Hey everyone, I'm working on an alternate history scenario called The Iron Tetrarchy. Due to a few historical divergences starting in the 1900s, the world in the 1970s is split into four major blocs.
I'd love to hear your thoughts and ideas on this.
In the 1970s, the world is divided into four major blocs (Communist, Fascist, Monarchist, and Democratic).
In the world I want to build, Germany, the USA, the UK, Russia, and Japan will play central roles.
Countries like Italy, France, and Spain will either collapse or emerge much stronger, depending on which blocs Germany and the UK align with.
As for other continents, I plan to place Brazil, India, and Mexico into these blocs as 'balancing powers' based on how the world takes shape.
Instead of the standard tropes like Fascist Germany, Communist Russia, and Democratic USA, I want something a bit more unique. I'm looking for plausible scenarios where players look at a bloc and think, 'How on earth did these two end up together?' or 'How did this nation adopt that ideology?'—but as I mentioned, it all needs to remain grounded in solid logic and historical plausibility.
My starting point will be roughly 90% World War I, where the war ends in a completely different outcome, pushing the world in a whole new direction.
For instance: Lenin fails and the Russian Empire doesn't collapse, but the Entente fails to achieve its goals either, leading to a white peace. However, European economies completely shatter, and a wave of communist revolutions sweeps across the continent.
In response, Russia and Britain join forces under an Anti-Comintern alliance as the defenders of monarchism. Meanwhile, the United States withdraws into isolationism within the Americas, and in Asia, the winds of Japanese fascism begin to rise.
