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That would be wild. They would have had to work the mines and lumber yards of the UP. If there had been enough immigrants, I wonder if the UP and northern Wisconsin would have been their own state, Finn dominated? I can see a pretty strong Finnish culture in the UP, particularly since the...

Is there any way to have the United States be founded as a nation where citizenship comes only with military service? Was something like this ever present in European society at any time? For now I'm not even thinking effects on the US, I'm just trying for a knowledge check. And for the...

I think two things have to happen as far as time is concerned. 1) The war has to be long enough for the Emancipation Proclamation to happen. If the Union does super well too soon, no EP. If they do poorly for longer, the EP looks like desperation to the British and French. 2) The Lost Cause...

I have to say that I love the idea of Longstreet joining the Grand Administration.

If I remember correctly, a more recent biographer said that Grant was too trusting of the wrong people. His pre-war record shows that he was not good at determining good business associates or activities. Maybe having a more business-savvy and ethical top advisor or VP would be helpful, but I'm...

Simple question: what's the largest Monaco that could be realistically seen today? I'm asking here since I assume the POD would have to be before 1900.

Obviously in hindsight not a good guy, and would have been a poor choice for president particularly at that time. However, what would it have taken to see Wallace in the White House? What kinds of policies would he have implemented, and how would the Civil Rights Movement changed? How would the...

Oh man no way. No way would slaveholders consent to a haven for runaway slaves to go to in their own backyard. It wouldn't even happen out West, still too close for slave owners comfort. I don't think it could happen in the New World at all.

Totally would have happened w/o Virginia. It would have been a vastly different war. I personally think it would have been over earlier, and there may have been a much different end to slavery. On the other hand, Virginia would still have been a hotbed of secessionist activity, so there is a...

Not going to happen without British support. I can't see Napoleon III doing anything without the support of the UK, and I'm not really sure that France under Napoleon III was in a position to do a ton for the Confederates on their own. They were busy screwing around in Mexico, anyways. It would...

I would love to see a TL where Johnston is in command in the west while Meade rises to prominence more quickly in the East. Would have been interesting to see how other prominent OTL commanders in the Union like Grant, Halleck, Thomas, Sherman, Sheridan, and Hancock are changed due to this...

Not informed enough about this era, so hoping to get some expertise. What would have had to change to make the war go the other way? Specifically, what would it have taken for British North America to go to the French rather than the opposite? Would we have ended up with an American Revolution...

Hey I just want to say how much I like this thread. The Drakaverse is a tad silly in my opinion, and this seems to be bringing some reason to the whole thing. I like your writing style, I like how you are getting the better tech and different South Africa, and I really liked your alt-ACW (I'm a...

Thanks for your comments! I appreciate it. It makes sense that the British would have been slower to abolish slavery with a larger economic interest. I mean, heck, if I recall correctly the French decided that their revolutionary ideals didn't apply to their Caribbean slave colonies, right? I...

I just read an article on Vox claiming that the AR was a mistake. The author cited three main points to back this up. 1. Slavery would have been abolished earlier. 2. Native Americans would have fared better. 3. The UK system of government is more efficient (ignoring Brexit of course). No...

So I know there were some plans in the US for reparations for ex-slaves and their descendants, but were shot down by President Johnson during Reconstruction. Since then, there has been no real move on the subject. What would have had to be different for actual, meaningful reparations to happen...

I feel like Brazil would have been more likely to intervene on the Confederate side. Didn't a bunch of ex-Confederates settle in Brazil after the war? And they did keep slavery in practice till the 1880s right?

So, for whatever reason, let's say Chris Carter doesn't get approval for X-Files until 2002. How would this effect the show? Do you think the public would still be willing to watch a show featuring government conspiracies and aliens in the post-9/11 era, particularly since there was no X-Files...

What if, in the United States, the reservation system is never adopted? I know virtually nothing about the establishment of reservations aside from the desire to remove Native Americans from places Americans wanted to be. So, without reservations, what happens to these people? Also, the idea...

Well if it was like those early tax rebellions, the government would round up some regulars and militia and go fight the rebels, like in OTL. Quebec is pretty far away, and there would be some linguistic/cultural dimensions to the whole thing, I think. What kind of reform would these...