AHC: Create a "Taiwan-and-China" situation in your country

[Sarufiyyun]

The 1922 general strike in Guayaquil goes militant and takes over the rest of Guayas, soon expanding into the rest of Ecuador. A socialist republic is soon proclaimed. A government in exile is established in Guayaquil whose protection is guaranteed by American warships.

 

[MildSeven]

Populist uprising in Singapore in 2022 due to resentment from the recently-announced GST hike. PAP government retreats to Sentosa Island and holes up in the casino Integrated Resort while the rest of Singapore becomes a Socialist Utopia under the Workers' Party and Pritam Singh. Lim Chin Siong smiles from heaven.

 

[HelloThere]

Germany never trades Sansibar with Heligoland. The Spartacist rebellion becomes a full-blown revolution and the Colonial governor of Sansibar gives refuge to the loyalist Exiles.

 

[p0lish_runn3r]

North Korea conquers the South and the RoK flees to jeju

The portuguese government flees to the Azores after the 1974 revolution

 

[Lalli]

Germany never trades Sansibar with Heligoland. The Spartacist rebellion becomes a full-blown revolution and the Colonial governor of Sansibar gives refuge to the loyalist Exiles.

Only one small problem: Germany should manage to keep Zanzibar after WW1. And if Germany wins that there probably is not Spartacist revolt.

 

[tus3]

Only one small problem: Germany should manage to keep Zanzibar after WW1. And if Germany wins that there probably is not Spartacist revolt.

Hmm, maybe they do trade and the Kaiser flees the Heligoland instead.

 

[TheDeveloper]

USA has a populist/socialist uprising due to a worse depression, US forces flee to Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Alaska. Bizarre situation happens we’re all three areas become puppet states of rival powers, each claiming to be the legitimate government of the United States.

 

[HelloThere]

Only one small problem: Germany should manage to keep Zanzibar after WW1. And if Germany wins that there probably is not Spartacist revolt.

Yeah, that one was a stretch.

 

[Fuzzy Dunlop]

UK v Isle of Manx????

 

[Mitridates the Great]

Spain: Franco is sent to North Africa instead of the Canary Islands.

As a result, the Canary Islands remained loyal to the Second Republic when the Civil War broke out and that is where the Republican Government withdrew in 1939. The Spanish State of Franco continued to claim the Canary Islands, while the United Kingdom and the Allies supported the Republic Spanish in the Canary Islands to prevent Franco, or Hitler, from appropriating the islands.

The situation extends into the Cold War simply because everyone dislikes Franco too much.

 

[Ameroboto]

How about Batista flees to the Isla de la Juventud after Castro takes power? Or instead of Cuba, Haiti falls to communism, and the government flees to Tortuga Island up north?

What if the Soviet government flees to Kaliningrad after the fall of the USSR and sets up the rump government there? Bonus points for irony if it joins NATO.

 

[Gillan1220]

Populist uprising in Singapore in 2022 due to resentment from the recently-announced GST hike. PAP government retreats to Sentosa Island and holes up in the casino Integrated Resort while the rest of Singapore becomes a Socialist Utopia under the Workers' Party and Pritam Singh. Lim Chin Siong smiles from heaven.

I don't Sentosa Island holding out. That resort island needs water and I'm not sure if it has its own source.

North Korea conquers the South and the RoK flees to jeju

The portuguese government flees to the Azores after the 1974 revolution

The ROK fleeing to Jeju is the scenario in one of the videos I saw back then in 2015. Couldn't find it anymore sadly.

Spain: Franco is sent to North Africa instead of the Canary Islands.

As a result, the Canary Islands remained loyal to the Second Republic when the Civil War broke out and that is where the Republican Government withdrew in 1939. The Spanish State of Franco continued to claim the Canary Islands, while the United Kingdom and the Allies supported the Republic Spanish in the Canary Islands to prevent Franco, or Hitler, from appropriating the islands.

The situation extends into the Cold War simply because everyone dislikes Franco too much.

Yet, the West would need Franco during the Cold War especially with communism around.

 

[Vishnustarlord]

India
Communist uprising happens in 1950s and the nehruvian government moves to Andaman and Nicobar

 

[Remitonov]

Populist uprising in Singapore in 2022 due to resentment from the recently-announced GST hike. PAP government retreats to Sentosa Island and holes up in the casino Integrated Resort while the rest of Singapore becomes a Socialist Utopia under the Workers' Party and Pritam Singh. Lim Chin Siong smiles from heaven.

Yea, fun as it is, Singapore is just too insanely tiny. If we're referring to Malaysia, a 'Taiwan' scenario becomes far more viable.

 

[Mitridates the Great]

Yet, the West would need Franco during the Cold War especially with communism around.

But they could still back the Canary Islands as a "replacement government" in case Franco gets too silly. It would not be the first time; China continues to hold North Korea based on that principle.

 

[Aluma]

The Royal Flight to Brazil was pretty much this to my country during the time it was part of the Portuguese Empire as Brazil became the new center of the Kingdom of Portugal while Portugal itself was under napoleonic occupation

As for an interesting AH scenario:

While highly unlikely it's not impossible(ASB) for a much more coherent and better organized Integralism Movement to succeed in taking the capital Rio de Janeiro, forcing the Vargas government to go somewhere else(I so wish he made Brasília before Brasília), though it would be even more unlikely that they'd be able to hold it
A perhaps more realistic alternative for this would be one where Vargas doesnt kill himself or the military acts first again him in a coup atempt like that of 64, this could lead to a Civil War between those loyal to the President and the rest of the Army which most likely would result in the losing side(if not surrendering) going the Taiwan route in one of the hard-to-take provinces of the country while claiming to be the legitimate government

 

[Bodhidharma]

Bhartiya janasangh (predecessor of current bjp) comes to power via revolution in 1975 and leftists establish a state in north east with support of china, national conference establishes breakaway state in j&k with support of Pakistan. Alternatively, government was concentrating on Kashmir and was unable to stop breakaway of north-east.

Communist revolution in Sri Lanka and government flees to Jaffna and establishes there with support of India.

Indira Gandhi is overthrown in Janata movement and Bangladesh gives Gandhi government refuge in the border enclaves , or even just Dahala Khagrabari.

Communist government of Kerala after overthrown flees to Lakshadweep and proclaims formal secession of state protected by Soviet navy, they establish a base there.

On the eve of military coup in 1962 U Nu flees to Coco islands and establishes government there under protection of us navy which establishes a base there.

 

[Johari Abdul Patah]

Yea, fun as it is, Singapore is just too insanely tiny. If we're referring to Malaysia, a 'Taiwan' scenario becomes far more viable.

The ruling government since independence loses the 2013 election narrowly (OTL they lost popular votes but won majority seats and will only lose power in the 2018 election).

However in this ATL 2013 election despite losing they manages to hold into power by having few opposition members to switch side and gains majority, sparking mass anger that leads to a revolution that eventually topples the government. Prime Minister Najib runs away to the government stronghold in the Malaysian Borneo states of Sabah and Sarawak. The Malaysian land masses on the two sides of the South China Sea are now ruled by two different governments.

 

[Johnharry]

Otto Strasser wished to create a democratic zone in the Ruhr with French support

 

[Schlong Dong McTongs]

William Walker never loses control of Nicaragua, and it becomes a popular destination for plantation owners from the south. After the American Civil War, Jefferson Davis and many confederate sympathizers flee to the nation, eventually gaining control of the government.

Just realized this would be pre-1900, but still an idea nonetheless.