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hey, all. i've playing Assassin's Creed III and one thing that it reminded me of was that the British employed lots of Germans from the as-yet not-unified Germany as mercenaries during the Revolutionary Wars.
now, one divergence from OTL in my ASB ATL is that Germany is disunited and stays that way (though the German states are closely tied diplomatically). what does everyone think would be the reputation of Germans as a whole outside of *Germany and particularly outside of Europe? could it perhaps be that German mercenaries continue being employed not only by Britain, but by all sorts of countries (similar to the Swiss Guards)?
as a note, the German states ITTL are:
Baden
Brandenburg (city-state)
Hanover
Hesse
Prussia
Saxony
South German Confederation (largely Bavaria and Wurttemberg)
possibly Pomerania (i'm still deciding if it's independent or part of Sweden)