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So I recently decided that 1944 will likely be my last "chapter" for ANFTP. As I've said, I want to go back and rework it, and will probably end up doing that come this summer when I have more time then I know what to do with. But as they say, idle hands are the devil's playthings, so I decided that I want to begin planning a 2nd proper TL and thought I'd take a page out of dreadnought jenkins' play book and ask you all. If you haven't gathered by my name, the fact that they're the only thing I really ever talk about, or my last TL, all of my ideas revolve around Habsburgwankage.

1st We Have:
All Hail Germania
The basic idea is that Columbus gets rejected by most of the Royal Courts in Europe and eventually find himself in the Holy Roman Emperor's Court. Maximilian agrees to finance Columbus based with wealth from his dead wife's inheritance. The Wealth of the new world flows into the Habsburg coffers, and with it they are able to begin to centralize power. The Reformation allows the Imperial Family to finally assume total control, with Philip I converting to Lutheranism. What we know as the "Spanish" Line survives via Balthazar I, who also becomes a Germanic Louis XIV, establishing Absolutist rule and a mythology around the Habsburgs that would have made Maximilian I proud. Random other landmarks would include a Burgundian Kingdom (until it is absorbed when the HRE is fully centralized), Ferdinand II being Ferdinand I/IV in Iberia, and general beating on the Ottomans.

Number 2:
Leopold Johann Survives (Title Under Construction)
I realize this idea was recently discussed, I've actually been playing with it for a while now. Anyway, the basic idea is that Leopold Johann survives to become Leopold III, Holy Roman Emperor. In that time the War of Polish Succession plays out differently (similar to how it played out in my mini TL I posted in the map thread:https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?p=2297280#post2297280) . Landmarks include an American Monarchy under the House of Hannover, the Bavaria-Belgium swap, and I'd likely reuse several of my ideas from the mini TL.

Final Idea:
Because of My Father (Working Title)
Archduke Franz Karl isn't an apathetic, unambitious man, instead he is much like his wife. While he has no desire to take the Austrian Throne himself, he dreams that one day his son Franz Joseph will reign over all of Germany. As as result, Franz Joseph becomes a staunch German Nationalist, believing that it is his right and destiny to rule over all of Germany and that his future Hungarian, Polish, and Italian titles are all merely means to an end.

So thoughts, comments, and suggestions?
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