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Here is something I recently thought about: could Hawaii have “pulled a Meiji”? The Kingdom of Hawaii, from what I understand, was Western-oriented and the leaders enacted various reforms to make the island nation more “western”. So what would need to be done for Hawaii to remain independent and...

I'm asking what's in store for them. "Leave Civilian Stuff Alone" looks like English to me.

I myself always wonder how quickly Eastern European nations would revolt against German hegemony in "Central Powers Win" TLs and whether they would gravitate closer to Russia afterwords mirroring the drift towards the EU and further from Russia that Eastern Europe experienced post-USSR. Though...

IIRC Russia wanted a warm-water port in Korea, one you can't gat in Manchuria. So Japanese can offer all they want, it's still not something Russia is interested in.

Regardless of its validity, "X group is not ready for democracy because of their culture" is an argument I've often seen in real life against many groups. See "Arab Exceptionalism" or arguments about origins of Russian authoritarianism for example. In a world where much of Europe is totalitarian...

Gender-swapped Putin! :eek::eek::eek:

The reason why Europeans did not stop fascism is quite simple: Europe is culturally not ready for democracy. Europeans simply don’t value freedom like the Anglos do – just look at their history, its full of authoritative and tyrannical figures that the people are taught to admire and look up to...

This guy. I don't recall what his views were like.

Home of the brave and Land of The Not-So-Free Just as Kim Jong-nam fell out of favour with Kim Jong Il in our timeline, in this ATL Kim Jong Il himself falls out of favour with Kim Il Sung. Thus when Kim Il Sung dies his daughter, Kim Kyong-hoi, becomes the new Great Leader.

A TL where cloud seeding technology becomes more advanced and productive than OTL. The timeline focuses on the utilities and environmental impact of such a development. An unlikely series of events: how a shoe, a rabbit, Ayn Rand and Otto Skorzeny saved JFK

Let me put it another way: if North Korea or Apartheid South Africa were to anounce their support for Quebec independance, do you think politicians of Quebec would support those nations internationally?

OOC: do most people in this ATL suffer from dwarfism? Because I have yet to see it stated anywhere that Haast's Eagles would be able to carry a grown person.

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What can he gain from an independent Quebec?

I agree with BE. Did FARC ever turn down aid because they didn't like who it came from? I doubt it.