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China has achieved some magnificent things recently, ultra modern cities spread like gemstones that look better than most American cities, a man in space, while the USA and Russia seem to have stagnated. I guess a little authoritarian collectivism - the ambitions of an emperor, are what is...

I was playing Hearts of Iron 2 as Britain but I soon realized that I could not declare war or invade any other country as a democracy (boring ^^). Hitler was twiddling his thumbs so I decided to try an interesting strategy. Suffice to say I eventually managed to install a fascist government...

How plausible do you think it is for a single world communist state to occur by the year 2000? What would be the best POD's for a 'RED PLANET' Personally I think a communist Germany (instead of Nazi) aligned or part of the Soviet Union would be the best bet for a single world state. What do...

What about a different renaissance? The early studies on magnetism and mathematics develop into a systematic study of nature and physics. The catholic church, instead of opposing such studies, encourages them under the explanation that these studies only further demonstrate the Greateness of God...

I was thinking... Hitler was an admirer of the British Empire and viewed them as Germanic equals while the Soviet Union, both Slavic and Communist, was the anti-thesis of Hitlers Nazi state. The only thing the Soviets and the Nazi's had in common was their totalitarian brutality. What would it...

Well I was thinking of a two tiered system where North America is the USA and the rest of the world is the US. The US would be subservient to the USA for say 100 years and then phased out to have a single US as the world state. So effectively there would be an American empire ruling the world...

lol... I guess the Soviets, Nazi's and the Japanese couldn't threaten 'the WORLD' as well then. After all nothing can really change right? :P When a nation is afraid, fascism, and other bold plans, emerge naturally as a defensive reaction to an outside threat. Moderate Democracy does not hold...

I seem to remember Hitler dismissed the idea of nuclear weapons as 'Jewish science' and discontinued the research but... hmm... All I am really saying in this thread is that yes an advanced nation of this world could have conquered the world during ww2 with the proper use of nuclear weapons. I...

If the US was mobilized, and with all major governments surrendering via potential onslaught of nuclear attack, there is no reason this scenario is not possible. Unless you consider nuclear weapons magic and ASB worthy. Nazi Germany managed to subdue Europe with conventional weapons and a...

I am thinking of creating a time line along this central premise - kind of an 'America is the World' concept The US does not enter ww2 until one of it's ocean liners is destroyed by a German submarine in port on the eastern seaboard, this is after Britain's defeat. This means Japan faces more...

Maybe if the porn industry had to continue funding the independent and avant-garde film industry in order to get their real sex scenes to an audience possibly because the law views artistic erotica with deep pscological/intellectual storylines as warranting expression under the constitution in...

"Make the Song offensive in 1234 towards Kaifeng and Luoyang successful. This will give the Song a more workable defensive line along the Yellow River - which flowed into the Yellow Sea south of the Shandong peninsula then. If they could improve their logistics and internal governance, and hold...

I think that a surviving Parthian/Persian empire - Zoroastrian or without an established religion would be the best bet. Persia was the home land of the magi and the first alchemy (actually inherited from the Sumerians). Of course competition is also needed, so perhaps a strong rival in the form...

While the solutions I have proposed here are obviously 'politically incorrect' for the ears of today, I have a feeling that saving ones country from entering a civil war based on the 'hypothetical equal rights for the black race' movement would have been the moral thing to do. In fact the real...

Out of all of Chinese history what period do you think is high point, and why? Tang dynasty, Song dynasty, Ming dynasty, or Modern China in 2009. If the Southern Song had survived, and maintained peaceful relations with the mongol empire (that for some reason decided not to bother the song)...