n a counter-invasion, the forces of the USSA swung around out of the west and were able to sever Santa Catarina and thus Rio Grande do Sul from Brazil proper.
United States of South America....Dominion of Southern America....ahh! It's all so confusing!
I'm inclined to believe this is the UPSA's loss and Brazil's gain rather than the opposite. On top of the problem of settling in Portuguese into an entirely Spanish state, that area of Brazil is shortly going to turn into a hotbed of revolutionary sentiment, and I fear where the republicans lose their goal of government change, they will have a more than ample new target for their ire in the linguistic politics and bias they will now have to overcome. Piratini and Juliana Republics, ahoy!
Incidentally, I'm kind of expecting the UPSA to fall apart itself anyway. There were a ton of factions over there that hated each others guts - I was flabbergasted that you got the Chileans and Argentinians to cooperate in a single state for example - and to be a honest I'd be a little surprised if the partisanism didn't wrench that state apart. Perhaps the revolutionary activity in the newly conquered Portuguese territories will be the domino which starts the chain reaction, eh?
Looking forward to a world map. Pretty good so far.
Yeah, me too........anyone care to take a stab at a world map? If not, I'll get around to it eventually, just not real soon....
I tried, but had to give up after well over an hour's work. I've got no experience at all at map work, was just tinkering in MSPaint, and I found I just couldn't resolve where the borders were supposed to be
Great timeline, really enjoying it so far
Here's a map. Only thing I was really unsure about besides the Mexican hijinks was whether the Belgian and Greek Revolutions succeeded ITTL. I decided not to touch the old map when it came to that. Some of the Brazilian borders may be slightly off, but I tried my best. I wonder if it was appropriate to give the Confederacy color to the Confederation of the Equator? Also, I wasn't sure about how far the Russians and Americans were now in the Pacific Northwest so I left that area green.
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Thanks!!!
It's pretty darned good!
Mexico's not quite right, and yes, Greece gets its independence, though I'm still trying to figure out the Belgian question. I think your fractured Brazil is brilliant, though I would not use the CSA color there despite the homage.
A riff off your map, still not correct itself, but moving us forward a little bit.
Okay, don't have time at the moment for a full entry on these two, but....
I have decided that Belgium will indeed separate (as the same people were calling the shots at the Congress of Vienna, the same sort of stuffed shirt gets put in charge of the Netherlands, and the same unrest erupts, though here inspired by the Reform Revolution in the UK, not the French which are actually enjoying some quiet times for once. The guy who takes the Belgian throne demands a sweetener, and is given Ceylon as a Belgian colony.
Greece gets independence a bit earlier, and biggest difference short term is the Crete revolt is successfully supported by the British so Crete is part of the new Kingdom of Greece.
Yes, I am not telling who is in charge where in these two nations yet. Gotta work a bit on that....
The Reform movement in Britain inspired the southerners of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, predominantly Liberal, Francophone, and Catholic, to seek their independence from the Conservative, Dutch-speaking Protestants of the north. Supported by France, the Netherlands could not hope to keep the region. However, British intervention was able to keep the region from being annexed outright by the Empire of France. Thus was the new Kingdom of Belgique born.
Louis-Phillippe
A king for the new kingdom was found from a cadet branch of the Bourbons, who became Louis-Phillippe I, King of Belgique. While a liberal, Louis-Phillippe was also no fool. Before accepting the throne he demanded that some lucrative colony of the Netherlands be ceded to Belgique. The British and French persuaded the Dutch to accede and thus was Ceylon transferred to the Belgique.
Flag of Belgique:
Er, why on earth is the Belgique flag in French colours?
Surely it'd be the Belgian tricolour (the current French style rather than the Netherlands style), possibly with a Bourbon-Orleans badge.
The Kingdom of Hellas won its independence from the Ottoman Empire in the 1820s with the assistance of many nations of Christian Europe once the powers were assured that the Hellenes would not establish a republic but rather a kingdom. The Peloponnese and Crete were able to successfully throw of the Turkish yoke, and establish the Kingdom of Hellas. A German prince became the first king, Ferdinand I of Hellas.
King Ferdinand of Hellas