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The world around 1901.
Major changes at a glance:
Europe: Low countries do not split and become a significant industrial nation.
Germany unifies under Prusia
France will build a colonial empire to restore the 'Gloire' as a compensation after the defeat of a Franco-Prusian/ Russian-Austrian war
Rusia occupies Galicia after this conflict.

North America: CSA independent, after a negotiated peace. Texas independent.
USA recovers after the civil war and continue its development to become a large industrial nation. After Hawaii island it buys the island archipels like Guam form Spain.
CSA hardly recovers form the civil war and is in decline, especially after the start of the Long Resession in 1873. This economic crises is the death kern of the slave labor plantation system in the CSA, Brazil and the Colonies of the Netherlands. Due to internal differnces and economic trouble Texas declares independence.

South America, spendit short war between UK and Venezuela, with bigger teritorial gain due to no diplomatic intervention of the USA.
No Spanish-American war. Cuba in personal Union with Spain?

Asia: Philipines in personal Union with Spain?

Africa: Scramble for Africa slightly different. Boore republics remain independent. Boer chose to be in personal Union with the King of the Netherlands as formal head of State. Despite the very large economic ties and investments of the Netherlands, Oranje and Transvaal are independent. In order to provide a port to ther republics Delagoa bay was bought form the Portuguese in the 1840ties. Initial a economic venture evovled during the 19th century as a beach head for further African colonisation. CDutch Colonisation of Southern Africa was motivated by econmic reasons but above all domestic motives.

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