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== Literature ==

* '''The Angevin and Polish empires''' of Randall Garrett's [[Lord Darcy]] mysteries. The stories are set in an alternate timeline where most of the Northern Hemisphere is divided between two great ruling powers: the Anglo-French Empire, which extends over most of Western Europe (except Italy) and the Americas and is ruled by the Plantagenets; and the Polish Empire, which has conquered virtually all of Eastern Europe. The timeline splits in 1199, when Richard the Lion-Hearted ''doesn't'' die from the crossbow bolt at the siege of Chalus-Chabrol, but recovers, repairs his ways, and goes on to be a great king... Oh, and did we mention that these books take place in the 20th century, and that both empires are still going? Sure, it doesn't look anywhere near modern, but that's just because they use [[Magitek]] instead of normal tech.

* '''The Domination of Draka (South Africa)''' in S. M. Stirling's series on [[The Draka]]. The premise is that a colony in OTL's South Africa gains independence from Britain around when the United States of America did in our timeline, upholds [[Complete Monster|horrific ideals]] within its borders (including slavery), and manages to take over the world by the end of the series (Yes, sadly the image chosen for this very page was ''just the beginning'' of the wankitude). This is handled in such a way that it made the [[Wall Banger ~~(Darth Wiki)~~/Literature|Wallbanger page for literature]]—the civilized nations of the world [[Idiot Ball|just ignore the threat of a large, slave-holding, militaristic empire until it's too late]]. Let's just say that one [[Fix Fic]] that was intended to make [[The Draka]] less of a [[Villain Sue]][[Mary Suetopia|topia]] ''still'' started in the mid-20th century with [[Anthropic Principle|them having almost all of Africa and a good chunk of the Middle East...]]

* '''The Domination of Draka (South Africa)''' in S. M. Stirling's series on [[The Draka]]. The premise is that a colony in OTL's South Africa gains independence from Britain around when the United States of America did in our timeline, upholds [[Complete Monster|horrific ideals]] within its borders (including slavery), and manages to take over the world by the end of the series (Yes, sadly the image chosen for this very page was ''just the beginning'' of the wankitude). This is handled in such a way that it made the [[Wall Banger/Literature|Wallbanger page for literature]]—the civilized nations of the world [[Idiot Ball|just ignore the threat of a large, slave-holding, militaristic empire until it's too late]]. Let's just say that one [[Fix Fic]] that was intended to make [[The Draka]] less of a [[Villain Sue]][[Mary Suetopia|topia]] ''still'' started in the mid-20th century with [[Anthropic Principle|them having almost all of Africa and a good chunk of the Middle East...]]

* '''The Roman Empire''' in the Slaveworld novels. The empire never fell, sparing the world from [[The Dark Ages]], resulting in a [[Crap Saccharine World]] free from pollution and [[And I Must Scream|social unrest]].

* '''The Roman Empire''' again in Kirk Mitchell's ''Germanicus'' trilogy (''Procurator; The New Barbarians; Cry Republic''). The division point is in the distant past compared to the time of the books, and is the trial of Jesus before Pontius Pilate—Pilate frees him instead of turning him over to the Jewish leaders. Jesus was not crucified, Christianity never rose, the Roman Empire never fell. It holds most of Western Europe and has provinces in North America and Africa. The Serican Empire (Chinese) hold much of Asia, and are making inroads into the Americas; The Aztecae control South America and southwest North America.

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== Web Originals ==

* The various ''Strangerverse'' timelines from [[~~Alternatehistory~~.com]] ''invokes'' this trope. The entire point of the timeline is to have a certain country that will eventually end up covering the entire Earth. The story itself is that a time traveler from the future came to the past gave an [[Applied Phlebotinum]] to a major historical figure that will help his country in doing this task. Examples include:

* The various ''Strangerverse'' timelines from [[AlternateHistory.com]] ''invokes'' this trope. The entire point of the timeline is to have a certain country that will eventually end up covering the entire Earth. The story itself is that a time traveler from the future came to the past gave an [[Applied Phlebotinum]] to a major historical figure that will help his country in doing this task. Examples include:

** [[The Britwank Empire]] ('''Great Britain''')

** [[Vive La Francewank]] ('''France''')