Differences (Wiser Kaiser)

Americas

 * The United Kingdom decides to purchase Alaska from the Russian Empire in 1866. It was part of the Northwest Territories until 1899, when it merged with the Yukon district to become the Alaska territory.
 * The United States is more isolationist than in otl due to a more powerful anti-communist, monarchist bloc in Europe.

Germany

 * The Otl Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germay is killed in a riding accident in 1881. Under the leadership of his younger brother Heinrich, Germany becomes far more democratic by the early 20th century and is aligned with the United Kingdom during WW1.
 * Without the defeats in the world wars and the stains of Nazi Rule, Germany is a much more powerful country with a far more patriotic populace.
 * The German Empire is the first country to land a man on the moon. Johann Wolff, the first man on the moon upon stepping foot is credited with the now famous quote, roughly translated as "Such a small step for a men, yet mankind has reached the foot of the heavens".