What happened here? A look at the 1930's.

[Grimm Reaper]

Except that the US is still listed as a traditional democracy after Rivington took power, so where's the autocracy?

Have to consider a few other details:

Given Saudi Arabia's military and economic inferiority and the Wahabi Sunni vs Shiite difference, how could Amid conquer Iran? Not to mention other places like Iraq.

The Alaskan border was one accepted by the British long after the US acquired Alaska, and is widely seen as a big though rather economically minor bribe to the US. Shouldn't it be the older border if Alaska broke away from Russia without an American period? And if it never left Russia until this strife, how is it possibly holding out against Stalin unless the US has formally banned Soviet involvment? It would have to be a third party war by proxy, and either the US, Canada, or both must be making some plans.

 

[Mako-Chan]

Except that the US is still listed as a traditional democracy after Rivington took power, so where's the autocracy?

Well, it is possible to have a de-facto autocracy in a Democratic nation. Huey Long was able to control Louisiana arguably better than Mussolini was able to control Italy after all. All that would be needed would be for a State of Emergency to be declared, Rivington to control/manipulate the press and the political system, and opposition parties existing but being too weak to really do much of anything for the US to be an Autocratic/Authoritarian Democracy. As for the other questions: Well, this is a what happened here scenario. Obviously something major most have happened to allow for Saudi Arabia (if the Saudis are even in power) to expand rapidly, and for other neighboring nations to be weak monarchies.

 

[Adam Parsons]

Bad Years in Japan?

Odd...the only Japanese territory is the Home islands proper. Even Korea and Manchuria are independant of Japanese rule. Was there less of a militaristic mood in the country? Did they even modernize at all?

 

[Mako-Chan]

Odd...the only Japanese territory is the Home islands proper. Even Korea and Manchuria are independant of Japanese rule. Was there less of a militaristic mood in the country? Did they even modernize at all?

I wouldn't say that. Note that China, Korea, Manchuria, etc. are all either have no government or aren't sovereign nations to begin with. That could mean that Japan has annexed the Koreas, and it is in the process of taking over China and Manchuria as it was in OTL. Or it could mean that there was considerably less of a reactionary, militarist sentiment within Japan as you said. Or that Tojo and his ilk showed more caution in their nationalist expansion. Or both.

 

[Grey Wolf]

I wouldn't say that. Note that China, Korea, Manchuria, etc. are all either have no government or aren't sovereign nations to begin with. That could mean that Japan has annexed the Koreas, and it is in the process of taking over China and Manchuria as it was in OTL. Or it could mean that there was considerably less of a reactionary, militarist sentiment within Japan as you said. Or that Tojo and his ilk showed more caution in their nationalist expansion. Or both.

What do you mean that they have no government or are not sovereign nations to begin with ? Korea was a sovereign nation de facto even when a Chinse vassal. It gained full independence after the Sino-Japanese War and was only finally subdued by Japan after the Russo-Japanese War. If Japan does NOT occupy it or if the status quo ante-bellum remains from 1904 then it remains independent and sovereign.

With regard to China I am not sure you can have it both ways - either there is a central government with power, or you de facto sovereign nations such as Manchuria where the local warlord established independence from Peking; it was only when he pushed it to establish independence from his Japanese benefactors that Japan invaded explicitly and established Manchukuo. If Japan does not do that, then Manchuria could well continue as a de facto independent state

Grey Wolf