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Lets say in either world war, the Germans get a big naval victory over the British, and the Americans are for one reason or another unwilling to get involved. The result is that the Germans are able to enforce their naval blockade effectively. In WW1, I can see the British giving in fairly...

You may have noticed, I'm rather naff at coming up with names that don't sound like I've just googled people. So if you want a place in the universe of A Looser Union, just put up a name or series of first names and surnames, and an idea of what you want your cameo to be, and I'll find a way to...

It seems to me that at various points in history, when we think of pirates we think of them as coming from a specific place. Somalia for example. Or the Barbary Coast. But those semi-mythical pirates of yore, whilst they are derived from stereotypes of usually British pirates, we don't think of...

With a POD no earlier than 1763, how mixed race can you make Britain? And by that I mean the United Kingdom only, and as in mixed race individuals not necessarily there being many races in Britain.

While I've eased off on my TL at the moment, I am turning my attention to some of the cosmetic details of the TL. Due to greater imbalances of power in Europe, no one style or fashion gains enough traction to dominate all others as in our world. A much more violent 19th century ensures that the...

Not sure if this is the right place to put this, but I was inspired by the Next Town Over web comic. Basically its set in a fantasy world based on the Wild West. But it bares about as much resemblance to our Wild West as A Song of Ice and Fire does to the English medieval period. So I was...

In order to force America into the international community, particularly the emergent LoN, what if the German colonies were transferred to American control. While Congress might not like it, the prospect of adding to their Pacific colonial empire if not the new territories in Africa should...

Now, it seems to me that generally the great empires of southeast Asia have named themselves after their capitol. But in my TL, Siam has gained independence and is in the process of liberating most of OTL Burma and Yunnan from Chinese rule. Now these areas will likely be absorbed into TTL's...

I don't know whether this has been done before but I think it might be quite interesting. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to rewrite the Versailles Treaty preventing World War Two and doing your best to keep everybody happy.

I just thought it might be interesting if Napoleon had never been conclusively defeated. Would a greater myth about the man exist? Might the Coalition negotiate with a considerably weakened Empire? Or would France, rid of an increasingly unstable figurehead, place one of his Marshals on the...

I've seen it mentioned in various places that its thought that the French Revolutions and the Napoleonic Wars, and the paranoia amongst the British ruling classes about a revolution, set back the development of British liberties by fifty years. If they're right, we might have got the 1837 Reform...

Its often occurred to me that the hard riding, gun toting, money robbing bandits of Britain have much in common with the banditos and gunslingers of 19th century America. Could a more unstable Britain (possibly a prolonged Civil War) produce a long period where such behaviour is to a certain...

I've seen it mentioned plenty of times before, but I've never actually seen an exploration of it. Basically the British Empire never dies but kind of federates into several dominions. This leaves India as the most populous. With the biggest population, a large number of partners in free trade...

Now this is just an idea I cooked up. IOTL, by the time of the Napoleonic Wars, the weight of imperial power in the Portuguese Empire was shifting towards Brazil. In fact when Portugal was conquered the Empire was run from Rio and for a time, the metropole of a European empire had been...

I was reading a book called American What Ifs? (or something like that), and it had an interesting idea called the Northwest Confederacy. Apparently there was quite a bit of support in the Old Northwest for the CSA, mostly because of geographical proximity and a resentment of federal...

I was inspired by this thread https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=249379, and I have decided to write a TL starting from a setting in the present day and working backwards through time until we find the POD. At the moment, even I don't know it. Here is a little taster...

Is there any way for Mexico to take Cuba, Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico and the Phillipines with it into independence as the Empire of Mexico? And what would the result be?

Apparently before he was picked up by the École militaire, he wanted to join the British Royal Navy and his tutors commented that he would make an excellent sailor. He even slept in a hammock at school. So what would have happened if Napoleon found himself in Britain's navy at the start of the...

I have been wondering about Henry Hotspur. Could a successful rebellion by him have created a more equally united Britain?

The ideas of parties, which people kept to and had a set list of principles and ideas is a relatively modern idea. Sure enough, people banded together, but usually only on specific issues, these coalitions only lasting for a single piece of legislation, before breaking up when the members...