--Lore-- The year is 1750, and the trajectory of history has fundamentally shifted. Christopher Columbus never "discovered" the Americas; instead, he successfully navigated the eastern route to India. This breakthrough drew the full attention of European powers toward the subcontinent. However, the Mughal Empire, remaining unified and formidable, decisively repelled all attempts at European encroachment. Faced with a defiant India that refused to submit, the dream of overseas empire collapsed, leaving European morale in ruins. Deprived of colonial expansion, Europe turned inward. A feverish era of domestic industrialization began, with nations aggressively extracting their own natural wealth. This rapid consumption has led to total resource depletion across the European continent. Simultaneously, the global power balance shifted south. African nations, bolstered by vast, untapped mineral wealth and burgeoning trade networks, have emerged as the world's new economic titans. As a desperate, resource-starved Europe looks toward its wealthy neighbors, a dangerous new era looms—one where the traditional roles of explorer and exploited may soon be reversed. Nations, their powers and weaknesses
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