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{ "compare": { "fromrevid": 1, "torevid": 2, "*": "<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-lineno\" id=\"L1\" >Line 1:</td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-lineno\">Line 1:</td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"><strong>MediaWiki has been successfully installed.</strong></del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">{{Distinguish|North American Union}}</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">{{Multiple issues|</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">{{cleanup|date=August 2008}}</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">{{Refimprove|date=August 2008}}</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">}}</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td class='diff-context'></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td class='diff-context'></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Consult the </del>[<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">//meta</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">wikimedia</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">org/wiki/Help:Contents User</del>'<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">s Guide</del>] <del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">for information on using </del>the <del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">wiki software</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">'''North American Confederacy''' is an </ins>[<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">[alternate history]] series of novels created by [[L</ins>. <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Neil Smith]]</ins>. <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">The series includes the novel </ins>'<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">'[[The Probability Broach</ins>]<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">]'' and its sequels, and takes place in a country of </ins>the <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">same name</ins>.</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td class='diff-context'></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td class='diff-context'></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div>== <del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Getting started </del>==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div>==<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Novels==</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div>* [//www.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">mediawiki</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">org</del>/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">wiki</del>/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list</del>]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* </del>[//www.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">mediawiki</del>.org/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">wiki</del>/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Special</del>:<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">MyLanguage</del>/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Manual</del>:<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">FAQ MediaWiki FAQ</del>]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">===By Publication=</ins>==</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* </del>[<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">https</del>://<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">lists</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">wikimedia</del>.org/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">mailman</del>/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">listinfo/mediawiki</del>-<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">announce MediaWiki release mailing list</del>]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div>*<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">''</ins>[<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">[The Probability Broach]]'' (1980)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* </del>[//www.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">mediawiki</del>.org/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">wiki</del>/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Special</del>:<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">MyLanguage</del>/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Localisation#Translation_resources Localise MediaWiki for your language</del>]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">*''[[The Venus Belt]]'' (1980)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">*''[[Their Majestys' Bucketeers]]'' (1981)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">*''[[The Nagasaki Vector]]'' (1983)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">*''[[Tom Paine Maru]]'' (1984)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">*''[[The Gallatin Divergence]]'' (1985)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">*''[[Brightsuit MacBear]]'' (1988)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">*''[[Taflak Lysandra]]'' (1989)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">*''[[The American Zone]]'' (2001)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">===By Chronology===</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">*''The Probability Broach'' (1980)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">*''The Nagasaki Vector'' (1983)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">*''The American Zone'' (2001)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">*''The Venus Belt'' (1980)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">*''The Gallatin Divergence'' (1985)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">*''Tom Paine Maru'' (1984)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">*''Brightsuit MacBear'' (1988)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">*''Taflak Lysandra'' (1989) <ref>[http:</ins>//www.<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">uchronia</ins>.<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">net</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">bib.cgi</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">label.html?id=smitnortha Uchronia lists the chronology of the series</ins>]<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"></ref></ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">''Their Majestys' Bucketeers'' takes place in the same universe, though none of the characters from the series appears in it.<ref></ins>[<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">http:</ins>//www.<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">lneilsmith</ins>.org/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">world.html WorldFAQ: L. Neil Smith's North American Confederacy]<</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">ref></ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">==History==</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">The ostensible [[point of divergence]] leading to the North American Confederacy (NAC) is the addition of a single word in the preamble to the [[United States Declaration of Independence]], where in it states that governments "derive their just power from the ''unanimous'' consent of the governed."  Inspired by this wording, [[Albert Gallatin]] intercedes in the [[Whiskey Rebellion]] in 1794 to the benefit of the farmers, rather than the fledgling United States government as he does in real life. This results in the rebellion to become a [[Second American Revolution]]. This eventually leads to the overthrowing and execution of [[George Washington]] by firing squad for treason, the abrogation of the U.S. [[Constitution]], and Gallatin being proclaimed the second president. In 1795, a new caretaker government is established and revised version of the [[Articles of Confederation]] is ratified in 1797, but with a much greater emphasis on individual and economic freedom.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">After the war, [[Alexander Hamilton]] flees to [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] and lives there until he is killed in a duel in 1804.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Over the ensuing century, the remnants of central government dissipate. The government can no longer create money, only individual people can, being backed by [[gold]], [[silver]], [[wheat]], [[corn]], [[iron]], and even [[whisky]].</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">In 1803, Albert Gallatin and [[James Monroe]] arrange the [[Louisiana Purchase]] from [[First French Empire|France]], borrowing money from private sources against the value of the land.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">[[Thomas Jefferson]] successfully leads the abolitionist movement to a peaceful end to slavery in 1820. Jefferson is also responsible for developing new systems of weights and measures ("metric" inches, pounds, etc.). He also devised a new calendar system in to honor the birth of liberty - the old year 1776 becomes [[Year Zero]], ''Anno Liberatis'' ([[Latin language|Latin]] for ''year of liberation''). When Jefferson first proposed the new calendar system in 1796, he originally marked it to Gallatin's ascension to the presidency. However, Gallatin protested that the [[American Revolutionary War|real revolution was in 1776]], and that the Federalist period should be regarded as an aberration, and that commemorating, even by implication, the overthrowing and execution of George Washington might set a hideous precedent (as Gallatin insisted that historians should still count Washington as the first president). Jefferson and Gallatin compromised and utilized 1776 as the new Year Zero.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">The absence of government interference creates a [[Libertarian utopia]] where science and medicine advance at a significantly greater pace than in our baseline history. [[Alexander Graham Bell]], freed from the duties of inventing the telephone by an earlier inventor named Elisha Gray in 1867 (91 A.L.), develops a [[voder]] technology which allows recognition that [[chimpanzee]]s, [[gorilla]]s, and other simians are sentient, and the greater primates are granted citizenship rights equivalent to all races of humans. Later on in history, [[dolphin]]s, [[porpoise]]s, and [[orca]]s reveal their [[sentience]] and join the land civilizations. In 1888 (102 A.L.), [[Thomas Edison]] invents electrically heated streets. In 1947 (171 A.L.), colored television is invented. In 1993 (217 A.L.), [[mastodon]]s are cloned back to life with frozen tissue.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">In 1893 (117 A.L.), almost all North American Nations and territories ([[Alaska]], [[California]], [[Canada]], [[Cuba]], [[Mexico]], [[Newfoundland]], [[Republic of Texas|Texas]], etc.) join together to form the NAC, a new nation whose government has very little power and which allows its citizenry to do as it pleases (so long as they don't violate anyone else's rights). The NAC is not involved in any major wars as a country, but a massive cohort of volunteers arises to fight whenever Federalist and Federalist sympathizers disturb the peace, most notably in [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] in 1914 (138 A.L.), and against the [[Czar of Russia|Czar]] of [[Russian Empire|Russia]] in [[Antarctica]] in 1957 (181 A.L.) (where the naval action is led by the NAC version of [[Robert A. Heinlein]]).</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Other famous people named in the series include NAC president [[Ayn Rand]], who visits the [[Moon]] in the 1950s, and earlier NAC President [[H. L. Mencken]] (who was killed by his vice-president's mother after killing his vice-president in a duel). A west coast university is named after historical [[San Francisco]] eccentric [[Emperor Norton]].</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">By the start of the series in 1986, the NAC spans the entire continent of [[North America]] as well as [[Greenland]], though [[Panama]] appears to still be part of [[Colombia]]. The capital city of the NAC is Gallatinopolis, which is located in the geographical center of the North American continent. The NAC also has independent settlements on the Moon (which were established in 1949 (173 A.L.) ), [[Mars]], and on major [[asteroid]]s. The government is an utterly powerless entity, with the presidency a largely honorary role preserved only as a coordinator of actions in national emergencies. Along the way, the [[Libertarianism|libertarian]] philosophies of the Gallatin Party in the NAC remain in conflict with the remnants of [[Federalist Party]] (sometimes referred to as ''Hamiltonians'', after the man considered the real villain in the old United States, [[Alexander Hamilton]]), which continues to promote strong central government.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">==Presidents of the Old United States/North American Confederacy==</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">''The Probability Broach'' includes a timeline for the History of the United States, which includes a listing of those who followed Washington and Gallatin as the [[President of the United States|American Presidents]]. In this history, the US merged with several other North American nations to form the North American Confederacy in 1893. From that point, the individuals listed here are considered Presidents of the NAC. It should be noted that many of these individuals are prominent in the history of either [[Anarchism]] or [[Libertarianism]].</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># [[George Washington]]</ins>: <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">1789 - 1794  (13 - 18 A.L.) ''(Executed)''</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># [[Albert Gallatin]]: 1794 - 1812  (18 - 36 A.L.) </ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># [[Edmond-Charles Gen\u00eat]]: 1812 - 1820  (36 - 44 A.L.)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># [[Thomas Jefferson]]: 1820 - 1826  (44 - 50 A.L.) ''(Died in Office)''</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># [[James Monroe]]: 1826 - 1831  (50 - 55 A.L.) ''(Died in Office)''</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># [[John C. Calhoun]]: 1831 - 1836  (55 - 60 A.L.)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># [[Albert Gallatin]]: 1836 - 1840  (60 - 64 A.L.)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># [[Sequoyah|Sequoyah Guess]]: 1840 - 1842  (64 - 66 A.L.) ''(Killed in Battle)''</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># [[Osceola]]: 1842 - 1848  (66 - 72 A.L.)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># [[Jefferson Davis]]: 1848 - 1852  (72 - 76 A.L.)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># Gifford Swansea: 1852 - 1856  (76 - 80 A.L.)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># Arthur Downing: 1856 - 1859  (80 - 83 A.L.) ''(Died in Office)''</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]]: 1859 - 1860  (83 - 84 A.L.)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># [[Lysander Spooner]]: 1860 - 1880  (84 - 104 A.L.)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># Jean-Baptiste Huang: 1880 - 1888  (104 - 112 A.L.)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># [[Frederick Douglass]]: 1888 - 1892  (112 - 116 A.L.)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># [[Benjamin Tucker]]: 1892 - 1912  (116 - 136 A.L.)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># [[Albert Jay Nock]]: 1912 - 1928  (136 - 152 A.L.)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># [[H. L. Mencken]]: 1928 - 1933  (152 - 157 A.L.) ''(Assassinated after a duel)''</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># [[Frank Chodorov]]: 1933 - 1940  (157 - 164 A.L.)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># [[Rose Wilder Lane]]: 1940 - 1952  (164 - 176 A.L.)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># [[Ayn Rand]]: 1952 - 1960  (176 - 184 A.L.)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># [[Robert LeFevre]]: 1960 - 1968  (184 - 192 A.L.)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># [[None of the Above|None of the above]]: 1968 - 1972  (192 - 196 A.L.) <ref>In ''The Venus Belt'', Lucy Kropotkin claims that she came in second during the [[United States presidential election, 1968|1968 election]], avoiding the presidency by only one vote -- her own.<</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">ref></ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># [[John Hospers]]</ins>: <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">1972 - 1984  (196 - 208 A.L.)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># Jennifer A. Smythe: 1984 - 1992  (208 - 216 A.L.)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># Olongo Featherstone-Haugh: 1992 - 2000  (216 - 224 A.L.)</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"># [[None of the Above|None of the above</ins>]<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">]: 2000 - ?  (224 - ? A.L.)<ref>In the sequel, ''The Venus Belt'', it was revealed that Olongo Featherstone-Haugh (pronounced "Fanshaw"), the gorilla who served as Vice-President in this book, had been elected President. At the end, Olongo retires and "None of the Above" (which is always an option on the ballot) is returned to office.</ref></ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">==Themes==</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">The North American Confederacy is much more advanced in science and technology and much wealthier than our Earth, implying the author's view that </ins>[<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">[libertarianism]] is a superior political order. Smith states that his novels are written with the purpose of promoting libertarianism.<ref>[http</ins>://<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">www</ins>.<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">theadvocates</ins>.org/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">celebrities</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">l</ins>-<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">neil-smith.html L. Neil Smith article on "Advocates for Self-Government"</ins>]<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"></ref><ref>[http://www.lneilsmith.org/americanzone.html A letter on Smith's website that stresses his libertarian ideology]</ref></ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">==Criticism==</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">An often criticized point of the world, is that it is never explored beyond the NAC's frontiers and the NAC possesses "impossible" amounts of wealth for the area it covers: this has led some to conclude the NAC is a faux-utopia, building its wealth upon the brutal exploitation of foreign countries.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">==Awards==</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">''The Probability Broach'' won the 1982 </ins>[<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">[Prometheus Award]], an award given by the Libertarian Futurist Society.<ref>[http:</ins>//www.<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">lfs</ins>.org/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">awards.htm Prometheus Awards]<</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">ref>  ''The Nagasaki Vector'', ''Tom Paine Maru'', ''The Gallatin Divergence'', and ''The American Zone'' were all Prometheus Award finalists.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">==See also==</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">*[[North American Union]]</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">==References==</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">{{Reflist}}</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">==External links==</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">*[http</ins>:/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">/northamericanconfederacy.wikidot.com/ North American Confederacy Wiki]</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">[[Category:Alternate history book series]]</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">[[Category:Fictional North American countries]]</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">[[Category:Moon in fiction]]</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">[[Category:Mars in fiction]]</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">[[Category:Libertarian science fiction]</ins>]</div></td></tr>\n" } }