League of Nations circa 2115

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Is it reasonable to assume that barring catastrophe Weinbaum would have expected the League of Nations would still be around at the time his stories are set, circa 2110-15?

There are very slight hints of a space police service of sorts in The Red Peri; should I think of them as run by the League, or as company police run by the Interplanetary Corporation?

Later Never mind - I just reread the opening of The Red Peri and realised that Weinbaum describes "a blunt little League rocket" coming to the rescue of a ship after it was attacked by pirates, which I think answers both questions - The League of Nations runs the space fleet!

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It exists all right, they mention a "Vision star" in one of the stories. I'm giving the typical set a colour 3D display (using the lenticular plastic system) but lowish resolution, and assuming VHF rather than UHF. So no more than six or so channels in the average city.

I don't think that there can be TV off Earth - the cameras and transmitters were hugely heavy in 1930, and Weinbaum seemed to think that even radio transmitters would still be fairly large in his future - in The Red Peri an expedition to the outer planets doesn't take a radio because of the weight.