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1905
Europe
United Kingdom
The Nordic Secession Movement is successful. Or rather, only partly successful. Whilst referenda had been held before in the United Kingdom, this is the first time one is used on such a large scale. After years of tensions (mainly due to the increasing prominence of the English language over the other languages) a referendum is held in the Nordic Nations on Independence from the United Kingdom. While the Nordic Secession Movement had been active in all the Nordic Nations, the referendum is only successful in Denmark, Scania and Sweden.

A major contributing factor to the Referendum going ahead was that the Danish parties in particular were being obstructive in Westminster. Hardly any bills were passing.
But the background was, the increasing prominence of the English Language over the other languages in the United Kingdom, with Nordic (increasingly referred to as 'Danish', or 'Swedish', depending on the dialect), Welsh, Brittanias, Icelandic, Greenlandic, Scots, the various forms of Gaelic, Cornish, Manx, Sami and Russian (in Norrland mainly, but also in northern Norway and northern Sweden) decreasing in importance.

Nordic Secession Referendum results:
Within the United Kingdom:
Denmark: 70% Independence
Faeroes: 76% Remain
Greenland: 67% Remain
Iceland: 72% Remain
Norway: 59% Remain
Norrland: 80% Remain
Scania: 66% Independence
Shetland: 63% Remain
Sweden: 58% Independence
Westmark: 85% Remain

Crown Dependency – Isle of Man: 67% Remain

The Treaty of Copenhagen is signed by the end of the year. Christian Glucksberg, Duke of Copenhagen, becomes King Christian X of Denmark.

France
The Treaty of Brest, in which the terms of Antartique's independence from France are set out is signed.

The Swiss physicist Albert Einstein publishes many papers this year, laying the foundations for quantum physics.

Eastern Europe
The Romanian revolution continues. The Ottomans find that their tactics are outdated (and that the Romanians seem to be using Russian equipment...).

North America
Canada
Canada too, had it's own separatist movements. Not only in the the Nordic majority areas of Nordamerika and East Minnesota, but also in Quebec.

Nordic Secession Referendum results: (see below)
Brunswick-Nordamerika: 60% Remain
Columbia: 80% Remain
East Minnesota: 57% Remain
Labrador: 58% Remain
Manitoba-Alberta: 74% Remain
North Alaska Territory: 69% Remain
Newfoundland: 65% Remain
Northwest Territories: 65% Remain
Ontario: 80% Remain
Quebec: 59% Remain.
South Alaska: 77% Remain
West Minnesota: 57.5% Remain

The Western War continues. Cascadian and Dakotan forces push the Aoimizumi and Plains Confederacy forces further back. The war would end early the next year.
This would mark the beginning of Aomizumi's fall. The sparsly populated nation would continue to decline economically until Japan takes it over again.

Ohio Valley
The Great Lakes National Party continues to gain support in the North.

New Burgundy
Nikola Tesla is forced to flee from creditors after an experiment at Wardenclyffe leads to the tower collapsing due to currents melting a support pole. He flees to the United States.

Virginia
The Nordic Secession Referendum result comes in at 87% for Remaining a Dominion of the British-Nordic Empire. That wasn't really a surprise, given that the Virginians were one of the most loyal Dominions.

United States
Congress debates on whether the US should support Aoimizuni and the Plains Confederacy against Dakota and Cascadia. Ultimately, they decide not to.

A hurricane devastates Galvaston, Texas. It would take well into the next year for the city to recover.

Mexico
A small uprising in the west is suppressed before it can get out of hand.

Belize
The Nordic Secession Referendum result comes in at 77% for Remaining a Dominion of the British-Nordic Empire.

Bahamas: 81% Remain
Barbados: 80% Remain
Bermuda: 56% Remain
Jamaica: 73% Remain
Montserrat: 72.5% Remain
St. Kitts and Nevis: 76% Remain
Virgin Islands: 67.33% Remain

South America
Antartique Independence.
After a long (but peaceful) struggle, Antartique gains independence from France. Jean-Jacques Vellines, the leader of the Independence movement is elected as President.

Some stirring of discontent occurs in Cortesia and Transplatina, but these are minor at best.

Early in the year, a border incident occurs between Rio de Platta and Patagonia, but cooler heads prevail.

Nordic Secession Referendum results in the British-Nordic Dominions and colonies
Falklands: 90% Remain
The Falklands, baving been settled from various parts of England, are mostly loyal.

Patagonia: 82.5% Remain
The large Welsh population in Patagonia is mostly loyalist. (Although, they too are concerned about the English language becoming dominant.)
Linguistic demographics of Patagonia.
English: 57%
Welsh: 34%
Spanish: 10%
Other British-Nordic (Nordic, Gaelic, Scots): 6%
Indigenous: 2%
Other: 1%

St. Helena: 90% Remain
Tristan de Cuna: 89% Remain.

Africa
Of course, the referendum mainly involved White people. Most of the natives weren't involved.
Botswana: 66% Remain
Ghana: 75% Nordic Independence
Katanga: 84% Remain
Natal: 67% Remain
South Africa: 57% Remain (and most Afrikaaners voted for South Africa to go with Denmark.)
Zambia: 88% Remain
Zimbabwe: 74% Remain

The French deal with would be revolutionaries in the Sahel region rather ruthlessly.

Asia
In the Gurkani Empire, discontent with the status quo increases. The situation is ripe for a rebellion to form...
Even so the war against the Turan Empire continues.

Aceh: 65% Remain
Borneo: 72.5% Remain
India overall: 88% Remain
Malaya: 69.5% Remain

Oceania
It is in this region that the rift between Britain and Denmark would have the biggest impact, leading to nearly six decades of war and distrust.

Australia: 60% Nordic Independence
With a majority Nordic population (either Danish, Norwegian, Swedish or Westmarkic), it would be obvious in hindsight that Australia would choose to split from London. Even so, there would be some discontent. The loyalists would later end up moving, mainly to Queensland, New England and New Zealand, over the next decade. The same would occur with Nordic populations moving from those Dominions to Australia.

Alectown West, New South Wales, Australia 7th May 1905
Alexander Draper re-entered the farmhouse, carrying the paper. He saw his wife, Agnes, was resting while the dinner was cooking on the stove. She got up and walked over to hug him. “So, what is going to happen?” she asked.

He unfolded the broadsheet, and pointed to the headline.
Sydney Morning Herald 7th May 1905
Denmark to Secede from United Kingdom and Empire.
Australia to become Danish colony.

“It is going to be different, to be sure,” Agnes said.

“Not straight away,” Alexander said.

“Do you think we'll have to learn Nordic?”

“I don't think so. You know this area is mostly English.”

Fiji: 58% Remain
Illawarra: 54% Nordic Independence
Marshall Islands: 56.75% Remain
New England: 54% Remain
New Zealand: 77% Remain
Norfolk Island: 53% Remain
Pacifica: 78% Remain
Queensland: 63% Remain
Samoa: 78% Remain
Vanuatu: 75% Remain
Western Australia: 59% Remain

Best selling books for this year.
1. White Fang by Jack London
2. A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
3. The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
4. The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
5. The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winke by Beatrix Potter
6. Bretonia Quest by James A. Langford
7. Quest on the Nile by Harold Quartermain
8. Eldest by Mireielle Brashares
9. Predator by Mark Evans
10. Hour Game by Dean Agatson

2001
North America
Throughout the Emperor Zone, various observatories pick up on increased solar activity…

Attempts are made to bring this to the attention of the ‘Higher Ups’ of the InterCon. (Astronomers are certainly important, but not that important.)
Later in the year, the Conglomerate Space Corporation notes the increased solar activity. The various astronomers who had observed the activity compare it with the activity observed prior to the Carrington Event, but these observations are ignored…

A large colony ship full of replicants is launched towards the Jovian Trojans on a mining mission.

More of the Bermudan mountains sink beneath the waves. The navigational hazards in the Triangle seem to disappear entirely…

Advocacy for Same Sex Marriage continues.

Conglomerate forces again fail to capture Jack Sparrow. It’s as if he has some method of escape…

A terrorist plot to destroy buildings on Manhattan Island is foiled.

South America
Deep in the Amazon, Daniela Wellington recovers evidence of Tawantinsuyu colonies, before an Intercon team could cover it up. She manages to escape via an overgrown Portal Gate to a safe location in Patagonia. (The Intercom team find the Gate, but are unable to determine where Wellington had fled to.)

The Seelie Court intervenes in a dispute between the Argentinian Administrative Zone and the Governing Council.

Africa
An InterCon force neutralises something beneath one of the Egyptian pyramids…

Europe
This summer, there is a heatwave across the continent, but this is but a taste of what is to come.

Asia
An incident occurs in the East China Sea, a Chinese submarine nearly collides with an InterCon warship. Eventually, cooler heads prevail.

A rogue General in the People’s Liberation Army attempts to start a nuclear exchange between China and India when he seizes a silo. However, forces loyal to Beijing manage to recapture the site before a launch occurs.

Oceania
Goblins go extinct in Victoria. The population in New South Wales (near the town of Jerilderie), continue dropping like flies…

In the Terra Australis REZ, ore trains reach a length of 10km…

The Mir, a former Russian space station, deorbits into the Pacific near Fiji…

2005
North America
Canada
It would be noted by future historians that the Seelie Court had been acting behind the scenes to encourage the Canadian government to extricate itself from InterCon control (given that most Canadians had benefited from InterCon’s actions).

Ottawa, 7th February 2005
Prime Minister Stephen Harper waited in his office for his next appointment. He was nervous, meeting with representatives of the Seelie Court was always ‘touch and go’. And then there was the fact that they felt, creepy. Suddenly, the Seelie Court Representative appeared. “Welcome,” he said.

“Good Morning, Prime Minister,” the Representative said.

“You have the information on the officials?”

“Yes. The information is being handed over to the Intelligence Service as we speak.”

“Very good.” It would give him leverage over the Directors as the Government negotiated the terms of Canada’s independence over the next several years.

In Vinland-Labador, less than ten Vinlandic Trolls survive.

(And in several universities elsewhere in Canada, there are discussions about the inevitable loss of the species.)

United States
Hollywood continues to recover from the disruption caused by the Flare. Star Wars Episode II is re-released in February, given that its distribution was co-incidental with the Flare. Episode III – Revenge of the Sith is released in early May. It soon breaks Box Office records. (And it’s more obvious that Lucas has based the Jedi on the Qone Gesedai of medieval Asia.)

Oregon gains statehood, with vampire covens largely pacified, or driven north into Washington.

31 October 2005
Ivy Sophia looked at the small city ahead of her. Goldendale was the first settlement of size she had come across since fleeing into the Washington Territory. She wanted to find a place where a Vampire who was willing to change her ways would be accepted. ‘But maybe I’ll have to go all the way to Canada,’ she considered. ‘But at least Halloween is less hectic than it was before the Flare.’

The war against the Lemonsaurs continues.

Hurricane Katrina proves too much for the failing weather control systems in Louisiana.

In Cheyenne Mountain, it is found that the Portal Gate no longer works, with connection to the gate in Chichen Itza no longer possible. It seems that the ancient Portal Gate Network is as much a victim of the Solar Flare as all the advanced Cyber technology.

President Bush looked over the reports.

The jungles in the Darien region continue to emerge with a vengeance. Overland transport between the two American continents would soon become nearly impossible.

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1926
North America
Here as elsewhere, the end of World War II is greeted with a sense of relief. The most destructive war so far in history is over.

Canada
A separate peace is reached with Denmark, Great Lakes and Cascadia. Large tracts of territory are signed over in the treaty. Nordamerika is expanded north-eastwards. The province of Minnesota-Wisconsin is annexed to Great Lakes as East Minnesota. The province of South Columbia is annexed to Cascadia as Columbia.

Cascadia
The victory over the United Kingdom and Japan emboldens those in the Elite who are of a militaristic bent...

Dakota
Despite having only engaged in skirmishes along the border, the end of the war is welcomed.

Great Lakes
The success of the Great Lakes armies only emboldens the Council (and a certain Charles Coughlin) in the perceived superiority... The annexation of East Minnesota will prove to be problem in the next several years.

United States
The peace treaty is signed with Japan and the United Kingdom by early March. (See below.)

The Midterms are particularly tumultous, as the economic repercussions of the end of the war play out.

Virginia, Chihuahua, Jefferson and California gain statehood by the end of the year.

Despite British responsibility for the peace treaty (see below), it is the Virginian Government that votes to join the United States.

Florida
The Venetians annex the former Spanish, Portuguese and British colonies into Florida.

Mexico
Sinaloa and West Durango become states by the end of the year.

South America
The repercussions of Spain's defeat begin to be felt immediately...

Africa
War has hit the various colonial territories hard. It would take decades for recovery to take place. Despite the fact that the peace treaty allows Germany to annex Katanga, the United Kingdom maintains a claim on it.
Spain looses most of Somalia.
The Netherlands loose Kenya.

Europe
United Kingdom
With it obvious that the Imperial League is losing, Parliament instigates a motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Oswald Mosley. Even the backbenchers in the Imperial Party vote against him. The main reason is the Irish Rebellion. The Rebellion had come as a great shock. Ireland was one of the oldest parts of the United Kingdom, as much a part of Greater Britannia as Pictland, Scotland, Wales, or any part of England.
The next reason is the terms of the peace treaty with Denmark. Referenda in Norway, Norrland, Greenland, Iceland, The Faroes and Shetland, to remain as part of the United Kingdom, or to be annexed to Denmark.
The results were unexpected. Especially in Greenland, Iceland, the Faroes and Norrland, where the electorates voted to join Denmark.
70% DEN – Greenland.
53% DEN – Iceland.
55% DEN – Faroes.
75% GRB – Norway.
72% DEN – Norrland.
80% GRB – Shetland.
There Motion of No Confidence passes. Mosley tries to remain as Prime Minister, but the Imperial Party backbenchers vote overwhelmingly to remove him as Party Leader, and therefore as Prime Minister. However, they vote in the hapless Samuel Beckett IV as Prime Minister. He mishandles the recovery from the war, including the peace treaty with the United States and Venice. Both Virginia and British Florida are ceded as a result.
An election is called later in the year, and the Liberal Democrats trounce the Imperial Party, leading to David Lloyd George becoming the next Prime Minister. It is the Lloyd George Government that maintains the claim upon Iceland and the Faroes (and Katanga see above) given the near parity of the referenda.

Denmark
The Danes had grown war weary over the years of war. They may have been winning, but their victory would be pyrrhic. With the other Allies ready for peace, the government agrees to stop the fighting.
In pursuing the peace treaty with the United Kingdom, the government decides upon the plebiscites, figuring that just taking the Nordic countries would be a recipe for disaster, given that they would then be governing resentful populations.
With the UK Government maintaining claims upon Iceland and the Faroes, they retaliate by claiming a portion of Norway (which had voted more than 50% DEM), Bermuda and Queensland.

Ireland
Independence from the United Kingdom is achieved, but without Northern Ireland, where there was a large Loyalist Protestant propulation (as opposed to the primarily Catholic population elsewhere).

Netherlands
Forced to cede some border regions and some colonies to Germany.

France
Forced to cede the Saarland and Alsace-Lorraine to Germany.

Spain
Forced to pay reparations to Italy, Mexico and the United States.

Germany
The European power that comes out the best of the war.

Italy
Hasn't been hit that hard by the war. There have been only skirmishes over the border with France.

Russia
Allows the Sami and the Finnish to have independence. Also cedes from territories to the Intermarium.

Asia
Iran annexes the Indus Valley from the Raj.

The Taungoo retake some of the concessions from the defeated French, and annex some territories from the Raj.

China
The warlord era continues. The PRC gains more territory.

Japan
The government surrender comes as a shock. The American victory had come as a massive surprise. There are massive protests in Tokyo from the moment the surrender occurs. The Prime Minister resigns, but that isn't enough. Reforms are demanded. An election is called, followed by a constitutional convention...

Oceania
Australia hadn't escaped the war. The remnants of New England are absorbed into Queensland. Denmark annexes the conquered territories, including the British Northern Tasmania, into their colonial confederation.

The Indo Kingdom annexes West Papua.

1931
North America
Canada
The Imperial Party wins a bare majority of seats in the latest election.

In Ontario, Prohibition is proving to be more trouble than it's worth. It seems that Great Lakes is allowing smugglers to act with impunity.

The Manitoba-Alberta border is pushed northwards as population in the north increases...

Cascadia
Later in the year, there are protests against the BNN program in some cities. These are quickly put down...

Great Lakes
A shift in power occurs after the lame duck Director of the National Union, Daniel Langford, is assassinated by separatists. The Council of Eight (the National Upper House), elects Charles Coughlin to replace him...

A separatist uprising in East Minnesota is defeated. This would contribute to the re-distribution of the regional borders the next year.

United States
With the damage done during World War Two having been repaired; Rhode Island gains Statehood.

The construction of the facilities in the the District of Washington-Columbia remains on schedule for completion the next year.

The 20th Amendment is ratified, bringing forward the start date of incoming Presidential terms to January 20th, rather than March 4th as had the custom been before hand.

It is noted that recovery from the Great Drought in Kansas and Oklahoma is almost complete.

In Hollywood, Age of Exploration films prove to be most popular.

Mexico
More stabilisation occurs. The unrest on the southern-western coast calms down significantly.

South America
The rebels in Aranda continue to gain ground.

Africa
The Spanish sell another Somali port to the Germans.

In South Africa, universal suffrage becomes law.

Europe
Owing to rhetoric of 'Make the Empire Great Again,' the Imperial Party wins the most seats in the House of Commons in the General Election early in the year. However, unlike during the War, they have to coalition with the Conservatives to get into Government. Almost immediately, they begin planning for war in Canada, as a way to boost the economy.

Fire destroys Arthur Hall, an old records store attached to the Britannian Library, Many old records not stored elsewhere are lost.

Another fire breaks out in Westminster Hall, but is put out before any major damage occurs. New Prime Minister, Vidkun Quisling blames both fires on 'Treacherous Danes...'

Ireland continues to stabilise following it's independence following WWII. The first uninterrupted elections are held.

In France, the first film adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre-Dame met with great aclaim.

Italy annexes Sardinia.

The Danish Government issues a strident denial that it had anything to do with any fires in London.

Asia
The People's Republic of China continues to conquer the remaining warlords.

Japan continues to stabilise following WWII.

The Iranians defeat the uprising in Afghanistan.

Oceania
In Western Australia, the proportion of Dutch speakers drops below 3%.

Nation Profile: Danish Australia

Official Name: Commonwealth of Australia
Common Names: Danish Australia, Australia, Oz,
Capital: Canberra
Form of Government: Self-Governing Colonial Confederation. Constitutional Monarchy.
Population: 4 Million.
Languages: Danish, English, Greek, Indigenous Languages
Religions: Christianity (Lutheran, Anglican, Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, etc), Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Indigenous faiths,
Ethnicities: English, Scots, Danes, Irish, Norwegians, Welsh, Germans, Aborigines, Indians, Chinese, Koreans,