Quote:if 1% of the people rebel against the new world order it's definitly noticable, if 5% rebel soceity will be strained near the breaking point. This is particularly true if as a general trend stronger willed people are in more important positions such as judges.
Mind, I like the idea of there being a lot of hardcases who rebel against the new lives they've been given, and refuse to adapt.
This makes me think of another interesting case, what happened to the drinking age? What about the people who where married at 15 and now are running a farm? Did they suddenly start going to college or what? Imagine our world where most 15 year olds are married and have a kid already or one on the way.
As for people mostly keeping their old jobs, 90% of the farmers are not farmers anymore so what jobs did they wind up with?
What about Privateers with more than one letter of marquee? Such as permision of the english and the dutch to raid spanish ships. Sure it limits your targets but it also makes far more ports available to you, and makes it harder for one country to screw you over.
What about spies? How did they fare in the transition?
You mentioned the world being flat are there any satelites? They are critical for modern communications and military operations, and lets not forget the applications of GPS.
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?"
B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."