Stalemate

Stalemate is a timeline where World War I ends in a stalemate in the west and leads to a weakening of all powers as well as the complete collapse of the Russian Empire.

The Great German Navy
The Kaiserliche marine is given priority over the already hulking german army and is greatly expanded. Naval generals are promoted based on skill and not through cronyism. The Kaiserliche Marine grows more capable than the French navy by 1890. When world war I starts, the Kaiserliche Marine successfully restricts British naval power off the coast of mainland europe.

Germans of America
In America, Pro-German sentiment becomes more common, especially after news of the brutal British concentration camps in the Boer Wars becomes apparent. Americans trade with Germany more and more. German culture also flourishes in the American German belt.

World War I
During World War I, German submarines clash with the British and Germany reigns superior in the North Sea and English Channel while Britain reigns superior everywhere else. A stalemate is reached on the western front as German forces take over all of Belgium and dig mildly deep into France. In the east, the Germans and Austrians advance not as far into Russia as they did in our timeline and Sweden is called in as a central power. The Swedes invade finland and revolution kicks off in Russia. The treaty of Brest-Livotsk is happens, but with the Swedes gaining Finland, Karelia, and Murmansk. Bulgaria, Spain, and the Ottomans are called in as central powers while Portugal, Italy, Romania, and Japan are called into the allies. The US remains neutral but is sympathetic towards the Germans. As the germans already have naval supremacy in seas around continental europe, they don't use as much unrestricted submarine warfare and don't anger the Americans. The war continues on into the early 1920s, when the Germans and British called for a peace.

The Congress of New York
The Congress of New York was a peace negotiation between the central and allied powers (excluding Russia). In the treaty Germany had to vacate Belgium and release all their war gains on the western front while France had to cede a large portion of Gabon and the British had to cede Walvis bay to the Germans. The German pacific holdings were kept, which would hamper Japanese expansionism. The Congo was placed under condominium of the League of Nations, created as part of the peace negotiations held by the US. Bulgaria was allowed its borders prior to the 3rd Balkan War (excluding areas held by the Ottoman Empire), and Egypt was made independent.

Interwar Period
The Interwar period was first marked by the collapse of Austria-Hungary in 1930. The dissolution was peaceful and Cislethania was taken by the Germans, save Galicia Lodomeria which was given to Poland and Bohemia which was made into a protectorate. The Kingdom of Hungary took all of Translethania, Croatia, and Bosnia.