Political Events
Scenarios involving elections, revolutions, treaties, and political movements with alternate outcomes
What If The Lost Decade in Japan Never Occurred?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Japan avoided its economic stagnation of the 1990s, potentially transforming global economic power dynamics and technological development into the 21st century.
What If The Louisiana Purchase Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the United States failed to acquire the vast Louisiana Territory from France in 1803, dramatically altering North American borders, power dynamics, and the trajectory of American expansion.
What If The Love Canal Disaster Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the Love Canal environmental disaster in Niagara Falls, New York was prevented, potentially altering the course of American environmental policy, regulatory development, and community activism.
What If The Lusitania Was Never Sunk?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the British ocean liner RMS Lusitania escaped German U-boat attack in 1915, potentially altering America's entry into World War I and the conflict's ultimate course.
What If The Maghreb Union Was More Successful?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the Arab Maghreb Union overcame its early challenges to become a powerful regional bloc, reshaping North African politics, economics, and Euro-Mediterranean relations.
What If The Manhattan Project Failed?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the United States failed to develop atomic weapons during World War II, fundamentally altering the end of the war and the global power dynamics of the 20th century.