With Fire and Iron - State files

British Alaska purchase? so no Crimean war? :D

No Crimea War :D

Russia would have probably sold it to Britain anyway, rather than sitting around waiting for Britain to simply invade it. Lucky for Russia in this TL it is both a stronger power thanks to more military successes and it also happens to be a friend of Britain (post 1870, anyway).
 
When does the TL start?

War of 1812. New England gains independence. There's a couple of PODs though, it's not linear (e.g. the British feel a bit more generous and hand Cape Colony back to the Dutch, along with Indonesia as in OTL)
 
“We came to serve God and to get rich, as all men wish to do” - Bernal Diaz Del Castillo, conquistador


The United States of Mexico (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal presidential republic consisting of 27 states and one federal district. Mexico is bordered by British Columbia to the north-west, the USA to the north, New Zion and Texas to the north-east and Yucatan and the Federal Republic of Central America to the south-east.

Mexico gained independence from the Spanish Empire following the 11 year long Mexican War of Independence (1810 to 1821), and was established as the Mexican Empire with Augustine the First as Emperor. However, his reign was brief and he was deposed in 1823, and later executed by firing squad in 1824. The Mexican people's dream of a utopian society soon disappeared as increasingly anti-clerical and militant governments came to power. Finally, after 10 years, the Mexican Civil War broke out, a war that would last 5 years and claim the lives of 900,000 people (approximately 15% of the population). The war would eventually ending in favour of the Ultra-nationalists. This ushered in an era of Anglophilia, anti-Americanism, expansionism, pro-clericalism and state-encouraged mixing of the races in favour of a “unified Mexican people”. Mexico quickly became a strong and respectable power, especially after its reconquest of California and the Republic of the Rio Grande. Mexico is sometimes referred to as the “big bully” of North America, having some level of influence on most of its neighbours, particularly Texas, Yucatan and the FRCA.

Mexico is overwhelmingly Catholic, with highest estimates putting the Catholic population at 96% of the population. Between 4 and 9% of the population belong to other Christian denominations, and around 1% are irreligious. Some 65% of the population are Mestizo, the predominant group. However, the government is dominated by the criollo caste. White Mexicans make up around 20% of the population, with the remaining percentage being Amerindian.


National motto: “La Fe, la Familia y la Federación” (English: Faith, Family and Federation)
Population (1900 census): 12,426,951
Official language: Spanish
Demonym: Mexican
Capital: Mexico City
Government: Federal Presidential Constitutional Republic
President: Miguel Dominiguez
Vice President: Benito Marciano
Legislature: Congress
Upper house: Senate
Lower house: Chamber of Deputies
Currency: Peso

Flag of Mexico:
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Location of Mexico within North America:
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No, I mean when do you start posting the main TL on this board?

My last exam is on June 2nd, so I'm going to start uploading the TL on the board then.

What happened to the southern coast of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation?

Do you mean the part that got annexed by Chile? If so, there is your answer - it got annexed by Chile. Before Bolivia and Peru united, that is.
 

Saphroneth

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Is there a good reason the US motto isn't still "E pluribus unum"? IIRC, it wasn't changed until the Red Scare of the 1950s, OTL.
 

Saphroneth

Banned
My ignorance is the reason :p I'll change that now, thank you

On further checking, E pluribus unum was an unofficial motto, not an official one. But it was considered the de facto motto - I could, however, see them making it official after 1812. (Well, it's worth trying...)
 
“It is not good to look at the clouds or your work will not progress” - Mayan proverb


The Republic of Yucatan (Spanish: República de Yucatán) is a unitary presidential republic in Central America, bordering Mexico to the west and the Federal Republic of Central America and British Honduras to the south.

The Republic of Yucatan gained independence from Mexico in 1835 during the Mexican Civil War (1834-1839). Because of Yucatan's economic significance to the British, Mexico didn't try to retake the peninsula after the civil war was over, which gave Yucatan a bit of breathing space. Britain's good relationship with both Mexico and Yucatan also helped bring the two countries to a friendly position with one and other, with Mexico often being seen as the big brother of Yucatan.

Yucatan is overwhelmingly Catholic. The state religion established upon independence is Roman Catholicism. The majority of the population are Mestizo, though a sizeable amount of the population are Amerindian. There is also a White minority.



National motto: “Religión, Independencia y Unión” (English: Religion, Independence and Unity)
Population (1900 estimate): 1.1 million
Official language: Spanish
Other languages: Maya
Demonym: Yucateco (rare/archaic: Mayan)
Capital: Mérida
Government: Federal Presidential Constitutional Republic
President: Juan Abadejo
Vice President: Manuel Salgado
Legislature: Congress
Upper house: Senate
Lower house: Chamber of Deputies
Currency: Peso

Flag of Yucatan:
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Location of Yucatan in North America:
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"It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce" - Voltaire, French philosopher

The German Confederation is an association of 36 German states in Central Europe, bordering Russia to the east, Prussia to the north-east, Denmark to the north, the Netherlands and France to the west, Switzerland to the south and the Austrian realms outside of the Confederation to the south and east.

The German Confederation was viewed by many as weak and ineffective prior to the Austro-Prussian War. The Confederation was weakened by the rivalry between Prussia and Austria, as well as the failure on behalf of the various states to reach agreements. However, following the Austrian victory in the Austro-Prussian War and the exclusion of Prussia from the Confederation, Austria developed a very strong hegemony over the states. This helped to make the Confederation both stronger and more unified in ideology.

The German Confederation today consists of 36 states, 3 of them with Hapsburg monarchs. The Duchy of Holstein is part of a personal union with Denmark. Many political thinkers across Europe criticise the German Confederation for simply being “an extension of Austria”, because of its very close political, economic and military ties to Austria. This could be attributed to fears across the continent (and elsewhere in the world, to a lesser extent) that the Hapsburg monarchs have developed an extensive hegemony over the German states to the point of heavily disrupting the balance in Europe.

47% of the German Confederation adhere to Roman Catholicism. (35% without Austria). Religion is typically on a north-south divide, with the south being predominantly Catholic and the north predominantly Protestant, mainly Lutheran. The population of the German Confederation, contrary to what its name would suggest, is not homogeneous. Luxembourg has a French-speaking majority (though in recent years, the population have begun to see themselves as more Luxembourgian than French), and the Austrian lands have Czech, Slovenian, Silesian, Polish and Italian minorities.

Population (1900 census): 71,076,491
Official language: German
Minority languages: Danish, Dutch, French, Italian, Slovenian, Czech, Silesian, Polish, Hungarian
Demonym: German, specific demonyms (for each state)
Capital: Frankfurt
Government: Confederation
President: Leopold I
Legislature: Federal Convention
Currency: Vereinsthaler

Flag of the German Confederation (Vereinsflagge)
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A map of the German Confederation, states labeled:
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A map of religion in the German Confederation (red:Catholic, blue:protestant):
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A map of voting behaviour from the different states. Dark red is Austria, red are countries that have never voted against Austria, yellow are states that have at some point voted against Austria:
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Location of the Confederation within Europe:
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If you have any requests for me to upload a particular state's information sooner than another then please say :)
 
Do you mean the part that got annexed by Chile? If so, there is your answer - it got annexed by Chile. Before Bolivia and Peru united, that is.

Yeah, no.

With a POD of 1812, Bolivia might not even come into existence as a separate state from Peru. But I guess since we have the Confederation, a couple of assumptions are in order:

-Peru and Bolivia DO separate, but if the causes of their union are anything like OTL, then the war against the Chileans with a territorial cession, is a no go. The war was strictly the idea of Diego Portales at the beginning, and lacked backing from the masses; his death, swung popular opinion the other way (and even then, it might not have been enough as there were drafts) and the war continued with its stated aim of separating Peru and Bolivia, not annexing any territory from either. If the Chileans are out for territorial conquests, then their odds of having crucial local support go down considerably.

-You do mention there’s a war between Bolivia and Chile before the Confederation. If OTL is any indication of the situation Chile was embroiled in its own conflicts between liberals and conservatives through the beginning of the 1830’s, and in no shape to take on anyone; least of all Bolivia, under Marshall Santa Cruz, that was in better shape than the Chileans at this point. If it happens after the 1830’s the situation does stabilize for the Chile. But still, the government would have to find a good casus belli to mobilize the population, and victory is still far from certain.
 
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Bolivia was part of the viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata, not the Viceroyalty of Peru.

As of 1812, it wasn't. The Audiencia of Charcas (Upper Peru, later Bolivia) was provisionally reannexed to the Viceroyalty of Peru in 1810, and permanently in 1816.
 
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