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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 HermÃon, 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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Anyone Can Die | |
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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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No Celebrities Were Harmed | |
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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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The Migration | |
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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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Slave Liberation | |
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Slave Liberation: Is delayed in Mexico until 1920. | |
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The Wild West | |
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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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Unreliable Narrator | |
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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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Fictional Document | |
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Fictional Document: All over the place, with extensive footnotes to dozens upon dozens of (fictitious) works. | |
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Framing Device | |
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Framing Device: An undergraduate history book... from a world where history went a little bit differently. | |
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Deep South | |
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Deep South: The Southern Confederation in the CNA, appropriately enough. | |
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Nouveau Riche | |
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Nouveau Riche: Bernard Kramer and his successors qualify as this. | |
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Screw the Rules, I Have Money! | |
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Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: Kramer Associates, frequently. | |
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Literary Allusion Title | |
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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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Oppressive States of America | |
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Oppressive States of America: The United States of Mexico turns into a Police State. | |
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Allohistorical Allusion | |
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Allohistorical Allusion: Benito HermÃon, 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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False Flag Operation | |
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False Flag Operation: Features into many of the political machinations in the book. | |
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The Bad Guy Wins | |
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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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America Is Still a Colony | |
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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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Hero with Bad Publicity | |
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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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Government Agency of Fiction | |
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Government Agency of Fiction: The Confederation Bureau of Investigation, among others. | |
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Hegemonic Empire | |
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Hegemonic Empire: The British Empire, naturally. | |
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La Résistance | |
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La Résistance: The perpetrators of the American Revolution, who don't see their goals achieved. | |
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Alternate Techline | |
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Alternate Techline: Before 1903, the people of this world have cars; however, they don't develop nuclear weapons until 1962. | |
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City of Spies | |
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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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The Man Behind the Man | |
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The Man Behind the Man: Bernard Kramer, who set up Benito HermÃon as dictator, and his successor, Diego Cortez y Catalán, who has the real power during Benito HermÃon's reign, and later ousts him. | |
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Dystopia | |
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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 MegaCorp in the intervening years. | |
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Schizo Tech | |
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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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Historical Hero Upgrade | |
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Historical Hero Upgrade: Thomas Edison develops this world's versions of television, the automobile and "airmobile" before 1903. | |
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Wide-Eyed Idealist | |
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Wide-Eyed Idealist: Many of the CNA's politicians fall into this trope. | |
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The Republic | |
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The Republic: The CNA acts like this throughout the story, generally favoring more progressive policies than their westward counterpart. | |
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Divided States of America | |
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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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King Incognito | |
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King Incognito: Deposed Emperor HermÃon when he flees the palace after its surrounded with Kramer Associates' sponsored soldiers. | |
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Trope Codifier | |
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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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The Generalissimo | |
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The Generalissimo: Benito HermÃon fits this trope to a T. | |
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No Hugging, No Kissing | |
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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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The Theocracy | |
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The Theocracy: From what we know, this is averted like it is with "communist" or fascist nations. | |
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One Nation Under Copyright | |
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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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President Evil | |
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President Evil: Benito HermÃon 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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Banana Republic | |
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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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Full-Circle Revolution | |
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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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Space-Filling Empire | |
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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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Founder of the Kingdom | |
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Founder of the Kingdom: Republic, more like, but Andrew Jackson is this for Mexico. | |
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The Empire | |
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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 HermÃon. | |
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One-Man Industrial Revolution | |
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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 HermÃon declares himself this over Mexico. | |
For Want of a Nail / int_57dda60c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
For Want of a Nail / int_57dda60c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
For Want of a Nail | hasFeature |
For Want of a Nail / int_57dda60c | |
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. | |
For Want of a Nail / int_5a100b90 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
For Want of a Nail / int_5a100b90 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
For Want of a Nail | hasFeature |
For Want of a Nail / int_5a100b90 | |
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. | |
For Want of a Nail / int_5ac34441 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
For Want of a Nail / int_5ac34441 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
For Want of a Nail | hasFeature |
For Want of a Nail / int_5ac34441 | |
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. | |
For Want of a Nail / int_5b0e992 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
For Want of a Nail / int_5b0e992 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
For Want of a Nail | hasFeature |
For Want of a Nail / int_5b0e992 | |
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 HermÃon dictatorship fluctuates according to how much it benefits them. | |
For Want of a Nail / int_5ca80293 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
For Want of a Nail / int_5ca80293 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
For Want of a Nail | hasFeature |
For Want of a Nail / int_5ca80293 | |
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. | |
For Want of a Nail / int_5d3e7c6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
For Want of a Nail / int_5d3e7c6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
For Want of a Nail | hasFeature |
For Want of a Nail / int_5d3e7c6 | |
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 HermÃon 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 HermÃon. | |
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 HermÃon 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 HermÃon. 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" HermÃon. | |
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◊. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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1.0 | |
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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 | |
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1.0 | |
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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 |
MegaCorp: 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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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. | |
For Want of a Nail / int_c66f2bb5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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. | |
For Want of a Nail / int_c772e7c5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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. | |
For Want of a Nail / int_cad57012 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
For Want of a Nail / int_cad57012 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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1.0 | |
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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 HermÃon in relation to his father, Pedro HermÃon. | |
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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 HermÃon, 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 | |
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For Want of a Nail / int_e993da98 | |
For Want of a Nail / int_e9f517e1 | type |
Artistic License – 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 | |
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1.0 | |
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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 | |
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1.0 | |
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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 HermÃon. | |
For Want of a Nail / int_ec0bf4a1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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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. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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1.0 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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. | |
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ItemName | |
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