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Since AH-Sue is still having computer problems she has asked me to post the poll for Flag Challenge 17: Good luck everyone!

It seems to me that George Washington set the precedent for the US Chief Executive (President) to be a Limited Term Elected Monarch. So I'm wondering what the absence of George Washington would create when designing the US Executive - assuming that that his absence (early death/nonbirth) enables...

I've waited long enough, so vote now for your favourite from Flag Challenge 15:

You are challenged to come up with alternate "Little Schisms" along the Avignon model and describe the results!

Voting is now open for Challenge 12: Design a flag for a British nation/state whose patron saint is neither St. Andrew, St. George or St. Patrick. Good luck everyone!

IC: Have you all heard that after James Cameron's recent success with Aliens 3 he is planning Terminator 3? Apparently this one is set near the end of the war with Skynet and is about John Connor sending Kyle Reese back to become his father. Lance Henriksen is also reprising his role as the...

As it says, what if Charles the Bald dies early. Maybe soon after the Oaths of Strasbourg. What happens the Frankish Empire?

Is it possible for the old European* 8 day week to be retained? * well, Celtic, Etruscan, and Roman at least ;)

Since much of the later ages of the Roman Empire(s) revolved around what type of Christianity bishops, generals, and emperors were what consequences would develop if the Arians (non trinitarians) won the (First) Council of Nicaea? Would we get surviving Vandal, Gothic, or Hunnic states? Would we...

The recent disucssion about the name of Macedonia has inspired me to reopen discussion about the names of people and places; and also to see what ATL versions people have come up with. The (unsubstantiated!) idea that the Germanic tribes/confederations Saxons and Franks are named after their...

Flag Contest: Round 8 Voting A Burgundian Republic. 8 entrants to follow poll (as couldn't paste into 1 post!)

I've been reading Blockbuster by Tom Shone and an interesting bit jumped out at me. Arnold's agent put him up for the role of Kyle Reese and Cameron met with him in order to politely dissuade him as he'd already cast the other guy. However their meeting was mainly about Arnie enthusing over the...

Assuming we end up with the following northern US border, what are the effects? (NB shamelessly stolen from here as interested in results :D)

Does anyone have a map and/or list of the Church hierarchy in the middle ages?

In my TL the Templars are going to survive longer (what with no Phillip of France) but they need to fight pagans to remain relevant or get disbanded by the Pope. So my thinking is they go after Ceuta in the early 1300s after being given the go ahead by the Pope or something. Can they hold it...

I've just watched the (pseudo)documentary The Real King & Queen on Discovery. It investigates the claims of various families round the world who say they're descended from George III and Hannah Lightfoot when he was Prince of Wales. They all took a DNA test which in the end highlighted they were...

Beerhaven. Needs. A. Flag. And. CoA. Please. Attention honourable vexilligrapherologists of AH.com: The Cervisial Republic of Beerhaven requests a Flag and Coat of Arms. Yes, indeedy. At my mate Brownee's surprise 30th birthday party on saturday, out of the drunken mists of time came forth...

Here's another Potterverse POD, What if Snape hadn't accidently called Lily a Mudblood thus soiling their friendship and eventually leading to Lily and James Potter getting together? How would this affect the Potterverse? Would Snape still be a Death Eater? How does the Order of the Phoenix...

I understand that Charles (Karl) Martel was so named because his father Pepin's messenger didn't want to embarass Pepin's wife with the news that his mistress had just given birth to a son ("Long live the king, it is a carl" ('man'). "A carl, is it? Then let him be called that.") So what if...

I've recently noticed the Bay Area Rapid Transit Thread (https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=130022) and it has intrigued me. Are there any other ATL Underground, Overground, Wandering Free (;)) ideas & maps floating around? As an example WWII disrupted the Northern...