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What it says on the tin. What's a realistic series of PODs that lead to a world-wank after 1900 and leading to an alternative 2010?

Basically I'm asking WI you have a TL in which there's Ameriwank, Britwank, and etc., all happening at the same time? :D

Obviously, this means no Hitlerwank, Stalinwank, etc, simply because world-domination by evil powers tends to hamper world progress. But that doesn't mean that you still can't have multiple empires come to a zenith circa the same period, or that you can't have conflict, war, depression, regression, and all around nastiness, etc. As long as at the end of the day, things are looking on the up-and-up. The late colonial/imperial period just before WWI is the closest I think the world ever came to such a thing.

Lets be realistic about this though (or as realistic as possible). Sudden Ethiopian modernization and industrialization is going to change a lot of stuff (not just Italy!). Even things happening exactly the same way they did IOTL could have drastically different results around the globe in the context of this TL.

One more thing; by wank I don't just mean greatest territorial expansion possible. I also means that this TL is stable, and prosperous. Ie, the common man is enjoying a better lifestyle, which is sustainable, than he would be IOTL. Not only is he living higher on the horse, he's safer, or as safe, as he would be in IOTL.

I'm also willing to entertain PODs that technically happen prior to 1900, but whose full affect wouldn't be felt until 1900 and beyond. So, a different Fashoda Incident, Boxer Rebellion (or none at all!), or America not annexing the territory of Hawai'i would all technically be prior to 1900, but for the purposes of this TL are de facto post-1900 events.'
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