Okay, so this is going to have a lot of add-ons regarding bonus points here. With a POD no earlier than 1789, make it so that Paraguay (or some Paraguay-like entity centered roughly around Asuncion, due to the POD) remains one of the most developed countries in South America.
Bonus points if:
1) The POD is after Paraguayan independence
2) You manage to wank Paraguay (tricky, and hence why it's a secondary goal. The primary goal is development like that which occurred under Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia, not territorial enlargement.)
3) You manage it with the same people in power as OTL (especially Solano Lopez, that'd be an interesting challenge).
4) You manage to make Paraguay democratic by, let's say, 1850 at the latest.
5) You manage to make Paraguay a country with decent civil and political rights (again by 1850, but the country doesn't have to fulfill number 4- at least in terms of being democratic in the modern sense of the term.)
6) You recommend a good timeline with some similarities to this scenario.
Obviously you don't have to fulfill all the bonuses, as some seem like they very well may be contradictory (though I congratulate you if you can). Just take some (or all, or none) and run with them.
Bonus points if:
1) The POD is after Paraguayan independence
2) You manage to wank Paraguay (tricky, and hence why it's a secondary goal. The primary goal is development like that which occurred under Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia, not territorial enlargement.)
3) You manage it with the same people in power as OTL (especially Solano Lopez, that'd be an interesting challenge).
4) You manage to make Paraguay democratic by, let's say, 1850 at the latest.
5) You manage to make Paraguay a country with decent civil and political rights (again by 1850, but the country doesn't have to fulfill number 4- at least in terms of being democratic in the modern sense of the term.)
6) You recommend a good timeline with some similarities to this scenario.
Obviously you don't have to fulfill all the bonuses, as some seem like they very well may be contradictory (though I congratulate you if you can). Just take some (or all, or none) and run with them.
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