AHC: an Aromanian nation

Sebbywafers

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Exactly what is says on the tin. At any point in history, create a nation dominated by Aromanians (Vlachs) of the Southern Balkans. This can be done with any POD you like as long as it's realistic.
 
The best way is to avoid their assimilation into the local Greeks, Slavs, and Albanians. That's not easy. The best way would be to alter the dynamics of Ottoman-era Albania. And have Moscopole not sacked by the Albanians, and keep it a fluorishing center of Orthodox Christianity. Then later, have the Aromanians undergo a strong national revival and eventually get their own nation state. Best-case is it would span northwestern Greece, southern Albania, and bits of southwestern Macedonia. That might incidentally count as an Aromanian-wank, but it seems doable.
 
Make the Byzantines defeat Bulgarians early on in the 900s. No Slavs in Macedonia/ FYROM .. hence a place for Aromanians
Or: during the Frankokratia, create a statelet in Thessaly, , and make the crusaders be overthrown by an Aromanian chieftain. The Aromanians will settle in Thessaly, and by 1900s still remain predominat in the western half of Thessally.
 
Have the Greeks do something to get under the Ottomans' ire (a rebellion?) around the early 18th century and in retaliation, the Ottoman Sultan declares that the Aromanians would be given their own millet; let's say in addition he decides to push the Aromanians into settling in Epirus and Thessaly. In time, the Aromanians would have time to grow their own institutions and have their own schools autonomous from the Greeks - lel national revival. When the Ottoman Empire is collapsing, the Aromanians appeal to the Sultan and receive an autonomous state which eventually gets full independence - much to Greece's ire. The Western powers don't mind the existence of an Aromanian state because it puts a check on Greece and Russia likes denying Greece a chance to Constantinople.
 
So technically, an Aromanian Epirus.

Basically, but not including the southernmost parts of it (or could it--I think any independent Aromanian entity is pretty difficult considering the historic background of the ethnic group). Population about a million, probably mostly concentrated in Moscopole or whatever city ends up being the capital. Economy mostly agricultural with some light industry and bauxite mining. It'll probably end up as a satellite state of a united Italy at some point, but possibly also a stronger Greece or Yugoslavia.
 
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