[quote=The Nexerus]
One strange event having happened in the past doesn't mean that we should all throw our arms in the air and not even pretend to make actions that are even somewhat realistic.
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That and queen Victoria going insane and exercising powers that did not exist as she was merely a figurehead at this point also kind of did it in for me. I mean France would never ever willingly cede territory at this point in time. So with those events coming to pass this became more fiction then historical fiction where anything could happen I.E Japan and China singing kumbaiya as they invade Russia. Hence why I do not really look at past events as this is definitely an alternate history and the past as we know it has pretty much been thrown out the window and am enjoying it for what it is instead of nitpicking. I could nitpick for days about some of the decisions but why bother as this is fiction and for fun.