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Indigenous to Southern Africa, the Khoisan are group made up of the pastoral Khoekhoe and the hunter-gatherer San. They've had a pretty rough time of it, between the Bantu expansion, smallpox epidemics and colonialism, and they still suffer from serious problems today. Your challenge is to put...

As the title says, which of these now-defunct nations would survive the longest? The most obvious answer would be the CSA, which is exactly why it isn't on the list...

Could it be possible that only one European country takes part in the colonization of the New World (Americas), Africa, Asia, and Oceania? This is going to be tough as said country will need to make sure no one else gets a permanent foothold outside Europe. Now it can be possible for other...

Chapter I - A Saint for every Soul ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— An old man looks to the sea, its majestical blue waters alongside the bright sky fill his eyes with joy and happiness, he stops for a bit and contemplates on how his life has changed...

So, context. A lot people are familiar with the Order of Assassins, or Hashashins (Probably mostly from Assassin's Creed). However, what some people might be unaware of is that the Hashasins were actually an independent theocracy that had a network of castles from Syria to Persia/Iran, that...

In OTL, Italy was divided into many City-States, Duchies and Kingdoms. From the Medieval times, to the Renaissance, and to the 19th century, there were many famous nations, such as Venice, Genoa, and Tuscany and etc. Eventually, all of it was United during the 19th century under the Kingdom of...

How to make Ecuador reach the first world?

Challenge: Have an empire or kingdom or rumpstate, from a stent of decline and brink of collapse, bounce back, becoming powerful, reclaiming lost territory, and reestablishing itself as a powerful entity. Some choices include: Western Roman Empire Seleucid Empire Eastern Roman Empire Kingdom...

The Holy Roman Empire is famously known as a joke. It was not Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire. It was a feudal mess, that lacked the National identity, centralization, and singular leadership to actually function as nation-state. Because of this, it is seen as a joke. The challenge, with a POD...

How can we get Philadelphia to be Americas capital and and Largest city with a pod between July 4 1776 and and December 31 1900?

Is it possible in a scenario that leaves all regional powers heavily destabilized (WW1 central power victory's like Kiser Reich are decent examples) for Romanian ultranationalist to successfully presue greater Romanian natural borders based off the kingdom of Dacia as a type of Romanian...

Now, we've all seen these types of threads and AH's in which 1 nation Conquers the world, but generally its America, Britain, Russia, China, or even Finland! However, i like to wonder "Hey, what if one of those smaller nations everyone forgets about unifies the world?" The Answer: It would be...

By "control" I am referring to fully integrated provinces in which every person residing there is considered a full Roman citizen. I'll leave the nature of this hypothetical Rome and how it came to survive to the modern day up to you. It does not matter whether it is a republic or empire so...

As a counterpart to the "worst screws" thread, I felt like asking what you guys think are the biggest wanks in AH. I'll start by bringing up Kaiserfront, a German Empire wank with a POD of Wilhelm II abdicating in favor of his son in 1917. I think this map speaks for itself:

Your challenge is to have Champa do significantly better than it did IOTL.

What if, in the 1640s, instead the Qing steamrolling over all of China, what if instead, the Qing were unable to conquer the rest of China, with a more stable and competent Southern Ming, and more powerful Shun Dynasty, which defeats Zhang Xianzhong, and conquers Sichuan and Tibet. By the End...

Your challenge is to have the Sorbs do significantly better than they did IOTL.

Here's a relatively simple challenge. How much can you wank the Ottomans, and how large can you make them in the process?

Your challenge is to have Sogdia be considerably more successful than it was IOTL.

Every country and every era has its typical potential for shameless wanking. England, prior to the modern era, has quite a lot of potential. There were several instances where the untimely death of one person ened up putting another (typically less suited) person on the throne. And quite...