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  1. AHC: Have a US state secede in the 20th century

    Just as it says, can a US state secede during the 20th century? For purposes of this thread the place must be state at the time of secession (eg Alaska or Hawaii seceding only count of they do so after achieving statehood).

  2. Challenge: Replace of one Europe's big three language families

    How about having the Basques establish an empire and spread their language through Western Europe, which then diverges into a full-fledged family like Romance languages?

  3. AHC: Muslim Majority US State.

    Some possibilities: More conversion to Islam among black Americans combined with smaller Great Migration leading to Muslim majority in Deep South. A movement to convert to Islam begins in 19th century Upstate New York (I'm thinking analogous to OTL Mormons) and they settle and dominate a western...

  4. Which of these former European colonies had the best chance of maintaining colonial or settler rule up to the present day?

    Maybe a partition of South Africa would be plausible, with the more white and Coloured Cape region in the west being split off from the mostly black eastern part of the country (which could become multiple ethnic states similar to Lesotho/Swaziland).

  5. Impact on the United States if it annexes Northern half of Mexico

    One major impact is a major route to California will likely be across OTL northern Mexico to Guaymas or thereabouts and by sea the rest of the way, resulting in a major city popping up in that area. When the transcontinental railroad gets built it will be along a more southern route, with a...

  6. DBWI USA keeps the Electoral College

    The huge and unforeseen consequence of the 26th amendment was the collapse of the two party system that long dominated. It made runoff elections part of the political reality and led to most states also implementing runoff elections for statewide contests, giving "third parties" more viability...

  7. Slavery in the British Empire if Deep South still British but Canada is American

    Interesting premise beyond the specific slavery issue. Based on the OP Virginia would be the southernmost US state on the coast, with the Carolinas and Georgia remaining British. This means the US still has the Chesapeake plantation slavery region but is still dominated by states with little or...

  8. WI: The US State of West Florida

    No reason this West Florida couldn't be a state, but it'll affect how neighboring state lines are drawn. -Louisiana might be given a border farther north into OTL Arkansas to compensate for the lost land. -OTL Mississippi/Alabama: One possibility is the inland southern parts of these states...

  9. WI: North Korean civil war in the 90's?

    Not sure how it would happen, but the winner would definitely be South Korea. The loser would also be South Korea.

  10. WI: Pan American Railroad Built

    The region would have to be more politically unified than OTL for this to work. If Panama had never split off Colombia the Darien Gap would probably have been filled decades ago. The fragmentation of Central America is the real problem here, particularly with these countries being the namesake...

  11. If US expansion is contained earlier, will immigration be restricted earlier?

    Some thoughts: A US with no Pacific coast would never have a Chinese Exclusion Act since there wouldn't be much Chinese immigration to begin with, though if the US eventually passes similar racially/nationally based immigration restrictions they'll include restriction of Asians then. IMO the...

  12. Alternate locations for a US Sin City?

    How about somewhere in Delaware? It's a small state, so like Nevada permissive laws (or lack thereof) could be established with the intent to draw visitors to the state. It's very close to New York, Philadelphia, and Washington DC, and has a beach area (Lewes/Rehoboth Beach area is a decent...

  13. Confederate Alaska?

    The Russians would sooner sell Alaska to Mexico than the Confederacy

  14. Where else could Khmer Rouge-esque regimes arise?

    The United States is pretty much ASB, but (I know this means an earlier POD) I think an independent Confederacy would actually be fertile ground for a Khmer Rouge-like ideology. The Southern United States has always had an anti-urban streak culturally, and while an independent CSA wouldn't be...

  15. Does the first country to industrialize necessarily become a global hegemon?

    Clearly this describes OTL Britain, but does this follow? If some other place is the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, be it another country in Europe, or perhaps somewhere in Asia, would they become the world dominating power in the way the British Empire became? Industrialization...

  16. WI Two Jewish States?

    How about 2 separate Jewish states in Israel/Palestine, basically *Israel being split into a communist state and capitalist/western-oriented state by the Cold War?

  17. Does an English Mexico and Carribean develop a slave economy or no ?

    Well the English had a slavery/plantation economy in the parts of the Caribbean they ruled OTL, so the Caribbean is an obvious yes. Slavery would also exist in Mexico, but in the inland/highland areas with larger native populations and milder climate would exist only on a smaller scale and play...

  18. Most ASB event that happened in OTL

    The modern-day State of Israel. The height of European domination of the globe, particularly the British Raj in India.

  19. USA without California

    I think a likely explanation for California never becoming part of the US is different migration/immigration into California than OTL. While large numbers of American settlers in California are probably inevitable, if California stays Mexican longer, or perhaps the Gold Rush is...

  20. DBWI no prohibition in soviet union

    Finland would be far better off than OTL. While Finland prospered immensely from the income from its massive alcohol bootlegging industry in the early years, the country fell victim to organized crime-related violence and political instability in the second half of the 20th century, not to...
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