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You can say something like that about any country especially the Roman Empire. Also, the Mongols had writing. In fact, their script was directly descended from the Aramaic alphabet through Sogdian.

There was no Cold War yet. Relations between united Gran Colombia and the US would be extremely good, unless they both try to influence the same countries in the Caribbean. But more likely, the US and Gran Colombia would have a general agreement that North American capital goes to the US and...

If the medieval/Renaissance kings of England had successfully conquered France and held it for a century, with the two countries united under the same king for multiple generations, what would the combined realm be called?

Lenin referred to the economy of the USSR as "State Capitalism".

Some part of the Roman Empire was unconquered from 27 BC to 1453 AD, with a legitimate emperor according to Roman law (which allowed for usurpers) succeeding the previous emperor every time. That is the only criteria needed.

It would be interesting if China modernized earlier, with the Qing falling, and Mongolian and Manchu diaspora settled the Western US.

What if they colonized California first? Some of the places the English, French, and Dutch took from the Spanish were actually just claimed and unsettled, so it's not that much bigger of an ordeal.

Japan has more people to send as settlers, and the Spanish can't intercept the Japanese in Europe like they did to the English. But could they trust the Europeans to continue paying the indemnities being a world apart? They'd have to maintain a naval presence which is easier in the Americas...

Spanish and Japanese ships crossed the Pacific all the time, although I suppose if it was an offensive operation it would be a bit harder. Well, the reason to conquer it would be the same thing the Spanish wanted--gold and silver.

That's exactly what happened, although 200,000 moved to Israel after 1948.

Russian diaspora, perhaps.

If the Spanish converted Japan to Christianity, could westernized Japan then conquer the Spanish Empire, or at least the Philippines?

Ever heard of the Spanish Empire?

If alternate Mongols were perhaps 60% Nestorian at the beginning of their conquests, and all the leaders of the Golden Horde, Ilkhanate, Chagatai, Yuan Dynasty, and other hordes were Christian, how well could they spread the religion during the few centuries that Mongols ruled?

If they defeated the nobles, freed the serfs, and allowed freedom of movement, then they could send Polish settlers across the empire. However that is a pretty tall order.

Suppose that they reformed and evolved their military into something like the Ayyubids, and with the organizational aspects of the Mamluks but with the upper class being the Berber cavalry instead of Mamluks.

If the Fatimids had survived until the Ilkhanate, and were as capable as the Mamluks, how would the relations between Sunnis and Shias change?

The official motto of the US in the 26th century: "Don't worry, scrote!"

I meant a POD any time from the 900s to 1500s, so the Umayyad Caliphate would be the remnant state in Iberia.

Of the countries that tried to remain neutral, which was most likely to explicitly join the Allies, Axis, or get invaded? POD can be any time after September 1939.