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I had couple disjointed thoughts floating in my head:
- The commonly accepted notion that, if England were to win the HYW, they'd just become an apendage of France, due to demographics. The 'tail wagging the dog' scenario.
- The idea of a Baltic/North Sea Mare Nostrum had always intrigued me.
- Just as a base year, the population of England and Wales in 1400 was 3 mil, and all of Scandinavia was 1.4 mil. Add in Scotland (0.4 mil), Ireland (0.7 mil) and you're still majority English. Adding in the Netherlands (0.9 mil) finally tips the balance to just plurality English (unless you cheat and move the Scots over to the English column).

As a screwy idea: Kalmar Union holds together, inherits the English throne, which produces a similar 'wag the dog' effect. Scotland and Ireland are absorbed. The Netherlands would be nice for this theory, but without them this scenario still provides a very defensisble continental border.
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