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Nah, after 1783 it is just Americans breaking treaties.

HBO’s Rome has the second one. But on account of their smaller budget, you only really see a very zoomed in section of it all. Still a great attention to detail, as most things in that show.

And definitely not least China.

That “chill country” thing doesn’t really work as a cycle though, since that has only happened once, and in that was in recent history. Also Copenhagen is probably a bad choice for this as well, since the Swedes never actually managed to capture the city.

No, that’s a bad excuse. The US voluntarily stepped in and took over. The 10+ extra years of war is entirely on the US.