes a lot more interesting when you don't know what happens next.
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For Want of a Nail / int_1237828f	comment	Anyone Can Die: And not just because it covers so much history. Among them Governor of the North Confederation Daniel Webster, Indianan Grand Council member Dudley Graves, and two Mexican presidents: Pedro Hermión and Omar Kinkaid.
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For Want of a Nail / int_1282bf4f	type	No Celebrities Were Harmed
For Want of a Nail / int_1282bf4f	comment	No Celebrities Were Harmed: Granted, this is alternate history, but Owen Galloway has many parallels with Henry Ford in particular as an innovative industrialist in the automobile business with a large public platform.
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For Want of a Nail / int_12d4a4c2	type	The Migration
For Want of a Nail / int_12d4a4c2	comment	The Migration: The Wilderness Walk qualifies as one, which is a mass exodus of American revolutionaries to Mexico who founded what would become the USM. The Galloway Plan also counts, wherein the disaffected peoples of the CNA were urged to migrate westward with generous financial backing.
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For Want of a Nail / int_15d8e4f5	type	Slave Liberation
For Want of a Nail / int_15d8e4f5	comment	Slave Liberation: Is delayed in Mexico until 1920.
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For Want of a Nail / int_17257125	type	The Wild West
For Want of a Nail / int_17257125	comment	The Wild West: The United States of Mexico takes on a wild west character for most of its history due to its location and founding ideology.
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For Want of a Nail / int_1869b4b1	type	Unreliable Narrator
For Want of a Nail / int_1869b4b1	comment	Unreliable Narrator: Frank Dana, in his In-Universe critique of the book, implies that Robert Sobel may be one. He claims the history we just read is quite biased and omits several key "historical details" that indicates this is a skewed account of this world.
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For Want of a Nail / int_1d029135	type	Fictional Document
For Want of a Nail / int_1d029135	comment	Fictional Document: All over the place, with extensive footnotes to dozens upon dozens of (fictitious) works.
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For Want of a Nail / int_1e1afc1b	type	Framing Device
For Want of a Nail / int_1e1afc1b	comment	Framing Device: An undergraduate history book... from a world where history went a little bit differently.
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For Want of a Nail / int_21718ffc	type	Deep South
For Want of a Nail / int_21718ffc	comment	Deep South: The Southern Confederation in the CNA, appropriately enough.
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For Want of a Nail / int_21d47bb7	type	Nouveau Riche
For Want of a Nail / int_21d47bb7	comment	Nouveau Riche: Bernard Kramer and his successors qualify as this.
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For Want of a Nail / int_230d64	type	Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
For Want of a Nail / int_230d64	comment	Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: Kramer Associates, frequently.
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For Want of a Nail / int_27690f66	type	Literary Allusion Title
For Want of a Nail / int_27690f66	comment	Literary Allusion Title: In addition to the title of the Real Life book, the In-Universe name for it (Scorpions in a Bottle) is a reference to a speech made by Pedro Hermión about the continental rivalry between the Confederation of North America and the United States of Mexico.
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For Want of a Nail / int_2991089a	type	Oppressive States of America
For Want of a Nail / int_2991089a	comment	Oppressive States of America: The United States of Mexico turns into a Police State.
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For Want of a Nail / int_2a035a26	type	Allohistorical Allusion
For Want of a Nail / int_2a035a26	comment	Allohistorical Allusion: Benito Hermíon, the first Mexican dictator, shares a first name with Benito Mussolini. After conquering a country — New Granada — and making it a puppet state, a brilliant military mind and emperor (the aforementioned Benito) sends his brother to be a Puppet King, but the brother winds up being a benevolent ruler who adopts that country's culture. This directly parallels Napoléon Bonaparte sending his brother Louis to the Netherlands. The Great Depression takes place from 1880 to 1882, and corresponds more with the economic downturn experienced in our timeline during the 1890s.
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For Want of a Nail / int_2dddd99d	type	False Flag Operation
For Want of a Nail / int_2dddd99d	comment	False Flag Operation: Features into many of the political machinations in the book.
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For Want of a Nail / int_2e8441c9	type	The Bad Guy Wins
For Want of a Nail / int_2e8441c9	comment	The Bad Guy Wins: Not necessarily the 'bad guy', but more of the 'antagonist' in the perspective of Americans, as the British Empire succeeds in crushing the American Revolution.
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For Want of a Nail / int_2f435126	type	America Is Still a Colony
For Want of a Nail / int_2f435126	comment	America Is Still a Colony: The point of divergence is the Battle of Saratoga, which ends in a British victory. Shortly thereafter a peace faction gets control of Congress and ends the war with Great Britain. Some revolutionaries escape to form a new nation in Texas, while Britain's North American colonies are given dominion status in the 1830s.
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For Want of a Nail / int_313e9485	type	Hero with Bad Publicity
For Want of a Nail / int_313e9485	comment	Hero with Bad Publicity: The CNA under the governorship of Richard Mason donated tons of money abroad, for which they get almost no appreciation.
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For Want of a Nail / int_33affa42	type	Government Agency of Fiction
For Want of a Nail / int_33affa42	comment	Government Agency of Fiction: The Confederation Bureau of Investigation, among others.
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For Want of a Nail / int_34602d5a	type	Hegemonic Empire
For Want of a Nail / int_34602d5a	comment	Hegemonic Empire: The British Empire, naturally.
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For Want of a Nail / int_34dd5f3	type	La RÃ©sistance
For Want of a Nail / int_34dd5f3	comment	La Résistance: The perpetrators of the American Revolution, who don't see their goals achieved.
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For Want of a Nail / int_3537d6df	type	Alternate Techline
For Want of a Nail / int_3537d6df	comment	Alternate Techline: Before 1903, the people of this world have cars; however, they don't develop nuclear weapons until 1962.
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For Want of a Nail / int_39a63cd3	type	City of Spies
For Want of a Nail / int_39a63cd3	comment	City of Spies: Michigan City was crawling with Mexican spies out to steal nuclear secrets until they were busted in 1969.
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For Want of a Nail / int_3a1c2171	type	The Man Behind the Man
For Want of a Nail / int_3a1c2171	comment	The Man Behind the Man: Bernard Kramer, who set up Benito Hermíon as dictator, and his successor, Diego Cortez y Catalán, who has the real power during Benito Hermíon's reign, and later ousts him.
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For Want of a Nail / int_3b39c254	type	Dystopia
For Want of a Nail / int_3b39c254	comment	Dystopia: The United States of Mexico has shades of it. For instance, slavery doesn't get abolished there until 1920 and it was a Police State with the backing of a Mega-Corp in the intervening years.
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For Want of a Nail / int_3c5ae1a1	type	Schizo Tech
For Want of a Nail / int_3c5ae1a1	comment	Schizo Tech: A subtle example, but one reviewer noted that there are televisions before there are nuclear weapons, despite the interdependent nature of these technologies' development.
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For Want of a Nail / int_3e8d9cd3	type	Historical Hero Upgrade
For Want of a Nail / int_3e8d9cd3	comment	Historical Hero Upgrade: Thomas Edison develops this world's versions of television, the automobile and "airmobile" before 1903.
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For Want of a Nail / int_3ed17fe0	type	Wide-Eyed Idealist
For Want of a Nail / int_3ed17fe0	comment	Wide-Eyed Idealist: Many of the CNA's politicians fall into this trope.
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For Want of a Nail / int_43eeaee8	type	The Republic
For Want of a Nail / int_43eeaee8	comment	The Republic: The CNA acts like this throughout the story, generally favoring more progressive policies than their westward counterpart.
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For Want of a Nail / int_4482e1ef	type	Divided States of America
For Want of a Nail / int_4482e1ef	comment	Divided States of America: The continental United States of America never comes to be, and thus what would have been its territory is divided between the Confederation of North America and the United States of Mexico.
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For Want of a Nail / int_44a1dd10	type	King Incognito
For Want of a Nail / int_44a1dd10	comment	King Incognito: Deposed Emperor Hermíon when he flees the palace after its surrounded with Kramer Associates' sponsored soldiers.
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For Want of a Nail / int_44bd31e2	type	Trope Codifier
For Want of a Nail / int_44bd31e2	comment	Trope Codifier: For hard-nosed Alternate History written like a non-fiction work, with extensive enumeration of a truly divergent timeline.
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For Want of a Nail / int_4704d87e	type	The Generalissimo
For Want of a Nail / int_4704d87e	comment	The Generalissimo: Benito Hermíon fits this trope to a T.
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For Want of a Nail / int_482c31d4	type	No Hugging, No Kissing
For Want of a Nail / int_482c31d4	comment	No Hugging, No Kissing: Justified because this is essentially an overview of history, but one could plausibly assume almost all of the main characters are bachelors.
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For Want of a Nail / int_4a02a75e	type	The Theocracy
For Want of a Nail / int_4a02a75e	comment	The Theocracy: From what we know, this is averted like it is with "communist" or fascist nations.
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For Want of a Nail / int_4a59e6f7	type	One Nation Under Copyright
For Want of a Nail / int_4a59e6f7	comment	One Nation Under Copyright: Kramer Associates have de facto control over Taiwan, the Philippines, Brazil, Argentina and likely other nations; Mexico was also this for a while.
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For Want of a Nail / int_4c554daf	type	President Evil
For Want of a Nail / int_4c554daf	comment	President Evil: Benito Hermíon is a (dubiously) elected leader of the USM, and his goal soon escalates into a plot to Take Over the World.
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For Want of a Nail / int_4d45aa06	type	Banana Republic
For Want of a Nail / int_4d45aa06	comment	Banana Republic: The United States of Mexico becomes one. Populist dictator? Check. Latin American? Check. Controlled by a multinational corporation? Double check.
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For Want of a Nail / int_4ef62a4d	type	Full-Circle Revolution
For Want of a Nail / int_4ef62a4d	comment	Full-Circle Revolution: The United States of Mexico escapes from the yoke of British oppression... to later become one of the most oppressive regimes on the face of the planet.
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For Want of a Nail / int_547b632	type	Space-Filling Empire
For Want of a Nail / int_547b632	comment	Space-Filling Empire: Germany could be considered an example of this, having most of continental Europe and the former Ottoman Empire under its rule after the Global War.
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For Want of a Nail / int_5530e11b	type	Founder of the Kingdom
For Want of a Nail / int_5530e11b	comment	Founder of the Kingdom: Republic, more like, but Andrew Jackson is this for Mexico.
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For Want of a Nail / int_556a4e20	type	The Empire
For Want of a Nail / int_556a4e20	comment	The Empire: Imperial Germany succeeds in conquering most of continental Europe during the Global War, although they've been met with some widespread opposition a few decades into their rule. Mexico becomes this under Benito Hermíon.
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For Want of a Nail / int_5773777b	type	One-Man Industrial Revolution
For Want of a Nail / int_5773777b	comment	One-Man Industrial Revolution: Thomas Edison.
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For Want of a Nail / int_57dda60c	type	The Emperor
For Want of a Nail / int_57dda60c	comment	The Emperor: Benito Hermíon declares himself this over Mexico.
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For Want of a Nail / int_5a100b90	type	Puppet King
For Want of a Nail / int_5a100b90	comment	After conquering a country — New Granada — and making it a puppet state, a brilliant military mind and emperor (the aforementioned Benito) sends his brother to be a Puppet King, but the brother winds up being a benevolent ruler who adopts that country's culture. This directly parallels Napoléon Bonaparte sending his brother Louis to the Netherlands.
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For Want of a Nail / int_5ac34441	type	Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp"
For Want of a Nail / int_5ac34441	comment	Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp": "Vitavision" for television, "locomobile" for the automobile, and so on.
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For Want of a Nail / int_5b0e992	type	Guilt Complex
For Want of a Nail / int_5b0e992	comment	Guilt Complex: Governor-General Richard Mason has a big one for the CNA's sidestepping of the Global War, which informs his foreign policy.
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For Want of a Nail / int_5ca80293	type	Pragmatic Villainy
For Want of a Nail / int_5ca80293	comment	Pragmatic Villainy: Kramer Associates, whose support of the Benito Hermíon dictatorship fluctuates according to how much it benefits them.
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For Want of a Nail / int_5d3e7c6	type	Kangaroo Court
For Want of a Nail / int_5d3e7c6	comment	Kangaroo Court: The Constabulary in trying alleged Moralistas, who would be detained in internment camps after being found guilty.
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For Want of a Nail / int_5d753b19	type	The Smurfette Principle
For Want of a Nail / int_5d753b19	comment	The Smurfette Principle: There are only three named female characters in the entire book, none of which have very significant roles. Women's suffrage within the CNA, given in 1908, is also only addressed in a footnote.
For Want of a Nail / int_5d753b19	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_5d753b19	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_5d753b19
For Want of a Nail / int_5e032315	type	One-Book Author
For Want of a Nail / int_5e032315	comment	One-Book Author: Of a sort, as Robert Sobel never revisited this world or the Alternate History genre in his career as an economic historian before he died in 1999.
For Want of a Nail / int_5e032315	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_5e032315	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_5e032315
For Want of a Nail / int_5e7163c9	type	Alternative Character Interpretation
For Want of a Nail / int_5e7163c9	comment	Alternative Character Interpretation: In-Universe, the American "rebels", George Washington especially, who has his character and competency lambasted by the unsympathetic (alternate persona) of the author.
For Want of a Nail / int_5e7163c9	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_5e7163c9	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_5e7163c9
For Want of a Nail / int_61066d95	type	Fictional Counterpart
For Want of a Nail / int_61066d95	comment	Fictional Counterpart: The United Workers of the World, compared to the Real Life Industrial Workers of the World. The same also applies to the Confederation Bureau of Investigation.
For Want of a Nail / int_61066d95	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_61066d95	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_61066d95
For Want of a Nail / int_62663d88	type	Men Don't Cry
For Want of a Nail / int_62663d88	comment	Men Don't Cry: Averted by Governor-General Richard Mason.
For Want of a Nail / int_62663d88	featureApplicability	-1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_62663d88	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_62663d88
For Want of a Nail / int_63fa5d78	type	Cult of Personality
For Want of a Nail / int_63fa5d78	comment	Cult of Personality: One springs up around Pedro Hermíon following his death.
For Want of a Nail / int_63fa5d78	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_63fa5d78	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_63fa5d78
For Want of a Nail / int_6627695f	type	Author Appeal
For Want of a Nail / int_6627695f	comment	Author Appeal: Precise economic details and systems, appropriate because this is the field that the author is a professional in, both In-Universe and out.
For Want of a Nail / int_6627695f	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_6627695f	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_6627695f
For Want of a Nail / int_66755d29	type	Author Avatar
For Want of a Nail / int_66755d29	comment	Author Avatar: Robert Sobel, who is also an economic historian in this timeline as well.
For Want of a Nail / int_66755d29	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_66755d29	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_66755d29
For Want of a Nail / int_67d90683	type	Fictional Political Party
For Want of a Nail / int_67d90683	comment	Fictional Political Party: For the CNA there was or is the (Unified) Liberals, the (National) Conservatives, the People's Coalition, and the Peace and Justice Party. Meanwhile, the USM has the Continentalist, Liberty, United Mexican and Progressive parties (and very briefly, the Worker's Coalition, which turned guerrilla), with divergent periods of mainstream establishment due to the chaotic politics of the country.
For Want of a Nail / int_67d90683	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_67d90683	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_67d90683
For Want of a Nail / int_6a2d1b1a	type	Rebel Leader
For Want of a Nail / int_6a2d1b1a	comment	Rebel Leader: George Washington is chief among them.
For Want of a Nail / int_6a2d1b1a	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_6a2d1b1a	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_6a2d1b1a
For Want of a Nail / int_6ad1eeb8	type	Sliding Scale of Gender Inequality
For Want of a Nail / int_6ad1eeb8	comment	Sliding Scale of Gender Inequality: Level 1, as there are very scarce mentions to women at all in the work.
For Want of a Nail / int_6ad1eeb8	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_6ad1eeb8	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_6ad1eeb8
For Want of a Nail / int_6b261d5e	type	Artistic License – Statistics
For Want of a Nail / int_6b261d5e	comment	Artistic License – Statistics: Averted for the most part, but the population of Manitoba is pegged at 31.5 million in 1930, which is way more than the 4 million it sustained in our timeline at the same period.
For Want of a Nail / int_6b261d5e	featureApplicability	-1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_6b261d5e	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_6b261d5e
For Want of a Nail / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
For Want of a Nail / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: Benito Hermíon.
For Want of a Nail / int_6bda9a30	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_6bda9a30	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_6bda9a30
For Want of a Nail / int_6da4d56e	type	Conspicuously Public Assassination
For Want of a Nail / int_6da4d56e	comment	Conspicuously Public Assassination: Pedro Hermíon is subject to one in 1851.
For Want of a Nail / int_6da4d56e	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_6da4d56e	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_6da4d56e
For Want of a Nail / int_6fc21d06	type	Fiction 500
For Want of a Nail / int_6fc21d06	comment	Fiction 500: Kramer Associates' executives.
For Want of a Nail / int_6fc21d06	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_6fc21d06	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_6fc21d06
For Want of a Nail / int_722171e7	type	Straw Character
For Want of a Nail / int_722171e7	comment	Straw Character: Erich Neiderhoffer describes his plan for workers to buy out their own plants like this: "no one would be an exploiter, everyone would be an exploiter". Governor-General Richard Mason is a Liberal who describes his aid to other countries as motivated by guilt, while being prone to breaking down and crying. His critics are described as "the only sober people at a drunken orgy, trying to discuss serious matters with individuals in a state of advanced inebriation."
For Want of a Nail / int_722171e7	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_722171e7	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_722171e7
For Want of a Nail / int_72bafff5	type	Doomed Moral Victor
For Want of a Nail / int_72bafff5	comment	Doomed Moral Victor: Washington and his revolutionaries, from an American point of view.
For Want of a Nail / int_72bafff5	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_72bafff5	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_72bafff5
For Want of a Nail / int_7335ffa9	type	Grey-and-Gray Morality
For Want of a Nail / int_7335ffa9	comment	Grey-and-Gray Morality: Part of what gives this book verisimilitude is its restrained portrayal of the morality of both sides despite some In-Universe Author Appeal.
For Want of a Nail / int_7335ffa9	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_7335ffa9	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_7335ffa9
For Want of a Nail / int_735e71c2	type	Recursive Canon
For Want of a Nail / int_735e71c2	comment	Recursive Canon: The book exists within its own world as "Scorpions in a Bottle", by the same author.
For Want of a Nail / int_735e71c2	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_735e71c2	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_735e71c2
For Want of a Nail / int_74a7d2d	type	Creator's Culture Carryover
For Want of a Nail / int_74a7d2d	comment	Creator's Culture Carryover: The Real Life American author Robert Sobel depicts a parliamentary system... that draws up impeachment measures in lieu of a vote of no confidence. This is a case of Reality Is Unrealistic, as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom can be impeached. Nonetheless, its more practical and common to just hold a vote of no confidence.
For Want of a Nail / int_74a7d2d	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_74a7d2d	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_74a7d2d
For Want of a Nail / int_74c1b6f4	type	Flyover Country
For Want of a Nail / int_74c1b6f4	comment	Flyover Country: In the CNA, the Confederations of Indiana, Northern and Southern Vandalia (and Manitoba) all qualify as this.
For Want of a Nail / int_74c1b6f4	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_74c1b6f4	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_74c1b6f4
For Want of a Nail / int_758cb30a	type	United Europe
For Want of a Nail / int_758cb30a	comment	United Europe: With the exception of the United Kingdom, Spain and a few others, Germany has successfully unified Europe after the Global War.
For Want of a Nail / int_758cb30a	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_758cb30a	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_758cb30a
For Want of a Nail / int_7913833c	type	Balkanize Me
For Want of a Nail / int_7913833c	comment	Balkanize Me: Quito and Rio Negro both secede from Brazil when it gained independence following the Trans-Oceanic War.
For Want of a Nail / int_7913833c	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_7913833c	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_7913833c
For Want of a Nail / int_7a265daa	type	Eagleland
For Want of a Nail / int_7a265daa	comment	Eagleland: The Confederation of North America is mostly a Type 1, while the United States of Mexico falls hard into a Type 2.
For Want of a Nail / int_7a265daa	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_7a265daa	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_7a265daa
For Want of a Nail / int_7a555627	type	Honest Corporate Executive
For Want of a Nail / int_7a555627	comment	Honest Corporate Executive: Owen Galloway is portrayed as one to some extent.
For Want of a Nail / int_7a555627	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_7a555627	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_7a555627
For Want of a Nail / int_7c3dda61	type	Sliding Scale of Alternate History Plausibility
For Want of a Nail / int_7c3dda61	comment	Sliding Scale of Alternate History Plausibility: A Type 1, with no obvious Alternate History Wank or clear instances of Alien Space Bats.
For Want of a Nail / int_7c3dda61	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_7c3dda61	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_7c3dda61
For Want of a Nail / int_7d5324cf	type	The Federation
For Want of a Nail / int_7d5324cf	comment	The Federation: The British Empire, primarily through the Confederation of North America, is portrayed like this. It becomes only more so with the 1906 foundation of the United British Commonwealth of Nations.
For Want of a Nail / int_7d5324cf	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_7d5324cf	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_7d5324cf
For Want of a Nail / int_7e74d66f	type	Politically Correct History
For Want of a Nail / int_7e74d66f	comment	Politically Correct History: In addition to the questionable nature of Andrew Jackson championing a multiethnic Mexican republic, James Billington serves as the black governor-general of the CNA from 1950 to 1953, and the author notes that he heard no substantive criticism based on his race.
For Want of a Nail / int_7e74d66f	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_7e74d66f	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_7e74d66f
For Want of a Nail / int_7f5aa0d6	type	Ron the Death Eater
For Want of a Nail / int_7f5aa0d6	comment	Ron the Death Eater: The author does this to the United States of Mexico, as well as the American revolutionaries, according to In-Universe critique of the author.
For Want of a Nail / int_7f5aa0d6	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_7f5aa0d6	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_7f5aa0d6
For Want of a Nail / int_830f2f0e	type	Police State
For Want of a Nail / int_830f2f0e	comment	Police State: A type of governance that the USM finds hard to shake away.
For Want of a Nail / int_830f2f0e	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_830f2f0e	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_830f2f0e
For Want of a Nail / int_87bb6874	type	Villain with Good Publicity
For Want of a Nail / int_87bb6874	comment	Villain with Good Publicity: The executives of Kramer Associates, implied to be In-Universe Author Appeal.
For Want of a Nail / int_87bb6874	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_87bb6874	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_87bb6874
For Want of a Nail / int_8b9c057e	type	Ethnic Menial Labor
For Want of a Nail / int_8b9c057e	comment	Ethnic Menial Labor: A staple of the United States of Mexico.
For Want of a Nail / int_8b9c057e	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_8b9c057e	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_8b9c057e
For Want of a Nail / int_8c1ad82f	type	Proud Warrior Race Guy
For Want of a Nail / int_8c1ad82f	comment	Proud Warrior Race Guy: Again, downplayed; nonetheless, the United States of Mexico is frequently bellicose and prone to foreign interventionism.
For Want of a Nail / int_8c1ad82f	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_8c1ad82f	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_8c1ad82f
For Want of a Nail / int_8e20979	type	Wham Episode
For Want of a Nail / int_8e20979	comment	Wham Episode: The assassination of Pedro Hermíon. The assumption of power by his son could count as well.
For Want of a Nail / int_8e20979	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_8e20979	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_8e20979
For Want of a Nail / int_91b31f6b	type	Please Select New City Name
For Want of a Nail / int_91b31f6b	comment	Please Select New City Name: Fort Pitt (and possibly all of Pittsburgh) is renamed Burgoyne, and becomes the capital of the Confederation of North America.
For Want of a Nail / int_91b31f6b	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_91b31f6b	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_91b31f6b
For Want of a Nail / int_91df9d19	type	Military Coup
For Want of a Nail / int_91df9d19	comment	Military Coup: Happens in the United States of Mexico.
For Want of a Nail / int_91df9d19	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_91df9d19	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_91df9d19
For Want of a Nail / int_928ca2cc	type	You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
For Want of a Nail / int_928ca2cc	comment	You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Diego Cortez y Catalán to "Emperor" Hermíon.
For Want of a Nail / int_928ca2cc	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_928ca2cc	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_928ca2cc
For Want of a Nail / int_9646cd74	type	Government in Exile
For Want of a Nail / int_9646cd74	comment	Government in Exile: The Revolutionaries, who go onto found the Republic of Jefferson (which becomes the USM).
For Want of a Nail / int_9646cd74	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_9646cd74	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_9646cd74
For Want of a Nail / int_9e1e14ea	type	Ambition Is Evil
For Want of a Nail / int_9e1e14ea	comment	Ambition Is Evil: Subverted, as some of the ambitious characters merely go onto become pragmatic and competent leaders. Although there are shades of this with Bernard Kramer.
For Want of a Nail / int_9e1e14ea	featureApplicability	-0.3
For Want of a Nail / int_9e1e14ea	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_9e1e14ea
For Want of a Nail / int_9f2cad9a	type	Landslide Election
For Want of a Nail / int_9f2cad9a	comment	Landslide Election: The CNA's 1933 Grand Council elections featured the Liberal Party snatching up 104 seats, and the People's Coalition only taking the 46 that remained.
For Want of a Nail / int_9f2cad9a	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_9f2cad9a	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_9f2cad9a
For Want of a Nail / int_a0c55654	type	The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized
For Want of a Nail / int_a0c55654	comment	The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized: Much of the action described in the Bloody Eighties.
For Want of a Nail / int_a0c55654	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_a0c55654	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_a0c55654
For Want of a Nail / int_a139f52b	type	Fantasy World Map
For Want of a Nail / int_a139f52b	comment	Fantasy World Map: There's a map◊ in the frontispiece of the book, which makes it reminiscent in purpose and placement of this trope. Some fans regard it as dubious because a few details contradict those in the the book; at least one fan has gone to the trouble of making their own version◊.
For Want of a Nail / int_a139f52b	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_a139f52b	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_a139f52b
For Want of a Nail / int_a55454ee	type	Malcolm Xerox
For Want of a Nail / int_a55454ee	comment	Malcolm Xerox: Philip Harrison, founder of Black Justice, who wanted to wage war against the other races and found a separate state for black people, before dying in a gun battle in 1948.
For Want of a Nail / int_a55454ee	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_a55454ee	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_a55454ee
For Want of a Nail / int_a70223	type	Karma Houdini
For Want of a Nail / int_a70223	comment	Karma Houdini: Bernard Kramer and his successors.
For Want of a Nail / int_a70223	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_a70223	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_a70223
For Want of a Nail / int_a814671b	type	N.G.O. Superpower
For Want of a Nail / int_a814671b	comment	N.G.O. Superpower: Kramer Associates, which is treated as its own world-class power later on in the book and even develops nuclear weapons before anyone else in the world.
For Want of a Nail / int_a814671b	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_a814671b	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_a814671b
For Want of a Nail / int_a86069f	type	Alternate History
For Want of a Nail / int_a86069f	comment	Alternate History: A Trope Codifier work of the genre, see below.
For Want of a Nail / int_a86069f	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_a86069f	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_a86069f
For Want of a Nail / int_a864d2d8	type	Commie Land
For Want of a Nail / int_a864d2d8	comment	Commie Land: Averted entirely as far as we know, which implies that in our timeline, the United States indirectly contributed to the creation of the Soviet Union.
For Want of a Nail / int_a864d2d8	featureApplicability	-1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_a864d2d8	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_a864d2d8
For Want of a Nail / int_a8af3e53	type	Secret Police
For Want of a Nail / int_a8af3e53	comment	Secret Police: The Constabulary in the United States of Mexico.
For Want of a Nail / int_a8af3e53	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_a8af3e53	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_a8af3e53
For Want of a Nail / int_aa8dcc21	type	MegaCorp
For Want of a Nail / int_aa8dcc21	comment	Mega-Corp: Kramer Associates.
For Want of a Nail / int_aa8dcc21	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_aa8dcc21	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_aa8dcc21
For Want of a Nail / int_aaff69d0	type	Unexpected Successor
For Want of a Nail / int_aaff69d0	comment	Unexpected Successor: James Billington to Bruce Hogg for the General-Governorship of the CNA, not only because Billington was black, but because Perry Jay was seemingly groomed for the succession by Hogg before he suffered his massive stroke.
For Want of a Nail / int_aaff69d0	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_aaff69d0	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_aaff69d0
For Want of a Nail / int_acbd5c12	type	Perfect Pacifist People
For Want of a Nail / int_acbd5c12	comment	Perfect Pacifist People: Downplayed, but the Confederation of North America only fights one notable war in the two centuries of its existence.
For Want of a Nail / int_acbd5c12	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_acbd5c12	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_acbd5c12
For Want of a Nail / int_b5ab695c	type	Fantasy Conflict Counterpart
For Want of a Nail / int_b5ab695c	comment	Fantasy Conflict Counterpart: The Global War for World War II and conditions similar to the Cold War are present in the rivalry between the CNA and the USM.
For Want of a Nail / int_b5ab695c	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_b5ab695c	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_b5ab695c
For Want of a Nail / int_ba759edf	type	Naturalized Name
For Want of a Nail / int_ba759edf	comment	Naturalized Name: Bernard Kramer, a German immigrant who became a world-class Mexican industrialist, can be inferred to have this.
For Want of a Nail / int_ba759edf	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_ba759edf	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_ba759edf
For Want of a Nail / int_bfc0a997	type	One-Federation Limit
For Want of a Nail / int_bfc0a997	comment	One-Federation Limit: The Confederation of North America and the United States of Mexico.
For Want of a Nail / int_bfc0a997	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_bfc0a997	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_bfc0a997
For Want of a Nail / int_c515d358	type	America Saves the Day
For Want of a Nail / int_c515d358	comment	America Saves the Day: Subverted. Neither the Confederation of North America nor the United States of Mexico does anything akin to the United States of America's entry into World War I or World War II, as the former mostly stays neutral and the latter is merely prone to opportunistic land grabs.
For Want of a Nail / int_c515d358	featureApplicability	-0.3
For Want of a Nail / int_c515d358	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_c515d358
For Want of a Nail / int_c64a7400	type	Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys
For Want of a Nail / int_c64a7400	comment	Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys: France easily capitulates to German invasion during the Global War.
For Want of a Nail / int_c64a7400	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_c64a7400	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_c64a7400
For Want of a Nail / int_c66f2bb5	type	Witch Hunt
For Want of a Nail / int_c66f2bb5	comment	Witch Hunt: See Kangaroo Court above.
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For Want of a Nail / int_c66f2bb5	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_c66f2bb5
For Want of a Nail / int_c772e7c5	type	Rags to Riches
For Want of a Nail / int_c772e7c5	comment	Rags to Riches: Bernard Kramer goes from being a miner immigrant to founding one of the most successful corporations in all of this world's history.
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For Want of a Nail / int_c772e7c5	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_c772e7c5
For Want of a Nail / int_c8c968c3	type	The Alliance
For Want of a Nail / int_c8c968c3	comment	The Alliance: Subverted, because the CNA avoids entering the Global War in arms with the United Kingdom (likewise with Spain, who declares neutrality despite a pre-existing alliance).
For Want of a Nail / int_c8c968c3	featureApplicability	-0.3
For Want of a Nail / int_c8c968c3	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_c8c968c3
For Want of a Nail / int_cad57012	type	Draco in Leather Pants
For Want of a Nail / int_cad57012	comment	Draco in Leather Pants: In-Universe, Robert Sobel is accused of doing this to Kramer Associates (and the CNA) as a whole.
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For Want of a Nail / int_cad57012	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_cad57012
For Want of a Nail / int_cbe32f62	type	Decided by One Vote
For Want of a Nail / int_cbe32f62	comment	Decided by One Vote: In the CNA, the People's Coalition only won a majority in the Grand Council by two seats in the 1938 elections.
For Want of a Nail / int_cbe32f62	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_cbe32f62	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_cbe32f62
For Want of a Nail / int_cbe687ab	type	Corrupt Corporate Executive
For Want of a Nail / int_cbe687ab	comment	Corrupt Corporate Executive: Some of the actions taken by Kramer Associates leaders are somewhat shady.
For Want of a Nail / int_cbe687ab	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_cbe687ab	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_cbe687ab
For Want of a Nail / int_cdc4a218	type	Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act
For Want of a Nail / int_cdc4a218	comment	Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act: Yet another notable aversion, because nothing like the Holocaust ever takes place and there is never anyone even remotely as bad as Hitler described in the book.
For Want of a Nail / int_cdc4a218	featureApplicability	-1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_cdc4a218	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_cdc4a218
For Want of a Nail / int_d05cf3f	type	Footnote Fever
For Want of a Nail / int_d05cf3f	comment	Footnote Fever: An important part of its verisimilitude and flavor.
For Want of a Nail / int_d05cf3f	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_d05cf3f	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_d05cf3f
For Want of a Nail / int_d18027f8	type	America Takes Over the World
For Want of a Nail / int_d18027f8	comment	America Takes Over the World: Although the book is centered on this region, it seems as though the equivalent of the Cold War for this timeline takes place between two superpowers on the North American continent, perhaps even three if one counts Kramer Associates due to their Mexican origins.
For Want of a Nail / int_d18027f8	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_d18027f8	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_d18027f8
For Want of a Nail / int_d243518d	type	In Spite of a Nail
For Want of a Nail / int_d243518d	comment	In Spite of a Nail: Andrew Jackson still becomes president of a United States, Karl Marx has the same economic philosophy and Thomas Edison is an inventor. Germany still unifies in some fashion and bests France in a war that takes place in the late 19th Century, before the Russian Empire collapses in the early 20th Century.
For Want of a Nail / int_d243518d	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_d243518d	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_d243518d
For Want of a Nail / int_d34f8215	type	Coattail-Riding Relative
For Want of a Nail / int_d34f8215	comment	Coattail-Riding Relative: Benito Hermíon in relation to his father, Pedro Hermíon.
For Want of a Nail / int_d34f8215	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_d34f8215	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_d34f8215
For Want of a Nail / int_d41832cc	type	Written by the Winners
For Want of a Nail / int_d41832cc	comment	Written by the Winners: The Confederation of North America, as noted above, doesn't see the United States' founding fathers in a particularly favorable light.
For Want of a Nail / int_d41832cc	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_d41832cc	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_d41832cc
For Want of a Nail / int_d4a4771e	type	Richard Nixon, the Used Car Salesman
For Want of a Nail / int_d4a4771e	comment	Richard Nixon, the Used Car Salesman: Abraham Lincoln appears briefly as a railroad lawyer.
For Want of a Nail / int_d4a4771e	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_d4a4771e	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_d4a4771e
For Want of a Nail / int_dca70c44	type	Reasonable Authority Figure
For Want of a Nail / int_dca70c44	comment	Reasonable Authority Figure: When they aren't being overly idealistic, the leaders of the Confederation of North America tend to be this.
For Want of a Nail / int_dca70c44	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_dca70c44	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_dca70c44
For Want of a Nail / int_e16217f8	type	Historical Villain Upgrade
For Want of a Nail / int_e16217f8	comment	Historical Villain Upgrade: In-Universe accusations are lodged at the author for making the leaders of the United States of Mexico slightly more incompetent and immoral in contrast to the Confederation of North America.
For Want of a Nail / int_e16217f8	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_e16217f8	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_e16217f8
For Want of a Nail / int_e1acc872	type	From Nobody to Nightmare
For Want of a Nail / int_e1acc872	comment	From Nobody to Nightmare: Bernard Kramer went from an immigrant miner to a Corrupt Corporate Executive who is responsible for installing a dictator in Mexico.
For Want of a Nail / int_e1acc872	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_e1acc872	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_e1acc872
For Want of a Nail / int_e563bf09	type	Insistent Terminology
For Want of a Nail / int_e563bf09	comment	Insistent Terminology: It's the "North American Rebellion", not The American Revolution.
For Want of a Nail / int_e563bf09	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_e563bf09	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_e563bf09
For Want of a Nail / int_e7088fbc	type	Middle Eastern Coalition
For Want of a Nail / int_e7088fbc	comment	Middle Eastern Coalition: Following the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire as well as the Global War, the Middle East remains unified under the German protectorate of Arabia.
For Want of a Nail / int_e7088fbc	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_e7088fbc	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_e7088fbc
For Want of a Nail / int_e7f67516	type	Point of Divergence
For Want of a Nail / int_e7f67516	comment	Point of Divergence: As it's printed on the cover, "if Burgoyne had won at Saratoga". Without the success of the American Revolution, there is no French Revolution, and it's thus implied that the edge of radical revolutionary politics was dulled in this world. Socialism has marginal influence, fascism seems to have never come to be, and there is no analog to the Soviet Union.
For Want of a Nail / int_e7f67516	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_e7f67516	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_e7f67516
For Want of a Nail / int_e88e8a8f	type	Writer on Board
For Want of a Nail / int_e88e8a8f	comment	Writer on Board: An In-Universe example, as the alternate Robert Sobel is an Australian that resides in Taiwan; the latter is essentially a Kramer Associates protectorate and the former is party to the United British Commonwealth of Nations. As such, he frames Kramer Associates and the CNA in a rosy light, in comparison to the United States of Mexico.
For Want of a Nail / int_e88e8a8f	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_e88e8a8f	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_e88e8a8f
For Want of a Nail / int_e8d730c4	type	Easily Conquered World
For Want of a Nail / int_e8d730c4	comment	Easily Conquered World: The Russian Empire during the Great Northern War, which has Alaska and Siberia taken from it in the course of two years by the increasingly powerful United States of Mexico. France also falls into this trope during the Global War.
For Want of a Nail / int_e8d730c4	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_e8d730c4	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_e8d730c4
For Want of a Nail / int_e993da98	type	Equal-Opportunity Evil
For Want of a Nail / int_e993da98	comment	Equal-Opportunity Evil: It's subtle, but the Mexican dictatorship is led by Benito Hermíon, a part of the Hispano minority, and Bernard Kramer, a German immigrant.
For Want of a Nail / int_e993da98	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_e993da98	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_e993da98
For Want of a Nail / int_e9f517e1	type	Artistic License â€“ Geography
For Want of a Nail / int_e9f517e1	comment	Artistic License – Geography: The conspicuous omission of the Hudson Bay Company in the description of Manitoba, and the anachronistic names for some of the Mexican states (e.g., Arizona). The settlements described for Mexico fail to accord to what they were in our timeline
For Want of a Nail / int_e9f517e1	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_e9f517e1	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_e9f517e1
For Want of a Nail / int_eb2eb10f	type	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
For Want of a Nail / int_eb2eb10f	comment	Istanbul (Not Constantinople): New Grenada remains, in lieu of Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela.
For Want of a Nail / int_eb2eb10f	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_eb2eb10f	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_eb2eb10f
For Want of a Nail / int_ec0bf4a1	type	Take Over the World
For Want of a Nail / int_ec0bf4a1	comment	Take Over the World: The aim of Mexican Emperor Benito Hermíon.
For Want of a Nail / int_ec0bf4a1	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_ec0bf4a1	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_ec0bf4a1
For Want of a Nail / int_ec2d62b9	type	Cult Colony
For Want of a Nail / int_ec2d62b9	comment	Cult Colony: Manitoba is a beacon for Utopian philosophers and radicals of all stripes... yet remains the land without politics.
For Want of a Nail / int_ec2d62b9	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_ec2d62b9	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_ec2d62b9
For Want of a Nail / int_ec90f86f	type	Bomb-Throwing Anarchists
For Want of a Nail / int_ec90f86f	comment	Bomb-Throwing Anarchists: Vaguely alluded to during the 1880s, where revolutionaries are essentially looters and pillagers that cause considerable turbulence in Europe during the "Bloody Eighties".
For Want of a Nail / int_ec90f86f	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_ec90f86f	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_ec90f86f
For Want of a Nail / int_ed874c14	type	Self-Made Man
For Want of a Nail / int_ed874c14	comment	Self-Made Man: Bernard Kramer (see Rags to Riches above).
For Want of a Nail / int_ed874c14	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_ed874c14	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_ed874c14
For Want of a Nail / int_f2c895f	type	Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters
For Want of a Nail / int_f2c895f	comment	Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters: One of the draws of the book is how the author views the American Revolution in a society where it failed, as he is obviously more critical of them.
For Want of a Nail / int_f2c895f	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_f2c895f	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_f2c895f
For Want of a Nail / int_f88f2449	type	Downer Beginning
For Want of a Nail / int_f88f2449	comment	Downer Beginning: From an American point of view, as John Adams, Sam Adams, John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, Richard Henry Lee, Robert Paine and Roger Sherman are all executed, while George Washington is sentenced to life in prison.
For Want of a Nail / int_f88f2449	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_f88f2449	featureConfidence	1.0
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	For Want of a Nail / int_f88f2449
For Want of a Nail / int_ffad4e9f	type	Shown Their Work
For Want of a Nail / int_ffad4e9f	comment	Shown Their Work: Much of the statistics and descriptions of economic processes in the book clearly show the author's professional background in the subject, especially when it comes to innovative programs like the National Financial Administration in the CNA.
For Want of a Nail / int_ffad4e9f	featureApplicability	1.0
For Want of a Nail / int_ffad4e9f	featureConfidence	1.0
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For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp" / int_e623a914
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	Creator's Culture Carryover / int_e623a914
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	Doomed Moral Victor / int_e623a914
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	Dystopia / int_e623a914
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	Fictional Political Party / int_e623a914
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	Footnote Fever / int_e623a914
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	Government Agency of Fiction / int_e623a914
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	Just the First Citizen / int_e623a914
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	Malcolm Xerox / int_e623a914
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	N.G.O. Superpower / int_e623a914
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	Richard Nixon, the Used Car Salesman / int_e623a914
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For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	Sliding Scale of Alternate History Plausibility / int_e623a914
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	Trope Codifier / int_e623a914
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	Wide-Eyed Idealist / int_e623a914
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	Written by the Winners / int_e623a914
For Want of a Nail	hasFeature	Fictional Document / int_e623a914

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