Russia once tried to sell Alaska to Liechtenstein.
In the end they sold it to the US.

Now imagine that Russia had really sold Alaska to Liechtenstein.
What might have happened then?

Here is the question again: What if Alaska got sold to Liechtenstein?

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There is a dubious but believable historical rumor that Alexander II of Russia planned to offer Alaska to the House of Liechtenstein before it was instead sold to the Americans. What if, in some other timeline, Alexander II and the House of Liechtenstein agree to the exchange of Alaska?



As one can imagine, seeing as Liechtenstein is landlocked, it's most realistic to assume that Austria would become the de facto sovereign of the territory. How are Pacific politics altered by this? Is the arctic suddenly a bold new Alpine frontier? Does it wind up being inconsequentially resold to the British or the Americans, or perhaps the burgeoning Japanese? Is it tossed about in the world wars? Can we make Alaska matter?

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