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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Re the Martians - I'll be writing the "Mars 100 years after first contact" bit as soon as I'm finished with Earth. I think that the Martians are doing pretty well, now that they have atomic power, and still fairly friendly to humans, but there's been little progress on language etc.. Humans who abuse their friendship, e.g. by looting, are just shunned, and since the abandoned Martian cities are potentially death traps for an unescorted human... well, it might not be pretty.