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How does this effect Qing Chinas legitimacy? How does this effect Koreas independence? Does this prevent Imperial Japan before it begins?

With a 1900 POD can India’s economy develop as successfully as China did otl? Or is this considered ASB? Both countries have similar populations yet Chinas GDP is around 6 times greater than that of India.

And by prosperous I mean same GDP per capita and quality of life of a Western European nation and no massive drug cartels that control entire states.

With any POD after the first Viking settlements, what’s the most populated Iceland could have gotten?

Needless to say, LGBT rights in most post soviet nations are pretty dire, but if the fall of the USSR never occurs in an ATL, how would things change? The USSR liked to portray itself as morally superior to the west, but in the early 2000s countries in western Europe were starting to legalize...

Is this possible with a 1900 POD or is this considered ASB? For reference, the average GDP per capita of South America is around 7,200 USD. While Africa is around 1,500 USD.

And if they do democratize when would it be? Would it be similar to Taiwan's timeline?

In either a no WW1 or Central Powers WW1 victory timeline, how potentially powerful could a surviving Austria-Hungary be in terms of economic, cultural, scientific and military powers?

Football/Soccer is one of the most popular sports in China and despite their massive population of 1.4 billion people, they have had no success (on the men's side atleast, women use to be good). Even compared to other Asian countries that have significantly less people (Japan/South Korea) they...

With a 1900 POD whats the most realistic way to get a USA with 500million people by modern day? IOTL USA has around 330 million people, so an extra 170 million would be necessary. How would this extra population effect the country and what region would most of these excess citizens locate to?

IOTL, Russia losing the RJW almost caused a successful revolution. Also, despite Japan winning the RJW, it caused social unrest in the country and significant financial troubles. If Japan loses the RJW, how does Japanese society respond? Would there be a revolution like there was in Russia...

IOTL Australia has about 25 million, with a 1900 POD, is there any non-ASB scenario Australia could reach 100 million by modern day?

Would an Ottoman state be able to conquer all of Arabia post 1914? IIRC all of Arabia at that time wasn’t part of the OE but also was not a unified state

In a TL where the last major war in Europe was the second Balkan war, would a more peaceful Europe ever conceive something like the EU?

Well it’s definitely more challenging with a 1900 POD, but there are tons of interesting and realistic scenarios where SSA has a better future than OTL where things have gone pretty roughly