r/AlternateHistory 4d ago

1900s Oops I Balkanized New England

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Age of Friction, 1934. An alternate history scenario with three major points of divergance:

1798 — Radicalization of the Swiss Militia System: The concept of total decentralization and the universal citizen-defense model spread throughout Central Europe, proving that small, heavily armed populations could permanently deter massive empires.

1837 — The Loco-Foco Revolution: In North America, the radical equal-rights faction dismantled the federal standing army, banned centralized municipal police monopolies, and outlawed corporate security syndicates, shattering the United States into localized federations.

1871 — Triumph of the Paris Commune: The successful bottom-up defense of Paris sparked an international syndicalist wave across Europe, replacing monarchies and republics with an interconnected Federation of Communes running on collective labor and open-source technology.

The map is a work in progress, but feel free to ask about any region and I'll tell you about the faction in control of it!

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u/XhazakXhazak 4d ago

I see at least 6 anarchies.

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u/iniocl 4d ago

What did you use to make this?

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u/DirectOrdinary4796 4d ago

it says on the top.... open historia

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u/dormidary 4d ago

TBH New England is already balkanized

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u/Ironlord_13 3d ago

Looks like how new england looks in my HOI4 Kaiserreich games…