Socialist Triumph

Vladimir Lenin adressing a crowd in Moscow

Welcome to 1917. 69 years ago, Karl Marx wrote his Communist Manifesto, calling the workers of all countries to unite and to overthrow the government. Today, on the 7th of November, 1917, an excellent chance to establish a universal socialist state has finally arrived.

Socialist revolutions quickly erupted in Berlin, Bremen, Munich and Elzas-Lorraine. Finnish communists made an attempt to make Finland a socialist republic. The world seemed to be in the grip of communism.

In reality, all communist uprisings outside Russia would fail. A year after the death of Lenin, Joseph Stalin would preach an ideology of 'socialism in one county', meaning the final blow for universal socialism. But what if...

Point of Divergence

Our point of divergence is located in November 1918. Although the Elzas-Lorraine revolution fails, the Berlin revolutionaries manage to overthrow the Kaiser. In the following weeks of November, the communists take control of almost all of Germany. In Finland, the Whites quickly get defeated, with Kullervo Manner becoming the FSWR's first Prime Minister.

In Poland, Konstantin Rokkosovsky stages a coup, establishing the Polish Soviet Socialist Republic. 

In October 1919, French revolutionaries storm the French parliament and proclaim the Second Paris Commune. After revolutionary uprisings in Lyon, Orleans and Toulouse, the French government decides to flee to Great Britain. Revolutions also occur in Spain, Italy, several Balkan nations, Greece and Turkey. By 1922, almost all of Europe, excluding Switzerland and Great Britain were socialist republics.

Leon Trotsky is considered one of the founding fathers of the current world order

In our timeline, Leon Trotsky is choosen the Soviet leader. As an internationalist, Trotsky establishes the internationalist branching of the CPSU.

In 1927, World War II broke out between the British Commonwealth, the United States plus their allies and the socialist nations. The war resulted in a stalemate. In 1935, the Treaty of Man was signed, ending the war. 

In 1950, another World War broke out, resulting in a phyrric Capitalist victory. The Capitalists managed to re-establish Capitalist France, but failed to expand their success. 

Nowadays, the world is largely bipolar, with the Soviet Union and the British-American Commonwealth being the two largest superpowers.