North America has never had relatively equal powers that make Standard Diplomacy so great. But by toying with history Will Nesbitt has come up with a solid scenario for Diplomacy in North America.

The major historical changes are that in 1860 Texas is still independent, Canada confederated a few years early, and the Commanche, Apache and Souix have combined forces to act as one nation. During part of the Civil War, Mexico was an empire (and controlled by France) but in this variant Mexico is a self-determining empire.