Turtledove
Northeastern Soviet Socialist Republic
Powerless
POD: c. 1860-1865
National Language: English (de facto)
Government: Unitary Marxist-Leninist-Stalinist single-party Soviet socialist republic
Status: Active at novel's end

The Northeastern Soviet Socialist Republic was located on the northeast coast of North America. Once, a General Secretary of the NESSR had lived by the motto "With an iron fist, we shall lead mankind to happiness". To that end, he turned Long Island into a corrective-labor camp for "deviationists" and had worked or frozen hundreds of thousands more to either exhaustion or death in Maine. His actions provoked a full-scale revolt that was quickly halted by the Soviet Union, which replaced the general secretary. Charlie Simpkins had just graduated from high school when the Soviet Union intervened.[1]

Literary comment[]

The NESSR includes New York, New England, and Pennsylvania.

References[]

  1. Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September/October, 2018, ebook.