Pax Columbia

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Point of Divergence and Basis of World
In 1508, Historically stifled by its neighbors, the Venice Duchy catches a lucky break with the failed League of Cambrai, this dramatically changes the whole history of the world.

OTL vs. ATL
The alternative conclusion to the League of Cambrai strengthened North Italy and weakened the Pope politcally. This created a very different future for the world, amongst which:


 * Spain, Italy, Burgundy and The Holy Roman Empire (which becomes Romana) grow more powerful at the expense of France, England and the Russian Empires.
 * Due to the weakened English Empire, colonizations in North America collapsed to a 'foolish fatherland' scenario caused by intractable differences between Federalists and Centrists.
 * Russian interest in China, influenced by the Russian East China Trading Company, has less interest in European affairs. As a result, territorial neighbors in Scandinavia are strengthened, and Polish-Lithuania becomes a powerful regional power in Eastern Europe.
 * Domineering European competition and colonizations over the new world, Africa, and Asia favor the Italians, Spanish, Portugese, Polish, and Greek. Weakened by wars and historical events, England and France waver in their historical colonial holdings.
 * China has a smaller land footprint and rejects socialism due to consistent Russian intervention (up until communism),
 * Japan, instead of Korea, is split into two regions after World War IV (World War II in Our Timeline). North Japan is one of the few remaining communist nations. Korea is united.
 * Strength of the Spanish Empire causes a consolidated effort in Granada for Independence. The Federated States of Columbia (FSC) aka Columbia is historically the most powerful nation in both Americas.
 * Brazilian Slavery and Slave trade prompts a civil war in Columbia in the early 1810s. A Civil War occurs in the United States in North America. The Confederate States of America successfully splits in their civil war adding to the fractionating of North American nations.
 * The South American revolution, became an international affair, South American historians later labeled it the first World War, the Napoleonic Wars are known as World War II, World War I in OTL is known as World War III, World War II in OTL is known as World War IV.
 * After World War IV, a Jewish state (Azov) was established in the historical Jewish State along the north black sea. Azov is still under political and regional pressures from hostile Muslim countries including Kurdistan.
 * Poland becomes the center of the communist revolution and influence. Warsaw is the capital of the USSR. Democratic countries like Italy, Spain and the FSC fight a cold war with the Soviets. The brutal history of Italian colonialization in African territories cause many African nations to embrace communism, supported by the USSR, the center of which is Ethiosamalia.
 * Russia is communist still, but in name only. China is democratic. Mao Zedong took refuge in Nepal, which becomes a communist country.
 * Indian Empire, with a weak China, and an early independence movement from Britain, takes over Tibet.
 * In 2009, With the fall of communism in the mid 1980s the FSC is now the world's only hegemon. A disastrous elective wars in The Congo and EthioSamalia and the rise of other nations, such as the Indian Empire, China, Russia, California and the European Union. Pax Columbia provides a stabilizing influence across the world.

Key Events

 * See also: List of Wars (Pax Columbia)

View full Timeline, these are only highlights:


 * 1813: Battle of Petrograd and Napoleon's victory over Russian Empire
 * 1815: Forty Days Campaign and conquest of Britain; partitioning of United Kingdom into England, Scotland and Ireland
 * 1819: Formation of Imperial Districts, effectively consolidating all of Napoleon's conquered lands under Paris
 * 1822: Berber Wars in North Africa
 * 1825: Siberian kingdom established
 * 1830: Kingdom of Alaska established
 * 1837: Texan Revolution
 * 1839: American-Mexican War begins
 * 1842: First Franco-Turkish War begins
 * 1844: Napoleon I dies
 * 1845: Louis Bonaparte, brother of Emperor Napoleon II, stages coup against Viceroy Laurence D'Villieon of the Churat. Napoleon II abdicates
 * 1850: Darnier expedition to Japan; establishment of French presence in port of Nagasaki
 * 1866: Sino-Korean War; despite overwhelming odds, the Kingdom of Korea survives
 * 1873: Second Franco-Turkish War begins
 * 1874: King James of Ireland abdicates following death of son; power vacuum results in establishment of Irish Republic
 * 1884: Alaskan War begins between the United States and Alaskan Empire
 * 1888: Treaty of Sofiyagrad establishes boundary between Alaska and US at 51st parallel
 * 1889: The Parisian Tower is completed, designed by Gustave EiffelEiffel-tower.jpg
 * 1893: Third Franco-Turkish War begins between France and Ottoman Empire
 * 1895: Japanese Invasion of Korea
 * 1901: Yellow Sea War between Japan and China begins
 * 1906: Korean Revolution ends Yellow Sea War and results in Korean independence
 * 1909: Revolution in England topples monarchy
 * 1912: Mexican Civil War begins
 * 1915: Colombian Civil War begins
 * 1920: Socialist Revolution in England
 * 1924: Torpedoing of USS Rockefeller; Pacific War begins
 * 1925: Iron Revolution in France leads to rise of Emperor Albert I
 * 1927: US President Al Smith is assassinated in Chicago
 * 1928: Oktoberkreig in eastern French Empire
 * 1931: Umberto Ruiz elected in Colombia
 * 1934: Irish War begins
 * 1937: Sebastien's flight to Russia
 * 1938: Founding of European Alliance
 * 1939: Coronation of Edmond Bonaparte, Battle of Prievnya, Communist Revolution in Siberia
 * 1940: Polish Campaign, Battle of Kalau, Thirty Hungarian Nights, Dalmatian Engagement
 * 1941: Battle of Dresden, Battle of Prague, Bavarian Campaign
 * 1942: Winter of Death, March on Paris
 * 1943: Battle of Limoges, Coronation of Sebastien, Execution of Edmond, Battle of the English Channel. Siberian-Alaskan War begins
 * 1944: Siege of Bordeaux, Pyrenees Campaign, Armistice, Assassination of Churchill
 * 1945: Polynesian War
 * 1950: Beginning of the Anarchy in England, Formation of Imperial Office under Sebastien
 * 1952: English Adventure begins
 * 1957: Black Sea War begins
 * 1959: France detonates first atomic bomb
 * 1963: France puts first man in space
 * 1966: America tests first atomic device
 * 1969: St. Lawrence River standoff
 * 1971: Japanese banking crash
 * 1972: Hugo Savala comes to power in Brazil
 * 1975: Sebastien dies, Albert II coronated
 * 1976: China enters Burmese War, detonates two atomic weapons against Burmese troops
 * 1978: President Adam Eisler assassinated
 * 1979: Brazilian War begins
 * 1983: Covenant Race Riots
 * 1988: Persian Gulf War begins
 * 1990: Icelandic Crisis, Siamese War begins
 * 1991: Revolution of 1991 in Alaska, Chinese-Siberian War begins
 * 1994: Cyrene Coup
 * 1995: Arabian Civil War begins
 * 1996: France withdraws from Siam
 * 1998: Cyrene War
 * 2000: 3rd Millenium begins
 * 2004: Philippine War begins
 * 2006: Albert II dies; coronation of Maurice I