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...
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. |