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With a POD of your choice, have all territory west of the Oder river speak a Latin/Romance language.
Some ideas for PODs:
- Roman conquest of Germania
- Surviving Frankish Empire
- Catholic influence much stronger, resulting in a Latin-speaking Catholic world
Bonus points if there is little or no ethnic boundary between OTL French and Germans (perhaps more like the Scandinavian countries?)