What if there was only a two part division, what would the two pieces be?
What if there was only a two part division, what would the two pieces be?
East and West Francia, most likely. Middle Francia is probably split between the two with one half getting Lombardy/the Cisalpine portion and the other getting Burgundy/the Transalpine portion. The mountains make a natural barrier, and off the top of my head I'd say West Francia gets the Cisalpine/Italy due to the greater security of its connection (Piedmont vs. Austria)
What POD are you looking for?
Not really. Italy is more an Imperial possession so would mostly be left out of the division.Would a dividing line that lumped OTL's Lotharingia, Burgundy and West Francia in one grouping, and East France and Italy only the other produce pretty equal revenues? Or would it be giving too much to West Francia?