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  1. What's the full Agricultural/Industrial potential for these nations?

    So, I made this map. (Ignore, the OTL state boundaries, those are just for reference) And it got me thinking. What would be the agricultural and Industrial output of the nations here? Particularly New Netherland(Orange) and Columbia (blue). I know that NN and Columbia would primarily be...

  2. Articles of confederation fail: How big can New York get?

    As the title says. If the U.S. collapses pretty early and the state's mostly go their own way, how big can New York ideally get? Here's a map of their claims.

  3. What circumstances, post 1800, could turn the US into a dictatorship of sorts?

    So, I was thinking about Star Wars and how the Republic turned into the Empire, and I was wondering how something similar could happen to the US. So, I guess the goal of this thread is turn America into a corrupt republic in which the president is basically a dictator at it's most basic. At...

  4. Effects on American Power if it remains in these borders?

    So, lets say that the US retains these boarders to the present day. With these boarders, the US lacks the South West and the Pacific Coast. How does this effect American power projection into Asia? How badly is America's economy effected by the lack of all the extra land and easy access to...

  5. Why the different attitudes towards miscegenation in Spanish and Dutch Asian colonies?

    So, I've often heard that a reason for why there was more mixing in most of Latin America was that there were less European women, and more native people, but how does this explain Indonesia? I mean here's a quote from an observer of colonial attitudes in Asia. Like the attitudes between the...

  6. Why would a European Hegemony want to go to war with Britain?

    So, say that a particular nation, France/Germany your pick, happened to become the continental hegemony in Europe. Britain has no allies in Europe, except for some minor terrorist/resistance groups, and the Euro hegemony has built a navy to rival and possibly surpass Britain's. But, what would...

  7. AH Challenge: Have Spain and Germany become famous for their large Jewish populations.

    In OTL, both Spain and Germany have been infamous for their historic showings of Antisemitism, while now in today's world, the best places to be Jewish are Israel and the US, with both being heavily influenced by Jewish culture, which is especially noticeable for the US since Jews are still a...

  8. AH Figure Descriptions

    A thread inspired by the AH quotes and cultural descriptions threads. But, in this thread the same is done for people rather than quotes or cultural works. Specific guidelines for this thread are that you say a name and the next person gives a description of any length of that person, who can be...

  9. Name of a Portuguese South Africa?

    So, if Portugal managed to keep and expand South Africa, what would they name the place?

  10. What's the earliest point the Netherlands could be united?

    By united, I mean that a single kingdom of the Netherlands could own all of territory highlighted in green below?

  11. Is German unification possible without the French Revolution?

    So, I'm making a tinelime that has PODs that go far back enough to badly impact France. But, I want a centralized( and all German speaking, in a sense) HRE to rise. And I want it to pur emphasis on being German. But, how can German nationalism exist without the French revolution? Since, I plan...

  12. Effects of failed foreign intervention in U.S. civil war?

    So, say the civil war in the U.S. occurs like OTL, but a foreign power, like the British and the French intervene, only for the union to stoll win in the end. The civil war is longer and bloodier as a result. How does this effect the aftermath of the civil war? How is reconstruction effected...

  13. What are some things you'd like to see in post-1900 timelines?

    As an alternative to threads about cliches, what are some non-cliche things you'd like to see more often of in alternate history? One of the things I know I'd like to see more often of is Britain firmly losing a world war, in a way that is more than just having to give up. I'd also like to...

  14. What would it take for Russia to permanently lose great power status?

    So, when it comes to CP victories if any kind, it seems the most they can take from Russia are the non Russian areas of the western areas of the empire. But, the rest of Russia is still pretty big and fill of resources and it's hard to imagine Russia, even so weekend, becoming submissive to...

  15. Post-1800, what would it take for England to be an independent nation?

    So, after the 1800s what situation (or Accumulation of different events) could lead to the UK breaking up for good and leaving England as an independent nation by at least the 1980s? And by "independent" I mean in the sense of England being not apart of the UK. England can be a puppet state if...

  16. What would it take for British dominions to be given their own monarchs?

    Exactly as it says on the title. What would it take for full blown monarchies , made up of branches of the main dynasty in Britain, to be established in the dominions? And beyond the dominions, how would non white colonies react to be given their own specific monarch of pure British descent, at...

  17. Austria and Prussia unite. What happens to former Austrian territories?

    So, if all of The German lands within the boarders of the German confederation were to unite, including Austria who gives up it's other territories except for that which is within confederation boarders, what happens to the territories outside of the boarder? Here is a map on what I mean.

  18. Results of no Italian Unification.

    So,say Italy is never unified. Garibaldi fails and no other attempts succeed. What is the impact of this in terms of culture, economy, and geopolitics both on a regional nand global scale? What happens to the Italian states themselves?

  19. What do reversed American Political Parties look like?

    For context: A lot of people tend to say that American politics are really right wing by Western Standards. The GOP can be described as being far right by European standards, while the Democratic Party can be described as being center right. The US is frequently said to have no real left wing...

  20. Highest amount of Chinese influence in Western Russia post-1800 possible?

    So, what would it take for China to have a lot of cultural, ethnic, political, economic, etc, influence in Russia west of the Urals. And what would the maximum amount of Chinese influence that could occur in Russia. Would having Western Russia being as Chinese as much as the South West US is...
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