Sarderia wrote:True, but Venezuela is also the first region to secede from Gran Colombia. Even at the first years of Gran Colombia, José Antonio Páez, the Commandant General of Venezuela, often clashed with Bolivar (the nation's leader whose residence is in Colombia most of the time). Bolivar himself prepared to march to Venezuela to supress the separatists in 1826. Suffice to say, "nationalist" identities doesn't matter too much now - Venezuela in this RP has the same degree of autonomy Puerto Rico had in our world this time, with Venezuelan citizens being US citizens.
Also, if we want to talk about realism, France shouldn't have owned Lebanon on 1950, because the French bombing of Damascus backfired into a British-founded retaliation by Syrians, and thus ousting any remnant of French presence in the Middle East. Lebanon also was a founding UN member state, so the League of Nations member status was officially terminated.
The reason having those lands is unrealistic is because in 1892, the US Navy did not have the power projection capabilities you would need. The Squadron of Evolution had 9 ships at the time, and by 1892, they where modern, but not great. Yes in the 1890s the USA was strong, but was lagging behind the other Great Powers. You said simply shelling a city did the job, but you would need to land troops, and in 1892, the US Army was far from modern (black powder trapdoor rifles where still standard issue for the US Army while smokeless powder became the global standard along with the bolt action rifle). And saying that nationalist identities don't mater is pretty BS since a nationalist identity is the basis of a modern state. ALL NATIONS HAVE A NATIONALIST IDENTIDY BECAUSE THAT IS HOW THEY FORM THE BASIS FOR AN US VS THEM MENTALITY WHICH IS A BUILDING BLOCK OF A NATIONSTATE. WITHOUT A NATIONALIST IDENTIDY, YOU DON'T HAVE A NATION.
As for Lebanon. There was a unilateral declaration of independence in 1941. But IRL the French weren't forced to recognize it until 1943, and French troops didn't leave IRL until 1946. In this scenarion, Lebanon did declare unilateral independence, but the Allies refused to recognize it, and Lebanon just became a part of France again albeit with a bit more autonomy and more rights. But still remaining French.
And before you start using events like the Bombing of Damascus, please learn what they even where about because your recounting of the events is completely off. The bombing occured between 1925 and 1926. Twenty years before the end of WW2, and the bombing only targeted Syria, which I no longer control. The bombing was to aid in crushing a rebelion in Syria. Not Lebanon. And that rebelion ended in a French victory and IRL France would keep those lands until 1945 and left them by free will and not by the UK supporting rebels because in 1945 the UK had bigger issues to deal with.