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Hokay: a map of a Civ game by Faeelin over on alternatehistory.com. I may have gone more by the maps he gave me than the description, which was this...

[I]It's 1800, and the Hanseatic League formed the nucleus for a United, liberal, protestant Germany, whose colonies in North America (the Freistatt) stretch from the Arctic Circle to the Missisippi. In Europe, the League has found itself at the center of a major empire by accident, after it used the levee en masse and the world's most sophisticated financial system to kick the shit out of the Russo-austrian alliance. The Portuguese, meanwhile, have control of Australia, the Philippines, and OTL Indonesia, which will certainly not form the nucleus for a *communist anticolonial state in 150 years.

The Ottomans still rule Ukriane through their Crimean vassals, and Scandinavia has eaten Norway. (Copenhagen survives as part of the Hanseatic League). The English conquered Mesoamerica, after an initial Spanish invasion fell apart, but the region is now revolting against the absolutist Lancasters who rule the British Isles. Spain rules the Southern Cone, while the French hold Colombia/Guyana.

Castille (spain was enver unified, which served the Italians poorly against the Grand Turk) ruled the Low Countries for several centuries, but in the 1760s the Dutch Patriots, armed with Hanseatic assistance, threw them out. The Low Countries are loosely associated with Germany, being somewhat poorer than OTL during this time period (while Germany is richer). France also experienced a Time of Troubles, and the Castillians still hold Roussillion. On the other hand, they managed to grab Luxembourg and Brabant.

China, divided into warring states after the Ming finally tottered in the 1720s, seems to be rife for foreign expansion. What people haven't realized is that the Zhou dynasty is very, very eager to buy Western guns and toys from the Germans, who are interloping on the Chinese Trade that the Portuguese used to dominate. I can send a few snapshots next week when I get back from vacation.
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Description
Hokay: a map of a Civ game by Faeelin over on alternatehistory.com. I may have gone more by the maps he gave me than the description, which was this...

[I]It's 1800, and the Hanseatic League formed the nucleus for a United, liberal, protestant Germany, whose colonies in North America (the Freistatt) stretch from the Arctic Circle to the Missisippi. In Europe, the League has found itself at the center of a major empire by accident, after it used the levee en masse and the world's most sophisticated financial system to kick the shit out of the Russo-austrian alliance. The Portuguese, meanwhile, have control of Australia, the Philippines, and OTL Indonesia, which will certainly not form the nucleus for a *communist anticolonial state in 150 years.

The Ottomans still rule Ukriane through their Crimean vassals, and Scandinavia has eaten Norway. (Copenhagen survives as part of the Hanseatic League). The English conquered Mesoamerica, after an initial Spanish invasion fell apart, but the region is now revolting against the absolutist Lancasters who rule the British Isles. Spain rules the Southern Cone, while the French hold Colombia/Guyana.

Castille (spain was enver unified, which served the Italians poorly against the Grand Turk) ruled the Low Countries for several centuries, but in the 1760s the Dutch Patriots, armed with Hanseatic assistance, threw them out. The Low Countries are loosely associated with Germany, being somewhat poorer than OTL during this time period (while Germany is richer). France also experienced a Time of Troubles, and the Castillians still hold Roussillion. On the other hand, they managed to grab Luxembourg and Brabant.

China, divided into warring states after the Ming finally tottered in the 1720s, seems to be rife for foreign expansion. What people haven't realized is that the Zhou dynasty is very, very eager to buy Western guns and toys from the Germans, who are interloping on the Chinese Trade that the Portuguese used to dominate. I can send a few snapshots next week when I get back from vacation.
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