User:Mitro/Ideas

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 * No world wars but maybe small wars between individual nations.
 * Higher levels of racism/sexism present day. Probably no civil rights movement or feminist movement in US or it comes later.
 * Development of new technology is slower because it lacks institutional backup and also follows a different road.
 * More investment in airships instead of planes. By 1920s there are airship lines across the world.
 * Jets don't get invented until the 70s.
 * No big rockets/ICBMS, probably first astronaut gets into space on a "rocket-plane"
 * Nuclear weapons may be also pushed back and if used it would probably be against rebellious colonies.
 * Colonial empires might still exist, though at a small scale with the colonies having "dominion" status. Also see Imperial Federation

Russia

 * Lenin remains in exile in Europe and the Bolsheviks remained a minor party in the Duma.
 * Russia goes through some small internal troubles and eventually evolves into a Constitutional monarchy.
 * Without the World Wars, Revolution, or Civil War, Russia will have relatively the same population as the US

Ottoman Empire/Turkey

 * An "Armenian Genocide" still happens though timing may be different, Russia uses it as an excuse to invade.
 * Greeks and Armenians aide the Russians during the war.
 * Russia takes control of eastern Anatolia, with a protectorate over "Greater Armenia". British allow Greeks to take Constantinople, Thrace and some enclaves on eastern Anatolia to keep the straits from Russia (Hagia Sofia is a Christian cathedral again).  Bulgarians don't like it but the British are backing up Greece.
 * Armenians and Pontic Greeks take revenge on Turks still remaining inside the new borders
 * Shortly thereafter the rest of the Ottoman Empire collapses, with Britain, France and Italy dividing up the remaining parts.
 * France: Lebanon and Syria
 * Britain: Palestine and Iraq
 * Italy: southern Anatolia?
 * Turkey becomes a small, poor rump state

Persia/Iran

 * Eventually officially split and annexed by Russia and Britain

Palestine/Israel

 * Zionism would bring many Jews there and without the World Wars/Holocaust there still might be a large number that goes there.

India

 * Gains dominion status in the 1970s.

South Africa

 * Incorporates Rhodesias.

Portugal

 * Goes bankrupt at one point and sells colonies to Britain and Germany.

United States

 * Without WWI, the US intervenes more forcefully in Mexico, becomes a de-facto/de-jure protectorate
 * US focuses on Monroe Doctrine in foreign affairs, may or may not give independence to the Phillipines

Japan

 * Fears of antagonizing Russia forces Japan to move slowly in China, taking bits and pieces of territory. Manchuria does become incorporated while a "cold war" develops between Japan and Russia over China and Mongolia.
 * Promotes idea of "Pan-Asianism" to bring in independent Asian nations into their sphere
 * Makes large technology advances to make up for small empire.

Germany

 * The German military command eventually comes to the conclusion (maybe by 1917) they couldn't beat Russia in a fight, leads to changes in foreign policy:
 * Better relations with Britain

Austria-Hungary

 * Franz Joseph dies in 1916 (but maybe later because the stress created by WWI won't be present) and is succeeded by Franz Ferdinand. Ferdinand attempts to institute his United States of Greater Austria plan, but the Hungarians hate the idea and it leads to three possible results:
 * Starts a "Third Balkan War" but Austria comes up on top and the empire stays together
 * Starts a "Third Balkan War" and Hungary comes up on top and the empire breaks up
 * Starts World War I (really want to avoid this)

Great Britain

 * Ireland issue leads to major fighting and other problems.
 * Afghanistan remains a British puppet state but never incorporated into British India.
 * Britain loses interest with the Entente and moves closer to Germany.
 * Control over southern and eastern Arabia, Kuwaitt, southern Iran, Iraq and other Middle East territory, gives Britain a monopoly on oil in the region.
 * British court Greece, giving them Cyprus but retaining base rights

China

 * Slowly picked apart by the Europeans with the Nationalist trying to hold what is left independent.