October 5th, 2008

marcus 2013

Weinbaum's Universe - World facts

Following on from the previous post, here are some carefully researched (yeah, right...) figures for the main nations circa 2100, based on the political situations previously described. Anything look implausible?

Later Now completely revised - hope this makes a bit more sense...

Nation


United Americas
Brazilian Federation
Russian Empire
Europe
Britain and allies
Africa
Pacific Alliance
China [1]		 Population
(Billions)

0.96
0.42
0.33
0.46
1.05
0.60
0.35
1.40		 GNP
(Billions)

14,592
4,620
3,036
6,164
15,225
1,260
1,925
< 600		 Military
Spending
(billions)
583.7
184.8
151.8
180.9
761.3
68.0
134.6
Unknown		Average
Income
(dollars)
15,200
11,000
9,200
13,400
14,500
2,100
5,500
< 400		 Life
Expectancy
(years)
85
82
85
88
87
72
75[2]
< 50		 Infant
Mortality per
1000 births
2.7
4.1
3.6
2.9
4.5
22.8
16.5
> 250		 Registered
Spacecraft

54
16
18
23
26
3
2
None		 Interplanetary
Colonies

6
2
3
5
4
None
None
None
[1] All figures for China are estimates based on partial data and should be treated with caution.
[2] Currently reduced due to deaths of Pacific War veterans, will probably rise to 80+ within ten years.