====== Better Weather, Less Revolutionary Bloodshed, More Indigestions: An Alternate History of the Kingdom of Hawaii====== A short TL (with an overly long title) about an alternate unification of the [[offtopic:Hawaii|Hawaiian Islands]] into a native monarchy, written by [[offtopic:Petike]]. ---- ==== Premise ==== What if the Hawaiian islands were kept without European intrusion for a few more years and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamehameha_I|Kamehameha the Great]] died too soon to unite them into a single native monarchy? ---- ==== Origins and development ==== Formerly just a short backstory for a flag entered in round 65 of the [[alternate history:Weekly Flag Challenge]], it very quickly got expanded, resulting in this fairly plausible mini TL. The author decided to give it a chance due to the noted lack of Polynesian-centered TLs and the small number of TLs based on non-European and non-American 18th century PODs. Future plans for the TL include a far more detailed remake, a MkII version, if you will. Until then, some additional media (a few more flags and maps) will gradually be posted in the TL's thread. ---- ==== Featuring: ==== * A diarrhea-related POD! * A Hungarian-born gunrunner in the Pacific! * Balkanized Hawaiian Islands! * Badass Kanaki paddle duels! * A rather different series of revolutions! * Snazzy mahioles and cunning scions! * Subverted Britwank and Ameriwank! * Democratised ancien regime, Bourbons with fezes (fezes are cool)! * Battleships sinking in Pearl Harbour... in 1901! * A republican Japan and Tonga! * Russians and Americans as best buds! * French Pitcairn Islands (now 100 % //HMS Bounty//-free)! * POTUS with a Welsh surname! * Benthamite nanny state authoritarians! * Americans lovin' rally racing! * And much more! ---- ==== Interested? ==== If yes, then read it [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/an-alternate-history-of-the-kingdom-of-hawaii.235155/|here]]. ---- ==== TL-related media and trivia ==== **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-6375957|Colonial flag of the French Sandwich Islands (1795-1875)]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-6375958|Merchant flag of the French Sandwich Islands (1795-1875)]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5792088|Colonial flag of the British Sandwich Islands (1805-1875)]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5792101|Colonial flag of the British Sandwich Islands (1875-1960)]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/170007/|Flag of the independent Kingdom of Kauai (1960-present)]]** ---- ==== Navigation ==== **[[early modern|Early Modern Timelines]]** **[[timelines:timelines_and_scenarios|Alternate History Timelines and Scenarios Main Directory]]**