The Great Northern War was a conflict between Sweden and a Russian-led coalition between 1700 and 1721. In it, the Russian forces won after a long fight, and Sweden had to give Karelia, Ingria, and Livonia to the Russians. This was mostly because the Swedish allies left early in the war, and Russia had more allies than Sweden. * Saxony had been part of the Swedish alliance, and Poland had been since the beginning, * and Poland was in a more stable state that it was on OTL?