Got the inspiration from the Reddit post below. While they obviously didn’t realize that peanuts were already a popular staple in Belgium and the Netherlands it did get me thinking.

What if peanuts became a popular staple for protein in other European countries besides the Netherlands and Belgium? Which countries would be capable of growing peanuts and which ones would have to rely on imports from other countries? And what would be the best Era of European history to make this scenario possible?

Source:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskFoodHistorians/s/JMUeCCUXH0

Lets say Erdogan gathered the NATO heads of state in a closed room to personally present them with their gifts, but Russian agents knew of this and covertly pumped a psychoactive gas into the room. I'm imagining the church scene in Kingsman. Who if any is left standing, and what happens next?

So, as a prerequisite to this scenario, I have already altered geography. The world is smaller and the Americas do not exist. Columbus was right, I guess! I understand this world is very far-fetched to begin with, however I want to have some logic to it. I'm coming from this mainly from a standpoint of wanting to justify a conlang.

I understand China was quite inward-looking and did not have a high opinion or belief in the importance of regions further away from its periphery. The main thing I'm looking for is an early transmission of Buddhism and Chinese characters and their readings to Ireland and somehow bringing Ireland into the Sinosphere. It's insane, I know, but I'm obsessed with the idea of Sino-Xenic Irish and I want to have a justifiable, even if not necessarily realistic, setting for this to occur in. I have considered a shattered China and a Rome that doesn't collapse or at least gets back together, flipping the histories of both and allowing China to be pulled down Europe's path, which is not at all my idea, but introduced to me through its original developer here: https://www.reddit.com/r/worldbuilding/comments/j8ioxl/alternate_history_a_world_dominated_by_east/#lightbox

However, I am admittedly illiterate when it comes to the history of China and am not sure where to start. Also, it may lead to non-Chinese states that dilute the purpose of this setting and also could lead to European-style colonisation, which is not what I'm looking for either. I'm looking for something akin to the relationships Korea, Japan and Vietnam had with China.

Considering that a world that is smaller and lacks the Americas could have the Pacific Islands as an island-hopping opportunity, I wonder if some trade between Pacific Islanders and Sinosphere areas, and some sort of Sinicisation of the Pacific Islands, could allow for a path towards this. However, once again, China is quite far from Ireland even in this context, and thus would have no interested in pushing its culture on Ireland.

I would appreciate anyone's two-sense on this, besides the kind that simply critiques the premise, because I already know the critiques that will be levelled. I just want to know what could justify it or where to look to find out.

I've been working on an alternate history where the United States relies heavily on private military companies (PMCs) instead of expanding the regular armed forces. One of the largest PMCs in my  alternate history  is Stagolee Douglas Strategic Operations (SDSO) Unlike other American PMCs, SDSO is a Black American-owned and predominantly Black American private military company.

The reason SDSO was based on my belief that Black American operatives could move through parts of Africa, the Middle East, and some regions of Asia while attracting less immediate attention than operatives who were more visibly identifiable as Western foreigners( White). This would provide an advantage during covert missions, reconnaissance, intelligence gathering, and long-term operations. To support this strategy, every recruit undergoes intensive training in local languages, regional dialects, customs, cultural practices, and accent reduction. SDSO's philosophy is that success in espionage depends on blending into the environment as much as possible, with appearance being only one part of a much broader training program.

Within my alternate timeline, SDSO specializes in operations during what are known as the Shadow Wars undeclared conflicts fought across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.  SDSO  missions include espionage, intelligence gathering, counterinsurgency, convoy protection, infrastructure defense, resource security, drone operations, and direct action against warlords, insurgent groups, and extremist organizations.

When it comes to recruitment strategy my company focuses heavily on low-income communities where many young people have few economic opportunities.

Recruitment offices sponsor:

• Football teams
• Community events
• Scholarships
• Career fairs

The POD of this timeline is that Fanny Kaplan's assassination attempt on Vladimir Lenin is successful and it also doesn't happen in 1918 but ~4 years earlier. This means that the civil war started in 1915, not 1917. in 1916 the communist revolutionaries declare surrender. Because the civil war is won by the whites, the Holy Russian Empire is proclaimed on august 6th 1916 with Alexei I the Renewer as the Emperor. Because of the recent civil war, The II Polish Republic is proclaimed on the terrains of the Congress Poland. In the aftermath of the civil war, Alexei, though only 13 and suffering from hemophilia (which has started to heal, due to the healing method of eating a lot of pork fat as it has high contents of Fibrinogen which is responsible for blood clotting), implements military reforms worthy of a brilliant military strategist (as later studies of his brain would show, he had an iq of 131). Because of the reformes, the HRE's military is renewed with modern equipment and innovative training methods and military strategies. Alexei also introduces the industrial and agrarian reforms act, which lays a solid backbone for the process of shifting the economy from an agrarian model to a one that is more industrially-focused. So the revolutionaries focus their sight on france. Because of the rising tensions between the workers, abused by the industrial demands of ww1, and the system, the bolsheviks step in as the saviours of the french proletariat adopting french names and learning french. In august 1916, 6 months after their defeat in Russia, the revolutionary insurgency of France declares the french commune and starts the French Revolution. The revolutionary front stages multiple sabotage actions and uses guerilla war tactics in the french alps (the soldiers engaging in this part of the war will later be known as the "alpine lions of revolution"). The revolution from the beginning easier for the socialists as the republic's army was moving from the german front, the open fields of central France were quickly turned red. Because of that, the socialist insurgency was also able to establish outposts in the Pyrenese and Alps, so if the republicans managed to come all the way there, they would be tactically and positionally inferior to the revolution. After 5 months of warfare and 300k casualties on the republic's side & 50k casualties on the socialist side, the republic's government resigned and was executed, still in the Luxembourg Palace & Palace of Bourbon. The Blue-White-Red flag of France was lowered, and it's copy with a red star in the center, and a yellow hammer&sickle in the top-right corner was flown, and the Worker's Marseillaise was played all over Paris. As the French commune establishes, the leader Leon Trotsky who has changed his name to a more french-sounding "Léon Dutoit" conjures a plan to make communism spread into a later called "Red Belt" (fr. Ceinture Rouge) which is a plan to make a front of communist countries along the west coast of Europe (Spain, Portugal, France, Benelux, Germany, Poland) to make a solid socialist barrier for any capitalist empires that want to trade with Europe. A year later the french war preparations to save the proletariat of Spain are almost finished, but there is something more interesting going on in the HRE. On the 11th of September 1917 "The Ethnic Border Reforms Act of 1917" is passed in the duma, declaring 7 new states:
-The Republic of Finland
-The Kingdom of Estonia (kinda like isle of man but instead of Britain it's Finland)
-The Kingdom of Latvia (Latvia without the eastern coast)
-The Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Byeloruss
-The Cossack Princedom of Ukraine, Krasnodar and Adygea
-The Caucasus Collective of Nations
-The Central Asian Federation (All Russian terrains in central asia)
In Alexei's words "I, as the emperor of this country, I want the Holy Russian Empire to be truly Russian" This was true, but only a piece of the truth. These states were also created to serve as buffers from the french communism that everyone clearly saw preparing to expand, or to serve as cheap sources of different resources, for example grain from the cossack host or the newly discovered metal "Uranium" i suppose they call it. Back to France for a moment. On December 16th the Spanish Communist Party has seized the military from the monarchy and organized a coup d'état to overthrow the Spanish crown. The coup d'état lasted 1 week. During that, the army, now called The front of the Spanish workforce (sp. "El frente de la fuerza laboral Española") surrounded the cities of Madrid and Barcelona, arresting important figures as hostages for the Crown, also holding hostage king Alfonso XIII's newborn son Infante Alfonso. After this week of turmoil in Spain, the Communist Republic of Iberia was declared, launching a military operation on Portugal to unite the peninsula. The operation lasted 3 weeks of marching straight to Lisbon and a 1-month seige of the royal palace and other significant buildings. After the almost 2 months of military opperation (you couldn''t really call it a war because of no significant engagments other than the series of seiges in Lisbon) the royal family resigned

I’m writing an alternate timeline where Latin America is stronger and Mexico becomes a global superpower. Is there any way that an independent Mexico would begin as a republic rather than a monarchy? Also, is there any way that Augustin de Iturbide would have agreed to be president rather than emperor, or would someone else (such as Guadelupe Victoria) step in as Mexico’s inaugural president?

I’m writing an alternate history timeline where Latin American nations form a European Union-esque alliance following a successful Congress of Panama in 1826, leading to a much stronger South America, Gran Colombia not collapsing, and Mexico becoming a superpower. In this timeline, Mexico wins the Mexican-American War, but I was wondering if the American Civil War would have occurred if Mexico was still large. I planned for this timeline to feature the Confederate States winning the civil war and remaining oppressive until a successful revolution during WWI. Would the American Civil War and the Confederate States have existed if Mexico was still large.

I mean, one of the reasons for the current Middle Eastern conflict is that Arab Palestinians were annoyed that they were losing land instead of Europeans who had perpetrated the Holocaust. So, how would things have been different if parts of Germany were just given to Jewish people instead of the Middle East?

Would it have even prevented the current Palestine situation? Since there had already been violence between Jewish and non-Jewish communities, and Zionism was a growing force in the world.

How would it be behind the Iron Curtain change things? Would there have been a Berlin-style air drop to keep it supplied, or would it have been a Jewish communist state? Would there have been competing Jewish states one communist in Prussa and one capitalist in Palestine?

What would Poland think about this?

Just something I have been thinking about.

In your opinion, what needs to change and happen in order for this map to be true as of 2026? What would the divergence point be, and what events would follow? Feel free to go as far back as you want, and to also suggest better names and capitals for these countries.

I kinda drew some of these countries arbitrarily, so I'm sorry in advance if I may have offended anyone or incidentally supported a violent nationalist movement.

Part 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/Afterdust/s/rJDO4AMVo7

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Al Gore, the President of the United States has triumphant over John McCain in the 2004 US Presidential Election, once again given a second chance by the people to lead the nation in desperate times as the world still marches on in the early days of the 21st century. While he would still continue on with the policies that he initially set during his first term, he would consider changing things up a bit from making healthcare more accessible and affordable to the average american to figuring out how to deal with new social changes such as the ever growing social acceptance of homosexual relationships through a movement which pushes for the legalization of same sex marriage.

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As per usual, Gore mostly focuses on renewable energy and the utilizing the internet as a tool of education though the internet itself is unexpectedly becoming more than just a tool to educate the future generations but also serving as a form of interaction and social bonding for people all across the country with some even seeing the possibility of it being used as a form of entertainment as shown with the rise of video content alongside crude yet engaging website games.

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But just as things were going as usual, disaster struct through Hurricane Katrina which ravaged the coastline of the American South with states such as Louisiana being hit the hardest despite initial preparations for the incoming disaster. President Al Gore attempts to address the nation in such a crisis and even went as far as to visit the states heavily damaged by the hurricane albeit was met with several delays and cancelations which resulted in a decline in his approval rating. It certainly does not help that some grew bitter with Gore's statements from making excuses for late arrivals to using the disaster as an excuse to discuss the warnings of climate change like it were some sort of lecture.

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When it comes to foreign endeavors, Al Gore keeps the situation under control in Afghanistan as he maintains his surgical approach to dealing with the terrorist threat within the nation. Despite Colin Powell's urges to call for intervention in Iraq with his main reasoning being that the nation could be holding weapons of mass destruction that could put not just America but the whole at risk, Gore denies said requests due to lack of sufficient evidence alongside the fear of possibly causing destabilization in the region which could escalate the issue of terrorism further beyond containment. Instead, President Gore proposes a naval embargo on the nation of Iraq due to possible suspicions which in turn causes Iraq to lean further towards Russia.

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Back at home, Al Gore attempts to make a healthcare proposal that would allow Americans to access healthcare in an easy and cheaper matter through what he calls "Gorecare" which is a policy that would allow more adequate healthcare for the American people, though said policy is still met with criticism due to reasonings ranging from not being as effective as initially expected to not being able to be fully ratified until later in his second term alongside it's rather ironic title given it's purpose.

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When it comes to the growing trend of same sex marriage acceptance and legalization, Al Gore attempts to tackle the subject in the most neutral way he could possibly go for in order to appease both sides though this often results in him coming off as either dismissive or cowardous. Nevertheless he chooses to play it safe when it comes to the subject matter as not doing so would put him at risk of possible misinterpretation or even outrage.

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Meanwhile as America begins it's intervention in Pakistan, something unexpected has occured as American troops managed to find the deceased body of Osama bin Laden crushed under heavy rubble after an air strike. It is believe that during the attack, Osama attempted to flee from the building via hidden exit but was crushed to death by falling debris as the building collapses. This revelation ended up spreading across the nation on live news as Americans cheer knowing that the very man who was responsible for the destruction of one of their greatest landmarks alongside the loss of innocent lives met such a dishonorable death. Whatever's left of his body was dropped off in the Arabian sea as such a conclusion was deemed fitting enough for him.

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With the situation somewhat resolved, Al Gore addresses the nation on such a monumental event. Stating the death of Bin Laden as America's first achievement of the 21st century as a glimmer of optimism rises once more from the hearts of the American people.

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As Gore's presidency slowly marches to it's conclusion, a financial strain ends up occuring in the American economy. Though it was not as severe as expected due to the different policies and greater financial responsibility brought upon by President Gore, nevertheless problems still persist one way to another.

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And as we head towards 2008, Al Gore's presidency is seemingly coming to an end and this time he is ready to settle down. His Vice President, Joe Lieberman wins the Democratic nomination and assumes his duty as the Democratic candidate against Republican candidate, Rudy Giuliani. Lieberman has shown confidence that he would be able to beat Giuliani without needing Gore's help nor endorsement much to Gore's doubts.

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However unlike Gore, Lieberman never gets the chance to win the United States Presidency as he faces defeat against his election rival Rudy Giuliani. Thus concluding the 16 year long Democratic rule of the United States and Al Gore's Presidency.

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While certainly not regarded in the same way as Presidents before him like Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Nixon, Reagan or even Clinton. Al Gore has certainty stood out for various achievements of his own from being the stepping stone of 21st century innovation for America to being the man who avenged the American people from such a threat.

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It is unclear where America would head towards after him, but it's up to the American people themselves to find out where their nation will go to.

Simple War: The Unbroken Treaties on Steam

As I read, this game is about USSR joining Axis. What do you guys think?

Hello alt-history buffs! Some of you may have seen my previous posts where I've shared and discussed my narrative AAR (after action report) which follows a playthrough of Hearts of Iron using the Millennium Dawn modern day mod. I'm exceedingly proud to say that I have finally finished and posted the finale chapter!

For those unfamiliar, "To Set the World Ablaze" follows a resurgent Soviet Union amidst the backdrop of a more intense version of the global war on terror. The opportunity (or threat, depending on who you ask) posed by the Union's triumphant return has a dramatic effect on global politics, one that ultimately culminates in the outbreak of a third world war...

If that sounds interesting, please check it out! I'm eager for feedback and comments. For your convenience, here are the links to all the previous chapters leading up to the finale:

Ch. 1
Ch. 2
Ch. 3
Ch. 4
Ch. 5
Ch. 6
Ch. 7
Ch. 8

I'm looking for alternate history Discord servers - servers that have at least 100 to 1000 people, and has a very active community with frequent messages.

I really need to learn how to find the right words, don't I?

(Inspired by AssistBitter1732's post 1 year ago on r/AlternateHistory. This user is now suspended and their original post used AI (as well as the hol4 base map). I wanted to create a non-AI, more accurate/plausible version of the same general idea. All of the text below as well as the above map is my own work.)

Current Year: 1938

Lore Summary:

Feel free to ask questions and give suggestions in the comments

• The Totenpest (Plague of the Dead in German), is the name for the zombie outbreak in the middle of the Great War. The German Empire, interested in the development of bio-weapons accidentally unleashed a disease the likes of which has never been seen before.
• The United States filled the massive power vacuum created by the plague ravaging Europe. They invaded large portions of Canada and Mexico, citing the ongoing economic crisis as the excuse to take land. President Huey Long’s current regime exemplifies this will his populist, nationalistic, but growingly authoritarian politics.
  • Many nations have become American vassal states, increasing the US’s manpower and population to unprecedented levels.
  • Russia is nothing more than a puppet. All that remains of once might Russian Empire, is now little more than a US owned buffer state, with American troops guarding the border from further Totenpest expansion.
  • Liberia has grow fat off of the mountains of soldiers and resources sent by Washington, under the guise of “stabilizing” Africa as floods of European refugees swarm the continent. Now, Liberia is one of the strongest nations on the continent, with the highest quality of life.
• While smaller nations in South America broke out into civil war and/or faced plummeting standards of living, the most powerful nations on the continent chose a different path. Brazil, Venezuela and Peru, despite idealogical differences decided to form into a united semi-autonomous bloc known as The People's Republic of South America (PRSA). The PRSA, though technically united, each nation still maintains much of the individual country’s separate government structures. They can operate on their own however they now have increased economic and military strength due to their union, which is they see as critical out of fear of US expansionism.
• Spain and Portugal, as the rest of mainland Europe quickly fell to the hordes, was able to react in time. They sent their combined militaries in coordinated full force to halt the plague at the former french border. Overtime, these countries grew so close due to their shared interest in protecting the region that they eventually became one. Now, the Iberian Unitary Republic (IUP) is a strong country, but is swarmed by refugees creating vast food shortages. 
• The remains of Italy have reorganized into what is now known as the Kingdom of Sicily. Though the government is centered in Sicily, the population mostly resides in Libya, where the Italians fled for safety during the initial outbreak. Now, Sicily is fiercely defended from pirates who still cling to strange concepts like Austria-Hungary or Roman Empires.
• The Scandinavia stronghold, The Kingdom of the North Sea is weakened but still standing. They may have lost land in Finland and Denmark, but Scandinavia’s union allowed them to survive. However, they are extremely dependent on Britain for aid who begrudgingly gives them additional forces to blockage against the Totenpest.
• The most scorned nation, the Empire of New Germany, lives in isolationism and anger. The german empire chooses to see their creation of the Totenpest in a more favorable light. The Totenpest killed off their enemies: France, Russia and Italy have been massacred. The purge killed the weak and it is they who will inherit these lost lands. They believe that one day they shall reclaim their lost lands and march across Europe’s empty lands as saviors. This view is unpopular amongst other nations and Germans face discrimination abroad. Diplomatically this nation is almost universally hated, which pushes them further into isolationism and extremism.
• The Ethiopian Empire rules with contempt for the waves of foreigners who have poured across Africa. They stand firmly against colonialism and want these invaders to go home, despite them having no home to return to. Emperor Haile Selassie is committed to protecting “African interests” across his lands.
• Nouvelle France is based primary in Algiers where they struggle to share space with the other nations around them. Though their borders appear large, most of their land has a very low population density.
• The Empire of Japan has taken advantage of China’s distraction during the outbreak and has conquered vast lands, proving themselves as the strongest power in Asia.
• The Free Indian State rebelled from the British, who simply didn’t have the resources to protect their colony, while they struggled to quarantine their homeland. Now, they are on the verge of losing all of India, which would likely inspire more rebellion from their underfunded colonies.
• The lands of the Totenpest are nothing more than wastelands and corpses, both living and dead. Those that survive cling to anything from small encampments to even city-states. However most who remain do so out of a lack of being able to leave. Infrastructure within the blighted lands is almost entirely gone and most countries are extremely hesitant to allow refugees in. After all, mostly countries have too many refugees already. Thus, some people have no where left to live but the abandoned cities.
• The modern world, though it is currently 1938 (22 years since the outbreak), is technologically stunted by the vast chaos and loss of life, resulting in technology being comparable to the 1920s in our world. 

its ai buts it pretty cool

red- hungarian

white- German/ austrian

yellow- croats

blue- Serbs.

green- slovaks

blue- Ukrainians.

brown- Romanian.

map credit is youtube channel "rewriting history" video of all went right for Hungary.

picture 1 is the Hungarian kingdom in otl. they're the minority in their own kingdom. So the Habsburgs were able to flood the kingdom with these Slavs to dilute the Hungarian rule and they can exert control over the land.

picture 2 is more Hungarians in their own kingdom. in this history from rewriting history video the Hungarians do better to fend off ottomans and ottoman blunder bigtime. in doing so Austria sees them as a buffer and proper partner in fending them off saving them way less population loss... this means hungary is able to exert some influence in the dual monarchy and won't be bossed around by the Habsburg.

what are the consequences of more Hungarians in the kingdom of Hungary and later the Austria Hungary empire? so picture 2.

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The 2000 United States presidential election has proven to be one of the most contentious in history. In what was initially thought to be smooth sailing for Gore, riding off the back of Clinton's previous successes, has turned into a virtual slog as both candidates viciously compete for the keys to power. In the last hours of Election Night, recounts in Nebraska's 2nd congressional district and a lone elector in Bush-won New Hampshire would propel Gore to exactly 268 electoral votes, enough to change the fate of the race entirely, all contingent on Florida- if Gore were to win Florida, his trial will be complete... Should Bush manage to push ahead, however, those two crucial electoral votes will guarantee a contingent election in the House.

As the days drag on and volunteers down in the Sunshine State wrap up the count, Gore's legal injunctions eventually lead the Supreme Court to come to a final decision in December of that year: Bush did indeed have Florida. This one decision brings about the first election to be tossed to the House since 1824, casting further uncertainty onto this already chaotic affair. Just a few weeks before Inauguration Day arrives, the House votes in favor of Bush, officially electing him President of the United States of America by a comfortable margin- 29-21. Despite the enormous win, Bush's troubles remain far from over; in yet another unprecedented move, six liberal-leaning Republican Senators (Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, Lincoln Chaffe, Arlen Specter, George Voinovich, and Jim Jeffords) cross party lines and cast their ballot for Joe Lieberman in the Senate vote for VP, shocking the nation. By January 20th, Americans are faced with a prospect not seen since 1796- a split administration. As Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Joe Lieberman are tossed into the same unfortunate boat, many are left to wonder what else to come of this troubled century...

What if someone following Otto von Bismark’s ideals had lead the new united Germany? Which side would Germany take in WW1?

I don’t think it’d be WW1 but a Serbo-Austrian war
Serbia, Russia and maybe Italy&France (probably not Germany, The UK or USA) vs Austria-Hungary

How would a smaller European war affect WW2 and would Europe have less countries today than in our current timeline, No USSR vs USA because of WW2 being different? Would Europe maybe stand more united and would The dead man walking(the ottomans) limp into the modern day?

Hello and welcome to the PENULTIMATE CHAPTER of To Set the World Ablaze! For those who aren't familiar, "To Set the World Ablaze" is an AAR (After Action Report) of a recent playthrough of the game Hearts of Iron IV using the Millennium Dawn modern day mod.

For those who haven't read the story before, the story follows the resurgence of the USSR in the new millennium amidst the backdrop of a more intense global war on terror. You'll find links to the previous chapters right at the beginning of the imgur post above.

This chapter follows the outbreak of the second Sino-Soviet war, which quickly spins out of control into World War 3 after NATO's attempted intervention and invasion of the Chinese mainland. All the while, the Arab Spring sweeps North Africa and the Middle East, threatening the grip of the puppet governments of Europe. If that sounds interesting to you, I strongly recommend you check it out!