Political Events
Scenarios involving elections, revolutions, treaties, and political movements with alternate outcomes
What If Illinois Addressed Its Pension Crisis Earlier?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Illinois implemented meaningful pension reforms in the 1990s, potentially averting the fiscal crisis that has plagued the state for decades.
What If India and Pakistan Never Separated?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the 1947 Partition never occurred, creating a unified South Asian state that would dramatically reshape global politics, religious coexistence, and economic development in the region.
What If Indiana Developed Beyond Manufacturing Earlier?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the state of Indiana diversified its economy beyond manufacturing decades earlier, potentially transforming the Midwest's economic landscape and reshaping the Rust Belt's decline.
What If India's Economic Liberalization Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where India did not implement its landmark 1991 economic reforms, potentially remaining an isolated, state-controlled economy well into the 21st century.
What If Inner Mongolia Developed Different Resource Management Policies?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Inner Mongolia implemented sustainable grassland management and resource development strategies, potentially transforming China's environmental trajectory and the region's economic fate.
What If ISIS Never Formed?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria never emerged as a dominant extremist force, potentially reshaping Middle Eastern politics, global terrorism, and international relations in the 21st century.