An idea for an alternative history

Here's an idea for an alternative history that's been rolling around in my head for a while. But certain events have shown me that I will never have time to write it, so I thought I'd toss it out and see if someone thinks its a fun thing they'd like to write. I want to make it clear that I will never be able to write it, and by suggesting it here, I waive all rights to it.

So go back to the turn of the nineteenth century. Napolean does not sell Louisiana to the Americans. Following his defeat at Waterloo, he hightails it for New Orleans. He sets up a new government somewhere along the Mississippi, and comes into conflict with the United States. He could populate his land with expat French citizens, befriending native American tribes and by offering amnesty to any runaway slaves. He could make some fortuitous discoveries such as the diamond deposits at Crater of Diamonds in Arkansas. Also it would be likely that he would try to reunite with French Canada. Sounds like a fun situation for anyone interested in doing an alternative history.

Of course, it your moving Napolean a continent away, you might also remove the agent that caused the cancer. A little gris gris magic could do much.

It would really be a great exercise in leadership for him. Balancing the Americans, the English, the Spanish and perhaps the French, but I imagine that if he did that, the French would be so devastated, that they wouldn't be in a strong position.

If he used Indian leaders who hated the Americans, he might be able to do a series of successful guerilla operations against his enemies. He'd be a fool to put his HQ in New Orleans of course, though it would be an important city.