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My cover of my EEUSG entry, the Second Republic of Texas . This also utilizes three of B_Munro ’s embiggen entries: Liberia [1], Iraq , and Singapore , though I did make some changes[2].

The PoD is 1818, when a massive slave rebellion rocks the United States, killing hundreds. Though the slave rebellion is eventually crushed, fears of future rebellions lead the United States to pursue a policy of aggressive “colonization”: moving black slaves to Africa. This issue exacerbates the sectional conflict, as the federal government seized slaves believed to be harboring rebellious intent from their masters and sent them to Liberia [3], without compensating said masters; this led to many Southern states passing laws to prevent or even arrest federal agents engaging in such actions. Northern abolitionism also gained more traction, with many northerners believing that the South’s slave population was a ticking time bomb that would destroy the Union. In 1841, the American Civil War would begin, ending in victory for the southern Confederate States of America, which won with very grudging British support.

With American-Confederate rivalry focusing the efforts of both nations more towards one another and their “great game” in Latin America, large parts of the American West never became part of the United States, though American settlers did move there. Chief among them were the Mormons, who successfully played the US, CS and Mexico against one another to form their own theocracy out west.

France would see the rise of Napoleon III in a 1848 coup, and unlike his OTL counterpart, would prove to be a match of his esteemed ancestor. The fall of the Ottoman Empire in the 1850s occurred as a result of a succession crisis. Russia, France and the United Kingdom backed rival forces; the British and French won out, with Ottoman territories beyond Turkey being carved up by the victorious British and French. It is from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire that Iraq, initially a British project to take control of Mesopotamia that got out of hand.

Italy never unified, with Naples and Sicily being major rivals. Germany, however, successfully unified under Austrian rule, though this ramshackle contrivance would not last. The Great War (1912-1920) saw Britain, Germany and Spain pitted against France and Russia. The war would later expand with the Confederate invasion of Cuba and the United States declaring war on them. Neither side would truly win, as the eight year long conflict destroyed practically all of them. Only France would escape with its government relatively unscathed: the United States would suffer from a failed revolution, a coup, and a new constitution, while Britain, Germany, Russia would simply fall apart entirely.

Europe would become dominated by the Transcendentalists: radicals inspired by the works of Karl Marx, who believed that the inherently sinful nature of man could be “transcended” through the proper political and social engineering, thus creating a perfectly equal society. Though rejected by mainline communists, the Transcendentalists became the primary left-wing movement in Europe, seizing power through the revolutions that wracked Europe after the Great War. The predominant Transcendentalist power is the Transcendentalist Union of Man, spanning much of the former German and Russian empires; Britain would have joined, but for difficulty accessing it. The Transcendentalists believe it is their mission to unify all of humanity under their rule, though given that they have created an oppressive, totalitarian society, few want to join the Transcendentalists.

France, having successfully stopped the Transcendentalists, created its own continental European federation to counter them. The Continental Union is effectively a new French empire, though its members are all too willing to assist the French in preventing the entire continent from being consumed by the Transcendentalist monster.

Liberia would grow, with British and American support, and would eventually become a power in its own right. The boll weevil and the subsequent ending of Confederate slavery also led to a population boost, though many former slaves chose to stay in the Confederacy. It would continue to expand and eventually supplant European colonial efforts in Africa, becoming a major hegemonic federation. First they began with the Neapolitan Congo, with major expansion occurring in the aftermath of the Great War, as the French, British and Portuguese colonial empires fell apart. Modern Liberia is a rich federal republic, and ironically hold true to the ethos of 1776 far more than any state in North America. Liberia’s Christian, capitalist ethos clashed with many of its new “brothers in liberation,” many of whom saw the Liberians as a different form of colonizer. The communist Azanians definitely think so, and the two are bitter rivals.

The fall of the British Empire sees the rise of a new power in the middle east: Greater Iraq. Ruled by a secular, one party state that sees itself as taking the best of traditional Islamic culture and the new secular societies of the West, Iraq (or the Mashriq) has successfully modernized and seized control of much of former the French and British territories in the Middle East. Their victory against Iran saw the ousting of the Shah and its replacement with an Islamic republic, albeit one that is still hostile to Iraq. The United Arab Republic, otherwise known as Greater Egypt, is another post-British creation which has formed an anti-Iraq, anti-Liberia bloc.

Singapore, or the Eastern British Empire, rules the waves in the Pacific. While the King-Emperor is still recognized as the reigning monarch throughout most of the former British Empire, Canada is considered the center of a “Western” British Empire, as it exercises total autonomy from Singapore and its connections to Singapore are purely ceremonial. Canada has its own hegemonic foreign policy, directing the American portions of the British Empire and former British allies to keep the Americans out and down.

North America avoided Transcendentalism, but the Mexican Empire did fall to a Syndicalist revolution. The United States, still a military dictatorship, is also incredibly unstable, and might be losing its new great game with the Western British Empire and Syndicalist Mexico. Latin America is also seeing a syndicalist tide, which concerns the conservative governments of Brazil and Argentina.

The biggest shakeups in Asia were the fall of the Qing Dynasty and its replacement with a French-inspired republic[4], and its modernization, along with those of Japan and Siam, and the fall of the British Empire in India. The three “Asian tigers” would go on to become allies against what they saw as the biggest threat after the end of European colonialism: Transcendentalism. The Great Indian War, which consumed almost as much of Britain’s resources as the Great War itself, saw the shattering of the subcontinent and its fall from prominence in the world stage. All of the post-British Indian states, including the portions of India retained by Singapore, have been ravaged by war and have proved largely incapable of rebuilding.

[1] Zanzibar, marked as part of Liberia in the Liberia map and part of Singapore in the Singapore map. I chose Singapore.
[2] Also had to do some massaging regarding the Greater Liberian lore, which implies the continued existence of the CSA. I interpret that as being a thing of the past.
[3] The site for OTL Liberia was considered, but rejected as it would be too difficult to settle.
[4] Ironic, considering that by that time, France was once again a monarchy under Napoleon III.

Description

My cover of my EEUSG entry, the Second Republic of Texas . This also utilizes three of B_Munro ’s embiggen entries: Liberia [1], Iraq , and Singapore , though I did make some changes[2].

The PoD is 1818, when a massive slave rebellion rocks the United States, killing hundreds. Though the slave rebellion is eventually crushed, fears of future rebellions lead the United States to pursue a policy of aggressive “colonization”: moving black slaves to Africa. This issue exacerbates the sectional conflict, as the federal government seized slaves believed to be harboring rebellious intent from their masters and sent them to Liberia [3], without compensating said masters; this led to many Southern states passing laws to prevent or even arrest federal agents engaging in such actions. Northern abolitionism also gained more traction, with many northerners believing that the South’s slave population was a ticking time bomb that would destroy the Union. In 1841, the American Civil War would begin, ending in victory for the southern Confederate States of America, which won with very grudging British support.

With American-Confederate rivalry focusing the efforts of both nations more towards one another and their “great game” in Latin America, large parts of the American West never became part of the United States, though American settlers did move there. Chief among them were the Mormons, who successfully played the US, CS and Mexico against one another to form their own theocracy out west.

France would see the rise of Napoleon III in a 1848 coup, and unlike his OTL counterpart, would prove to be a match of his esteemed ancestor. The fall of the Ottoman Empire in the 1850s occurred as a result of a succession crisis. Russia, France and the United Kingdom backed rival forces; the British and French won out, with Ottoman territories beyond Turkey being carved up by the victorious British and French. It is from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire that Iraq, initially a British project to take control of Mesopotamia that got out of hand.

Italy never unified, with Naples and Sicily being major rivals. Germany, however, successfully unified under Austrian rule, though this ramshackle contrivance would not last. The Great War (1912-1920) saw Britain, Germany and Spain pitted against France and Russia. The war would later expand with the Confederate invasion of Cuba and the United States declaring war on them. Neither side would truly win, as the eight year long conflict destroyed practically all of them. Only France would escape with its government relatively unscathed: the United States would suffer from a failed revolution, a coup, and a new constitution, while Britain, Germany, Russia would simply fall apart entirely.

Europe would become dominated by the Transcendentalists: radicals inspired by the works of Karl Marx, who believed that the inherently sinful nature of man could be “transcended” through the proper political and social engineering, thus creating a perfectly equal society. Though rejected by mainline communists, the Transcendentalists became the primary left-wing movement in Europe, seizing power through the revolutions that wracked Europe after the Great War. The predominant Transcendentalist power is the Transcendentalist Union of Man, spanning much of the former German and Russian empires; Britain would have joined, but for difficulty accessing it. The Transcendentalists believe it is their mission to unify all of humanity under their rule, though given that they have created an oppressive, totalitarian society, few want to join the Transcendentalists.

France, having successfully stopped the Transcendentalists, created its own continental European federation to counter them. The Continental Union is effectively a new French empire, though its members are all too willing to assist the French in preventing the entire continent from being consumed by the Transcendentalist monster.

Liberia would grow, with British and American support, and would eventually become a power in its own right. The boll weevil and the subsequent ending of Confederate slavery also led to a population boost, though many former slaves chose to stay in the Confederacy. It would continue to expand and eventually supplant European colonial efforts in Africa, becoming a major hegemonic federation. First they began with the Neapolitan Congo, with major expansion occurring in the aftermath of the Great War, as the French, British and Portuguese colonial empires fell apart. Modern Liberia is a rich federal republic, and ironically hold true to the ethos of 1776 far more than any state in North America. Liberia’s Christian, capitalist ethos clashed with many of its new “brothers in liberation,” many of whom saw the Liberians as a different form of colonizer. The communist Azanians definitely think so, and the two are bitter rivals.

The fall of the British Empire sees the rise of a new power in the middle east: Greater Iraq. Ruled by a secular, one party state that sees itself as taking the best of traditional Islamic culture and the new secular societies of the West, Iraq (or the Mashriq) has successfully modernized and seized control of much of former the French and British territories in the Middle East. Their victory against Iran saw the ousting of the Shah and its replacement with an Islamic republic, albeit one that is still hostile to Iraq. The United Arab Republic, otherwise known as Greater Egypt, is another post-British creation which has formed an anti-Iraq, anti-Liberia bloc.

Singapore, or the Eastern British Empire, rules the waves in the Pacific. While the King-Emperor is still recognized as the reigning monarch throughout most of the former British Empire, Canada is considered the center of a “Western” British Empire, as it exercises total autonomy from Singapore and its connections to Singapore are purely ceremonial. Canada has its own hegemonic foreign policy, directing the American portions of the British Empire and former British allies to keep the Americans out and down.

North America avoided Transcendentalism, but the Mexican Empire did fall to a Syndicalist revolution. The United States, still a military dictatorship, is also incredibly unstable, and might be losing its new great game with the Western British Empire and Syndicalist Mexico. Latin America is also seeing a syndicalist tide, which concerns the conservative governments of Brazil and Argentina.

The biggest shakeups in Asia were the fall of the Qing Dynasty and its replacement with a French-inspired republic[4], and its modernization, along with those of Japan and Siam, and the fall of the British Empire in India. The three “Asian tigers” would go on to become allies against what they saw as the biggest threat after the end of European colonialism: Transcendentalism. The Great Indian War, which consumed almost as much of Britain’s resources as the Great War itself, saw the shattering of the subcontinent and its fall from prominence in the world stage. All of the post-British Indian states, including the portions of India retained by Singapore, have been ravaged by war and have proved largely incapable of rebuilding.

[1] Zanzibar, marked as part of Liberia in the Liberia map and part of Singapore in the Singapore map. I chose Singapore.
[2] Also had to do some massaging regarding the Greater Liberian lore, which implies the continued existence of the CSA. I interpret that as being a thing of the past.
[3] The site for OTL Liberia was considered, but rejected as it would be too difficult to settle.
[4] Ironic, considering that by that time, France was once again a monarchy under Napoleon III.