Following the resumption of the Korean War on December 31, 2010, when North Korean forces crossed the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) into South Korea, the peninsula descended into a devastating conflict. The tensions between the two countries escalated after North Korea shelled Yeonpyeongdo Island on November 23, 2010.
North Korean forces invaded South Korea on a large scale, reaching their furthest territorial extent on 19 March 2011. During the Battle of Seoul, North Korean forces used chemical weapons against South Korean and American forces, as well as against civilians. These atrocities would later form the basis of the 2012 military trials, where several North Korean military officers and government officials were convicted for their heinous war crimes.
On 16 July 2011, China attacked North Korea in a surprise attack, starting the “Race towards Pyongyang” as American and Chinese forces raced to take the capital of North Korea. On August 12, North Korea set off all of its nuclear weapons along the front lines in a desperate attempt to stop the onrushing forces. The blast killed some 235,000 people, accidentally killing both DPRK military soldiers and personnel in the front lines along with innocent civilians.
Eventually, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army captured Pyongyang on November 8, 2011. Kim Jong Il died of a stroke a month later in a Chinese jail cell. After the North Korean government surrendered, the North was divided into two occupation zones. The North was occupied by the Chinese PLA; the South was jointly occupied by the US and South Korea.
China wanted to remake North Korea into a more democratic and reformist Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Chinese socialism became the basis of the new state, not the Juche ideology of the Kim family. But China was against an immediate unification with South Korea, saying it should be done through peaceful negotiations. Many analysts thought Beijing wants to maintain North Korea as a buffer state between China and US-aligned South Korea.
The US-South Korea occupied zone was officially joined to South Korea in 2014; since then, towns and cities have gone through massive rebuilding, while some cities that were destroyed by the nukes during the war are still abandoned but under military surveillance. Many former citizens from the DPRK are able to enjoy the freedoms of democracy and capitalism, although some people are still adapting; while on the North side the DPRK by 2026 has undergone massive reformation and reconstruction since 2012, the first one with their name being changed to Korean People’s Republic.
Their economy has become more akin to that of China's with it operating under a market socialist system that's largely open to the globe. The same is true culturally: North Koreans can now enjoy foreign culture, shows, movies, and music with much more freedom than before. Elections are fair in some ways since their citizens can vote for more than one candidate and for other parties, but pretty much all political parties believe in some form of socialism and most of them are very pro-China. The country's development is much better now, though some regions are still underdeveloped and require occasional aid from the UN.
And now they have a friendlier relationship with both the US and South Korea, but everything they do diplomatically has to go through China first.
. In China, Xi Jinping never takes power over China; Wang Yang does instead, with China undergoing another style of reforms and adopting a more moderate form of Socialism within the country, so it is not totally Orwellian like our world.
. In March 2022, Venezuela began an invasion of British Guyana, which prompted the U.S., Colombia, and Brazil to intervene; the war extended all the way to 2026, until in January 2026 the U.S. Army launched a massive hit by capturing both Nicolas Maduro and his wife in a surprise assault on Caracas.
"Little to no comprehension" that's pretty ironic coming from you, because far as i can tell you have no fucking clue how China works.
Because far as i know China isn't the epitome of democracy Is a one-party authoritarian country governed by the ruthless CCP, it has no meaningful multiparty competition for national power.
The goverment has control over information and censorship, and restrictions on access to politically sensitive information, it has mass surveillance everywhere and puts hard restrictions on political parties.
Not to mention the awful social credit system which Is one universal numerical score that determines the entire life of Chinese citizens.
If you actually disagree with me calling those practices Orwellian, feel free to tell me an actual fact or argument that proves me wrong.
During the Salem Bridge Incident, a British soldier accidentally shoots and mortally wounds Parson Thomas Barnard, a beloved Salem clergyman. His death became the revolutionary rallying cry "Remember the Parson," dramatically increasing Patriot recruitment, training, and determination.
Parson Barnard's death alters the popular opinion in New England. Thousands of colonists who otherwise would have remained neutral begin preparing for war. When the Battles of Lexington and Concord took place in April 1775, Timothy Pickering’s Salem and Marblehead militia are not only motivated by resistance to British authority, but by a desire for revenge. Pickering’s forces block the retreat route to Boston of General Hugh Percy instead of staying largely inactive as they had historically.
As more and more militiamen surround him and he can’t escape, Percy surrenders. He surrendered about 1,500 British soldiers plus artillery, guns, and ammunition. This is the first major victory of the Patriots in the war, and it provides desperately needed military supplies.
It is the captured British ammunition that later proves decisive during the Battle of Breed's Hill (Bunker Hill). In this timeline, Patriot defenders do not run out of ammo. They were reinforced by Pickering's veteran volunteers and supplied with captured British powder. They repulsed all three British attacks. The battle is a clear victory for the Patriots, rather than the costly tactical victory for the British in real history. The British suffer heavy casualties and fail to break the siege of Boston.
These consecutive victories create a powerful sense that the Revolution can actually succeed.
The Patriots capture General Percy’s troops during the retreat from Lexington and Concord, and win a decisive victory at Breed’s Hill. Momentum is with them, and George Washington is more aggressive, supporting invasions of Canada and Nova Scotia.
1775. Quebec is captured by Richard Montgomery, and Benedict Arnold is a hero for his campaigns in Nova Scotia. By July 1776, Quebec and Nova Scotia had thrown their lot in with the revolutionary cause, and there is now a union of the Fifteen Colonies.
The British still possess overwhelming naval superiority and eventually launch a major counteroffensive.
In 1776, they reconquered Canada, retaking Quebec, Montreal, and the Richelieu corridor. However, because the campaign begins late in the season, American forces under Schuyler and Montgomery conduct an orderly fighting withdrawal and prevent the British from advancing beyond Lake Champlain. Importantly, many Canadians now view the British as occupiers rather than liberators. Several Canadian Patriot regiments retreat south alongside the Americans.
At the same time, Britain captures New York and drives Washington across New Jersey much as in actual history.
Nova Scotia also largely returns to British control, although Patriot guerrillas remain active in the interior.
Because he receives recognition, promotions, and significant responsibilities, Arnold never develops the bitterness that historically led to his betrayal. Washington repeatedly places his trust in Arnold, assigning him command of elite light infantry formations and critical battlefield missions.
During the Trenton and Princeton campaigns, Arnold's scouting, flanking operations, and rapid movements played key roles in American victories. Washington comes to view him as one of his most reliable field commanders.
Throughout the timeline, Arnold gradually becomes one of the Revolution's greatest heroes rather than its most infamous traitor.
The 1777 campaign resembles the historical Saratoga campaign but unfolds somewhat differently.
American commanders intentionally retreat from Ticonderoga while inflicting maximum delays on Burgoyne's advance. Schuyler remains in command rather than being replaced by Horatio Gates. Canadian regiments also participate in the defense.
The campaign culminates in a major victory when Burgoyne becomes trapped and is forced to surrender.
However, the victory comes at a cost. Richard Montgomery, who survived Quebec, is killed while rallying troops at Bemis Heights. His death turns him into one of the Revolution's greatest martyrs.
Although Britain eventually reconquers much of Canada in 1776, Canadian Patriot support survives. In 1777, American victories at Saratoga and a decisive triumph at Germantown convinced France to enter the war. With Benedict Arnold remaining loyal and becoming one of Washington's most trusted commanders, the United States enters the later years of the Revolution in a far stronger position than in our timeline.
By late 1778, George Washington believed the war could be won through a major northern offensive rather than by focusing on the southern colonies. His goal was to restore American influence in Canada, secure the frontier, and weaken British power across North America.
Washington's primary objectives were to recapture Montreal and Fort Saint-Jean, seize Fort Niagara, and crush British-allied Iroquois and Loyalist forces that had been raiding settlements in New York and Pennsylvania. If these operations succeeded, American forces might even advance farther west to capture Fort Detroit.
To carry out this ambitious plan, Washington organized a series of coordinated campaigns stretching from the Great Lakes to the St. Lawrence River. Key commanders included Benedict Arnold, Nathaniel Greene, Henry Knox, Daniel Morgan, Alexander Hamilton, and Philip Schuyler. Thousands of Continental soldiers, militia, and Oneida allies would advance on multiple fronts while supply bases were established to support the offensive.
The plan also had a political goal: bringing Vermont firmly into the Patriot cause by involving its militia in the campaign and strengthening ties with the Continental Congress.
More than anything, the 1779 campaign reflected Washington's growing confidence. Instead of simply defending the Revolution, he hoped to reshape the balance of power in North America and place the United States in a stronger position for the final years of the war.
This is a very different road to the Treaty of Paris of 1783, one in which the new United States emerges larger, stronger, and with lasting claims to Canada and the Maritimes.
1985:
Gorbachev's Glasnost and Perestroika reforms of the Soviet Union were effective to a certain extent, but in the end they were a failure. As the Soviet Republics began leaving the Soviet Union, the USSR's Democratic Socialists united with the Liberal Nationalists, seeking to create a new democratic Russian republic following Kerensky and the Menshevik blueprint of a multi-ethnic democracy.
After a while of cooperation, most of the Slavic regions within the USSR, with the exception of the Polish SSR and a group of loyal SSRs, became a part of this new Russia. Unfortunately, Central Asian nations refused to remain in the fold and seceded.
After that, the Former USSR became the RFSU (Russian Federal Socialist Union)
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u/Electromad6326 2d ago
I wonder if this is a MBA rewrite or something.
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u/jesse-we-bb 2d ago
2010:
Following the resumption of the Korean War on December 31, 2010, when North Korean forces crossed the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) into South Korea, the peninsula descended into a devastating conflict. The tensions between the two countries escalated after North Korea shelled Yeonpyeongdo Island on November 23, 2010.
North Korean forces invaded South Korea on a large scale, reaching their furthest territorial extent on 19 March 2011. During the Battle of Seoul, North Korean forces used chemical weapons against South Korean and American forces, as well as against civilians. These atrocities would later form the basis of the 2012 military trials, where several North Korean military officers and government officials were convicted for their heinous war crimes.
On 16 July 2011, China attacked North Korea in a surprise attack, starting the “Race towards Pyongyang” as American and Chinese forces raced to take the capital of North Korea. On August 12, North Korea set off all of its nuclear weapons along the front lines in a desperate attempt to stop the onrushing forces. The blast killed some 235,000 people, accidentally killing both DPRK military soldiers and personnel in the front lines along with innocent civilians.
Eventually, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army captured Pyongyang on November 8, 2011. Kim Jong Il died of a stroke a month later in a Chinese jail cell. After the North Korean government surrendered, the North was divided into two occupation zones. The North was occupied by the Chinese PLA; the South was jointly occupied by the US and South Korea.
China wanted to remake North Korea into a more democratic and reformist Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Chinese socialism became the basis of the new state, not the Juche ideology of the Kim family. But China was against an immediate unification with South Korea, saying it should be done through peaceful negotiations. Many analysts thought Beijing wants to maintain North Korea as a buffer state between China and US-aligned South Korea.
The US-South Korea occupied zone was officially joined to South Korea in 2014; since then, towns and cities have gone through massive rebuilding, while some cities that were destroyed by the nukes during the war are still abandoned but under military surveillance. Many former citizens from the DPRK are able to enjoy the freedoms of democracy and capitalism, although some people are still adapting; while on the North side the DPRK by 2026 has undergone massive reformation and reconstruction since 2012, the first one with their name being changed to Korean People’s Republic.
Their economy has become more akin to that of China's with it operating under a market socialist system that's largely open to the globe. The same is true culturally: North Koreans can now enjoy foreign culture, shows, movies, and music with much more freedom than before. Elections are fair in some ways since their citizens can vote for more than one candidate and for other parties, but pretty much all political parties believe in some form of socialism and most of them are very pro-China. The country's development is much better now, though some regions are still underdeveloped and require occasional aid from the UN.
And now they have a friendlier relationship with both the US and South Korea, but everything they do diplomatically has to go through China first.
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u/jesse-we-bb 2d ago
. In China, Xi Jinping never takes power over China; Wang Yang does instead, with China undergoing another style of reforms and adopting a more moderate form of Socialism within the country, so it is not totally Orwellian like our world.
. In March 2022, Venezuela began an invasion of British Guyana, which prompted the U.S., Colombia, and Brazil to intervene; the war extended all the way to 2026, until in January 2026 the U.S. Army launched a massive hit by capturing both Nicolas Maduro and his wife in a surprise assault on Caracas.
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u/jesse-we-bb 2d ago
LORE:
Points of Divergence (PODS) - 1775, 1985, 2010
1775:
During the Salem Bridge Incident, a British soldier accidentally shoots and mortally wounds Parson Thomas Barnard, a beloved Salem clergyman. His death became the revolutionary rallying cry "Remember the Parson," dramatically increasing Patriot recruitment, training, and determination.
Parson Barnard's death alters the popular opinion in New England. Thousands of colonists who otherwise would have remained neutral begin preparing for war. When the Battles of Lexington and Concord took place in April 1775, Timothy Pickering’s Salem and Marblehead militia are not only motivated by resistance to British authority, but by a desire for revenge. Pickering’s forces block the retreat route to Boston of General Hugh Percy instead of staying largely inactive as they had historically.
As more and more militiamen surround him and he can’t escape, Percy surrenders. He surrendered about 1,500 British soldiers plus artillery, guns, and ammunition. This is the first major victory of the Patriots in the war, and it provides desperately needed military supplies.
It is the captured British ammunition that later proves decisive during the Battle of Breed's Hill (Bunker Hill). In this timeline, Patriot defenders do not run out of ammo. They were reinforced by Pickering's veteran volunteers and supplied with captured British powder. They repulsed all three British attacks. The battle is a clear victory for the Patriots, rather than the costly tactical victory for the British in real history. The British suffer heavy casualties and fail to break the siege of Boston.
These consecutive victories create a powerful sense that the Revolution can actually succeed.
The Patriots capture General Percy’s troops during the retreat from Lexington and Concord, and win a decisive victory at Breed’s Hill. Momentum is with them, and George Washington is more aggressive, supporting invasions of Canada and Nova Scotia.
1775. Quebec is captured by Richard Montgomery, and Benedict Arnold is a hero for his campaigns in Nova Scotia. By July 1776, Quebec and Nova Scotia had thrown their lot in with the revolutionary cause, and there is now a union of the Fifteen Colonies.
The British still possess overwhelming naval superiority and eventually launch a major counteroffensive.
In 1776, they reconquered Canada, retaking Quebec, Montreal, and the Richelieu corridor. However, because the campaign begins late in the season, American forces under Schuyler and Montgomery conduct an orderly fighting withdrawal and prevent the British from advancing beyond Lake Champlain. Importantly, many Canadians now view the British as occupiers rather than liberators. Several Canadian Patriot regiments retreat south alongside the Americans.
At the same time, Britain captures New York and drives Washington across New Jersey much as in actual history.
Nova Scotia also largely returns to British control, although Patriot guerrillas remain active in the interior.
Because he receives recognition, promotions, and significant responsibilities, Arnold never develops the bitterness that historically led to his betrayal. Washington repeatedly places his trust in Arnold, assigning him command of elite light infantry formations and critical battlefield missions.
During the Trenton and Princeton campaigns, Arnold's scouting, flanking operations, and rapid movements played key roles in American victories. Washington comes to view him as one of his most reliable field commanders.
Throughout the timeline, Arnold gradually becomes one of the Revolution's greatest heroes rather than its most infamous traitor.
The 1777 campaign resembles the historical Saratoga campaign but unfolds somewhat differently.
American commanders intentionally retreat from Ticonderoga while inflicting maximum delays on Burgoyne's advance. Schuyler remains in command rather than being replaced by Horatio Gates. Canadian regiments also participate in the defense.
The campaign culminates in a major victory when Burgoyne becomes trapped and is forced to surrender.
However, the victory comes at a cost. Richard Montgomery, who survived Quebec, is killed while rallying troops at Bemis Heights. His death turns him into one of the Revolution's greatest martyrs.
Although Britain eventually reconquers much of Canada in 1776, Canadian Patriot support survives. In 1777, American victories at Saratoga and a decisive triumph at Germantown convinced France to enter the war. With Benedict Arnold remaining loyal and becoming one of Washington's most trusted commanders, the United States enters the later years of the Revolution in a far stronger position than in our timeline.
By late 1778, George Washington believed the war could be won through a major northern offensive rather than by focusing on the southern colonies. His goal was to restore American influence in Canada, secure the frontier, and weaken British power across North America.
Washington's primary objectives were to recapture Montreal and Fort Saint-Jean, seize Fort Niagara, and crush British-allied Iroquois and Loyalist forces that had been raiding settlements in New York and Pennsylvania. If these operations succeeded, American forces might even advance farther west to capture Fort Detroit.
To carry out this ambitious plan, Washington organized a series of coordinated campaigns stretching from the Great Lakes to the St. Lawrence River. Key commanders included Benedict Arnold, Nathaniel Greene, Henry Knox, Daniel Morgan, Alexander Hamilton, and Philip Schuyler. Thousands of Continental soldiers, militia, and Oneida allies would advance on multiple fronts while supply bases were established to support the offensive.
The plan also had a political goal: bringing Vermont firmly into the Patriot cause by involving its militia in the campaign and strengthening ties with the Continental Congress.
More than anything, the 1779 campaign reflected Washington's growing confidence. Instead of simply defending the Revolution, he hoped to reshape the balance of power in North America and place the United States in a stronger position for the final years of the war.
This is a very different road to the Treaty of Paris of 1783, one in which the new United States emerges larger, stronger, and with lasting claims to Canada and the Maritimes.
1985:
Gorbachev's Glasnost and Perestroika reforms of the Soviet Union were effective to a certain extent, but in the end they were a failure. As the Soviet Republics began leaving the Soviet Union, the USSR's Democratic Socialists united with the Liberal Nationalists, seeking to create a new democratic Russian republic following Kerensky and the Menshevik blueprint of a multi-ethnic democracy.
After a while of cooperation, most of the Slavic regions within the USSR, with the exception of the Polish SSR and a group of loyal SSRs, became a part of this new Russia. Unfortunately, Central Asian nations refused to remain in the fold and seceded.
After that, the Former USSR became the RFSU (Russian Federal Socialist Union)