Alternative History

This page exists by request of @AlexGrozniy

This page is for in-depth realistic discussions of what could have happened in CCRP history if one event went differently. Feel free to post any situations you'd like someone to write out with a heading here or tackle one yourself. All of this is speculative.

What if Fictia was colonized?
In lore, the Kingdom of Fictia transitioned to the Fictian Empire upon the discovery of Occidentalis Minor by the at-the-time world powers. At the point of its transition to Empire, it was an extremely weak state with a population of a few million and no military, however, and could have been annexed by any country easily as a colony if they chose. Instead, the "Empire" was kept independent by general foreign consensus and provided with much aid. This aid, the usage of zinc sales to build a military, and colonial expeditions, began the rapid rise of Fictia to world power status. However, what could have happened if the community chose to partition and destroy this pathetic ancient state (i.e. I never decided to join CCRP II)?

First of all, since only @Fictia and @Mildly-Psychotic were trying to join at the time, and @Mildly-Psychotic established Friesland in Borealis, Occidentalis Minor would have no new players trying to stake claims to it. This would have dramatically expanded the land available to the PRA, Deltasraki, and New Valan, the three powers with colonization rights, along with other powers like the WCC/Universia. Continuing later...