AHC: Explain this map

Austro-Slavic Empire. That is interesting.

I am going to go on a limb and say that the German-Czech power sharing in Bohemia has succeeded overall? Or perhaps the Croatians are second in command to the Austrians? (I predict the latter however steady relations with the Czechs will be key)
 
This is a big win for Russia. Two of their main wargoals, Gallicia and the straits, are in the pocket. I think the PoD is in 1915, a grand failure of the German/Austrian offensives in Galicia. Around that time in Otl the Russian government finally got a promise from France/England, that Russia could take the straits after the war.
 

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Some form of "Conference" as opposed to Diktat to settle the War? A general feeling of exhaustion as opposed to stubborn slaughter and pursuit of "total victory" from OTL?
 
This is a big win for Russia. Two of their main wargoals, Gallicia and the straits, are in the pocket. I think the PoD is in 1915, a grand failure of the German/Austrian offensives in Galicia. Around that time in Otl the Russian government finally got a promise from France/England, that Russia could take the straits after the war.

If Russia ended up with that big of a win, why would they end up ceding part of Congress Poland that they already owned to Germany, and not just demanding the parts of German territory they were in occupation of and that Germany evacuated the sliver of Congress Poland it occupied?
 
If Russia ended up with that big of a win, why would they end up ceding part of Congress Poland that they already owned to Germany, and not just demanding the parts of German territory they were in occupation of and that Germany evacuated the sliver of Congress Poland it occupied?
Easy concession to make when you're winning this big and achieve a goal you're striving for for at least half a century. Maybe to placate Germany, so they feel safer, because there's some more distance between Berlin and the border.
 
What of the smaller, strange changes: Austria loosing South Tirol but not Triest. And Hungary lost only one of its counties (Hunyad/Hunedoara) to Romania. Serbia annexed Bosnia, Montenegro and most of Albania. Greece gained the southern bit of Albania and a lot of southern Bulgaria. Russia got Constantinople and Gallipoli is simply left blank. Also to me it looks like Germany still has Eupen-Malmédy meaning no Belgian war? I also dont think Danemark regained any territory from Germany.
 

PoD is that Bulgaria is more successful in the First Balkan War and takes Constantinople and Gallipoli.

Then, as OTL, Bulgaria launches the Second Balkan War and gets curbstomped even worse. As Bulgaria collapses, Turkey threatens to retake Constantinople, which is occupied by Russia to prevent this. Britain is alarmed, but Russia suggests that Britain occupy Gallipoli, and thus have control over anyone sortieing from the Black Sea.

Meanwhile Greece marches across Bulgarian Thrace (with tacit Russian support, as Russia is annoyed with Bulgaria for taking Constantinople), and Romania adds a piece to Dobruja.

Next comes WW I. With Turkey neutral and the Straits open to shipping, Russia does much better on the Eastern Front. The war ends in 1916 with Wilhelm's abdication in disgrace. Italy enters the war late, and gains only the Trentino and South Tyrol.

(I have no explanation whatever for how Serbia annexes Albania.)

France gets Alsace and Lorraine back. Russia conquers Prussia and Galicia, and keeps them, adding both to a revived satellite Kingdom of Poland.

After the war, Hungary repudiates the Ausgleich with Austria, and defeats Austria's attempt to reinstate control. Hungary cedes a chunk of land to Romania to buy their neutrality during this conflict. (Why that area and not part of Transylvania? Idunno, maybe local guys staged an insurrection and Romania picked it up.)

Several areas on the map are marked with hatch lines. These are areas of violent political unrest, verging on insurrection. I.e. Ireland, Prussia, Slavonia, and Dalmatia.

Sufficient?
 
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"Austroslavic Empire" sounds like it should either be a union of South ("Austral") Slavs a.k.a. Yugoslavia, or a union of East ("Oster") Slavs a.k.a. Russia.
 
  1. The Russians win the Russo-Japanese War, perhaps by being patient and not rushing into things
  2. The Revolutions of 1905 is either mitigated, or butterflied away.
  3. *insert Russian reforms here*
  4. ????
  5. Russians dominate the Eastern Front upon the declaration of WWI
  6. Germany and Austria decide to end the war early in a negotiated surrender.
  7. Ottomans get screwed bigtime.
  8. A less revanchist peace treaty is signed between the Central Powers, and the Entente.
  9. Habsburg Empire split into Austria and Hungary
 
After the war, Hungary repudiates the Ausgleich with Austria, and defeats Austria's attempt to reinstate control. Hungary cedes a chunk of land to Romania to buy their neutrality during this conflict. (Why that area and not part of Transylvania? Idunno, maybe local guys staged an insurrection and Romania picked it up.)
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That area (Hunyad/Hunedoara) is a part of Transylvania.
 
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