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As mentioned in comments, Dan Simmons has a dystopic novel coming out.


Canada, used to dividing itself into smaller parts to appease ethnic groups, languages, and claims to prior ownership, [...]


Is that a snipe at Nunavut?

Date: 2011-07-01 06:45 pm (UTC)
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From Wikipedia: "The People's Republic of China (PRC) currently administers 22 provinces, 4 municipalities, 5 autonomous regions and 2 special administrative regions. The PRC also asserts [that]...Taiwan [is] a 23rd province."

So if you ignore the 4 municipalities, which are cities and therefore should be absorbed into their local provinces, you get 30. The CPC regional committee secretaries all become warlords instead, as one does, and Bob's your uncle.

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