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Today I spent a few hours on a coffee with my tabletop wargaming group discusing what we could do for our nextt campaign. So since they know I am into AH they tasked me to make a scenario, map, etc. in which we could use our WW II models.

So after a few hours spent pondering and making the map this is what I have come up with.

I am looking for opinions when would be a plausible PoD that isn't to far in the past. My personal guess that late 16th or early 17th century could be enough.

There were no WWI & II(this war will be sort of WWI), colonization was not as widespread as in OTL and by 1957 has mostly been reversed. The technological level is around OTL 1940. The atom can not be for what ever reason split before 1963.


EUROPE 1953



Union of England-Scotland-Cymru-Eire-Britany-Holland-Catalun-Sardinia-Sicily-Malta-Greece-Cyprus-Phoenicia-South Africa aka The Union - it is made out of Republics with their own diets and governments but joined through the person of the King and through combined military. The Union consdiers itself the guardian of Europe, championing nationalistic and seccesionistic movements that weaken other European powers and is especially keen to prevent unification of German peoples by any contender.

The French Empire - it is a constitutional monarchy.

The Kingdom of Spain - it is an absolutist monarchy.

The Republic of Rome - it is a constitucial electoral theocracy.

The Kingdom of Portugal - it is a constitutional monarchy.

The Republic of Galizia - it is a democratic presidency (OTL USA).

The Maghreb Confederacy - it is a confederacy of absolutist monarchies.

The Dutchy of Milan - it is an electoral monarchy (members of the ruling family on the death of the previous ruler must compete in elections for the position of the duke).

The Most Serene Republic of Venice - it is a military dictatorship.

The Bulgarian Princedom - it is a constitutional monarchy.

The Republic of Turkey - it is a democratic republic.

The Persian Empire - it is an autocratic dictatorship.

The Sultanate of Turkestan - it is a democratic presidency (sultan = president).

The Republic of Romania - it is a constitutional diarchy.

The Banat of Savia internaly known as the Federal Banat of Croatia-Slavonia-Carniola-Styria-Carinthia aka The C.S.C.S.C. :D - it is a democratic republic.

The Kingdom of Hungary - it is a ethoncratic dictatorship.

The Austrian Empire - it is an autocratic oligarchy.

The Peoples Republic of Ukraine - it is a military dictatorship.

The Russian Federation - it is a constitutional diarchy(monarchy and theocracy).

The Republic of Slovakia - it is a civil dictatorship.

The United Kingdom of Bohemia - it is a constitutional monarchy.

The Swiss Confederacy - it is a confederal oligarchy.

The Kingdom of Bavaria - it is an absolutist monarchy.

The Republic of Hanover - it is a plutocracy.

The Danish Republic - it is a democratic republic.

The Kingdom of Norway - it is a constitutional monarchy.

The Kingdom of Prussia - it is a constitutional monarchy.

The Peoples Republic of Poland - it is a direct democracy.

The Peoples Republic of Lithuania - it is an ochlocracy.

The Swedish Empire - it is a fascist democracy(one party system but people still get to vote who they want in power). They are the bad boy of Europe.

The Free Town of Caen - it is a timocratic republic.



MILTARY ALLIANCES




The Union Coalition (UC) - Seeks to maintain its grip on Europe and further fracture existing opponents, so these parts may be later brought into the Union. There are several non Union members that joined in search for protection from other major European players.

The Triple Alliance aka The Entente aka The Continental Powers (TA/CP) - An agreement between Paris, Rome and Madrid to bring down the Union hegemony over Europe. The are also adjoining member known as little Entente made out of Savia, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania. The goal of the little Entente is to neutralize Hungary. The alliance supports the germanic confederation as championed by Hanover.

The Aquilla Alliance (AA) - A deal between Prussia and Russia to place themselves as the major players in Europe. Prussian goal is to rebuild the HRE as it was at the time of Frederic Barbarossa, but it would be a unitary state. Russia seeks to curb if not crush Swedish powerr and to conquer eastern european countries between them and Prussia.

The Axis - The Axis of evil as they have been named by the Union is the alliance of Sweden, Ukraine and Persia. The Sweeds are trying to unite all the germanic peoples under their rule and once and far all remove the Russian threat. The Ukranians seek to take even more land from the Russians, while the Persians seek entrance to the Mediterranean and control of the Caspian basin.

The Confederacy of Rhine-Alps-Danube (RAD)
- A coalition of states seeking to maintain their current status and willing to fight for it. In addition the Swiss wish to annex Milan to gain Genoa, Hanover wants Holland and Austria wishes to take some lands from the Hungarians.

The Brotherhood Pact (BP) - A pact between Poland and Lithuania of mutual protection. In addtion they seek to liberate the "masses" in the rest of Europe.

The Istambul Agreement (IA) - An alliance of need with the goal of driving the Uniton out of the Mediterranean, securing the Turkish grip in Europe and ensuring Turkestan controls the Caspian basin.

Neutral states:
Galizia - Spain seeks to annex it, Union guarantees its independence.
Caen - France and Union seek to annex it, RAD guarantees its independence.
Milan - Swiss seek to annex it, CP guarantees its independence.
Bohemia - Prussia and Sweden seek to annex it, RAD and the Union guarantees its independence.


The rest of the world:

In the North America we have independente francophonic republics of Quebec and Luisitania. The anglophonic federal republic of Canada and several republics which form the confederation of the Appalachian. There is also Mexico with most of OTL USA west coast and is the most powerfull NA state. Alaska is Russian. The rest of Careebean and South America is a hodgepodge of small to medium states. Apart from Argentina which controls OTL Argentina, Chile and Urugvay and is a theocratic republic with very good relations to Rome. Africa is also mostly a mishmash of political entities with Ethiopia in eastern Africa and Union held SAR being the most stable and powerfull ones. Japan and China are still fighing the war, started in 1907 with no end in sight. India is divided into several states which form loose confederations based on religion. Australia(oligarchic thalasocracy) is the most powerful nation in the Indian ocean and western south Pacific fiercly opposed to the Union and trying to subdue former Union colonies to its will. Central Asia is dominated by the Sultanate of Turkestan.



I am looking to create a nice backstory to give my mates a world as real as possible to burn and pillage :D and in that I need your help. I am looking forward to your ideas how do you think a scenario I have just described could have come to pass.






P.S. is this to unlikely to happen?
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