Local communities have a lot of autonomy and practice the town meeting form of direct democracy popular in New England. As generations go by and populations grow and expand, conflict is likely inevitable and the Native American cultures of Central America and the Andes are advance enough that conflict may happen sooner rather than latter.ĭue to the distances involved in travel or communication, Nantucket is more of a confederation than an empire. To Nantucket's credit they take their treaties with these tribes seriously (enough people are alive to remember how Native Americans were treated by the country they came from), but they remain untested since there is still a lot of room between the Nantucketers and the natives (the entire world population is only near 100 million, but growing fast as future medicine and sanitation spread). Nantucket settlements tend to hug the coast and the government relies on allied indigenous tribes to police the interior. Most of Nantucket's territory is claimed rather than controlled. Of course that is the image the Republic of Nantucket likes to present (especially to its rivals), but in reality things are much more complicated. Technology is advancing at a rapid place and the sleepy town of Nantucket is now the center of a vast empire stretching across the Americas, southern Africa and Australasia, with Outport colonies and protectorates across Europe, Asia and Africa. It has been over twenty years since "The Event" sent the island of Nantucket circa 1998 to the Bronze Age and the world could not be more different. Quick disclaimer: this is all based on my personal opinion. For this inaugural post I cover SM Stirling's famous Nantucket trilogy that began with Island in the Sea of Time. This is the first in what I hope may become an ongoing series where I speculate about what happens next after our favorite alternate history books and series conclude.
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