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Due to the influence of Nystrom, hexadecimal (called nystromal in this universe, to distinguish it from "tonal" referring to music) is used as an official number base across the larger cities in Northern Europe, the Northwestern European Union, and some formerly colonial cities in Asia.

~~==Sociopolitical structure of this world==~~

~~[[File:Earth-10 Europe v2.png|right|thumb|Earth#10 Europe. Made with https://www.mapchart.net/europe.html]]~~

Most importantly, there was only one world war, due to von Stauffenberg successfully killing Hitler. This caused the world in Earth#10 to be much more peaceful than it is today, especially with more advances in art.

~~There is a Northwestern European Union consisting of the Netherlands (called Holland in-universe), France, and the United Kingdom. Belgium did not gain independence from Holland.~~

~~The map of Europe is similar to one pre-Second World War, with the exceptions of Scotland being independent, and Luxembourg and Belgium never gaining independence.~~

~~The People's Republic of China never forms, due to a successful Mao Zedong assassination attempt. China in this world is the ROC.~~

Decolonization of Africa was never attempted (so Zimbabwe is still called Rhodesia) though the decolonization of Asia was more successful than it is in our world. However, colonial influence led to a new "Euro-Asian" culture of art and music. To this day, colonial languages in Asia are still widely learned: French in Lata (formerly French Indochina), Dutch in Indonesia, and English in India and Singapore.

==Distribution of the languages across the world==

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 Due to the influence of Nystrom, hexadecimal (called nystromal in this universe, to distinguish it from "tonal" referring to music) is used as an official number base across the larger cities in Northern Europe, the Northwestern European Union, and some formerly colonial cities in Asia.
-==Sociopolitical structure of this world==
-[[File:Earth-10 Europe v2.png|right|thumb|Earth#10 Europe. Made with https://www.mapchart.net/europe.html]]
-Most importantly, there was only one world war, due to von Stauffenberg successfully killing Hitler. This caused the world in Earth#10 to be much more peaceful than it is today, especially with more advances in art.
-There is a Northwestern European Union consisting of the Netherlands (called Holland in-universe), France, and the United Kingdom. Belgium did not gain independence from Holland.
-The map of Europe is similar to one pre-Second World War, with the exceptions of Scotland being independent, and Luxembourg and Belgium never gaining independence.
-The People's Republic of China never forms, due to a successful Mao Zedong assassination attempt. China in this world is the ROC.
-Decolonization of Africa was never attempted (so Zimbabwe is still called Rhodesia) though the decolonization of Asia was more successful than it is in our world. However, colonial influence led to a new "Euro-Asian" culture of art and music. To this day, colonial languages in Asia are still widely learned: French in Lata (formerly French Indochina), Dutch in Indonesia, and English in India and Singapore.
 ==Distribution of the languages across the world==