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This is a scenario I posited for a flag challenge, but I think it is interesting enough to get its own thread. ITTL, the Knights of Malta sell only St. Croix and St. Kitts to the French West India Company, retaining the islands of St. Martin and St. Barthelemy. The Order later loses Malta in the Napoleonic Wars as in OTL. At the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars, sovereignity over Malta is not restored and the Order permanently transfers its operations to the islands and takes a new name. I think it is possible that the Order could retain the islands through the present day. Thoughts?
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