Vive La Francewank

"Save France, save the world."

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Written by User:Analytical Engine Vive la Francewank is one of a series of Alternate History timelines in the so-called "Strangerverse", and hosted on Alternatehistory.com.

The basic premise is that a time traveller from the future has gone back in time to 1617, and gives king Louis XIII a mission : Unite the world under French rule to save it by preventing an apocalyptic war from happening in 2258.

Historical characters who appear or are referenced in the timeline:

 * Blase Pascal
 * Charles I of England and Scotland
 * Louis XIII of France
 * Marin Mersenne
 * Pierre de Fermat
 * René Descartes
 * Cardinal Richelieu


 * And a host of others...

This Alternate History timelime provides examples of :

 * A Child Shall Lead Them/Regent for Life: Following the French victory in the Alt-War of the Spanish Succession, this is (mostly) the case in the Italian/Flemish domains.
 * Alien Space Bats
 * Alternative Character Interpretation:
 * Alternate History Wank: Exactly What It Says on the Tin
 * Anti-Villain: Cardinal Richelieu. Yes, that one...
 * Applied Phlebotinum:
 * Authority Equals Asskicking / Warrior Prince: This happened a lot during the 17th and 18th centuries.
 * Awesome Moment of Crowning
 * Badass Army: With an unfair tech advantage, the French Army is deffinitely one. Ironically, so is the English army...
 * Balkanise Me: has been partitioned up by its neighbours.
 * Bilingual Bonus: Many things are refered to in French, with an appropriate footnote.
 * Butt Monkey: Russia. ...
 * English Civil War: Rather shorter due to Charles I getting a cannonball to the chest.
 * Everything's Better with Princesses: Arranged Marriages were a common part of diplomacy during this period.
 * Historical Domain Character: Louis XIII being the main one.
 * Hundred-Percent Adoration Rating: Lampshaded. France has had rather less civil unreast, though that was more due to charisma enhancement...
 * King Bob the Nth: Well, it is Bourbon France after all. They weren't big on originality when it came to names...
 * L Etat Cest Moi: Played with.
 * Mother Russia Makes You Strong: Subverted, massively.
 * People's Republic of Tyranny: and the
 * Poles With Poleaxes: Poland is kicking some serious arse in TTL.
 * Reasonable Authority Figure: The French kings at least try to be this.
 * Royally Screwed-Up: With the alternate equivalent to Charles II of Spain, no less.
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something:
 * Secret Circle of Secrets: Subverted. are good guys, for a given value of good.
 * Shown Their Work: As evidenced by the copious footnotes, sometimes covering almost half of a given post's word count.
 * Succession Crisis: Russia. More recently, the War of the Spanish Succession.
 * Take Over the World: This is the basic premise of the timeline. Indeed, the eventual goal is for an Un ordre mondial.
 * Time Travel
 * The Federation: How the sees itself.
 * The Revolution Will Not Be Bureaucratized: Subverted. The revolution in the was started thanks to many of its supporters being entrenched in the existing bureaucracy
 * The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized
 * The Wise Prince: Played with, since the king has a considerable benefit of hindsight.
 * Utopia Justifies the Means: One of the core beliefs of the.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: Charles I of England/Scotland.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: Charles I of England/Scotland.