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In any way you can, make the people of the 21st century (ie, us) be pro-totalitarianism? And this can't be a 1984-ish "we love Big Brother because the world is an ashtray and we're brainwashed". Bonus points if you can do it without having the Nazis/Japanese win WW2. EXTRA Bonus points if...

The Silk Road, along the ocean, hit the Swahili Coast. From there, Swahili traders exchanged Asian goods for African goods from the interior. Of course, the Europeans would end up rerouting this trade to preference Europe, leading to the end of that trade route. My question: if China were...

*sorry for the typo in the title. :o A while back I wrote an analysis on the future of slavery in a victorious CSA. This time, I'm going to write my thoughts on the future of the CSA as an independent polity. Keep In Mind I'm assuming that the CSA gains independence with relatively little...

JULY 18th, 1870 Fredrick Douglass sat before the Board of Directors in a modest room located in Baltimore, Maryland. The sun shone through the small windows, blanketing the men seated inside and making the hot room hotter. Douglass produced a handkerchief and wiped his brow, silently...

When the CSA is brought up on this forum, one thing most people agree on is that slavery would be abolished sooner or later due to one or more factors. I am going to list each factor I am aware of and see if it points to a quick {quick for the CSA} abolition. In this analysis, I'm assuming a...

Diplomatic relations between Thailand and Vietnam have been tense in the late 20th Century -Thailand having hosted U.S troops during the Vietnam War, Vietnam invading Cambodia, and a large amount of border conflicts left tensions high between the two countries. What I'm wondering is: what if...

Asante Soldiers March Through London, a TL {Thanks XanXar!} So I had this idea... More of a yearning. I dream to create a plausible TL where a sub-Saharan state in Africa {not the Boers} can become a major power. Realistically, Ethiopia is the major choice but I like the Asante Empire...

I'm wondering, if Germany and Japan were able to win or avert WWII (Just go with it, I know it's not possible) and achieve their objectives (not the absolute crazy ones like a Japanese West Coast or German... world. Say Japan gains the Chinese coastal areas and the D.E.I. Germany gets up to the...

What would the country look like, in terms of economics, military and demographics? -Would we see a lot more concentration on the East Coast, or would people generally move inland? -What industries and economic sectors would America do better in/worse in than OTL? -Since she's concentrated...

Would it have been possible for the Japanese to bomb the American West Coast from the Aleutian Islands at all? I don't know anything about Japanese bombers or their ranges, and I'm curious.

A lot of the British colonial holdings were useless. Sure, some British corporations and merchants benefited, as did the army commanders who won glory in the field, but in a grand sense, many of the British colonies were net drains on the economy. So, I ask this, what do you think Britain could...

I like the Democratic Republic of the Congo, if only because I like rooting for underdogs. I love playing as her in Shared Worlds and making her amazing. I'm curious on how you would make her amazing. With a POD no earlier than 1935, make the D.R.C a regional power in Africa able to defend its...

Let's say WW2 gets worse. Much worse. Let's say the U.S, for whatever reason, doesn't get involved, so it's the British Empire and the Soviet Union vs Nazi Germany and her allies {Japan decides to stay busy in China instead}. The timeline is pretty much like OTL, so France falls in 1940 and the...

Yes, I know WW1 ruined it. But really, WW1 ruined all of Europe, and yet Germany rose from defeat and nearly conquered the entire continent. Britain, meanwhile, was hanging on by threads. But yet they were the masters of the world's largest empire, with the largest {though surpassed by the...

Hi there, my challenge to all of you is to make Italy strong. She doesn't need to be Great Power of Superpower strong, just a regional, wealthy power that isn't laughed at whenever military history discussions come up. I have one scenario in mind that I want you all to consider and write about...

Is it possible for there to be a nation that has scientific pursuit as it's major goal? What I mean is, a nation {regardless of size but preferably not a tiny Switzerland-like nation} that while seeking to protect it's borders does not try to become a regional/major power? Instead, said nation...

And by this I mean the U.S doesn't turn the (Latin) Americas into its own backyard, leaves the Spanish colonies well alone and lets Europe handle its own problems. But the U.S still expands Westwards. How would the U.S look if it did not seek to expand its influence abroad? I believe our...

I had read that the Austro-Hungarian Empire's economy was actually increasing in the years up to World War 1, and the country was industrializing at a steady pace. I'm wondering if it's possible to keep Austria-Hungry around until World War 2 (or, in case World War 2 never happens, to around...

How can this come about? Assume everything up to 1931 happens as OTL. Can the Japanese Empire and United States become more warm toward each other than in OTL? What if Japan stays out of Manchuria? Doubtful, but what if? Or even better, what if Japan doesn't go into China/Indochina, and thus...

Let's say the Whites won the Russian Civil War and restored the Tsar to power. Let's also say that, after WW1, Germany becomes a fascist and/or militant country again (Hitler can be in power like OTL, but he doesn't need to be there), and starts up a WW2. I know I'm not being specific. Let me...