u/Regular_Ebb710

POV: France finds out Philip of Spain and Mary Tudor had a child, and he's about to inherit both the Spanish and the English crown

Basically, if Philip and Mary had a child, he would have inherited the throne of his mother in 1558, and as prince Charles of Spain (Philip's first son) died aged 23, that would have made him heir to the Spanish throne. No English support means Low Provinces revolt suppressed, which also means no Eighty Years War, and so no Netherlands.

Basically, France would be surrounded by enemies.

u/Regular_Ebb710 — 5 days ago

(Can we consider it as current?)

So I decided that, as representative, I needed a flag, to represent myself.

- The 26 stars represent We're 26 classmates in there

- The red background represents the Banner of Castile, which was this shade of red. For this reason, it's used by the King of Spain, for example

- The coat of arms is a stylised version of my own personal arms (the Eagle represents St. John, who I'm particularly devoted to, the Lion represents courage and the steel balls I need not to resign. The arms are divided in two: the left quarter is partitioned diagonally and represents my two surnames, while the right half depicts the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei), representing Jesus. The motto, "Concédeme Señor un corazón que escuche", translated to English as "So Lord give your servant a discerning heart" comes from 1 Kings, 3:9. It was said by King Salomon.)

As you might have noticed, the flag is inspired by the Presidential flag of the United States, as most presidential banners around the world are mostly just the national flag with the national arms on it.

u/Regular_Ebb710 — 17 days ago

I usually use a ruler (or various) of the country to define their personality, specially for historical countries; for example, Spanish Empire is serious, diligent, meticulous, stoic, distrustful, has a strong sense of honour and shy, despite his status, as he's based in both Charles I and Philip II, while Russian Empire (a female) is tenacious, hard-working, calculating, ambitious, very warm with her friends and somewhat vain, as of Catherine the Great.

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u/Regular_Ebb710 — 19 days ago