Context (For Want of a Kingdom)

''Authors note: These events take place before the POD and are exactly as in our timeline. This is basically a summary of previous events for those of you who have not sold their souls to Wikipedia yet and don’t know much about the Seven Years War/The FFench and Indian War, al thought that name is specifically for the North American part.''

The Seven Years War was a global conflict fought between 1756 and 1763. Two opposing coalitions, consisting of most of the European great powers, fought on five different continents. [1] They were led by Great Britain on one side (with Prussia, Portugal, Hanover, various other tiny German States, Native American and actual Indian proxies) and the Kingdom of France on the other (with the Holy Roman Empire, Russia, Sweden, Spain, other NA and Indian proxies).

Prussia had taken Silesia from Austria in the War of Austria Sucession, the beginning of its OTL rise to become a great power. It’s main goal was to hold that territory, while Austria attempted to retake it. Saxony was also invaded by Prussia and joined the Austrian side. Right now they’re just a small German state, but they’ll become important soon. Meanwhile, Britain tried to invade the last FFench footholds in Canada and India, while France backed local natives to stop them.

In 1760, the war is almost over. Britain has defeated France in the North American colonies and in India. Prussia has barely survived the attacks of the HRE, Sweden, and Russia due to good generals and good luck. Spain hasn’t joined the war...yet. In yet another sign of Poland-Lithuania’s decline, they did not join the war and mostly just served as a base for Russian troops. In OTL, the war ended with significant British victories on the colonial front and a stalemate in the east. In this timeline, that’s about to change...

''[1]In my opinion, this is actually more of a world war than WWI. Yes, it includes convoluted alliances too. ''