my favourites
My favourites in order of preference: Note - I am sticking only to Europe, the Asian ones are very different, and I prefer not to compare the two.
1) Savoie (come on, does no one here love the little duchy that straddled the Alps?)
2) Republic of Venice - Would have loved to see them survive, reform and emerge as a modern state in north eastern Italy.
3) Bohemia - Funnily enough, the union of Bohemia and Moravia exists as the current Czech Republic, but it is not the same thing as the older version. Would have loved to see how the Hussite traditions would have continued, if they were not crushed by the HRE and then incorporated into the Habsburg dominions.
4) Brittany - would have liked to see a Celtic state on the Continent.
5) Scotland - The proud, hardy people of the highlands, with their tradition of resistance to every wannabe conqueror.
6) Bavaria - Should have been interesting if it had developed as a Catholic German counterweight to both Prussia and Austria.
7) Aragon - Just to see a different Spanish viewpoint (apart from the Castilian, I would have love to see an independent Aragon)
8) Burgundy - What would the reformation do to them, if they were not absorbed into the Habsburg behemoth? Would they be able to reconcile their differences?
And for the last two, these are more unlikely, but I would be interested in hearing people's opinions about it.
9) Kingdom of Leon - If it had not been united with Castile, would it have been very different (or any different, perhaps) from Castile itself?
10) A Grand union of Baltic Duchies, preferably still Pagan. Could it even have existed in face of Christian hostility? A grand union of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, old Prussia, Livonia and possibly even, a pagan Finland)? This is an idea I have long wanted to explore, but I don't have enough knowledge about it. Would welcome any ideas, even references about it.
My favourites in order of preference: Note - I am sticking only to Europe, the Asian ones are very different, and I prefer not to compare the two.
1) Savoie (come on, does no one here love the little duchy that straddled the Alps?)
2) Republic of Venice - Would have loved to see them survive, reform and emerge as a modern state in north eastern Italy.
3) Bohemia - Funnily enough, the union of Bohemia and Moravia exists as the current Czech Republic, but it is not the same thing as the older version. Would have loved to see how the Hussite traditions would have continued, if they were not crushed by the HRE and then incorporated into the Habsburg dominions.
4) Brittany - would have liked to see a Celtic state on the Continent.
5) Scotland - The proud, hardy people of the highlands, with their tradition of resistance to every wannabe conqueror.
6) Bavaria - Should have been interesting if it had developed as a Catholic German counterweight to both Prussia and Austria.
7) Aragon - Just to see a different Spanish viewpoint (apart from the Castilian, I would have love to see an independent Aragon)
8) Burgundy - What would the reformation do to them, if they were not absorbed into the Habsburg behemoth? Would they be able to reconcile their differences?
And for the last two, these are more unlikely, but I would be interested in hearing people's opinions about it.
9) Kingdom of Leon - If it had not been united with Castile, would it have been very different (or any different, perhaps) from Castile itself?
10) A Grand union of Baltic Duchies, preferably still Pagan. Could it even have existed in face of Christian hostility? A grand union of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, old Prussia, Livonia and possibly even, a pagan Finland)? This is an idea I have long wanted to explore, but I don't have enough knowledge about it. Would welcome any ideas, even references about it.