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What if, like IOTL, the USSR "collapses" and stops being communist around 1990, but keeps the Central Asian republics (and maybe the Eastern European ones too) as part of its territory? What would the ramifications be, and how would this be possible? Would we still have Borat? :p

This is a rather silly little AHC: Have there be more countries that start with the letter "J," around 10 if you can. (OTL, there's only Japan, Jamaica, and Jordan, IIRC)

IIRC, there are fewer than 10 states considered "swing states". Your challenge: Make more states be closely divided in presidential elections. Even better if the largest states (CA, TX, NY) and/or a majority of states are swing.

What if Edward Lorenz chose a different name for his idea? (Moth Effect? Dragonfly Effect?) Also, what if he never formulates his theory at all?

From what I understand, Bismarck enacted social reforms to neutralize the power of Socialists in German government. What if he hadn't implemented reforms, and Germany had become more capitalist and repressive? Would it be in a similar position to Russia by 1914? Would a Spartacist (or some...

How would one go about making the United States into a unitary state, rather than a federation? (preferable POD around drafting the Constitution, but not necessarily) Would this involve crushing Rhode Island? How would this affect westward expansion and the spread of slavery?

I'm wondering, are there any well-written, plausible TLs here where the POD results in a world without Christianity? If you can, please provide links. (I realize this may be in the wrong forum)

What if, somehow, Sweden hangs on to Finland through the 19th century (let's say Peter the Great never came to power, or he was very unlucky in warfare against Sweden). Would the Kingdom of Sweden end up as a dual monarchy (maybe triple if Norway is included)? Kind of like a northern...

What if there were no British, French, or League of Nations Mandates in the Middle East after WWI? Would this lead to a more unified Arab state? Would the Saudis still come to power? Would ALL of the land from Oman to Lebanon (and maybe Egypt too) become one nation? Also, how would this be made...

This thread is for discussion of the dystopian alternate history book America 2014. It's a semi-satire of the Bush Administration's War on Terror and destruction of civil liberties, taken to the extreme, with numerous references to Orwell's 1984. By 2014, the fascist "God's United States" has...

For those who don't know, the Iwakura Mission was a Japanese diplomatic expedition in the 1870s to study what made other nations, such as the US, Britain, France, Russia, and Germany, modern, and to apply what they'd learned to Japan itself. My idea: What if some powerful Native American nation...

What would need to happen for Germany to become a strong, socialist/communist country (outside of Soviet influence, if the USSR exists), by the 1930s at the latest? (I realize this may require a pre-1900 POD) In this TL, Germany can either win or lose WWI.

Just what the title says. First of all, how would this be ensured (people were drinking alcohol at least 12,000 years ago)? Also, would this make people develop water purification earlier?

I was having a discussion with a friend the other day, about if/when independent Southern states would abolish slavery barring direct outside influence (I'm planning a TL with many independent American states, and I'm planning states of Virginia and a united-Carolinas-and-Georgia (possibly...

I'm trying to write a TL in which the Constitutional Convention of 1787 fails, resulting in several independent and competing North American countries, rather than a United States. I plan to also focus on Europe and the rest of the world at points, seeing how the butterflies happen. Yes, I know...