Hail, Britannia

I’d like to know what’s going on with the German states

 

I thought for sure that the west African country was going to be called Mali

 

I don't believe Fernando de Noronha would be a good place to test nuclear bombs, really. Perhaps in Atlantic Ocean between Benguela would be a little better place.

 

Is the Japanese flag meant to change from the traditional version to the Rising Sun version part way through?

 

I doubt it, i think the rising sun flag version is for everything related to the army (chief of the IJA, number of soldiers) while the traditional flag is for the civilian/official matters (the name of the country on the belligerent list, the emperor)

 

Thanks

Much as OTL. However, the Dutch withdrawal from Indonesia was less disastrous as they held West Papua till the 70s and its now an independent country with the Dutch monarch as head of state. The collapse of French Indochina was equally as bloody as OTL, but the anti-communists won in the end, and Laos and Cambodia are both monarchies with Vietnam as a semi-free democratic republic. Thailand is slightly less prone to coups than OTL, while Burma is a stable multi-party presidential/parliamentary republic. The Portuguese presence in Southeast Asia is larger, covering the entirety of the East Sunda Islands; which gained independence in the 1975 and remains a realm of the Portuguese crown.

Indeed

All in good time. There are lots of things in the pipeline!

Thought about it, but the French called it Nigeria after the river... and the name stuck after independence.

It's a deliberate choice, the Japanese flag represents the nation and civilian leaders, with the Rising Sun flag for the army etc. Same for China, with the Kuomintang flag for the country, and the army flag for the army...

 

I'd actually assumed that the Serbia entry relates more to chemical and biological weapons developed in the late-19th century before the end of Communism. I'd assume the nuclear developments are much like OTL, but don't really lead anywhere.

South and North Haiti are both accused of using various chemical weapons during their long, near two-hundred year long unresolved border dispute and civil war, however evidence is minimal...

I'd actually thought that Brazil tested its nuclear weapons at the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, rather than Fernando de Noronha itself.

 

Wouldn't have expected anything more or less, though I still find it interesting that their developments were major enough to appear in the template box in the first place.

Also good to see more info on the Germanies! Can't wait to hear about the current monarchs of these states and Hungary, especially since for the former, the TTL dynastic developments likely differ in some way to OTL due to when the restorations occurred (Ernst August Christian Georg in Hanover [RIP Georg Wilhelm Christian Albert Edward Alexander Friedrich Waldemar Ernst Adolf], Louis Ferdinand Viktor Eduard Albert Michael Hubertus in Brandenburg, Friedrich Christian Albert Leopold Anno Sylvester Macarius in Saxony and.... wait, which Hesse branch took power?) .

 

still waiting for that Westralia infobox

 

Chill out. This ain't your TL, it's rude to just expect the author to obey your whims. Be patient.

 

I’m a big believer in thoroughness!!

Hanover follows the OTL succession of the House of Hanover; Ernst August III, then IV and now V. Saxony goes to the Wettins; first Friedrich Christian II, then his son Maria Emanuel (taking the regnal name Georg II), then his younger son Albrecht V, and finally his nephew Alexander.

I'm unsure which way to go with Brandenburg, as a lot of the mainline Hohenzollerns were tainted by war crimes during the First World War and Nazi association in the Second... I'm considering Prince Wilhelm-Karl of Prussia as a possible candidate.

With Hesse, the historic territories are unified into a single state, headed by Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine as the first "King of Hesse". He is succeeded by his distant cousin, Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, which unites the Grand Ducal and Electorate branches of the family. Mortiz's father is excluded from the succession due to his involvement with the Nazis.

 

Why not Louis Ferdinand? He was against the Nazis OTL.

 

Who were the companions in Doctor Who ITTL?

 

Ah, so we're going Hesse-Darmstadt rather than Hesse-Kassel, show those electoral bastards who the real House of Hesse is!

Yeah, as I named, Louis Ferdinand Viktor Eduard Albert Michael Hubertus seems to be a good choice - he was a staunch opponent of the Nazis OTL, and is much closer to the line of succession (mainly as a result of his older brother renouncing his successional rights) than Wilhelm-Karl (who is the grandson to Wilhelm II through his fifth son, unlike Louis who is the grandson through the first, the crown prince, hence why he was the head of the House Hohenzollern after his father's death). And I doubt Wilhelm-Karl would leave the Johanniterorden for something as frivolous as a monarchical position, especially if he took the Order very seriously. Him taking the position would be akin to Friedrich August Georg Ferdinand Albert Carl Anton Paul Marcellus, the Jesuit, taking the throne of Saxony.

 

Don't forget the "British Germans" as part of the greater German speaking world. Britischedeutsch is doubtlessly still spoken in Pennsylvania, Missouri and the Ohio Country to an extent ^^

 

No ideas about companions I’m afraid... I imagine they are more diverse given the vast multicultural nature of Britain ITTL.

Yep, Hesse-Darmstadt at first. Then when that line goes extinct the throne passes to Hesse-Kassel

Yeah that’s more or less my thinking. So if we assume Crown Prince Wilhelm abdicates his headship of the Hohenzollerns, his son Louis Ferdinand is crowned King in 1949. Then his son Louis Ferdinand II after him, and then Georg Fredrich as the current king.

Oh definitely!! British Germans are considered part of the greater German speaking world ITTL much the same as the German speaking Swiss. Britischedeutsch is still spoken in Pennsylvania, the Ohio Country (specifically Wisconsin where German settlement creates an interesting political system and landscape), and across northern Missouri.

 

What's Pokémon like ITTL?

 

It is also possible that Louis Ferdinand's eldest son, Friedrich Wilhelm, could succeed him, with a different marriage or a change in the succession law.