LogFAQs > #903801414

A lot of it would depend on why the Central powers won. Like a competent Austria maybe could have swung the balance of power. Or maybe Germany trashes Russia in a year resulting in a quiciker rebellion in Russia. Or maybe USA joins the central powers early on, like a reverse Lusitania.

Probably a few things would be consistent though.

1) Ottoman Empire maintains for a while and slowly breaks off pieces or has constant wars of independence. Resulting nations are likely to be more natural. Possible that Israel does not exist in this timeline.

2) Austro-Hungarian empire breaks up shortly after WWI. There was a general desire to de-centralize the empire prior to WWI, Archduke Ferdinand being a proponent of it even. Would likely result in kingdoms based on ethnicity.

3) Germany maintains original borders and maybe gains some land to the east. Alsace Lorraine remains German. Vassal states are set up as buffers between German and USSR that was previously Germany land. Poland/Poland Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, etc. Belgium is a puppet of Germany. Germany does well economically post-war but gets by global depressions same as everyone else. Likely slowly moves away from a monarchy towards some sort of republic.

4) UK loses it's empire. Well, mostly. Canada and Australia likely stay connected somehow. This causes them to have a worse economy than they did in our timeline. Germany maybe doesn't have much of a desire to enforce a new empire, likely focusing on a few strategic locations. Gibraltar, Suez Canal, Singapore/Malaysia, Hong Kong, etc. They likely have some level of control but not the level of the British Empire. Civil war is possible. Ireland may get Northern Ireland in the turmoil.

5) France loses it's empire and likely suffers the worst of them economically. Radicalizes one way or another. Whether it's communism or some sort of right wing awfulness. Civil war is possible.

6) Italy is a bit worse off but likely only pays reparations. Maybe could fracture or have civil war. Likely one kind of radicalism or another takes over.

7) If US joined Germany, German is still commonly spoken in the Midwest. Great depression still happens, though probably not the exact same time. I don't think Central Powers winning causes another civil war like the Kaiserreich mod though. Possible the US takes on some French and British territories in the Atlantic, such as Bermuda.

Overall reparations are likely to be similar but in the opposite direction. Some sort of global depression still happens. Some strong arm dictators still pop up. Some sort of world war likely still happens. Seems most likely it is against USSR at a later date. Like starts late 1940s or early 1950s. Technology is closer to like 1941 or 1942 at that point than it would be at our time since WWII drove forward so much progress. I don't think France or UK would be itching for an external fight the same way the Germans were.

As a result of the communist war the world is probably pulled a good deal further right. US and Germany work co-operatively to set up puppet heads of states across the globe after the communist war.
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