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Hispania Major wrote:

Well, America's influence in this timeline is only that of RL Germany, France or similar. And considering that not even the RL America can isolate Russia or China despite its best efforts, it's unlikely that a nerf'd version would be able to take on a Spain that's equivalent to RL America in hard and soft power. In addition, separatists in the Spanish Empire are treated without mercy, just like terrorists and pirates. So a US-backed rebellion would most likely end up like another Sinkiang, not an Arab Spring or Euromaidan like they'd hope. Also keep in mind, although you're free to run your own nations however you like, this is still my timeline, and my vision for America is for it to peacefully co-exist with Spain, not wanting to bring it down at every turn. Nothing personal, but war and international incidents aren't my style of RP.

To be fair though, the Royal Navy today is just a shadow of its former self, and isn't even in the top 10 by size. Not only are the British dwarfed by Spain, but also by their WW2 enemies Italy and Japan, their Cold War enemies Russia, China and North Korea, as well as nations like Colombia, Iran, Egypt, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Full list: www.globalfirepower.com/navy-ships.php

In addition, the Spanish Empire has generally shown no military interest beyond its own colonies over the decades (with a few exceptions, like sending a boatload of Imperial Spanish Marines to f--- up Somali pirates), unlike some more belligerent naval powers such as China. So while Spain's the biggest fish in the ocean, it's far from being the baddest.