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A map made on the request of a member here.

The premise is that Radama I of the Imerina Kingdom lives longer as a result of better choices in his lifestyle, preventing his crazy wife from taking power. The result of Radama I's longer survival meant that he is able to reform and modernize the Imerina Kingdom and became known as the father of the Malagasy state.

While Radama carried out his revolution, the longer lasting and more brutal Napoleonic Wars meant that Britain was able to take charge of the anti-republican sentiment. With France becoming a pariah as a result of Napoleon's death at a different Battle of Waterloo-like conflict, the British were able to whip up anti-republican sentiment. Radama's alliance with Britain also served as a model for the rest of the Western Hemisphere, as the Latin American colonies that revolted against Spanish control were instead transformed into constitutional monarchy on the British model.

At the same time, a disastrous US territorial expansion with the results of their defeat in the Oregon War (where the 54-40 or war slogan became the symbol of American decline) and the subsequent imposition by Britain on the USA their reparations bill and territorial losses. The Anglo-Latin American alliance causes the fledgling United States to collapse by itself as it broke into two successor states: the Democratic People's Republic of Freedonia and the Confederate States of America. Freedonia and the CSA are at odds with each other, as the former Northern states started to embrace aspects of Syndicalism and the French political product known as communalism (basically primitive Communism).

Europe then became a dangerous powder keg, with France and the Italian states falling into revolutions more often, causing Britain to prop up Spain and Portugal as its allies. The collapse of the Austrian Empire as a result of the fallout from the alt-Congress of Vienna allowed Prussia and Russia to decide its fate, with the Russians giving up Poland in exchange for a chance to annex the two Romanian Principalities, giving itself closer access towards the Balkans.

Speaking of the Balkans, an earlier Yugoslav state emerged as a result of a much bigger Russian aid to the Greeks, Serbs and Bulgarians. A peace treaty that ended the alt-1828-1830 Russo-Turkish War forced the Turks to recognize the independence of Greece, Serbia, Wallachia, Moldavia and Bulgaria. A different 1848 allowed the Balkan nations to expand their territories at the expense of the Ottomans.

Thanks to revolutionary fervor in France, the French colonial empire developed on a rather radical direction as the French communalists spread their civilizational mission in the name of Liberty, Equality and Social Justice. (Yes, TTL does have Social Justice Warriors with guns!) As a result, the African inhabitants got a better taste of equality and now these communalists are spreading their influence to nations like Freedonia.

The independence of Madagascar meant that the French were unable to expand into Indochina, but Germany managed to turn Vietnam into their protectorate. German engineers and colonists are at work modernizing the Vietnamese economy, and Prussian constitutionalism serves as a model for most Asian constitutions (even including Japan). At the same time, Britain is unable to expand its African empire because it failed to turn Egypt into its protectorate as a result of wily and sly Egyptian Khedives allying with the Germans.

Asia is pretty much dominated by the Russians and Japanese, a cause for concern among the British, as they are still vulnerable in their Indian and Indonesian holdings. While the Russians are feared for their military juggernaut, the Japanese are feared for their ability to catch up rapidly and learn from new technologies. It certainly doesn't help the British that the Trans-Siberian Railway has expanded into Japanese Outer Manchuria and Japanese Korea.

Fast forward to 1950 AD:

This world could be five or ten years behind its OTL counterpart due to the world being so stable, but the alliances constructed by Britain has done a splendid job preventing any further conflicts. However, the presence of the Communalists in France and Italy has caused a brain drain, with the French and Italian intellectuals escaping into Spain or the Latin American nations. While Germany and Russia have also maintained their technological edge, it is Britain who leads the world in technological and cultural innovations. That doesn't mean that the European Communalist Union is regressive. Far from it, they have introduced to the world trade unions, gay rights and social justice activism that would make OTL's SJWs glow green with envy.

The Western Hemisphere is stable enough, with Canada about to become its own independent kingdom in the 1990s as Britain has set a timetable for the eventual independence of its dominions. Madagascar, although not a colony of Britain, has earned itself a special status as an Associative Ally of the British Commonwealth. Under Radama's guidance, British style education has been introduced to Madagascar, with the Malagasys being proficient in the English language.

The Russo-German-Japanese bloc remains the most regressive bloc in the world in socio-political terms, and Britain has often criticized the way the Russians and Germans treated their Jewish minorities. That is exactly why proposals for a Jewish state became more numerous, with East Africa and the Cape Colony in what is basically OTL South Africa as the leading contenders, followed by the Ottoman Jewish millet project that would have allowed the creation of an autonomous entity for the Jews of the MidEast. To everyone's surprise, Radama I and his successors also lobbied the British government to allow the settlement of Jews within Malagasy territory (sounds familiar?), and impressed by the Rothschilds who demonstrate their financial "skills", Madagascar would also host an influential Jewish population in addition to the Jews of Capeland and Uganda.

Scientific discoveries are much more common in this era than IOTL, owing to the lack of major wars aside from the ever growing threat of French Communalism. Republicanism has been delegated to the fringes of the global political society, and with Britain leading the bloc of constitutional monarchies, they're what we like to call enlightened reactionaries, as opposed to the extreme reactionaries found in the Russo-German-Japanese bloc. Medical breakthroughs have been the bigger focus of the scientific discoveries because of the lack of general conflict, as well as chemical and technological breakthroughs. However, human society remains at the 1920s level.

The world is currently split into three factions: the British-led Trans-Oceanic Community, which is basically a political confederation of constitutional monarchies, the Franco-Italian-led European Communalist Union and their radical republican sympathizers, and the autocratic Russo-German-Japanese bloc, informally called the Axis Alliance.

Description
A map made on the request of a member here.

The premise is that Radama I of the Imerina Kingdom lives longer as a result of better choices in his lifestyle, preventing his crazy wife from taking power. The result of Radama I's longer survival meant that he is able to reform and modernize the Imerina Kingdom and became known as the father of the Malagasy state.

While Radama carried out his revolution, the longer lasting and more brutal Napoleonic Wars meant that Britain was able to take charge of the anti-republican sentiment. With France becoming a pariah as a result of Napoleon's death at a different Battle of Waterloo-like conflict, the British were able to whip up anti-republican sentiment. Radama's alliance with Britain also served as a model for the rest of the Western Hemisphere, as the Latin American colonies that revolted against Spanish control were instead transformed into constitutional monarchy on the British model.

At the same time, a disastrous US territorial expansion with the results of their defeat in the Oregon War (where the 54-40 or war slogan became the symbol of American decline) and the subsequent imposition by Britain on the USA their reparations bill and territorial losses. The Anglo-Latin American alliance causes the fledgling United States to collapse by itself as it broke into two successor states: the Democratic People's Republic of Freedonia and the Confederate States of America. Freedonia and the CSA are at odds with each other, as the former Northern states started to embrace aspects of Syndicalism and the French political product known as communalism (basically primitive Communism).

Europe then became a dangerous powder keg, with France and the Italian states falling into revolutions more often, causing Britain to prop up Spain and Portugal as its allies. The collapse of the Austrian Empire as a result of the fallout from the alt-Congress of Vienna allowed Prussia and Russia to decide its fate, with the Russians giving up Poland in exchange for a chance to annex the two Romanian Principalities, giving itself closer access towards the Balkans.

Speaking of the Balkans, an earlier Yugoslav state emerged as a result of a much bigger Russian aid to the Greeks, Serbs and Bulgarians. A peace treaty that ended the alt-1828-1830 Russo-Turkish War forced the Turks to recognize the independence of Greece, Serbia, Wallachia, Moldavia and Bulgaria. A different 1848 allowed the Balkan nations to expand their territories at the expense of the Ottomans.

Thanks to revolutionary fervor in France, the French colonial empire developed on a rather radical direction as the French communalists spread their civilizational mission in the name of Liberty, Equality and Social Justice. (Yes, TTL does have Social Justice Warriors with guns!) As a result, the African inhabitants got a better taste of equality and now these communalists are spreading their influence to nations like Freedonia.

The independence of Madagascar meant that the French were unable to expand into Indochina, but Germany managed to turn Vietnam into their protectorate. German engineers and colonists are at work modernizing the Vietnamese economy, and Prussian constitutionalism serves as a model for most Asian constitutions (even including Japan). At the same time, Britain is unable to expand its African empire because it failed to turn Egypt into its protectorate as a result of wily and sly Egyptian Khedives allying with the Germans.

Asia is pretty much dominated by the Russians and Japanese, a cause for concern among the British, as they are still vulnerable in their Indian and Indonesian holdings. While the Russians are feared for their military juggernaut, the Japanese are feared for their ability to catch up rapidly and learn from new technologies. It certainly doesn't help the British that the Trans-Siberian Railway has expanded into Japanese Outer Manchuria and Japanese Korea.

Fast forward to 1950 AD:

This world could be five or ten years behind its OTL counterpart due to the world being so stable, but the alliances constructed by Britain has done a splendid job preventing any further conflicts. However, the presence of the Communalists in France and Italy has caused a brain drain, with the French and Italian intellectuals escaping into Spain or the Latin American nations. While Germany and Russia have also maintained their technological edge, it is Britain who leads the world in technological and cultural innovations. That doesn't mean that the European Communalist Union is regressive. Far from it, they have introduced to the world trade unions, gay rights and social justice activism that would make OTL's SJWs glow green with envy.

The Western Hemisphere is stable enough, with Canada about to become its own independent kingdom in the 1990s as Britain has set a timetable for the eventual independence of its dominions. Madagascar, although not a colony of Britain, has earned itself a special status as an Associative Ally of the British Commonwealth. Under Radama's guidance, British style education has been introduced to Madagascar, with the Malagasys being proficient in the English language.

The Russo-German-Japanese bloc remains the most regressive bloc in the world in socio-political terms, and Britain has often criticized the way the Russians and Germans treated their Jewish minorities. That is exactly why proposals for a Jewish state became more numerous, with East Africa and the Cape Colony in what is basically OTL South Africa as the leading contenders, followed by the Ottoman Jewish millet project that would have allowed the creation of an autonomous entity for the Jews of the MidEast. To everyone's surprise, Radama I and his successors also lobbied the British government to allow the settlement of Jews within Malagasy territory (sounds familiar?), and impressed by the Rothschilds who demonstrate their financial "skills", Madagascar would also host an influential Jewish population in addition to the Jews of Capeland and Uganda.

Scientific discoveries are much more common in this era than IOTL, owing to the lack of major wars aside from the ever growing threat of French Communalism. Republicanism has been delegated to the fringes of the global political society, and with Britain leading the bloc of constitutional monarchies, they're what we like to call enlightened reactionaries, as opposed to the extreme reactionaries found in the Russo-German-Japanese bloc. Medical breakthroughs have been the bigger focus of the scientific discoveries because of the lack of general conflict, as well as chemical and technological breakthroughs. However, human society remains at the 1920s level.

The world is currently split into three factions: the British-led Trans-Oceanic Community, which is basically a political confederation of constitutional monarchies, the Franco-Italian-led European Communalist Union and their radical republican sympathizers, and the autocratic Russo-German-Japanese bloc, informally called the Axis Alliance.