God is a Frenchman

Wendell · Mar 16, 2006

It's the Pax Francia...

fhaessig · Mar 17, 2006

Anaxagoras said:
1827:

A complete translation of the Hindu holy books is published in Paris for the first time, and for weeks the intellectual salons can talk of little else.

Is Kamasutra included in the package?

fhaessig · Mar 17, 2006

Anaxagoras said:
1827:
The fear which both Malraux and Louis share is that these reforms will be undone when Henri takes the throne as King of France.
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In fact both seem to have enough foresight to predict that If Henri takes power a revolution ( on the english model, they will think ) is likely in France.

If they try to forestall this, I see two solutions :
+ either they give enougth power to the Etat generaux or the provincial parliaments to block a conservative king from forcing the change it wants
+ If henry has a heir yet, Louis could cut Henry out of the succession and make Henry's heir his heir.

Either of these are difficult to implement and will lead to a clash with the conservator, without any guarenty, should Louis die soon. But they seem the better than wait for an inevitable explosion.

BTW, Henry sounds a bit like OTL Charles X; am I wrong in my understanding? Will we see a Law 'du milliard des nobles' if he takes power?

Andrei · Mar 17, 2006

Very interesting time-line , but I have one question though: If France's most powerful rival is Russia , why do the French undermine the Ottomans by supporting the Greeks?

Anaxagoras · Mar 17, 2006

fhaessig said:
Is Kamasutra included in the package?

It's the French we're talking about, so I think the answer is obviously yes.

Anaxagoras · Mar 17, 2006

Andrei said:
Very interesting time-line , but I have one question though: If France's most powerful rival is Russia , why do the French undermine the Ottomans by supporting the Greeks?

To curry favor with the Austrians. It may not be the wisest course of action in the long run. We'll see.

Tizoc · Mar 17, 2006

BTW, how many children, especially sons, Louis XVII does have? If he has another son...

Anaxagoras said:
Well, Tizoc, it's my alternate history. I say the French ships were slightly superior, and *poof* they were.

God is a Frenchman, it seems

Anaxagoras · Mar 17, 2006

Tizoc said:
BTW, how many children, especially sons, Louis XVII does have? If he has another son...

Henri is his only son.

Tizoc said:
God is a Frenchman, it seems

Indeed.

bill_bruno · Mar 17, 2006

Franco-Spanish unity?

What is Europe going do to re that problem, when Henri inherits the French throne. Didn't the Utrecht treaty bar that, in fact?

luakel · Mar 17, 2006

Looks pretty good so far, but is there any chance of expansion for the Dominion of America?

Tizoc · Mar 18, 2006

Anaxagoras said:
Henri is his only son.

Does Louis XVII has any daughters?

PoorBoy · Mar 18, 2006

bill_bruno said:
What is Europe going do to re that problem, when Henri inherits the French throne. Didn't the Utrecht treaty bar that, in fact?

Funny you mentioned that. With Enrique growing up to be more Conservative in Spain, Louis might as well use the treaty as an excuse to bar Enrique (Henri) from succeeding the French throne, opting for the Duc d'Orleans instead. Then a War of French Succession may erupt. Ironic, isn't it?

bill_bruno · Mar 18, 2006

Indo-European

Does the translation of the Vedic books mean that the French will start pioneering historical linguistics, noting the similarity between Sanskrit and Greek & Latin?

Anaxagoras · Mar 20, 2006

bill_bruno said:
What is Europe going do to re that problem, when Henri inherits the French throne. Didn't the Utrecht treaty bar that, in fact?

Time and the reality of French power means that most people are expecting the Treaty of Utrecht to be ignored. King Louis XVII is looking at it closely himself, however.

tom · Mar 20, 2006

Excellent! Is there any chance of the Dominion being conquered by New France? This just might make my challenge for English in the Islands only come true with a later PoD than I would have believed possible!

Anaxagoras · Mar 20, 2006

tom said:
Excellent! Is there any chance of the Dominion being conquered by New France?

Probably not. The population of the Dominion of America is about ten million, and I don't see how New France could assimilate such a large English-speaking, non-French population, particularly as the people of the Dominion would likely be rather hostile to the idea.

On the other hand, there's no much chance that the Dominion will expand anytime, for more or less the same reasons vis-a-vis New France.

tom · Mar 21, 2006

Well, at least English is restricted to an island group and a narrow strip of land. That should knock it out of the top ten, instead of the top two like it is here. They should have nukes by 2006, let's see if they use them (a poster here once wrote you have to use the damn things to learn why you don't want to use them).

Wendell · Mar 21, 2006

Anaxagoras said:
Probably not. The population of the Dominion of America is about ten million, and I don't see how New France could assimilate such a large English-speaking, non-French population, particularly as the people of the Dominion would likely be rather hostile to the idea.

On the other hand, there's no much chance that the Dominion will expand anytime, for more or less the same reasons vis-a-vis New France.

How many people in the Dom. of Am. speak French? Certainly, there are some trade ties...

Anaxagoras · Mar 21, 2006

tom said:
They should have nukes by 2006, let's see if they use them (a poster here once wrote you have to use the damn things to learn why you don't want to use them).

Maybe, but in a world where French culture dominates, you'd expect people to have better manners.

bill_bruno · Mar 21, 2006

Balance of power

Anaxagoras said:
Time and the reality of French power means that most people are expecting the Treaty of Utrecht to be ignored. King Louis XVII is looking at it closely himself, however.

Why isn't the balance of power going to result in everyone piling on France if that happens? Can France fend off all of Europe?