EndWar: In Varietate Concordia

The EF victory in my cover series for Todyo1798's EndWar series. In my quest to make these worlds as different as possible from one another, I decided to make the EF victory different from the status quo (in contrast with the American victory) and not a total stomp for the EF (in contrast with the Russian victory). I think I ended up with a more balanced world, which I think makes some sense given that the EF, unlike America and Russia, hasn't been a united superpower and thus doesn't have the respect and experience internationally that the other two would have. This EF has repeated the mistake of getting bogged down in a Middle Eastern adventure, although given the proximity of the Middle East to Europe, this is more of a concern than it was for the Americans[1]. They are also involved in more African adventures; again, a product of geography. 

As with the American victory, I decided on a new Cold War. Perhaps what would be my most controversial move is making this a tripolar world, setting the defeated United States apart as a kingmaker between the Chinese and Europeans. The EF-friendly emergency government was extremely unpopular with the Americans, and when elections were held, they were thrown out by the American Popular Party, which are basically Trumpists that are further to the right[2]. The reason I went for this was so I could get a monopole-dipole-tripole setup: the Russian victory is monopolar[3], the American victory dipolar, so I decided to make this one tripolar. The Americans hate the EF, but they also hate the Chinese. They are nowhere near as powerful as the pre-war United States, and their sphere of influence is mostly acting against China in the Pacific. They are hemmed in by EF allies and the superior EF military in the Atlantic, so the EF mostly disregards them as crazy people. 

That being said, Europe is the big boy on the block, and their allies help. India and the new South American Union are formidable economic and military powers in their own right. I like this contrast of Europe preferring strong allies from the (former) Third World, while the Americans prefer strong allies in the First World, and the Russians prefer being top dog no matter what. 

Speaking of China, this China is a bit beefier than the American victory China. Given the complete collapse of Russia, I pictured the People's Republic taking the opportunity to seize parts of Russia that Beijing thought was unfairly taken from them. With the Russian military completely destroyed, they weren't in much of a position to fight back. Despite the appearances, China here is a bit weaker than China in the American victory, at least internationally. The EF is rather more popular than the United States in that parallel universe, and so they have more support from Third World regimes. Being more humanitarian and less "shock and awe" has given the EF a very good image abroad, although the continuing counter-terrorism campaign in Russia may change that. 

[1] The American public was not going to stomach another War on Terror. Latin American adventures, on the other hand, are perfectly acceptable. 
[2] They are committed to the idea of democracy, at least within their own country, having campaigned endlessly during the occupation for the return to free elections. 
[3] Well, one and a half.