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In Alternate History, a "wank" is where one nation is extremely successful.[[File:Irish_Empire.png|thumb|left|350px|Rule Hibernia, Hibernia rule the waves... ]] Of course, the term has drifted quite a bit. The original idea was that the nation was being wanked beyond all plausibility; e.g., Romania rising to conquer Europe in a PoD set after 1800. However, it has drifted to where wanks are merely considered implausible, but possible, and some timelines specifically set the goal of wanking a nation plausibly. And wanks aren't necessarily unrealistic: a person from the [http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/Chaos Chaos TL] by Max Sinister would probably claim that our universe was an awful case of Mongolwank. The name presumably connotes a patriotic AH writer masturbating to a map of their homeland. (Wanks are almost always of their own nation.) Contrast with [[Screw]], its exact opposite. [[Category:Tropewank]] [[Category:Narrative Tropes]] [[Category:AH Tropes 101]]
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