There is no federal ban on cigarettes or their consumption, and they are often imported by companies as employee rewards. But many republics now outlaw their provision in corner stores in place of loose tobacco and pipes.

The pipe has several advantages -- less litter, less cancer and it also slows consumption. The cigarette break, associated with wage drudgery and existential thinking, has mostly been displaced by "sophisticated" and "cool" pipe time.

Large parts of the country have outlawed the sale of cigarettes, and so pipes are the most common way of enjoying tobacco.

The Commonwealth Caribbean has a long tradition of tobacco cultivation and many people smoke local varieties recreationally.

alt history where teenagers smoke pipes instead of cigarettes

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motorised propane bicycle worldbuilding

Anselm was well-suited to the role because of his sources in the embargoed smuggling ratlines.

Like many Noshem directors, he was also an unflinching peripheralist and had no belief in sovereignty or the dialogue of nations.

Secretary for the Air India Reprisals

He was appointed head of the Retaliatory Interwork Detachment in late 2063 and was ultimately the mastermind of Operation Flashing Sword

gremlin + gnome

scheming in public

military droid, mostly used as a replacement for sentries and some light bush patrol

strange naval transport helicopter

She was married to George Angelopoulos, who died in Haiti. She never remarried, but reconnected with his old comrade Baron when he returned to Oslola in the early 2060s.

Ayn is a longtime character in Tzipora's orbit, but I haven't drawn her in a while.

She's a maternal figure to Tzipora, who doesn't really have many female role models. She is afraid of flying so only travels by ship, and works with Baron in Section 8.

sketch of another Commonwealth spy

the gnome

the Commonwealth has one kind of jeep and they've been making it for 80 years

going to the concrete beach

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extracurricular activities

and no one has to know it's based off blurry screenshots of a random jet in captain scarlet

motza missiles can out-turn anything else in the sky and so are very useful at hitting other missiles.

They are a refinement of Commonwealth interception technology, which previously relied on simply nuking incoming missiles.

fighter jet with round missiles

writing an essay

Demon is named for local animist spirits and not Christian mythology. Despite that, it is home to an ancient monastery and features the Black Madonna on its flag.

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Fortress Demon, a major Commonwealth military installation on Jan Mayen in the North Atlantic

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Winnie on her lunch break

massive Commonwealth steam loco built in the 1980s

Tzipora felt she was close to that edge, despite her good health. She could not understand the dualistic nature of suffering. And she liked Mike.

So she would smuggle him things and they'd talk about the future and the news and the goodness and madness of it all.