History (No Americas)

Here you can find informations about the POV-s and the pre-game history of the world without Americas.

Early colonialism
The Portugese and Spanish explorers were the firsts, who conquered lands in the "New World" (OTL Eastern Asia). They colonised mostly in Indochina and India. They also tried to colonise Japan, but the island nation became united and upgraded to the level of the Europeans, easily repelling them from their homeland. However, lots of lands are colonized:
 * Vietnam by Portugal
 * Siam by Spain
 * Indonesia by Netherlands wich became stronger in the late 1500. They also discovered Australia, but they didn't colonised much there. That was done by the French however.
 * India was divided between Portugal and Spain. The western part was conquered by Spain, the eastern by Portugal.
 * Sweden also started to colonise in Siberia about 1650. In this time Russians started to explore and conquer new lands to the east. The two expanding powers met at Central Siberia, where they fought several wars, with stalemate results. The current border was recognized after the Napoleonic Wars.
 * In Africa the Spanish and Portugese conqistadors destroyed the mighty Songhai Empire and conquered OTL South Africa, Kenya, Angola, Mosambique, etc. (the territories of the current ATL South African Union). Spain also conquered the most of Sahara and North Africa.

Independence movements
Under the Napoleonic wars the Spanish and Portugese colonies on the Far East and French Australia became independent, as well the territories in South Africa and Guinea. Others became conquered and pacificated by the British and the French. They are like the OTL South American countries. They lack a democracy, but more often a republican dictatorship.