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RvBOMally — Perpetuated in Righteousness

Published: 2018-09-02 20:33:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 17550; Favourites: 114; Downloads: 139
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Description This is my global cover of FederalRepublic 's EEUSG entry, the United States of America in Exile . Many thanks to him for giving pointers, providing text and helping out. 

The POD is in 1914, and it leads to Italy never entering the Great War. The war ends in a stalemate, however. The Austro-Hungarian Empire falls apart, but a "greater" Austrian Republic remains, with access to the sea. Germany establishes its sphere of influence in Eastern Europe, but is forced to concede Alsace-Lorraine and all of its colonies save Kamerun and Togoland. Russia avoids communism, but it loses the southern Caucasus and southern Central Asia. They keep Riga in Europe, but lose Finland. The Ottoman Empire is carved apart, leading to, among other things, the creation of the Kingdom of Hejaz. 

There is no second war in Europe, which strengthens colonial rule. Certain important colonies remain under very strong European influence even after their independence in the late 1970s/early 1980s, e.g. in North Africa and oil-rich regions like Kamerun, Equatorial Guinea, and Congo-Gabon. The remainder of Africa and a few Asian countries adopt an equivalent of OTL Baathism called "Rejuvenationism" with some countries going so far as to sponsor anti-Western terrorism. The biggest Rejuvenationist nation outside of Africa is Indonesia, which is in a bitter rivalry with Japan, Australia, and the pro-British Malaya and North Borneo. The decolonization of India was messier, with communists taking control of the united India message, and nationalists led by the Tamils and view a unified subcontinent as a British construct and wish for cooperation between independent Indian nation-states. The Bengals are rather furious with communist rule and want independence, but cannot agree with other opponents to the Indian occupation as to where the border should be. 

In Asia, Japan is the premier power in the Asia-Pacific region and in the 1960s experienced their own Civil Rights Movement led by its Korean and Chinese minorities. In Europe, Germany democratizes, the Kaiser becoming little more than a figurehead like his British counterpart. Germany is in the middle between conservatism and progressivism; most German states have legalized same sex marriage, with only a few holdouts remaining. 
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Comments: 18

Whiteshore1 [2019-04-03 03:03:51 +0000 UTC]

Is Manchuria a Republic or is it under the Qing Dynasty?

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ibrahim206 [2018-12-17 22:38:58 +0000 UTC]

FAPR

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grisador [2018-09-14 15:37:18 +0000 UTC]

Unic timeline

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cthulhufhtagn1987 [2018-09-12 20:47:56 +0000 UTC]

Am I wrong or does this timeline look nicer than OTL (e.g. no WWII and no Nazi Germany, for starters)?

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KuboCaskett [2018-09-04 00:26:31 +0000 UTC]

I wonder if Japan ITTL underwent radical militarism like OTL's, or did it not?

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FederalRepublic In reply to KuboCaskett [2018-09-05 07:35:20 +0000 UTC]

I think it's unlikely, though I'm not an expert on the Taisho and early Showa periods. But with countries like Manchukuo, the Philippines, and (before they switched to China, which definitely happened after the 1950s) Thailand, plus a "safe" Pacific... That might be enough to convince the young Hirohito to avoid the militaristic excesses of OTL.

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KuboCaskett In reply to FederalRepublic [2018-09-05 14:43:36 +0000 UTC]

I see, though from what I gather, it's slightly difficult to avoid radical militarism with a post-1900 POD but not impossible.

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Whachamacallit1 [2018-09-03 22:27:39 +0000 UTC]

I noticed that the image doesn't say who South Africa is allied with. Would they be considered an independent state, or are they part of some alliance?

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RvBOMally In reply to Whachamacallit1 [2018-09-03 23:47:00 +0000 UTC]

I cannot believe I missed that. They are non-aligned.

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PG-1987 [2018-09-03 15:48:48 +0000 UTC]

Why Kamerun?
It was the large German colony (in Africa) with the smallest German population (just 1000 in 1912).

It makes as much as sense as Nigeria as a British settler colony.

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RvBOMally In reply to PG-1987 [2018-09-03 18:29:37 +0000 UTC]

It isn’t a settler colony, it just has a lot of Germans because it was retained post-war.

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mdc01957 [2018-09-02 23:29:28 +0000 UTC]

Another nicely done map. Great work as usual!

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Mechazoidfallen [2018-09-02 22:33:19 +0000 UTC]

What's the Federation of US like very purgy and stalinist, or still democratic?

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RvBOMally In reply to Mechazoidfallen [2018-09-03 00:20:00 +0000 UTC]

I added a link to the original entry. 

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Politburo1950 In reply to RvBOMally [2018-09-04 00:59:50 +0000 UTC]

1.) How is the Federation of American People's Republics doing in terms of GNP/GNP per capita?

2.) What exactly is rejuvinasionism? How does it work in practice?

3.) Which blox is the strongest? Which side is the most likely to win this worlds cold war?

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FederalRepublic In reply to Politburo1950 [2018-09-04 23:01:06 +0000 UTC]

1) I expect it to be slightly lower than in our timeline. It's difficult for me to estimate the GNP/GDP for the entire country, but using the current dollar as a guideline, I'd say the high 40ks, so about the level of countries like Austria, Canada, or Hong Kong.

2) Rejuvenationism is a complex ideology and can vary depending on the country (just like fascism and communism have adapted). The basics are that it's against Western imperialism and colonialism, generally secular, anti-communist (but not anti-socialist), and against "reactionary classes" (though that can vary; most Rejuvenationist states are republics but a few are monarchies).

Rejuvenationist states are one-party states, with the leading party justifying its rule by enacting populist policies, however the political elite sees itself as revolutionary and often as being ahead of the common people. In short they try to rejuvenate their nation with their policies in order to allow it to defend itself against hostile outside (and often also internal) influences.

3) The Association of Democratic States of course leads in terms of pure population and military numbers, however it is a fairly loose alliance which doesn't always manage to cooperate very well. The Sino-German Alliance has two economic powerhouses with lots of military potential, but it's smaller than the AoDS. The Communist Internationale is more of a forum, with the FAPR, North India, and Iberia only occasionally cooperating (in general North India is the oddball of the three big communist nations), but since these three states are quite important, you shouldn't count out any potential act of military solidarity. The Rejuvenationists aren't a unified group either, with regional power struggles being most visible in Africa.

There hasn't been anything quite like the Cold War in this timeline, but more of a three-way rivalry between the Sino-German Alliance, the AoDS, and the FAPR, which is still ongoing and probably won't end any time soon since there's almost a parity between them.

I hope these answers have been satisfactory.

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Politburo1950 In reply to FederalRepublic [2018-09-07 15:32:15 +0000 UTC]

Yes it was, thanks a lot

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RvBOMally In reply to Politburo1950 [2018-09-04 20:39:39 +0000 UTC]

FederalRepublic would be more equipped to answer that.

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