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  1. WI: Henry VII dies in infancy?

    Pick a childhood illness, Henry Tudor catches it and dies before his first birthday. As OTL, his mother never conceives again. Assuming the scuffle between Henry VI and Edward IV turns out as OTL and Edward of Westminster still gets killed, what happens from there? Who's left to take up the...

  2. How to make a Slavic Pannonian/Carpathian Basin?

    What would be required to keep the Pannonian Basin linguistically majority Slavic, with a more-or-less unbroken dialect continuum between West Slavic and South Slavic languages? The Magyars are pretty easy to remove; have them take a different turn, have them settle somewhere in Russia and get...

  3. A Prussia without Ruhr and Rhineland - can they compensate?

    Imagine a Prussia that doesn't hold Westphalia or the Rhineland. In fact, it doesn't hold anything west of the Elbe. It does, however, hold Silesia, Bohemia-Moravia, Saxony and Poland ("Poland" here means OTL Prussian partitions of Poland + 1795 Austrian partition). Can this alternate Prussia...

  4. Help with alternate Austrian succession shenanigans

    So I have a POD that Maria Theresa's older brother, Leopold Johann, survives through his childhood. Through butterflies and my ham-handed contrivances, Maria Theresa is married off to Frederick II (who converts to Catholicism). Leopold succeeds his father as Leopold II, but then dies suddenly...

  5. Polabian Slavs adopt German agricultural techniques?

    So I have a metaphorical hard-on for the West Slavs who inhabited the area between the Elbe and the Oder. And I want to create an enduring ethnically and linguistically Slavic state for them. The problem that gets pointed out the most is that the Wends had a much lower populaton density...

  6. Independent Pomerania?

    What's sort of timeline gymnastics would be required to create an independent Pomerania that includes both Danzig and Stettin? The Samborides ruled Pomerelia (Pomerania-Danzig) as an independent duchy until the dynasty's extinction in 1294. Maybe if the dynasty survives longer (and Poland...

  7. Novgorod conquers Finland?

    What if Novgorod had come out on top in its struggle with Sweden, and eventually annexed OTL southern Finland in the 13th century? (Moreover, is that even possible?) How would an Orthodox, mixed Russian-Finnic state evolve? Could it survive and avoid being absorbed by Muscovy? Would it be an...

  8. Uncolonized Pacific native island nations?

    Tonga has the unique achievement of being the only indigenous Pacific island nation that was never formally colonized, though it was a British protectorate from 1900 to 1970. (Of course, since the Brits never stuck their fingers into their political cake, Tonga's track record with democracy is...

  9. Independent Sardinia-Corsica?

    What ASB measures would be needed to establish an independent country consisting of the islands of Sardinia and Corsica (and maybe Sicily)? I suppose the best starting point would be in 1434, with Aragon not losing Corsica to Genoa (Vincentello d'Istria manages to keep it in his pants?). This...

  10. DBWI: No Lithuanian unification?

    After the victorious Battle of Saule in 1236, the Lithuanians managed to start a cascade of revolts that ended in the ejection of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword. From that point on, unification of the various Baltic tribes under the Lithuanians was inevitable. But what if the Battle of...

  11. WI Mongols take a different route?

    Would it be possible for the Mongols to advance only from the northern side of the Caspian Sea, invading Russia and possibly more of Europe, while leaving the Middle East alone? Is the geography gonna allow it? Is the Middle East just too tempting of a target to pass by? (Also, would anyone be...

  12. WI: Bohemia manages to keep Lusatia?

    So Spain convinced Saxony to intervene against Bohemia during the 30 Years' War, in exchange for control over Upper and Lower Lusatia. What would be required for Saxony NOT to intervene? What would be the overall ramifications for the remainder of the 30 Years' War? Moreover, can Bohemia...

  13. Challenge: Make Berber languages fare better

    Using any POD before the Reconquista, make it so that native Berber speakers constitute, at minimum, 40-50% of the total population of the area of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. If you can manage to create a state that's at least 70% Berber speaking, you will receive cookies.

  14. AH Challenge: Surviving Great Moravia

    Your challenge is to find a way to make Great Moravia survive to the modern day. POD is in the 9th century, with Svatopluk I having only one son. If you cannot work with that, you may suggest another POD. Modern day borders of Moravia must include at minimum OTL Moravia and Slovakia, but...

  15. DBWI: Christina of Sweden doesn't get deposed

    What if Christina hadn't gotten deposed before giving birth to her and Frederick William's only surviving son? What would've been the consequences of a lasting personal union between Sweden and Brandenburg?

  16. WI Francis II of Brittany had a male heir?

    Francis II, Duke of Brittany, married his cousin, Marguerite of Brittany in 1455. In 1463 they had a son, Francis, who died soon after his birth. What if little Francis had survived to become Francis III of Brittany? Would Brittany have been able to assert its independence from France?

  17. Duchy of Cornwall

    Scenario: The King of England's only son (referred henceforth as Duke of Cornwall) marries into Country A's (Scotland, Brittany, France, pick something) royal family. Country A's heir apparent dies, and Duke of Cornwall becomes the heir apparent of Country A through marriage. However, the Duke...

  18. Silesians, Kashubians, Poles, what's the difference?

    I'm idly batting around an idea of a mixed German-Slavic "Prussia", with a POD in 1632. Is it possible for the Upper Silesians and the Kashubians of West Prussia to adopt a national identity separate from Poles? Moreover, if West Prussia is acquired by Brandenburg around 1660 or so, would it...

  19. Red Eagle, Black Eagle

    February 1699 Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria survives his bout of smallpox. November 1700 Charles II of Spain dies, a Wittelsbach dynasty is successfully installed into Spain. 1701 Brandenburg-Prussia joins the Great Northern War on the coalition side, takes and holds Swedish Pomerania. 1703...

  20. Brandenburg secession plausibility check

    Working with a POD after 1618, would it be plausible for the Hohenzollerns to successfully jockey for secession of Brandenburg from the HRE à la Switzerland, as opposed to elevating Prussia into a kingdom? What sort of POD would be required for this happen? Is it even possible? Is it just going...
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