This is a rough draft of something I am working on, I hope it gets more attention than my last two posts which have yet to have a post


I will even include a map of Europe, but let me know what you think of the rough draft
The Event
-Tsar Nicholas II is assassinated in St Petersburg in April 1904, when a bomb was thrown at his motorcar. Though Nicholas II wasn’t killed in the explosion, the driver lost control of the vehicle trying to get away from the assassin resulting in the death of Nicholas
Aftershocks
-Nicholas’ wife Alexandra who is several months pregnant goes into a state of shock after receiving the news, shortly afterwards she goes into labor, and delivers a premature baby boy, Alexei. Alexei dies within minutes of being born.
-Nicholas’ younger brother Michael is crowned Michael II
-Russo-Japanese War ends with Russia’s defeat, rocked by revolution, Russia chooses to negotiate rather than continue fighting
-Russia recognizes Korea to be in Japan’s sphere of influence, and signs over its lease of Port Arthur, and cedes control of Sakhalin Island in its entirety.
-The 1905 Revolution is put down violently by the Tsar’s guards
-Tsar Michael II marries Princess Thyra of Denmark in 1906
-After two miscarriages, Thyra gives birth to Grand Duchess Anna in 1910
The Modernization of China
-Empress Dowager Cixi dies unexpectedly in 1906
-Yuan Shiki plots to poison Guangxu Emperor, and fails he is executed for treason
-China undergoes a period of modernization within the traditional framework of the Meiji
-Anti-modernization protests in China crushed by Imperial Regional Armies, leaders are arrested and imprisoned or executed
-Long Yu Empress is poisoned and dies
-Guangxu has an heir with a consort in 1911, “securing” China’s future
World War I
-The Balkan War expands into the First World War when Michael II sides with the Greek, Serbian, and Bulgarian Alliance against the Ottoman Empire
-The war expands into Austria-Hungary when a pro-Serbian rebellion is squashed in Sarajevo; Serbia is accused of supplying the rebels with weapons
-Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, Russia declares war on Austria-Hungary, Germany declares war on Russia, and France declares war on Germany
-Germany invades Belgium, Britain declares war on Germany
-Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary
-The United States declares neutrality in European Conflict
-Most nations claim to expect victory by Easter
-War lasts from late 1912 to mid 1916, every bit as bloody and horrific as OTL WWI
-Palace Coup in Russia replaces Michael II with his cousin Grand Duke Cyril
-Michael II, his wife Thyra and daughter Anna flee to Denmark
-Russia bows out of the war in late 1915 to deal with internal unrest, signing the humiliating Treaty of Stockholm
-War ends with neither side claiming victory
The Philadelphia Peace Treaty
-Poland and Lithuania establish an independent sovereign union as a Republic
-Greece, Bulgaria, and Serbia forced to recognize the pre-war borders with the Ottoman Empire
-Greece abandons the Megali Idea
-Ottoman Empire forfeits its rule of Egypt, Cyprus, Palestine, Hejaz, Lebanon and Basra
-Independent Republic of Armenia established as a protectorate of the United States
-Germany withdrawals from Belgium
-The Republic of Alsace-Lorraine established as a buffer state between Germany and France
-Independent Ukrainian Republic established
-Republics established in Latvia, Estonia and Finland
-Plebiscites to be held in Tyrol and Trieste within six months on the issue of remaining with Austria-Hungary or joining Italy
-Germany acknowledges the loss of its African and Pacific colonies to the British and Japanese Empires
Post War Years:
-Russian Revolution 1915-1917
-Japan presents its 21 demands to the Empire of China
-Tyrol and Trieste votes to join the Kingdom of Italy
-Establishment of Far Eastern Republic and Sakha Republic as Japanese Protectorate’s
-Japanese annexation of Russian Pacific Coast
-Austria-Hungary dissolves with Hungary declaring its independence
-Establishment of the Hungarian Confederacy
-Union between the Hapsburg Empire and Germany
-End of Russian Revolution with Tsar Cyril and his conservative allies emerging victorious
-Soviet Republic of Alsace-Lorraine established as the worlds first communist state
-Anti-British uprising in Ireland ruthlessly crushed by battle hardened British Army
-Philippe Petain becomes President of the French Third Republic
-Severe Economic crisis in the United Kingdom, Italy, Bulgaria and Second Reich, Depression in Russia, France, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, Greece and the Ukraine
-Explosive dynamic economy in the United States draws many immigrants from war torn Europe
-Anti-Semitic pogroms in Russia drive 75% of its Jewish Population out of the country within ten years of Treaty of Stockholm, most settle in the US. Canada, Argentina, Palestine and South Africa are also popular destinations.
-Japan starts moving toward militarism
New World Order by Nation
United Kingdom
-The United Kingdom retains Ireland
-Palestine, Basra, Kenya and Egypt become part of the British Empire
-German New Guinea becomes part of Australia
-Namibia becomes part of British South Africa
-Arthur Balfour becomes Prime Minister of UK
France
-Anti-Republic protests grip the nation
-Election of war hero Philippe Petain to the office of President
-Replacement of Republican ministers with monarchists
-Catholicism reestablished as state religion
-Restoration of the Bourbon-Orleans Dynasty in the form of Philippe VII
-Pro-Bolshevik uprising crushed by French Army loyal to Petain and Foch
-Conservatives win majority of seats in French National Assembly
-Economic Depression
-General dissatisfaction with the war, for France’s only gain to be Lebanon
Germany
-Wilhelm II and descendents forced to abdicate in favor of Prince Heinrich
-Feeling of loss of war in middle class due to losing Alsace-Lorraine
-Severe economic slump teetering on the brink of depression
-Bolshevik, Left Wing, Right Wing and Republican protests often turn violent
-Secessionist sentiment growing in Bavaria, Württemberg, Saxony, Baden and Hessen
-Gustav Stresemann is appointed Chancellor by Kaiser Heinrich I in 1919
-New moderately liberal constitution adopted
Russia
-Revolution occurs between various factions ranging from Democrats, to Monarchists, to Bolsheviks and Republicans
-Under the competent leadership of Tsar Cyril I, the monarchists emerge victorious, while granting some powers to the democrats to assure an alliance
-A new conservative constitution is written by Cyril and approved by the Duma
-All males over the age of 20 and could prove they were Russian and Christian are allowed to vote for members of the lower house in the Duma, and for city mayors
-Regional Governors were appointed by the Tsar and approved by the Senate
-Members of the Duma Upper House were nobles
-The Tsar will continue to hold executive powers
-A Chancellor appointed by the Tsar from the Upper House and approved by the Lower House would hold legislative powers
-The Lower House will nominate Judges for the Russian Supreme Court and send them to the Upper House for approval, when approved by the Upper House they are sworn in by the Tsar and will serve on the bench until their deaths, retirement or dismissed by the Tsar
-Cyril and the Duma recognize the loss of Finland, Poland and the Ukraine but secretly believe this is only a temporary arrangement, the Tsar refuses to recognize the loss of the Pacific Coast claiming the Japanese are illegally violating Russian Sovereignty
-Economic Depression being eased by Cyril’s Industrialization Program in Russia’s major cities
Austria-Hungary
-Dissolution is not a matter of if but when
-Archduke Franz Ferdinand is seriously considering proposing a Union between Austria, Bohemia and Moravia with the German Empire, and giving Hungary with control over its territory complete independence
-Lost Tyrol and Trieste in plebiscite to Italy
-Mild Economic Depression
Italy
-Mussolini-like prime minister appointed by King (though not Mussolini)
-Red Scare has nation on edge
-Feeling of betrayal by population as thousands died for only Tyrol and Trieste
-Severe Economic Crisis that teeters on brink of Depression
Europe 10 years after the war