AHC: World Domination in 200 years

Here is a challenge, choose any country, the goal is to have it rule the world by Dec 31, 2012. The PoD must not be before June 1, 1812.

Additional points the smaller the country and the latter the PoD.
 
The US, the British Empire, a Nazi empire with a hundred and twenty years of divergence beforehand, or a 'global communist revolution' have the best chance of dominating the world.
 
I can see it now. Our world, under the benevolent rule of:

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If that somehow fails, then the best bet would be the United States. British Empire is, in my opinion, too colonial minded to rule the world, and doesn't have the industrial potential. The U.S after WW2 {that went worse for the Soviets} may acquire total hegemony.
 
The USA, post-WWII, one where the Soviet Union has been gutted even further than OTL, and the USA retains sole control over it's nuclear secrets.
 
Would it be possible for China or Russia?
Requires major PODs and quite handwavium, but I think it'd marginally doable for Russia. China seems harder. Now, if they start modernizing early at a frantic pace and are extremely lucky... I suppose they they'll be setting out recipe for disaster in most cases. Maybe not ASB, but extremely unlikely.
 
what about Perú, 1781, with the revolution of Tupac Amaru II, one of the last incas descendent, he could have changed the future of Perú and South América
 
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The USA, post-WWII, one where the Soviet Union has been gutted even further than OTL, and the USA retains sole control over it's nuclear secrets.

The USA never had "sole control" over its nuclear secrets, because of the high level of British involvement with the Manhattan Project.
 
June 1812:


The coountries surrounding
Luxembourg
voluntarily start joining it, one by one, with the slightest bit of guidance from the glorious Space Bats. Because, what harm could little Luxembourg cause?

Dec 31, 2012: The last country to join, Chile, is In.

Scenario complete. :cool::eek::eek:
 
what about Perú, 1781, with the revolution of Tupac Amaru II, one of the last incas descendent, he could have changed the future of Perú and South América

First, its before the OP requirement.
Second, while I can see a reborn Inca Empire stretching through much of South America, I doubt it can ever dominate the world.
 
First, its before the OP requirement.
Second, while I can see a reborn Inca Empire stretching through much of South America, I doubt it can ever dominate the world.
well, sorry, how about after the indepndence declaration, 1821? what if San Martin convince the upper class and start a new country with a lot of resources and population at dispose, he could have gotten together almost all south america and start a new age
 
June 1812:


The coountries surrounding
Luxembourg
voluntarily start joining it, one by one,
But in June 1812, isn't Luxembourg just a 'department' or two within the French Empire?


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1860s: When the British Empire grants 'dominion' status to Canada it also sets up an Imperial Parliament -- to handle international affairs, and defence -- in which the UK, Canada (and, later on, other dominions) and self-governing colonies are all represented. As time goes by this system expands to cover not only lands that had actually been under British rule but also various others that see membership as an advantage for reasons of mutual defence and/or 'imperial preference' in trade: Our old ally Portugal joins shortly after becoming a republic in 1910, for example.
Nations that lose wars in which the British are on the winning side get offered associate membership as a part of the 'reconstruction' process, as do new nations that arise as a result of other empires fragmenting during those wars, and in many cases those countries eventually apply for transition to full membership instead. As the 'Commonwealth' (as it is now called) continues to expand, some nations are drawn into joining simply because their neighbours have already done so and getting left out therefore seems inadvisable. Eventually the momentum becomes unstoppable...

1st June, 2012: The last seven formerly-separate nations on Earth (USA, Alaskan Free State, Switzerland, Vatican City, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Pakhtunistan) all join the Commonwealth -- by treaties -- on a single day.
 
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June 12, 1812 would be right in time to have a POD where Napoleon doesn't invade Russia, or where he gets his logistics together enough where he isn't defeated (even avoiding catastrophic defeat would be a plus here, really). I don't know enough specifics about the Napoleonic wars to say exactly how it would go otherwise but I would have to think that if he weren't defeated in Russia, there'd be some chance of the French empire coming to conquer Europe in time. It's got 200 years to do it, so...
 
I think your best shot is to have the American Revolution averted, the British Empire evolves into some sort of flexible federal structure, with Ireland and Hannover also joining. A powerful France and a collapse of Austria after revolutions causes various German states to enter the British Federation for protection, something Britain is willing to back to hem in France. The Imperial Federation goes on to take all of OTL's American and British Empires. When the Second Industrial Revolution kicks off, powerful business interests cause the Empire to take formal control of her informal empire, so as to prevent French competition. Finally, Franco-Iberia gets some nasty right-wing dictator in the 20th Century, and the resulting Great War ultimately results in the collapse of Franco-Iberia and Russia, they get divided into smaller liberal states who are compelled to join the Empire, which is reformatted as the United Commonwealth of Nations along more democratic lines. Various remaining countries join as membership becomes the only way for international acceptance.
 
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