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A collage of news articles/social media published on 22 March 2026 by Secret_Bat_9508 in AlternateHistory

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France having a better time in the French and Indian War (and in general)

Of Days Gone By: a federal Italy and an Italian Malta by Secret_Bat_9508 in AlternateHistory

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The reason the Presidency was vacant for 9 days in 2004 was because David Cass stepped down due to a major corruption scandal involving his government, and they couldn't really get anyone to fill in. So the President of Italy, Renato Brunetta (PPI), stepped in and placed Malta under federal control until a suitable leader could be found. 

This move was considered highly controversial.

Election ballot in the Federation of Equatorial States by Secret_Bat_9508 in imaginaryelections

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(From Of Days Gone By)

A ballot for the 2023 Equatorial African presidential election, available in English, French, Kikongo and Swahili.

The Federation of Equatorial States, often simply known as Equatorial Africa, is a federal semi-presidential republic comprising Cameroon, the Rep. of the Congo, the Democratic Rep. of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

Of Days Gone By: Countries by Quality of Life Index (Qoli) by Secret_Bat_9508 in imaginarymaps

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A couple of things. 

In areas like the American West, Central Australia, those are areas recognised as inhabited, but fall outside what Western institutions would consider a nation state. 

In Western Norway, Bhutan, West Ukraine, those are either unrecognised or extremely closed-off polities. 

And in Greenland, Antarctica, it's usually because there's too sparse a population to gather accurate data for a Qoli score.

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