Well, for insight into what life might have been like if Rasalom had won, you could always check out CROSSED: Wish You Were Here...
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"The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself. Almost inevitably, he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable." - H. L. Mencken