AH Challenge: American Balkanization

And no, this isn't in the wrong forum. That's part of the challenge ;)
I want America split into at least five factions, and basically make it one of the most dystopic places you could imagine, without throwing around to many nukes.

GO!
 
Bonus points for the earliest POD and the most destruction caused.
PS I am thinking of doing one of these for each continent.
 

Jasen777

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PS I am thinking of doing one of these for each continent.

If you mean America like that, then it is already split up into much more than 5 nations.

If you mean the U.S. then yes, with no WMD, it is pretty much ASB given that this is the post-1900 forum. The last realistic chance is pre- Texas annexation. Even a Confederacy wins scenario is very unlikely to lead to five nations.
 
Napoleon does better (still eventually loses). OTL War 1812 happens in 1809. US gains control of Upper Canada and part of lower Canada. US uses as bargainingship, not keeping it. Upeer Canada revolts 10 years earlier in 1827, spreading to Lower Canada in a few years. Fighting occurs into the late 30s, finally declaring independence (seen as illegitimate as they didn't do so well). America recognizes, another war. America wins against war-weary British, keeps U+L Canada.

Adams-Onis Treaty doesn't happen. America gets into a war with Spain in 1823 after a successful War of 1809. Spain cedes Florida, Cuba, and Porto Rico. America buys Texas (different borders). Mexico has an easier time of gaining independence (Butterflies make it lasrt longer but less bloddy. Resulting in them being stronger + no texas = no Mexico America War.

By 1850, America fights a civil War when the CSA secedes. Very bloody war. Results in American MW, CSA, Texas, USA, New England (Conneticut - Lower Canada).

USA becomes a powerful industrial and trading power. CSA becomes a rich agricultural power. MW becomes a mix betweeen Agriculture and Industrial, but low trade. English investers promote NE while Mexican investors promote Texas.




I like that, made it up as I went along. May be my first TL.
 
Not too hard, I can do it without nukes.

In 1933, the Business Plot is successful, they find a more right winged general to lead the march on Washington and they take down FDR. Prescott Bush is made dictator of the United States, now know as simply America.

In response to this, the heavily FDR supporting south attempts sucession again in 1934, but it fails and military forces occupy the deep south. After some obvious racism from the mostly white army, African Americans in the south launch a revolution in 1936 that suceeds and creates the Republic of Afrika, a communist nation where only the black can live.

Without FDR's reforms, the dustbowl continues and is much worse, and the midwest rises into a full revolution of pissed off farmers. The midwest of America becomes the Plains Republic and is a nation with a strong army but lots of poverty, some reforms are pulled off and in the mid 40's the dustbowl is over, but it leaves the nation scarred.

With the west now completely seperated from America, it falls into brief anarchy before an aristocrat takes control, the nation of California is born and becomes a direct democracy, it keeps good relations with the Plains Republic and is probably the best place to live ITTL.

Finally, Alaska, Hawaii, and US Territories notices at various points in this timeline that the fascists in Washington can't do anything about them seceeding form the United States, and become weak governments all around.

And there we go, Balkanized America, after 1900, no nukes.
 
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