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Oh, hey, I just noticed: Ferdinand V managed to regain control of the Palatinate?

Since it seems Sweden didn't stick their fingers into the German pie this time around, is Brandenburg-Prussia going to inherit Pomerania without a hitch? Just to check, Bohemia retains Lusatia and is still ruled by the Hapsburgs? "Managamous" isn't a word. "Magnanimous", however, is.

What if Novgorod had come out on top in its struggle with Sweden, and eventually annexed OTL southern Finland in the 13th century? (Moreover, is that even possible?) How would an Orthodox, mixed Russian-Finnic state evolve? Could it survive and avoid being absorbed by Muscovy? Would it be an...

See, now I want them to disagree on something, just so I can see how epic their marital arguments get. (I bet they throw stuff at each other.)

I'm saying it's going to take longer for the native government to reform to a point where they match with the Western concept of democracy. With colonization, you can do that by force, or the immigrating Westerners will bring in the concept and implement it. If you let the original system go...

Tonga has the unique achievement of being the only indigenous Pacific island nation that was never formally colonized, though it was a British protectorate from 1900 to 1970. (Of course, since the Brits never stuck their fingers into their political cake, Tonga's track record with democracy is...

*already feels sorry for the timeline's future Germans and Dutch studying English* The false friends are going to be painful...

Dumb question: In OTL, the name "Holland" is often used as (incorrect) shorthand for the Netherlands. Will "Brabant" be used similarly in the far-off future of TTL?

The Caliphate managed to reconquer the Ziyad Emirate? Darn. I knew my rooting was futile...

Personally, I liked it better with the bright green in your first post, but that's because I have no taste, ahahahaha. ¦D

I am futilely rooting for the survival of an un-Arabicized Berber state.

*can't wait to see just how apeshit France will go*

It's a dowry when it's paid by the bride's family to the husband. When it's the other way around, it's a bride price. Also, dumb question: Now that the County of Burgundy has been given away, will the Burgundian elements be phased away from the coat of arms?

The Árpád dynasty survives longer than OTL, and Hungary's CoA reflects it accordingly.

You're right, that's why IOTL he became president instead.

Note to self: Mention of Corsica, no matter the context, timeframe or POD, will inevitably lead to debate about Napoleon. Refrain from mentioning Corsica in the future.

What ASB measures would be needed to establish an independent country consisting of the islands of Sardinia and Corsica (and maybe Sicily)? I suppose the best starting point would be in 1434, with Aragon not losing Corsica to Genoa (Vincentello d'Istria manages to keep it in his pants?). This...

An alternate CoA of Lithuania. No scabbard, as in the earliest versions of the OTL CoA, and the Cross of Lorraine replaced with the Columns of Gediminas. ...Actually, it isn't very alternate at all.

1) There's a separate CoA thread 2) The ribbon only says "Republic of Dagestan". You need to add "Azerbaijan" in there, or eliminate the ribbon altogether.

Fiddling around with a surviving Grand Duchy of Lithuania that never entered into a union with Poland. I'm eschewing the Vytis based on it being too complicated for a flag. One based on the 15th century war banner: And one based on the OTL colors (hooray for anachronisms).