The Great Southern Fatherland

Willkommen in Newschwaben!! (Welcome to New Schwabia!!). This alternate history explores an alternate New Zealand, one that was colonized not by the British, but by the Germans. In this timeline, the British never take control of New Zealand due to ongoing conflicts with local Maori tribes and instead focuses on colonizing Australia. Also, the French through Charles de Thierry never attempt colonization, giving Britain even less impetus to colonize New Zealand. Meanwhile in the German states, the Kingdom of Prussia seeks prestige both within Germany and abroad, prompting Prussia to seek colonial expansion. Following Britain's withdrawal of its claim to New Zealand in 1840, Prussia claims the islands as the colonies of Neuseeland and New South Prussia (German: Neusüdpreusen). Later in 1846, Prussia declares the colonies to be "a new southern Fatherland" for the German people and allows settlers from all of the German states and the Habsburg domains to immigrate to Neuseeland and New South Prussia. Later in 1899, the two colonies, now under the control of the German Empire, are united under the name "New Schwabia" (German: Neuschwaben[land]).

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Main Differences
This timeline differs from ours largely only in New Zealand and some related areas of the South Pacific. The rest of the world is almost entirely the same as in OTL, with a few nations having minor differences, such as Australia having a slightly larger population due to the British colonists who settled New Zealand in OTL settling in Australia instead, and Germany likewise having a slightly smaller population due to many of the ethnic Germans expelled from eastern Germany (the areas that would become part of Poland) opting to immigrate to New Schwabia.