Napoleon's World

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May 20, 2011, Alaska - Tsar Nicholas II has passed away at the age of 71 in Sitka following complications from a stroke suffered in February. His state funeral is scheduled for Wednesday, May 22 after lying in state for five days.

April 14, 2011, England - Leadership Debates for May 1, 2011 general election held between Whig Party leader and incumbent PM Hugh Grant and Labour Party leader Jack Davenport.

April 8, 2011, France - Crown Princess Christine Marie turns 18 today, officially and legally making her second-in-line to Maurice Napoleon I's throne under French law, and the first legally recognized Crown Princess in French history

April 4, 2011, United States - Senator Jack Kennedy has formally announced he will seek the Democratic nomination for the Presidency in 2012, becoming the first Democrat to officially announce that they will challenge incumbent President Bruce Springsteen for the Democratic nomination.

April 2, 2011, Persia, Baku There has been a bit of a uprising in the Azerbaijani region, over 20 arrests have been made by the Persian police.



Point of Divergence and Basis of World
In 1813, Napoleon emerges from winter quarters at Borodino, swiftly defeats Tsar Alexander's forces outside of Moscow and then marches north to Petrograd, where he devastates the still-powerful Russian army. The Tsar falls in battle at Petrograd, making the battle the symbolic end of the Russian Empire, although many Russian nobles would flee to Siberia and Alaska and form somewhat powerful governments there, known as "exile states" by the condescending French Empire.

In the fall of 1813, having completed his bloody scour of southern Russia and the Ukraine, Napoleon invades Austria from the East, taking Emperor Franz by surprise and defeating him in a quick succession of battles. Napoleon turned his attention south in spring of 1814, conquering northern Italy with a decisive victory at Malena and later a bloody slaughter of retreating Neopolitan and British forces at Bologna. Napoleon rode into Rome unopposed, raising the French flag over St. Peter's Basilica. In May of 1814, with the Peninsular War in full swing, the Duke of Wellington was killed in the Battle of Toledo and the British were later crushed at several battles near the Portuguese border. Portugal sued for peace in September of that year and was stripped of all colonial possessions excluding Brazil.

In late 1814, Napoleon began designing his Invasion of England, which was executed in what became known as the Forty Days Campaign in early 1815. The Battle of Hastings stymied British forces and Britain formally surrendered thirty-one days later once London was fully under French control.

From there on out, the age of began. Napoleon and his descendants would continuosly consolidate power; some through violent purges, others through instruments and policies of fairness and unity. Today, the French Empire is the world's superpower, competing only with the rival military powers of America and China.

Much of this Alternate History focuses on what the modern world is like politically, economically, and culturally - attention is given equally to political events as it is to significant sports moments and film and literature. The 20th century is the main focal point of Napoleon's World, although the 19th century is when the POD occurs.

OTL vs. ATL
The alternative conclusion to the Napoleonic War created a very different future for the world, amongst which:


 * America was victorious in the War of 1812 (known in ATL as the Canadian War). As a result, the United States and France split the winnings of British Canada
 * The collapse of the Russian Empire encouraged the rapid expansion of Persia, Mongolia, China and Korea into previously Russian-held territory. The 'exile states' of Siberia and Alyeska (Alaska) were formed in the early 1800's by Russian expatriates
 * With all of Europe either consolidated into the monstrous French Empire or a runt state (Portugal, Josephite Castille, Denmark, England, Scotland, Ireland, Papal States, Ostpreussen) the colonial scramble for Africa and Asia never occurred. France would eventually come to hold sway over a large coastal swatch of territory ont he Arabian Sea, with their colonial headquarters at Karachi, Goa and Mumbai, but never in the domineering way that Europeans oppressed foreign lands in OTL
 * Without foreign intervention, the Chinese Empire grew to include large parts of Southeast Asia and they created a more competitive nature out of fear of the French Empire's colonial ambition
 * Japan would become an Imperial Power under a strong Shogunate in the late 1800's, and still has a samurai order even in modern day
 * Due to expansion north into Canada and eventually south into former Mexican territory, the United States slavery issue was never as contentious. The Civil War never occurred as a result
 * Without colonial repression or a competitive United States, Brazil and Colombia grew as regional powers that could compete on par with the US for control of the Caribbean and South Atlantic.
 * Since European nationalism was never an issue, World War I and II never happened. A vicious civil war did rock the Empire in the 1930's and 40's, however
 * The Great Depression never occurred either, and every economic recession throughout the 20th century was largely regional. Nations tend to be far more isolationist in nature
 * Since there were no colonial ambitions or establishment of a Jewish state (since the Jews were tolerated by the Empire), the Middle East is a moderately peaceful region - the primary conflict revolves around the massive Persian, Arabic and Turkish Empires.
 * African nations developed with influence from foreign powers, but never in the exploitative way that defined the 19th century. Most of Africa is controlled by foreign-backed "mega-states" such as the French-supported Mali, the English/American-backed Zanzibar, and Japanese funded Konga. The resident mega-states are, however, Zululand and Ethiopia, two ultra-nationalistic countries deeply involved in the Cold War conflict
 * In 2009, the French Empire is the undisputed master of the world, with the United States, Turkey, Japan and China the only rival military powers. Pax Francia is the name given to the age of global peace brought upon by the rise of Napoleon's Empire.

Key Events

 * See also: List of Wars (Napoleon's World)

View full Timeline, these are only highlights:


 * 1813: Battle of Petrograd and Napoleon's victory over Russian Empire
 * 1815: Forty Days Campaign and conquest of Britain; partitioning of United Kingdom into England, Scotland and Ireland
 * 1819: Formation of Imperial Districts, effectively consolidating all of Napoleon's conquered lands under Paris
 * 1822: Berber Wars in North Africa
 * 1825: Siberian kingdom established
 * 1830: Kingdom of Alaska established
 * 1837: Texan Revolution
 * 1839: American-Mexican War begins
 * 1842: First Franco-Turkish War begins
 * 1844: Napoleon I dies
 * 1845: Louis Bonaparte, brother of Emperor Napoleon II, stages coup against Viceroy Laurence D'Villieon of the Churat. Napoleon II abdicates
 * 1850: Darnier expedition to Japan; establishment of French presence in port of Nagasaki
 * 1866: Sino-Korean War; despite overwhelming odds, the Kingdom of Korea survives
 * 1873: Second Franco-Turkish War begins
 * 1874: King James of Ireland abdicates following death of son; power vacuum results in establishment of Irish Republic
 * 1884: Alaskan War begins between the United States and Alaskan Empire
 * 1888: Treaty of Sofiyagrad establishes boundary between Alaska and US at 51st parallel
 * 1889: The Parisian Tower is completed, designed by Gustave EiffelEiffel-tower.jpg
 * 1893: Third Franco-Turkish War begins between France and Ottoman Empire
 * 1895: Japanese Invasion of Korea
 * 1901: Yellow Sea War between Japan and China begins
 * 1906: Korean Revolution ends Yellow Sea War and results in Korean independence
 * 1909: Revolution in England topples monarchy
 * 1912: Mexican Civil War begins
 * 1915: Colombian Civil War begins
 * 1920: Socialist Revolution in England
 * 1924: Torpedoing of USS Rockefeller; Pacific War begins
 * 1925: Iron Revolution in France leads to rise of Emperor Albert I
 * 1927: US President Al Smith is assassinated in Chicago
 * 1928: Oktoberkreig in eastern French Empire
 * 1931: Umberto Ruiz elected in Colombia
 * 1934: Irish War begins
 * 1937: Sebastien's flight to Russia
 * 1938: Founding of European Alliance
 * 1939: Coronation of Edmond Bonaparte, Battle of Prievnya, Communist Revolution in Siberia
 * 1940: Polish Campaign, Battle of Kalau, Thirty Hungarian Nights, Dalmatian Engagement
 * 1941: Battle of Dresden, Battle of Prague, Bavarian Campaign
 * 1942: Winter of Death, March on Paris
 * 1943: Battle of Limoges, Coronation of Sebastien, Execution of Edmond, Battle of the English Channel. Siberian-Alaskan War begins
 * 1944: Siege of Bordeaux, Pyrenees Campaign, Armistice, Assassination of Churchill
 * 1945: Polynesian War
 * 1950: Beginning of the Anarchy in England, Formation of Imperial Office under Sebastien
 * 1952: English Adventure begins
 * 1957: Black Sea War begins
 * 1959: France detonates first atomic bomb
 * 1963: France puts first man in space
 * 1966: America tests first atomic device
 * 1969: St. Lawrence River standoff
 * 1971: Japanese banking crash
 * 1972: Hugo Savala comes to power in Brazil
 * 1975: Sebastien dies, Albert II coronated
 * 1976: China enters Burmese War, detonates two atomic weapons against Burmese troops
 * 1978: President Adam Eisler assassinated
 * 1979: Brazilian War begins
 * 1983: Covenant Race Riots
 * 1988: Persian Gulf War begins
 * 1990: Icelandic Crisis, Siamese War begins
 * 1991: Revolution of 1991 in Alaska, Chinese-Siberian War begins
 * 1994: Cyrene Coup
 * 1995: Arabian Civil War begins
 * 1996: France withdraws from Siam
 * 1998: Cyrene War
 * 2000: 3rd Millenium begins
 * 2004: Philippine War begins
 * 2006: Albert II dies; coronation of Maurice I