Balkanize Me: Difference between revisions

In [[Alternate History]] and [[Speculative Fiction]] (especially the kind that takes place [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]), authors like to have fun by turning big countries into lots of smaller ones. May be justified by a war, a large-scale catastrophe, or simply a successful secessionist movement. Often happens with the United States of America, resulting in the [[Divided States of America]], but other large countries such as China or Russia are also considered fair game. China has a tendency to make works [[Banned in China]] if this is done with China, even during recent-past periods it was historically accurate, as it contradicts national propaganda.