User:Fedelede/Ideas

IF YOU WOULD WISH TO HELP WITH ANY OF THESE IDEAS, PLEASE TELL ME!

NOTE: This idea is not mine. I got the idea when I saw Mitro's one, which you can find here. You're free to comment on this ideas.

NOTE 2: Probably not all (hell, not even most) of the ideas in this page will ever become their own TLs. However, I will write down any TL idea I have here.

An Outline

 * During 661 (or 750?) the Caliphate breaks apart between Zoroastrians, Nestorians, Orthodox and Monofysist.


 * The Caliphate breaks apart and the only Muslim remainders are Turkestan, an Ummayyad remainder on Iberia and an Abbasid remainder on Arabia.


 * The Renaissance may happen earlier (because of greater cooperation between Christian nations), later (because of there not being a great Muslim influence) or never (for the same reasons as above).

An Outline

 * The Byzantine-Sassanid War of 602-628 does not occur, so the Persian army is much stronger and stable. The Persians are able to resist the attack by Muslims. This also causes the Byzantines to be able to defeat the Arab invaders too. The Middle East is divided between a Muslim Arabia, a Christian Syria, Egypt and Anatolia, and a Zoroastrian/Christian Persia and Mesopotamia.


 * A Turk leader, however, later converts to Islam voluntarily, and OTL East Iran, Afghanistan and Turkestan become Muslim.

1983:Doomsday

 * Kivuan_Republic.pngn Republic: Presidential dictatorship located in the eastern half of what used to be Zaire. Relatively stable although power decreases as soon as you reach the anarchical only-claimed areas filled with Hutu and Tutsi immigrants. Has a huge metal deposits which might eventually prove of vital importance; is therefore being influenced by both the EABC (East African Bloc for Cooperation; Buganda, Toro, Bunyoro and the UPR as observer) and the EAC if Caeruleus grants me permission.
 * Kingdom of Aragon: A Catalan-speaking monarchy (the name coming from revivalist traditions; Aragonese is an official language, but spoken but a small minority of the population) in either or (if it's not viable due to it only being 91 kilometers from Barcelona) the.
 * Extremaduran Republic: Extremeñu and Spanish-speaking republic in.

Kingdom of Aragon
After a short feedback discussion with LG, I'm pretty happy that the Kingdom of Aragon is probably viable if it is small and somewhere in Ebro (apparently Tarragona isn't useful since it's too close to Barcelona to survive... I'm not sure on that, but I'll redirect Aragon southwards). I now have two ideas for Aragon (besides, of course, obsolete Tarragona): the Gandesa and Tortosa versions. They are named after their respective capitals. Of course, the third way would be merging both states (even though I'd rather not).

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To do list (Colombia)

 * Begin expansion into Panama (until the Channel Zone by early 2013?)
 * Occupy Coiba Island by March 2012 at the latest; turn the prison into a military base. Base military operations into La Liga, Azuero and Costa Rica from there.
 * March on Chepo. Negotiate with the other groups putting pressure on them. April or May of 2012 at latest.
 * Create a viable highway through the Darién Gap.
 * By December 15: Studies into a Darien Highway starts?
 * March across the Darien with part of the Colombian army? (less casualties with ex-guerilla and Guna aid, yet still the casualties due to jungle are high)
 * March on Chepo by early 2012? Soon afterwards discuss with the East Panama warlords for peace as the Chepo Regional Authority (with autonomy similar to Darien's).
 * Establish a military base somewhere around the Canal Zone.
 * Land troops on Coiba and establish military presence on the former island; later seize Cébaco from the Azuereños before the ANZ or USSR can establish aid on the Panaman states
 * Negotiate with the Ngäbe-Buglé government like Darien and East Panama's.
 * Populate or militarize the atolls in the Caribbean.
 * Expand in anarchic or uninhabbited territories
 * Seek to reform the SAC into a more closely-knit organization
 * Seek to expand the SAC to Central America and the Caribbean?

A T'ang Empire?
The does not occur in China, and the T'ang are not weakened. Therefore, a Chinese Tang Empire survives until today.


 * T'ang becomes more pan-Chinese and a constitutional monarchy?


 * Earlier modernization?


 * Further influence into Korea and Japan?

Finnish Empire

 * The Uralic tribes form their own governments preventing them from being annexed by the surrounding nations?
 * Possible Uralic tribes to become important nations: Great Perm, Finland, Mari El, the Karelians, Mordovia, Urheimat (the original place of the Uralics, possibly between the Volga and the Oka, with the Kama basin as well, at its larger), Saamiland and the Samoyeds.
 * The Uralic tribes are converted to Islam by the Bulgars?
 * Part of the Golden Horde is "Uralicized" after its conversion to Islam?
 * On an opposite note, the Uralic tribes adopt another religion (Nestorian or a local rite of Christianity or Catholicism, maybe even Judaism) and assert their influence over the Bulgarians by converting them?
 * Later, after the Mongol invasion, they partially overrun the Rus' states and Byzantium?

Christian Mongols?
(based on a blog idea)

Genghis Khan is a Kereit and henceforth Christian; his hordes preach Christianity.

Byzantium
That Byzantine door isn't left ajar and Byzantium survives in time for a wave of Christian reinforcements, which break off the siege and kill Mehmet.

POD Changes
I am thinking of pulling the POD back to the Deluge in the 1600's, where Poland is forced to give a lot of the territory north of the Vistula (see map) to Sweden, and is forced to establish a "true" monarchy with a junior cadet of the Swedish Royal Family in charge. Russia annexes huge tracts of territory out east, gaining the distrust of Poland, Austria, Sweden, the Ottoman Empire and the Romanian principalities, causing it to suffer the defeat in the Great Northern War, etc.

Dominions of Sweden
The following are titles of the House of Bernandotte. In bold are which as of now are part of Sweden in TTL, whilst in bold itallics' the ones which aren't claims in OTL but yes in TTL:


 * King of Sweden, the Geats and the Vandals


 * King of Norway


 * Grand Prince of Finland


 * Duke of Scania, Estonia, Livonia, Karelia, Bremen, Verden, Stettin, Pommerania, Kashubia and Wendia, Prince of Rügen, lord of Ingria and Wismar, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, Jülich, Cleves and Berg.


 * 'Prince of Novgorod


 * Duke of Archangel


 * Lord of Kola


 * Prince of Lappland and Finnmark


 * Duke of Courland


 * Prince of Pskov


 * Lord Protector of Riga


 * "Goðar" of Iceland

Linguistics Difference?
Possible differences in linguistics:


 * Russian might be written with both alphabets (both Cyrilic and Latin).


 * Swedish might include the Danish/Norwegian letters Ø, Ö and Ä, and only perhaps the Ð and Þ from the Icelandic one, while the Å will exist in Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian Latin and Icelandic.
 * Sweden and Finland both have huge minorities of Finns (in Sweden's case) and Swedes (in Finland's).

Trotskyist Bloc?
Leon Trotsky isn't killed in his home in Mexico and is instead able to create a new Trotskyist and Social Democratic bloc on the "third world". This leads to the collapse of the other two blocks after the blocking of prime materials to both the USSR and USA in 1965.

United Provinces of Hispanic America?
The crown prince of Spain escapes the Spanish mainland like the crown prince of Portugal instead of submitting to José de Bonaparte, leading to a Brazil-like independence of the Spanish colonies as a whole.

Differences

 * The USA includes Canada, but it only spreads until the Mississippi within OTL boundaries, as Spain did not cede Louisiana back to France


 * Everything up to the Mississippi and the 49 Parallel would be part of Hispanic America.


 * HA might develop into either a constitutional monarchy or a democracy.

Ful title of the King (for the lolz)
His most emminent Highness, the Emperor of America, King of New Spain, of Haiti, of Guatemala, of New Granada, of Perú, of Chile, of Argentina and Jerusalem, Duke of Quito, Santo Domingo, Venezuela, Guayana, California, Tejas, Deseret, Nueva Orleáns, Misuri, Arkansaw, Luisiana, of Upper Peru, Lord Marshall of Habana, Count of Acre, Lord Protector of Amazonia.

Name
If Hispanic America becomes a republic, its official name will be the United States of Colombia (Estados Unidos de Colombia), the United Provinces of the West Indies (Provincias Unidas de las Indias Occidentales) or the United Provinces of Hispanic America (Provincias Unidas de América Hispánica or Provincias Unidas de América Española). The monarchist title would be the American Empire (Imperio Americano), the Empire of the West Indies (Imperio de las Indias Occidentales) or Empire of Colombia (Imperio Colombiano or Imperio de Colombia).


 * NOTE: Colombia was not a title used for what is called Colombia nowadays until the collapse of Gran Colombia: before (and for a while shortly afterwards), it was used as Bolivar's idea for the Latin American federation.

The long, lame names (:P) are due to the fact that, since Spain's territory in the Americas was far vaster than Portugal's, there was not a single name for the colonies (such as Brazil). Therefore, a single name can't be used, and the terms for describing regions (which are far less "magical" than those for single nations) have to be used.

Early Italy?
The Lombard Kingdom/the Kingdom of Italy retains it's independence and becomes one of the first modern states to unify. This leads the Italian country to establish influence over its boundary territories (the Kingdom of Arles and the Swiss Cantons) and becomes one of the modern great powers.

Pazzi Wars?
Giuliano de'Medici survives the Pazzi Conspiracy. This eventually leads to a inter-Italian war and later French and Habsburg intervention. The war becomes an early equivalent of the Seven Years' War.
 * Milan and Bologna aid the Tuscans in their war against the Papal States and Naples. The Italian alliances game soon takes it to a pan-Italian war.


 * Alternatively, the Guelph and Ghibelline conflict escalates into an all out war.

Lutheran Catholicism?
Luther somehow becomes Pope and reforms the Catholic Church without divides.

Colombia Superpower?
Santander and Bolívar (alternatively Camilo Torres and Nariño) share the same ideals. Colombia doesn't suffers as huge of an internal crisis and becomes somewhat a superpower.


 * Venezuelan and Ecuatorian independence movements are unsuccessful and known as the "Páez Rebellion".


 * The Colombian-Peruvian War doesn't happen and Colombo-Peruvian relations are good.

Teyrnas Prydain Fawr?

 * The English kingdoms do not unify/unify much later. They are easier pray for a revitalized Kingdom of Alba and Principality of Wales. These later unify as the Kingdom of Welsh, Scots, English and Cornish (Kingdom of Great Britain). Henceforth, the British Isles are more Celtic.

Kingdom of Scotland and France?
King Francis II doesn't get ill and survives till much later, therefore having children with Mary, Queen of Scots. This later leads to a second "Hundred Years War" scenario with the French invading the English.

No Civil War?
Frederick William, son of James I, survives and becomes King of Scotland and England. A more able ruler than his brother or his father, he is able to stop the Civil War by giving concessions to Parliament.

United Kingdom of France and Tuscany?
Caterina de' Medici becomes Duchess of Tuscany (as her half-brother wasn't born). After her marriage to the King of France and the birth of their son Lorenzo France and Tuscany unify.


 * This leads to further Franco-Spanish Wars as they clash for control of Italy (especially the Milanesado and Siena?)


 * France eventually annexes all of Northern Italy?


 * Italian is more widely spoken throughout France and French in Italy?

Greater Switzerland?
(based on an article I read stating several areas wouldn't mind being part of Switzerland).

Switzerland annexes Lombardy, Savoy, Liguria and parts of Veneto, Trentino, Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. This makes it one of the powers of the age.