Post-GW2 History (Toyotomi)
From Alternative History
The world after the Second Global War was quite different. In North America, two new nations had been born. The French monarchy was (briefly) restored. Numerous nations were restructured, and the Holy Roman Empire had ceased to exist. In its place was a loose confederation of German states, dominated by Austria, with Bavaria in the southwest gaining influence as well.
The slave trade is stopped, and nation by nation, slavery is abolished. A rebellion in the southern provinces of the North American Confederation breaks out when the British parliament bans slavery in all parts of the Empire. The rebellion is short-lived, and the slaves are freed.
[edit] Resumption of Colonization
The nations of Europe and East Asia begin colonization of Africa and southeast Asia, as well as the Pacific. China, resurgent, begins to assert greater claims to Southeast Asia, as well as the remaining portions of Chôxen still in Japanese hands. This leads to the First Qing-Japan War between 1831-1837. Japan liberates Chôxen, drives the Chinese out of their tentative foothold in Southeast Asia, and captures parts of the southern Chinese coast. At about the same time, Texas began fighting for its independance, backed by the North American Confederation. Distracted by fighting against China, Japan is unable to provide much assistance to their Mexican allies.
Germany remains divided, with Austria controlling most of the eastern German states, Prussia in the northeast, becoming an Austrian sattelite, and a loose confederation of German states (Rhineland) in the west.
The Ottoman Empire continues its retreat from Europe, with new states appearing in the southeast.
France, Canada, Minnesota and Arkansas became closer, signing the Treaty of Understanding and Friendship in 1872, in which France formally renounced her claims to North America, and Canada, Minnesota, and Arkansas renounced their collective claims to France. The four formed a military alliance
[edit] Growth of Entangling Alliances
Gradually a web of alliances begins to bind the nations of the world. China formed an alliance with Russia against their common enemy, Japan. In Europe, Russia formed an alliance with Austro-Hungary to contain liberalism, forming the Alliance of the Three Emperors along with China. Japan sought allies, and found it in France. This alliance was soon joined by Rhineland and the Ottoman Empire, both of whom feared Austro-Hungary or Russia, forming the Quadruple Alliance.
In 1882, Britain, and with her the Commonwealth of British Nations, joined the Alliance of the Three Emperors, soon renamed the St. Petersburg League, after the city in which the original alliance was negotiated. This proved to be a fatal decision. Mexico quickly joined the Quadruple Alliance (renamed the Grand Alliance) while Texas sided with her traditional ally, the North American Confederation, becoming a de facto member of the St. Petersburg League.
The world was now increasingly divided into two armed camps, just waiting for an incident to set off war. The world found its incident in 1885, when Bulgaria and the semi-autonomous Ottoman province of Eastern Rumelia declared their union. The Ottoman Empire demanded that the union be renounced, while Russia chose to side with Bulgaria. Austro-Hungary reluctantly went along with this, and soon a tense standoff ensued in the Balkans. When the Ottoman Empire declared war upon Bulgaria, the alliances were triggered, and a chain of war declarations ensued, setting off the Third Global War
