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Based off of the Code Geass universe.

History began to diverge from our world, when in the early 1700s, the British Parliament was severely weakened and Britain moved to become an absolutist monarchy like France and Spain. In the 1730s, another English civil war ended in a resounding victory for the King, and parliament was disbanded in 1759 altogether. The American Revolt happened earlier than in our world, and had much less support. The British able to stamp it out, and then take most of France's colonies in the New World. France, meanwhile, began to focus on building port cities in Antipodia (Australia).

In 1790, the French Enlightened Republicans took power in France. Maximilian Robespierre was never able to take charge though, and the French Republic was a lot more moderate, even trying to reopen friendly relations with the Catholic Church. The Pope at first did not support the new democracy that allowed for the rights of all religions, but eventually relented.

At any rate, the French Republicans were successfully conquering most of the continent. In 1821 London fell, and a new monarchy was founded in Boston. Throughout the 19th Century, until 1871, the 'Holy Brittanian' Empire tried to reconquer its homeland. It quelled a few Republic revolts in North and South America, and from about 1850 to 1921 it conquered all of the territories in Central and South America. The European Union was formed.

It developed a new since of Nationalism. The Church, the King, and the Fatherland became important. Holy Brittania came to become a sort of Police State. Just as Nazi Germany used Jews as scapegoats, so the Holy Brittanians used 'Latins'. It developed a national myth that the King was descended from a Celtic Chief who fought Julius Caesar. The official Puritanical Church of the state changed biblical verses to show that it was not Jews, but Romans who killed Christ. Besides, the hatred of 'Latins' justified the exploitation and enslavement of Hispanic peoples in Central and South America. It also made the average Brittanian hate and fear the evil 'Neo-Roman' Empire of Europe. (Side note: many Native Americans supported the Holy Brittanian Empire because it discriminated in their favor: if someone was sufficiently brown, then they couldn't possibly be French or Spanish or any other kind of Latin. Africans got treated worse though.)

As a side of effect of early changes, in 1789, the Qing Dynasty was overthrown. The current Daiguo Dynasty helped China industrialize alongside Europe, and helped to drive the French out of India (the French treated their colonies pretty well though, and most Indians didn't actually mind them), and South East Asia. China, unlike Absolutist Brittania or Radical Republican Europe, became a Constitutional Monarchy. The threat of a rising China has actually created a thaw in Brittano-European relations and that's one of the reasons a Nuclear war hasn't already started.

In the 1940s, the Europeans decided that they'd had enough of the Middle East, but still wanted it to be friendly to them and to get their oil from it. So they created the 'Middle Eastern Federal Bloc', which is relatively democratic, and popular at home. Meanwhile, the 'French monarchy in Exile' normalized relations with the European Union, and even changed its name to 'The Kingdom of Antipodia'. Antipodia is now relatively friendly with all of the powers.

The current year is 1967.

Description
Based off of the Code Geass universe.

History began to diverge from our world, when in the early 1700s, the British Parliament was severely weakened and Britain moved to become an absolutist monarchy like France and Spain. In the 1730s, another English civil war ended in a resounding victory for the King, and parliament was disbanded in 1759 altogether. The American Revolt happened earlier than in our world, and had much less support. The British able to stamp it out, and then take most of France's colonies in the New World. France, meanwhile, began to focus on building port cities in Antipodia (Australia).

In 1790, the French Enlightened Republicans took power in France. Maximilian Robespierre was never able to take charge though, and the French Republic was a lot more moderate, even trying to reopen friendly relations with the Catholic Church. The Pope at first did not support the new democracy that allowed for the rights of all religions, but eventually relented.

At any rate, the French Republicans were successfully conquering most of the continent. In 1821 London fell, and a new monarchy was founded in Boston. Throughout the 19th Century, until 1871, the 'Holy Brittanian' Empire tried to reconquer its homeland. It quelled a few Republic revolts in North and South America, and from about 1850 to 1921 it conquered all of the territories in Central and South America. The European Union was formed.

It developed a new since of Nationalism. The Church, the King, and the Fatherland became important. Holy Brittania came to become a sort of Police State. Just as Nazi Germany used Jews as scapegoats, so the Holy Brittanians used 'Latins'. It developed a national myth that the King was descended from a Celtic Chief who fought Julius Caesar. The official Puritanical Church of the state changed biblical verses to show that it was not Jews, but Romans who killed Christ. Besides, the hatred of 'Latins' justified the exploitation and enslavement of Hispanic peoples in Central and South America. It also made the average Brittanian hate and fear the evil 'Neo-Roman' Empire of Europe. (Side note: many Native Americans supported the Holy Brittanian Empire because it discriminated in their favor: if someone was sufficiently brown, then they couldn't possibly be French or Spanish or any other kind of Latin. Africans got treated worse though.)

As a side of effect of early changes, in 1789, the Qing Dynasty was overthrown. The current Daiguo Dynasty helped China industrialize alongside Europe, and helped to drive the French out of India (the French treated their colonies pretty well though, and most Indians didn't actually mind them), and South East Asia. China, unlike Absolutist Brittania or Radical Republican Europe, became a Constitutional Monarchy. The threat of a rising China has actually created a thaw in Brittano-European relations and that's one of the reasons a Nuclear war hasn't already started.

In the 1940s, the Europeans decided that they'd had enough of the Middle East, but still wanted it to be friendly to them and to get their oil from it. So they created the 'Middle Eastern Federal Bloc', which is relatively democratic, and popular at home. Meanwhile, the 'French monarchy in Exile' normalized relations with the European Union, and even changed its name to 'The Kingdom of Antipodia'. Antipodia is now relatively friendly with all of the powers.

The current year is 1967.