What if the Thirty Years' War had gone differently?

A confessional and dynastic war devastates central Europe.

If it had gone differently: Central Europe is spared its worst depopulation; the Holy Roman patchwork holds together longer.

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Later turning points that leaned on the Thirty Years' War. Change it in the game and the ripples reach all of these.

1. 1648The Peace of Westphalia. Without it, Sovereignty stays contested; overlapping empires and churches keep claiming the same ground.