AHC: Balkanise Borneo!

Rush Tarquin

Gone Fishin'
The challenge is to balkanise the island of Borneo with a POD after the start of the Napoleonic Wars. Most states = most points. Bonus points if you include a timeline or outline.
 

Rush Tarquin

Gone Fishin'
Here's my stab at it:

Banjar Kingdom
Sultanate of Sulu
British North Borneo (Sabah)
Brooke's Sarawak
Sultanate of Sambas
Sultanate of Gunung Tabur
Sultanate of Sambaliung
Sultanate of Bulungung
Kutai
Dutch South Kalimantan
Lanfang Republic
 
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Rush Tarquin

Gone Fishin'
Maybe Hare's Banjarmasin too if he can find a way to hold onto it.

But the big question is what event/situation would prevent the Dutch and British from expanding their claims.
 
Yeah, so add that to the list. Which might take away from another entry.
Didn't that good old butcher Leopold of Belgium try to put his blood-dirty greedy hands on the place too?

I didn't know that. Mother fuck Leopold.
 
I seem to recall reading years ago that the Austrians were briefly interested too.

It was more a random initiative, but yes, there was some talk about it.
There was also an Italian guy who had figured out the place could be a suitable penal colony for Italy. I don't recall whether the Italian govt. ever took this seriously.
 
This could use a map. What if we saw "native" states federated under Belgian/Leopoldine "protection" and paramountcy?
 
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