Isaac Beach
Banned
This map was going to have a much nicer write-up, one that went into great detail about all the various nations and whatnot, and maybe it still will in future. But because Deviantart is arse it deleted the thousand words I had already written and frankly I'm not given to rewriting all that. So here's an abbreviated history.
The POD is twofold; the American rebels win the Battle of Quebec, and the British crush the Dutch in the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, largely as a reaction to the former. And so, save Hudson and Newfoundland, Britain loses all of their North American territories but gains the Dutch East Indies, which will go on to become known as the Nusantrian Raj. In the ensuing negotiations that found the Commonwealth of Columbia, the added voices of Quebec and Vermont see regionalist sentiment win out over a strong federal government, and state rights are given priority. This is important as it means that coordinating a united response to a given threat or imposition becomes ever more difficult, and this means that when Columbian settlers go West it is difficult to levy any kind of loyalty from them, not helped by thinkers and military leaders (including one young Andrew Jackson) that seek to supplant Spanish and later Mexican authority with their own in what was then northern Mexico(Including Louisiana, which as OTL was transferred to the Spanish Crown).
France still sees a revolution, but it remains a radical republic given to purges and authoritarianism, and are best remembered for defeating the combined forces of Austria and Prussia and thusly dismembering the HRE. But as OTL, they are defeated by a combined coalition spearheaded by Britain. Erstwhile, the combined forces of Columbian settlers, disenfranchised Criollo and dissatisfied French Louisianans overthrow Spanish rule in Louisiana and Tejas (which will, in turn, cause a collapse of Spanish authority in the Americas and Mexico itself) and found the unitary Republic of Tejas, envisaged as the 'proper Columbia'. It is brought into direct conflict with that state, however, over the Mississippi and specifically it's Delta. This paves the way for a bizarre compromise whereby the exiled Bourbons set up shop in New Orleans, where they will remain until the present day.
History happens, colonialism becomes widespread but not as effective as OTL, and there is no precedent like Britain's Indian Raj (both due to less military success and less focus, given they control the East Indies) to spur the other world powers and so much of this world's colonialism is stunted, indirect or left to corporate bodies. It also means colonialism is much slower to die, helped by the fact that there is no singular, all-powerful and most importantly anti-colonial USA to pressure the various colonising states, and in fact Columbia and Tejas both get in on the action come the 1870s. There is also the rise in 'Industrialism', a philosophy much like syndicalism which becomes popular in many industrial states (importantly, it is ideologically tied to industrialisation and so cannot be retrofitted for an agrarian society a la Mao).
After a Great War between Austria and France over the future of northern Italy, France falls to said philosophy. They will later be joined by Brazil who will in turn engulf most of South America with it, it's workers fed up with the industrial oligarchs that had dominated up until that point. When the French Industrial Republic defeats a combined offensive of Britain, Austria, the Netherlands and Prussia much of Europe lurches to the far right. Britain's institutions are too strong for this, but not too strong to see a disintegration in public order and the establishment of an English Republic, with Scotland and Ireland going their own ways. The Hanoverians (no Victoria here) flee abroad and find themselves varyingly in Newfoundland and Nusantria where they establish separate monarchies in exile.
The Russian Empire lasts longer than OTL due to not getting into so many silly destabilising conflicts, but still collapse in the 1920s to an agrarian-backed fascist coup when one particularly daft Tsar restricts the travel rights of the peasantry which in turn sees the Romanovs flee to their scattered Pacific colonies (I'm sure you can see a pattern here). This state of affairs lasts until the mid 1950s, when Austria comes across some interesting scientific data and, in tandem with Spanish, Prussian, Italian and Russian forces, nuke Paris and Marseille and invade France. In the meantime, a similar state of affairs unfolds in North America, sans nukes, when Columbia, Tejas and Bering come down on a newly minted Californian Industrial Republic. And so the world settles into it's current state of affairs.
It faces many of the problems of OTL as of 2017; automation is coming to breach the public conscience, the UIPSA much as OTL China is threatening the dominance of both the Fascist and Democratic blocs, China is split between a radical Catholic regime in the south and a slightly more moderate Genxin Dynasty in the north, the threat of nuclear annihilation is seeing real dialogue develop between the Fascists and Democrats, climate change is threatening the delicately managed agricultural processes of the Fascists and Industrialists, the rise of the Indian subcontinent as a real world contender, and the internet is making the world more aware of one another in all their varying levels of complexity. But there are issues unlike OTL; the continuing revolutionary war in southern Africa, the impending referendum in Hudson to see whether they will leave Newfoundland and join Columbia, the continual occupation of France and liquidation of their culture, and the continued colonialism that takes place across much of the developed world.
The title comes from a description of Richard Montgomery, the commanding American General that was killed at the Battle of Quebec, following his death. There is a belief that had he lived the Americans could maybe have won the Battle. Whether there's any truth to that I am unsure, but it seems appropriate given how colourful this world is, especially ideologically.
The POD is twofold; the American rebels win the Battle of Quebec, and the British crush the Dutch in the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, largely as a reaction to the former. And so, save Hudson and Newfoundland, Britain loses all of their North American territories but gains the Dutch East Indies, which will go on to become known as the Nusantrian Raj. In the ensuing negotiations that found the Commonwealth of Columbia, the added voices of Quebec and Vermont see regionalist sentiment win out over a strong federal government, and state rights are given priority. This is important as it means that coordinating a united response to a given threat or imposition becomes ever more difficult, and this means that when Columbian settlers go West it is difficult to levy any kind of loyalty from them, not helped by thinkers and military leaders (including one young Andrew Jackson) that seek to supplant Spanish and later Mexican authority with their own in what was then northern Mexico(Including Louisiana, which as OTL was transferred to the Spanish Crown).
France still sees a revolution, but it remains a radical republic given to purges and authoritarianism, and are best remembered for defeating the combined forces of Austria and Prussia and thusly dismembering the HRE. But as OTL, they are defeated by a combined coalition spearheaded by Britain. Erstwhile, the combined forces of Columbian settlers, disenfranchised Criollo and dissatisfied French Louisianans overthrow Spanish rule in Louisiana and Tejas (which will, in turn, cause a collapse of Spanish authority in the Americas and Mexico itself) and found the unitary Republic of Tejas, envisaged as the 'proper Columbia'. It is brought into direct conflict with that state, however, over the Mississippi and specifically it's Delta. This paves the way for a bizarre compromise whereby the exiled Bourbons set up shop in New Orleans, where they will remain until the present day.
History happens, colonialism becomes widespread but not as effective as OTL, and there is no precedent like Britain's Indian Raj (both due to less military success and less focus, given they control the East Indies) to spur the other world powers and so much of this world's colonialism is stunted, indirect or left to corporate bodies. It also means colonialism is much slower to die, helped by the fact that there is no singular, all-powerful and most importantly anti-colonial USA to pressure the various colonising states, and in fact Columbia and Tejas both get in on the action come the 1870s. There is also the rise in 'Industrialism', a philosophy much like syndicalism which becomes popular in many industrial states (importantly, it is ideologically tied to industrialisation and so cannot be retrofitted for an agrarian society a la Mao).
After a Great War between Austria and France over the future of northern Italy, France falls to said philosophy. They will later be joined by Brazil who will in turn engulf most of South America with it, it's workers fed up with the industrial oligarchs that had dominated up until that point. When the French Industrial Republic defeats a combined offensive of Britain, Austria, the Netherlands and Prussia much of Europe lurches to the far right. Britain's institutions are too strong for this, but not too strong to see a disintegration in public order and the establishment of an English Republic, with Scotland and Ireland going their own ways. The Hanoverians (no Victoria here) flee abroad and find themselves varyingly in Newfoundland and Nusantria where they establish separate monarchies in exile.
The Russian Empire lasts longer than OTL due to not getting into so many silly destabilising conflicts, but still collapse in the 1920s to an agrarian-backed fascist coup when one particularly daft Tsar restricts the travel rights of the peasantry which in turn sees the Romanovs flee to their scattered Pacific colonies (I'm sure you can see a pattern here). This state of affairs lasts until the mid 1950s, when Austria comes across some interesting scientific data and, in tandem with Spanish, Prussian, Italian and Russian forces, nuke Paris and Marseille and invade France. In the meantime, a similar state of affairs unfolds in North America, sans nukes, when Columbia, Tejas and Bering come down on a newly minted Californian Industrial Republic. And so the world settles into it's current state of affairs.
It faces many of the problems of OTL as of 2017; automation is coming to breach the public conscience, the UIPSA much as OTL China is threatening the dominance of both the Fascist and Democratic blocs, China is split between a radical Catholic regime in the south and a slightly more moderate Genxin Dynasty in the north, the threat of nuclear annihilation is seeing real dialogue develop between the Fascists and Democrats, climate change is threatening the delicately managed agricultural processes of the Fascists and Industrialists, the rise of the Indian subcontinent as a real world contender, and the internet is making the world more aware of one another in all their varying levels of complexity. But there are issues unlike OTL; the continuing revolutionary war in southern Africa, the impending referendum in Hudson to see whether they will leave Newfoundland and join Columbia, the continual occupation of France and liquidation of their culture, and the continued colonialism that takes place across much of the developed world.
The title comes from a description of Richard Montgomery, the commanding American General that was killed at the Battle of Quebec, following his death. There is a belief that had he lived the Americans could maybe have won the Battle. Whether there's any truth to that I am unsure, but it seems appropriate given how colourful this world is, especially ideologically.
