In brief, I’m starting to think more about East Asia in my In and Out of the Reich setting (Nazis conquer USSR and bring UK to the negotiating table, don’t ask how), specifically what the impact of thr Nationalists winning the Chinese Civil War will have on Vietnam. I haven’t gotten much farther than “Sucks to be a Communist here” and I picture three possible outcomes.
1) Vietnam, like OTL Taiwan and South Korea becomes a prosperous liberal democracy.
2) Vietnam, like OTL Vietnam with a few differences in details, becomes a not-so-rich authoritarian regime.
3) Vietnam falls in the middle, kind of like OTL Thailand.
What do people more informed about the region think is most plausible?
1) Vietnam, like OTL Taiwan and South Korea becomes a prosperous liberal democracy.
2) Vietnam, like OTL Vietnam with a few differences in details, becomes a not-so-rich authoritarian regime.
3) Vietnam falls in the middle, kind of like OTL Thailand.
What do people more informed about the region think is most plausible?