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Difficult, but does not actually break the laws of physics, so probably not ASB. Somehow getting Bolivar to think Gran Colombia applying for states-hood would be one path. An alternative is the latin american independence movements fail and the US following an Alt-Monroe Doctrine slowly forces...

Another route for increased size is retaining Portugal's colonies. Maybe even Portugal itself, but that would be much, much harder. EDIT: Also, regarding the Guyanas, weren't they all under France during Napoleon? If so, Brazil (or Portugal at the time) might be able to grab them all. I admit...

Possibly the independence of New England, but that would depend on a lot. And possibly a return of Louisiana to Spain, probably with New Orleans 'administered' by Britain. Including Tecumseh's Indiana the USA would find itself rather boxed in. Additionally, it would be Slave state majority which...

It seems like the most obvious colonies are Hawaii for California and Cuba for Texas. Based on OTL they probably wouldn't remain colonies indefinitely though. If you want more, that will be difficult. The Oregon territory is a possible avenue for expansion for California, but it really is...

Probably? Without a limit on the POD just have civilization start earlier. More reasonably our focus is probably going to be Britain and the Netherlands. Make them the primary new world colonizers, then have them have a union of crowns once they dont need to compete. Perhaps Britain could have...

Forgive my ignorance, but this seems unlikely if the split was in 1703. Did you mean 1803?

Stopping the Black Death is the classic of course, but we should probably start by trying to find situations where the IR could have reasonably happened but didn't and then mimic those conditions. Tribal areas or fractured states seem to have difficulty with accumulating capital, especially...

Maybe if Britain wins the War of 1812 decisively, resulting in new england independence. After that the slave states would have dominance, meaning the rest of the north, NY, NJ, Penn, Ohio, would be the states likely to secede. If the North had British aid they might be able to maintain their...

There has been some threads on combining the two in the past. Not usually under Disney, but why not? https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/star-trek-batman-challange.252950/ Knowing fan reactions, it might be possible to do some canon welding that becomes official. Star Trek history...

Your best bet might be a combination of Normandy all the way up to the Low Countries. Together they ought to be strong enough to hold off the other European powers and the cultural mix might be close enough to replicate what happened on the Isles. Depending on the specifics of the timeline this...

Well, I mean, considering its origins OTL is a pretty massive wank. I suppose you mean something like a chinese emperor adopting Christianity. There was a muslim one, so I suppose it is possible enough, though that didn't cause china to go muslim. No Islam too would help probably. Mostly just...

The reason why they are unable would make a big difference in this case. Do you have an suggestions for that 'certain reason'? A civil war or an incompetent ruler could both serve, but they have very different effects.

I suppose a more interesting response on my part would be to ask the question: How can we get a female Jesus to lead the life of biblical Jesus. And, accepting that we can't recreate it perfectly, what are the likely changes/compromises and their impact. I'd start by trying to identify positive...

Im pretty sure human spontaneous pregnancy is impossible, regardless of the gender of the child. It seems like there are two separate questions here. WI the biblical account stayed the same but with a Shesus. OR, WI Jesus was born female. Boarding on ASB in the first case, and obscurity is...

Maybe a weird Switzerland? Even then, I think it only maintained its independence by maintaining technological parity with the rest of Europe. Not to mention the who banking thing. Maybe an island somewhere? Gotland?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Weimar_Republic has a bunch mentioned

Not really sure about development, but I would recommend watching this:

Smokeless powder Originally created in the 1880s OTL, all the components were available since at least the 1840s when nitrocellulose (guncotton) was first gelatinized. Alcohol and Ether were readily available by that time. Bio-materials Nuclein (The 'N' in DNA) was first isolated in 1869 by...

What about the dominions themselves? Integration of Canada, Australia and New Zealand under a single 'British' parliament seem possible (if extremely difficult), heck, might even be able to get South Africa in there. Or is the OP specifically forbidding the Imperial Federation idea...

Math Each party is incentivised to create safe wins for themselves. The math of the first past the post system inevitably favours two parties. With only two parties it is much more likely they will collaborate, or at least co-ordinate, on this issue. Math may be the solution too. If...