Ask the Ruminerds + Ulric; The Mawndella Catalogue

 Gus: Oh, the Mawndella Catalogue? That's one of my favorite ARGs. That 'alternates' art, though kinda basic, is also super visceral and unnerving. And I love anything told through the lense of analog horror.

Joel: Ohh yeah, like Local 58, or Gemewni Home entertainment...they have that low-budget public access tv feel that feels terrifyingly accurate to pre-broadband television broadcasts.

Dawn: Ooh Local 58...that video 'contingency' still gives me chills to think about.

Vernon: Same here...though gotta give an honorable mention to Mystery Flesh pit National Park. The amount o' world buildin' in that ARG is just...I mean it feels like it was a real place.

Broomie: Would you say that Kanine Pixels Backrooms stuff is Analogue horror? I mean, it is an ARG...

Gus: I'd say so, the way it's filmed very much feels like internal recordings or corporate presentations.

Vernon: As fer Ully's take on thangs...I should have y'all know that Honey kinda...screens that stuff to keep Ully's imagination on a leash. Even on his meds he...can still have trouble distinguishin' fantasy from reality. So them ARGs are really built to mess with a mind like his. I think the last thing he actually managed to catch was that story about the Inifinite Iflea, and he took that so seriously he got arrested fer trespassin' cause he tried to camp in one overnight hopin' he'd make the jump.

Dawn: Oh yeah, I remember that...are we...still keeping that one from Dori and Auddey?

Vernon: Honey handled it, so I don't see what draggin' Ma and Pa into it would do at this point only than frustrate everyone involved. Sides', I'm sure Ully's got in plenty more troublesome situations they don't know about...er me for that matter...and I'd prefer not to know...*Chuckles*

Wasty: As an author's aside, I'm a analog horror junkie. I'd say that Local 58 is my personal favorite, although it rarely updates so Gemini Home Entertainment is rapidly crawling up to dethrone it. Mystery Flesh pit's ARG is also another one high up on my list of personal favorites. I'm gonna embed some videos I really love from some of these for those who have never seen, just to get an idea.

Local 58 -Contingency

Gemini Home Entertainment - Home Invasion

Mystery Flesh Pit EAS

Mandela Catalogue - Overthrone

The Backrooms - Pitfalls

Those are probably my personal faves, and I hope you guys like 'em too.

Ask the ZPD; Prostitution

 

Bogo: Generally speaking, prostitution is illegal in almost all of Zootopia. However... there are exceptions.

Nick: That exception being the Nocturnal District.

Bogo: Yes. Zootopian Law is a bit... complex, as we have both city-wide laws, and district-specific laws. Districts can also choose not to enact city-wide laws so long as it doesn't have a massive negative effect on neighboring districts, or if the law involves protecting the rights of other mammals. 

Judy: For instance, a district can't choose to ignore a Zootopian city-wide law for environmental protection or limits on pollution, as that would definitely affect neighboring districts. 

Nick: And obviously, They can't choose to enact laws to discriminate against specific species or that advocate violence against them. The rest of the city wouldn't stand for it.

Bogo: In the case of the Nocturnal District, prostitution is illegal on an independent level, i.e. you aren't going to see any street walking mammals or pimps operating with the blessing of local law enforcement. The industry is heavily regulated, and there are numerous laws on the books to keep the workers of such a profession from being exploited. The nocturnal district actually has a specific limited 'red light' district where brothels can operate, and all of those businesses are run like a tight ship, both to protect the workers and the clientele. It's all very strict and above board for the most part...even if I don't agree with the practice personally.

Judy: There has been a bit of an argument that the 'sex tourism' fostered by the district does have detrimental effects on the neighboring districts, but it hasn't really been argued strongly enough to really challenge the law.

Nick: So for the time being, it's staying legal in the Nocturnal District. And there's a number of mammals I know that are quite happy with that status quo.

Judy: And you aren't one of them...are you slick?

Nick: Hey, I'm an attached fox, a one-doe mammal despite outward appearances. Besides, even when I was single I never indulged in that sorta thing... let's just say this tod never really had an issue meeting vixens. Keeping them was...a different story. *Chuckles*

Ask the Author; Pawaii

 

Wasty: Pawaii is part of the NMU, as well as Alaska. Of course, this was the case even before North Mammalia became an E.U. style nation. As I mentioned in a earlier ask, The war of the Pawcific theater still happened which I guess would be called the Pawcific War since it wasn't a smaller part of world war II (As it didn't happen), so the attack on Purrl Harbor still occured. 

Hence, Pawaii was defended and held by North Mammalia, and so it remained a part of it later when North Mammalia united with Mexicat and Canidea to become the NMU.

Ask the Author; No WWII; for Real?

Wasty: As I've said before, the primary reason there was no direct WWII in my lore was because I just didn't want to touch Hitler and the Nazis and that whole mess. I can imagine that with the heavy punishment on Germamy there was definitely a resentment left there that left them cold to working with the allied nations of Roarope for many years. However, I imagine the 'Great Rodent Expulsion' that was a shared sentiment by most of Roaroupe did a lot to mend relations between formally adversarial countries. Germamy's economy rebounded in part due to the influx of jobs thanks to the mass exodus of rodents, as well as Germamy providing services to help get rodents out of other countries.

There was more than likely a Pawcific theater standoff between North Mammalia and Japanda, which culminated more than likely in the same events, including Hiroshrewma and Nagasowki. This would leave contemporary Japanda in a similar state to its real-world counterpart. 

As for the North and South Purrea split, it would still occur, as communist Grussia and Communist Panda would still play their parts in history up until the more recent decades. 

Lastly... I apologize in advance in terms of whatever knowledge of world history I'm lacking to make more robust 'alternate histories' for my AU. It's been years since I actually took a history course and it was never my favorite subject, plus I'm American and well... you've all heard about our educational system. I really never intended to go too deeply into the whole world in my Zootopia-verse, and its detailed history when I started writing my fics...my fics were more...locally focused. So forgive me if I stumble in trying to keep the weird tenuous connection Zootopia has to our real world by way of dumb puns.

Ask Wasty; Animalia Governances

WT: Well, the NMU is a constitutional republic, and Zootopia is more or less the same...Norwullf, Great Kitten, and Scottram are all constitutional monarchies, in so much that the royal bloodline still exists, and is propped up by its citizenry. Still, the government is made up of elected officials. That's not to say the royals don't have some input in the workings of the nation or swaying public opinion, but it varies on each nation, with Scottram probably being the closest to deeply involving the royal family in government affairs, and Kitten having the lightest royal presence.

The Saharalands is a rather large nation that takes up much of Northern Afrikat west of Egyipt. It is a traditional monarchy, currently ruled over by a royal family of camels and in terms of laws it is quite progressive for a monarchy. 

As for other nations...Well I try to come up with something as the need arises. But the default answer is many of them play similar roles in terms of government structure to their real world counterparts unless otherwise specified.