If they had ever ruled 1/3 of the present country, I might have...
Cannoli Send a noteboard - 01/03/2010 03:33:05 PM
I thought about doing that, but it would mean sifting through the US. If Serbia or Bosnia or Macedonia had won medals, I would not have included them in Austria, and I mentioned vetting Amy Williams to make sure she was from Roman Britain, but doing all that for the USA would be too complex.
This was strictly geographical, as the Croats & Slovenes & Franks & Angles for whom those countries are currently named were no part of the Roman Empire. Therefore, I would have had to check all the US athletes to make sure they came from the former British parts of the country. Why should they get credit for medals won by Californians because California would later be conquered by a people that hated them so much they picked two wars against the British Empire?
This was strictly geographical, as the Croats & Slovenes & Franks & Angles for whom those countries are currently named were no part of the Roman Empire. Therefore, I would have had to check all the US athletes to make sure they came from the former British parts of the country. Why should they get credit for medals won by Californians because California would later be conquered by a people that hated them so much they picked two wars against the British Empire?
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Medal counts for obsolete states
- 01/03/2010 12:19:58 PM
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Nice job
- 01/03/2010 12:41:42 PM
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It is rather interesting to pick what historical period is most relevant here...
- 01/03/2010 07:59:22 PM
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Nothing for the British Empire? *NM*
- 01/03/2010 01:23:11 PM
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Counting the US, Canada, Australia, and the UK together = 67. *NM*
- 01/03/2010 01:46:39 PM
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If they had ever ruled 1/3 of the present country, I might have...
- 01/03/2010 03:33:05 PM
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Roman Empire: Austria would be a part of it too. As would Switzerland. Awesome post, btw
- 01/03/2010 02:01:37 PM
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Was it all of Austria? I didn't want to give them credit for a small portion.
- 01/03/2010 03:36:46 PM
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They had all of Belgium and a bit of the Netherlands even, afaik.
- 01/03/2010 05:05:07 PM
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Be careful about including Yugoslavia in the Austro-Hungarian counts.
- 01/03/2010 02:18:21 PM
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Well I wouldn't have put them in. I meant the nations of Yugoslavia in my post.
- 01/03/2010 03:26:07 PM
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How did the Mongols fare? *NM*
- 02/03/2010 05:00:51 PM
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I think they get Kahzakstan's one. They didn't get enough of Poland or Russia to claim their medals
- 02/03/2010 06:52:53 PM
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And the Chinese ones... not so bad a haul, then. *NM*
- 02/03/2010 07:42:37 PM
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12, if you cede them all of China *NM*
- 02/03/2010 08:35:48 PM
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Any idea on Korea? I'm thinking not, but who knows... *NM*
- 02/03/2010 08:39:28 PM
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Vassal state for only 80 years.
- 03/03/2010 02:18:04 PM
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Not that short a period... and for the record, I *would* count Russia.
- 03/03/2010 02:24:10 PM
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