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So when will the Americas be discovered?

I hope you get better!

Better and more roads, better administrative practices, and possibly more colonization & population could've helped done the trick.

That or the colonies were better integrated & connected and thus allows for a united Spanish-speaking country?

A POD where all the Spanish-speaking colonies of the Americas were united into one nation is especially one that's interesting

I wonder what's going on in England at this moment.

Except a few colonies to grow foodstuffs for the East Indies.

Rome would definitely colonize the north.

Huh I never knew he said it. All that happened around the 17th Century though, but I’m assuming this time the Spanish have a far great interest in the Americas this time.

I wonder who'll colonize Australia first.

I wonder what Spain is doing in the Americas as we speak. Will Spain have the entire continent to itself this time without being too distracted in Europe?

So you’re saying that we might not get to see the centralization of power under Louis XIV?

I meant Fronde. Whoops.

Will France be more tolerant towards Protestants this time or no? Also will the Comde occur?

If the Ottomans sack Rome it’ll definitely be a symbolic blow to the Catholic world and will definitely scar it for a long time. Even if the Ottomans don’t succeed in holding onto it the fact that they were able to capture Rome will definitely be a devastating humiliation for the Catholic...

How much would y’all bet the Ottomans would actually take Rome?

My theory is that the Papacy sides with France to have the HRE/Habsburgs out of Italy if they get too powerful and Spain takes much of the Papal States as punishment and to ensure the pope doesn’t have any sort of leverage against Spain’s Italian holdings ever again.

Except Spain won't do that. France and Austria will take some for their own if it's open season like that.

Revisiting this and yeah this. Spain doesn't have to take away everything from the pope. It's good enough for the pope not to be under another political authority and for Spain to get more Italian lands. It wouldn't stop the outrage though.

Yeah fair point.