[quote=@Vilageidiotx]
<Snipped quote by Shyri>

The standing position is that the colonies, or at least most of them, broke off. Brits might keep some, but otherwise we want to avoid large chunks of the world being treated as useless tertiary territories. 
[/quote]

No problem. I assumed so at first, but when I skimmed through your sheet last night and saw mention of German Africa, I thought otherwise. Reading it completely now, though... There's definitely room in the timeline for it to break away.