AHC: Balkanise Borneo!

[Rush Tarquin]

The challenge is to balkanise the island of Borneo with a POD after the start of the Napoleonic Wars. Most states = most points. Bonus points if you include a timeline or outline.

[metastasis_d]

When did someone from the US try to buy North Borneo?

[Rush Tarquin]

Here's my stab at it:

Banjar Kingdom
Sultanate of Sulu
British North Borneo (Sabah)
Brooke's Sarawak
Sultanate of Sambas
Sultanate of Gunung Tabur
Sultanate of Sambaliung
Sultanate of Bulungung
Kutai
Dutch South Kalimantan
Lanfang Republic

[Xhavnak]

British Crown Colony of Labuan can be added to that list.

[Rush Tarquin]

Maybe Hare's Banjarmasin too if he can find a way to hold onto it.

But the big question is what event/situation would prevent the Dutch and British from expanding their claims.

[Rush Tarquin]

Originally Posted by metastasis_d

When did someone from the US try to buy North Borneo?

Ah yes. Had forgotten about that.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Borneo#section_1
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.230...id=56162404433
http://www.alternatehistory.com/disc...d.php?t=211404

[Falecius]

Originally Posted by Rush Tarquin

Ah yes. Had forgotten about that.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Borneo#section_1
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.230...id=56162404433
http://www.alternatehistory.com/disc...d.php?t=211404

Didn't that good old butcher Leopold of Belgium try to put his blood-dirty greedy hands on the place too?

[Rush Tarquin]

Originally Posted by Falecius

Didn't that good old butcher Leopold of Belgium tried to put his blood-dirty greedy hands on the place too?

It appears so, the bugger:

http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home...1_0146_0000_3#
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colon...ongo#section_3

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by Rush Tarquin

Ah yes. Had forgotten about that.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Borneo#section_1
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.230...id=56162404433
http://www.alternatehistory.com/disc...d.php?t=211404

Yeah, so add that to the list. Which might take away from another entry.

Originally Posted by Falecius

Didn't that good old butcher Leopold of Belgium try to put his blood-dirty greedy hands on the place too?

I didn't know that. Mother fuck Leopold.

[TheKnightIrish]

I seem to recall reading years ago that the Austrians were briefly interested too.

[Falecius]

Originally Posted by TheKnightIrish

I seem to recall reading years ago that the Austrians were briefly interested too.

It was more a random initiative, but yes, there was some talk about it.
There was also an Italian guy who had figured out the place could be a suitable penal colony for Italy. I don't recall whether the Italian govt. ever took this seriously.

[Wendell]

This could use a map. What if we saw "native" states federated under Belgian/Leopoldine "protection" and paramountcy?

[Rush Tarquin]

Originally Posted by Wendell

This could use a map. What if we saw "native" states federated under Belgian/Leopoldine "protection" and paramountcy?

That's essentially what the Dutch did Indonesia-wide at one point.