Whats your favorite kind of America?

What form of OTL United States do you like best?

  • British

    Votes: 19 11.6%
  • Independent Monarchy

    Votes: 4 2.4%
  • Radical

    Votes: 5 3.0%
  • Communist

    Votes: 10 6.1%
  • Expansionist (Like DoD etc.)

    Votes: 8 4.9%
  • Ameriwank (US-Canada union etc.)

    Votes: 26 15.9%
  • Native Tribes

    Votes: 16 9.8%
  • Balkanized

    Votes: 21 12.8%
  • Independent New England

    Votes: 4 2.4%
  • Independant Confederacy

    Votes: 8 4.9%
  • Independent Texas or California

    Votes: 3 1.8%
  • French (New France etc.)

    Votes: 6 3.7%
  • Spanish

    Votes: 3 1.8%
  • OTL United States

    Votes: 21 12.8%
  • Other (Specify Below)

    Votes: 10 6.1%

  • Total voters
    164
For interesting TLs, if done plausibly, a United States that never quite crystallizes for a variety of reasons - that is, you've got your same base British Colonies, but for whatever reasons they don't unify into a United States, at least, not as we know it. Also, the establishment of independent monarchies, at least in the early period.

Essentially, anything that shakes it up so that independence does not happen as OTL, but once the U.S. has been formed fully as OTL, I prefer it to mostly follow the path of OTL - westward expansion, continent-spanning (though maybe not quite as continent spanning, or expanding in different directions, so on) and a major world power - though not necessarily a superpower.
 
I voted Balkanized, but not so much in a chaotic way as being a nice mix of French, Spanish, English, and maybe German or Chinese speaking colonies and independant countries, with maybe a few fully independant native groups too. Runaway Brittish and Spanish culture just doesn't do it for me, since you can't call it a party without France:D
 
I was torn between Ameriwank and British, but eventually went for Ameriwank. My favorite America would be one that remains part of the British Empire until the American tail ends up wagging the British dog and it then becomes a United States of Britwank with the capital moving to New York for safety during an alt-World War. The colonies would eventually leave like OTL of course, but hopefully it could maintain its ties with Australia, New Zealand, OTL Canada, and the UK in a massive Anglophonic suprepower.

Either that or a British Empire that splits Roman-style with the Western British Empire centered on the OTL USA.

Or just straight up classic Ameriwank with the US conquering Canada, Mexico, etc. That's cool too.
 
Independent Monarchy, Republic of New England or Independent Confederacy are the three i like the best.

I would actually like to see a well done confederate TL. I mean, even if it is semi-plausible, it could still be well done. Overall, the biggest problem that people criticize is the unending arguments over the damn POD.
 

Japhy

Banned
America that never committed the Crimes of Annexing Texas/Seizing a huge stretch of a weaker, younger Republic? I've always had a soft Spot for Henry Clay's idea of California and Texas both being Independent states under US Protection in a final settlement with Mexico if they were to break away, rather then being part of what amounts to a National Theft.
 

mowque

Banned
America that never committed the Crimes of Annexing Texas/Seizing a huge stretch of a weaker, younger Republic? I've always had a soft Spot for Henry Clay's idea of California and Texas both being Independent states under US Protection in a final settlement with Mexico if they were to break away, rather then being part of what amounts to a National Theft.

Too sane for international relations. Doubly so with the'Slave Power' as one side of the debate.
 
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