Replace Washington (or Washington's personality) with a caesarian minded general like Bonaparte. Someone who might have the interests of the country at heart, but also a predisposition to authoritarianism and the ability to sell it.
Whoever this new general is would have to one hell of a...
The OTL Hansa fulfills this, though more through indirect than direct rule. After the Kalmar Union for a while into the 15th century the Hanseats dominated Scandinavian internal politics (dating back to the Peace of Stralsund) and had almost every non-Scandinavian town on the Baltic as a member...
The problems with French tax collection date back way further than LXIV, and the reigns of XV and XVI saw increased taxation outside of the Taille (from which the nobility were exempt). It was still inefficient, for sure, and that inefficient management of Frances wealth (together with accrual...
If that's somehow the case, Germany is probably better off for it. Depends on how the British conclude their war with the Germans though. And in all likelihood, they'll make a peace with Stalin far before they would with Hitler. The net positive to this for Germany is that in the event Britain...
I think there were a fair few people who were upset about the act as well. Of course, most of it was the height of hypocrisy given who was speaker at the time.
Plus, that was in the 90's. This is the 1940, so there will be a whole lot more people taking this line of thought.
If these two things are revealed, would the tone of the campaign shift into enough nastiness that the GOP attempt to smear FDR on his own personal issues? Would Polio come into...
How plausible is an early, permanent divide in the Union? That could see the major colonial powers exploit whatever the aftermath is, and keep *USA from pushing as far West as it did.
The AI in 2 really had a nasty habit of sending dozens of divisions to every beach in sight. Seeing the Americans charging up the Nile and across the Sahara was pretty hilarious though. Not to mention those damn East Siberian landings if those provinces ever fell foul of the WAllies.
The only really complex thing in the game was the economy, and it wasn't even super intimidating once you got the hang of it. I swear, they're going to remove POPs or something for the next Vicky