Goldstein
Banned
Ok, this may be very ASBish, and some people are going to kill me because of my canada-wank, but I like this scenario, so anyway here it goes...
the POD is that Juan Prim, chief of government after 1868 revolution in spain, avoid his assasinaton.
This allows him to apply his economic and industrial policies, leading to a stronger bourgeoisie and a more powerful navy, although spain is still far from its european neighbours. Also, there's more stability (no carlist or cantonalist insurrections, and the Savoy dinasty finds in Prim a guarantee of survival) and a little more prestige. The Berlin conference gives spain a larger slice of northern Africa, and tensions with france and the british empire begin to grow.
Prim tries to give indepence to Cuba and amnesty to cuban patriots in exange for some compensations from the USA, and althougt this option fails due to its unpopularity, Cuba receives a strong authonomy and tensions diminish. Prim dies of natural causes in 1891, and tensions reborn. The republicans (for obvious reasons) the moderates (supporters of a bourbon dinasty) and some progressive sectors (still supporters of a hozenhollern dinasty) begin a parliametary fight that causes the abdication of the isolated and strongly dissapointed king.
The 1894 revolution turns the Kingdom of Spain into the Federal Republic of Spain, with Cuba, Puerto Rico, Morocco and the Philippines as fully recognised states in the Federation. This new state, strongly threated by the alliance of France, Russia and the British Empire, seeks his own alliance with Italy and the German Empire. Soon, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman empire joins also.
in 1914 the Great War begins: while france is attacked by two sides, germany advaces easily through the east, and Russia surrenders in 1916, 5 months before the end of the war. In a year, a revolution will take place and russia will become a republic supported by Kerensky.
The war causes the end of french and british hegemony in africa, and a stronger pressence of Germany, italy and spain. The british empire focuses in its asian possesions, and its (exaggerated) feeling of "crisis" leads to a new regenerationist spirit throught the empire: It will slowly turn into a commonwealth that strongly resembles to the FRS, althought still a monarchy. France suffers the worst effects of the war, and 8 years later, a communist revolution happens.
The USA, though a prosperous country, has way less weight in a world where Europe has recovered faster, and the dry law has fueled very stronger political tensions. The Great Depression focus primarily in american continent, and soon, the federal government collapses in a bloody civil war. Canada, suffering the worst effects of the great depression, fears to follow the same steps, and in 1935 a nationalsocialist leaning party takes power in canada.
In the next 20 years, its economy based on the military industry will lead them to "pacify" their neighbors of the south, and later, to the invasion of Mexico. The European powers reinforce their presence in central america, seeing their caribbean territories theatened. South america, exhausted after years of conflict and crisis, suffers a bolivarian-like communist revolution supported by france, and argentina reacts going nationalsocialist and invading Uruguay.
In asia, most of the european continental powers support China against the Commonwealth, while the Commonwealth finds in Japan its stronger ally.
From mid 60's to early 90's, the world reaches some stability, but soon, the caribbean will be the starting point of a war that, this time, will really end with all wars.
the POD is that Juan Prim, chief of government after 1868 revolution in spain, avoid his assasinaton.
This allows him to apply his economic and industrial policies, leading to a stronger bourgeoisie and a more powerful navy, although spain is still far from its european neighbours. Also, there's more stability (no carlist or cantonalist insurrections, and the Savoy dinasty finds in Prim a guarantee of survival) and a little more prestige. The Berlin conference gives spain a larger slice of northern Africa, and tensions with france and the british empire begin to grow.
Prim tries to give indepence to Cuba and amnesty to cuban patriots in exange for some compensations from the USA, and althougt this option fails due to its unpopularity, Cuba receives a strong authonomy and tensions diminish. Prim dies of natural causes in 1891, and tensions reborn. The republicans (for obvious reasons) the moderates (supporters of a bourbon dinasty) and some progressive sectors (still supporters of a hozenhollern dinasty) begin a parliametary fight that causes the abdication of the isolated and strongly dissapointed king.
The 1894 revolution turns the Kingdom of Spain into the Federal Republic of Spain, with Cuba, Puerto Rico, Morocco and the Philippines as fully recognised states in the Federation. This new state, strongly threated by the alliance of France, Russia and the British Empire, seeks his own alliance with Italy and the German Empire. Soon, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman empire joins also.
in 1914 the Great War begins: while france is attacked by two sides, germany advaces easily through the east, and Russia surrenders in 1916, 5 months before the end of the war. In a year, a revolution will take place and russia will become a republic supported by Kerensky.
The war causes the end of french and british hegemony in africa, and a stronger pressence of Germany, italy and spain. The british empire focuses in its asian possesions, and its (exaggerated) feeling of "crisis" leads to a new regenerationist spirit throught the empire: It will slowly turn into a commonwealth that strongly resembles to the FRS, althought still a monarchy. France suffers the worst effects of the war, and 8 years later, a communist revolution happens.
The USA, though a prosperous country, has way less weight in a world where Europe has recovered faster, and the dry law has fueled very stronger political tensions. The Great Depression focus primarily in american continent, and soon, the federal government collapses in a bloody civil war. Canada, suffering the worst effects of the great depression, fears to follow the same steps, and in 1935 a nationalsocialist leaning party takes power in canada.
In the next 20 years, its economy based on the military industry will lead them to "pacify" their neighbors of the south, and later, to the invasion of Mexico. The European powers reinforce their presence in central america, seeing their caribbean territories theatened. South america, exhausted after years of conflict and crisis, suffers a bolivarian-like communist revolution supported by france, and argentina reacts going nationalsocialist and invading Uruguay.
In asia, most of the european continental powers support China against the Commonwealth, while the Commonwealth finds in Japan its stronger ally.
From mid 60's to early 90's, the world reaches some stability, but soon, the caribbean will be the starting point of a war that, this time, will really end with all wars.
Pretty cool ideas there.
