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Points of Divergence : Malaysia

Prehistory

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Antiquity

Plausibility check: Larger Malaysia ?

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The Middle Ages

Plausibility check: Larger Malaysia ?

Indonesia and Malaya without Islam ?

Indonesia/Malaysia/Philippines remain animist/Hindu/Buddhist

Challenge: Malaysia wank (with a 14th/15th century POD at the earliest

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Early Modern history

Indonesia and Malaya without Islam ?

Challenge: Islam a minority religion in Malaysia and Indonesia (with a post-1500 POD)

Challenge: Malaysia wank (with a 14th/15th century POD at the earliest)

WI the Dutch colonize Taiwan, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and Indonesia

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18th and 19th century

Challenge: Malaysia wank (with a 14th/15th century POD at the earliest

No segregation of Chinese settlers in Indonesia and Malaysia

WI Brunei and Singapore became Malaysian possessions ?

Singapore stays part of Malaysia

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20th century

WI: Pattani region as part of British Malaya (and consequently, Malaysia)

Challenge: Japan seize and colonize Malaysia before, during or afrer WWI

British hold Malaya in 1942 ?

US deploying troops to SE Asia in late 1942

Plausibility check: Largest possible post-1900 Malaysia ?

More "Economic Tigers" (with a POD between 1945 and 1975)

WI Brunei and Singapore became Malaysian possessions ?

Challenge: Malaysia & Singapore with remaining large European population

Plausibility check: Malaysia and Indonesia part of the same country ? (1)

Plausibility check: Malaysia and Indonesia part of the same country ? (2)

WI Malaya, Borneo, Singapore and Sarawak have referendums to join Indonesia ?

WI: Communist Malaysia

WI: Indonesian-Malaysian Confrontation turns into a major war (1)

WI: Indonesian-Malaysian Confrontation turns into a major war (2)

Challenge: An Indonesian victory in the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation

WI Malaysia never expelled Singapore ?

WI: No Singaporean split, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Malaysia in 1969

WI: Malaysia prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, consequences of no Singaporean split

Challenge: Malaysia vs Thailand war in the 1990s or 2000s

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21st century

Challenge: Malaysia vs Thailand war in the 1990s or 2000s

2013 Lahad Datu incident/standoff PODs

Challenge: Malaysia-dominated Indomalayan Federation (with a POD up to 2030)

WI: A Malay-Thai war in the 21st century

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Miscellaneous

Population carrying capacity of the Malay Archipelago

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ASB / ISOT / Geological

Malaysia ISOTed from July 2007 to July 1940

Malaysia ISOTed to 1914

WI: West Malaysia joins Singapore, East Malaysia goes to Brunei because of ASBs

Landlocked Nations, Navies, and Islands ISOT to Waterworld

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See Also

Malaysia

Malaysian Timelines and Scenarios

Useful Resources about Malaysia


List of Countries by POD

Points of Divergence Main Directory