User blog comment:Truteal/Several Alternative World Ideas/@comment-4727448-20120625030501

The first has indeed been done.

The second one is very lucky, and like Lurk, most of the Euros would have a harder time colonizing in areas with significant natives, like the Incas and Aztecs.

The third, if China were to discover it, maybe we'd have a scenario like Easternized World. At the least, most European nations would not be very interested in the idea at first and then would later discover the greatness of the possibility of colonizing the area.

The fourth, I don't see how that could happen, without a POD in the 1500s or 1600s. Idea: Peter the Great is liberal and liberalizes Russia when he takes the throne. Then we would have a more capitalist east. How to make a communist west? Maybe first America becomes imperial instead of a democracy at formation. They had originally intended to make Washington king or emperor. Then, if Karl Marx would be kicked somewhere else in Europe, like France or Germany. His communism would spread and it would reach America: commie west capitalist east.

I have explored the fifth in this timeline but it is ranked as ASB - Biased. This happens because Napoleon defeats the Brits in Europe. The Navy of the Kingdom of France, at one point, contested the Royal Navy. Had Napoleon not fired most of the people in the Kingdom's Navy or sunk a bunch of those boats, he could possibly defeat them. With a weakened Britain in the homeland, the US easily defeats the Brits in North Ameriica, taking Upper and Lower Canada.