ME6- Posting of Countries

[Aussey]

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RULES:

1) All armed forces and civilians overseas magically appear in their beds or barracks when the wake up the morning after the event. Their equipment is in the storage it came from, or the factory it was made.

IE: LCpl Barry is serving in Iraq on December 31st. He goes to sleep in his cot in there. When he wakes up Jan 1st he's in his bed in NJ. If their bed is no longer there, or occupied they wake up in a nearby hotel. Ex-pats well fail to ISOT. Foreign nationals inside your country well ISOT with your country. IE the Swiss tourist Hans Moleman is vactioning in NYC. His Switzerland fails to ISOT, but he does leaving him trapped in NYC for the time being.

2) No nukes. All uranium or plutonium in warheads has been turned into lead. Comon, the most realistic reaction for a country loosing communication with everything outside of it would be bad. Really really bad. Nukes can be manufactured though.

3) No space based super weapons. No Ion Cannons, no Orbital Bombardment weapons, ect.

4) Tech roughly the same as OTL.

5) Unclaimed areas well be the same as OTL cicra 1000 AD. All humans and animals that are ISOT well be given immunity to diseases that might be able to ravage the modern population. Basically there are people there now, so a modern democratic nation would probably be torn in what to do with them.

6) Ships at sea stay at sea, with no effect.

7) Satellites well not ISOT.

8) Nations must be claimed by Friday, March 25 800 EST.

9) National territories are decided on a first come, first serve basis. Exact border can be negotiated with your buddy next door.

10) Unless two combatants can agree on an outcome, BATTLES WELL BE SENT TO A NEUTRAL FOR MODERATION.

[Aussey]

Name- Kingdom of Lorraine

Leader(s)- Queen Cloe de Guise (since June 7, 2002) (Head of the Royal Government)
Chancellor William von Krafft (assistant Head of the Royal Government) (since August 30, 1965)


Capital- Royal City of Strasburg

Population-43,000,000(approx. 2004 estimate, not including military, or Commonwealth nations/colonies/or dependencies)

Languages- French (official), German (official), Dutch (official).

History- 1n 1550, Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland, and her family declared their duchies of Guise, and Lorraine independent from France. They also took with them Alsace, and minor French provinces along the eastern border. 1n 1552, the Guise-Lorraine family asked the Pope for recognition of their nation, in return they would help put down the Protestant rebellions.

The Pope agreed, and Regent Catherine de Medici, who opposed massacuring Protestants, was forced to recognize newly independent Lorraine, or face war with all of Europe. Mary of Guise, Queen of Scotland, choose her brother Charles to become the first King.

IN 1559, King Francois II became King of France. Taking advantage of the week situation, Lorraine claimed more French easte border territory, until they reached the English Channel. They managed to ally themselves with England, so GB owns Calais to this day.

In 1565, Lorraine signed a Peace Treaty with France. In it, Lorraine promised to be a Catholic nation, allied with France. Lorraine gained Acadia and some of Canada from the French, and re-named it Nova Lorraina.

During the seventeenth century, the Lorrainese navy grew, and grew. In 1680, the Queen married a Swiss noble, and the two countries decided to merge.

By the dawn of the eighteenth century, Nova Lorraina had become a fairly large colony. In 1710, the capital city of New Strasburg was finnished along the St. Lawrence River. In 1740, the King married Queen Mary of the Netherlands. She retained rule in her own right until she died, when her husband became King. When he died, their child inherited the Dutch throne along with his Lorrainese thrones. In 1780, Lorraine demanded Britain give it the Bahamas, in return for keeping Calais. Britain agreed, and the Bahamas became the Queen Mary Islands.

Someitme during the nineteenth century, Lorraine occupied Cuba and Hispaniola while there were revolutions in Spain. By a decree from the Grand Duke, Cuba, renamed Havnnah-Bay, and had Hispaniola re-named New Guise. Havnnah-Bay, New Guise, and the Queen Mary Islands formed the colony of New Alsace. In 1867 the West Indies Act, made the King's youngest brother become King William I of the Federation of the West Indies. In 1870 the North American Act made the kings's sister become Queen Adele I of the Union of Acadia. These nations, along with Lorraine, formed the Guisean Commonwealth. In the 1890s, Lorrainese ships landed in Antarctica, int he South Pole Race, and claimed some of it as Lorrainese Sovreign Antarcic Territory. Though they never reached the south pole, this penninsula still is part of the Kingdom.

In recent times, Lorraine has decided to be a neutral nation, however that is a law that can be changed. The last formal colony of Lorraine, the Crown Colony of the Lorrainese East Indies, was given independence in 1997. However, the King of Lorraine was proclaimed King of all Indonesia. Indonesia joined the Guisean Commonwealth in 2000.

Economy- Lorraine, Germany, and France entered as customs union in the mid 1990s. Lorraine primarily exports white wines, pork, lace, and other regional agricultrualities.

Military-
The Royal Lorrainese Army

The doctrine of the Royal Lorrainese Army (at least in Europe) depended in the use of heavy armor and speed to defeat their enemies. In accordance with that ideas their regular armed forces consisted by December 31st 2004 of 14 Mechanized Divisions, 2 Armored Divisions, 6 Armored Brigades, 3 airmobile divisions, two airborne divisions and 4 mountain ones. The armored brigades followed the tradition of the Scottish Cavalry Guards Brigades and are armored divisions in everything but name. Independent units attached to Corps and Army HQ are not included in this numbers. After mobilization another 10 divisions are added to order of battle.

The Armored Division: 13,000 men strong with 220 Champion Main Battle tanks(1), 150 Jaguar Gun helicopters(2), 160 Bison cargo helicopters(3), 70 Rapier recon vehicles(4), 315 Guerrier AFV(5), 75 SP 155mm guns(5), 26 Fleche SAM batteries(7). ( 6 armored brigades, 3 helicopter brigades, 2 artillery brigades, engineers, AAA, MP...)

The Armored Brigades (named after locations in Scotland) only defer from the Armored division on their lack of infantry components: 11,000 men strong with 220 Champion Main Battle tank, 150 Jaguar Gun helicopters, 160 Bison cargo helicopters, 70 Rapier recon vehicles, 75 SP 155mm guns, 26 Fleche SAM batteries. (6 armored brigades, 3 helicopter brigades, 2 artillery brigades, engineers, AAA, MP...)

The Mechanized Divisions (named for historical figures in Lorrainese history): 13,000men strong with 140 Champion Main Battle tanks, 150 Jaguar Gun helicopters, 160 Bison cargo helicopters, 70 Rapier recon vehicles, 600 Guerrier AFV, 75 SP 155mm guns, 27 Fleche SAM batteries. (3 armored brigades, 4 helicopter brigade, 5 infantry brigades, 2 artillery brigades, engineers, AAA, MP...)

The Mountain Divisions (named for locations in Swiss Alps): 12,500 men strong. Liberal issue of portable AT weapons. No tanks or armored vehicles. 120 Jaguar Gun helicopters, 110 Bison cargo helicopters, 75 155mm howitzers, 27 Fleche SAM batteries. (5 infantry brigades, 3 helicopter brigades, 3 artillery brigades, engineers, AAA, MP...)

The Airmobile Divisions (named after Kings and Queens of Lorraine): 17,000 men strong. Liberal issue of portable AT weapons. No tanks or armored vehicles. 200 Jaguar Gun helicopters, 540 Bison cargo helicopters, 77 155mm howitzers, 29 Fleche SAM batteries.( 5 infantry brigades, 4 helicopter brigades, 2 additional cargo helicopter brigades, 2 artillery brigades, engineers, AAA, MP...)

The Airborne Division (named the King’s Own or in this case the Queen's Own): 10,000 men strong. Liberal use of portable AT weapons. Trained and used as commando unit. As such lacks heavy weapons or helicopter support. Is purely used as an elite unit to disrupt communications and stop enemy reinforcements to a given area until relieved. Heaviest weapon on arsenal is the 81mm mortar, the hand held SAM and the three men crew served Predateur AT missile. (8)


(1) OTL Challenger 2 Tank
(2) OTL Lynn helicopter
(3)OTL CH-53
(4) OTL Scimitar
(5) OTL Warrior
(6) OTL AS-90
(7) OTL Rapier
(8) OTL TOW

Roayl Lorrainese Navy-

HMS : 22,000 tons, 28 knots, 24 F2A fighters[1], 24 antisubmarine helicopters[2], 12 Bison cargo helicopters, 24 Jaguar gun helicopters . Defensive equipment includes a anti submarine system with 60 anti torpedo missiles and a Air defense Gun system of 4 x 20mm AA guns [3] guided by radar targeting.

Cruisers:
Named after Admirals
Van Hauser Class (4 in service): 11,300 tons, 33 knots, 10 x 152mm guns (1 triple and 1 double forward, 1 triple and 1 double aft), 6 x 2 105mm DP guns, 2 torpedo tubes, 6 x 20mm close range weapons, 4 x 20mm AA gun systems, 1 ASW helicopter.

Destroyers:
Named after cities.
Brussels Class (6 in service): 5,200 tons, 30 knots, 1 x 114mm gun (1 single forward), 2 x 20mm close range weapons, 4 torpedo tubes, 2 x 20mm AA gun systems[3] 1 antiship missile launcher[4] , 1 ASW helicopter.

Strasbourg Class (6 in service) : 5,200 tons, 30 knots, 1 x 114mm gun (1 single forward), 2 x 20mm close range weapons, 4 torpedo tubes, 2 x 20mm AA guns systems, 1 antiship missile launcher. 1 ASW helicopters in small hangar.

Hague Class (6 in service): 7,350 tons, 29 knots, 1x 114mm gun (1 single forward), 2 x 20mm close range weapons, 4 torpedo tubes, Principal AA Missile System[5] with 48 missiles. 1 ASW helicopters in small hangar.

LPDs:

HMS Lorraine Class (5 in service): 18,500 tons, 18 knots, 2 x 20mm close range guns, 2 x 20mm AA guns systems, capable of carry up to 10 tanks or 30 AFV as maximum vehicle capacity. Can launch 2 Bison or Jaguar helicopters at one time.

Nuclear submarines:
Named after ports

Boulogne Class (4 on service): 15,980 tons, 20 knots nuclear powered, 4 torpedo tubes, 16 ICBM tubes.

Antwerp Class (8 on service): 5,200 tons, 32 knots nuclear powered, 6 torpedo tubes, 2 cruise missile launchers, 2 antiship missile launchers.

Amsterdam Class (6 on service): 4,900 tons, 32 knots nuclear powered, 6 torpedo tubes, 2 cruise missiles launchers, 4 antiship missile launchers.

10 diesel submarines and at least 90 small ships(minesweepers, support ships, frigates) also in fleet.

[1] similar to OTL Harrier fighter

[2] similar to OTL Merlin Mk1 helicopter

[3] similar to OTL Phalanx system.

[4] similar to OTL Sea Dart missile system

[5] similar to OTL PAAMS


Government- The King still holds Executive power in Lorraine. A two branch government of Executive, and Legislative. The King is the Supreme Head of the National Court, however actual power is vested in the Judge-de-Royale as acting head of the judiciary systems in Lorraine. The King has the power to veto the National Assembly, and hold the powers of a North American president. He is also formely the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Armed Forces, and has the power to be military commander. Each Department, the Netherlands, Luxemborg, Guise, Alsace, Orleans, Lorraine, and Switzerland send 5 Senators to the National Assembly. The Royal Council, and Chancellor of the Realm also are part of the Executive Branch. If the Monarch is not married, the Chancellor acts as Regent while the monarch is away, or sick for a long time.

Guisean Commonwealth- These nations are independent members of the Guisean Commonwealth. The Kingdom of Lorraine, the Union of Acadia, the Federation of the West Indies, and the Commonwealth of the Indonesias. Every 6 years one of the reigning monarchs is elected Emperor-General of the Guisean Commonwealth. Currently, the Queen of Acadia holds the title, and the International Election, in which a new monarch is elected Emperor-General, is January 15 2005.

Titles claimed by monarch- King of Lorraine, Duke of Alsace, Duc de Guise, Duke of Orleans, King of the Netherlands, Count of Luxembourgh.

Other Info- Lorraine, though voted to be neutral, has one of the most powerful armed forces in the world. It is considered a world power, though the last time it used military force was the 1970 West Indies Rebellion, when republicans tried to overthrow King Charles Edward.

Flag- The Blue background, with the fleu-de-louris represents the French origin of Lorraine. However, the white stripe in the middle shows their separation, and distinction from France. A combined Alsace/Lorraine Coat-of-Arms was placed in the middle in 1970, replacing the Coat-of-Arms of the House of Guise. This was done to show Lorrainese nationality, and not Guise sovreignty.

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Name: Empire of Japan
Capital: Tokyo
Population: 130,000,000
Leader: Emperor Akihito (head of state), Prime Minister Yoshii Kono (head of government)
Government: Constitutional Monarchy
Territorial Extension: OTL Japanese Home Islands, Formosa, the Micronesian island chain, Sakhalin island, the Kuriles islands, the Ryujos islands and the Phillipines
Military:
IDA: 24 divisions: only 2 armored and 4 mechanised. 10 divisions are either airborne or airmobile due to terrain considerations of the Empire. Rest are either leg or mountain infantry; service rifles is a caseless rifle with a 150 round capacity;lasers batteries used as AA. An anti ballistic umbrella was going to be implemented in the Home Islands by the middle of 2005.
IJN: 6 carrier battle groups, 12 missile cruisers, 84 destroyers, 20 LST ships and 30 nuclear powered submarines, 300 airplanes:stealth technology common in aircrafts and destroyers. 2 SNLF divisions(marines).
IJAF: over 2000 aircrafts; stealth technology common in aircrafts.
Technology:On the civilian sector OTL, on the Military 5 to 10 years ahead.

History:
Mix of ME2 and ME4 history.
The Meiji Emperor of Japan died in 1912. Japan had come a long way in his 45-year reign. The country now counted itself a great power, with a navy ranked 4th in the world. Japan even had a colonial empire (Taiwan, Philippines and Korea) and "interests" in China. Japanese colonial rule, while stern, wasn’t brutal except for their handle of the Moro Rebellion in the Philippines (1905-1908). Despite a small industrial base, the prewar economy flourished. Japanese diplomacy centered on an alliance with Britain, in which each pledged to aid the other should they become embroiled with 2 great powers. Each side insisted on an exception. Britain would in no case fight the USA, and Japan would not enter a purely European war. In 1904, the alliance allowed Japan to attack Spain, secure that the intervention of any foreign power would trigger British involvement. The Empire fought on the Allies side during WW1 and was awarded the Micronesian Island chain as reward for their participation.

The interwar years were ones of turmoil with the nation moving into the spiral of military dictatorship and military adventures in China, only being stopped by the crushing defeat of the Russo-Japanese War. The conquest of Manchuria and Korea by the Soviets was a crushing blow to the Army’s cliques and the Chinese adventure was finished to try to defend the Home Islands. The Navy prestige on the other hand raised due to their complete destruction of the Soviet Pacific Fleet and their capture of the island of Karafuto (Sakhalin).

After their defeat in the Russo-Japanese War (1939-1940) Japan spent the 1940's in a period of political turmoil only resolved by the Emperor naming Admiral Yamamoto (hero of the last war due to the excellent record of the IJN during the war) as Shogun in 1945, a title and position not used since 1867. Under his authority the Communist agitators and the more militaristic elements in the armed forces were purged while the defense budget was raised to create a more flexible and modern Army. His greatest achievement was perhaps the Constitution of 1952.

The Constitution of 1952 created a House of Peers and a House of representatives modeled in the British model but most important was the Bills of Rights included in this Constitution, a copy of the United States Bill of Rights word for word. With this accomplished Yamamoto step down after the national elections of 1954 to national acclaim. He is considered the father of the modern empire and today reverence to his memory is only second to the one given to deceased emperors.

The 1960's saw a bigger rapport with the United States in the fight against Communist. With the European nations colonial rule ending in Southeast Asia, Japan took over the mantle of defender of that new nations against Communist. Against Japanese advice the United States got embroiled in the former French Indochina but thanks to Imperial mediation the former colony was partitioned into two nations by 1969. While only a stalemate was reached in Indochina, the Communist movements in the newly formed nations of Malaysia and Indonesia were stamp out by Japanese "advisors".

The 1970's and 1980's saw a big boast for the Japanese trade, especially consumers goods to the new Southeast Asia nations for fossil fuel products. The Empire transformed itself into a capitalist paradise, with minimal business taxes and little regulation of business practices. The high growth of Japanese heavy industries that started in the 1960's transformed the Empire in an economic power house by the late 1970's with the creation of the EACPS (East Asia Co Prosperity Sphere) a free trade alliance. Also the 1980's saw the development of high technology industries especially in the military combines and the laser industries.

The last 15 years have seen the Empire transformed from the humbled nation of 1940 into a regional leader with over 200 ICBM but casting wary eyes to the dying giant to the West, The Soviet Union.

[perdedor99]

Kingdom of Egypt
Capital: Cairo
Languages: Official Arabic, French and English know by a great part of the population.
Leaders: His Majesty King Farouk III, Prime Minister Hosni Mubarak.
Population: 71 millions
Territorial Extension: OTL Egypt, Sudan and the Arabian peninsula.
Government: Constitucional Monarchy. The Constitution of the Egyptian Imperial State defines Egypt as a unitary constitutional monarchy. Since Egypt has extended the right to vote to the population of citizens 21 years of age and older, and which possesses an elected parliament, it is usually classified as a democratic state. However, the centralization of political power in the executive branch of the Egyptian government and the weakness of the parliament makes Egypt's claim to democracy problematic.

Economy:Uniquely in the Middle East, Egypt possesses a diversified modern industrial and post-industrial economy that firmly places Egypt in the lower ranks of the First World. This industrialization is the culmination of the desires of Mehmet Ali and his successors to promote the creation of a modern industrial base despite British desires to reduce the country to a simple market. By the beginning of the World War 1, Egypt had emerged as an industrial power of roughly the same order of magnitude as Spain. In the Second World War, Egypt's distance from the battlefields allowed Egyptian industrialists and landowners alike to prosper. Egypt blossomed into a relatively powerful economic powerhouse that is today.

Crude petroleum is the most important mineral product of Egypt. 39.7 million barrels of oil were produced annually in the early 1960's. As a result of the discovery in the 1950's and 1960's of large new fields in the Al Alamayn and Gulf of Suez areas, annual production of crude petroleum increased to approximately 312.2 million barrels in the early 1980's. Proven reserves stood at 5.8 billion barrels in 1992 as Egypt renewed exploration. The government also encourages natural gas production to supply domestic energy needs, with annual extraction in the late 1990's of 8.7 billion cubic metres. By 2004,crude petroleum and petroleum products accounted for 15 percent of export earnings.

Military:The Egyptian Imperial Armed Forces make up one of the most powerful national militaries of the world, with a total numerical strength of 1,000,000 circa January of 2004. Of these, 640 000 serve in the army, 300 000 in the air force, 50 000 in the navy, and 10 000 in the strategic forces. On reaching 18 years of age, all males holding Egyptian citizenship resident in Egypt are conscripted for 18 months of military service. Further, if circumstances require any male between 18 and 30 years of age can be conscripted for another period of 12 months above and beyond the 18-month period of conscription mandatory for all Egyptian males.

Egypt's armed forces are primarily oriented towards the defense of the national territory of Egypt and Hijaz, with secondary orientations towards the defense of the Mediterranean basin and the Levant. Despite doubts about the effectiveness of conscript soldiers, conscription is likely to remain a feature of the Egyptian military for some time to come. Egyptian military doctrine calls for the creation of a technologically-advanced military that will be able to defeat comparably-sized forces in the Middle East, northern Africa, and southeastern Europe using local and Egyptian bases of operation

Since 1989 Egypt has possessed the ability to make long-range missiles, in 2002 using the Hassan-2 missile to launch an Egyptian civilian communications satellite into orbit, while in 1998, Egypt purchased its first aircraft carrier, the Cairo. In addition, Egypt possesses the technological ability to manufacture weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons, although it is treaty-bound from making such arms. This, along with Egypt's recent mutual-defense treaties with the Levantine states and India, is a signal of Egypt's eventual aim of becoming a global military power.

Army: 32 divisions; 20 infantry(ten mechanised, ten motorised) 3 airborne divisions, 9 armored divisions.

Navy: 1 aircraft carrier, 2 battleships, 4 missile cruisers, 2 gun cruisers, 36 destroyers, 20 submarines diesel, 120 aircraft

Air Force: 1000 aircrafts.

History: For History before 1914 check ME4. After the First World War, Egypt dominated the Middle East, between its annexation over the Hijaz, its satellite kingdom of Syria, and the compliant British(Iraq, Palestine and Kuwait) and French mandates(Lebanon). During the Second World War, Egypt was neutral but leaned in favor of the Allies.

Now, early 21st-century Egypt is a First World country. The 71 million inhabitants of the Egyptian Imperial State enjoy perhaps the highest living standards in the world outside of Europe, North America and the South Pacific, and is certainly the wealthiest country in the Middle East. Egyptian high-tech business conglomerates maintain a worldwide presence, while Egyptian popular culture is enormously popular throughout the Arab world and Egypt is the linchpin of the United Nations' presence in the Middle East. At the same time, Egypt has remained in many ways a profoundly traditional society; conservative Islamic mores still reign after a fashion and motivate an outraged generation of elders to criticize the newly-liberal urban cultures of Cairo and Alexandria, while Egyptian pluriethnicity.is an unsettling fact for many native-born residents and the conservative political system is highly unpopular among the young.

[Civilizer]

Name: Republic of Chile
Leaders- Main People: President Joaquin Lavin (Conservative), Opposition leader Michelle Bachelette (Center-Left)
Population: 37,000,000
History: The history of this Republic of Chile goes the same as in OTL until the Pacific War (1879-83). During this time, Chile spread its power northward, capturing the provinces of Antofagasta, Tarapaca, and Atacama. However, the leaders in Santiago made a quicker peace with Peru, realizing it was impossible to capture the whole country, and retreating from Lima to its present OTL borders, except for Bolivia being given a small strip of land on the coast and rail access to it to prevent a future war. Without the losses implied by the semi-guerrilla war of Peru against the Chilean occupiers, Chile was able to send troops southwards to reclaim the Patagonia, which the argentines had been chipping away at since the 1840's. The Argentines refuse to compromise, and war looms ahead. The war starts in late 1884. The now veteran Chilean army, supported by the increased money from trade due to the saltpeter producing regions of the North, inflict several humiliating losses on the larger Argentine army. However, soon a stalemate develops, and peace is made by the treaty of Ushuaia on august 13th, 1885. Chile manages to hold on to an atlantic coast, although it is much reduced. It also gets the entire Tierra del Fuego.
From then on, Chile becomes a wealthy, powerful country. It claims easter island, and economic growth is even greater than in OTL, due to the ability to export through the Atlantic, in puerto santa cruz. The civil war against President Balmaceda in 1891 is won by presidential forces, due to the increased public support because of the stronger economy, and Balmaceda's decision to strengthen democracy instead of establishing a dictatorship. The quicker war stopped the atrocities comitted by Balmaceda and the liberal government introduced more democratic reforms, which further boosted economic growth, international investment, and industrial growth. By 1900, Chile was considered an important power, and a growing leader in Latin America.
WWI saw the international importance of Chile increase, since the warring nations required more saltpeter. Chile supported the Allies, and on 1917 sent a small expeditionary force to fight in France, as well as some of its modern navy to aid britain, after U-Boat attacks on saltpeter shiping.The war also saw a great increase in European immigration, which further boosted population and modernization. During the 1920's, Chile saw a period of unprecedented prosperity, and the election of both a conservative president and congress. The government placed a laizes -faire policy, and local industry boomed, even with the collapse of the saltpeter industry due to synthetic saltpeter.
The Wall Street Crash affected Chile greatly, and caused a coup against the conservative government in 1932. The new liberal coalition introduced a "new deal" program, although the conservative elements stopped the marxists from gaining too much power. In 1935 the collapse of the Bolivian government meant that Chilean troops moved in to restore order, as this could be catastrophic for northern stability. Peru complained about this, and declared war on april 15th, 1935. The war was quickly won by the modern Chilean army. Chilean aircraft bombarded Lima, and the navy destroyed 5 Peruvian destroyers. A land invasion began on the 18th, and 3 weeks later had captured Lima. the treaty of Sucre made the entire south of Bolivia up to the deparment of santa cruz an occupation zone, whose fate would be decided by a plebicite, control of the Natural Gas wells, the control of Peruvian Arequipe to Chile, and established a new Bolivian Republic, which finally began to prosper with Chilean aid. The plebisite was won in favor of Chile, due to the increased economic aid which the southern bolivians were grateful for. By 1939, Chile was ruled by a left wing coalition, the opposition were the remaining conservative elements. In 1939, WWII began. The American front put Chile against fascist Argentina and the Second Confederation of Peru and Bolivia, founded in 1937 and bitter from defeat in 1935. Chilean forces, although better equiped and with USA aid, were outnumbered and soon began to lose ground. Axis forces would capture Sucre, Antofagasta, Puerto Santa Cruz, and Punta Arenas before Brazil entered in 1942 to turn the tide. After 1944, the navy was sent to the Pacific to aid America against the Japanese. War's end in early 1946 with the atomic bombs dropped in Hiroshima and Cordoba, Argentina, gained Chile some territory from Argentina. In 1952, the Chinese civil war ended with nationalist victory. During the 50's and 60's, Chile enjoyed good economic growth and renewed immigration from Peru, Argentina, and a shattered Europe. The 70's brought Communist revolutions to Argentina, and military coups in most latin american countries. Chile remained stable, and the election 1970 was won by center left candidate Salvador Allende, the first leftist government since 1910 (better economy discouraged him joining Communist party). In 1982 Chile would become a nuclear power as its government insisted on greater protection against the radical neighbors. This raised some objections from the USSR, but little from the USA, as it was glad to have another nuclear armed ally. The restoration of democracy in latin america and collapse of the USSR in 1989 saw the begging of a decade of renewed economic boom. The election of 2000 would be won by Joaquin Lavin. By 2004 the threat of war is again in the world due to Nationalist China's dispute with the USA over the USA's invasion of Kazakhstan to fight terrorists. Economic collapse and coups in Brazil and Argentina in 2003 has Chile preparing for possible preemptive strikes.
Military:
Army- Over 700,000 combat ready troops, and with conscription has a trained reserve of 4,000,000. Over 700 Abraham tanks.
Navy- 25 Capital ships, 3 Aircraft Carriers (O'Higgins, Prat, Balmaceda), 42 smaller ships.
Air Force- The FACH has just gone through a modernization process. It has 35 F-16's, 20 Harriers, and 75 older aircraft (including 30 chilean made P-120 Condors) , as well as 40 Black Hawks.
Chile is a nuclear power and has 10 nuclear warheads, although only a few ICBM's.
Economic- It has the GDP of a developed country, and its main exports are manufactured cars, copper, saltpeter, fruits, natural gas, and other manufactured products. It also exports a few military weaponry.
Other Info-

[General_Paul]

Gov't: Parlimentary Government, Prime Minister Thomas Finney

technology: Equal to the year 2014 (ICBM's are in full use, and Ion Drives are being developed for manned space flight.) Hydrogen Fuel Cells are supplanting most combustion engines. One Space Launch Facility (still under contruction for use by the European Union) outside Calcutta (New London.) Computers are in wide spread use.

Population: 217,000,000

Military: Standing Army: 700,000 (All armed with Modern British Weaponry, 50,000 of those are british special forces and regular army stationed in the provinces before the great disturbance) Reserves: 2-3 Million (Most are over the age of 30). Air Forces: Fourteen Squadrons of Third generation Harrier Jump Jets (only four squadrons are fully functional, the rest are switching over to hydrogen fuel cells.) Over 300 B-52 Bombers in Various States of Repair, and usage. (100 are grounded, the rest, are fully functional). Navy: Submarines: 25 H-K's (Hunter-Killer's), 20 Nuclear Launch Platform Submarines. ICBM':77 Ground based, 175 Submarine Based. Aircraft Carriers: 4 Full sized, 7 Escort, 15 Converted (Most converted from battleships, and from Freighters. Battleship models only number in the range of five, can be turned back into battleships with ease.) Battleships: 3, Cruisers: 1 squadron (Each squadron numbers in the dozen or so range). Destroyers: 2 Squadrons. Destroyer Escorts: 15 squadrons (Numerous others either in the line of being scrapped, or in the process of being scrapped.) Numerous Coastal patrol Craft.

History: The British Crown Colony of New London began her life in the year of our lord 1775, to suppliment lagging control over the British controled North American Colonies. But, instead of crushing the native tribes, the colonists who reached the site of New London signed peaceable treaties with the tribes, and brought them into the Capital city of New London (Calcutta before the year 1945) and proceeded to anglocise them. By the year 1781, the British had lost control of ALL colonies in North America, even the Belize Colony went into full rebellion. Thousands of colonists were sent to india, in particular, the New London Colony. By 1850, the British Crown Colonies in India numbered in the mid 10 million range, not counting the native population, who had intigrated with the rest of British society (They numbered in the mid 100 million range, stretching from the Siahan Mountain range in Pakistan, all the way to the borders of French IndoChina. During the indistrial Revolution, the colony had been completely industrialized to balance out the production downfall due to the loss of the canadian colony. When the African Colonies began to even out the imbalance, the New London Colony began to grown its own cotton. During the American Civil War, (Between the Canadian/Northern Colonies, and the Confederacy), the New London Colony produced 1/5 of the world's cotton supply. The colony grew rich, so rich in fact, that it was able to lay down its own rail lines. By the year 1900, the New London Colony was the most profitable colony in the British Empire. When the great War broke out, the New London Colony sent three Divisions to aid her mother country (the 1st Mountain division, the third Low lands division, and the fourth mechanized), all three are still in existance. By the time that the war had ended, the New London Colony had become fully industrialized, disease, and famine were beginning to become erased from the memories of the colonists. But, when the Spanish Flu of 1918 swept through New London, no one was left untouched. Over three million perished, disease and famine became common place. It took the colony ten years to recover, and by that time, radical Islam, and Hindu ideas began to spread through the minds of many. One man, named Mahatma Gandi, lead the masses in a war of non-violence. This went on for ten years, from 1930, to the year 1940. When, in the year 1941 however, things got dicey. The government of Japan declared war on the Western allies (the United States of America, England, and her crown colonies.) The Japanese army spared none. They pushed through Indochina, through Burma, and reached the southern borders of New London. The divisions pressed into southern India, and began the process of systematically cutting the rail lines. By the time that the British army rallied, and drove the invaders out, over 50% of the southern Rail lines were cut. By the time that the japanese military surrendered, the Colony was already in the process of re-building the shattered economy. The cotton fields had been all but burned to a cinder, the factories near Burma had been destroyed, and the rail lines were inoperable. The entire country had to do one major overhaul. It took well into the 1960's to repair the broken colony, and rebuild her economy. With the death of Mahatma Gandi, the pacifist movement ceased to exist. They accepted their role as british citizens, and moved on with their lives. During the 1960's, fears of a breakout of communism into New London were widespread, the british army mobalized five divisions to combat any invasion. The british East Asia fleet was berthed at Calcutta, and strategic alliances were set up. Through the Vietnam War, and the russian War to control Afghanistan, the New London Colony stood firm. The colony officially changed its name to the United Provinces of India. By the year 1991, the colony had gained almost full status as a country. When the USSR collapsed in 1992, the colony was granted full rights as a country. The United Provinces Chose to keep the flag of their ancestors, the traditional flag of England, the Union Jack, positioned on a field of Red and white stripes. This is to signify the original provinces of the Colony, and to signify her place as a free and independent India. The end of the millenium brought the British East India Fleet back to port in Calcutta, the Provinces had signed a treaty with the British Gov't to berth the fleet once again in its traditional port in Asia. The British Army and the Royal Air Force (RAF) built over 30 bases around the provinces, to help with protection.The new government also purchased many used aircraft, and technologies from the rest of the world, so as to protect her from any threats, from inside the flegling Union, or outside. Communist Indochina (Made up of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos), had a significant standing army, and a medium sized navy, and was ready and willing to go to war with any of her neighbors, so, the provinces stand ready and waiting. When the great disturbance that brought the Provnices here, the british Fleet, and the planes and ships that it had stationed pledged allegiance to the Provnices, untill they could get home, if they could...

[Bulgaroktonos]

Well, seeing as I was enjoying my Greek Republic, I think I'm going to keep it, and just continue its TL as if it had never been ISOT'ed.

So, the history from 1945-2004

Fearing Prussian aggression and gradual moves towards domination of the rest of OTL Germany, Austria-Hungary declared war on Prussia following Prussia's announcement of the North German Confederation, which was to include all Prussian Territory, Hanover, the Palatinate, the Netherlands, and the various small duchies in between. Following Austria's declaration, on the 23rd of March, Russia too declared war on the Prussians the following day. This was followed by France's declaration of war against both Russia and Austria Hungary (in ATL France and Prussia became good friends after the War of Austrian Succession in the late 1880s, as they both feared a strong Austria).

At first, the Prussians were able to hold the Austrians and Russians back, and won incredible victories in Bohemia and the Baltic states, seizing Prague in June. However, the Russian army was able to mobilize, and after stablizing the Czech front because of an Austrian collapse on August 9th, began its invasion of East Prussia on September 3rd.

In Italy, the Italian states ally with France, and attempt to push through Austrian Lombardy and Venetia, but are unsuccessful. By January of 1946, the Russians have managed to push Prussia back into Brandenberg, and are poised to take Berlin. This spurs Britain and Greece, hereto uninvolved into the war. Unwilling to see the destruction of Prussia, the entry of Great Britain and Greece turns the tide of the war. The Greek Army drives north into Serbia and Hungary, while begins widespread bombing of Russian oil facilities.

The British war machine, calling upon the resources of both the Americas, gears up for war. To make a long story short, Russia pressures Persia and Egypt into the war to distract Greece, but the war is over in short order by 1949, when Britain and Greece successfully test an Atomic weapon, and destroy Aleksandrgrad (Stalingrad/Volgograd) and Smolensk. However, given the size of the Russian war effort and its relative dominance on land, the Allied forces were forced to accept a very lenient treaty, in which Russia retained the Imperial monarchy, and was granted concessions in China, recieving Manchuria and Korea(which it had wrested from Japan, and unofficial Ally during the war).

Since then, Greece has lived in moderate prosperity, barring the post-war depression that led to the ultimate collapse of the Austro Hungarian state. Massive aid from Britain managed to secure the post-war world. Russia, having suffered massive casualties has since recovered, and has spread its influence throughout China. This is cause for concern in Britain and Greece, as Russia is the second largest nuclear power, with Greece a close third.

There are active Guerrilla wars in the Caucasus, where Russian and Georgian guerillas are attempting to liberate Georgia and return it to the Russian fold. There are a few similar movements in the Zagroz mountains of Persia.

Tech-wise, they are roughly where we are, with human cloning being a hot-topic in Greece at the moment. Britain and Greece lead the world in electronics manufactures, with Britain way out in front, seeing as they own fully half the globe. Britain in this TL has landed on the moon repeatedly, and is looking to begin setting up some kind of moon base within the next 10 years, a feat easily within their capablities. Greece has offered any assistance Britain is looking for, and Britain's top scientists and physicists are in Greece now, looking to work on the issue.

Stem-cell research isn't that big of an issue, and to all intents and purposes, it's been accepted as a viable tool for medical research.

Greek Territory: OTL Greece, 1914 Serbian Borders, Albania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Kuwait, Eastern Persia (controlling most of the oil fields in Eastern Iran), Georgia, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and Macedonia, oh, and Malta and Cyprus.

Population: Roughly 196.8 millions (world fact book estimates+computations).

Military: 800,000 active (Mostly in Georgia and the Zagros mountains, hunting down Persian and Russian Guerrillas)
1.2 million reserve

Navy: 4 "Alexander IV" Class Carriers, with 50 strike fighters each.
similar to our Nimitz/JFK Classes
5 "Opsikon" carriers, basically just an older non-nuclear version
29 nuclear armed and powered subs. Basically, Trident subs
about 10 are on deployment around the word at ISOT.

Current Emperor: Edward I Lascaris (grandson of Alexander IV, son of John IX
and a woman of "Latin," i.e. Western European descent).
Current Prime Minister: Anastasios Chidrigas
Grand Domestic: David Rabin

[Bulgaroktonos]

To clarify to all.

The Greek Republic is basically something like Japan. It has an emperor, but isn't called the Japanese Empire or the Empire of Japan. The Greeks simply decided to call it what it was, a Republic.

In exchange, the Emperor allowed to relinquish some of his power over law making. He serves in a fashion not unlike Augustus did. He acts as the head of state, signing legislation, and presides over the Senate, acting as chair.

Depending on the Emperor, the Emperor may be very powerful, or not. He has tons of "power," but relies more upon his influence and personal charisma to have his will done. He can be answerable to the Senate for crimes, but only 1 Emperor has ever pushed the boundaries of his power, and he was deposed for his son by the Senate.

The Grand Domestic basically serves as the Secretary of Defense, except a lot more powerful. He is capable of calling up reserves and mobilizing anywhere outside the province of Thrace and Nicaea. However, this action must eventually be confirmed by the Emperor, and is specifically designed to function as a safeguard against Imperial incapacitation and a freeze on the military organization. The troops in and around Constantinople are the Emperor's personal troops and will answer only to a member of the Imperial family in the event of an Emperor's inability to issue the orders himself. The order from the family must be signed by the Prime Minister (who functions as the voice of the majority party in the Senate, and has a seat at the Imperial Council).

The Imperial Council is made up the highest ranking military and civilian officials. It is called at least once a week in Constantinople, and is designed to set some guidelines on what threats are facing Greece, what the economic situation is, and how it might be dealt with. The Emperor has final say in any decision made by the Council, but it is rare to find an Emperor who is willing to defy the rest of the Council. If one does, it is usually a sign of bad relations to come.

[reformer]

Name: Kingdom Of Italy

Leaders: King Carlos Emmanuel, Pope John Paul II, Maria Bourbon

History: Early history from this timeline (which will be continued) http://www.alternatehistory.com/Disc...ad.php?t=11033
Later, after WWI, the growing reactionary movement gained popularity worldwide, and an confederation was formed with Spain, Portugual, southern France (which later joins Italy due to a communist revolt in Paris), Bavaria, Austria, the United Arab Peoples, and most of south America. The confederation together began colonising the world again as Britain began to withdraw.

The reactionaries were very distrustful of Democracy due to past exspieriences with the United States and Communist regiems in France, Russia, Eastern Europe (Italy invaded and took over Albania when its citisens put in a cry for help) and a Socialist regiem in Britain.

Other members of the alliance took more direct control of the colonise, so Italy was left with little when ISOTed.

After Vatican III, the Catholic church became exstremely tollerant of Protestants, and the confederation began to become attractive to Protestant reactionaries. Italy directly intervened and helped the Boers in South Africa, growing a strong connection, so South Africa is also ISOTed.

When finding all the members of its confederation gone, it will find itself much more weak then OTL.

Government:
Excecutive: A powerful king, son of Umberto Emmanuel and a Carlist in Rome
Some direct rule by the Catholic church from Pope John Paul II in Vatican City
There is a council in Venice. Half of the members are elected, and the other half are appointed by the king. The head of the Council is Maria Bourbon, a popular Carlist from Spain
Economy: Very strong with a much larger population of 75 million (instead of 58 million now). This is due to incouraged immigration from across the world. Italy has been almost enirely industrialised do to a much smaller enviornmentalist movement. The economy suffers greatly from loosing their half colinies and allies.

Military: 42 divisions, 26 infantry, 12 marine, 4 armored, small air force, 16 smaller colonial divisions that were posted somewhere in the Italian possesions when it was ISOTe
Flag: Same as OTL Italy

Other: Corsica and Provence are a part of Italy

[Matt]

Great Britain
Prime Minister Anthony Walker
King Charles

History: OTL up to the Falklands War-
Introduction

The War for the Falkland Islands will inevitably go down in history as one of the events of infamy. Regardless of what Argentina said at the time, or what has been said since 1982, Argentina nevertheless attacked, without warning or provocation, the British territory of the Falkland Islands. Furthermore, in another historical circumstance, the War would also see then end of the phrase ‘Britannia Rules The Waves’. The audacious Argentine air attack, on 10th May 1982, would ensure the end of the Royal Navy as a force in global affairs. And coinciding with the British defeat, the Conservative Government of Margaret Thatcher would, likewise, be defeated in the British general elections two months later in July.

The dispute, over the Falkland Islands, goes back a long way in history. It is a complicated affair which once saw France, Spain & Britain disputing who actually owned the Islands. At one point, the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht, saw Spain awarded ownership of the Islands, but then in 1764, in defiance of the Treaty, the French established a settlement at Port Louis, thus making a claim to the Islands. Then the Spanish established their own colony at Port Egmont, closed the small French colony under agreement with the French, & then, in turn, handed over the colony to the British along with the ownership of the Islands in 1774. A few years later Spain claimed British ownership was in void because the British closed the Port Egmont settlement a year before.

Now the Argentines entered the fray. Following Argentine independence from Spain, in 1816, Argentina claimed that the Falkland Islands belonged to them. Furthermore, in 1820, the Argentines send a frigate to the Islands to stake their claim. Eight years later, as a result of this action, a small but prosperous colony had been established based on the seal trade. In 1829, however, the British protested the situation but did little about it other than handing over strongly worded letter to the Argentine government.

The next step, however, witnessed the United States enter centre stage over the Falklands. In 1831, a number of Americans were caught poaching seals on the Falklands. In reprisal, the US sent the warship Lexington to the Falklands which opened fire on the settlement. A couple of Argentine officials, on the Islands, were also arrested whilst the US government declared the Islands free of any government. In doing so, the British returned in 1833, forced the remaining Argentine population off the island, & finally claimed the Falklands for themselves. At this point, the British stay on the Falklands &, in 1842, the Islands officially become part of the British Empire. And so this would remain the situation for the next 140 years…

The Taking of South Georgia

On the 19th March 1982 41 Argentine “workmen” arrived on South Georgia Island transported by the Argentine Navy transport Bahia Buen Suceso. As it so happened, these workmen were actually members of the Argentine Navy’s Special Forces. The next morning, at the Argentine camp, their national flag was raised which gained the attention of four British scientists who were also on the island. As a result, the British government expressed its objection to the Argentine flag flying on British territory & promptly demanded its lowering. This, the Argentines did, albeit reluctantly.

The British, however, began to grow some concern as to the actual activities of these Argentine workmen. As a result, the British Governor of the Falkland Islands, Rex Hunt, sent 22 Royal Marines to South Georgia Island on the HMS Endurance. In a similar move, although unknown to the British, the Argentines had sent another naval transport ship, the Bahia Paraiso to South Georgia along with a detachment of Argentine Marines. This ship also carried two helicopters.

On the 29th May 1982, the Royal Marines were ordered that, if the Argentines tried to occupy South Georgia Island, due to concerns over what the Bahia Paraiso was up to, they were to use “Yellow Card” rules of engagement, which would prove to be useless in the events which would follow. Thus, on the 2nd April 1982, the Royal Marines were place in a difficult position when they discovered that the Argentines had indeed a military presence on South Georgia & not a civilian one (which the “Yellow Card” rules were suppose to deal with).

At the same time as the Falkland Islands were being invaded, the Argentine forces on South Georgia thus made their move. But it was not as easy as the Argentines thought, or wanted it to be. The Royal Marines, commanded by Lieutenant Keith Mills, had prepared defensive positions not far from their billets having feared the worst a few days before.

Yet, on the 3rd April, regardless of the Royal Marines preparations, the Argentines made their move against them nonetheless. The fighting which followed was intense. The British gave a good account of themselves against great odds. In the end, the Argentines had to even throw a frigate & two helicopters into the battle, which saw, however, damage caused to the frigate, by British rocket fire, & one helicopter shot down. In the end, though, numbers, lack of supplies, & without hope of reinforcements, the Royal Marines eventually surrendered without loss. With them thirteen British civilians also went into captivity. The Argentines had won the hard battle for South Georgia, but at great cost. Ironically, in a gesture of good will, the British prisoners, both military & civilian, were sent home to Britain two weeks later.

The Invasion of the Falkland Islands

Whilst the Argentines were playing their subterfuge on South Georgia Island, there was no indication whatsoever that the Falkland Islands as a whole came under Argentine threat. Yet this was to change dramatically on the 31st March. By now, British intelligence became alarmed, not overly about developments on South Georgia, but by the fact that Argentine naval deployments indicated that an invasion of the Falklands could take place within days.

As a result of this warning, Governor Hunt ordered the Royal Marine detachment to prepare defences. Luckily for the British, instead of the usual detachment of 40 Marines, there are actually 70 present, plus a local contingent of Falkland Islanders. As a result, by the time the Argentines eventually landed, the British had reasonable defences come the battle.

On the morning of 2nd April 1982, the Argentine invasion took place. Landing around Port Stanley, the main settlement on the Falklands, the Argentine 2nd Marine Battalion, landed unopposed & moved towards the town. The main objectives, for the invaders, were the airfield & Government House. Fighting, however, took place once the Argentines left the beach areas. The Royal Marines gave a good account of themselves, even in the face of armour. Using LAWS anti-tank rockets, damage wss done to several Amtrak vehicles.

The battle, however, soon turned against the British as the Argentines had overwhelming numbers. The airfield was soon taken by the Argentine Marines & immediately the 25 Infantry Brigade began to arrive by aircraft. Elsewhere, the Argentines moved slowly & surely towards Government House. Governor Hunt, knowing all too well that there was no hope in stopping the Argentine invasion, issued the surrender order at 9.30am. That evening, Governor Hunt & the Royal Marines were evacuated from the Falklands to the mainland. They, like their comrades from South Georgia, were returned to Britain by way of Paraguay.

The British Response

The British response to the invasion of Sovereign territory was immense. No one displayed more outrage than the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Known as the ‘Iron Lady’, not only did she show her anger in public, an emotion which the people of Britain shared it must be noted, but she spent little time with diplomacy. Orders were immediately sent out from Number 10 Downing Street to the armed forces. Thus the largest Britain Armada, since the Suez Crisis, would be assembled. And along with the Royal Navy, the Army & the Royal Air Force was also organising their part to play.

The units of Britain’s military, assembled to give battle, was impressive. Two aircraft carriers, HMS Hermes & HMS Invincible would lead the Royal Navy, which would also include the one off class ship DDGs HMS Bristol; the County class ships HMS Antrim, & HMS Glamorgan; the Type-42 class ships HMS Cardiff, HMS, Coventry, HMS Exeter, HMS Glasgow, & HMS Sheffield; as well as the frigates HMS Brilliant, HMS Broadsword, HMS Active, HMS Alacrity, HMS Ambuscade, HMS Antelope, HMS Ardent, HMS Arrow, HMS Avenger, HMS Andromeda, HMS Argonant, HMS Minerva, HMS Penelope, HMS Plymouth, HMS Yarmouth; & finally six submarines including HMS Conqueror & HMS Spartan.

Along with the combat ships would come several troop, cargo & landing ships including HMS Fearless, HMS Intrepid, HMS Sir Bedivere, HMS Sir Galahad, HMS Sir Geraint, HMS Sir Lancelot, HMS Sir Percivale, HMS Sir Tristram, & importantly the helicopter tender HMS Engadine.

On board all these ships came an impressive array of personnel & equipment. 20 of the Sea Harriers would be deployed upon the two aircraft carriers. These would become essential for protecting the fleet from any air threat. Backing the Sea Harriers up, would be the various SAM systems which many of the ships had. The SAM systems varied, though, from the Sea Cat & Sea Slug systems, which were somewhat old, to the more effective & modern Sea Dart & Sea Wolf systems.

Although the naval element was probably the most impressive, considering the assets involved, it would, however, once the fleet arrived at the Falklands, be the task of the ground forces who would inevitably have the difficult job of, not only landing, but giving battle to the Argentine military which occupied the Islands. This unthankful task would fall to the Army’s 5th Infantry Brigade & 3 Commando Brigade of the Royal Marines.

The Empire Strikes Back

On the same day that the Falklands was surrendered to Argentina, Britain had already set her plans in motion to retake the Islands. Out of the ships listed above, an “Advanced Group” was organised & sent to the South Atlantic in preparation for the main fleet. Centred around the destroyers HMS Antrim & Glamorgan, HMS Coventry, Glasgow, Sheffield, & the frigates HMS Arrow, Brilliant, & Plymouth came along. Added to this Advanced Group was a detachment of Royal Marines, SAS & SBS units.

At the same time as the Advanced Group was getting its orders to sail south, the nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror also got its orders. Like the Advanced Group, it was to head south as part of a coordinated mission to strike at the Argentines. On the 21st April, HMS Conqueror hence arrived at its patrol station & began to collect information of Argentine activity on South Georgia Island. A day after Conqueror arrived it put ashore a small party of SAS & SBS troops to observe the Argentine positions on the island itself.

Having studied the Argentine positions, the SAS & SBS units inform the Advanced Group, commanded by Admiral Woodward, of their observations. Woodward then orders HMS Antrim & Plymouth, along with the troop support ship RFA Tidespring to head to the South Georgia Islands in an effort to retake them. Thus, on the 25th April 1982, the first action to take the Falklands Island back occurs.

Under the cover of cannon fire from the two Royal Navy combat ships, British troops land on South Georgia on the beaches, via landing craft, & on higher ground via helicopters. The Argentines, to their credit, manage to hold on until the next morning when the cannon fire from the two Royal Navy ships became very accurate &, likewise, obvious that there was no chance of survival. Wishing to thus avoid pointless deaths, the 150 strong Argentine garrison surrendered.

Yet if news of the fall of South Georgia was bad news for the Argentines, worse news was soon to come. HMS Conqueror, now free from her duties at South Georgia, was ordered to begin patrols to the west of the Falklands. Coinciding with this, the British announced an exclusion zone around the disputed islands. Ignoring the British exclusion zone, the Argentine Navy decided to put to sea. There were many reasons for this, but the leading one was the approach of the RN Advanced Group.

The Argentine Naval planners had come up with a two-prong attack in dealing with the Advanced Group. One task force would be centred around the elderly aircraft carrier the 25 de Mayo, whilst a second group centred around the elderly cruiser General Belgrano. A third group centred around two DDGs, the Santisima Trinidad & the Hercules (which were ironically British Type-42 destroyers), which patrolled the Argentine coast. So, in accord with the plan, the Argentine Fleet sortied on 26th April 1982.

The Argentines, however, were not aware of the exact location of the RN Advanced Group. Even though Tracker aircraft, from the 25 de Mayo, scanned the surrounding seas with their radar, looking for the British ships, nothing was found. Unbeknownst to the Argentine navy at the time, the Advanced Group had sailed to the west of the Falklands in order to recapture South Georgia. By the time the Argentines had become aware of the fall of South Georgia, the two Argentine Navy task force groups were to the north-west (25 de Mayo task force) & south-west (General Belgrano task force) of the Falklands. And it was in these locations that the Argentine Navy decided to stay until the location of the Advanced Group was finally discovered.

HMS Conqueror, in the meantime, had taken up its patrol station to the west of the Falkland Islands on 1st April. Enjoying advanced sonar technology, it did not take the Conqueror long before a contact had been identified to the south. As a result, the RN submarine headed off to the location of its contact in order to investigate. The Conqueror’s captain, fully aware of the exclusion zone & what it meant should any Argentine vessel was found in it, was prepared to sink the contact if it proved to be of Argentine origin.

Thus on the 2nd April 1982, Conqueror came upon the General Belgrano task force patrolling the south-western approaches to the Falkland Islands. The hunters now became the hunted. Without any warning whatsoever, two torpedos hit the General Belgrano midships that caused great destruction. The Argentine cruiser had no chance as it began to sink. The British had gained another victory, one even greater than the retaking of South Georgia.

The Argentine Naval response was not surprising. Realising the great danger its ships were in, the entire Argentine Navy, apart from one diesel-electric submarine, returned to port. It seemed that Argentina had surrendered the South Atlantic Ocean to the Royal Navy. But, in reality, Argentina would now resort to its only real strength it had in fighting the British: her aircraft.

The Loss of HMS Sheffield

On the morning of the 3rd April 1982, the British were celebrating two victories. Things looked to be going well for the British in their endeavour to retake the Falklands. Already, South Georgia had been liberated, whilst the Argentine Navy, in response to the sinking of their cruiser, had returned to port as fast as was possible. Furthermore, the great armada that Britain had put together for this undertaking, had arrived in the area. Now the British had the full weight of their military to bring to bare against the Argentines. There seemed little for the British to overly worry about. But this was to soon change.

Now that the Argentines had more or less surrendered the Southern Atlantic to the British, they began to take stock. Clearly the Royal Navy was far too superior for the Argentine Navy to defeat in an open encounter. It would require something very different possibly not seen since the days of the Second World War. It would take the combined efforts of the aircraft of the Navy with that of the Air Force. And this would take much effort & planning. But first of all the Argentine planners had to know if the centre piece of their plan would work. As a result, a hastily battle plan was put together to try out the Navy’s only one true asset - their Super Etendards.

On the morning of 4th May there seemed no threat coming from the Argentines. HMS Sheffield, now that the entire fleet had arrived, took up its patrol position some 40nm in front of the main fleet. Its role was that of radar picket, insofar as it was to keep an eye on the skies should any aircraft try to attack the fleet. Unbeknown to the Sheffield, an Argentine Navy Tracker aircraft, operating to the north of the Falkland Islands, was able to scan the British destroyer, at some distance, without itself being noticed. If it was itself scanned, it would have been challenged by two Sea Harriers who performed CAP duties.

Once the Sheffield was noticed, the Tracker reported its findings to its controllers back on the mainland, & not long afterwards, two Naval Super Etendards took off to try their first strike mission against the Royal Navy. Events now moved fast as the Super Etendards flew towards the location of the British ship. The great advantage, in the forth coming battle, would soon shock the world as the nature of Naval battles was about to change. At some distance from the Sheffield, in fact at 60nm away, the Super Etendards, which had been flying low to avoid British radar, now gained height whilst turning on their own radar in an attempt to get a final fix on the Sheffield. Once this was achieved, two Exocet missiles were fired at the target.

The Sheffield never knew what hit it. There was no warning. Nothing. The Exocet missiles had been fired beyond the effective radar range of the Royal Navy ship. As a result, the two Argentine aircraft were never really spotted by the Sheffield’s radar, although there was some intermitted contact. But this was not enough to get the full attention of the ship’s radar personnel.

The British soon conducted rescue missions, for the surviving crew of the Sheffield, & these were largely successful, but the loss of the Sheffield soon took the gloss of the British successes to date. For the Argentines, though, the success of the Super Etendards mission was met with much joy. The Argentines now knew that air attack was the way they could defeat the Royal Navy. As a result, their plan for a full air offensive would go ahead in five days.

Plans

Yet, even with the loss of the Sheffield, the British continued to press ahead with their efforts. And if the Argentines thought that the British may take a few days to recover from the sinking of the Sheffield, they were mistaken. On the same day that the Sheffield was sunk, the first actions against the Argentine garrison on the Falklands took place. The Royal Air Force now got involved. The aging British bomber, the Vulcan, was given the mission to attack Stanley Airfield, which was now used by the Argentines. Although it only involved the use of one aircraft, this still came as a shock to the defenders. What was worse, too, was the fact that Sea Harriers began attacks around the Falklands, although this was mostly around Port Stanley.

The reaction by the Argentines was not surprising. As a result, they implemented four days earlier, part of their air offensive plan. So on the dawn of 6th May, a CAP was established over the town of Poart Stanley consisting of two Mirage III fighter jets. Argentina had 17 such aircraft &, although these had to be based on the mainland as the runway at Stanley Airfield was too short, the patrol could be maintained 24 hours a day as they had plenty of numbers in such aircraft.

The next step was sending all eight Navy Skyhawk jet fighters to Stanley airfield. These were the A-4Q model which had been updated ten years ago from the original A-4B model. As such, they could be used in the fighter role like the Mirage III, even though the Sidewinder they employed was the ‘D’ model & somewhat obsolete. Nonetheless, like the Mirage III CAP, these Skyhawks would also provide a CAP & acted as support for the Mirage fighters.

Added to this air defence was an assortment of AA guns & SAM systems which were concentrated around Stanley Airfield. Thus when the RAF attempted another bombing run in the evening of 6th May, it was intercepted by the Mirage CAP. And, instead of attempting to continue with its bombing mission, the Vulcan bomber reversed course & headed back to Ascension from where it came.

The airspace, however, over the Falkland Islands was now to be contested between the Sea Harriers of the Royal Navy & the jet fighters of Argentina. In many respects it was an uneven contest & the Argentines would lose two Navy Skyhawk A-4Qs whilst their Air Force comrades would have six of their Mirage IIIs shot down. At the same time, the RN would lose two Sea Harriers to a mid air collision & have one shot down due to ground fire. Annoyingly for the Argentine pilots, all of their efforts came to naught against their opposition.

Nonetheless, the efforts of the Argentines ensured that the groundwork had been established for the upcoming air offensive. Instead of waiting for the 10th May, it was decided to bring some elements forward a day. This was risky, considering that a possible attack on Stanley Airfield could destroy the forth-coming attack, but it was decided to go ahead with the plan anyway. So all through the 9th May, 45 Argentine Air Force Skyhawk A-4B/Cs (the older model) arrived at Stanley Airfield to be readied for the air offensive. And protecting this resent addition to the Falklands, the Navy Skyhawks & Air Force Mirage IIIs doubled their efforts in patrolling the Falklands airspace. The British helped in this regard by not launching any attack on 9th May. That was unfortunate.

Battle of the Falklands

There seemed to be no indication, on the morning of 10th May, that the greatest naval battle to take place since 1945 was about to begin. The British, after loosing three of their Sea Harriers on 8th May, had begun to analyse the situation. The RAF, after encountering strong air defences, including enemy fighters, had told the Royal Navy that it could not send further Vulcan bombing missions to the Falklands, because they believed that the bomber would be shot down well before reaching its target.

As a result of the RAF’s concerns, on the 9th May, the British decided that the Argentine air coverage of the Falklands would need to be seriously contested, but this meant that the Royal Navy needed more Harriers. As a result, it was arranged that ten more Sea Harriers would be flown down to Ascension Island & then from there they would fly to the Fleet. Coming with the Sea Harriers would be also eight RAF Harriers. Although somewhat different to their sea based cousins, they could, nevertheless, still do the job. The Harrier reinforcements would leave Britain the next day & arrive on the 11th May. The next day the British planned to conduct their own offensive against the Argentine air cover.

Yet as these Harriers left Britain, trouble was brewing for the British. By the end of the day, it would be they who were in serious trouble. For as per the Argentine battle plans, the great Argentine Air/Naval Offensive began. The Argentine attack came in several phases. Each had to be well timed, although there had been much left free so that commanders had the opportunity to adjust their part of the plan according to circumstance. Nonetheless, the attack began as planned.

The first signal that something was afoot was when the radar equipment on board HMS Hermes & Invincible alerted their operators that powerful airborne radars were operating to the west of the Falklands. Fearing that an attack might be under way, the alert was given. As such, four Sea Harriers where launched to join up with the two already patrolling the skies as part of their CAP duties. But before the Harriers could be vectored towards the location of the enemy radar, the first major part of the Argentine plan came into action.

Having been alerted to the Royal Navy’s reaction to the Surveillance Group, comprising two Argentine Air Force Elint 707s & two Naval Tracker aircraft, the Deception Group of aircraft, that being ten Aermacchi MB.339 jets & ten Canberra light bombers, went into action. Having taken off from their bases some half hour before the Surveillance Group had turned on their radars, the Deception Group deliberately climbed in height to gain the attention of the British.

To the British radar operators, it just appeared that a large strike force had just conducted a “pop-up” manoeuvre which is commonly done, by attacking aircraft, in order to get a radar fix on their respective targets. As a result, it appeared to the British that they were under attack by a mixed force of Aermacchi MB.339 light strike aircraft, but far more alarmingly, Canberra bombers. Needless to say, this gained the full attention of the British & soon all six Sea Harriers were sent to intercept this incoming threat.

The Argentines, however, had deliberately planned for this event. Once the Surveillance Group ascertained that the Deception Group had been seen, & that Sea Harriers were heading towards them, the Deception Group got the go ahead to complete their mission. In doing so, they dropped their altitude to some 250 feet above sea level & turned around. The Sea Harriers, thinking that the Argentines were trying to get under their radar, continued with their interception mission not realising that they were being deliberately led away from the fleet. Soon, however, the Harriers, in their futile attempt at intercepting the Argentine aircraft, were low on fuel & had to return to their carriers. They would take no further part in this day’s business.

The British, though, obviously had more than six Harriers. As a result of the situation, two more Harriers were launched to take up the CAP duties now relinquished by their comrades. At the same time, the Argentines began the second phase of their plan. At this point, the Argentine Fighter Sweep Force of 20 Dagger Fighters, an Israeli fighter aircraft that is similar to the Mirage III, now came into play. These aircraft were formed into two groups, & although both groups would fight together as a whole, their purposes were different prior to air combat.

The first group of ten Dagger fighters rose in altitude whilst the remaining ten remained low. This was a deliberate ploy, in a manner similar to the Deception Group, except in this case there would be no withdrawal. Instead the Dagger fighters meant business. And as with the Deception Group, the British soon saw the Daggers on radar. Immediately the British reacted with alarm & sent the two Sea Harriers of the CAP towards the location of the incoming Daggers. Furthermore, knowing that these aircraft were Dagger fighters meant the British launched a further six Harriers to support the two already airborne.

Upon seeing the British air activity, the Surveillance Group, once again issued orders for Argentine reaction. This meant three things took place all at once. The first immediate step saw the ten Dagger fighters return to their previous low altitude & rejoin the other ten fighters of the Fighter Sweep Force. Soon the British would be caught in an ambush where 20, & not ten fighters, were waiting for them.

The second step witnessed the introduction of the Entendard Exocet Force. This small group, numbering only four Super Entendards, would have the most important mission of all. Being guided by the information gathered by the Surveillance Group, the four aircraft flew at low altitude towards their objective - the two Royal Navy carriers. At the appropriate time, the four aircraft did the “pop-up” manoeuvre & fired their Exocet missiles before anyone could do anything about it.

Coinciding with the Entendard Exocet Force, came the great bulk of the air attack. The 45 older Skyhawks, who the day before had arrived at Stanley Airfield, were now added to the battle known as the Skyhawk Strike Force. But they were not alone. Providing a fighter escort came ten more of the Dagger fighters grouped as the Fighter Escort Force. It would be just as well these Daggers came along, considering the air defence which the British could still offer after being as stretched as they were.

Yet before the Entendards had even gotten into position to fire their deadly cargo, the British Harriers & the Daggers of the Fighter Sweep Force soon clashed. Amazingly for the British pilots, even though surprised & greatly outnumbered, they fought extremely well under the circumstances. Armed with the latest model Sidewinder missile, the ‘L’ version, five Argentine Daggers had been destroyed before the Argentines even had an opportunity to return fire. Furthermore, the British ships had been alerted to the real situation & the remaining three Sea Harriers had been launched.

The battle, though, was now reaching its climax. With only three Harriers in reserve, Woodward, the Royal Navy admiral commanding the fleet, was justifiably concerned. Ordering a full alert, every radar & SAM system throughout the entire fleet came online. It was just as well as, at this point in time, the Skyhawk Strike Force was beginning to split up into nine groups of five. In doing so, each group had its own particular target, which included the two British carriers & every destroyer. But before the Skyhawk Strike Force were even within of the Royal Navy’s SAM umbrella, the remaining three Sea Harriers tried to intervene.

Now came the turn of the Argentine Fighter Escort Force. Their sole mission was to keep the Skyhawk Strike Force alive. Noticing the movements of the remaining Sea Harriers, the ten Daggers intervened. Again, though, the Daggers were severely hit in the air mallee which followed. Within a minute, three Daggers were destroyed whilst all three Sea Harriers survived the initial attack. But, as had happened to the other Sea Harrier interception force, the British were caught up in their own deadly action which ensured that the Skyhawk Strike Force went unmolested.

It was at this point in the battle when everything went wrong for the British. Just as the Skyhawk Strike Force began their bombing runs, the four Exocet missiles announced their arrival. Within seconds, all four missiles hit their targets. Within seconds. Both HMS Hermes & Invincible were surrounded in smoke. Emergency alerts were sent to the fleet for help, although most ships were too busy with the battle at hand, as the planes Skyhawk Strike Force had survived so far without any loss & was clearly threatening several ships. This, however, was about to change. Now in range of the Sea Dart SAM systems on HMS Bristol & the Type 42 destroyers, several such missiles were launched at the incoming Skyhawks.

Unfortunately for the British, the Sea Dart system was more like the American Standard SM-1 SAM system than the far more capable Aegis air defence system. As such, each RN destroyer could only target one Skyhawk each. Overall, this meant only five aircraft could be engaged at the same time. Having said that, the two County Class destroyers also tried to engage the Argentine aircraft as well, but their Sea Slug SAM system was more or less obsolete &, in the action which followed, only managed to hit one plane.

Unlike the lack of success, which the Sea Slug armed destroyers had, the other destroyers had much more success. Alas, for the Argentine pilots, the British shot down a further 20 Skyhawks using the Sea Dart SAMs, whist a further two Skyhawks were hit with the Sea Wolf system. But if the Argentines thought that their cost for victory was steep, the British losses from the combined Exocet/Skyhawk attack was worse. Not only was HMS Hermes & HMS Invincible hit by two Exocets each, but each received the attention of two Skyhawks. The Argentine jets were able to score four 500lb bombs on both carriers which lead to their sinking later that day. Furthermore, both County Class destroyers were hit by several 500lb bombs, as was the Type-42 destroyer HMS Coventry. Finally, two frigates of the Amazon Class, HMS Antelope & HMS Ardent, were also hit. And all these ships would be lost. Five other frigates were also damaged, but were still seaworthy.

Within an hour of the opening phase of the Argentine attack, it was thankfully over. The Royal Navy had been gutted. Frantic efforts at rescue operations soon began as had improvised planning. The most important aspect at this point was the recovery of the surviving Sea Harriers. Even though their carriers had been sunk, it still meant a landing place had to be made quickly for the 12 surviving Harriers. Thankfully HMS Engadine, the helicopter support ship, was able to take eight of the homeless Harriers, whilst four of the fleet support ships, those having large helicopter support facilities, took one of the remaining four Harriers each.

Woodward, who survived the sinking of his flagship HMS Antrim, gave the saddest order of his life. Knowing all too well that his position was completely untenable, Woodward ordered a withdrawal to Ascension Island. Britain, or so it seemed, had lost the war. The only exception to this order was given to the submarines patrolling the waters around the Falklands & off the Argentine coast. These would remain in order to enforce the exclusion zone which was still in force.

Aftermath

On the 11th May 1982, Argentina awoke with the news of a great victory. And indeed it was for a short time. Three days later, after it had been confirmed that the British fleet had withdrawn, the 25 de Mayo, with two frigate escorts & two cargo ships, left port for the Falkland Islands with supplies for the army garrison & the civilians. On the 12th May, HMS Spartan, a nuclear submarine, fired four torpedos into the Argentine’s only aircraft carrier. Within an hour, the aircraft carrier had sunk. The other Argentine ships waited around only long enough to rescue the surviving crew & returned to port as quickly as they could. In many respects, a stalemate eventuated as Argentina could only supply the Falklands by air & had only 15 cargo planes which could fly into & out of Stanley airfield.

Furthermore, on 14th May, the United Nations finally got involved in a meaningful manner. Backed up by the Security Council, the UN began to broker a peace deal between the British & Argentines. These negotiations were further forced along by threats from the United States that it would intervene in the matter on the side of Britain. As a result of these threats, the leadership of Argentina, which was a military Junta at the time, caved into American pressure & agreed to a peace treaty with Britain. As a result, the Falklands were handed back to Britain on 1st June after the evacuation of all Argentine personnel. In return, Britain, under UN supervision, would have to hold a referendum within 6 months on the Falklands asking its population what its future would behold.

The aftermath of the Falklands War in 1982, however, did not simply end there. By the end of June 1982, the Argentine Military Junta, governing the country, collapsed in the face of a People’s Revolution. Discussed by the eventual loss of the war, & by the handing back to Britain of the Falklands, the people of Argentina had had enough. Within 24 hours, Argentina was liberated from the military dictatorship & joined the ranks of free people in the democratic world. In a similar manner, the Thatcher government, even though successful in regarding the Falklands, nevertheless suffered badly in the British General Election in 1982. The defeat of the Royal Navy was, by far, too much for the British People to tolerate, & took it out on the Thatcher Government by voting the government out of office in preference for the Labour Party, as Britannia no longer ruled the waves.

I accidently deleted the additions I made to it, so let me sum it up. Labour collapsed, Conservative government elected. Rebuild RN, using 3 former USN aircraft carriers. 3 Ark Royal class added to that number by 1990. Saddam invades Kuwait, but a RN task force built around the Ark Royal is on station. Attacks Saddam's invading army. Invasion not replused, but enough time is given to evacuate almost all the Kuwaiti Armed Forces. Iraqi's launch massive attack on the Ark Royal. Attack is replused using the carrier's fighters. Coaliton buildup as per OTL, with larger British detachment. Kuwait liberated in Feb 1991.

Soviet collapse as OTL, but brief civil war(no nukes) breaks out. British troops sent to the Baltics to protect independence. No major draw down of British armed forces post-Cold War. In 1995 GB invades Serbia when they start getting uppity. Brief, intense war, with longer drawn out occupation.

April 2001, Terror attacks. WTC, Pentagon, US Capital hit in US. Car bombs go off all over Britian. Queen Elizabeth II killed in ambush. 1500 Britons killed, in addition to 5000 Americans. US/UK invades Afganistan on Sept 11. OBL capture near Pakistan border on March 20, 2003 by Royal Marines.

ISOT lands: British Isles(including Ireland, who is so similar to OTL i won't even post them) Ascension Islands, Falklands, Diego Garcia, Hong Kong(not turned over to China.)

Military:
Military manpower
Availability(males age 15-49): 14,943,016 (2004 est.)
Fit for military service(males age 15-49): 12,393,785 (2004 est.)
Military strength
British Army
Main Battle Tanks 600 Challenger 2
Infantry fighting vehicles 800 Warrior
Armoured Personnel Carriers 6,000+
Artillery 700
Aircraft 500
Personnel (Regular Army) 175,00
Personnel (Territorial Army) 60,000+

Royal Navy
Ballistic Missile Submarines 4
Fleet Submarines 11
Aircraft Carriers 6
Helicopter Carrier 1
Destroyers 15
Frigates 30
Patrol boats 40
Amphibious Assault ships 5
Minesweepers 20
Survey vessels 6
Aircraft 210
Personnel (Regular) 100,000
Personnel (Royal Naval Reserve) 15,00
Personnel (Royal Marines Reserve) 1,100
Royal Fleet Auxiliary
Tankers 9
Resupply ships 2
Tanker/Resupply ships 2
Aviation training ship 1
Repair ship 1
Amphibious Assault ships 5
Strategic lift vessels 2
Royal Air Force
Aircraft 2000(including helicopters)
Personnel 90,000

Population: 60.2 million

[perdedor99]

Name- People’s Republic of Mexico
Leader(s)- Secretary General Antonio Perez Sotomayor
Government-Mexican Communist Party only permitted party. MCP follows Marxism operated on the principles of democratic centralist. In reality a one party dictatorship.
Territorial Extension: OTL Mexican borders but Baja is part of the United States and must likely will ask to rejoin as soon as possible.

Economy- Their economy depends greatly from subsidies from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Union of European Socialist Nations plus trade with them. Mexico has a government-controlled economy with a mixture of modern and outmoded industry and agriculture, in the majority of cases the industry is in shambles due to years of mishandle and corruption. Recent administrations have expanded competition in railroads, telecommunications, electricity generation, natural gas distribution, and airports. Per capita income is one-twenty that of the US; income distribution remains highly unequal. The government is cognizant of the need to upgrade infrastructure, modernize the tax system and labor laws, and provide incentives to invest in the energy sector, but progress is slow. Oil exportation areas are close to guerilla dominated areas and production sometimes is interrupted due to sabotage.
Military-
Army: 100,000 men divided into 30 military zones. In the majority of cases undertrained but well suited for the counterinsurgency actions against the pro-democracy guerillas in the provinces bordering the United States and in Yucatan. Over 100 T-62 tanks divided in independent companies thru the country. Soviet equipment is the standard issue.
Navy: 25 small ships. 50 Soviet build anti submarine aircraft.
Air Force: 120 aircrafts; 80 fighters and 40 bombers. Obsolete and comparable to MIG-21 and Tu-22 bombers.
History- The American invasion of Mexico in pursuit of Pancho Villa turned into a real shooting war between the nations of Mexico and the United States. By the end of 1918 the war in Europe ended into exhaustion with the governments of Germany and Russia fell to Communist uprisings while in Mexico a treaty was forced on the Mexican people, who also fell to a Communist leaning government. Baja California was ceded to the United States and a demilitarized zone created in the Mexican side of the US-Mexican border. The beginning of the world struggle against Communist started.

1920’s-The German and Russian socialist governments reached an agreement to expand their revolution abroad. By the end of the decade, China is under the sway of a young man named Mao and the Baltic States and Finland are now republics inside the Soviet Union. In Mexico, secret military treaties are signed with their comrades on the other side of the sea. The Great Depression showed up in schedule.

1930’s- With the chaos caused by the depression, revolts occurred all to the Middle East and the Balkans. Italy transformed itself into a Soviet Republic after a short civil war in 1934. Civil war in Spain erupted in 1936, with the French and British supporting the rebels against the left wing government that was forced to lean more in the International Comintern. Thousands of Mexicans ‘volunteered” for action in the war. Ended in victory for the rebels in early 1938. Russo-German invasion of Poland in 1938 starts World War 2.

1940’s- The war ended in stalemate with the entrance of the United States on the side of the Allies in 1943. By the end of the war by 1946 continental Europe except for the Iberian Peninsula are under the Communist force yoke. But their advances into the Middle East are stopped with southern Persia and Iraq recaptured by joint American-British forces, plus the African Continent was liberated from Communist Italian forces. In Asia, Japan was forced from Korea and Indochina and Thailand fell to the Chinese but they were defeated by the British in India and in Malaya with Japanese and American forces help. Mexico stayed neutral but they tied up a lot of American forces on the border between the two nations during the war.

1950’s to present-The world is in a state of Cold War between the Communist and the Democratic nations. The 1970’s and 80’s were years of proxy wars in Africa and Asia, all of them brutally suppressed by the so-called democracies. By 2005, the Communist block is showing cracks and calls for democratic reports are being heard in the border Socialist republics like France, Thailand, Turkey and Italy. Mexico feels surrounded and their continued existence was protected due to the fear of escalation between the powers. Guerillas are common in their northern and southern borders of the country and is possible the nation could collapse.

[Matt]

Formal Name: German Reich
Chancellor Heinrych Wolfensberger(CD)
Kaiser Otto II, Head of State

History POD:

January 1859: Crown Prince Fredrich?s wife Victoria gives birth to a wonderfully healthy baby boy, named Johann(OTL Wilheim without his birth defects and accompanying angst). Growing up Johann is revealed to be remarkably levelheaded and diplomatic. He spends significant amounts of time in England, under the care of his Grandmother Victoria, and Uncle Edaward. There he becomes a close friend of future the King of England, George V, and a terrific Anglophile.

April 1889: After just over a years reign Kaiser Fredrich III succumbs to cancer. Johann is crowned on April 20.

1890s: Johann pushes for closer ties with Britain, while relations cool with France and Russia. Fearing possible alienation from Britain, the Kaiser decides to maintain only a modest Fleet, one only designed to keep the Baltic open. Resources that would have otherwise gone to the Imperial Navy OTL, goes instead to the Army, particularly into the area of artillery.

On the political side, reforms are adopted. The working class was appeased with very progressive legislation guaranteeing accident and health insurance as well as old-age pensions. Germany reforms one of Europe?s most archaic tax codes into a modern progressive income tax. France and Russia enter into an alliance, fearing growing German power on the continent. Numerous crisis?s are provoked by France during this time, but none spill over into war.


July 1, 1905: The Borderland crisis boils over into war with France. Great Britain sits out, having previously maintained much closer relations with Germany then OTL. Russia does not live up to its promises. The Schlieffen Plan executes as plan, and the French Army is destroyed in detail, largely thanks to German superiority in artillery and numbers. The final blow comes at Belleau Wood, where the bulk of the French Army is encircled and destroyed outside of Paris. Even the French now legitimately sees Alsace-Lorraine as German, and Luxembourg is annexed. Belgium sovereignty is restored after the French Army violated its sovereignty.

The Treaty of Versailles is seen by almost all as generous. France must demilitarize its border with German and Belgium. It?s fleet cannot exceed ½ of the size of Britain?s, and it?s Army is like wise restricted. Reparations are to be made to Belgium and Germany. France is allowed to retain its colonies. Germany gives its African colonies to Britain; in turn a formal defensive alliance is formed.

1915: The Great War begins after A-H mobilizes against Serbia. Russia declares war against A-H, Britain and Germany declares war on Russia. The War well last for 2 years. Tanks, the machine gun, aeroplanes all change the face of warfare. The numbers involved are unprecedented in human history, and leave approx 10 million dead on all sides.

1917: The Treaty of Minsk is signed. The Allies have fought Russia to exhaustion. The Independent Kingdoms of Poland, Byelorussia, Ukraine, and Baltmak are craved out of Russia as buffer states. Civil war erupts in lands that remain in Russian control.

1918: Tzar Nicolas abdicates and flees to Paris. The Reds seize control. Though they effectively control Russia, the civil war well simmer for many years. Lenin leads the world?s first communist state.

1922: Lenin dies. He is seceded by Trotsky. He well implement a series of long term development plans that well bring Russia into the modern stage. But it comes at a cost of millions. Acheiko Hadikin (dun dun dun!!) carefully rises through the ranks of the Communist party, vying his time.

1927: The World-Wide economic collapse bring strong dissidents and unrest to Germany. For the first time in his life, Johann doesn?t know how to handle the crisis.

1929: The German Constitutional Convention. Johann decides to ditch the current form of government, and declares the convention shall be held. A federal system is decided on, similar to the United States. Provinces(Prussia, Bavaria, Pomerina etc.) well have a large degree of self-government, but well remain subordinate to the Federal Government in Berlin. There is a bi-cameral legislature, the Bundestag, and an elected Chancellor as the head of Government. The Kaiser shall remain as the head of state, with little de jure powers, but plenty of de facto.

1930: The first elections are held. Otto Von Richter, a former foreign minister is Germany?s first Chancellor. The just left of center party, the Social Democrats take control of both chambers. Social Welfare, and federal work program laws are put into place, giving Germany, as Chancellor Von Richter says ?Ein Neues Abkommen,? a new chance.

In Russia Hadikin, through circumstances not entirely understood, seizes control of the government And vengeance is on his mind. He begins a modernization of the Red Army.

1935: Border clashes break out between Russia and Japan. Low level warfare well continue there for years.

1940: Russia annexes Byelorussia and parts of the Ukraine. A formal alliance, The Northern Europe Coalition, is formed between Germany, Britain, Poland, and Austria-Hungry. It establishes common command and control of NEC forces, and basing of troops in Poland and A-H.

1943: Revolution breaks out in Baltmark, Russian forces invade to "restore"order. War in the Ukraine.

1944: Tensions grow in Eastern Europe. By July, the Ukraine is conquered, and Russia begins shifting massive numbers of troops and material to the border with A-H and Poland.

January 1945: The Russians invade Poland. Despite the edge in technolgy the NEC forces enjoy, Russian numbers are almost too much to stop. Russian forces strike deep into Poland, capturing Warsaw. Konigsberg is encircle. Budapest is threatened. Russian landings in Denmark. By the end of 1945, the Russian forces lose their momentium. They have reached as far as the Oder River. From here on out, NEC forces well be attacking. Ground well slowly be taken back.

March 1946: NEC forces, including a large detachment of German Marines, land and seize Leningrad. Poland and Denmark completely liberated by Sept. Austrian forces collapse, German and British forces rushed to the Southren front to reinforce.

1947: British forces enter Minsk, German counter-offensive in Hungray. Japan attacks British and American forces in the Pacific. US declares war, joins NEC... renamed NAC. Late in the Year German forces break a Russian Army in the Ukraine, front collapsed there.

1948: Fighting continues. Baltics completely liberated, Byelorussia, Ukraine, Finland. Scandinavia Union joins war. First use of Atomics. Russian army obliterated near Moscow. Second weapon detonated over Petrograd. Russian Army mutinies. War ends.

1948-1960: Occupation of Russia. During this time the Japanese surrender to the Americans. All NAC countries well participate in the occupation. Ukraine, Estonia, Lativa, Finland, Byelorussia, Siberia given independence. Denmark and Iceland join Germany.

1960-present: Pax Europa. No major wars in the period. Germany concentrates on domestic devolpment. A/H crumbles, and German troops enter territories as peace-keepers. Minor colonial wars are fought. World divides into 4 blocks, American, British, German, and Chinese.

In recent years, a early EU has been formed with Germany as it's central figure. France and Britain are not members.

Demography

Population: 100 million (2000 census), Mostly ethnic Germans. Small minorities of Poles, Danes, Czechs, Jews, and numerous other groups. All ethnic groups enjoy equal status under the law.

Languages: German, official language, small amounts of French, Czech, and Polish also spoken in border regions.

Economy: Highly industrialized, concentrated in the Ruhr and Rhine River valleys, Major Seaports in North Germany, including Kiel, Danzig, Koniegsberg, and Wilheimshaven. Germany


Politics and Government: Germany is a Constitutional Monarchy, with Kaiser Wilhelm II presently on the throne. The Kaiser is a largely ceremonial role, serving only as the official Head of State, although his input is often sought for political matters. The Head of Government is the Chancellor, who is elected to a six year term.

The Bundestag, the German legislative body, is divided into 2 houses, creatively named Gross Haus, and the Klein Haus. Members of the Gross Haus are elected also to 6 years terms, and 2 serve from each German State. Members of the Klein Haus serve 3-year terms and the amount the serves each state varies based on population.

There are 3 major parties in Germany, and several smaller ones. The three parties are the Social Democrats, Christian Democrats, and the Socialists.

Sub-divisions: 23 states, and 3 independent cities

German Military:

300,000 Active army, organized into 20 divisons. Additional 50,000 reservists and 6 reserve army divisons exist. Numerious independent Brigades and companies. Details to follow.

Luftwaffe: 100,000 man with over 2500 combat aircraft. Details to follow.

Reichsmarine: 2 Carriers(like the DeGaulle OTL
2 mini-carriers(like the British Invincible OTL
4 SSBNs
11 SSNs
9 DD
20 FG
26 PBs
6 amphibious ships(LPD, LHD, etc)
600 aircraft
75,000 sailors
45,000 Marines(3 divisions)

ISOT areas: OTL Germany, Iceland, Denmark, former German areas in Poland, Kalinggrad enclave

[Imajin]

The Holy Roman Empire
Head of State and Government:Her Most Catholic Majesty, Caroline II Juliana, Holy Roman Empress, Queen of Romans, Electress of Austria, Queen of Bohemia, etc. etc.
Government: A federation of various territories (Electorate of Austria, Kingdom of Bohemia, etc.) Under the Third Imperial Constitution, many powers remain in the hands of the Monarch.
Economy: The Empire is heavily industrialized, and modernized. It is a center of technological devlopment as well.
Military: Due to the long peace, the standing army consists of only 100,000 soldiers, stationed across the Empire. The Imperial Army is a well-trained, modern force. The Imperial Air Force consists of several 200-men Squadrons stationed in the various bases across the Empire, and though it is rather small, it is generally acknowledged to be the most powerful Air Force in it's world.
History: Margrave Heinrich II Babenberg of Austria demanded that, to compensate for his loss of Bavaria, his territories in the Ostmark be raised to an Electoral status. Thus, this timeline's Privilegium Minus formed the Ostmark into the Electorate of Osterreich, or Austria.
Frederick II, thanks to butterflies, was substantially a different person than OTL, and managed to keep his throne and end up with an heir, Frederick III Babenberg. The Babenberg Electorate began to slowly grow around various territories, through marriage alliance and Conquest. Frederick III gave birth to a daughter, Maria Caroline, who married into the Kingdom of Bohemia. The son, Charles I, made his capital in Vienna, thus beginning the house of Premysl-Babenberg.
The Premysl-Babenbergs proved to be adept rulers, and expanded their lands greatly, culminating in the conquest of Galicia from Poland. However, Elector Charles IV almost ended all that, coming into conflict with the Pope, a Habsburg from Aargau. The Pope owned the territory of Trieste, which Charles IV was tryed to pressure the Pope into selling to him. The crisis finally ended when Charles IV agreed to cease attempts to seize Trieste, and in return the Pope granted Austrian ships the right to use Trieste as a free port.
Charles IV's son, Rudolf I, was elected Holy Roman Emperor, a title that was only prestige. However, this came into conflict with the Wittelsbach, who wanted to create Bavaria as a Kingdom within the Empire. The previous Emperor had planned to allow it, but Rudolf I did not. In return, the Elector of Bavaria called for a "formal end" to the Holy Roman Emperor. The other Electors did not like the growing power of Austria, so they agreed, and voted to end the Empire. In return, Rudolf I issued the Privilegium Maius, which granted the title of Holy Roman Emperor to the Electors of Austria, who retained that title.
In 1698, Franz Rudolf I issued the Proclamation of Sucession, which abolished the Salic Law. This was because Franz Rudolf I had but one child, Caroline, and the closest relatives were, by royal intermarriages, the hated Wittlesbach. Thus, Caroline became Empress Caroline I. Caroline I married the King of Brunswick, forming the modern royal house of Brunswick-Premysl-Babenberg.
The 1700s passed uneventfully, with an industrial revolution beginning near the end. The 1800s, however, would bring changes. In 1823, the King of England, George II, was killed by his own people, who proclaimed an end to all monarchies. The new English Democracy invaded the continent from it's port city of Calais, and began a reign of terror for monarchs everywhere. Even the Pope was not spared, as he and his brothers were killed, ending the long dominace of Habsburgs in the Papacy. However, the Imperial Army proved integral to pushing the English back across the channel. At the Conference held in Prague, England was divided between Scotland and France.
The 1900s were filled with new technologies, and Austria took advantage of many of them. Though Austria had stayed out of the colonial races that took place after the Conference at Prague, in 1956 it claimed a slice of Antarctica, Nova Bohemia, and mans a large reasearch center there. And, in 1978, Austria planted it's flag on the Moon.
In 1990, Caroline Juliana became the second female Empress.
Flag:
The army uses a Red flag with a white bar through the middle (based off the Crusader battles, in OTL this became the flag of Austria), the naval ensign uses the Red-White-Red flag with a gold anchor in the center.

[Imajin]

The Papal Legation of Trieste
Head of State: His Holiness Pope Innocent XV, Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Succesor of St. Peter, Prince of the Apostle, Pontifex Maximus, Patriarch of the West, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province and Servant of the Servants of God
Government: Catholic Theocracy based off Canon Law.
Economy: Trieste is a major Port City, as well as tourism.
Military: The Trieste Guard, 100 men strong, is officially the branch of the Papal Army, but defense is traditionally the responsibility of the Empire.
History: From the same TL as the HRE. Trieste ceded itself to the Pope to escape Venetian domination. In 1900, the Pope was forced out of the Papal States in Italy by a nationalist movement in Italy, and since then has resided in a palace in Trieste. The Pope also rules Avignon, but that was not ISOTed.
Flag: Gold and Red flag with a crossed golden Key and Halberd. I've attempted to draw it here. (Gold and Red were the Papal Colors before Napoleon)

[DuQuense]

Name
Dominion of Siam & East Indies

Leader
Chief of state: King PHUMIPHON Adunyadet (since 9 June 1946)
head of government: Prime Minister THAKSIN Chinnawat (since 9 February 1999) and
President Tran Duc Luong [Laos]
Former Prime Minister Saloth Sar [Cambodia]
Former President Ho Chi Mien
Deputy Prime Ministers CHATURON Chaisaeng, Gen. CHAWALIT Yongchaiyut (Ret.),
PURACHAI Piamsombun, VISHANU Krua-ngam ; LIPTAPANLOP
Suwat ; SOMSAK Thepsuthin, PHINIT Charusombat; Phan Van Khai [Vietnam]
cabinet: Council of Ministers

elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; prime minister is designated from among the members of the House of Representatives; following national elections for the House of Representatives, the leader of the party that can organize a majority coalition usually is appointed prime minister by the king. The House then elects the President.
As the Nationalist Communist party has held power since 1959. The king has no real Power.

History

When the war of 1754 broke out in the Americas William Pitt put lots more attention on defeating France's Ally Spain.
As such Britain ended up with Spanish Cuba and the Philippines,
as well as French NA.

But as there was only so much She could Do, GB lost out to France in India, and Cape Town.

After the loss of North America in the Revolutionary War of 1776, Great Britain turned Its attention to it's Asia holdings in the Philippines, and Australia.
In order to Counter the growing power of French India, Britain Moved into Siam.

Over the next century Britain took over the nation of Siam, Arranging a Royal Marriage with the Princess of Laos, and help enforce Siam's claim to Cambodia. This brought Britain into Conflict with Vietnam.

By 1880 Great Britain controlled all of Indochina, from Hanoi to Bangkok, from Singapore to Mandalay.

Following the Great rebellions of 1833, Austria having lost Hungary,
turned it's attention North.
By 1868 the New Austro-Germanic Empire Controlled all Germany,except for Prussia/Livonia.

In 1872 The Empire attempted to annex Holland, in a secret deal allowing France to Annex Belgium. During the War between Austria/France, & England/Prussia, Great Britain occupied the Dutch East Indies. Receiving title at the end of the War.

Following the end of the GW 1 in 1925 [1921-1925] The East Indies were Folded into the new Dominion of Siam, and East Indies.

Following the End of the second Great war in 1951, Ho chi Mien of Vietnam, and Saloth Sar of Cambodia, launched a communist uprising,
surported by the Chinese Communists.

In 1957 China Fell to the Communists, and in 1959, so did Siam.

For 39 years Saloth Sar, as Prime Minister, attempted to form his idea of a perfect Communist State. Very Closed from the outside world except for a few exports [oil]
[OTL North Korea/Myanmar]
Following Saloth Sar death in 1999, there have been a few opening to the world but very small.
Siam has what is considered as the most developed 1960's economy in the World. [they have been developing it for 40 years] and is the Worlds largest exporter of Vacuum tubes for precision instruments.

In November 2004 [Thanksgiving Day] a force 9.8 Earthquake Caused a major Landslide in the Natuna Islands, as Several of the Islands just disintegrated.
The resulting Tsunami's Reached a height of 70 meters and traveled at speeds of over 750 Kph.
The lands all around the South China Sea suffered extensive Damage,
The two areas hardest hit were the Mekong Delta were the flat Swamps, offered little resistance, allowing the waves to travel up to 50 miles inland, and around the Bay of Thailand. Were the Narrowing Inlet concentrated the Waves. Causing them to double in Height.

It took major International efforts to allow any International personnel, But by Christmas, close to 5.000 relief workers, most from the WHO and related groups, had been allowed in.



Armed forces (estimated)

2.583,000 active forces (estimated); 8,700,000 reserves
Army
1.900,000 forces (estimated) with some 9.200 tanks.
Navy
300,000 forces (estimated) with 52 submarines, 12 destroyers, twenty-three frigates and 750 coastal and patrol combat vessels, 170 naval combat planes
Air force
283,000 forces with 1315 combat aircraft and 450 armed helicopters [Cobra], 500 [Huey] types


Flag
British Union Jack, with a Hammer/Sickle imposed in the Center
[Drives the British Mad, every time it is mentioned. ]

[Ward]

The Greater French Republic

Head of Goverment : Jean De Lyon
Form of Goverment : Federal Republic

Language : French and Arabic

History : In the 1920's the French Goverment knew that they would fight Germany again so they build a line of Forts , that Ran the whole length of the boarder of Germany .
In the 1930's the German Goverment went the same as they did in history .
France knowing that they wouild not have the man power to fight the Germans with French Men desided to start bring in the Men of the colonies into the military . These men were tought how to read and write in French .
As the finished there 2 years in the military they went home and wnated better standered of living there , By 1939 most of Africa that was in French Hands was on it's way to having Electry lighting and indoor pluming .
The second World War started the same as in history but when the Germans Attacked France in this time line they were stoped but the French Forts. The French were able to hold onto France area untill the end of the war . The USSR and Germany fought a major war from Aug of 1942 to May 1945 when Germany was concored by the Wester Allies and the USSR.

The French were forced to move about half of there industry to africa to get it out of range of the German bombers .
After the War the French Goverment was forced to give the Vote to retuning Vets of the Army . By 1950 there were 30% of the members of the parment were Black and Arab members . The Areas of Africa were brought up to the standers of France . Almost all of French Africa was conected by Rail and highways .

In 1967 The first none French born Premer was elected to head the Goverment of France .

France stated neurtal in the cold war with the USSR and the US of A .

France has its own Space program that started in the late 1970's .
They now have a space plane that lunches from southern French Africa and is building a space station in space .

France is a major industral power building everything from Aircraft to toys .
They have a large electronics industry , and they are energy exporters ,

Pop of Greater France Republic is 250 million

GNP is 1 trillon Dollars

Millitary
French Army is 1 million Men and women in 2 airmoble Divs , 3 Lt Armored Divs. 2 Armored Divs , 4 lt Mec. Divs , 6 Mec Divs . 1 airborn Divs.

French Airforce . 500,000 men and women
1000 combat Aircraft.

French Navy is 125,000 men and women .
will list later no latter then 22 march .

[Bulgaroktonos]

The Dominion of New South Yorkshire (OTL Argentina)

Population: 20 Million

Government*: Governor William MacKenzie.

*Note: New South Yorkshire is a Dominion of the British Virginian (American) Lands, and is from a slightly different world than my Greek TL. It's from the TL where Greece ISOT'ed in ME5

History: First colonized in 1623 by British explorers, New South Yorkshire became a huge colony for British farmers and herders by the late 1700s. Granted Dominion status in 1837 after the Great Rebellion in Northern Virginia led Britain to begin issuing home rule to colonies of importance or with large populations. Examples include Ireland (which contrary to OTL actually gets along rather well with the English, as they have been spared many of the atrocities of the Tudors, Cromwell, Stuarts, and others), India, Upper and Lower Virginia (OTL Canada and US), Australia, New South Yorkshire, and South Africa.

The Great War began on March 22nd 1946. Britain found itself pitted against Russia, Austria-Hungary, France, Egypt, and Persia. After the entire population of Greece and its leaders and cities vanished into thin air only to be replaced by wild beasts, Britain's enemies multiplied. Only Prussia remained her staunch ally, but even the specter of British supremacy in air, land, and sea was not enough. When the war broke out after nearly 6 months of mobilization and tension, it was unlike anything experienced in history.

Prussia and her German allies were crushed by mid 1947, in a frenzy of destruction unparalleled in even the devastation caused by the Thirty Year's War. The Prussians had fought for every inch of ground, and the toll taken by modern weaponry showed on the very ground. Great urban centers were now nothing more than rubble. But the worst was yet to come. Britain, from her bases in Britain itself waged a terrible air campaign against her enemies, reducing French cities to ruin, and bombing cities as far away as St. Petersburg into dust. In Central Asia, Russia launched a full scale invasion of India. Despite the conscription of millions from the Indian populace, the British were unable to stem the tide of Russian troops until they had penetrated as far as Agra, where a valiant defense by British, Australian, and Indian troops managed to stop the Russians.

Finally, drawing upon their humongous reserves of resources from the Virginias, Britain was able to drive the Russians back from India and from East Africa, pushed back against the Egyptians. The war would last 9 years, and cost upwards of 100 million lives, and was only ended when Britain unleashed atomic weaponry on Moscow, Aleksandrgrad, Smolensk, and Kiev. Even now, Europe has not fully recovered, and large sections of Germany, Italy, and Central Europe remain unpopulated. Britain remains the world superpower, and Russia remains underdeveloped. It has only been through the efforts of Britain to aid the ravaged European continent that anarchy and collapse did not take hold. Britain has successfully landed on the moon several times.

NSY serves as a major grain and cattle producer for the world, and serves as one of the major launch sites for the British Space Program. International Aid coming from Argentina is tremendous as Britain purchases huge amounts of the harvest for that express purpose.

It's beef is considered the finest in the world.

Military: Local police forces. No military to speak of as NSY has not had a war or even minor military engagement fought on its soil since the Anglo-Dutch wars of the 1700s.

[Aussey]

Imperial State of Brazil

Head of State and Government: HIM Empress Maria Joanna, Empress of Brazil, Queen of Portugal

History- Basiclly like our. Dom Pedro II issues liberal reform, and the House of Brasillia is formed. HIM's grandfather was Emperor Dom Pedro II.

(Quick outline before I leave...more tommorrow)

((If anyone knows of a TL, or could write a quick one, I have no knowledge of PortugalBrazil/South America at all...))

[DuQuense]

Interesting idea...are there rules against ISOTing a colony/dominion/region from the same TL as another country?

Whe like them to be slightly Different, Ie Isot- Porto Rico from Bush wins- and Hawaii from Gore wins-

OTOH there is no rule that Countries have to match. I could ISOT imperial China 1900 into my USA.

Just had a great idea for next WW 2 ME
[Got to plan ahead for these thingys]

[Imajin]

The Kingdom of Portugal (Mozambique)
Leader- Charles II Braganza, King of Portugal, Prince of Mozambique, Heir to Norway (through his wife, a Norwegian Princess), 1969-
Capital- Lourenço Marques, which in OTL became Maputo.
Population- 20,124,200 (51% African Christian, 39% African Muslim, 10% European or Mixed European-African)
Government- Bicameral Parliamentary monarchy. The Lower, or Mozambiquan, House is based on full sufferage, and is officially temporary ("Until we regain Portugal"), and the Upper, or Portuguese House, is filled with nobles and descendants who fled Portugal. All bills must pass both houses and the King, though there is a strong political movement to grant the Lower House more power.
Economy- Mozambique is an industrialized and diversified nation, and is heavily invested in following economic reforms in the fifties. Major products include food, beverages, chemicals (fertilizer, soap, paints), aluminium, petroleum products, textiles, cement, glass, and tobacco.
Military- The armed forces of Mozambique are large, (1,000,000 men altogether), but not well armed. Much of the military technology is in the 1970s range.
History- In this timeline, Cuba revolted against Spanish rule in the 1880s. Despite a strong Spanish attempt to stop it, Cuba broke free, bringing Puerto Rico with it. Shocked that Spain had sunk so low as to be defeated by the disorganized rebels, a popular rvolution installed Marcos de Ignacio as Presidente of the Spanish Republic. Marcos de Ignacio planned an annexation of Portugal, a quickly declining country that was lower than even Spain, to help nationalism. Portugal quickly fell, and many fled the Spanish onslaught to Portuguese Africa, and when the royals fled to Lourenço Marques, most of the fleers went to Mozambique. The new government, cash-strapped, sold Angola to Germany.
In between the World Wars, Mozambique remained neutral, with it's government only consisting of the former Portuguese Parliament. However, after the second world war, the group FRELIMO was formed to grant representation to Africans. Finally, in 1973, FRELIMO and King Charles II came to an agreement wherein a new house would be added to the Parliament consisting of representatives from across Mozambique, and ended a large querilla war. Since then, the economy has opened up, and Portugal has done very well.
Flag- The flag of 1816 was readopted following the fleeing of the government to Mozambique, just as that flag was used when the government fled to Brazil. The armillary sphere this time represents Mozambique, not Brazil.