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IIRC Britain was also fairly sympathetic to Prussia, at least popularly, before the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine and France's humiliation, and the concurrent shifts in the European balance of power.

I imagine that makes the most plausible sense for a POD.

China being involved at all in alt-WW1 is doubtful. I don't see any of this butterflying away the fall of the Qing and consequent chaos.

Not to mention the other factors. What if France carries out *Plan XII and invades through Belgium, for instance?

Russia and the OE going on the same side is impossible. Russia viewed itself as the direct legacy of Byzantium and defender of the Orthodox Church as well as the Slavic peoples; and for this and various other geo-strategic reasons (WARM WATER PORT) had a long-standing strategic goal of...

It'd be more like France and Austria v. Prussia, Russia and Italy (maybe with Britain).

That's one of the most bizarre suppositions, especially given how Bavaria's king at the time was completely absorbed in building fanciful palaces and residences for himself to the point he was declared insane to stop him wasting the treasury.

"It's because their goals were so limited that they'll be able to get everything they want". Not to mention that the "dream of low German unity" had been frustrated before in 1848 and that the POD is France barely managing to win a short war with Prussia, not crushing them in an alt-WW1 in the...

They consisted of basically just the city of Rome at this point, so at best only last until the next time France gets distracted. Was already all but complete at this point and had been for a decade. Why would this happen after Prussia loses its war? The Holy Alliance had been defunct since...