In defiance of conventional wisdom on this board, item:
The Habsburg Empire Must Collapse, and:
Its Only Ameriwank When We Rule More Than Half Of Europe In Addition To All Of The Americas, Otherwise It Is Our Preordained Fate,...
Where was I? Oh, yes. We, the United People's Front of Habsburgophilia (or was it the Popular Front?) issue the following challenge:
Your Mission, if y'all choose to accept it, is to make the following map a contemporary one with a POD between 1618 and 1815.
Btw, the small Text in 'Jefferson' means: Leased for 100 years to the Danube Monarchy.
1000 extra points if the US still has slavery, is an international pariah and is seen as less civilized than Serbia.

Wage slavery doesn't count-
alternate history, remember?
5000 extra points if Slobodan Milosevic, Huey Long and Benito Mussolini were all past US presidents- probably slightly anglicised in the case of Slobo and Bennie.