The year is 1895. The place is North America.

The Reformation has not occurred, causing a spike in religious fury and persecution in Europe.

People are being executed for blasphemy, and sinners are also persecuted, which includes everything from non-Christians to those who speak against the Pope.

However, this religious pressure has some side effects on the grand scale.

Anglican England is now at war with Catholic Germany, and France is in a second revolt against the Catholic Church, causing it to be at war with their neighbours.

Those who disagree with the religious persecution in Germany are moving to France to join their second Revolution, or fighting in underground resistance groups within the German Empire.

Britain is now attempting to stem the flow of non-Christians to North America and convert the Native Americans to Christianity, though the non-Christians have armed and informed the Native Americans of the intentions of the British and most of the other European nations, thus creating a strong, more secular resistance to British rule.

Wars are also occuring between Orthodox Russia and its neighbours, including Bhuddist/Confucianist Asia, Muslim Africa and the  Middle East, and the Aborigines in Australia.

And now, whether or not these expansionist and all-consuming empires will survive depends entirely on events in North America. After all, if the British, Russians and Italians lose their holdings in North America, they lose the resources required to sustain their wars.

Horst: Glad to help.