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It should preferably be a country with a government similar to the OTL Papal States (and with the Pope being selected in something close to the way he was in the OTL 19th century), even if the polity is called something like 'The Most Holy Papinate of Italia'.

With a PoD after 1795, how large could the Papal States plausibly be, by 1899? You can choose the PoD. Two that occurred to me are Napoleon dying in the War of the First Coalition, or Victor Emmanuel II being stillborn.

To me, it rather depends of how well done it is, but I do enjoy the concept.

Yeah, Richard was kind of a dick, there. Mind you, there's no shortage of kings in history who were dicks.

Would the better finances allow him to win a war in Castile? I don't think I've ever seen a 14th century 'Kingdom of England and Castile' TL. What effect would the presumably better finances of England at the start of his reign have on Henry IV?

Hoo, boy. I see more big messes coming. Wonder who the Dauphin's widow will be.

Congressional Palace in Washington, D.C. From the front, it was very clearly inspired by the Palace at Versailles. The Presidential residence is a nicely appointed suite in the Executive wing, not far from the VP's apartment. EDIT: The point was to emphasize the President as a servant of the...

I would say that the First World War had to happen, but the Second didn't become inevitable until the Treaty of Versailles was signed. A different treaty could have butterflied away WWII. Getting rid of the War Guilt clause, and reducing the reparations, would be a good start. If WWI had been...

Imagine, if you will, that the Prince who in OTL became Richard II dies fairly young, either before becoming King, or not long after. Lets say that he catches one of the very many illnesses that occur in that era, so most people don't think it was an assassination. From there, its a small step...

What if she doesn't outlive Paul, or not by much?

Interesting point. Given the policy flip-flopping the Italian government has been doing, though, its pretty certain that they would intervene in a Greco-Turkish War, but very uncertain which side they'd be on. Of course, if a Greco-Turkish War did break out, then there's the possibility of...

Well, in a lot of ways, they'd be right.

After looking at a picture of her, I wonder what I'm missing, that you say this... unless you mean a different statue, or a reference I'm missing.

Also the movie 'King Arthur', which is set in a mix of every era of Roman Britain, sort of (but theoretically in 467, decades after most historians think Roman rule ended in Britain), and yet has Lancelot and Galahad, characters made up by the medæval French! In its defense, though, 467 is...

Suppose that instead of Nicolas II, a more moderate, less autocratic man becomes Tsar and Autocrat of all Russias - the PoD for this would likely be before 1900, given that Nicolas II was born in 1868, and became Tsar in 1894. This hypothetical Tsar writes a constitution which gives some power...

Y'know, both are possible, with an early enough PoD, or far enough in the future. Not very [b]probable[/i], though.

No, they just manifest animal parts, specifically ears and tails, when they activate their magic. I don't think we ever see a familiar in the first season, though it may be different in the manga or the second season. EDIT: Really, they were trying to appeal to as many fetishes as possible...

No High Seas Fleet, or a significantly smaller one, leading to Britain being more reluctant to enter the war. If Belgian Neutrality is respected, or the Germans somehow trick the French into being the first to violate it, Britain will absolutely stay out, because the removal of both would make...

Japan has... err... mixed feelings about the USA.

Maybe. I had the fairly insane thought of the US digging a wider and deeper Panama Canal using nuclear demolition charges, and inviting the Soviets to help. I did say it was insane.