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  1. What if Ottoman Empire was Christian?

    Would the cultural definition of the European Continent (bordered by the Sea of Marmara, Ural Mountains, and tbe Caucasus) be changed by this? AFAIK people saw European boundaries as the extent of Christianity, so might we see a larger "Europe" that encompasses parts of thr Middle East and North...
  2. DBWI: Avengers Endgame not delayed into 2020

    This was the only possible Avatar-killer on the horizon. The fact that it crashed Disney+ services worldwide during its release showed unprecedented hype that wr have never seen before. Its extremely positive reviews (A+ Cinemascore and 95% on Rotten Tomatoes) would have mostly translated into...
  3. If the US or USSR had a 99.99% effective anti-nuke deterrent, would either side have launched a first strike

    For the sake of clarity, here are some ground rules: 1. Anti nuke refers to stopping the opposing nuclear triad (sub based missiles, bombers, ICBMs, etc) , although stopping portable battlefield nukes may be another matter 2. This hypothetical nuclear deterrence is global in reach and applies...
  4. Viva Nueva Republica! : Philippines won the Phil Am war

    Japan, which went through pretty much the same fear of conquest after Perry's arrival, doesn't even have the same naval capacity as the Philippines you're wanking here. Cpupled with the fact that Japan got a massive headstart in industrialization, better industrial capacity, a significantly...
  5. South China Sea if US kept part of Philippines?

    If the US already had the portions of the Philippines, you can expect them to reach into the Spratly Islands at the minimum, or maybe even the Paracels in the event of a communist Vietnam. I doubt the Chinese would b as ambitious as they are when its US bases and a permanent US carrier fleet...
  6. Scenarios where a truly hegemonic power/alliance rises up.

    Hey all. Interested to see the forum's ideas on possible timelines where a true "hegemony" is established. Some ROUGH criteria for hegemony that, while preferable, need not be on the nose: 1. GDP and/or Population at least 40% of the world 2. Ability to enact significant military...
  7. The Roman Empire's Powerbase

    Up to whoever takes interest in answering I guess. Similar to how Constantinople and the Aegean replaced Rome's dominance in the latter parts of the Empire or how Northern France quickly became THE population center for much of the Medieval period. I kept timescales and, as mentioned...
  8. The Roman Empire's Powerbase

    Assuming a surviving and united Roman Empire (the handwavium/PoDs are ambiguous as much as possible), what would be the wealthiest and most important part of the empire in the long run. I have some ideas in mind, but would love to hear more. 1. The City of Rome: arguable the first city to...
  9. US Plans after a best-case scenario Cuban Missile War

    In a scenario where the US manages to completely neutralize nukes on Cuba and suffers minor (less than ten) hits on the fifty states via other means (bombers, etc), how would the US deal with a world ravaged by nuclear war from London to Pyongyang? I imagine Europe and the USSR would be utterly...
  10. DBAHC/WI:No Byzantine empire?

    Well this automatically butterflies away the Olympian and Atlantean Empires across the ocean on the New World, considering it was a purely Byzantine affair. We would probably never see former Byzantine colonial cities such as Constantinople (New York), Alexandria-on-the-Rainforest (Rio de...
  11. AHC: Christian Constantinople a megacity by 2020

    How would a Constantinople that stays Christian (and prefererably Greek/Roman, but thats just icing on the top) have, at the very least, the same population modern Istanbul has or possibly greater? One of the obvious answers to this of course is a survivng Eastern Roman Empire that retains...
  12. Where would a surviving British Empire/Imperial Federation's powerbase be?

    At the minimum, British Canada and the OTL 13 Colonies
  13. Where would a surviving British Empire/Imperial Federation's powerbase be?

    Assuming that 1. British North America becomes content under the British Crown 2. British colonization of India goes pretty much the same 3. Industrialization still happens 4. The Empire stays together until the modern period. What would be the most important areas in the British Empire in the...
  14. What American countries had potential to rival USA

    Mexico and Brazil are probably the only options. Mexico and the US are bound to share a border eventually and American desire for a Pacific Coast would see it prefer California to anything else. The massive amount of resources and farmland in the OTL Mexican Cession will always be a point of...
  15. How would you name a Polish-Lithuanian-Russian Commonwealth?

    Assuming the Polish manage to force or convince the Russian states to enter a union with the PLC (by force or not), how would naming conventions apply to such a massive, multiethnic and religiously diverse state? Certainly, the name I've used above seems plausible enough, but would there be...
  16. DBWI: Prevent The Fall and Destruction of China

    What China are we talking about? There's a world of differences between a Communist and a Nationalist China. Regardless, Hong Kong probably becomes Chinese territory completely instead of the joint Anglo-Cantonese rule it has due to the fact thaf the UK couldn't return it to a "China" to speak...
  17. Most powerful alternate history country

    Unsure of where to put this, but what are the forum's thoughts on the most powerful alternate countries relative to the time period (ex: comparing the 2000 A4 from AANW with the Japanese Empire from Co Prosperity Sphere isnt a fair question)? My personal picks are the Roman Empire from...
  18. Any timelines as dystopian as Anglo-American Nazi War?

    AANW is my favorite dystopian (or depressing, give or take) alternate timeline and at the same time being completely plausible. Besides ones that feature 1983: Doomsday (sorry for the example)-esque nuclear war, are there any other good and finished/near finished alternate histories on these...
  19. What cities could be "internationalized"?

    Today, no cities are truly internationalized under the sense of being under the jurisdiction of multiple states or under the sole control of an organization (i.e, UN headquarters is controlled by the UN, or only the OIC has jurisdiction over Mecca) What cities could potentially be...
  20. AHC: Give ASEAN a nuclear weapon.

    Southeast Asia, as declared by ASEAN, is a nuclear weapon-free zone, although the countries there might probably not even have the capabilities for a nuclear power plant first and foremost. With a PoD after 1945, how would you change events to give ASEAN nuclear capabilities (weapons first)...
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