The United Provinces.
Something goes better for the republic, e.g. it gains the southern Netherlands or Koeln Bishopric, retains Brazil or New York, actually colonises the Cape, Australia and/or New Zealand - the list is quite long
Hanseatic League, for starters.‘ATL Commercial Superpowers’.
That is, rich and highly mercantile civilizations that could’ve existed, lasted longer, or been much more powerful than they were IOTL. A surviving Carthage, a Song China that industrialized, or a British Empire that didn’t exhaust itself via two World Wars all come to mind here, though I’m curious to read everyone else’s suggestions, too.
‘ATL Commercial Superpowers’.
That is, rich and highly mercantile civilizations that could’ve existed, lasted longer, or been much more powerful than they were IOTL. A surviving Carthage, a Song China that industrialized, or a British Empire that didn’t exhaust itself via two World Wars all come to mind here, though I’m curious to read everyone else’s suggestions, too.
During 7th years war would be best occasion - maybe help french invade England?
In the Vysehrad ISOT:
- all four countries try to manufacture as much weaponry as they can. Hopefully they will coordinate and establish what they can share, what they can jury-rig, and what components need local manufacture being set up from scratch;
- the above applies to all manufacturing across the ISOT;
- incredibly Poland is a manufacturer of a radial engine, a grandchild of the Wright Cyclone. This will be useful ;
- electronic banking crashes. It probably can be resurrected, but I doubt if e.g. VISA cards would work (at least anytime soon, if ever). Various national payment systems like e.g. Blik should work (I think(, unless their data was in "clouds" somewhere ...
- Poland will embrace the Borderlands, and even its inhabitants . About three Army Corps worth of equipment and men comes along - about 12 InfDiv and some horse floggers;
Would agree with the comment about an immediate war with Nazi Germany because of the loss of so much land - both to Poland and also because the Sudetenland is now back in Czech hands and there are no Germans there. Expect Adolf to have a serious fit. Then Nazi Germany has its arse handed to it.
What happens to the 1939 eastern Poland territory would be a difficult issue. How with a still conservative but far more democratic Poland treat those territories which are overwhelmingly non-Polish but had a Polish elite in most cases that will be very confused by the new Poland that has emerged? They definitely won't want those lands falling into Stalin's hands.
A lot could depend on the attitude of Britain and France, and probably also the US. How quickly and fully will they accept what the newcomers tell them about what is to come. Both in the short term with details of WWII - which could really screw over Japan - and in the longer term with nuclear weapons, the loss of empire and rise and fall of the Soviet empire and then of communist China. Also diplomats, tourists, foreign workers etc in those countries are going in most cases to want to aid their down-time homes with information.
Going to be a hell of a lot of butterflies.
Steve
Any takers for this AHC of mine?
Maybe have Italian unification somehow come about during the Middle Ages, thus combining Genoa's, Pisa's, and Venice's maritime commercial empires into one state/empire?
Speaking of Italy...are there any other Italians here ?
Carthage has exactly the same things going for it - and against it - as Rome or Greece.