Timeline-191: Gone Horribly Right

More TL-191, this time written from an OTL perspective. This is a cover of Thande's Entente win both world wars, itself a continuation of Alt-Reality's Alternate of an Alternate. I've gone with Thande's older version of the TL; a newer one can be found here. You can think of it as a "good" counterpart to Doctor Lexington. 

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It is the year 2010, and the world is breathing a sigh of relief as the standoff between East and West winds down. The so-called Soft War has been going on since the fall of McSweeny's America and Hitler's Germany in 1944, when the Anglo-French and Russian portions of the Entente divided the world between them. Though allies for two world wars, the West and the Russians distrusted one another. The Russians remembered how the British and French fought them over Crimea, and their refusal to let Russia keep the Straits after the Great War reminded them of this. The British and French grew increasingly disgusted by Russian autocracy and militarism, though as the Tsar lost power in the 1960s and 1970s, relations between the two sides became better. The Confederacy remained unaligned with either side, preferring to dominate the North American continent without much interference. 

The Western Bloc is the more powerful of the two opposing sides, and is led by the United Kingdom, the most powerful nation in the world. Britannia rules the waves, and its dominions, while practically autonomous, are still militarily tied to the UK and provide her with the finest army in the world. The UK is a parliamentary democracy, and is currently under a Labour government. Britain's premier ally, the French, is the premier power on the European continent after Russia. A democratic republic, the French are have been under the Social Democrats for the past decade. Two international organizations make up the core of the Western Bloc: the European Community and the Atlantic Defense Compact. The European Community is a supranational organization designed to promote peace and justice throughout the entire continent, and is particularly directed at ensuring that the horrors of Nazism never arise again. The Atlantic Defense Compact is a military alliance, including non-European members, designed to act as a united front against the Russian Empire.

The Eastern Bloc is dominated by the Russian Empire, which successfully conquered half of Europe and has the largest military in the world. The Russians bore the brunt of Nazi Germany's assault in Europe, and millions of their people died during WWII. Intending never to let themselves be attacked from the West, the Russians forged the Visegrad Pact, a group of allied monarchies carved out by the Imperial Russian Army. Russia has liberalized a lot in the late 20th century, and now the Duma can pass laws over the Tsar's veto. Russia's main ally, China, is not so fortunate. The Chinese Empire was founded by a Chinese army general almost as soon as the Japanese were expelled in 1944, and remains a brutal dictatorship. The Chinese filled the vacuum left by Japan, and their disagreements with Russia over spheres of influence in Korea may cause a permanent fracturing of the Eastern Bloc. 

In North America, the Confederate States is dominant, though the British have significant influence. The Confederacy liberalized in the post-war years as a response to the horrors of McSweeny's America. Religious minorities are protected, as are racial ones, though not to the same extent. The Whig Party's dominance is still clear, though the Radical Liberals have won a few times throughout the post-war years. In a few counties, the white supremacist Freedom Party gets votes, though the Confederate government is moving to ban this Patriotist party.