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This genre could benefit as much from an influx of linguists as it would with people who knew economics. (Not actual economists though, those guys have weird ideas) Semi-related thought, if an AH has, say, a PoD in the 1600s but advances all the way to the 1900s, should the writer have his...

For a second I thought this was part III of that President Disney TL.

Wizards and Warriors finally got to the AH

Not sure if this counts as a proper historical phenomenon with a name that eludes me —if it even has a name—, but I did notice that while normal empires built over the span of generations by determined colonialists oppressing and exploiting whole nations, there also exists the cases of men...

EDT’s A Greater Britain said it was plausible, so I’d buy it. Anyhow, if we ignore fanciful scenarios such as Edward stealing a plane and parachuting over Bertchesgaden or Churchill having him killed, I remember someone suggesting him becoming increasingly isolated due to blunders when trying...

Could such an arrangement survive 1929, even ameliorate the situation for its members, or would the strain drive the members apart and consign this to the “Precedents to the EU” tab in the Alt EU Wiki Page? Assuming it holds while not exactly being much of a fix, there’s the issue of figuring...

If one doesn’t want to go with the Bloody Revolution+Civil War path that China and the USSR went with IRL and imagine a broken post-war dictatorial Amerika, perhaps one could use a democratic model of inclusion for the Communists within a greater democratic coalition from which they could grow...

I can’t think of a Proper POD for this one, as the conditions for such a move aren’t there, unless one forces it with, say, extraordinary circumstances or a particularly powerful King who can force the issue. Yet the idea appeals to me. Adding a bunch of German MPs and Lords to Parliament...

Interesting stuff, well-researched too, though perhaps the question is less “What if X took the Ring” and more “What if the Ring was usable for people other than Sauron?” as I seem to recall the Ring was as cursed as that of the Nibelungs and possessed of a Will of its own, so an equally...

Assuming this was possible, one effect might be greater migration from such places to Britain Proper. Otherwise, could these odd Caribbean and Maltese MPs here and there come to form their own block and play kingmaker in the event of reduced majorities and hung parliaments, as the Nationalist...

I assume a monarchy would have to come from an Abalos/Aranda type plan of the Spanish Monarchy somehow being smart enough to see the writing on the wall and appoint one, or in the 1820s, if one can somehow foster an Independence Movement then or have the Great Powers meddle like in Greece. Or...

There’s always collaborators, but never as many as an occupier might want. Besides, if Ireland is similar to Poland —though with more unionists, presumably—, Scotland and the other regions might he like Hungary, and the prospective king might reject a crown, like Prince Esterhazy in 1809, —or in...

A sequel to this thread. For PODs smaller than Napoleon Crushes his Enemies at Waterloo and Reigns Forever. -1795 If Napoleon had married Désirée Clary. This one has a lot of effects great and small if we use Not Meeting the Beauharnais as a POD. Napoleon, Ney and Bernadotte have different...

On the other hand, I can’t imagine having Ney and the Hussars galloping down Hyde Park would do wonders for George III’s health.

Part of me always wondered whether an actually Conservative monarch to the liking of the people who approached Napoleon III with the project in the first place might not have made for a more stable monarchy. (And then maybe have Maximilian as King of Spain instead of Amadeo of Savoy) Of...

I’m not an expert, but if we’re going with 1805 and the 150,000 dudes Napoleon assembled for that purpose, wouldn’t he be more likely to appoint puppet kings than proclaim a puppet republic? 1804/5 was when his MO changed and the Republic of Italy became the Kingdom of Italy.

Following the success of the First Crusade, the first candidate for King was Raymond, Count of Tolouse and the newly established Crusader State of Tripoli, but for whatever reason declined, be it humility or a desire for other fiefs. The second candidate, Godfrey of Bouillon, was also reluctant...

In 1885, King Leopold of Belgium was given the right to rule the heart of Africa and millions of unwilling/unwitting subjects on the basis that it was better than letting other countries have it, and that Leopold would keep free trade open so as to guarantee a better looting of the place. What...

In the centuries between the coronation of Charlemagne on Christmas Day 800 and the reigns of Otto the Great and Henry the Fowler, the institution known as Empire was in a state of flux, as were the lands of the Carolingians. With time, Frankish Succession Laws and interfamilial disputes brought...