What If Everything Went PERFECT For The United States

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What if everything went PERFECT For THe United States?
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[@shaunrosenberg4568]

I feel like it's hard to make a "what if everything went perfect for America" story without just repeating the current timeline.

[@SteveInLava]

Well, there were some mishaps that were addressed here in the video that were modified to favor America.

[@toddhoward1892]

That's why the map didn't change too much.

[@bananasplit4391]

@@toddhoward1892 its also pretty hard to quantify and visualize soft power on a map

[@peaceleader7315]

The US dollars 💸 have been the Murica since France 🇫🇷 unsuccessfully send their warship to collect their sovereign gold unsuccessfully from Murica.. 😂..

[@mrdollyman5675]

well we did stalemate the war of 1812 and also ended reconstruction far earlier than we should have

[@sufi5416]

"In 1914 the best case for the United States actually came true. Europe had decided to set itself on fire." lol 🤣😂

[@warweasel2832]

Seriously. The Dawes Plan was basically free money for the US for decades and it completely funded our current status.

[@Red_Moon13]

The funny thing about this is that it changes very little overall. The only modern day differences are that the U.S. has more territory in North America, China doesn't go communist, and North Korea collapses. Shows how the U.S. in our timeline still essentially had everything go right for it.

[@uhohhotdog]

If things went perfect for the US it would have gone communist

[@Nerdvanna98]

And yet they've still managed to screw it all up now.

[@ggunter2730]

@@Nerdvanna98nope, believe it or not it’s still the most successful “empire”. Politically tho I’m sure both sides are probably going to say America is doomed

[@KoopstaKlicca]

But china not going communist is a huge deal, considering that's probably America's great military rival currently

[@infamous_richard8732]

@@KoopstaKlicca Economic rival* China's military power isnt catching up anytime soon.

[@akimgranada7239]

It would be cool to see this with a weaker/smaller country if everything went perfect Bulgaria taking the First Balkan War as the starting point, how strong could this small nation realisticially become? And stuff like that

[@polishgamer3503]

Amazing idea!

[@cgyoboi]

Takes Prussia of the Balkans to a whole new level

[@possiblehistory]

Sounds perfect! I'll schedule Bulgaria next, always had a soft spot for the Balkan underdog.

[@staskesenpai5577]

LETGOOOOOOO 💪🇧🇬 Bulgaria #1 im bulgarian

[@cdcdrr]

One major change might be that they take Macedonia before Serbia does, and therefore see no reason to join the Central Powers to get back at Serbia, allowing them to feel out the way the conflict goes, before finally choosing the Entente in order to snatch up Constantinople and Thrace before Greece can, and they keep Dobruja as they fought on the same side as Romania. During the interwar years, while everyone is malding over Bulgaria having lands their neighbours want, they have little reason to gamble it all away by provoking conflict. Though they might become the victims of their own success when Funny Moustache Man has to bail out Bald Ego Man as he chokes on a Greek campaign after he bit off more than he can chew, as Bulgaria stands nothing to gain from bullying Greece or Yugoslavia for land. And Funny Moustache Man decides they're behaving like a roadblock.

[@hs5312]

The US did attempt to purchase Cuba in the 1850s this seems like a change that could be easily achieved

[@eidoneverchoosen1171]

Or the USA could have annex Cuba in the Spanish American war. No communist so then no missle crisis.

[@hs5312]

@@eidoneverchoosen1171 i think that was assumed in this scenario

[@osheridan]

Looking back at countries just being purchased is very strange lol

[@hs5312]

@@osheridan Cuba was not a country in the 1850s back then the US made offers to purchase Cuba from Spain

[@osheridan]

@@hs5312 you're right, I mean looking back in context

[@elianes5505]

I'd like to see one with Spain starting from the 1700s to the 1900s. Poor guy couldn't get a break at the end.

[@Vlain-hc5sb]

It could be a based timeline

[@YaBoiBaxter2024]

Greater Spanish Empire!

[@Mf_Slimeee]

Naw from the 1400’s

[@elianes5505]

@@Mf_Slimeee That'd be amazing. But I believe it'd be too much time to cover.

[@NewYorkBall559]

honestly it would be cool to see if Spain could continue staying a super power, and sure while they were struggling, I think one way to change this is basically make spain unaffected by the napoleonic wars, because that’s why Spain lost a lot of it’s colonies and began becoming weaker and weaker, but if Spain avoided that then they could’ve been in a better situation

[@Emanon...]

Isn't the story of the US already one where they did things right and/or were lucky?

[@Mahhistory]

yes this is just more luck

[@GwainSagaFanChannel]

Basically they had no competition in their own region allowing then to exert influence outside of the Americas

[@craig7405]

the only thing that could've gone better for them and had a significant impact on history after it would be the war of 1812.

[@vreonix2592]

Luck is the strongest force in life.

[@deiansalazar140]

Yes but this is going FURTHER BEYOND

[@Kromiball]

3:40 If I'm not mistaken the Northern Mexican states were underpopulated at this time so I reckon the USA could've possibly got Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nueva Leon and Tamaulipas too.

[@donaldtrumplover2254]

There was one problem with that, slave states.

[@fernandojosegonzalezolguin3481]

Ew but you’re right

[@eidoneverchoosen1171]

Those states would had been economically developed at the least.

[@Walker-ow7vj]

@@eidoneverchoosen1171and no heavy cartel control

[@wildfire9280]

Polk and others wanted all of Mexico, the counter argument was racism. Racism saved Mexico.

[@Maurcusj777]

It's crazy just how close this timeline is to ours. 1 loss turned to a win (and some ofthe natural consequences of it) And 1 civil war breaking in a different direction, seems to be all seriously separates them from us.

[@BeaglzRok1]

The crazy thing is that 1812 is probably the only real improvement to the USA's standing, since taking Canada would lead to taking more of Mexico. Everything past that is either relatively minor gains or delving into the realm of semi-historical fanfiction. As fun as it is to imagine the entirety of Latin America and Europe steadily offering themselves to become states following the Spanish American War and WWII, or Liberia actually being a foothold in the scramble for Africa, or a complete annexation of Japan and later Korea and Vietnam as an overcharged hegemony, disbelief needs to be suspended and that doesn't usually include Australia hopping on the bandwagon of former British colonies joining an alternate history USA.

[@restitutororbis964]

I actually disagree. Northern Democrats and Republicans absolutely hated the idea of annexing half of Mexico because it’d give more power to the southern states. With Canada under the union, I feel the Mexican American war would have obviously still resulted in an American victory, but the US wouldn’t have taken as much land due to cultural reasons and the political climate in the US.

[@mrsillytacos]

​@@restitutororbis964Republican party didnt even exist then lol

[@fawkewe]

Even an Imperialist USA wouldn’t annex Japan, Korea, Or Vietnam. It was never in there interest to do so. These places have WAY more native populations than the Philippines, infact, Japan only had around 50 million less people than America proper at the time. Not to mention all 3 (well atleast Japan and Korea) were industrialized. Everything else is atleast plausible, even if unlikely.

[@HelicopteroApachex]

@@restitutororbis964 el plan original era tomar todo el norte de México ya que eran muy pocos y no estaban tan mezclados con los nativos. El negociador estadounidense vio que esto era un abuso total a mi país y decidió una opción que le quitaría su trabajo pero podría ser aceptada

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

What if Napoleon III won the Franco-Prussian war and the Second French Empire survived into the 21st Century?

[@NelsonDiscovery]

Now that's an interesting story.

[@YaBoiBaxter2024]

No German empire and Napoleon's legacy carries on.

[@blizzard1198]

He'd be seen as a higher being or god and people would mostly listen to him with no question.

[@BinInABin]

that war was pretty much doomed from the start tho, napoleon had basically no proper army since they all died in russia and he was forced to spread his already poor army very thin, he had no chance. a better what-if would be what if he hadn't invaded russia at all Edit: nvm wrong napoleon and wrong war thought you were talking about 1813

[@aircoolguy5218]

@@BinInABinwrong Napoleon

[@FieldMarshallWeeb]

This is a great series, can't wait for UK, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Spain, and the like.

[@not_even_known_yet3167]

Austria-Hungary was already everything going wrong, really the Scenario where everything goes right would be Austria centralises the HRE, the Spanish keep there Empire together, the Habsburg Houses reunite, the French be given a Habsburg Monarch, the Western Roman Empire reborn, expanding into the east, World Conquest.... or along those lines.

[@Euthenon]

Colombia with Gran Colombia would go crazy

[@olatsby2497]

Spain with their viceroyalties already would be awesome

[@kartang]

​@Not_even_known_yet yeah, facts man, a world where everything goes right for Austria-Hungary is crazy

[@TheAustrianAnimations87]

@@not_even_known_yet3167 I would've also said Austria under Charles V would be a much better scenario. A world where everything went right for Austria-Hungary would be basically a partitioned Serbia, full Austro-Hungarian influence in the Balkans, and Italy being defeated (A-H had plans to attack Italy). However, A-H was an already declining country.

[@DGAMINGDE]

I think its always interesting to think about how nations would perform if they integrate more territory than in reallife. Just to look at election maps and results. Also 95% of all people, no matter their ideology would probably love TR winning in 1912.

[@familiescharf4207]

Du auch hier?!

[@familiescharf4207]

By The way, wie machst du das eigentlich in deinem Video, wo du Parteien &. Länder getauscht hast? Ich habe das jetzt zwei Tage lang versucht und weiß nicht wie das geht.

[@herrforesight-Satanisking]

@@familiescharf4207 ich bin über alles

[@orangfriut1994]

What are the Germans planning in here

[@DGAMINGDE]

@@orangfriut1994 They a just a viewer of mine asking questions here for some resason lol

[@salutic.7544]

Not too different from our own timeline, even though the changes you made at the beginning could’ve butterflied into radically different timelines.

[@Writer_Productions_Map]

=United States of North America= Capital: Washington, Columbia Largest City: New York City, New York Official Languages: English, French, Spanish Demonym: North American Government: Federal Presidential Constitutional Republic with Liberal Representative Democracy Area: 316,910,071 m² Population: 527,361,667 Density: 1.7 people/m² (jeez) Changes: 1. Changed name from USA to USNA 2. Inhabitated territories + D.C. are now states 3. Added Official languages 4. Added the Philippines

[@thelorddarthvader7264]

DC was purposefully not made a state due to it being the capital, they didn't want one state to have the capital Also some of our (USA) territory has a population of 0

[@merp9610]

Dang, great work as always! In only a month or so, you have managed to become one of my favorite Alternate History channels! I think one of my favorite things about you is your separation of internal and external politics. It helps keeps biases under control, and lets the scenarios become even more possible. All in all, phenomenal work!

[@dallas9397]

God bless the Enclave

[@UndertaleGoon]

​@@dallas9397 and God bless the United States of America!

[@Capdukeymomoman]

I dont mean to be that one guy, but you're Enclave Symbol is wrong. You have 12 stars instead of the 13 from the Pre-war Star Spangled Banner

[@shamsishraq6831]

What if when the US realized that Britain and France were increasingly unable to pay their loans after WW1, US decided to simply cancel the loans? In return for a lot of real estate, obviously. Maybe France having to give up Indochina, W Africa etc. while Britain giving up S Africa, Rhodesia, Gibraltar, etc.

[@S3rp3nte]

Do it with Italy (or the Roman Empire).

[@ryannathaniel9296]

Do the Roman Empire one but only after the empire was split by Theodosius the Great. That scenario might much more interesting since the Romans would have to face much more challenges than say having the scenario start from Augustus

[@DeanmC261993]

No, do it for mussolinis italy, and then africa will become a big brazilian style melting pot :v , I wanna see jolof rizotto rice darn it!

[@ghostramen7002]

​@@DeanmC261993 bro, he makes alternate history videos, not completely impossible history videos.

[@Kaiser_von_Europa]

Do whichever one you think best, P.H.

[@Cornbread658]

i think he should do it with napoleonic france

[@bitcoinzoomer9994]

Do best case scenario for Paraguay next! I really want to see how far Paraguay could've gone if they won the war of the tripple alliance!

[@mike7671]

Best case for Paraguay is to attack Argentina only and unify La Plata. Considering how many years Paraguay managed to face off against the Alliance, it's not unreasonable to imagine a scenario where Solano Lopez marches on Buenos Aires and declares himself President of La Plata with the help of Argentinian Federales, assuming Brazil stands neutral.

[@taza257]

he already made a video about Paraguay: What if paraguay became the Prussia of South America?

[@generaluser5378]

In other words, basically every game of Victoria II I've ever played.

[@loyc12]

I wonder what a “What if everything went TERRIBLE” video on the US would look like

[@gregoryturk1275]

The Usa doesn’t win the independence war and Poseidon skins the entire American continent into the sea almost certainly causing America to never rise to power.

[@DOSFS]

US lost to the British, the end

[@KaiHung-wv3ul]

If they kept the Articles of Confederation and broke up soon after.

[@peperoni_pepino]

I mean there would just never be a USA. Without French support and propaganda, any attempts at independence would be quickly shut down by the UK. Even if we start in 1812, in the worst case the USA pisses of France enough that the English and French temporarily stop fighting to instead take care of the USA. Then quickly the USA is attacked from multiple sides by different colonial powers and divided between them in a scramble for North America.

[@michaelbruvolt4221]

😅 Britain would now be the largest nation on Earth🇬🇧 🇬🇧

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Yes! I love this new series of yours. For the next one do what if everything went perfectly for Austria following Franz Joseph's ascension in 1848😊😊😊

[@hatchmaster_5745]

It's kinda like "what if everything went perfectly for the roman city state" it's basically what happened, but maybe slightly better

[@chriscooper654]

Interesting. Good point about "soft power" having a significant impact geopolitically.

[@dominicadrean2160]

Can you do this for Russia England and France as well in the future😅😊

[@GwainSagaFanChannel]

I mean the same happened to the British you forgot about Pax Britanica being a thing? Also about Russia it basically unlike British and Americans tried to convert people into becoming Russian which never succeeded like the Belarussians and Ukranians are seperate identities and might share similarities but are not Russian in the slightest.

[@user-pn7jz9vr2z]

​@@GwainSagaFanChannel what the fuck are you talking about lol

[@zars1324]

@@GwainSagaFanChannel That's communist propaganda, Ukrainian and Belarussian weren't a thing until bolsheviks came to power.

[@piebit101]

@@GwainSagaFanChannel russia got so unlucky, russian empire, ww1, soviet union, nato

[@mappingshaman5280]

@@GwainSagaFanChannel Not everything went perfect for britain. If we won the hundred years war, won the american revolution, won the first boer war, kept hannover, took more land from china, prevented germany from existing etc then things would have went perfect.

[@thatretrofellow5001]

I love this series! I think an interesting country to do this with would actually be Greece. I think having a Greece which completely wins the Greco-Turkish war establishing Megali Greece could have some really interesting impacts, especially during World War 2.

[@alejandromaldonado6159]

Greece becomes a great power with the annexation of Anatolia and established relationships with Armenians and Assyrians and possibly wage war against Arabs Muslims to support the Eastern Christians

[@mappingshaman5280]

If greece would achieve megali, germany would probably invade what's left of turkey as a way to strike at the middle east and caucasus.

[@oyungogdfrust4136]

@@alejandromaldonado6159 even for a “everything goes perfect” video thats MEGA delusion

[@KaiHung-wv3ul]

@@oyungogdfrust4136 Yeah I can see them annexing the western Anatolian coast and later Cyprus, plus having all of their neighbors significantly weakened in some way, making them a regional power, but I just cannot see them becoming a Great Power, at least in the 20th and probably 21st century.

[@user-yw1nl6sk7y]

​@@KaiHung-wv3ulThere's actually three points of history you could use: 1) mega Alexander doesn't die 2) The Byzantine empire doesn't get involved in the Eichonomachy . 3) The modern one where Benizelos doesn't lose in the elections And the thing is that it's possible to imagine that since most of the time it was bad luck that lead to the downfall (Alexander dying and Benizelos losing) as opposed to actual bad descicions (Eichonomachy)

[@elmoterminator6969]

I could just imagine 9/11 happening and the USA just annexing most of the middle east in this story

[@tusk3260]

Funny thing is, in 1812, the british that arrived to "help" arrived 2 years late in 1814. The war in Canada was already over and ended with the burning the Washington DC. So, the British not willing to return without doing anything went to invade Florida and suffered a humiliating defeat.... Your version of the Florida landing was actually pretty accurate with reality.

[@benjaminobienu5297]

Here are some exciting ideas for future alternate history scenarios: What if the Hohenzollern were the ones to rule the Holy Roman Empire instead of the Hapburgs? Since the Hohenzollerns were Margraves of Brandenburg, a principality of the HRE from 1157 to 1806 that played a pivotal role in the history that formed Germany and around central Europe. And there were monarchs and Kings in Prussia ( 1701-1772). In 1701, the title of King in Prussia was granted without having a duchy title. The Duchy of Prussia is usually placed higher as a kingdom within Poland but recognized as a kingdom by the Holy Roman Emperor due to the time when monarchs were believed to be given divine right to rule their kingdoms or empires, the highest sovereign in the West. Is there the slightest chance the Hohenzollerns will win the election for HRE ( Holy Roman Emperor) and become the new dynasty in the HRE ( Holy Roman Empire)? If so, how could the Hohenzollerns win the election for the emperorship for the HRE, and which members of the Hohenzollern dynasty are the best candidates for Holy Roman Emperor? What would the HRE under the Hohenzollerns instead of the Hapburg dynasty be like, and would the HRE be centralized and possibly united Germany in the middle ages? What if Ethiopia, under the Solomic dynasty, manages to unify Africa during the pre-scamble of the African era? Ethiopia was known for resisting European colonization and was one of the first African empires to defeat a European power, Italy, during the Second Italo- Ethiopian War, resulting from the Ethiopian War winning the Second Italo-Ethiopan War. Similar to how the Japanese defeated the Russians during the Russo-Japanese War. Ethiopia was not known for that. Before Ethiopia was an empire before the Solomic ever took the mantle as Emperor, Ethiopia used to control a sizeable territorial state and access to vast trade routes linking the Roman Empire to the Middle East and India. What would be the perfect opportunity for the Ethiopian Empire to unite Africa or some of it? Is it either West, South, North, or East Africa? How could the Ethiopians unite the African kingdoms and empires to sway them to join their cause against European colonization? Would there be a united Africa under the Solomonic dynasty or a federation of African kingdoms and empires become states, similar to the German Confederation? What if Joan of Arc had been rescued instead of being burned at the stake for heresy and had managed to unite all of France and the French people to drive the English out of France? Could this victory and her survival in one piece make Joan of Arc Queen of France? If you don't think so, please explain to me why. But if Joan of Arc was created to become the Queen of France, what would history be like, and what France be like under Jaon of Arc as Queen of France? Would there be a royal House of Joan of Arc in France? How would it be possible with the House of Valois being the current royal house of France, and how would the nobility and aristocrats see Joan of Arc as the Queen of a united France? What if Novgorod became the leading power it was and could unify Russia instead of Muscovy? How Russia be like under Novogord as the capital, and what type of government would Russia be like? Would there be a Tsar of Russia or a Grand Prince of Russia? Because Novgorod did have grand princes, they were elected. And how this change for the rest of World History with Russia united by Novgorod, and what were the consequences of it? What if the Marathas under the Bhonsle dynasty ruled the Kingdom of Mewar and united India during the 11th century instead of the 16th century? And is it possible for a united India to expand outside the Indian subcontinent to its next borders in South Asia or beyond its borders in South Asia? What makes this alternate time interesting is the Marathas forming an alliance with the Byzantine Empire by having one of the Chhaparti ( Emperor) marry a Byzantine princess from the Macedonian dynasty. The question is, what would be the purpose of the alliance, and how this alliance be beneficial for both the Marathas and the Byzantines? And how many people react to this marriage, and which ones will respond to it and be against it, and for what reasons? Would the union between the Maratha and the Byzantines form an Indo-Roman Empire, a Maratha-Byzantine Empire, or just the Byzantine Empire with a different dynasty? And would the Marthas be able to rule both Constantinople in Byzantium and India at the same time? Would there be co-rulers of this empire, or you don't think a realm like this wouldn't be possible. What if Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein, the mother of Catherine of The Great, had not died in exile but became a regent for grandson Paul I of Russia? There have been some speculations that Catherine the Great wasn't a good mother to her two children and only used them as a political investment and never had an emotional connection to them. If Joanna Elisbateh had returned from exile and made herself a regent for Paul or Alexi, possibly Paul? The question is, how would Joanna become the regent of her first-born grandson? Would she be the mother figure Paul wanted from Catherine, or she just be emotionally manipulative and exploit Paul's "behavior issues" to control him with her with real power or overthrow Paul and make herself the new monarch of Russia? Which scenarios do you like best, Mr. Possible, and which are your favorites, and which ones have you never heard of in the alternate history community. Also, have you ever heard of Rani Lakshimbal, aka Rani of Jhansi?

[@ArtoriasTheAbyss]

I would love to see a video about the Hohenzollerns too but it's because they're an inside joke with my friend from an EU4 game so I think it would be funny to see a video about them

[@chandradeepkumar7750]

+1

[@aubueruser7228]

“I ain’t reading allat” - 💻👺

[@albertskjelmose9170]

That just that’s long to scroll through

[@big-potato-sr]

Golly take it to a publisher 💀

[@IdealKangaroo]

Scenario: what if Churchill’s confederation of the Danube succeeded?

[@mrmuffins951]

1. I think it’s interesting that you have Canada joining the US after the war of 1812. I personally think it would’ve been more likely for those colonies to join the American revolution instead because they had the option to at the time. 2. I thought that the US made an offer to purchase Greenland in 1867 but they declined. I also didn’t know Iceland was also up for grabs at any point. 3. The US also talked about purchasing Jamaica, Belize, and the rest of the West Indies Federation in the early 1900s, so I agree it makes sense that they might’ve bundled them with Greenland instead. 4. When the US won the Spanish-American war, this is also when they got Guam irl! This is an awesome video and I’d love to see more! One thing I’ve wondered is what would statehood look like for those territories, and currently controversial territories like Puerto Rico and Washington DC. I’d also love to see what things would look like if “everything went right for the European Union” L

[@drksideofthewal]

The remarkable thing is, this doesn't even change very much. You could say that things already went 90% perfectly for the US, aside from getting large swaths of mostly frozen wasteland.

[@hcab1479]

Yes. Besides what was stated in this video I would have also added America having a nuclear monopoly for an extra several years.

[@gameragodzilla]

The only major changes I can think of here are the US gaining Canada from the War of 1812 and China being under control of the Nationalists. And really only the latter has major consequences for today given Canada and the US are enough allies that whether Canada was under direct US control or not doesn't really matter. China being under the Communists is what allowed the occurrence of the Korean War (and the 38th parallel split still there today), Vietnam War (and the fall of Saigon), and the current looming second Cold War with China and Russia.

[@kaizer3847]

​​@@gameragodzillahe new cold war between China and US will happen even in this timeline simply because of china's sheer size and manpower. They still will want to be the ruler of Asia and will not like America's dominance in asia. What might be different is a democratic china would be less expansionist, improving it's relations with its neighbours (particularly india). Allowing it to be seen more friendly and welcomed in southeast Asia and india significantly reducing american influence here

[@mrsillytacos]

I think the modern world would change since America wouldnt need to rely on Middle Eastern oil as Canada likely has a lot of oil fields too, some larger than Middle Eastern ones.

[@gameragodzilla]

@@mrsillytacosAmerica produces a lot of its own oil (to the point of being the world’s largest oil producer). Europe and Asia are far more reliant on Middle Eastern oil than the US.

[@pep-qew1977]

What if Poland take whole universe???

[@ghostramen7002]

Poland can into space.

[@depressedmidlifecrisistimm3043]

nothing changes because Poland already rules the universe

[@RandomOrthodoxMan]

6:48 French Arabian desert isn’t real it can’t hurt you. French Arabian Desert:

[@Kaissereichlover1872]

NOOO NOT THE FRENCH

[@PSIRockOmega]

A fun contrast to your Three North American Superpowers video. I think the only thing that would make the US more dominant would be not if the nationalists won in China, but it came to more of a draw with the nationalists in the south and the PRC in the north. They could both industrialize and become more capitalist while still having tense relations, but maybe the US could play the diplomat and keep peace between the two while reaping good trade relations from them both, but neither could become a superpower.

[@JTL1776]

3 part Alternate Post ww1 What if Imperial Federation formed. What if the US of Austria formed. What if the Ottman Empire was Partitioned, allowing for a Resurgent Byzantium.

[@bigsillyman423]

Subbed at 4k, seeing this channel 11 times bigger is awesome, congratulations PH keep up the growth

[@siyacer]

agree

[@olatsby2497]

Wha if everything went perfect for Mexico (since their independence in 1821), I think is a very good scenario because Mexico had too many troubles on the 19th century, so it could be quite interesting

[@eidoneverchoosen1171]

Well their be no Hollywood I feel that be great. But would Mexico go for a gold rush in California? And use its oil resources when discovered?

[@thekommunistkrusader3921]

Yeah honestly it is surprising how much went wrong in Mexicos history and it shows to this day

[@wildfire9280]

@@thekommunistkrusader3921 It went from being seen as an equal power to its northern neighbor by European observers to… well, now.

[@sashavasilyev3000]

this is just real history with a couple very minor changes

[@Alex-vx5zs]

True, bascially how it is today but with small changes in the past like the war with Mexico, the outcome is the same today

[@josefdrapak1889]

Really nice video, very entertaining to watch lol. Btw I was wondering, could you perhaps do Czechoslovakia (starting with the Czechoslovak legions during WW1) someday?

[@Godslayer5656]

5:50 Bit of a correction, but there actually has been at least one proposal from the U.S to buy at least Greenland from Denmark. It was after WW2 where the U.S occupied Greenland, and the U.S offered about $100 million for it, Denmark refused.

[@keegansmetanko3755]

There were discussions in 1867, 1910, and 2019. With an actual proposal in the amount of $100M ($1B inflated) in 1946 that was denied. So you are correct there.

[@talbot9255]

I would love a video on a really small country like my country Iceland. Basically a video on a country which could never become a super power or evan influencial irl but in a perfect world could become a great power.

[@kirilovkobracars2477]

Can you consider the following scenario: "Alternate United and Peaceful Balkan nations in the 19th and 20th century" For example: -No Bulgaro-Serbian war in 1885 -The Second Balkan war doesn't happen, because there are slight border changes of the treaty(Serbia gets Adriatic coast, Bulgaria gets undisputed part of Macedonia promised in the Treaty, Greece gets Southern Albania, Albania gets parts of southwestern Kosovo) and thus the Balkan union is preserved -In ww1 the five Balkan nations fight on the same side and vecause of that we get a different treaty, that means Trianon is not so harsh and Hungary keeps parts of Southern Slovakia and Northern Transylvania, Bulgaria gets the entire region of Macedonia and Eastern Thrace, Greece gets the part of Western Anatolia(which it didn't preserve in the OTL), Serbia makes Yugoslavia without Macedonia and parts of Kosovo(as discussed earlier) and Romania gets Banat, Southern Transylvania and Besserabia; -In ww2 the only possible candidate for the Hungarians Might be Hungary, hungry for old land, but I digress, because they don't want a repeat of ww1, four against one, so the borders will probably remain the same after electric boogaloo; -If Hungary didn't join the Axis, the only communist nations in the Cold war might be Hungary(75%) and Romania (99%, and they will be stripped out of Moldova), because the Soviets will bring Communism to the closest nationa to them, while Bulgaria, Greece and Yugoslavia join Nato(now that I think of it, Hungary might become the Yugoslavia of our timeline, the neutral state together with Austria, very funny😂) -After the cold war we get the same picture, no bloody conflicts on the Balkans hopefully in the 21th century and everybody lives happily ever after, for now!

[@ribspice1238]

We need a Russian version! I wanna see a mega Russian Empire that’s massive

[@SidorovichGaming]

not gonna see it IRL, lmao. r*ssia is going to collapse soon.

[@Jerry-tg7zx]

Found putin’s account /s

[@xtopia9758]

Yeah lol

[@retineyzer7906]

I mean, Russian Empire sucks, USSR in the other hand is GIGACHAD

[@yeetyeet5079]

Damn imagine an industrialized Russia colonizing China

[@bmobmo6438]

I like how this timeline is mostly just "what if the war of 1812 wasn't a draw"

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

2:13 you captured the american spirit perfectly man! 😂😂😂😂

[@RedRomanov]

AKA. "What if countries had autosaves" series

[@catalyst9955]

i’d say the russians would actually probably be allied to the united states, assuming gorbachev does what he needs to do

[@mark9152]

In this scenario, wouldn't it be better for the US to keep the Philippines just in-case they needed a forward base in Asia? Two of the largest nation, population-wise, are in Asia, so surely a huge territory there would be nice to contain the possible rise of competition.

[@CrossBreedTacoHD]

In reality the US already has ports and bases in several countries in East Asia. Not saying owning the Philippines would be bad or good, just realistically the US wouldn't need to own them to build up a substantial force in that area, as our reality being the proof.

[@kitkat47chrysalis95]

my brother in crist... the us does keep the Philippines, the us navy, airforce, army, marines all have their own bases in Philippines.

[@riderchallenge4250]

And that two countries are the only countries that would probably beat USA in every field. Russia is gone case. EU is already a puppet. Japan not powerful enough same for Indonesia and Brazil

[@alliova]

i really like this genre of yours!

[@LouisMcK]

I fucking love these kinds of videos please do one for each country on this entire planet MEGA SERIES

[@georgios_5342]

Cool series. You could do one for the Byzantine Empire

[@DeanmC261993]

Omg a timeline where reconstruction went well and they completely fixed all the souths institutional problems, land redistribution would be great for improving wealth and the standards of living

[@kyckrox1]

It’s an alternate scenario chill

[@merp9610]

Hey, that's actually something I've been thinking about too! I wonder just how far something like this could go?

[@yesatitsfinest]

Distribute all the land to me

[@monetizedyay6827]

Racial issues in the U.S. wouldn't be as bad as a result. President Johnson really fucked things up.

[@SirDriperHat]

The rest of the world: Dude... Uncool

[@inspectorsupremoelecto9291]

Nice video. I would like to see the same happening to Austria in a future video. It would be great as Austria was pretty much the great power with the worst luck ever.

[@ritasanchez773]

As an americaN I say that I loved this video

[@vihaankaushal7452]

I really like this scenario! I kinda want to see one for the british empire as it would be intresting to see if they would maintain their hegemony. hm perphaps one for china too, where it advances technoglocially speaking just as fast as the europeans

[@Hatsuzu]

I have a request, could you do an alt history on what if one of the Slovenian states in history managed to survive, Cilli being the preferable and most realistic one, as they even managed to get control over Hungary via controlling the Hungarian boy king. Nobody else has made a what if video on Cilli creating a slovene empire yet, despite the possibility they had.

[@hamza7033]

This channel is really underrrated.

[@waltuhgoodman3427]

Are you reading my mind, this was exactly what I was thinking about yesterday

[@lewisbean4250]

Nova Scotia joining the 13 colonies, not to mention Florida and the Bahamas may be within the realm of possibility too as there were sympathies there to the rebels

[@Maltheus_]

I want to see a scenario like this for France starting maybe before the Seven Years War.

[@j.37]

a video like this for argentina would be really cool to see

[@actium_ev6083]

Love this new video idea 👍

[@liamaspholmer3255]

Would love one about the UK, just feels like there’s a lot of possibilities where world history could change completely. :)

[@ardvarkvv2718]

Would love to see a British Empire episode! I know they had their Pax Britannica in our TL but... it can always be better ;)

[@Gameinger16]

I really like this series.

[@ethanflorer8373]

great video PH!

[@Very_Silly_Individual]

It honestly went pretty perfectly. Or at least as good as you could expect without cheats

[@CMVBrielman]

Counter-proposal for the “best case” scenario for the US, regarding post-WW2 China. Mao is able to establish a communist regime in Manchuria, but not push beyond there, and an armistice is reached, with a red “North China” and a western-aligned “South China.” The conflict also results in Chiang Kai Shek being unable to secure Xinjiang or Tibet, so those regions are independent. As the Cold War goes on, Mao leans into a Manchu identity to help distinguish his regime from the rest of China. By the end of the CW, its obvious there is a “Republic of China” and a “Republic of Manchuria” and, even if Manchuria liberalizes, nobody seriously thinks about them rejoining China.

[@stephenwilliams2421]

Very interesting - I totally agree with most of your assumptions. One thing that I would change in your rosy history is the time of acquisition of Cuba. During the lead-up to the Civil War, there were several groups who wanted to annex Cuba and make it another state. In the real timeline, one of the main reasons for rejecting that proposal was it would upset the balance between slave and free states... this was also why we didn't acquire more of Mexico during the 1840s. Since your timeline shows us expanding farther into Mexico and having all of Canada (presumably as free states), I think the chances that we would annex (or just buy) Cuba would be near certain.

[@redjackel6161]

Surprised you didn't touch on the Filibusters in Central America, or William Walker's near conquest of the area. If the US Congress had given Walker troops, then the region would have been, if not US territories, then under the US sphere.

[@silverwarrior8142]

Very cool video, however I'm disappointed you haven't considered US influence after WW1 possibly turning WW2 on it's head. The US supported the idea of deciding borders based on ethnic lines. This would make a possibly stronger Germany probably still falling to a political extreme over Alsace-Lorraine but most likely putting Hungary on the Allied side for WW2 and other stuff I'm too braindead to think of. This american WW1 peace ideal would be more easily achieved if the US was a colossal power like in the video. I get it though that these are super hypothetical and unnecessarily complicated concepts which is why they are not explored, but would've appreciated if you mentioned the wacky possibilities.

[@greeneanimations3660]

Do this for the Kingdom of Italy from unification to the late 20th century

[@andertaler3579]

like the series love your content hope you do a Germany superstate video soon

[@weetytoaster1835]

If you were to ask me about how Canada would be if they were a part of America I’m pretty sure Canada would still have a very real and distinct identity just like the south, however because we’re still expecting Canada to be a part of the union during the American Civil War against slavery the Canadian regions would still be able to hold their identity and culture. However, the south would still remain the same with statues and names, referencing confederate generals, being taken down and renamed

[@fadhilahzaidan4946]

I would like too see this scenario for North Korea,the Qing Dynasty,Roman empire,and Yugoslavia. :)

[@kongtsang2022]

Do one for the Qing Dynasty next!!!

[@user-ze5pf3sv4i]

i will write my comment in german: ehrenhaftes Video, es macht mir Spaß deinen Kram anzuschauen :D

[@Honey_Bot_833]

2:14 I can Die Happy

[@Sander_van_de_Reep]

Please do what if everything went good for the Netherlands! Dat zou erg leuk zijn!

[@shronkler1994]

4:43 i kinda dislike just saying they'll blockade it. In our timeline, a combination of Union excellency, superior industry, telegraphs, railroads, a manoower invasion and blockade came together to defeat the South in 1865, especially as the Union got its shit together in the last 2 yrs of the war. i do think it's a bit more complicated than just "a blockade," but what you're saying does get the point across, that the South will just eventually fall without external aid

[@kizrgd]

great video

[@geoofficial1]

You forgot to mention bagging milk at the start

[@SrMikicas]

As a bachelor degree on East Asian Studies, do you think you can do a "What if everything went perfect for china" i wonder how would it work and what year would you take to start changing things.

[@user-pn7jz9vr2z]

Would be quite difficult to determine

[@countryballsandstuff447]

I love these vids even if theirs only 2

[@Jared401]

Interesting perspective and the timeline doesn’t require a major shifting of events. Though, two important events I think would have gone differently. First, the annexation of Canada. While I know domestic affairs were kept the same, the incorporation of Canada would have greatly impacted the domestic politics and the fate of the civil war. A different set of possibilities would have appeared, first anti-slave states would have gained political advantage in the legislature to not only prevent the expansion of slavery, but also start passing laws to outlaw or restrict aspects of slavery impacting other states (I.e. abolishing fugitive slave laws, imposing taxes on goods produced by slave labor). The South at this point would be outvoted on everything by the late-1820s when the Canadian states would be admitted. Either a peaceful resolution would have been worked out (such as gradual emancipation) or it would have forced a conflict by the late 1830s. The annexation of parts of Mexico would be too far off in the future to be used as a compromise for maintaining the North-South legislative balance. If, according to the video’s scenario with Mexico, the result of the Mexican-American War is getting more slave states in former Mexican territory, it would be a lot harder to impose. Mexico abolished slavery gradually starting in 1821 and then fully by 1837, the population that the US is inheriting would not only not be super welcoming of the new rulers, but bringing back slavery would not go over well. The new Mexican possessions would be rebellious despite their sparse population, and those regions are known historically as being a great place for rebellious activity. The second major even that would have played out differently is the post WWI settlement. The interwar period had a lot going on and if the US were to roll 20 in every geopolitical scenario, then the US would have joined the League of Nations. This would have put more power behind the organization and might have prevented aspects of the rise of fascism in Europe. This would warrant an entire video for just this situation. Otherwise a great thought experiment and very interesting.

[@ramennoodle4783]

Do it for France, they had so many opportunities to become the sole superpower but obviously wasted those opportunities

[@UraNAHge]

I’m waiting for what if everything went perfect for Brazil

[@Joao_Victor753]

Me too

[@UraNAHge]

😎@@Joao_Victor753

[@adoremorekat]

You should make a video about what if everything for Mexico went perfect anyways great video

[@TodaysAnalysis]

Nice!

[@sirmagnifus7350]

Hope you do this for britain or france

[@God_Save_The_King]

This video - allthough it is very well made - is just excruciating torture for me to watch... You should do Britain or Austria next! :D

[@masterchief1843]

We have to see one for italy! Please!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@kuroazrem5376]

Please do this scenario for: Japan, Spain, Hungary and Morocco.

[@Werelight]

Just too similar to original timeline. I think making this suitably interesting would require domestic change or stretching possibilities further. America already got a great hand and played it very well until recently. They already run a world empire, and it wouldn’t be hard for decent internal governance to sustain that empire for a century or more from today.

[@Treviisolion]

Without a communist China, in all likelihood North Korea would’ve fallen during the Korean war, and with the prevention of the Vietnam war, US geopolitical goals might have been significantly expanded as the US would have two successful world wars, along with two successful military interventions instead of two unsuccessful interventions, the latter of which was so unpopular that it broke US conscription and made the US only directly intervene or start conflicts it thought would be quick and easy (though as the Iraq and Afghanistan war showed, didn’t mean we were actually good at predicting that kind of stuff). I would not be surprised if the US took its role as world policeman more seriously and with Asia largely secured, focused on bringing more of Africa into the American-led world order. Whether that would have been good for the African continent is debatable. Probably would have been some wins as some African countries seek to follow the success of Eastern Asia and fill in the role China played in our timeline, particularly once US Presidents were no longer racist by default, but also probably some major conflicts that in a realistic timeline would break US conscription like the Vietnam war, occurring around the same time, or in a US-favorable timeline being avoided through diplomacy and gunboat diplomacy, or being short and quick as the US became good at militarily leading coups and establishing puppet governments. The US would definitely be far more brazen, imperialistic, and obnoxious in this timeline.

[@jasonskeans3327]

is it obnoxious if your simply better

[@_Meres]

South America doing what it does best in every timeline: nothing

[@537monster]

So basically the current timeline, but America also annexes Canada.

[@tracksmyman]

and also less communism in asia

[@jacksauce]

I think that realistically in this scenario, the US would either try to take parts of Siberia once they found rich resources in Alaska or make puppet nations out of the land at the first chance they got.

[@eidoneverchoosen1171]

That means putin today one of his promises is to get Siberia back from the USA even if Russia never settled the Siberia area.

[@DroughtBee]

Russia was an American ally at the time, it’d also be a very expensive war with supply lines stretching thin. I doubt that they would try and backstab their ally for Siberian land that won’t make a profit until long after their terms end.

[@stargazer-elite]

@@DroughtBeeyeah