What would it take for there to be a country where social progress lags significantly behind economic progress? Like a first world developed country where women were granted the right to vote in the 80s. And not by suddenly attaining a bunch of wealth via natural resources like Persian gulf nations.
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Some serious What If… material in here.
FBI reveals 1980s plot to kill Queen Elizabeth II
Newly released FBI documents say there were “ever-present“ IRA threats during her US visits.
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Drat, forgot about them! 😩
Honestly, I wonder if this would make a better pre-1900 POD. Because unfortunately, France has a pretty high turnover when it comes to governments — not least of which whether it remains a monarchy or not, at least after the French Revolution.
Could a much more unitary European Union that would like definition-wise be technically a democracy but not a republic fit the criteria?
Well it could technically be made up of all the European countries but the microstates and if its not a republic that's what you wanted right?
I think OTL America in the 1930s to 1980s or 1870s to 1920s, as well as South Korea in the Dictatorship Era, is an excellent example of what you're looking for: a country that was economically very prosperous and wealthy but socially completely the other way around. Which in turn I think is a good counterpoint to the (false) belief that social progress and economic progress are intrinsically linked.
One What If I would like to read explored is Britain staying in EFTA and not joining the EEC.
How does not being in the bloc effect both Europe and the UK? The EEC misses out on a lot of funds, but missing a lot of rows and possibly a brake on integration?
What effect on the Conservatives and Labour parties?
Being the largest economy in EFTA will have an effect on that organisation too - do countries like Ireland leave EFTA for the EEC or do they stay?
Would the UK failing to get in stop other countries trying? Esp in the East once/if the curtain comes down?
How does not being in the bloc effect both Europe and the UK? The EEC misses out on a lot of funds, but missing a lot of rows and possibly a brake on integration?
What effect on the Conservatives and Labour parties?
Being the largest economy in EFTA will have an effect on that organisation too - do countries like Ireland leave EFTA for the EEC or do they stay?
Would the UK failing to get in stop other countries trying? Esp in the East once/if the curtain comes down?
In such scenario, how much could the CEFTA and Visegrád Group replace the EU for the region?
‘Nazi Analogues In A Central Powers Victory TL?’.
Besides Imperial Germany being nasty in the east (despite butterflying OG Nazis), I the Ottomans will probably continue their own series of genocides. Might take a bit more of everything going horribly astray to make them reach “Holy CP Hitler, Batman!” levels of mass-murderous, but the groundwork for atrocities that could escalate to that point is still there.
Besides Imperial Germany being nasty in the east (despite butterflying OG Nazis), I the Ottomans will probably continue their own series of genocides. Might take a bit more of everything going horribly astray to make them reach “Holy CP Hitler, Batman!” levels of mass-murderous, but the groundwork for atrocities that could escalate to that point is still there.
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But the restoration of the Bourbons was almost a given except for the falling out between Chambord and the Orleanists.
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There is also the "assumption" that in a Central Powers victory world, France will end up restoring the monarchy in some form, due not least to the utter defeat of the Republic