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Historically during the Great Northern War Charles XII developed a desire to depose Augustus the Strong. When Charles finally got around to calling an assembly to elect his candidate he offered the position to James Sobieski and asked him to come to Warsaw. However James was kidnapped by Augustus enroute which deprived Charles of his candidate. Eventually Charles settled on Stanislaus Leszczynski. Leszczynski was not at all an adequate replacement for Sobieski, not only did he lack the support but he lacked the political acumen for the job. When Charles finally exited Poland for Russia, Stanislaus quickly lost control of the country. But what if James had made it to WarsW and been elected? What effect might it have had on the Great Northern War?