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Tibet is a very unique place historically, culturally, geographically and economically. The challenge here is to make "Tibet" (either independent, part of ROC, PRC or whatever) a more modern, secular and industrialized region. I don't need to be the "Most secular and liberal place on earth"...

Industrial slavery was thing in the South before, during and even after the war. How far could this take the South in terms of industry? How would this impact life of enslaved people. Would they become a minor or regional superpower?

What is the most advanced level of technology that is possible to reach for a society which never Industrializes? Something like France under the Revolution and Napoleon (1780-1820-ish tech level)?

For a POD after August 1945... What if atomics became the order of the day in multiple aspects of modern civilization? I'm talking about everything from civilian power production to geographical engineering to high-speed propulsion to transmutation of elements and other scientific research...

So on my way home, I had the joy of being behind a small convoy of tractor trailers. A bit annoying due to the lights, but it got me thinking when I noticed they mostly had the Leyland crests: what if the British car and truck industry went the way of several European countries' automotive...

So according to Wikipedia, Bangladesh from the 16th-18th centuries was one of the most industrially advanced regions and was on the verge of undergoing an Industrial Revolution - however, this was ended with the disorder caused by the Maratha and British East India Company invasions. What if an...

So in retrospect it's obvious to see the full impact that the Industrial Revolution and the unfettered use of coal has had on the environment and on human populations in the 19th Century, and it would probably be possible to argue further that there was already a certain awareness of these...

There are several historical figures that were not too far off inventing the steam engine however, al-Jazari was undoubtedly the closest, in the early 13th century... A proto-industrial revolution with only al-Jazari's inventions is a possibility, he invented an early crankshaft in 1206 [1], he...

So, what is the latest possible pod for a united Arab nation? At minimum, this nation has to include Arabia, the Levant, Mesopotamia, Egypt and Sudan. Other territories are allowed, but these are manditory. And assuming this nation formed and stayed stable, here are some questions... How...

As more and more nations get industrialised in the XIXth century, how would they go about developing their national weaponry? Provided they have access to steel and coal and copper and tin in sufficient quantities of course. I don't know if that's a no-brainer, but should there be a priority...

Watching the work of Cerda in Barcelona and Haussmann in Paris in the second half of the XIXth Century, and their impact on the development of local populations and transports, whereas other cities were content with gradually changing bits and bobs here and there and expanding on the periphery...

Hello! I'm sure most people here love symbols and flags, right? I thought that it would be fun making a symbol for communism other than the hammer and sickle ☭ or the red star ★ so I made this: The globe represents internationalism, the cogwheel represents the working class and industry...

In the British Raj, Britian forced farmers grow and extract cotton and other natural resources to support their industries back in Britain. So let’s say that British companies decide to offshore their steel and textile mills to India and use Indian labour to manufacture products and export them...

Like what areas could serve as equivalents to the Ruhr River in Europe and the great lakes and North East region in the US where manufacturing is or was heavily prominent thanks to various resources around the region. I don't mean for where an industrial revolution could take place, but in...

Those of you who know a thing or two about European and Swedish car brands will know that SAAB's history changed quite a bit after it was acquired by General Motors in the late 1980s. General Motors has been blamed, especially since the late 1990s or so, of not managing this overseas brand all...

Let's say we have a TL where Hungary doesn't come wholly into the Soviet sphere of influence during WWII. After the war and a transitional period, it becomes either a democratic republic or a communist one, but not a member of the East Block or the Warsaw Pact. This alternate Hungary is either a...