As we all know, Portugal was the only European country not to pull out of its colonies in the second half of the twentieth century. Instead, it managed to integrate them into a democratic, pluricontinental and multiracial federation that persists until today.
The Portuguese Federal Republic has now Africa's highest HDI, one of its largest economies, and is widely recognized as a regional great power.
If Portugal, for some reason (maybe a less visionary government) had ultimately been forced to decolonize just like everyone else, how would that have changed the world?
What would Portugal be like?
What would the new Portuguese-speaking nations of Africa be like?
Would Timor be Indoneasian?
Would Macau be Chinese?
What about the geopolitical implications?