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But why? You said that deal was made in 1813. So they had to fight Napoleon again. Hence France proved to be still a great power with all they had in their 1792 borders. Before that deal they made it explicit to Napoleon that any further offer would have harsher terms. So why did they cede to...

Of course you could have a new central bank. It's effectiveness however is a much different question. If the central bank is subject to royal orders, then it is very likely that it will fail anyway. States went bankrupt and experienced hyperinflation even if they had a central bank. Unless you...

I'm not sure whether that was really that much of an issue - particularly after the 100 days. The House of Bourbon was a weak ruler for everybody to see given that Napoleon landed with negligible forces and took back power even though he managed to lead France into ruin. However, you are...

Russia ITTL is a more-or-less democratic country with a fair share of nationalism. While what you outline is a decent plan, I doubt that the Russian pulic would react well to fellow Russians being denied to live in mother Russia... My guess is that large parts of the Russian minorities in the...

Prevent the Austrians from entering the war 1736 to 1739 and they keep Belgrade. Let them win that war and they'll likely get Bosnia. Then do something about the Prussians, which weakened Austria and prevented them to exploit their next victory and possibly butterflied away further...

There's still some advantages of China in comparison to OTL. First, the deep debt of Japan works in China's favour. Not only do the Japanese have suffered severe losses in the war, they also got something in return that needs investment - and due to the war likely more investment than IOTL. Not...

What were the exact results of the Russo-Japanese war ITTL again? I know that Japan has cripling debt and cannot attack Russia on land - but if their timing is right, the rest of Sachalin, the Kuriles and Kamtchatka wouldn't require much effort and won't provoke a Russian attack on Manchuria...

What could be equally important is German support. The Germans will know very well that Russia will come back once. If the Chinese had had a decent army and a better infrastructure to supply that army in Mongolia and Sinkiang they would have contributed far more to the war effort than they did...

If they had treated Alsace-Lorraine better after the war, French revanchism would still be there - but face the problem of the Alsaciennes prefering to stay German, or rather to stay Alsaciennes in a federal system that grants them a lot of local autonomy. giving the territory to the rather...

My guess is that the Germans will have problems motivating their troops into a new offensive - unless the enemy proves to be weak. It's a pity that the Russians are so badly supplied. The chance to "liberate" some lightly defended food and liquor would probably motivate the Germans to advance...

Given that all the other large economies in Europe are part of that single market or are increasingly cooperating with it, there's no chance IMHO that the UK wouldn't show a much higher degree of economic interaction with the continent than with the other countries. More likely than not the UK...

Danish membership in the German confederation likely wouldn't be seen as critical. After all, Denmark was more or less a member anyway due to Holstein and Schleswig. Even if Denmark became a full member, that doesn't mean that Faroer, Iceland or Greenland must be part of the German confederation...

The Germans are not able to do that. The basic problem here is that Britain indeed holds all colonies and Germany cannot do anything about that, but on the other side Germany rules supreme on the continent and Britain cannot do anything about that. Unless they negotiate. And that's what...

After WWI is really hard. You may butterfly away some of the restrictions, maybe let communists take over France and Italy so that Imperial Germany suddenly looks much less menacing to Britain and the US for the moment. Basically, Germany has the technological and industrial basis to do that...

If Germany had won in the West, that means that France has surrendered, and there is no hope for Belgium to fight on either. Now Britain still holds the German colonies or can prevent the Germans taking anything overseas. However, Britain would want peace as well. With France beaten, there is...

I doubt that the Austro-Russian alliance could partition the Ottoman Empire as a whole with just one additional next war. There'd rather be, as in the past, a series of wars that continuously roll back the Ottomans. After all, even if they would manage to occupy all of European Ottoman...

Socialism in one country only, cleaning the party? Welcome Comrade Stalin!

What is the situation in Japan? I remember that they had to end the war unless they would go broke. Now there are a couple of years gone, and Japan could have made some money from exports to the belligerent countries. Furthermore, Japan's credit rating relative to Russia, Germany and AH has...

I find it highly reasonable to award as many neighbouring countries of Russia as possible. It's clear that Russia will come back and that you'll need allies then. What better way to get those allies than to give Holy Mother Russia's land to its greedy neighbours and wait how they run for Berlin...

If there will be a Muslim stronghold between Egypt and Ethiopia, it must be along the Nile, maybe centered in Nubia? I just don't see how Darfur could support a large enough population base to account for a "stronghold". Of course, Darfur and the desert could easily become a source of Muslim...