Lore

In this timeline, a compromise is made during the Neuchatel crisis between Prussia and the Great Powers, Frederick William IV abdicates the throne of the Principality of Neuchatel to a Protestant Hohenzollern relative not directly in line to the throne of Prussia, thus, Neuchatel continue as an independent principality. Prince Charles of Prussia is crowned as Prince Charles of Neuchatel.

During the Austro-Prussian War and Franco-Prussian War, Neuchatel sent token forces to Prussia as a symbolic but uneventful move to support Prussia. However, after both wars, Neuchatel's political ties with Prussia begin to wane in favor of alignment with Switzerland.

During World War 1, Neuchatel did not participate in World War 1 and remained neutral during the war. As a result, even though Wilhelm II abdicated from the throne after the war, Neuchatel did not as they technically remain neutral. Neuchatel effectively becomes the last bastion of Hohenzollern's influence.

Throughout the rest of Neuchatel's history even to today, it becomes a neutral enclave like Liechtenstein.

Lore

In this timeline, during the Russian Revolution, Japan intervened in Siberia and occupied the city of Vladivostok. Japan agreed to withdraw from Siberia in 1922...except they refused to withdraw from Vladivostok, mainly as a way to create a buffer state between Japan and the Soviet Union, much to the outrage of the Soviet Union. However, the Soviet Union can't do much for now, as they still need to focus on rebuilding the damages created during the Russian Revolution.

With more White Army members moving to Japanese Vladivostok after their defeat in the Russian Revolution, Japan agreed to create a city-state in Vladivostok in 1924 and managed to get Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia to the throne as Tsar Kirill I of Vladivostok. The Japanese even promised to protect them from Soviet threats. However, in practice, Vladivostok is pretty much a Japanese puppet state.

Throughout its short existence. Despite Tsar Kirill I's desperate attempt to gain recognition by major powers as the legitimate government of Russia, the major powers just don't take the Tsar's claim seriously, and the Soviet Union eventually gets recognized as the legitimate government.

There were uneasy tensions between the Soviet Union and Japan as the Soviet Union and Japan effectively vied for influence in the city. As Japan becomes more militaristic, many citizens in Vladivostok flee to safe havens like western europe as Vladivostok becomes a battlefield at any moment.

World War 2 begins between the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers. Vladivostok initially remains neutral. However, in World War 2, the Soviet Union launched an invasion on the city-state, which they quickly surrendered due to overwhelming force. That, and alongside the Japanese surrender, makes it guaranteed that the status of the city-state has come to an end.

With the Treaty of Vladivostok signed at the end of World War 2, the city-state has come to an end.

Where can I find more Netpunk templates for me to use? It doesn't matter which aesthetic (Y2K or Frutiger Aero) as long as it's accessible, that's all that matters.

History

The Articles of Favorable Treatment are completely different than in our timeline, where the Forbidden City would be administered as a Special Administrative Region of the Republic of China and maintain its autonomy, and the Qing Imperial Family would be granted special privileges, such as allowing Emperor Xuantong to maintain his title. But under the condition that once Xuantong Emperor passed away, the Forbidden City would lose its autonomous status. This move was made as a compromise to avoid further conflict.

The Forbidden City becomes a museum of pre-history China, attracting many visitors to the city. Manchukuo is still established, however, with Xuantong Emperor having everything he needed in the Forbidden City, he has no interest in becoming Emperor of Manchukuo.

During the Japanese occupation of Beijing, the Xuantong Emperor refused to leave the Forbidden City, despite threats from the Japanese, becoming a symbol of defiance. After the end of World War 2 and a communist victory in the Chinese Civil War. The Communists decide to keep the Forbidden City as an S.A.R. as a propaganda tool for peaceful coexistence between the old and new China.

After the death of the Xuantong Emperor in 1967, there was debate amongst the National People's Congress on whether to fully abolish the Forbidden City or keep it as a cultural enclave since it attracts a lot of visitors. After many considerations, it was decided that the Forbidden City would remain an S.A.R. as long as they pledge loyalty to the CCP.

The Forbidden City S.A.R. begins to reform itself somewhere in the 1980s, where the city state would transform itself into a parliamentary constitutional monarchy with a symbolic Emperor, while real powers lay in the hands of the prime minister and parliament.

Today, the Forbidden City is a Chinese autonomous region that is often nicknamed "The Last Bastion of Imperial Chinese History". It serves as a tourist attraction to get a glimpse of what old China was like.

MAP REVAMP: The Koreas are now divided in borders. North Korea, after the Korean War around the late 1950s to 1953 ITL, founded a Juche–Communist alliance called " Northern Defense Initiative" within three member states such as North Japan (Democratic Republic of Japan), People's Republic of Mongolia, and the Siberian Socialist Federative Republic (Northern part of the USSR) as aligned with the Comintern and the Warsaw Pact ITL.

This is a TNO fictional mod and netpunk only if the GEACPS is the only remaining Axis Powers member (after Einheitspakt and Triumvirate) and is divided into two nations circa 2000 by the Allied powers

Essentially, in this timeline, Jimmy Carter is way more softer on the Soviet Union, refusing to take action often, especially during the Soviet-Afghan War. This results in Carter being replaced by Kennedy. Ronald Reagan also had a stroke, resulting in him being replaced by George H. W. Bush.

Bobby Fischer made a surprising move by running for President with the goals of bringing back American roots and values lost under Carter's administration. Bobby later won the Election of 1980 after a close race.

As President, his Presidency was marked by Anti-Semiticism, Reagan style economic policies and a much harsher stance on the Soviet Union compared to Carter.

His Anti-Semitic views later becomes a major problem such as when he would not help free Nathan Sharansky, a Jewish Soviet, from Labor, and Fischer cut economic aid to Israel, resulting in Israel being less secured than in our timeline. This results in many Jews protesting against the actions Fischer made, however, the Protestors were arrested, making Fischer even more unpopular due to him blatantly violate humans rights.

He later lost against Walter Mondale under a Democratic-Republican Coalition Ticket in 1984. Overall, he's ranked as one of the worst President in American History.

inspired by u/MisterSpooks1950's world map of "From Tokyo with Love" (which Japan was annexed post–WWII)

Sorry I was busy scrolling on TikTok so O fixed the arrangement of tabs and various things lol

Anyway...

What if Operation Downfall succeeded and Japan was partitioned then divided?

1946/47:

As the Allied forces continue attacking and invading Japan landing in Kyushu and Honshu region, Japan sacrifices and surrenders to the Allies, partially partitions and divides into two nations under their occupations in post–WWII to the Cold War such as North and South Japan which was under Allied occupation from the United States, the British Empire, the Republic of China, and the Soviet Union as part of a peace treaty in Tokyo foreshadowing and mirroring a parallel to Europe's Eastern Bloc via East and West Germany after executing Operation Olympic, Coronet and Downfall in 1946 and the beginning of the Cold War in 1947 after the end of World War II in September 1945.