Major WIP. Basic summary is that the USA and French swap history, with the French revolution happening first and being much more ... peaceful, while the American Revolution is violent and chaotic and leads to a civil war between Federalists and Confederalists, a Napoleon figure conquering most of colonised North America and invading New Granada, and a split USA with UK being expelled from Canada except for Newfoundland.
Later on, the Federalist portion of the USA suffers thru constant political instability, going from Revolutionary Republic to Empire to Constitutional Monarchy to Presidential Republic to Empire to Republic to Parliamentary Democracy to Presidential Republic while also having a major rural urban divide and left wing right wing divide, while France remains a politically stable shiny beacon of democracy.
Notable Events post 1900:
Russo-Japanese War: 1911-1915:
Occurring concurrently with the Great War, Japan fought Russia over Manchuria and Korea. Russia fell to communism in 1915, signalling their end of hostilities, and Japan’s triumph.
Great War 1913-1919: German Reich, UK, Austria, Bulgaria vs France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Russia, Serbia, Romania. Inconclusive result, Civil War in Russia results in Communism, Civil War in Germany results in Authoritarian state. Border changes in colonies, collapse of Austria, Formation of Jugoslavia.
Fall of the Ottomans: 1926:
Invaded by Egypt, Hashemites, and Greeks causes the end of the Ottomans. French intervention secures north Levant coast, Hashemites take Hejaz, Transjordan, and Iraq, while Egypt snatches Palestine.
Rise of communism. Jugoslavia goes communist, Bulgaria joins.
1934: Markets crash
1956-1959: Saarland War:
Germany invades to try and take Alsace, quick gains are rapidly defeated, until a stalemate happened. A final offensive by the French resulted in the occupation of the Saarland.
1962-1985: Decolonisation of Africa
1994-1997 Quebec Crisis: Quebec declares independence, Quebec National Guard refuses to stop it, US army invades, gridlock almost causes coup, Quebec goes free.
1995: Norwegian Revolution:
Norway declares independence from Sweden with secret French support. Sweden tries a harsh counter revolution campaign to bring them back.
1992-2002: Jugoslav Wars, Jugoslavia collapses. Wars rage in Kosovo, Bosnia, Macedonia, and the Krajina over ethnic tensions and borders.