Here is a brief view (in the form of the national flags) of the major powers of Europe. [hider=The Powers of Europe] [b]The Concert of Europe[/b] [b]THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/1024px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png[/img] [b]THE KINGDOM OF FRANCE (ROYAUME DE FRANCE)[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Royal_Standard_of_the_King_of_France.svg/1024px-Royal_Standard_of_the_King_of_France.svg.png[/img] [b]THE GERMAN CONFEDERATION (DEUTSCHER BUND)[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Flag_of_Germany_%28unoff%29.svg/1024px-Flag_of_Germany_%28unoff%29.svg.png[/img] [i]and its two major players...[/i] [b]THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE (KAISERTUM ÖSTERREICH)[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_the_Habsburg_Monarchy.svg/1024px-Flag_of_the_Habsburg_Monarchy.svg.png[/img] [b]THE KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA (KÖNIGREICH PREUßEN)[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia_%281803-1892%29.svg/1024px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia_%281803-1892%29.svg.png[/img] [b]THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE (РОССИЙСКАЯ ИМПЕРИЯ/ROSSIYSKAYA IMPERIYA)[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Russian_Empire_%28black-yellow-white%29.svg/1024px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Empire_%28black-yellow-white%29.svg.png[/img] [b]THE KINGDOM OF HUNGARY (MAGYAR KIRÁLYSÁG)[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_Hungary_%281915-1918%3B_angels%29.svg/1024px-Flag_of_Hungary_%281915-1918%3B_angels%29.svg.png[/img] [b]The Backbenchers of Europe[/b] [b]THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN (REINO DE ESPAÑA)[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/1024px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png[/img] [b]THE ROMAN EMPIRE (ΒΑΣΙΛΕΊΑ ῬΩΜΑΊΩΝ/BASILEÍA RHŌMAÍŌNA)[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_the_Greek_Orthodox_Church.svg/800px-Flag_of_the_Greek_Orthodox_Church.svg.png[/img] [b]THE REPUBLIC OF THE SEVEN UNITED NETHERLANDS (REPUBLIEK DER ZEVEN VERENIGDE NEDERLANDEN)[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Prinsenvlag.svg/1024px-Prinsenvlag.svg.png[/img] [b]THE PRINCIPALITY OF SERBIA (КНЕЖЕВИНА СРБИЈА/KNEŽEVINA SRBIJA[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/State_Flag_of_Serbia_%281882-1918%29.svg/800px-State_Flag_of_Serbia_%281882-1918%29.svg.png[/img] [b]THE KINGDOM OF ROUMANIA (REGATUL ROMÂNIEI)[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Romanian_Army_Flag_-_1872_official_model.svg/800px-Romanian_Army_Flag_-_1872_official_model.svg.png[/img] [b]THE STATE OF THE CHURCH (STATUS ECCLESIASTICUS/STATO DELLA CHIESA)[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_the_Papal_States_%281825-1870%29.svg/800px-Flag_of_the_Papal_States_%281825-1870%29.svg.png[/img] [b]THE KINGDOM OF THE TWO SICILIES (REGNO D’’E DOJE SICILIE/REGNU DÎ DUI SICILI)[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies_%281816%29.svg/1024px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies_%281816%29.svg.png[/img] [b]THE KINGDOM OF SARDINIA (REGNO DI SARDEGNA)[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Civil_Flag_and_Civil_Ensign_of_the_Kingdom_of_Sardinia_%281816-1848%29.svg/800px-Civil_Flag_and_Civil_Ensign_of_the_Kingdom_of_Sardinia_%281816-1848%29.svg.png[/img] [b]THE UNITED KINGDOM OF PORTUGAL, BRAZIL, AND THE ALGARVES (REINO UNIDO DE PORTUGAL, BRASIL E ALGARVES)[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_of_Portugal%2C_Brazil%2C_and_Algarves.svg/1024px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_of_Portugal%2C_Brazil%2C_and_Algarves.svg.png[/img] [b]THE SCANDINAVIAN EMPIRE (SKANDINAVISKA RIKET/SKANDINAVISKE RIKET/SKANDINAVISKE RIGE)[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_the_Kalmar_Union.svg/800px-Flag_of_the_Kalmar_Union.svg.png[/img] [b]THE THIRD BULGARIAN EMPIRE (ТРЕТАТА БЪЛГАРСКА ИМПЕРИЯ/TRETATA BŬLGARSKA IMPERIYA)[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/800px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png[/img] [/hider] Here is the British Empire, and its constituent Dominions and significant Crown Colonies: [hider=The British Empire] [b]THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/1024px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png[/img] [b]THE DOMINION OF NORTH AMERICA[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/FAKE_Grand_Union_Flag.png[/img] [b]THE DOMINION OF AUSTRALASIA[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Australian_Federation_Flag.svg/1024px-Australian_Federation_Flag.svg.png[/img] [b]THE INDIAN EMPIRE (also known as THE BRITISH RAJ)[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg/1024px-British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg.png[/img] [b]THE DOMINION OF SOUTH AFRICA[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Red_Ensign_of_South_Africa_%281910%E2%80%931912%29.svg/1024px-Red_Ensign_of_South_Africa_%281910%E2%80%931912%29.svg.png[/img] *note: This would be modern day South Africa, with Namibia, Lesotho, and Swaziland [b]THE DOMINION OF WEST AFRICA[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_the_British_West_Africa_Settlements_%281870%E2%80%931888%29.svg/800px-Flag_of_the_British_West_Africa_Settlements_%281870%E2%80%931888%29.svg.png[/img] [b]THE DOMINION OF EAST AFRICA[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Kenya_%281895%E2%80%931921%29.svg/800px-Flag_of_Kenya_%281895%E2%80%931921%29.svg.png[/img] *note: This would be Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania [b]THE DOMINION OF CENTRAL AFRICA[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_the_Federation_of_Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland_%281953%E2%80%931963%29.svg/800px-Flag_of_the_Federation_of_Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland_%281953%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png[/img] *note: This would be Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, Botswana, Malawi/Nyasaland, and Zambia. [b]THE CROWN COLONY OF HONG KONG[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281959%E2%80%931997%29.svg/800px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281959%E2%80%931997%29.svg.png[/img] [b]THE CROWN COLONY OF THE FALKLANDS AND SOUTH GEORGIA[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg/800px-Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg.png[/img] [b]THE CROWN COLONY OF ATLANTICA[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Saint_Helena.svg/800px-Flag_of_Saint_Helena.svg.png[/img] *note: Consists of St. Helena, Ascension Island, and Tristan de Cunha [b]THE CROWN COLONY OF POLYNESIA[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/800px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png[/img] *note: Consists of Fiji, Tahiti, Tonga, Tuvalu, the Pitcairn Islands, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, the Cook Islands, the Marshall Islands, and other OTL British Polynesian possessions. [b]THE BRITISH PROTECTORATE OF THE KINGDOM OF HAWAII[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Hawaii.svg/800px-Flag_of_Hawaii.svg.png[/img] [b]THE BRITISH PROTECTORATE OF THE KINGDOM OF EGYPT AND THE ANGLO-EGYPTIAN SUDAN[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Egypt_%281922%E2%80%931958%29.svg/800px-Flag_of_Egypt_%281922%E2%80%931958%29.svg.png[/img] [b]THE BRITISH PROTECTORATE OF ARABIA[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Hejaz_1917.svg/800px-Flag_of_Hejaz_1917.svg.png[/img] *note: this is Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait. [b]THE THE BRITISH PROTECTORATE OF THE KINGDOM OF RYUKYU[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Ryukyu.svg/800px-Flag_of_Ryukyu.svg.png[/img][/hider] And also the Kingdom of France [hider=The Kingdom of France and its colonial Empire] [b]THE KINGDOM OF FRANCE (ROYAUME DE FRANCE)[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Royal_Standard_of_the_King_of_France.svg/1024px-Royal_Standard_of_the_King_of_France.svg.png[/img] *note: Also the flag of Algeria, which is considered by the French to be part of the Metropole. [b]THE KINGDOM OF INDOCHINA (ROYAUME DE INDOCHINE)[/b] [img]https://i.imgur.com/wZfOWXl.png[/img] [b]THE KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM (ROYAUME DE HIÉROSOLYME)[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Vexillum_Regni_Hierosolymae.svg/800px-Vexillum_Regni_Hierosolymae.svg.png[/img] *note: Consists of Palestine and Syria [b]COLONY OF THE SOUDAN (COLONIE DU SOUDAN)[/b] [img]https://i.imgur.com/wqF4h3p.png[/img] [b]THE KINGDOM OF MADAGASCAR (ROYAUME DE MADAGASCAR)[/b] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_the_Merina_Kingdom.svg/800px-Flag_of_the_Merina_Kingdom.svg.png[/img] note: Ostensibly an independent kingdom, but effectively a puppet state of the Bourbons.[/hider]