A second Kalmar Union is virtually impossible after 1500, as Sweden considered themselves completely distinct from Denmark and wouldn't let themselves be ruled from Copenhagen. Denmark-Norway and Sweden basically fought nonstop from 1524-1801, which should attest to that.2nd kalmar union?
what are your plans for scandanavian colonization?
A second Kalmar Union is virtually impossible after 1500, as Sweden considered themselves completely distinct from Denmark and wouldn't let themselves be ruled from Copenhagen. Denmark-Norway and Sweden basically fought nonstop from 1524-1801, which should attest to that.
And I'm thinking Denmark-Norway can get some outposts in Africa and India that are rather more successful than OTL.
The Americas is a hard one because settler colonies are much different than trading posts. Almost inevitably, settler colonies will be fiercely competitive and drive out all competition, much like OTL in which the many nations who settled North America were eventually reduced to Britain and Spain. Denmark-Norway can't really compete on that level, as they lack the population for heavy settlement. They will probably have some small colony/colonies early on, but will get swallowed up later.what about the americas?
The Americas is a hard one because settler colonies are much different than trading posts. Almost inevitably, settler colonies will be fiercely competitive and drive out all competition, much like OTL in which the many nations who settled North America were eventually reduced to Britain and Spain. Denmark-Norway can't really compete on that level, as they lack the population for heavy settlement. They will probably have some small colony/colonies early on, but will get swallowed up later.
Hudson Bay, eh? That's...actually a really good idea. I think I'll have to take that into account, especially as OTL the English considered it much too inhospitable, but the Danes and Norwegians wouldn't see it as such.what about hudson bay and northeastern north america?
not exactly prime land and the scandanavians and inuit are hardy enough to live there
maybe some norse-inuit metis can found the north american colonies?
heaven on their minds
would like to hear more about india and china and how they might interact with western eurasia
Well I'm going to do "Nation of Brotherly Love", but it takes a while as I am going to compile notes, graphics, maps, and research before I even start.any updates
No, not at all. Due to being much more pro-British than OTL (and IOTL a large segment of the country was already pro-British by the 1790s anyway), the US avoids a war against Canada, choosing rather to turn west and take on French Louisiana and Spanish Mexico.so are the americans going to invade quebec and attempt to annex most of the area
No, not at all. Due to being much more pro-British than OTL (and IOTL a large segment of the country was already pro-British by the 1790s anyway), the US avoids a war against Canada, choosing rather to turn west and take on French Louisiana and Spanish Mexico.
In a manner of speaking.An Ameriwank that heads south (as in geographically)? Now that is an interesting premise. I'm guessing shenanigans will ensue once Napoleon puts his brother on the Spanish throne?
It's alright, heh, but yeah the POD is in 1789, well after the Plains of Abraham and the Brits taking Canada.nevermind
i was thinking of quebec as french country and not ruled by the english
Why would you waste that idea on a TL? That's the sort of idea that sells novels, man.So I voted for #4, but upon further reflection. I say Caeli Caerula all the way. Byzantines and Airships. Can't beat that.
I often thought of some sort of TL with the characters exploring Constantinople in about 1920 when it is a British protectorate after a non-WW1 collapse of the Ottoman Empire. The place ends up as a sort of European version of Shanghai in the 30's. No one is really in charge and every petty crook, spy and novelist in the world passes through at one point or another.