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Wasn't there a bit about that Ottoman liason officer to the Heymshtot? As long as it is against the Russians, I would assume that the Heymshtot, Ottoman and EVEG secret services work ever more closely together. And all three of them have an interest in the Chinese winning - or actually rather...

With so much uranium wasted, what will the second device look like? If they are unable to employ it by air - which is rather likely IMHO - it wouldn't have the effect of Hiroshima. And even with Hiroshima the Japanese were considering to continue the war as they thought that the US wouldn't have...

They have the uranium, but developing and building all those innovations that should ensure that they can go with less uranium in 6 months to a machine in the middle of the war zone? And all that in a gamble that might use the uranium they already have so that the next step might require even...

You're right. Now I have serious doubts about how realistic it is that the Russians come up with a functioning device this fast.

But IMHO the Empire doesn't need to be self-sufficient. The grain supply from Russia is secured thanks to friendly Russia, a great extent of trade with Russia and the Black sea an orthodox lake. Then add Egypt, which can supply even more grain. So within the area controlled in 1025, plus...

Not really. That thing they've built seems so big and heavy that it could only be employed by train - if at all. And it's unlikely that the Russians are able to build a new one fast. On the other side, If I get the dates correctly, we've jumped into the next year and the Russians still hold the...

Khaaan! Sorry...:o

For the Heymshtot, the following things are to be considered now IMHO: Give that information to the Germans and hope that they speed up their program. Try to have Heymshtot scientists join the German program. Give that information to the Chinese so that they defeat the Russians earlier, the...

True, in particular with a general trend that more and more people are getting better education and higher-payed jobs and therefore become less-inclined to vote socialist as IOTL. However, those trends are rather long-term. we could still see two or three PDS governments from now on.

The above mentioned scenario where France goes Bolshevik and Britain and Germany retreat in fear and disgust seems fitting. If this ends late in the war, Germany is too exhausted to continue trench warfare and Britain will not be willing to fight the former Ally together with the Germans.

Not that I want to excuse the Chinese abuse, but probably a certain siege mentality should be considered as well. If Kim knew it, then the troops know as well that the Russians at any moment could roll through Korea. Given what the Russians did to the Manchurians, plus the U-boat-threat and the...

I also think that a plebiscite in Alsace-Lorraine without the expulsion of immigrants since 1871 that goes out in favour of Germany is the best possibility, together with France needlessly and irrationally alienating all other Allies. Problem is that this would likely require a much earlier...

Assuming that the Ottomans were able to conquer and hold, say, Austria Bohemia, Milan and Venice, then the Hapsburgs are pretty much broken. On the other side, the French king is not, and the French will suddenly have lost the need to crush the Hapsburgs, while the pope also resides in France...

During the war, the Japanese might in fact give up by now if hard-pressed, but it doesn't seem as if the Great Qing Empire would allow the Koreans their independence. After the war, there might be a possibility to ensure greater autonomy. The Chinese will have won and by default so wil have the...

I'm somewhat surprised about the 30-70 partition of the population in Egypt between Copts and Muslims. Everything in the Nile valley is very densely populated, and with the Ethiopians approaching through the valley the Muslim civilians can't do anything else than hide in the desert - or flee...

PDS segmenting is IMHO the most likely reason for a government change. And it's always within possibilities, rast already pointed out in one post that the right wing of PDS is often more right wing than Zentrum or the Liberals whereas the radical Left is nothing else than that: radical. It's...

The smaller partners actually have an overproportional share of power, I would say. Laws need a simple majority, and it's only through the small partner that the big partner can secure that majority. Furthermore, the smaller party is often more focused on a special electorate than the big party...

I'm not sure. But given that Theodora has a very good claim on the throne and her adoptive father supports it, the succession doesn't necessarily have to be difficult. Question is now how they marry, though. Is Andreas married? If he gets sons, it may become difficult in the future.

True. But TTL has already established that "volunteers" leave the army of one country and go to train or even fight in another country without that being a reason to go to war. In fact the Russians would rather understand it as a warning. IMHO, there must be something more behind the German deny...