Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-5789047-20140730020412

So I was thinking of a TL's earlier today one of a dozen or POD's I thought of was the following:


 * 4 countries including Japan managed to industrialize and form their own empires in the East. I was thinking these 3 others empires would be:
 * 1) Tibetan Empire: Tibet see Britain's military might from across the Himilayas and manages to industrialize. Tibet wouldn't be able to take India by any means, but possibly carve out land in modern day Eastern China, probably taking Xinjiang at least. Along with Tibet's other conquests would be in Central Asia probably competing with Russia for land, and other parts of India they would get to before Britain, like Kashmir, Nepal, and Bhutan, as well as some other Himilayan territory. If this empire were to get a coast I think it could be possible by the conquest of Burma, but I don't think the British would allow that plausibly. Modern Tibet would probably be mostly unified with a few break-off states due to Muslims and nationalism.
 * 2) Omani Empire: Oman was a maritime power OTL and had possessions overseas. In this TL Oman manages to industrialize and keep its overseas possessions like Zanzibar, and could possibly get an enclave in Northern Madagascar, and I was thinking would take Gujarat and the Maldives. Other expansions could possibly include Yemen and parts of the Horn of Africa and the Gulf. Modern Oman would probably also have a good amound of satellite states like Gujarat, but possibly keep cities in India and Zanzibar with treaties similiar to that of Hong Kong and Macau.
 * 3) Boer Empire (would probably be a democratic republic): After the Voortrekk the Boers formed 1 republic and manged to secure some coast between Mozambique and British Cape. The Republic manages to make a lot of money of natural resources and cheap labor, and manages to fend off the British, keeping them at bay and only allowing them to take the far south of the cape. The Republic would manage to expand to a larger range, spanning Zimbabwe, Botswana, most of South Africa, and (possibly) parts of Mozambique and German South-west Africa. Also a possible Liberia-like satellite state in Zambia where blacks can be sent and treated like equals. The Modern Boer Republic would probably have got back the Southern Cape in some decolonization deal and would probably realease some tribal states in the north if that Boer Liberia doesn't exist, and would probably have a strong sphere in modern Africa. 